Subj : Todays Bible Verse To : Daryl Stout From : Barry Martin Date : Mon Dec 31 2018 07:07:00 Hi Daryl! BM> DS> I'm reminded of the joke the late Red Skelton noted once. On a BM> DS> flight, the stewardess asked the priest if he wanted a drink of BM> DS> an alcoholic beverage, and he replied "Nope...can't take a chance BM> DS> on it. Too close to the main office"!! BM> That one I don't remember! DS> Red always "lost it" with his own jokes. Yet so many of the DS> classic comedians (all dead and gone now) were able to keep a DS> straight face with their routines. I'm thinking of George Burns (of whom I have only seen via re-re-reruns of his TV show). Keeping a straight face with some of those lines Grace Allen delivered..... BM>It seems the schools are closed and do late-starts/early-dismissals a BM>heck of a lot more than I rmemember when I was going to school. I will BM>admit the comparison is skewed: I went to public school in the city and BM>while surrounded by small towns, etc., they took care of their own BM>students. Here I'm still in the city and still most of the rural kids BM>go to the outlaying towns. Just now I generally watch TV while eating BM>breakfast (never did that when growing up!) and so exposed to the BM>announcements -- plus done on the crawl at the bottom of the screen and BM>I don't think that was an option back then. DS> It is EXTREMELY RARE that I will watch TV anymore. I have the DS> very basic cable, and only to get a discount on high speed DS> internet. Years ago we essentially had a disagreement with the cable provider and 'cut the cord'. They slowly moved the cable channels from the Extended Basic option and so just left the local stations which we could get for free with an antenna. ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... "A short saying oft contains much wisdom." -- Sophocles Whatever. --- 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) .