• Re: Spoonerisms

    From Daryl Stout@1:2320/33 to August Abolins on Tue Sep 21 00:51:00 2021
    August,

    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.

    You have to be careful on how you say those spoonerisms, or you
    could get into trouble real fast.

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

    Remind me of it, and I'll post it another day. With thunderstorms
    approaching now, I'm trying to finish things up.

    I spent much of Monday completely rebuilding the Windows 10
    registry, and reinstalling it, as the registry had gotten badly
    corrupted. I still have several things to install, but it's
    getting late, and thunderstorms are heading this way. So, I'm
    going to power down for the night shortly.

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

    Especially for mail runs and maintenance. <G> The thing is,
    these BBS ads are posting so many times per the same day, that
    I had to enable duplicate filtering. I post my BBS ad once a
    month.

    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.

    That may be true...but I've seen more folks who gave no indication
    of being handicapped, on those things. I use either a cane or walker
    everywhere I go.

    Daryl

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to George Pope on Sun Oct 10 21:49:00 2021
    Hello George Pope!

    ** On Sunday 10.10.21 - 15:35, George Pope wrote to Daryl Stout:

    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.

    Imho, FB is not the best platform for discussions.


    I know how to use my mouth to get out of danger, [...]
    (for a pistol -- most are Glocks or similar & cannot
    refire if the barrel is grabbed & squeezed tight)

    But.. isn't it still a good idea to try and get that barrel
    pointed away from you? :O
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    ../|ug

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  • From George Pope@1:153/757.2 to August Abolins on Wed Oct 13 12:55:02 2021
    I will, when I get more time & energy, create an "Off
    Topic: group on Facebook.

    Imho, FB is not the best platform for discussions.

    of course not, but an Off-Topic echo might attract some older folk; likewise a "40-Something Chat" which may have under 40s, but will scare off the younger mouthy set as they'll imagine old wrinkly people in there & skip joining)

    I know how to use my mouth to get out of danger, [...]
    (for a pistol -- most are Glocks or similar & cannot
    refire if the barrel is grabbed & squeezed tight)

    But.. isn't it still a good idea to try and get that barrel
    pointed away from you? :O

    Natch, that's part of it--grab barrel, yank downwards & away from you

    In Canada, yelling "gun" will have every liberal in earshot calling 911, but could also slow police response time. . .*sigh*

    The #1 one advice is to not be where the guns may be pulled & used.
    #2 is talk your way out of the situation.
    Only if needed, do you defend yourself & the trick here is to win/survive.

    Knofe attacks are easy: there's only 2 ways a knife can attack (stabbing or slashing) & each determines how you grab the assailant's wrist to twist & pull againast your body so the knife is not anywhere near you. . . then just hang on untiul the police arrive.

    Again: don't be where the trouble happens is Advice One.

    I've had to go into the Downtown East Side (worst Skid Row in the world, per Guinness) a bunch of times for a course I was taking on how to help these people out of poverty. I did well enough; I just wheeled directly there from the bus stop & likewise in reverse going home. Nobody bothered me, but then I don't dress 'up' trying to look better than others, so don't attract attention of those with chips on their shoulder.

    When asked for change I just look them in the eye & say, "I wish; sorry, man. . ." & continue on after they acknowledge me back.

    Your friend,

    <+]:{)}
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  • From Daryl Stout@1:2320/33 to George Pope on Mon Oct 18 07:02:00 2021
    George,

    butt the 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.

    I saw a meme where it looked like this guy was looking at this woman's shapely butt, and his wife had a fit. Yet, what she didn't notice is that
    in a nearby car, was a dog in the drivers seat, with his paws on the wheel.
    The man's defense was "How often do you see a dog driving a car??". <G>

    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?

    If a member of the opposite sex kissed me or my wife, we'd razz the crap
    out of each other...about one's new romantic boyfriend for her, or girlfriend for me. <G> But, as the country song noted, "I've got all the love a man
    could want, waiting for me at home".

    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. . .

    What a couple, married before God and their peers, wants to do in the intimacy of their bedroom...however kinky it may be...is their business.
    If they're amenable to that, more power to them.

    In that regard, here's a punny joke of a frisky couple...

    This couple, both ham radio operators, were getting ready for bed one
    night, and the wife was in hot, horny, and amorous mood...telling her
    husband "Beat Me!! Whip Me!!".

    Well, he didn't have anything handy, so he went out to the garage,
    and removed the magmount antennas off of their vehicles via the "quick disconnects" (for a quickie <G>)...and they proceeded to strip naked,
    and thrash each others nude body. To me, that's like getting popped
    by a wet towel on your butt cheeks.

    Now, that's NOT my idea of a good time...but as noted above, if that's
    what the couple wants to do to be happy, more power to them. I guess it
    takes all kinds to make a world (sigh!).

    Well, a few days later, the stinging welts proved unbearable, so they
    both went to the Emergency Room. The doctor has them both strip naked,
    and as he sees the welts, confronts them with "Did you get this from
    having sex??".

    Tearfully, the couple confessed that it was true...and the doctor
    growled "I thought so. That's the worst case of van-aerial disease
    I've ever seen". <BG>

    Years ago, I was talking to my mother-in-law on the speaker phone,
    and my wife was next to me. When I got to the punchline, my wife
    screamed "OH, NO!!" at the dry pun humor...but my mother-in-law was
    laughing hysterically. <G>

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

    While I'm busier than I was when I was married, some days, it gets
    awfully lonely.

    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.

    I've got the duplicates deal turned on in the BBS echoes...so, I know
    many of the posts get zapped.

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

    Some echoes do that.

    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 want folks to logon because they want to...not because they have to.
    And, to me, constantly posting the ad, is like shoving it down their throat.

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

    Every so often, you'll hear controversies of certain small towns that
    have "speed traps".

    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. . .

    What about bottomless?? Does that mean they have no butt?? <G>

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

    That, too. There have been cases of folks impersonating police officers
    as well.

    It reminds me of a joke where this cop pulls this blonde female over,
    and he basically wants her to perform oral sex on him. She laments "Not
    another breathalyzer test!!" :P

    & 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%)

    It's so easy to get a "lead foot".

    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!"

    Exactly. But, I thought "speed limit" meant exactly that. I got a
    warning once because I was doing the speed limit, but the flow of
    traffic was much higher. To me, that makes as much sense as tits on
    a boar hog.

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

    The handyman wins?

    LOL.

    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.

    Now, you'll stir up all those against corporal punishment. :P

    Daryl

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  • From George Pope@1:153/757.2 to Daryl Stout on Mon Oct 18 14:16:46 2021
    I saw a meme where it looked like this guy was looking at this woman's shapely butt, and his wife had a fit. Yet, what she didn't notice is that
    in a nearby car, was a dog in the drivers seat, with his paws on the wheel. The man's defense was "How often do you see a dog driving a car??". <G>

    I have that somewhere on this machine. . .

    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?

    If a member of the opposite sex kissed me or my wife, we'd razz the crap out of each other...about one's new romantic boyfriend for her, or girlfriend for me. <G> But, as the country song noted, "I've got all the love a man
    could want, waiting for me at home".

    Same here; it's never been, but I can see it going exactly like that, because we married at 40, so we werren't doe-eyed teenaghers naive asbout life & expectations. We knew real life & we still CHOSE each other, including commitment.

    What a couple, married before God and their peers, wants to do in the intimacy of their bedroom...however kinky it may be...is their business.
    If they're amenable to that, more power to them.

    Yup, the marriahe bed is holy means it is set apart from all others, & whatever happens as part of it, is separate unto only the couple.

    There are still states in your country that ban oral sex between husband & wife!

    Tearfully, the couple confessed that it was true...and the doctor
    growled "I thought so. That's the worst case of van-aerial disease
    I've ever seen". <BG>

    That'd do it!

    Masochist: whip me, beat me!
    Sadist: No.

    While I'm busier than I was when I was married, some days, it gets
    awfully lonely.

    I'm married & I feel the same on occasion, but then I shrug & keep moving. . .

    I've got the duplicates deal turned on in the BBS echoes...so, I know
    many of the posts get zapped.

    Your software prevents dupes from downloading?

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

    Some echoes do that.

    Yup -- up to the owners/mods/operators. . .

    I want folks to logon because they want to...not because they have to. And, to me, constantly posting the ad, is like shoving it down their throat.

    & makes it look like those are the only BBS options available, in the echo.

    Every so often, you'll hear controversies of certain small towns that
    have "speed traps".

    There's good monedy in traffic tickets, if you can collect (here in BC, with a governmnet auto insurance monopoly, they put a lien on you renerwing your license plates if you owe for traffic fines, or even if you owe child support anywhere.

    What about bottomless?? Does that mean they have no butt?? <G>

    Go to a bar with bottomless waitressdes & judge for yourself. I suspect they have additional bottom out for the beholding (badonkadonks, as the kids say)

    It's so easy to get a "lead foot".

    Not if you understyand that you getting into a car & driving is your acceptance of a contract made when you took your driving test.

    Exactly. But, I thought "speed limit" meant exactly that. I got a
    warning once because I was doing the speed limit, but the flow of
    traffic was much higher. To me, that makes as much sense as tits on
    a boar hog.

    One comic said he was in New Mexico on a long empty interstate & wanted to see how fast his Porsche would go (it's "speed limit")

    Cop pulled him over & said, "You're going over the speed limit."

    Comic said, "Not yet, obviously, but I was trying."


    Now, you'll stir up all those against corporal punishment. :P

    *looks left* *looks right*

    I think we'll be alright.

    Your friend,

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  • From Daryl Stout@1:2320/33 to George Pope on Tue Oct 19 16:53:00 2021
    George,

    Masochist: whip me, beat me!
    Sadist: No.

    I had the same reaction from my wife. <BG>

    Your software prevents dupes from downloading?

    It imports them, but then deletes them as duplicates.

    Go to a bar with bottomless waitressdes & judge for yourself. I suspect they have additional bottom out for the beholding (badonkadonks, as the kids say)

    So, that's where that song "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" came from. :P

    Cop pulled him over & said, "You're going over the speed limit."

    Comic said, "Not yet, obviously, but I was trying."

    Really.

    Now, you'll stir up all those against corporal punishment. :P

    *looks left* *looks right*

    I think we'll be alright.

    Sounds like checking to see if the Sysop or Moderator is present. :P

    Daryl

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  • From George Pope@1:153/757.2 to Daryl Stout on Wed Oct 20 09:57:17 2021
    Your software prevents dupes from downloading?

    It imports them, but then deletes them as duplicates.

    Sounds handy.

    Go to a bar with bottomless waitressdes & judge for yourself. I suspect they have additional bottom out for the beholding (badonkadonks, as the kids say)

    So, that's where that song "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" came from. :P

    yup, refers to a particularly pert & noticeable gal's bottom (think J.Lo)

    Now, you'll stir up all those against corporal punishment. :P

    *looks left* *looks right*

    I think we'll be alright.

    Sounds like checking to see if the Sysop or Moderator is present. :P

    Just looking for "all those" in a largely empty Fidonet. . .

    Your friend,

    <+]:{)}
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  • From Daryl Stout@1:2320/33 to George Pope on Wed Oct 20 19:02:00 2021
    George,

    It imports them, but then deletes them as duplicates.

    Sounds handy.

    When I ran GT Power, its duplicate checker checked both the subject
    of the message, then the message sizes, compared to "the original in
    the thread". If the message was identical in subject and size, as it
    were, any subsequent messages were deleted. With Synchronet, it's
    based on the number of CRC's (I'm not sure how that works).

    So, that's where that song "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" came from. :P

    yup, refers to a particularly pert & noticeable gal's bottom (think
    J.Lo)

    "Woo-wee. Shut My Mouth!! Slap Your Grandma!!" <G>

    Sounds like checking to see if the Sysop or Moderator is present. :P

    Just looking for "all those" in a largely empty Fidonet. . .

    There are other things in life besides (insert your hobby here). Yeah,
    some would consider that blasphemous and heresy. <G>

    I tell folks that [insert hobby here] should NEVER take priority over
    such things as church, family, health, job, or especially "honey-do's".
    In the case of amateur radio, that new radio you have your eye on for
    Christmas or your birthday, is going back to "the candy store". <G>

    Or, it's like the meme (I think I've noted this before, but it bears repeating), where the wife is looking out the bedroom window, glaring at
    her husband in the backyard. He's out there in his nightclothes, with a
    pillow, standing in front of a desk, with a bunch of office equipment
    on it (computer, printer, adding machine, etc.). Behind the desk is the doghouse...and in a swivel chair, is a dog, wearing spectacles.

    The dog asks "Good evening, sir!! Will be our guest for one night
    only, or will this be your usual extended stay??" <G>

    Daryl

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  • From George Pope@1:153/757.2 to Daryl Stout on Fri Oct 22 12:24:14 2021
    There are other things in life besides (insert your hobby here). Yeah, some would consider that blasphemous and heresy. <G>

    I tell folks that [insert hobby here] should NEVER take priority over
    such things as church, family, health, job, or especially "honey-do's".
    In the case of amateur radio, that new radio you have your eye on for Christmas or your birthday, is going back to "the candy store". <G>

    Yup. A man needs to take care of his responsibilities first (including family) then he can be free to enjoy his hobby/obsession.

    I say the same for thosd who like to drink: fulfill your obligations first, & use your own earned money to by that liquor, then you certainly deserve to enjoy that cold one out in the yard you paid for & continue to maintain. No good wife would say otherwise.

    My wifew will pour me a glass of our home-made fruit wine & give it to me to enjoy as I watch a bit of TV at the end of the week.

    Or, it's like the meme (I think I've noted this before, but it bears repeating), where the wife is looking out the bedroom window, glaring at
    her husband in the backyard. He's out there in his nightclothes, with a pillow, standing in front of a desk, with a bunch of office equipment
    on it (computer, printer, adding machine, etc.). Behind the desk is the doghouse...and in a swivel chair, is a dog, wearing spectacles.

    The dog asks "Good evening, sir!! Will be our guest for one night
    only, or will this be your usual extended stay??" <G>

    Yup, seem that one (not from yuo, just in general)

    My wife & I agreed, before marriage that neither gets to kick the other outto the couch or doghouse -- if one cannot stand to cooperate to a friendly resolution, & cannot abide sleeping next to the other, THEY can feel free to sleep on the couch. (seems fair to me); married 14 years, thanks to God.

    You've heard of the couple maeried for 98 years, who went for a divorce?

    The judge was shocked & asked why now. The old gent answered, "We had to wait for all the kids to die first."

    Your friend,

    <+]:{)}
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