Subj : Postings, Seasons, Etc. To : Barry Martin From : Daryl Stout Date : Wed Jun 24 2020 13:01:00 Barry, DS> I hate copying and pasting certain items, as they have these DS> high ascii characters, and I have to change them...usually the DS> quotation marks. BM> That makes ›! ...Oo! Better! That makes › to a ø!! While it showed up as intended in MultiMail, it didn't in Notepad. BM> There are times when the time seems to fly and there are times when it BM> crawls, so maybe she was right! Or like the song with Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffet (Margaritaville)... "It's 5:00 Somewhere". BM> DS> I guess they want virtual spankings now. :P BM> That's old! I think the old Batman TV show had "Slap!", "Bam!" etc. They did. Now, they'd class that as too violent. BM> I'm thinking they forgot a plus sign and a parens pair properly placed. BM> (I was more into the Marx Brothers.) There was a guy years ago, who is the only person approved by the late comedian's estate, to re-enact him. The show was called "An Evening With Groucho"...and you thought Groucho Marx had come back from the dead!! On opening night, there was a bald headed guy in the front row, and Groucho said "I'm Groucho Marx"...then rubbing the head of the bald man, said "This is Karl Marx. Sorry about the Revolution, Old Man". My late father and I went to see it, and my Dad wanted a seat in the front row. I said "If we get that, he'll razz us all night". So, we were a little further back. Anyway, Groucho was doing the song about Lydia, the Tattooed Lady. There was a heavy set female in the front row, laughing uncontrollably (probably about to pee her pants). When Groucho got done, her asked her what her name was. When she said "Lydia", it brought the house down in laughter, and Groucho nearly fell off the stage!! BM> Yes, regionally at least one of the colleges is starting a little BM> earlier than normal so can start Christmas break early -- something to BM> do with not having the student body come back for a few days between BM> Christmas and New Year's. Some will be in person, some will be online, and others will be "mixed up" (sounds like an oxymoron ). BM> I had also read where colleges and universities were saying they were BM> going to re-open in the Fall in order to have students commit to BM> attending classes; the schools are afraid if they say classes may or BM> may not be done in-person then too many students might decided to take BM> a year off, further decreasing income from tuition. I am so glad I went through college when I did 40 years ago. I could not afford it today. I think being 60 now, I could attend for free, if I wanted, but I have no desire to go back to school. BM> Actually the outer space 'creatures' with their eyes on the end of BM> flexible stalks might have it right: swivel one or both to where one BM> needs to check. Falling on ones butt, and possibly breaking their tailbone, is not fun. BM> I was thinking 'soup' for casserole and sliced up lunch meat in soup BM> didn't sound all that appetizing! Well, I've still got some TV dinners, chicken nuggets, ice cream sandwiches, and flavored water...so I can wait until July to go grocery shopping again. Daryl .... Venison for dinner? Oh deer! === MultiMail/Win32 v0.50 --- SBBSecho 3.11-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - tbolt.synchro.net (454:1/33) .