-=> Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 04-06-19  11:57 <=-

 DS>> good sandwich snack. Just put it between 2 pieces of bread, add
 DS>> mustard, bacon bits, etc., and it's lunch time.
 NB>> OK...

 DS> I had bought a bunch of Funions onion ring snacks, and just scarfed
 DS> a good bit of them down.

Those can be tasty, too... 
 
 NB>> True.  Our mechanics would have let us take the car home in a similar
 NB>> situation.... as they say, they know where we live, so they trust us to
 NB>> come up with the money in good time... meanwhile, they don't have to
 NB>> store the vehicle....  

 DS> Unfortunately, not everyone is honest.

True... and our mechanics don't trust all their customers the way they
do us, to be sure... We've been bringing our vehicles to them for over
20 years... 

 DS> I was 2 cents short paying for a purchase at the Post Office today,
 DS> and the clerk said (I hope sarcastically) "I'll lock your Post Office
 DS> Box until you give me my 2 cents". 

I'm pretty sure the clerk had to be joking...  
 
 NB>> I understand that after a certain age, the reviews stretch to 8 years...
 NB>> and once you turn 65 or so (maybe just 62), the disability turns into
 NB>> regular retirement, and there aren't any more reviews...

 DS> Really?? I resigned from work in 2004, and applied for
 DS> disability...it was granted in 2006, retroactive. So, I had to do a
 DS> "review" in 2009 and 2014...so by rights, there should be another one
 DS> this year. All I'd have to do is send in a 12 page medical list, and
 DS> they'd see why I can't work again.

And you are seeing doctors regularly, who also can vouch for your
inability to work...  How old are you now....?  This may soon be a thing
of the past....
 
 NB>> There are some things that do work against being able to serve as a
 NB>> juror... 

 DS> One guy said he'd get out by saying "I can spot a guilty [insert
 DS> race/ethnic group here] halfway across a room"...but I would've said
 DS> "Only The Lord and the defendant know whether or not they're guilty.
 DS> If they are guilty, and are acquitted by a jury of their peers, they'll
 DS> fare much worse when they die. So, they might as well save us all the
 DS> time and trouble, and confess now". 

I think the first guy would likely get himself disqualified with that
sort of statement, as he obviously was hoping for...  Depends how your
statement strikes the lawyers as to whether or not they'd want you on
their jury, though...   Our system does presume innocence until guilt
is proven.....

 NB>> And are probably less of a danger to the environment...

 DS> True. Next thing you know, they'll be declaring sidewalks as
 DS> hazardous.  Well, they are, if you're enamored in your smartphone,
 DS> and not paying attention to where you're going. One woman was that way,
 DS> and walked into the side of a moving train. Another doing similar,
 DS> tripped and fell into a public fountain.

Can't really blame either of those on the sidewalks.... And around here,
people are as likely to be walking in the streets instead of on the
sidewalks.... 
 
 DS>> Tragically, Steve was killed by a sting from a stingray a few years
 DS>> ago.
 NB>> Yes, I remember all that...  

 DS> I still miss him. Everyone thought he'd get killed by a crocodile,
 DS> and not a stingray.

True.
 
 NB>> As you know, I'm not a fan of Windows... and am still happily using
 NB>> DOS...  Richard uses mostly DOS, and has installed Linux on some of his
 NB>> machines which he uses second most.... Some of his machines do have
 NB>> Windows, partly because there are times when he has to check something
 NB>> out on multiple platforms... and partly because for some things one has
 NB>> to use something from Windows to do certain things on the web... I've
 NB>> learned that Windows10 can be useful for a few things... at least the
 NB>> machine he has with the Win10 is a touchscreen, which makes things a
 NB>> little less upsetting for me...

 DS> I still don't know if I want to bite the upgrade bullet.

I'm certainly not advising you on that... one way or the other... I may
be slightly reconciled to Win10, but that doesn't mean I'd recommend it,
or any other Windows, for that matter...  
 
ttyl        neb

... Windows is not a virus ... viruses do something.

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