• Cowboys

    From Ed Vance@1:2320/105 to All on Sun Aug 8 21:32:00 2021
    Howdy!

    The RETRO TV channel has a Western/Cowboy Movie on Sunday at 5PM
    Eastern Time.

    I missed watching it today, but wondered if anyone else watches that
    show, or if anyone reading likes the old Western Movies too.

    When I was young I remember seeing Tim Maynard, Hoot Gibson,
    Lash Larue, Sunset Carson and many other Cowboy Movies on the TV set.

    73 (Best Regards) de (from) Ed W9ODR dit dit


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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:135/392 to ED VANCE on Mon Aug 9 05:47:04 2021
    Ed wrote --

    When I was young I remember seeing Tim Maynard, Hoot Gibson,

    When you were young the west was still wild and woolly. :)
    Joe

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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to JOE MACKEY on Mon Aug 9 13:45:00 2021
    Joe,

    When you were young the west was still wild and woolly. :)

    Hence, shows like "The Wild Wild West", "Bonanza", and "Gunsmoke". <G>

    Daryl

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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:135/392 to DARYL STOUT on Tue Aug 10 05:42:02 2021
    Daryl wrote --

    When you were young the west was still wild and woolly. :)

    Hence, shows like "The Wild Wild West", "Bonanza", and "Gunsmoke". <G>

    Ed remembers going to see Buffalo Bill's Wild West shows.
    He was kinda sweet on Annie Oakley. :)
    Joe

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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to JOE MACKEY on Tue Aug 10 09:50:00 2021
    Joe,

    When you were young the west was still wild and woolly. :)

    Hence, shows like "The Wild Wild West", "Bonanza", and "Gunsmoke". <G>

    Ed remembers going to see Buffalo Bill's Wild West shows.
    He was kinda sweet on Annie Oakley. :)

    Howdy Doody, Clarabelle. <G>

    Daryl

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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Ed Vance on Thu Aug 12 16:02:16 2021
    Ed Vance wrote to All <=-

    The RETRO TV channel has a Western/Cowboy Movie on Sunday at 5PM
    Eastern Time.

    The GRIT TV channel is great for Western TV and movies. I grew up reading Louis L'Amour as my mother is a big fan of his, having nearly his entire collection of books. I have a soft spot for Westerns especially spaghetti Westerns.

    -- Sean

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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to Sean Dennis on Fri Aug 13 03:13:00 2021
    Sean,

    The GRIT TV channel is great for Western TV and movies. I grew up
    reading Louis L'Amour as my mother is a big fan of his, having nearly
    his entire collection of books. I have a soft spot for Westerns especially spaghetti Westerns.

    Meatballs at 20 paces, and don't go pasta your enemy. <G>

    Daryl

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  • From George Pope@1:153/757.2 to Ed Vance on Mon Aug 16 12:56:59 2021
    Howdy!

    The RETRO TV channel has a Western/Cowboy Movie on Sunday at 5PM
    Eastern Time.

    I missed watching it today, but wondered if anyone else watches that
    show, or if anyone reading likes the old Western Movies too.

    When I was young I remember seeing Tim Maynard, Hoot Gibson,
    Lash Larue, Sunset Carson and many other Cowboy Movies on the TV set.

    I was never into the genre. My grandma was & I gave her 20+ books to read while in the rxtended care(ECU) home. . .

    My dad, apparently, sxtill watchesd them all morning on Saturdays on old
    local channel KVOS (billing itself as "Me-TV" now("Memorable Entertainment)

    I'm more into the old comedies -- my big treat is watching Hogan's Heros or MASH. . . I'm not into war genre either, on purpose, just these are funny
    with good characters & character interaction.

    Tried watching Gilligan's Island 35 years after I was addicted to it -- hooooo-boy, Hokey City!

    You can find most of those old western movies & tv series on torrent sites. .
    .

    Not knowing the rules, I won't post links, but you've likely heard of ThePirateBay - it's still #1

    I like watching my tv on my timetable & without ads that only rile me. . .

    Best of the best to yas, mate!

    Your friend,

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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:135/392 to GEORGE POPE on Wed Aug 18 06:15:30 2021
    Cyberpope wrote --

    Tried watching Gilligan's Island 35 years after I was addicted to it -- hooooo-boy, Hokey City!

    I never watched that, but did find the run of Green Acres on the net and really liked the show. I watched it once or twice when first run but
    thought it was stupid. Now I saw if for the humour it had.

    You can find most of those old western movies & tv series on torrent sites. .

    That's where I get all my tv programs now. I download them to DVD-RW
    then watch when I want.
    There's You Tube of course, but shows tend to disappear suddenly, the
    reason I burn the shows.
    https://www.solie.org/alibrary/updates.html is another good site.

    Not knowing the rules, I won't post links, but you've likely heard of ThePirateBay - it's still #1

    I'll re-post the monthly rules update for you.
    I am not really strict about a lot of these, since only a few people in
    the echo. The one's that are enforced are no discussion of current religion
    or politics.
    Joe
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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to JOE MACKEY on Wed Aug 18 12:36:00 2021
    Joe,

    I never watched that, but did find the run of Green Acres on the net
    and really liked the show. I watched it once or twice when first run
    but thought it was stupid. Now I saw if for the humour it had.

    My favorite character was Pat Buttram as Mister Haney...with his raspy
    voice. <G>

    I'll re-post the monthly rules update for you.
    I am not really strict about a lot of these, since only a few people
    in the echo. The one's that are enforced are no discussion of current religion or politics.

    We do allow for the religion church bulletin bloopers...such as these:

    1) The pastor noted that "the nudist colony in town must be closely watched".

    2) Building campaign group slogan: I upped my pledge. Up Yours!!

    3) Not everyone who enters this church has been converted...so please watch your handbags and wallets.

    There are a lot more, but those are the ones that came to my mind first. <G>

    I've been posting selected Classic Burma Shave ads in here every day that
    I'm online. I hate dodging thunderstorms, and we're in that pattern again
    for a few days.

    Daryl

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  • From George Pope@1:153/757.2 to JOE MACKEY on Sun Sep 19 11:54:43 2021
    I never watched that, but did find the run of Green Acres on the net
    and
    really liked the show. I watched it once or twice when first run but thought it was stupid. Now I saw if for the humour it had.

    I'm lucky; Green Acres, Gomer Pyle, USMC, & Hogan's Heroes play nightly
    here; the same channel has two eps of MASH earlier on (probaby my all-tiome favourite sitcom); this fills my needs, so I've not hunted them up in
    torrents. . .


    That's where I get all my tv programs now. I download them to DVD-RW then watch when I want.
    There's You Tube of course, but shows tend to disappear suddenly, the reason I burn the shows.
    https://www.solie.org/alibrary/updates.html is another good site.

    YT isn't good for full showsm, I find; there are other sites more friendly
    to such (running copyrighted shows); Chrome has an addon (Stream Series")
    that has most available to watch in your browser.

    Not knowing the rules, I won't post links, but you've likely heard of ThePirateBay - it's still #1

    I'll re-post the monthly rules update for you.
    I am not really strict about a lot of these, since only a few people
    in
    the echo. The one's that are enforced are no discussion of current
    religion
    or politics.

    What mreans "current religtion"?

    I'm the same in FUNNY -- the only highlighted r ule is that every post
    shjould have funny content(I play lose & fast, as one man's joke is
    another's dud)

    In the old days, we'd have extended conversatyions on any topic & makle the post "legal" with the inclusion of an ObJ (obligatory Joke tacked onto
    bottom of post)

    I suppose I'm not yet officially the mod yet as I'm not in my own point
    yet. . . but I will likely keep it cazh -- not enough trafic in Fido to alienate potential prticipants.

    My competing joke echo was micro-managed with an iron fist; he was my best promoter! :D I'd pop in, post a PG-5 joke, & get booted (again ho hum), &
    know my promotion engine was in full effect. . .

    Of course, grew up n the 1970s, whebn life was casual. Io'd be walking
    home in the rain & a stranger would pull up, "Heu, kd, you want a ride?" &
    my only thought was "What a sillyu question; of course I do -- it's
    raining!" & I'd get a ride straight home with no concern of hijinks or "stranger danger"

    I also remember being thirsty on a hot (95F+) summer afternoon, & going to
    the neartest house to turn on the outsiode spigot, engulf the spout with my mouth & drink my fill. Never thought to ask permission, unless someone
    was standing outside, then it just seemed courteous to pro forma ask permission.

    We were hitchiking starting about age 8.

    & even wshen tCanada's biggest serial killer was picking up teen boys on a certain stretch; I was 14 & hitching that strip. I may even have been
    picked up by him -- got picked up by someone hinky, but I handled it
    because I was taught thinking, not fear.

    I learned, at a young age, that I could run like the wind when I felt threatened!

    Good times. Take your bike out to find friends to hang with, then just
    leave it lying on their front lawn while inside playing games until their
    mom noticed(heard) us & kicked us outside to go to another's place & repeat until supper time. . .

    I've left my bike overnight sometimes because the only danger was that your friend might hide it to try to scare you that it was stolen.

    My! How it's all changed!

    One year it snowed a good 4-6 inches, so I asked my dad if I could borrow
    the snow shovel to go shoveling drives for money. He asked what I planned
    to charge, & I said I was trying to dfecide between $3 or $2 & he said,
    "Charge nothing!" (WHAAAAT??) & to set the price based ongow good a job I
    dom & they can pay me at the end.

    So off I went, slightgly concerned. . Averaged $5-$6 each that day!

    Now if I suggested this to a kid, even my own, I'd likely be arrested for
    some thing or other, involving corrupting/abusing children. . .

    The big dailies would be asking if I was getting kickbacks from local homeowners for them only paying $5 for a 3-hour job.

    Bah! I mind my own busdiness, mostly. . . Life is simple enough doing that
    & having a good internet package, in which I've been known to download a Tb
    or more in a single month!

    My hometown was about 30K wben I was young at about ae 12-13 it passed 50K
    & was redesignated as a "city" (whoopie!)

    I couldn't wait to get out, as I wanted to explore the world & make my own independent way without everyone knowing my minute by minute business & reporting it to my parents.

    I was acting like a jackass in one of our local chain grocery srtores about
    age 6 or 7 & felt a SWAT hit my bottom! A complete stranger had just HIT
    me!

    Turns out they asked around, IDed me & gave my folks a full repoort before
    I got home, where I had to relate the incident without deviation from the
    other party's description.

    Hoo-boy! I couldn't leave quickly enough; now, though, I'd love to live in
    a town like that, but they're gone. . . *sigh*. .

    If you've wa4ned the kids not to cut across your propertyy, & they do, you could turn the hjose on them, even in January (best hurry home, kids,
    before your clothes freeze on yas!")

    Memories. . they sure ain't what they used to be, eh?

    Your friend,

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to JOE MACKEY on Sun Sep 19 19:34:00 2021
    Hello JOE MACKEY!

    ** On Wednesday 18.08.21 - 06:15, JOE MACKEY wrote to GEORGE POPE:


    That's where I get all my tv programs now. I download
    them to DVD-RW then watch when I want. There's You Tube
    of course, but shows tend to disappear suddenly, the
    reason I burn the shows. https://www.solie.org/
    alibrary/updates.html is another good site.

    solie.org doesn't let me do much on the site. It only seems to
    support newer browsers. That's somewhat ironic considering
    that the content on the site is old stuff! LOL

    And.. the site seems to imply that watching the content is only
    available direct on that site. Isn't there a way to download
    the material?

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  • From Daryl Stout@1:2320/33 to George Pope on Sun Sep 19 21:30:00 2021
    George,

    I'm lucky; Green Acres, Gomer Pyle, USMC, & Hogan's Heroes play nightly here; the same channel has two eps of MASH earlier on (probaby my all-tiome favourite sitcom); this fills my needs, so I've not hunted
    them up in torrents. . .

    I took a quiz on my smartphone on TV shows from the 1970's. Of the 50 questions, I only missed 5 -- I'd say I know my stuff. :) I will admit
    that some of the questions I "guessed" on, and got right.

    Here's some MEMORIES for the folks in here -- some of the shows included "M*A*S*H", "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", "The Bob Newhart Show", "The Odd Couple", "Happy Days", "Mork And Mindy", "Laverne And Shirley", "My Three Sons", "The Brady Bunch", "The Partridge Family", "Hawaii Five Oh",
    "Charlie's Angels", "The Love Boat", "Sanford And Son", "Three's Company", "Good Times", "One Day At A Time", "Alice", "Taxi", "Welcome Back, Kotter",
    and "Murder She Wrote". One they didn't note was one my late Mom and I
    loved with Chad Everett and James Daly..."Medical Center". We also loved
    to watch "Bewitched" and "I Dream Of Jeannie".

    YT isn't good for full shows, I find; there are other sites more
    friendly to such (running copyrighted shows); Chrome has an addon
    (Stream Series") that has most available to watch in your browser.

    It's hard for me to sit at the computer for long periods of time anymore...and it's also getting to be the same for lying in bed, with
    the arthritis. Man...I can't stand, sit, or lie down for long periods
    of time...talk about being a basket case. :P

    My eyes and back are hurting now, so once I finish this QWK packet
    (I've been at this thing for at least 2 hours working on replies),
    I'm going to get some dinner, and take my evening medications. I
    didn't think I'd make this reply so long...but first, they couldn't
    get me to talk...now, they can't get me to shut up. <G>

    What means "current religion"?

    Prosletyzing (sp?). Things like church bulletin bloopers (always love
    those) are OK. Originally, the late Grady Nutt and the late Jerry Clower
    were the only "Christian Comedians" I knew...but of late, I've watched
    routines of Mark Lowery and Chonda Pierce, on YouTube. At least with
    these folks, the humor is all G-rated.

    It's like society considers a movie with a G-rating "a death sentence". They'd be surprised how many of us prefer good, clean, funny humor. The
    late Red Skelton, George Burns, Bob Hope, Jack Benny, and so many others
    who are no longer with us, proved that "you don't have to be dirty to be funny".

    I'm the same in FUNNY -- the only highlighted rule is that every post should have funny content (I play loose & fast, as one man's joke is another's dud).

    I like what the late Jerry Clower said one night in a routine in Louisiana. He said "if you don't intend to laugh at anything, go home and look in the mirror...and see what everyone else has been laughing at all these years".

    Another good example was the late Archie Campbell, when he did his
    spoonerism stories (he called them "bedtime stories for adults" (you
    can find these on YouTube), of Rindercella (who went to the bancy fall,
    and slopped her dripper), and of The Pee Thrittle Igs (where the wolf
    huffed and puffed, and hoed her blouse down). On the latter, I about
    wet my pants, as I was laughing so hard. Never mind the story of the
    snakes hissing in the pit...you can get tongue tied on that one in a
    hurry. <G>

    In the old days, we'd have extended conversations on any topic & make
    the post "legal" with the inclusion of an ObJ (obligatory Joke tacked
    onto bottom of post)

    Or like the tagline "After this post, we're back on topic". <G>

    I suppose I'm not yet officially the mod yet as I'm not in my own point yet. . . but I will likely keep it cazh -- not enough traffic in Fido
    to alienate potential prticipants.

    Except for autoposts with BBS and networks ads (the frequency of these
    posts per day, for the same BBS or network, is overwhelming), most echoes
    are dead. I avoid the "flame" echoes...because I believe "if you can't say something nice, keep your mouth shut".

    Joe Mackey has told me some bizarre stories of where he works a college campus parking lot, ticketing violators. Some have been in here, and some
    have been via email.

    The most recent bizarre case (I said he had met Dumb Dora, Dumb Donald,
    and Bertha Blonde's family) was where this woman had parked in a fire lane. When he told her she couldn't park there, she went right over to park in a handicapped spot...and all Joe could do was sigh. :P If her car had been
    red, she probably would've felt she was qualified to park there.

    The bottom line is that folks are lazy. I've seen many able bodied folks
    get on the handicapable scooters, but when the battery runs out, and the
    cart stops, they just get up, take their groceries, and walk off. I've seen several memes where "there was a healing in the liquor aisle". :P

    Joe also notes he has this portable camera deal, along with the electronic ticket book. The pictures never lie, and it's amazing what folks will say
    and do to get out of a ticket. And, if they don't have their tickets paid,
    they get other restrictions on them...and at times, the local constabulary "gets interested". It is so funny when they get "busted".

    I love reading Joe's posts on these, no matter how many times I've read them. It brings to mind the saying that "duct tape can't fix stupid, but
    it sure helps mask the noise". <G>

    My competing joke echo was micro-managed with an iron fist; he was my
    best promoter! :D I'd pop in, post a PG-5 joke, & get booted (again ho hum), & know my promotion engine was in full effect. . .

    Nowadays, you're so afraid to say anything as someone will be offended. However, I've rarely seen Joe had to lower the boom here. Admittedly, I
    have to practice my groveling at times. <G> But, I did have the extreme pleasure of meeting Joe as he was traveling around the country awhile back (this was before all the crap with COVID-19).

    Of course, grew up n the 1970s, when life was casual. I'd be
    walking home in the rain & a stranger would pull up, "Hey, kid, you want
    a ride?" & my only thought was "What a silly question; of course I do
    -- it's raining!" & I'd get a ride straight home with no concern of hijinks or "stranger danger".

    That's when life was much simpler, and you could have your doors unlocked
    at night. As the old Virginia Slims cigarette ad noted in its slogan,
    "You've come a long way, baby" -- I'd say so...for the worst. :P If you
    mention a lot of these old products and slogans, people wonder what planet
    you came from.

    I also remember being thirsty on a hot (95F+) summer afternoon, & going
    to the neartest house to turn on the outsiode spigot, engulf the spout with my mouth & drink my fill. Never thought to ask permission,
    unless someone was standing outside, then it just seemed courteous to
    pro forma ask permission.

    And, we didn't worry about the monkey bars, riding bikes, getting skinned
    up, eating mudpies, drinking from the hose, etc. Now, parents are so darned paranoid that their kids will become deathly ill, unless they're drowned in hand sanitizer. Doing stuff that we did built up all the immunities that
    helped us stay well later in life. And, they consider stuff like bikes and monkey bars as "too dangerous".

    I'm also of "the old school", where "children should be seen and not
    heard, and not speak unless spoken to. Then, it's 'yes/no ma'am/sir'".
    If the kids are well disciplined and behaved, that's fine. But, most
    kids nowadays are so disrespectful that it's disgusting. When the little
    kid cursed his Mom (you know which one I'm talking about, George), all I
    could do was shudder.

    We were hitchiking starting about age 8.

    I'd be scared to death to do that now.

    Good times. Take your bike out to find friends to hang with, then just leave it lying on their front lawn while inside playing games until
    their mom noticed (heard) us & kicked us outside to go to another's
    place & repeat until supper time. . .

    We had to be home when the street light in front of our house came on.

    I've left my bike overnight sometimes because the only danger was that your friend might hide it to try to scare you that it was stolen.

    My! How it's all changed!

    And, far for the worst, sadly.

    So off I went, slightgly concerned. . Averaged $5-$6 each that day!

    When I did an afternoon newspaper route nearly 50 years ago in south
    Florida, around Christmas, I'd purchase and place a Christmas card in
    each subscriber's paper. At that time, I collected $1.20 every 2 weeks
    (the paper only cost 10 cents a day, and it didn't publish on Sunday).
    Many folks would give me a $20 bill, and tell me to keep the change. I
    also usually put the papers on their porches for them (I delivered them
    from my bicycle after school was out), and got many of them to "pay by
    mail", where I didn't have to collect from them. That paper shut down
    long ago.

    Also, while I was in high school, the choir was selling M&M's candy
    (regular and peanut) as a fundraiser. I ended up selling the most, but
    I was using the money from the paper route to buy and eat them. <G> I
    never really cared for the "peanut variety" though...but with the
    chocolate and caffeine, and my atrial flutter now, I can't eat candy
    anymore. It's hard when you have a sweet tooth, and you can't find
    anything to satisfy it. I was eating some of the Hostess Orange Cupcakes,
    as sometimes, you get the munchies, and just want a snack.

    Anyway, on my first date, I took this young lady in the choir (she
    sang soprano, and I sang tenor) to the choir banquet, but we both were
    still too young to drive. So, my parents drove me to her place, and
    took us both to the Hialeah-Miami Lakes Country Club (they were almost
    twin cities). Guys and girls were all dressed up spiffy and nice (suits
    and ties for the guys, then dresses and gowns for the girls). The meal
    was "London Broil" and all the trimmings. She said "her family ended up ordering out for pizza". <G> Then, my parents picked us up afterwards,
    driving her home, then me to my home. Obviously, there was no hanky
    panky going on there...I think we were both 16 at the time.

    Speaking of which, it reminds me of a takeoff on the old nursery
    rhyme of Jack and Jill. In the original one, it was "Jack and Jill
    went up a hill, to fetch a pail of water. Jack fell down, and broke
    his crown, and Jill came tumbling after". How many in here remember
    these nursery rhymes?? <G>

    Anyway, the new version is "Jack and Jill went up a hill, to do
    some hanky panky. Poor old Jill forgot her pill...and now, there's
    little Frankie". <BG>

    Now if I suggested this to a kid, even my own, I'd likely be arrested
    for some thing or other, involving corrupting/abusing children. . .

    Really.

    The big dailies would be asking if I was getting kickbacks from local homeowners for them only paying $5 for a 3-hour job.

    Most folks want to work from 12 to 1, take an hour off for lunch, and
    get a full check. Hmmmm...sounds like politicians. <G>

    Bah! I mind my own business, mostly. . . Life is simple enough doing
    that & having a good internet package, in which I've been known to download a Tb or more in a single month!

    There was a country song that said "Why don't you mind your own business,
    so you won't be mindin' mine??". The joke is that "I don't gossip, as the things we say about our neighbors is all true...and you'd better listen
    close the first time". :P

    Besides, I have enough crap in my life, and enough I'll have to answer for one day. I won't have to answer for anyone else's transgressions, as it were.

    My hometown was about 30K wben I was young at about 12-13 it passed
    50K & was redesignated as a "city" (whoopie!).

    Little Rock now has just over 200,000 folks, but far more if you add
    North Little Rock (it was originally named "Argenta")...the Arkansas River separates the two. The cities do a big celebration along both sides of the river for Memorial Day and the Fourth Of July, including fireworks shot off from the Main Street bridge. They don't do as much for Labor Day, though.

    I was acting like a jackass in one of our local chain grocery srtores about age 6 or 7 & felt a SWAT hit my bottom! A complete stranger had
    just HIT me!

    My late wife said that one time, her Mom (who died just over a year
    after my Mom died), saw a woman warning her disobedient child not to
    grab for, or do certain things in the store, or she'd spank him (she
    was the kids' parent, so to me, she had the right to).

    Well, the kid didn't comply, and Momma spanked her child. This other
    woman scolded her, saying "How dare you spank that child!!". The woman
    replied to her "Shut up!! Or, you're next!!" <G>.

    My brother and I got more than our share of spankings growing up, and
    we consider ourselves better for it. This crap about "you can't spank
    them, as it'll ruin their self esteem" is pure garbage.

    Turns out they asked around, IDed me & gave my folks a full report
    before I got home, where I had to relate the incident without deviation from the other party's description.

    If you got a whipping in school, somehow, your parents found out about
    it, and you got a second whipping when you got home. And, if you varied
    that story in any way, you got a worse whipping.

    Hoo-boy! I couldn't leave quickly enough; now, though, I'd love to live
    in a town like that, but they're gone. . . *sigh*. .

    Life, in a simpler, quieter form, is all gone...sad to say.

    If you've warned the kids not to cut across your property, & they do,
    you could turn the hose on them, even in January (best hurry home,
    kids, before your clothes freeze on ya!")

    Now, they'd accuse you of assault, even if they were trespassing. So
    many think that "the rules don't apply to me"...in so many situations.

    Memories. . they sure ain't what they used to be, eh?

    Really.

    To end on a lighter note, I think of the joke of the small town where
    the 2 preachers are gathered at the local restaurant for lunch...and one
    of them is severely depressed.

    Now, this was a small country town, where everyone walked or rode their
    bikes to get round...hardly any vehicles per se...and you could leave your doors unlocked at night...oh for life in much simpler times (sigh!).

    Anyway, he tells his partner in the faith that "I think there's a thief
    in my congregation, as someone has stolen the bicycle that I use to get
    around town with...and it has made it a great burden on me. I don't know
    what I can do".

    His fellow pastor said "Next Sunday, you need to preach a sermon on
    'The Ten Commandments'. When you get to 'Thou Shalt Not Steal', the
    spirit of conviction will fall so heavily on the perpetrator, that
    they'll break down, and confess of their sin and the crime, and you
    will get your bike back!!". The "pedal-less preacher" felt that was
    a great idea.

    Well, Sunday came and went, and the 2 preachers met again for lunch.
    But, the exchange took an interesting turn. When asked how things went
    with the sermon, the pedal-less preacher lamented "Not like I thought
    they would". His partner asked "Didn't you preach the sermon on 'The
    Ten Commandments'??"...and was told "Well, I did...but I never got to
    'Thou Shalt Not Steal'. When I got to 'Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery';
    I remembered where I had left the bicycle". <BG>

    Daryl

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Daryl Stout on Mon Sep 20 08:43:00 2021
    Hello Daryl Stout!

    ** On Sunday 19.09.21 - 21:30, Daryl Stout wrote to George Pope:

    It's like society considers a movie with a G-rating "a
    death sentence". [...]

    Another good example was the late Archie Campbell, [...]
    Rindercella [...] The Pee Thrittle Igs [...]

    I have those on a playlist that I play at my shop. No one has
    really payed close enough attention to them to comment on them
    to me. But they are clever unique works of art.

    [...] the story of the snakes hissing in the pit...you
    can get tongue tied on that one in a hurry. <G>

    I don't know that one. Will have to look it up.


    Except for autoposts with BBS and networks ads (the
    frequency of these posts per day, for the same BBS or
    network, is overwhelming), most echoes are dead.

    Sysops love automation, don't you know!?!? :D


    The bottom line is that folks are lazy. I've seen many
    able bodied folks get on the handicapable scooters, but
    when the battery runs out, and the cart stops, they just
    get up, take their groceries, and walk off. I've seen
    several memes where "there was a healing in the liquor
    aisle". :P

    At first glance something like that would look inconsistent
    with the need for a hadicapable motor vehicle. But maybe some
    of those people *do* have some difficulty walking (ie. pain,
    balance, etc) ..but we don't know it.

    --
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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:135/392 to GEORGE POPE on Tue Sep 21 06:56:08 2021
    Cyberpop wrote --

    The one's that are enforced are no discussion of current
    religion or politics.

    What mreans "current religtion"?

    Basically and esp. if one states this one faith is better than others.
    Ie, "It's my church only, all others are doomed" type messages.
    "My political party is the only way, the other side is full of fools",
    etc.

    Of course, grew up n the 1970s, whebn life was casual.

    I grew up in the '50s and pretty much the same.
    In the summer you left the house and just had to be home by dark/supper.

    Io'd be walking home in the rain & a stranger would pull up, "Heu, kd, you want a ride?" & my only thought was "What a sillyu question; of course I do -- it's raining!" & I'd get a ride straight home with no concern of hijinks or "stranger danger"

    From around 18 to my early 30s I hitch hiked a lot and never had a
    problem. Of course being 6'1" and anywhere from 165-210 (my weight varied a lot
    {pretty steady from 180-190 now}) may have been part of that.
    And when I had a car I often picked up hitch hikers as well. Provided
    they looked decent (not standing along the road in bloody clothes holding an axe). Never had a problem picking anyone up.
    One time several years ago I was putt-putting along the sidewalk on
    campus in my golf cart and a young woman who worked in the office was returning from lunch. I rode up and asked "Hey there cutie, want a ride? I have
    candy?" She asked without a pause "
    I often joke I was told by my family to never accept rides from
    strangers, UNLESS they offer you candy first. :)

    even wshen tCanada's biggest serial killer was picking up teen boys

    One event comes to mind was with "The Rainbow Family" who were old
    hippies and held a annual love-in and dope smoking convention in the state. I got
    a ride from one of them and when the door opened for me smoke from all the joints they had been smoking rol
    Joe
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  • From Daryl Stout@1:2320/33 to JOE MACKEY on Tue Sep 21 17:51:00 2021
    Joe,

    Basically and esp. if one states this one faith is better than
    others.
    Ie, "It's my church only, all others are doomed" type messages.
    "My political party is the only way, the other side is full of
    fools", etc.

    They may be true statements, but those are for the FLAME echoes. :P

    I grew up in the '50s and pretty much the same.
    In the summer you left the house and just had to be home by
    dark/supper.

    There was a streetlight in front of our home, and we had to be home when
    it came on.

    From around 18 to my early 30s I hitch hiked a lot and never had a problem. Of course being 6'1" and anywhere from 165-210 (my weight
    varied a lot {pretty steady from 180-190 now}) may have been part of
    that.

    I think I found the weight you lost. :P

    And when I had a car I often picked up hitch hikers as well.
    Provided they looked decent (not standing along the road in bloody
    clothes holding an axe). Never had a problem picking anyone up.

    As long as her name wasn't Lizzie Borden. :P

    I often joke I was told by my family to never accept rides from strangers, UNLESS they offer you candy first. :)

    Nowadays, they may be laced with poison or razor blades (Halloween).
    I've noted this before, but years ago, my Dad would send my brother and
    I out trick-or-treating, and we'd get all this candy. He'd pick out the
    candy he liked and stuck it aside...the candy he didn't like, he'd give
    my Mom to give back out to the neighborhood kids...and he'd send my
    brother and I out for seconds. :P

    But, since you got these scumbags putting things like razor blades
    and drugs in the food and candy, where you had to have hospitals
    inspect them, it took all the fun out of it. IIRC, I think Lucy (of
    Peanuts fame) noted that "all the holidays are run by some big eastern syndicate". :P

    One event comes to mind was with "The Rainbow Family" who were old hippies and held a annual love-in and dope smoking convention in the state. I got a ride from one of them and when the door opened for me smoke from all the joints they had been smoking rol

    Looks like your reply was smoking, but it got dis-jointed. <G>

    Daryl

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  • From George Pope@1:153/757.2 to JOE MACKEY on Wed Sep 22 20:19:24 2021
    Cyberpop wrote --

    The one's that are enforced are no discussion of current
    religion or politics.

    What mreans "current religtion"?

    Basically and esp. if one states this one faith is better than
    others.
    Ie, "It's my church only, all others are doomed" type messages.
    "My political party is the only way, the other side is full of
    fools",
    etc.

    Fair enough; I don't believe any of those statements, so good luck getting
    me into a polemic discussion. . .

    In politics, I'm "there's some good stuff on that side, & some in the
    other"; in religion, I'm "It's none of my business what God, in
    his/her/they're infinite wisdom has in mind! So I stay out of the way of
    those who believe they have that all-important direct line to the deity of their choice.

    It's pretty basic: a creator of all this apparently likes variety.

    I'm not going to try to tell Him (correct English neuter pronoun for any
    deity not engaged in intercourse or gestation)

    Of course, grew up n the 1970s, whebn life was casual.

    I grew up in the '50s and pretty much the same.
    In the summer you left the house and just had to be home by
    dark/supper.

    Yup; loved that, in retrospect; didn't appreciazte it nearly enough while living it. It was just normal life. . .

    What I miss most, though, is how I used to walk 10-80 miles/day. Not necessariuly destination-motivated. Only did the 80 once at age 12 or 13.
    Got stopped at the border. Was PO'ed coz the border cops wouldn't let me smoke. My local cops always did, even wshen I was only 9!

    I wasn't THAT involved in being in police stations, as this might be sounding--mostly by happenstance & errors in judgement/companions.

    Never anything serious. The mosr serious was thrown out of cvourt by a
    raging judge (quote, to the clerk: "Don't you EVER waste my time over a 50- cvent can of coke again!")

    From around 18 to my early 30s I hitch hiked a lot and never had a problem. Of course being 6'1" and anywhere from 165-210 (my weight
    varied a
    lot
    {pretty steady from 180-190 now}) may have been part of that.

    Why wouldn't we choose free car rides over walking many miles, eh? Time factored in, too. I had no beef walking thirty miles home, but it took a
    looong time! Even at a pretty steady 6MPH.

    And when I had a car I often picked up hitch hikers as well.
    Provided
    they looked decent (not standing along the road in bloody clothes
    holding an
    axe). Never had a problem picking anyone up.

    Common sense takes care of everything, for both the hitchers & the drivers,
    eh?

    I learmedf that when a slickly dressed/trimmed old guy in a Cadillac seemed especially eager I hop in, I would make up some story(just going to meert
    my dad at the police station; he's just getting off shift - I want to
    siurprise him"(& I'd pick a town 50+ miles distant, to make it easy for him
    to say, "not going that far, sorry" that would get him to say "never mind"
    & drive away.

    One time several years ago I was putt-putting along the sidewalk on campus in my golf cart and a young woman who worked in the office was returning from lunch. I rode up and asked "Hey there cutie, want a
    ride? I
    have
    candy?" She asked without a pause "
    I often joke I was told by my family to never accept rides from strangers, UNLESS they offer you candy first. :)

    Yup, like the cartoon of the guy in a van with covered back windows,
    hearing his intended victim, a little girl, saying, "I was told there'd be candy!"

    Laughing it off, saps the power out of a thing.

    In the middle ages, everything was fear of the bogeyman(Old Nick,
    Beezelbub, et al) until some genius cartoonified him as the little red pitchfork-carrying imp we all know & love, with triangular tailtip waving proudly behind him.

    Not whast most would consider fearsome amny more. . .

    even wshen tCanada's biggest serial killer was picking up teen boys

    One event comes to mind was with "The Rainbow Family" who were old
    hippies and held a annual love-in and dope smoking convention in the
    state.
    I got
    a ride from one of them and when the door opened for me smoke from all
    the
    joints they had been smoking

    Neato! Did you partake?

    I was along as a teen participant on a trip to SoCal. We picked up a hitchhiker in LA going to Frisco. He opened his gym bag to show us it was
    FULL of buds (all 6 of us guys were drooling & coveting); he offered to
    smoke one with us, but the gropu home parent said no. (resulting in a
    chorus of awwws & whinyy begging)

    I leasrmned, from him, the Hippie Motto: "Stick to organics & have sex 4-5 times a day."; He interpreted it, "The chemicals will kill you, & sex is
    damn fine exercise!"

    This was in the era when crack(freebased cocaine) was a new thing, & the
    after school shows were all about the dangers of PCP (horse tranq)

    I've seesn the movie "Reefer Madness" & had to laugh all through it (raised
    on Cheech & Chong, & permanently fried through my teens on the best weed
    that was in Canada at any given time); I'm more concerned with the harm
    alcohol does to society & individuals, TBH.

    I haven't partook in 30 years, even while working on the campaign to decriminalise cannabis in BC (moot now that it's legal across the board(for adults; same rules as for alcohol), by the feds), & not even now, when I
    can get some without being in tight with the biggest gangsters in the
    country! (HAMC's territory included everything west of the midline)

    Just can't be arsed now. . . I'm happy having my fullest faculties about me
    atr all times. . .

    I cn zone out, veg out on some downloaded TV or movies, or spend time
    online &/or reading & have all the mind altering pleasure I need!

    Your friend,

    <+]:{)}
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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:135/392 to GEORGE POPE on Sat Sep 25 08:38:34 2021
    Cyberpope wrote --

    What mreans "current religtion"?

    Basically and esp. if one states this one faith is better than
    others.
    Ie, "It's my church only, all others are doomed" type messages.


    Fair enough

    If one wants to discuss "Zeus is better than Odin" have at it. :)

    What I miss most, though, is how I used to walk 10-80 miles/day.

    I've never done a 80 mile walk.
    I like a bike for transportation (don't have a car or want one) and once
    I had taken a 20 mile ride and half way through both tyres blew out and had
    to push it home.
    When I was in parking enforcement on campus full time (I'm back there
    again as temporary assignment) I put in 12-18 miles a day. But it was walk, stop, walk, stop, etc all day and not not just a steady walk.
    When I became supervisor I had golf cart (now a gator) since I would have other things than just ticketing to do.
    Even then, and now, I'll park the cart/gator somewhere and be way off
    over there. Often easier to get around on foot.
    Joe
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  • From George Pope@1:153/757.2 to Daryl Stout on Sun Oct 10 15:35:50 2021
    I took a quiz on my smartphone on TV shows from the 1970's. Of the 50 questions, I only missed 5 -- I'd say I know my stuff. :) I will admit
    that some of the questions I "guessed" on, and got right.

    Kids don't get it -- we older folks can guess more truth than they've ever known.

    Our gueses ate based on reality, experience, & facts.

    One guy in a TED talk said that when older folks are wrong, they're still more right than the young'uns. Because so much more went into their answer than the younger can even imagine!

    My likely late friend, Jim Rosatti, had a line to me when we argued, "I've been 28, but you ain't been 58!"

    I had to admit, it is a fair point. I get it more now that I'm in my '50s. (I'm 48+12% sales taxes)

    Here's some MEMORIES for the folks in here -- some of the shows included "M*A*S*H", "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", "The Bob Newhart Show", "The Odd Couple", "Happy Days", "Mork And Mindy", "Laverne And Shirley", "My Three Sons", "The Brady Bunch", "The Partridge Family", "Hawaii Five Oh", "Charlie's Angels", "The Love Boat", "Sanford And Son", "Three's Company", "Good Times", "One Day At A Time", "Alice", "Taxi", "Welcome Back, Kotter", and "Murder She Wrote". One they didn't note was one my late Mom and I
    loved with Chad Everett and James Daly..."Medical Center". We also loved
    to watch "Bewitched" and "I Dream Of Jeannie".

    I don't know Medical Centre, but he rest I sorta recall as I watched most.

    It's hard for me to sit at the computer for long periods of time anymore...and it's also getting to be the same for lying in bed, with
    the arthritis. Man...I can't stand, sit, or lie down for long periods
    of time...talk about being a basket case. :P

    I don't like long viewinghs, so I'm more into sitcoms -- a nice 30-minute funny story fully wrapped up within 22-24(24 for he '70s) minutes (plus ad time, of course) & the sacting was real then -- the actors became their characters & their dialogue & microreesponses were authentic. With enough watching of one program, you could feel you were part of that family/situation (made fun dreams on occasion!)

    Don't be a basket case -- you know where baskets are headed, eh? On the highway, yet. . .

    My eyes and back are hurting now, so once I finish this QWK packet
    (I've been at this thing for at least 2 hours working on replies),
    I'm going to get some dinner, and take my evening medications. I
    didn't think I'd make this reply so long...but first, they couldn't
    get me to talk...now, they can't get me to shut up. <G>

    I've never been the quiet type, ask anyone who knows me & those who knew me as a child, even!

    What means "current religion"?

    Prosletyzing (sp?). Things like church bulletin bloopers (always love those) are OK. Originally, the late Grady Nutt and the late Jerry Clower were the only "Christian Comedians" I knew...but of late, I've watched routines of Mark Lowery and Chonda Pierce, on YouTube. At least with
    these folks, the humor is all G-rated.

    Lots of good Christian comics on Youtube, I like Tim someone or other. . .

    It's like society considers a movie with a G-rating "a death sentence". They'd be surprised how many of us prefer good, clean, funny humor. The
    late Red Skelton, George Burns, Bob Hope, Jack Benny, and so many others
    who are no longer with us, proved that "you don't have to be dirty to be funny".

    Foir Hollywod, it's all about numbers. You & others may like the G-rated, but you don't go to them in droves to gt them their money back.

    Directors are careful to ensure their movie crosses in to R territory, because that's a big moneymaker by itself!

    I now what you mean, but recognize it's a historical t hing onlyh now.

    I've said it: Look at the big Bible blockbusters -- they made millions, now Hollywood is mocking religion wuith the likes of "Jesus of Montreal" & every one of these movies BOMBS! but which do they insist on making? Not too bright, I'd say.

    People avoid those offensive ones, but flock to the titillating R-rated ones.

    I'm happy with a PG-16 range of humour. Some swears, when they enhance the hunmour & aren't just gratuitous use. But leave the murders & sex out of sight.

    Directors in the old days used allusion to convey when it was needed to the plot, like fireworks, or even a waterfall. Or, as they edged downward, a train going intgo a tunnel, etc.

    I could figure it out when they entered a room together & closed the door after kissing passionately.

    Somne cultures consider a man & woman married if they are in solitude in a closed room together.

    If a persaon is concerned about reputation, just don't get into seclusion with someone who might be deemed a sexual partner.

    Problem today with all the loosey-goosey defintinsis a man can bring in a male roommate to help with rent costs, & live together a year, then part ways for ahy reason,. & the other guy can go to court claiming palimony & half his stuff(California, & other community property states)because they were living as married. It's a lie, but how can the defender prove it, without sounding like "did not, did not, did NOT!"?

    I'm waiting for one of these to hit the news. . .

    In olden times the lawsuit would be tossed out by the court clerk with a laughing "Foxtrot Oscar" to the plaintiff.

    True story from the '90s: in California, a man was accused f being the father of his ex-girlfriend's baby. The judge ruled he had to pay child support until the child was 18.

    Sounds like a non-news item until you read deeper & discovered:

    -they never had sex (his claim)
    -the paternity blood tests were all negative (fact)
    -the judge explicitly said, "I don't care that it's not his--every child needs a father to support it."

    Yipe!

    Some thing like ghis could happen to a poor hetero man or woman by a vindictive (or just greedy) ex-roomie.

    I've never had a roommate, & was perfectly happy that way; I lived with an ex- girlfriend for a tiome, but we were planning to get married & ready & willing to raise our child(I got her pregnant, not knowing she was already 18 months pregnant at the time) along.), but I takes my chops. I did get her pregnant with one of the two embryos, so I was prepared to do my responsibility.

    She ended up miscarrying both, so it became mot, but we were in love & planning our wedding by then, so kept on doing so until the relationsihp broke down.

    Unbeknownst to us, we were both too young & immature for parenthood or marriage & that naturally led to us breaking up & going our own ways.

    I only wished her & her new husband + baby well. (better thabn 50% odds the child is mine, but they were committed to raising her & loving her in a way I was unable to do at the time, so I could only wish them well, with God's, & my, blessings.

    I accept reality as I accept gravity -- I don't try to balk either in their domain, as it can only lead to pain for me.

    I like what the late Jerry Clower said one night in a routine in Louisiana. He said "if you don't intend to laugh at anything, go home and look in the mirror...and see what everyone else has been laughing at all these years".

    Oooooh, I like that one!

    Also:
    If one pertson calls you an ass, ignore them.
    If two people call you an ass, laught it off.
    If three people call you an ass, start feeling for a tail.

    Sorry, I don't have your recall for sources. "Unknown" it m ust be; only the rare few sit in my menmorty properly -- W. Bruce Cameron, George Carlin, & Dave Barry, where I can identify their work even if I've not read it before.

    Another good example was the late Archie Campbell, when he did his spoonerism stories (he called them "bedtime stories for adults" (you
    can find these on YouTube), of Rindercella (who went to the bancy fall,
    and slopped her dripper), and of The Pee Thrittle Igs (where the wolf
    huffed and puffed, and hoed her blouse down). On the latter, I about
    wet my pants, as I was laughing so hard. Never mind the story of the
    snakes hissing in the pit...you can get tongue tied on that one in a
    hurry. <G>

    I had most of those collected from this echo, without attribution, back in the '90s. One of my favorite sets of funnies. I just opened yp a retro website with his stuff. Gonna add one or two to my next Metric Dozen.

    Another good one for clean funny stories is Bob Newhart's talking to himself stories, including "Bus Drivers' School" & "Introduction to Tobacco"

    Or like the tagline "After this post, we're back on topic". <G>

    I will, when I get more time & energy, create an "Off Topic: group on Facebook.

    Used to have one in FamilyNet back in the day, for Christian or other discussion that didn't fit into one of the defined echoes.

    Except for autoposts with BBS and networks ads (the frequency of these posts per day, for the same BBS or network, is overwhelming), most echoes are dead. I avoid the "flame" echoes...because I believe "if you can't say something nice, keep your mouth shut".

    Oh, I would not allow autoposts, except if this one guy is still around who provided a monthly stats report into the echo.

    FidoNet is for PEOPLE to interact. Beter than Usenet in that replies addressed to you by name so you can read those first in your reader. On Usenet, you need to read all to eventually get to yours. Modstly spam & flames to wade through on UUNET, so I've left it behind again.

    Joe Mackey has told me some bizarre stories of where he works a college campus parking lot, ticketing violators. Some have been in here, and some have been via email.

    The most recent bizarre case (I said he had met Dumb Dora, Dumb Donald, and Bertha Blonde's family) was where this woman had parked in a fire lane. When he told her she couldn't park there, she went right over to park in a handicapped spot...and all Joe could do was sigh. :P If her car had been red, she probably would've felt she was qualified to park there.

    We've got city bylaw for that -- they can be fined $400 for illegally parking in an accessible-marked spot.

    We've most recently amended the bylaws to allow for side loading wheelchair vans, which need an even wider area on one side, & included new signage.

    I was on several committees that helped shape this -- this is how I have fun thees days. . . influencing politics at every level (not too much at federal yet, where I tried, unsuccessfully, to kill a bill that made it legal to euthanise disabled people against our will); my next federal one is either or both of:
    -making proper housing a basic human right in our Constitution
    -providing 14 years free education instead of just 12.

    Working on building my allies right now. . .

    I, & others weren't, wasn't prepared well enough for that bill.

    The bottom line is that folks are lazy. I've seen many able bodied folks get on the handicapable scooters, but when the battery runs out, and the cart stops, they just get up, take their groceries, and walk off. I've seen several memes where "there was a healing in the liquor aisle". :P

    We, the disabled community here in BC, are pointing out that just because a person stands or walks does not mean they shouldn't necessarily be in a wheelchair--that's between them & their doctor/OT/Physio. . .

    Joe also notes he has this portable camera deal, along with the electronic ticket book. The pictures never lie, and it's amazing what folks will say and do to get out of a ticket. And, if they don't have their tickets paid, they get other restrictions on them...and at times, the local constabulary "gets interested". It is so funny when they get "busted".

    Scofflaws should be the ones paying for the infrastructure to keep communities well-run & safe.

    Why, should I, Joe Blow, any honest law-abiding citizen be the one paying for parking enforcement departments & court challenges?

    I love reading Joe's posts on these, no matter how many times I've read them. It brings to mind the saying that "duct tape can't fix stupid, but
    it sure helps mask the noise". <G>

    Silence is golden. . .
    Yes, but duct tape is silver. . . (photo of child with mouth bound up)

    Nowadays, you're so afraid to say anything as someone will be offended. However, I've rarely seen Joe had to lower the boom here. Admittedly, I
    have to practice my groveling at times. <G> But, I did have the extreme pleasure of meeting Joe as he was traveling around the country awhile back (this was before all the crap with COVID-19).

    Most peopple, especially the ones old enough to be from the OG BBS/Fido scene, tend to be better behaved. or at least respectful when informed of how they've broke a rule.

    That's when life was much simpler, and you could have your doors unlocked at night. As the old Virginia Slims cigarette ad noted in its slogan, "You've come a long way, baby" -- I'd say so...for the worst. :P If you mention a lot of these old products and slogans, people wonder what planet you came from.

    Can't dwell on those times, much as they were better, because the keyword is "were" (or "was"); Time marches forward only.

    Our job is to accept this & adapt to it as needed.

    Corporaste greed got us where we are, with promises of "live how you want; be free to do anything, or nothing, if you buy. . X."

    Don't shower, that takes too much time & trouble, just spray yourself with body spray X!

    Don't wash your hand after using the toilet, just spritze with this gel. Oh, yes, certaiunly serve up food after doing so. . . it's YOUR life, is it not? & Walmart(et al) is here to help you live it to your best choices.

    And, we didn't worry about the monkey bars, riding bikes, getting skinned up, eating mudpies, drinking from the hose, etc. Now, parents are so darned paranoid that their kids will become deathly ill, unless they're drowned in hand sanitizer. Doing stuff that we did built up all the immunities that helped us stay well later in life. And, they consider stuff like bikes and monkey bars as "too dangerous".

    Best to learn pain young when it doesn't permanently damage you. Get a scrape, get a minor infection, suffer & boohoo to mommy, but go on with a lesson leaerned deeply.

    Sure, have worms crawling out your butt, but never again run around barefoot where the dogs do their business.

    Now, at 25 when someone says to wear these special beach shoes because rockfish spines can kill you, you don't argue, because you already know that proper footwear protects from all sorts of things Nature throws at you.

    I'm also of "the old school", where "children should be seen and not heard, and not speak unless spoken to. Then, it's 'yes/no ma'am/sir'".
    If the kids are well disciplined and behaved, that's fine. But, most
    kids nowadays are so disrespectful that it's disgusting. When the little
    kid cursed his Mom (you know which one I'm talking about, George), all I could do was shudder.

    I believe we've moved past that & we need to start teaching our kids to be adults sooner, & how to communicate as such. It's a far different world they go into than we did.

    My son knows to speak respectfully to all, & to recognize that older people have knowledge & wisdom he doesn't. But we involve him in household budget converasationsd - he doesnt get a vote, of course, & he knows that.

    Our family is not a democracy -- it's a parentocracy.

    We were hitchiking starting about age 8.

    I'd be scared to death to do that now.

    Me, too, especioaklky being so physically vulnerabkle -- back when I was 13-15, I could run like the wind to escape a serial killer. Now, not so much. . .

    I know how to use my mouth to get out of danger, but some whackjobs are beyond communicating like humans. Thus I was trained in some Krav Maga basics, including surviving a knife or gun attack. (for a pistol -- most are Glocks or similar & cannot refire if the barrel is grabbed & squeezed tight)

    From my years of being bullied & grabbing ahold of a fence or bymper to avoid being dragged to whatever new torture they had planned, I have vice grips grip when I need to.

    We had to be home when the street light in front of our house came on.

    That was standard here, but I had a watch & had to be home for supper by 5, then by 7 for wind-down time.

    I've left my bike overnight sometimes because the only danger was that your friend might hide it to try to scare you that it was stolen.

    My! How it's all changed!

    And, far for the worst, sadly.

    In some cultures. Word is in Japan, if you leave your bike unattended for a month, it'll be exactly where you left it, & not joyridden either.

    Umbrellas get left on the train & sit there for a week until the same person rides it again & sees it.

    Doors aren't locked. Many likely don't even have locks!

    When I did an afternoon newspaper route nearly 50 years ago in south Florida, around Christmas, I'd purchase and place a Christmas card in
    each subscriber's paper. At that time, I collected $1.20 every 2 weeks
    (the paper only cost 10 cents a day, and it didn't publish on Sunday).
    Many folks would give me a $20 bill, and tell me to keep the change. I
    also usually put the papers on their porches for them (I delivered them
    from my bicycle after school was out), and got many of them to "pay by mail", where I didn't have to collect from them. That paper shut down
    long ago.

    So you more than covered thecost of the cards, eh? Nicve one! I know you just did it to gret them & thank them for being paying customers, but it did turn out nicely for you, eh?

    Anyway, on my first date, I took this young lady in the choir (she
    sang soprano, and I sang tenor) to the choir banquet, but we both were
    still too young to drive. So, my parents drove me to her place, and
    took us both to the Hialeah-Miami Lakes Country Club (they were almost
    twin cities). Guys and girls were all dressed up spiffy and nice (suits
    and ties for the guys, then dresses and gowns for the girls). The meal
    was "London Broil" and all the trimmings. She said "her family ended up ordering out for pizza". <G> Then, my parents picked us up afterwards, driving her home, then me to my home. Obviously, there was no hanky
    panky going on there...I think we were both 16 at the time.

    Times are different.
    Now if a girl is told to be careful it means "or you might get herpes, AIDS, &/or pregnant" back then it meant "or you might get kissed"

    Now which one has the worst long-range repercussions, eh?

    Back then a girlfriend was someone you could kiss regularly & not fear Mono.

    Now it's only used as a title for a relationship that has sex. :(

    I like the older def, & still pretty much go by it. I've never been one to chase only after "one thing" unless you mean "honest, committed love." (nobody does any more *sigh*)

    Anyway, the new version is "Jack and Jill went up a hill, to do
    some hanky panky. Poor old Jill forgot her pill...and now, there's
    little Frankie". <BG>

    Jack & Jill; went up the hill, each with a buck & a quarter; Jill came down with $2.50; the rotten whore!

    Most folks want to work from 12 to 1, take an hour off for lunch, and
    get a full check. Hmmmm...sounds like politicians. <G>

    & sleep during that 12-1 if they're Senators up here, who are appointed for life.

    There was a country song that said "Why don't you mind your own business, so you won't be mindin' mine??". The joke is that "I don't gossip, as the things we say about our neighbors is all true...and you'd better listen close the first time". :P

    Then there was this new Baptist preacher who began prweaching against adultery, theft, murder, getting a chorus of "AMEN!" & "Preach it, brother!" after each point.

    The next week he began preaching against gossiping, & an old lady in back was heard muttering, "Now he's gone from preachin' to meddlin'"

    Besides, I have enough crap in my life, and enough I'll have to answer for one day. I won't have to answer for anyone else's transgressions, as it were.

    True enough -- "each is responsible for his own crimes" as the prophet quoted.

    My late wife said that one time, her Mom (who died just over a year
    after my Mom died), saw a woman warning her disobedient child not to
    grab for, or do certain things in the store, or she'd spank him (she
    was the kids' parent, so to me, she had the right to).

    Well, the kid didn't comply, and Momma spanked her child. This other
    woman scolded her, saying "How dare you spank that child!!". The woman replied to her "Shut up!! Or, you're next!!" <G>.

    ooo, I like that one! :D

    My brother and I got more than our share of spankings growing up, and
    we consider ourselves better for it. This crap about "you can't spank
    them, as it'll ruin their self esteem" is pure garbage.

    I agree 100%! I was a stubborn little imp & got a lot of belt whacks growing up, but I'm a better person for it; I'd never even consider stealing, let alone even touching that which isn't mine, nor do I lie.

    If you got a whipping in school, somehow, your parents found out about
    it, and you got a second whipping when you got home. And, if you varied
    that story in any way, you got a worse whipping.

    Yup, no school whippings by my generation, at least up here.

    Now, they'd accuse you of assault, even if they were trespassing. So
    many think that "the rules don't apply to me"...in so many situations.

    All this non-punishmenmt & free license for tyhe kids & those who complain about spankings are also the ones wondering why crime is so high in their city. . .

    O say, "listen up, stupid, let me introduce you to a concept called Cause & Effect."

    Well, Sunday came and went, and the 2 preachers met again for lunch.
    But, the exchange took an interesting turn. When asked how things went
    with the sermon, the pedal-less preacher lamented "Not like I thought
    they would". His partner asked "Didn't you preach the sermon on 'The
    Ten Commandments'??"...and was told "Well, I did...but I never got to
    'Thou Shalt Not Steal'. When I got to 'Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery';
    I remembered where I had left the bicycle". <BG>

    Tsk tsk, naughty, naughty. . .

    Like the story of Tom & Joe.

    Joe asked Tom, "Next Sunday, you spend time with the preacher afterward, keep him talking at the door as long as you can, so I have time to get with his wife."

    Tom, being a good drinking buddy agreed.

    After 3 or 4 Sundays of this the padsor could tell Tom was rteaching for excvuses to keep talking & confronted him about it to ask what's going on.

    In the face of authority, Tonm cracvked & told the truth. The minster said, indly laying his hand over Tom's shoulders, "You should go home, Tom."

    "Why," he asked.

    "Because I'm not married."

    Your friend,

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  • From Daryl Stout@1:2320/33 to George Pope on Sun Oct 10 22:59:00 2021
    George,

    Kids don't get it -- we older folks can guess more truth than they've
    ever known.

    Well, growing up, we thought we knew it all. Then, we discovered we
    didn't know "squat". Sadly, the kids nowadays will have to learn the
    hard way (sigh!).

    Our guesses are based on reality, experience, & facts.

    Experience is the best teacher.

    I don't know Medical Centre, but he rest I sorta recall as I watched
    most.

    Chad Everett and James Daly...my late Mom and I loved that show.

    I don't like long viewinghs, so I'm more into sitcoms -- a nice
    30-minute funny story fully wrapped up within 22-24(24 for the '70s)

    The TV sets here haven't been plugged in or turned on in over 3 years.
    The only "TV" I watch is if the local newscast is on, then I go to their website, or view it on the smartphone.

    Don't be a basket case -- you know where baskets are headed, eh? On the highway, yet. . .

    That's for sure. Or like the cartoon: "Welcome to H***. May I park your handbasket??". Or the other one that has the character asking "Where Am I?? And, why am I in this handbasket??". :P

    I've never been the quiet type, ask anyone who knows me & those who
    knew me as a child, even!

    I originally was shy (hard to believe). But, first they couldn't get me
    to talk. Now, they can't get me to shut up. <G>

    For Hollywod, it's all about numbers. You & others may like the
    G-rated, but you don't go to them in droves to get them their money
    back.

    Fifty years ago, my Dad and I went to the Dade County Youth Fair in west Miami. There was this heavy set comedian from Kentucky called "The Duke Of Paducah". All I remember is that it was G-rated, and it was hilarious. As
    I've said many times, people like Red Skelton, Jack Benny, Bob Hope, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Groucho Marx, etc. proved "you don't have to be dirty
    to be funny".

    Directors are careful to ensure their movie crosses in to R territory, because that's a big moneymaker by itself!

    There was a book when I was majoring in Radio/TV/Film in college, called "Subliminal Seduction". The sexiest thing in Playboy is NOT the centerfold... it's some of these ads, especially for alcoholic beverages.

    Some cultures consider a man & woman married if they are in solitude
    in a closed room together.

    Common law marriage.

    I'm waiting for one of these to hit the news. . .

    Or the tabloids.

    I like what the late Jerry Clower said one night in a routine in Louisiana. He said "if you don't intend to laugh at anything, go home and look in the mirror...and see what everyone else has been laughing at all these years".

    Oooooh, I like that one!

    He had a valid point.

    Oh, I would not allow autoposts, except if this one guy is still around who provided a monthly stats report into the echo.

    With mine, it's like this:

    1) Today In History -- on various topics in the appropriate echoes, once a year. This includes Burma Shave ads, Pun History, Weather History (partial after 1990), Comedy/Bloopers, Random Quotes, QWK Mail Taglines, etc.

    2) My ham radio nets that I'm involved with -- recycle weekly.

    3) The ad for my BBS -- posts the first of the month ONLY (unless I need
    to repost a correction).

    We've got city bylaw for that -- they can be fined $400 for illegally parking in an accessible-marked spot.

    While there are disabled folks who are in worse shape than I am, what
    really gets me mad is vehicles that park in the handicapped spot, with
    no indication of a hangtag, license plate, or disability. Basically, they parked there, because they were lazy.

    We've most recently amended the bylaws to allow for side loading wheelchair vans, which need an even wider area on one side, & included
    new signage.

    I've seen those on the vans and the spaces to "please allow extra space".

    We, the disabled community here in BC, are pointing out that just
    because a person stands or walks does not mean they shouldn't
    necessarily be in a wheelchair--that's between them & their doctor/OT/Physio. . .

    You have a valid point. Yet, I'm sane...just ask my psychiatrist. <G>

    Scofflaws should be the ones paying for the infrastructure to keep communities well-run & safe.

    Or a sign noting "North Little Rock Public Shooting Range". I guess
    that's where we line up the tax scofflaws, and blow them away. <G>

    Why, should I, Joe Blow, any honest law-abiding citizen be the one
    paying for parking enforcement departments & court challenges?

    Silence is golden. . .
    Yes, but duct tape is silver. . . (photo of child with mouth bound up)

    Yep.

    Most peopple, especially the ones old enough to be from the OG BBS/Fido scene, tend to be better behaved. or at least respectful when informed
    of how they've broke a rule.

    Yep.

    Best to learn pain young when it doesn't permanently damage you. Get a scrape, get a minor infection, suffer & boohoo to mommy, but go on with
    a lesson leaerned deeply.

    Exactly.


    I believe we've moved past that & we need to start teaching our kids to
    be adults sooner, & how to communicate as such. It's a far different world they go into than we did.

    Sad, but true. We may be kids at heart, but we know what maturity means.

    In some cultures. Word is in Japan, if you leave your bike unattended
    for a month, it'll be exactly where you left it, & not joyridden
    either.

    I love watching these "Dumb Criminals 101" videos.

    So you more than covered thecost of the cards, eh? Nice one! I know
    you just did it to gret them & thank them for being paying customers,
    but it did turn out nicely for you, eh?

    It was my first job, and I really enjoyed it.

    Now if a girl is told to be careful it means "or you might get herpes, AIDS, &/or pregnant" back then it meant "or you might get kissed"

    I don't think I kissed her. The poor thing had acne real bad, and a lot
    of pitting on her face. They say "beauty is skin deep, but ugly goes clear
    to the bone"...yet to me, if they have an inner beauty, that more than
    makes up for it.

    & sleep during that 12-1 if they're Senators up here, who are appointed for life.

    Like the US Supreme Court Justices.

    Then there was this new Baptist preacher who began prweaching against adultery, theft, murder, getting a chorus of "AMEN!" & "Preach it, brother!" after each point.

    The next week he began preaching against gossiping, & an old lady in
    back was heard muttering, "Now he's gone from preachin' to meddlin'"

    LOL!!

    Well, the kid didn't comply, and Momma spanked her child. This other
    woman scolded her, saying "How dare you spank that child!!". The woman replied to her "Shut up!! Or, you're next!!" <G>.

    ooo, I like that one! :D

    Nowadays, you could be taken to court for abuse.

    Yup, no school whippings by my generation, at least up here.

    I didn't get paddled...not sure if my brother did. He was more a rebel
    than I was.

    All this non-punishmenmt & free license for tyhe kids & those who complain about spankings are also the ones wondering why crime is so
    high in their city. . .

    Yep.

    Ten Commandments'??"...and was told "Well, I did...but I never got to
    'Thou Shalt Not Steal'. When I got to 'Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery';
    I remembered where I had left the bicycle". <BG>

    Tsk tsk, naughty, naughty. . .

    That just shows preachers are sinners like the rest of us.

    In the face of authority, Tonm cracvked & told the truth. The minster said, indly laying his hand over Tom's shoulders, "You should go home, Tom."

    "Why," he asked.

    "Because I'm not married."

    OMG. :P

    Daryl

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  • From George Pope@1:153/757.2 to Daryl Stout on Wed Oct 13 13:33:46 2021
    Our guesses are based on reality, experience, & facts.

    Experience is the best teacher.

    Is it? Experience kills everyone she teaches. Everyone.

    The TV sets here haven't been plugged in or turned on in over 3 years.
    The only "TV" I watch is if the local newscast is on, then I go to their website, or view it on the smartphone.

    When I lived alone, my tv was rately on, but now it is in the evenings, & I get the remote to picjk sometghing I can stand (something thought-provoking & made with talent, not just a hackjob)

    That's for sure. Or like the cartoon: "Welcome to H***. May I park your handbasket??". Or the other one that has the character asking "Where Am I?? And, why am I in this handbasket??". :P

    Does it say something about volumes of traffic that it's a highway to Hell, but a staircase to Heaven?

    Fifty years ago, my Dad and I went to the Dade County Youth Fair in west Miami. There was this heavy set comedian from Kentucky called "The Duke Of Paducah". All I remember is that it was G-rated, and it was hilarious. As I've said many times, people like Red Skelton, Jack Benny, Bob Hope, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Groucho Marx, etc. proved "you don't have to be dirty to be funny".

    Nobosy's saying otherwise, but that era is gone & past. There are some funny ones now, but not enough people watch them to make it a profitable exercise/pursuit. I miss John Pinette(RIP) -- a great storyteller & downright funny guy! Look him up on YouTube. . .

    There was a book when I was majoring in Radio/TV/Film in college, called "Subliminal Seduction". The sexiest thing in Playboy is NOT the centerfold... it's some of these ads, especially for alcoholic beverages.

    I usually enjoyed the articles & jokes more than the centrefolds.

    Now I can't be bothered to open any. . . as the stories got dumber & more about promoting the smut side of the business than being interesting insights into the world we live in.

    I was most impressed in first seeing the list of women who refused $1,000,000 (in the '70s & earlier) to appear in Playboy.

    Some cultures consider a man & woman married if they are in solitude
    in a closed room together.

    Common law marriage.

    By what's common by their laws, yup.

    Here it's 6-12 months or you file a tax return together as "equivalent to married"

    I'm waiting for one of these to hit the news. . .

    Or the tabloids.

    I would not know then, as I dn't read that <congress>.

    [autposts]
    With mine, it's like this:

    1) Today In History -- on various topics in the appropriate echoes, once a year. This includes Burma Shave ads, Pun History, Weather History (partial after 1990), Comedy/Bloopers, Random Quotes, QWK Mail Taglines, etc.

    I'd prolly ask you to limit it to once a week in the Funny echo, until there's enough contribution so your autoposts aren't all bunched up. . .

    While there are disabled folks who are in worse shape than I am, what really gets me mad is vehicles that park in the handicapped spot, with
    no indication of a hangtag, license plate, or disability. Basically, they parked there, because they were lazy.

    Our placards come with a letter to not use the spaces even if entitled, if we're having a good day & don't fully need it, to leave it for those who really have no choice.

    Friends would want me to use my card to get us good spots, but I'd say no, & ask them to drop me at the fronmt, then go park.

    We, the disabled community here in BC, are pointing out that just because a person stands or walks does not mean they shouldn't necessarily be in a wheelchair--that's between them & their doctor/OT/Physio. . .

    You have a valid point. Yet, I'm sane...just ask my psychiatrist. <G>

    Well, it's an ongoing fight, to keep city hall remembering that we are people, too, & equally deserving of fair treatment under the law as anyone else.

    I'm waiting for a bright & feisty defense lawyer to plea his client as guilty & demand he be given the Kennedy sentencing, as he's equal, under thge lawm to any Kennedy.

    Now if a girl is told to be careful it means "or you might get herpes, AIDS, &/or pregnant" back then it meant "or you might get kissed"

    I don't think I kissed her. The poor thing had acne real bad, and a lot
    of pitting on her face. They say "beauty is skin deep, but ugly goes clear to the bone"...yet to me, if they have an inner beauty, that more than
    makes up for it.

    Acne isn't contagious. If I liked her & she was looking for a kiss, I'd've kissed her. If I was't ready to be serious with her for a commitment, I'd keep my kiss basic & not long & French.

    Sometimes a girl just needs acknowledgement that she's good enough for a hug & kiss. . .

    & sleep during that 12-1 if they're Senators up here, who are appointed for life.

    Like the US Supreme Court Justices.

    Our SC, too. . .

    Nowadays, you could be taken to court for abuse.

    Yup, but I'd gho & I'df defend myself just fine, thankyouverymuch.

    I was not "hitting" my child, I was "teaching an important lesson"; one is punishment/revenge, the other is the carefullyl considered lesson that makes the child a better human being & citizen in the long run.

    My dad, when I did a crime worthy of a spanking (lying & stealing, as they were in t he Ten Commandments) would send me to my room & join me in some time later; I imagine after he communed with Godf about his responsibility & how to do it righteously & not emnotionally. So he'd arrive 20 minutes later, quite calm, ready to teach to his class of one.


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    Sounds like Windows Vista.

    i'd 'x' MSIE & it'd pop up a message, "Internet Exploder stopped. Reloading. . ." WTHHHH????

    I edited the name a little. . .

    Your friend,

    <+]:{)}
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  • From Daryl Stout@1:2320/33 to George Pope on Thu Oct 14 09:27:00 2021
    George,

    Experience is the best teacher.

    Is it? Experience kills everyone she teaches. Everyone.

    What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Although I'm wondering about
    that, after all the crap I've been through since my Mom died.

    Does it say something about volumes of traffic that it's a highway to Hell, but a staircase to Heaven?

    A Stairway To Heaven. There was a lawsuit filed over that, because
    apparently someone used the melody for something else.

    Nobosy's saying otherwise, but that era is gone & past. There are some funny ones now, but not enough people watch them to make it a
    profitable exercise/pursuit. I miss John Pinette(RIP) -- a great storyteller & downright funny guy! Look him up on YouTube. . .

    Well, in trying to get a seat for Darci Lynn Farmer's shows, they sell
    out fast...and her stuff is all G-rated.

    I usually enjoyed the articles & jokes more than the centrefolds.

    I rarely read it. In "Mad Magazine" once, there was a cartoon, where
    someone added grafitti (sp?) to a newsstand, that was selling Playboy,
    etc. So, it read "If you enjoy self PLAY, BOY this magazine sure will
    help!!". <G>

    Now I can't be bothered to open any. . . as the stories got dumber &
    more about promoting the smut side of the business than being
    interesting insights into the world we live in.

    And, most of that has gone online only now. Plus, both Hugh Hefner and
    Larry Flynt are dead and gone now.

    I was most impressed in first seeing the list of women who refused $1,000,000 (in the '70s & earlier) to appear in Playboy.

    It's like the medical folks and nudity...you've seen one, you've seen
    them all.

    I'd prolly ask you to limit it to once a week in the Funny echo, until there's enough contribution so your autoposts aren't all bunched up. .
    .

    OK, I will discontinue them. But, it's not like in the BBS ad echoes,
    where some systems are posting the same ad for their BBS several times
    a day.

    Our placards come with a letter to not use the spaces even if entitled,
    if we're having a good day & don't fully need it, to leave it for those who really have no choice.

    It also notes "Hangtag must be removed before vehicle is in motion". I
    can't tell you how many vehicles I see with those still on the rearview
    mirror, which restricts your visibility.

    Well, it's an ongoing fight, to keep city hall remembering that we are people, too, & equally deserving of fair treatment under the law as
    anyone else.

    The elite and those in charge thing they are special, that their fecal excrement doesn't stink, plus that they are the kings, and were are the
    sheeple servants.

    Acne isn't contagious. If I liked her & she was looking for a kiss,
    I'd've kissed her. If I was't ready to be serious with her for a commitment, I'd keep my kiss basic & not long & French.

    Is kissing in France just kissing?? :P

    I was not "hitting" my child, I was "teaching an important lesson"; one
    is punishment/revenge, the other is the carefullyl considered lesson
    that makes the child a better human being & citizen in the long run.

    They say stuff like that is too old fashioned...we live in an enlightened age. They said that before the Noahic flood.

    i'd 'x' MSIE & it'd pop up a message, "Internet Exploder stopped. Reloading. . ." WTHHHH????

    It was Internut Exploder...if you have the balls to run it. :P

    Daryl

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  • From George Pope@1:153/757.2 to Daryl Stout on Fri Oct 15 14:22:51 2021
    A Stairway To Heaven. There was a lawsuit filed over that, because apparently someone used the melody for something else.

    There's always a suit, but most are cleared up & settled for an agreeable to both sides deal. You can't help but be influenced by otherts if you live in thisera, as every store plays the radio. . .

    Can you guarantee beyond doubt that the lyric you wrote wasn't based on something you heard 5 years ago?

    Well, in trying to get a seat for Darci Lynn Farmer's shows, they sell
    out fast...and her stuff is all G-rated.

    I can't afford to pay for shows -- I wait for the YouTube uploads!

    I rarely read it. In "Mad Magazine" once, there was a cartoon, where someone added grafitti (sp?) to a newsstand, that was selling Playboy,
    etc. So, it read "If you enjoy self PLAY, BOY this magazine sure will help!!". <G>

    That's funny! I loved Mad before what's his enormity died. .

    I was lucky to get6 hold of the last book put out -- a big one extolling his life & commitmwent & contributions.. .

    It's like the medical folks and nudity...you've seen one, you've seen
    them all.

    To a point. . . for me, there's endless variety. but not in pictures on a sceen or book. . .

    & that's all that's available to me, with my vows taken to my wife.

    OK, I will discontinue them. But, it's not like in the BBS ad echoes, where some systems are posting the same ad for their BBS several times
    a day.

    I know, that BBS AD echo is purt much only these bots; I pop in once in a while to look for those posted by real sysops.

    It also notes "Hangtag must be removed before vehicle is in motion". I can't tell you how many vehicles I see with those still on the rearview mirror, which restricts your visibility.

    Good plan. . .

    The elite and those in charge thing they are special, that their fecal excrement doesn't stink, plus that they are the kings, and were are the sheeple servants.

    Yup, we are the enemuy of their having everything at any time. Becaise everything iven to us feel s like theft to them, because tey live by the Toddler Rules of Acquisiotiohn Rule 1 (If I want it, it's mine)

    Is kissing in France just kissing?? :P

    There was a fad to call it English kissing for a while.

    Both sides of the Channel were trying to say the other country was depraved

    we call condoms "French safes"; they call tihem "English bonnets"

    They say stuff like that is too old fashioned...we live in an enlightened age. They said that before the Noahic flood.

    It's old fashioned to want to be safe walking at night in your own city?

    i'd 'x' MSIE & it'd pop up a message, "Internet Exploder stopped. Reloading. . ." WTHHHH????

    It was Internut Exploder...if you have the balls to run it. :P

    Yup, piece of <congress>, indeed!

    Your friend,

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  • From Daryl Stout@1:2320/33 to George Pope on Fri Oct 15 20:52:00 2021
    George,

    Can you guarantee beyond doubt that the lyric you wrote wasn't based on something you heard 5 years ago?

    Peter Tchaikowsky based his "Capriccio Italiane" on music he heard in on a trip to Italy...and George Gershwin based his "An American In Paris" from a trip to France.

    I can't afford to pay for shows -- I wait for the YouTube uploads!

    You might as well. Then, you can fast forward to the part you want to see.

    I rarely read it. In "Mad Magazine" once, there was a cartoon, where someone added grafitti (sp?) to a newsstand, that was selling Playboy,
    etc. So, it read "If you enjoy self PLAY, BOY this magazine sure will help!!". <G>

    That's funny! I loved Mad before what's his enormity died. .

    Remember Spy Versus Spy?? <G>

    It's like the medical folks and nudity...you've seen one, you've seen
    them all.

    To a point. . . for me, there's endless variety. but not in pictures on
    a sceen or book. . .

    A butt is a butt is a butt...but... <G>

    & that's all that's available to me, with my vows taken to my wife.

    It's going on 15 years since I lost my Dad and my wife (she died 2 1/2
    months after he did)...and I lost my Mom just over 2 years ago. But, I have
    all the wonderful memories that no one can take away.

    I know, that BBS AD echo is purt much only these bots; I pop in once in
    a while to look for those posted by real sysops.

    I post mine on the first of the month ONLY...although I discovered the
    URL was wrong for the Feedback link...so I had to correct and repost it.
    I figure once a month is sufficient...several times a day is overkill.

    It also notes "Hangtag must be removed before vehicle is in motion". I can't tell you how many vehicles I see with those still on the rearview mirror, which restricts your visibility.

    Good plan. . .

    I don't know if the police can actually ticket you for driving with the hangtag on or not. They are doing a campaign for the next week, to catch
    folks who are texting and driving.

    Yup, we are the enemy of their having everything at any time. Because everything given to us feels like theft to them, because they live by
    the Toddler Rules of Acquisition Rule 1 (If I want it, it's mine).

    Sounds like what the dachshund has. <G>

    Is kissing in France just kissing?? :P

    There was a fad to call it English kissing for a while.

    Loose lips sink ships...and relation-ships. <G>

    we call condoms "French safes"; they call tihem "English bonnets"

    Do we have a rubber match to see who's best 2 out of 3?? <G>

    It's old fashioned to want to be safe walking at night in your own
    city?

    Really.

    Daryl

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  • From George Pope@1:153/757.2 to Daryl Stout on Sun Oct 17 14:40:50 2021
    I can't afford to pay for shows -- I wait for the YouTube uploads!

    You might as well. Then, you can fast forward to the part you want to see.

    Not knowing where it isd, I tendf to watch full shows of those I like or Dry Bar Comerdy shows.

    Most upload clips on a certain topic only, so those are great for sharing to friends tro illustrate a point being made.

    I rarely read it. In "Mad Magazine" once, there was a cartoon, where someone added grafitti (sp?) to a newsstand, that was selling Playboy, etc. So, it read "If you enjoy self PLAY, BOY this magazine sure will help!!". <G>

    That's funny! I loved Mad before what's his enormity died. .

    Remember Spy Versus Spy?? <G>

    Yeah, I didn't much like it. . .seemed silly & repetitive & much like Mighty Mouse -- the final result was not necessarily what would seem fair. (I follow "You started it, so _I_ get to finish it, on MY OWN terms."

    To a point. . . for me, there's endless variety. but not in pictures on a sceen or book. . .

    A butt is a butt is a butt...but... <G>

    butt he butt of the one you love is always #1. But I might still notice others, as does my wife & so what -- we're wed, not dead; married, not buried. We made a vow to be true to each other, not to only look at each other.

    If we;re out walking & my wife sees a curvacious young lovely who is pleasantly & shapely padded, she'll nudge me to direct my attention. I do the same if a scvene comes on tv involving firemen dancing in only underwear; both my wife & daughter will take a moment to appreciate the act, & why not?

    One year my wife said if I want to book off all Wednesday7 evenighs to go play poker with friends I had to buy her a fireman calendar, so I did. . . & with n o embarrassment -- what do I care? it's not for ME! Only my wife & I need to know that, really. Nobody cares any more; wyen I was younger it would raise eyebrows & attract the pointing of fingers. . .

    It's going on 15 years since I lost my Dad and my wife (she died 2 1/2 months after he did)...and I lost my Mom just over 2 years ago. But, I have all the wonderful memories that no one can take away.

    Amen! I give thanks for all I've seen, been, & experienced. . . & for all that I will undergo. . .

    I post mine on the first of the month ONLY...although I discovered the
    URL was wrong for the Feedback link...so I had to correct and repost it.
    I figure once a month is sufficient...several times a day is overkill.

    Yup -- that's cheating; wanting to always be on the first page when someone just briefly pops into the echo. Google blocks websites that use games(e.g. the same keyword 10,000 times in invisible colour(matching the background colour) so keyword counters give that site higher weight, when they're just ordinary, to be on the first page of results.

    On the same principle,. i'd limit BBS_ADS echo to once a month, to encourage more individual reading, replying, & having conversations.

    If you want to be on top, do as Google says, & pay an ad fee. (not sure I'd ever do that, as it's against the spirit of Fidonet, especially if I'm not paying anything to be part of it.); in the meantime, I'd expect the BBS_ADS echo to ghave a list of subjects that, in 4-6 words make each board attractive to casual browswers & message b message readfers both.

    I don't know if the police can actually ticket you for driving with the hangtag on or not. They are doing a campaign for the next week, to catch folks who are texting and driving.

    It's all about what they chose to interpret things as (truthfully, moree what theier emplyer (e.g. city, county, state) has inmind for revenue raising.

    There's a stretch of the main south-north interestate through Florida that ghoes throughga county whgere toplessness in men is illegval (ticketable); mnaturtally most men(& some women) driving are topless to try to survive the heart & humidity of certain seasons. & the cops are awaiting to ticket you.
    You prolly have to pay on the spot, as there's no likelihood that John Smith from Peoria will anything but trash that ticket, maybe a quarter mile down the road, out his window. . .

    Then my concern would be that it's an off-duty cop trying to make some extra personal cash.

    Oh well, I know of the law & if I were driving there, I'd be suffering the heat or have good AC in my car & have a light tee-shirt on)

    & I'd be driving about 1.5 MPH lower than posted speed limit (most people figure limit+5% wil be fine by most cops, & go about limit plus 10%)

    Guy gets pulled over for speeding.

    "I was going at the speed of traffic, officer," he said in protest.

    Cop looks up & down the clearly empty road, "What fleeping traffic?"

    "See? That's how far behind I am!"

    Yup, we are the enemy of their having everything at any time. Because everything given to us feels like theft to them, because they live by the Toddler Rules of Acquisition Rule 1 (If I want it, it's mine).

    Sounds like what the dachshund has. <G>

    Most dogs, most toddlers, & far too many grown(age-wise) adults. . .

    Is kissing in France just kissing?? :P

    There was a fad to call it English kissing for a while.

    Loose lips sink ships...and relation-ships. <G>

    I'd never kiss another woman romantically. If I get lip-bombed bn some drunk woman, I'm not going to accept being betrayed for it. Neither for anything my wife dreanms about.

    Thankfully, she's not the type to make an issue in either case.

    we call condoms "French safes"; they call tihem "English bonnets"

    Do we have a rubber match to see who's best 2 out of 3?? <G>

    The handyman wins?

    It's old fashioned to want to be safe walking at night in your own city?

    Really.

    Thsat's what it would seem like if the younguns react to my attitudes toward public behaviour & morals & the need to teach children well, when a paddling is required.

    Your friend,

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