Subj : Howdy! To : Daryl Stout From : Barry Martin Date : Wed Jun 24 2026 07:18:00 Hi Daryl! BM> It's -- it's Daryl!!!! DS> Live, and in living color...although I have a cover on the DS> webcam. I did that with my laptops -- simple piece of paper over the lens but works. BM> I haven't a clue -- vaguely recall some systems requiring use BM> of a non-standard port but how one tells strangers to use that BM> port I don't know. DS> There's a new version of Synchronet that will allow me to deal DS> with that mess...I'll get that after lunch today. Good! Hope the session went well. BM> Overdriving the headlights range plus wearing darker clothing BM> and stuff just sneaks up on drivers. DS> I'm waiting for the blonde to want to have deer wear reflective DS> vests, so they don't get hit at night. Try to recall the details: have seen pictures of deer who have had their antlers spray painted and heard of cows being marked with the word 'COW' so as to not get shot by hunters. ...Can understand the marking of the cow as they are domesticated but how does one get a wild deer to come up and stand still to get its antlers painted with a reflective paint? (Sounds like an epidode from "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom"!) BM> You are smart enough to stop driving in spite of the BM> inconvenience. DS> That's what many folks have said. When they told my late DS> grandmother that she'd have to give up driving, because of her DS> eyesight, it so devastated her emotionally, that she was dead DS> within a month...never mind she was also battling lung cancer. I'm thinking the cancer was the cause of death but part of the will to live was removed with the loss of driving. ...My Mother had fallen and after months of recovery pretty much knew she couldn't drive again but kept the hope alive by backing the car out of the garage and letting it run for 15-20 minutes once a week. ...A few times forgot and needed to call AAA to jump start. After a couple years sort of realized she wasn't going to drive so just let it sit in the garage. DS> I had prepared myself for it emotionally, and while it has been DS> 4 years since I quit driving, it does have its benefits...such as DS> no more car expenses (gasoline, repairs, tires, insurance), no DS> more property tax payments on it, and no more fighting traffic or DS> looking for parking spaces. As long as 'easy' alternatives available not driving doesn't seem too bad: groceries can be delivered, home supplies can be delivered..... Might become best friends with the delivery drivers! DS> That's why I get my groceries delivered now...I order online, DS> then they do all the work. I just bring them inside at the DS> delivery, then put them where needed (most into the DS> refrigerator). Surprisingly to me on-line grocery shopping continued and seems to have even become more popular since the end of COVID-19. Nice to have the option but I'd miss strolling through the aisles doing the actual selecting or something catching my eye and placing in my cart because I haven't had it for a while. BM> I get a good grade 'cause I copied from the book! DS> There is a method to the madness. How did you know the book was one on psychology?! BM> Way too much of that "doesn't apply to me" seem to go on. DS> No one wants to be accountable. Or more "the rule doesn't apply because I'm special". BM> It's all that suction! DS> Just like a tornado...and there have been way too many of those DS> this year already. The local news has recently commented on how Illinois is #1 in the nation with unofficially 219 tornadoes so far this year. ...I'm about a dozen blocks from Illinois, on the Iowa side of the Mississippi River -- if this house had a third floor I could probably see the state! * * * BarryMartin3@GMX.com * * * ********************** .... State Motto: Illinois: Gateway to Iowa --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA þ RNET 2.10U: ILink: Techware BBS þ Hollywood, Ca þ www.techware2k.com --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com (454:1/1) .