Subj : Various Things To : Daryl Stout From : Barry Martin Date : Wed Jan 04 2023 08:06:00 Hi Daryl! BM> I super-vaguely remember that: I haven't watched The Flintstones -- uh BM> -- since the dinosaur ages. DS> So, you're older than dirt?? Where do you think 'dirt' came from?! BM> Oh-oh: you unscrewed my naval and my rump fell off! DS> LOL!! I'll bet some parents wish that was a switch to adjust DS> their child's energy level. Some have used a switch -- that stick. BM> Just be thankful it was from there and not elsewhere! DS> Belly Up To The Bar. Feet over there in the corner.... BM> So far I haven't needed to be checked, though if not BM> feeling well and someone sticking an overgrown Q-Tip up my nose just BM> may trigger a sneezing bout. DS> If I do that, I may also do it out of both sides of my DS> midsection . So we're back to belly up to the bar, feet in the corner from that explosion?! BM> I'm not sure: I don't see the conference when I'm in Reply Mode. DS> You have a cheap QWK Reader then. Actually ended up free: I sent a check (that's how old it is!!) to register and it was returned, I think by the family of the developer and a note which between the lines indicated he may have died. BM> (I misread that as Slime Chickens! -- "The chicken that comes with it's BM> own sauce!" ) I had a boss years ago who always ate out: he said BM> it was cheaper to eat out and leave a tip than cook at home. He didn't BM> enumerate but was based on utilities (mainly gas but also some BM> electricity for blenders, etc.), wages to cook, get the food BM> (shopping), etc., etc. DS> I heard of a guy who printed up business cards, protesting DS> about a certain restaurant's policy of adding on a 20% DS> gratituity, whether you were with a large group of not...and that DS> was before you got your food!! DS> On the card, it noted "Your tips are on the back -- Have A Nice DS> Day". DS> The tips were: DS> 1. Plant your corn early. DS> 2. Keep your powder dry. DS> 3. Always have clean underwear on. If the restaurant needed that extra 20% then their posted prices were too low in the first place. BM> Find a penny BM> Pick it up. BM> Now go home BM> And sew the rip in your butt! DS> I keep hearing they are going to do away with pennies, and DS> round everything up to either a 5 or 0 in the last digit of the DS> cents column. Doubt if it will work because of taxes. Sure, can round up or down but in the long run even that doesn't work out because the displayed amount is only to two decimal points and the actual math is to I don't know how far. Occasionally the register would say the customer owed 1› on an even exchange - I never made them pay (one cashier would try to make her customer pay and I'd get involved. "But my register wil be short a penny!" "Do you count the pennies at close?" "No." "So...." "But I'll be short!" "But you don't count them."). Now if the register said the customer was owed a penny I always gave them the penny, along with a comment of this being their lucky day or something similar. Receipt said they were owed money. :) BM> I was reading an article a while back where the 'poor' spend more money BM> on the same item that the 'rich'. (The terms are relative.) If BM> someone has to buy an item and pay cash they are spending less for that BM> item than someone who has to finance, IOW pay interest (money to borrow BM> money). DS> That's how I treat the debit card. The purchase is made right DS> then, and there are no interest fees. Which is how the credit card should also be treated IMO. Yes, nice to make a large purchase because have the credit and pay back over time with a _reasonable_ interest for extending credit. I don't consider 23% much less 29% interest reasonable. BM> Works for me! My thinking is those little, infrequent splurges are BM> good for the soul. I'd not go overboard in either direction: not going BM> to restrict myself to go to a super-cheap place with mediocre food just BM> to save money when eating out on Christmas Money. OTOH definitely not BM> going to a Michelin restaurant and splurge all my fun money. OTOH if I BM> had _always_ wanted to go to that Michelin money and now could afford BM> it I'd go. Lots of variables. DS> My brother will have a cow if he has to stay home. He hates DS> cooking, he has no hobbies (or interest in any of mine), he DS> apparently gets more money than I do on disability, but he can DS> easily spend over $50 a day at a local restaurant on food and DS> drink (usually beer). With what he spends in 4 days, that gets me DS> groceries to last the entire month. I guess it's "goodie for him!" then. BM> Right. Again, a lot of variables. On one hand a lot of inconvenience BM> not having a car but then it's better than laying around in a long BM> narrow box! DS> And, the car repairs can be several thousand dollars. Which beats buy a new (as in replacement) car, though with several of those thousand dollar bills in a shorter period of time might be better to apply that bill money towards the new car. BM> Yes. Best to cut up and/or turn inside-out to hide the contents. DS> I still like the one with the porch pirates...in a box, put a DS> bunch of used kitty litter, toilet paper, and diapers. There is a DS> series of videos on YouTube (search for Glitter Bomb) which DS> proves "revenge is a dish best served cold". I'm thinking warm and then it sticks to the skin better! BM> Some of the 'cop shows' will show the police dog capturing the BM> criminal. Almost ROTFL-funny when the big tough I-can-outsmart-the-cops BM> guy starts whimpering when the dog has captured him. DS> Or starts screaming for them to make the dog stop biting him. Not such a tough guy now! BM> Locally we broke the record high for the date: think it was 67ø. So BM> from the official wind chill of -40ø we had over a 100ø difference. BM> And then the next day dropped to almost freezing, so about a forty BM> degree difference in 24 hours. DS> I saw portions of Iowa are under either Winter Storm Warnings DS> or Ice Storm Warnings this Monday morning. Arkansas is at the DS> other end of the spectrum, with Flood Watches in effect now, and DS> Tornado Watches likely by midday. It was a little foggy here Monday morning -- remember half-joking with myself the fog was the left-over smoke from the fireworks the night before. Tuesday (yesterday as I write this) was also somewhat foggy in the morning and then really got foogy in the afternoon -- visibility was maybe a third to half a mile. They were talking about the possibility of snow showers in the evening but that didn't occur. Maybe some tonight but accumulating only on grassy surfaces as the ground is warm. DS> At least we won't have to worry about bitter arctic air like we DS> had here before Christmas for a bit...although some long range DS> progs show it turning colder again by mid-January. Yet, with DS> temperatures in the 70s in January for us, that's prime tornado DS> weather. Don't want those! ¯ BarryMartin3@ ® ¯ @MyMetronet.NET ® .... Odd headline: Man Struck By Lightning Faces Battery Charge. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .