Joe,

JM>  And people will watch as a car ahead of them sinks and go on any way.

  You can't fix stupid. Duct tape won't either...but helps mask the
noise. 

JM>  A minute or two later another nitwit would try and it continued till
JM>the viaduct was passable.  Sometimes a driver would try while the first
JM>car is being pulled out and set to the side.

  The tow truck driver could've really made a bundle.

JM>  I never had a problem when titles were changed to MS since its
JM>pronounced Miz, which just a Southern way of saying Miss.  We've been
JM>calling people Miz Betty, Miz Barbara for many years before it became
JM>popular.

  Break out the sweetened iced tea with lemon. I might have that
tomorrow for lunch, after I get my car...didn't have the funds to pay
the $37 repair bill, and won't until the disability comes in. Right now,
funds are "tighter than a frogs butt under water" for me.

JM>  You don't need a visor while sitting in the corner facing a wall.  

  Guilty as charged. 

JM>  The only time I enjoy snow is looking out the window at it.  

  Exactly...if you don't have to go out in it, it's beautiful.

JM>> we normally get ice storms

JM>  We get those quite often as well.

  I've noted it before, but when Arkanas had back to back ice storms in
December, 2000...parts of the state were without power for 6 weeks.

JM>  In addition the laptop (but not desktop) has wifi (along with the phone
JM>and tablet).  Comcast provides, for a small monthly fee, a router which
JM>is really nice to use wifi at home.

  I've got the cable modem, and pay a fee for that, so if it goes "tango
uniform", I can just take it to the west Little Rock office, and get a
replacement. I negotiated a new 1 year deal, with a downgrade of
services. I mainly wanted the high speed internet...I rarely watch TV.

JM>  The city has free limited wifi downtown here which is really nice.
JM>Limited in the sense it only covers so far, not in speed.

  Some Amtrak routes have onboard WiFi, and some of the passenger
stations (mainly the larger ones) have it in the lounges.

JM>>   I guess that's where "The Gong Show" got its name.

JM>  Chuck Barris took the idea of the gong from Major Bowles Amateur Hour,
JM>which his show was a spoof of.  Maj. Bowles had a much smaller one on his
JM>table near his mic.

  That show was so hokey. Ironically, he produced "The Dating Game" with
Jim Lange...and "The Newlywed Game" with Bob Eubanks.

JM>  The Goon Show had a cast of characters.  Sort of a early Monty Python.

  Never really watched either one.

Daryl

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