• Cool. A celeb in our mi

    From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to August Abolins on Thursday, February 25, 2021 16:48:10
    August Abolins wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

    If I get approved, I'll be member # 1000. Do I win a prize? :D

    I think you may have been approved by someone else but not me.

    Later,
    Sean

    ... He who dies with the most TAGLINES wins!
    ___ MultiMail/Win v0.52

    --- Maximus/2 3.01
    * Origin: Outpost BBS * bbs.outpostbbs.net:10123 (1:18/200)
  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Daryl Stout on Thursday, February 25, 2021 17:03:12
    Daryl Stout wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

    Interesting...boy, one can learn lots of stuff on ham radio, and via
    the BBS. :)

    Shooter is a really nice guy. I'm hoping to meet up with him the next
    time he plays in Johnson City. He usually plays at Down Home (https://downhome.com).

    Later,
    Sean

    ... Life is wasted on the living. - Douglas Adams
    ___ MultiMail/Win v0.52

    --- Maximus/2 3.01
    * Origin: Outpost BBS * bbs.outpostbbs.net:10123 (1:18/200)
  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Sean Dennis on Friday, February 26, 2021 00:33:00
    Hello Sean!

    ** On Thursday 25.02.21 - 16:48, you wrote to me:

    If I get approved, I'll be member # 1000. Do I win a prize? :D

    I think you may have been approved by someone else but not me.

    SEE? All you have to do is mention the place and boast that
    "it's the largest.." ..and you got 6 more curious members in
    just a couple days. ;)


    --
    ../|ug

    --- OpenXP 5.0.49
    * Origin: Things end but memories last forever. (2:221/1.58)
  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to August Abolins on Friday, February 26, 2021 12:39:00
    August,

    If I get approved, I'll be member # 1000. Do I win a prize? :D

    I think you may have been approved by someone else but not me.

    SEE? All you have to do is mention the place and boast that
    "it's the largest.." ..and you got 6 more curious members in
    just a couple days. ;)

    It reminds me of a deal at one of the Clive Cussler Collectors
    Society Conventions several years ago, that my Mom and I attended.
    Wayne Valero, the president of the organization, was mostly out
    in front with things. Bruce Canfield worked behind the scenes.

    Well, they gave Wayne and Bruce thank you cards. Wayne complained
    "Bruce's card is bigger", and one of the folks yelled out "Size does
    matter!!". It brought the house down in laughter. <G>

    Sadly, Bruce is the only one left that I know of. Wayne passed
    away from a rare brain illness in 2012...my Mom died in August, 2019,
    and Clive Cussler passed away 6 months later.

    Daryl

    ... I got gas for 99 cents today...but it was from Taco Bell.
    === MultiMail/Win v0.52
    --- SBBSecho 3.13-Win32
    * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - tbolt.synchro.net (1:19/33)
  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to August Abolins on Friday, February 26, 2021 16:21:10
    Hello, August!

    Replying to a message of August Abolins to Sean Dennis:

    SEE? All you have to do is mention the place and boast that
    "it's the largest.." ..and you got 6 more curious members in
    just a couple days. ;)

    I've kicked several dozen people out over the years, to include people who are active in Fidonet, for their propensity to cause problems. You might get away with it in Fidonet but not in my group. :)

    Later,
    Sean

    --- FleetStreet 1.27.1
    * Origin: Outpost BBS Local Console * bbs.outpostbbs.net:10123 (1:18/200)
  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to Sean Dennis on Friday, February 26, 2021 21:33:00
    Sean,

    I've kicked several dozen people out over the years, to include people
    who are active in Fidonet, for their propensity to cause problems. You might get away with it in Fidonet but not in my group. :)

    Yeah, he rules Micronet with an iron fist. :)

    Daryl

    ... If you live in Hawaii, where do you go on vacation??
    === MultiMail/Win v0.52
    --- SBBSecho 3.13-Win32
    * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - tbolt.synchro.net (1:19/33)
  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to SEAN DENNIS on Saturday, February 27, 2021 05:33:40
    Sean wrote --

    I've kicked several dozen people out over the years, to include people who are active in Fidonet, for their propensity to cause problems. You might get away with it in Fidonet but not in my group. :)

    In all the years I've been associated with Memories, (28 years) I don't recall anyone being asked to leave. AT least not publicity. (No idea about behind the scenes).
    Since I became mod I've never have kicked anyone out.
    Usually a general reminder was that was needed.
    I've been having problems with Doc's accepting my boiler plate monthly
    rules update. It was working fine for a long time then suddenly got a message something was wrong with the formatting. Its in Word, so that may be part
    of it. Maybe if I convert it to
    Trouble is I don't think of it until the first of the month then it goes
    out my memory. :)
    Joe
    --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5
    * Origin: Fido Since 1991 | QWK by Web | BBS.FIDOSYSOP.ORG (1:123/140)
  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to JOE MACKEY on Saturday, February 27, 2021 18:33:00
    Joe,

    Since I became mod I've never have kicked anyone out.

    You're like Sean Dennis, who rules Micronet with an iron fist. :) But, seriously, you will throw someone out if they become too disruptive. Of
    course, a bunch of repentant groveling and sniveling by the offender
    might help. <G>

    Trouble is I don't think of it until the first of the month then it
    goes out my memory. :)

    Monday is the first of March, so here's your reminder. <G>

    Daryl

    ... A failure will not appear until after the final inspection.
    === MultiMail/Win v0.52
    --- SBBSecho 3.13-Win32
    * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - tbolt.synchro.net (1:19/33)
  • From Aaron Thomas@1:275/99 to Daryl Stout on Sunday, February 28, 2021 00:09:28
    You're like Sean Dennis, who rules Micronet with an iron fist. :) But,

    I get you (Daryl) and Sean Dennis mixed up for some reason!

    One of you is the same political party as me, and the other one appreciates a good diabetes joke. Or do I have that mixed up? :)

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: CompuBBS | Ashburn VA | cfbbs.scinet-ftn.org (1:275/99)
  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to DARYL STOUT on Monday, March 01, 2021 05:53:00
    Daryl wrote --

    Monday is the first of March, so here's your reminder. <G>

    Thanks.
    This time it appears to have gone through.
    And I made no text changes, just copy and paste for what I had been
    using for years...
    Go figure.
    Joe
    --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5
    * Origin: Fido Since 1991 | QWK by Web | BBS.FIDOSYSOP.ORG (1:123/140)
  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to AARON THOMAS on Monday, March 01, 2021 05:54:46
    Aaron wrote --

    I get you (Daryl) and Sean Dennis mixed up for some reason!

    Please, Daryl is mixed up enough as it is. :)
    Joe


    --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5
    * Origin: Fido Since 1991 | QWK by Web | BBS.FIDOSYSOP.ORG (1:123/140)
  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to JOE MACKEY on Monday, March 01, 2021 07:24:00
    Joe,

    Monday is the first of March, so here's your reminder. <G>

    Thanks.
    This time it appears to have gone through.
    And I made no text changes, just copy and paste for what I had been using for years...
    Go figure.

    It reminds me of when I was preparing the February issue of a square dance publication (I'm the Editor, Webmaster, and Circulation Manager for the Arkansas State Square Dance Federation). The President of the organization noted in his column "February is Valentine's Month -- guys, this is your reminder". Can you say "no pressure??" <G>.

    Daryl

    ... Got Kleptomania?? Take something for it.
    === MultiMail/Win v0.52
    --- SBBSecho 3.13-Win32
    * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - tbolt.synchro.net (1:19/33)
  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Daryl Stout on Thursday, March 04, 2021 00:05:00
    Hello Daryl!

    ** On Friday 26.02.21 - 12:39, Daryl wrote:

    It reminds me of a deal at one of the Clive Cussler
    Collectors Society Conventions several years ago..

    Well, they gave Wayne and Bruce thank you cards. Wayne
    complained "Bruce's card is bigger", and one of the folks
    yelled out "Size does matter!!". It brought the house
    down in laughter. <G>

    It's cool when some people can think so fast at an impromptu
    moment and make everyone laugh.

    --
    ../|ug

    --- OpenXP 5.0.49
    * Origin: Time moves in one direction, memory in another. -WG- (2:221/1.58)
  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to August Abolins on Thursday, March 04, 2021 00:24:00
    August,

    It's cool when some people can think so fast at an impromptu
    moment and make everyone laugh.

    I hate people who don't have a sense of humor. These folks who
    can come up with these one-liners are grinning like the cat who
    just swallowed the canary (the late Groucho Marx comes to mind). <G>

    Daryl

    ... Bad Sign: Fortune Cookie warns of salmonella poisoning.
    === MultiMail/Win v0.52
    --- SBBSecho 3.13-Win32
    * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - tbolt.synchro.net (1:19/33)
  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Daryl Stout on Thursday, March 04, 2021 08:02:00
    Hello Daryl!

    ** On Thursday 04.03.21 - 00:24, you wrote:

    I hate people who don't have a sense of humor. These
    folks who can come up with these one-liners are grinning
    like the cat who just swallowed the canary (the late
    Groucho Marx comes to mind). <G>

    Grinning is a dead canary giveaway (pun intended). I find the
    best jokers are the ones who can deliver deadpan humour.
    Watching two people volley like that with each other is the
    best.
    --
    ../|ug

    --- OpenXP 5.0.49
    * Origin: Time moves in one direction, memory in another. -WG- (2:221/1.58)
  • From Ed Vance@1:2320/105 to August Abolins on Thursday, March 04, 2021 12:19:00
    03-04-21 08:02 August Abolins wrote to Daryl Stout about "Bruce's card is bigger"
    Howdy! August,

    Hello Daryl!

    ** On Thursday 04.03.21 - 00:24, you wrote:

    I hate people who don't have a sense of humor. These
    folks who can come up with these one-liners are grinning
    like the cat who just swallowed the canary (the late
    Groucho Marx comes to mind). <G>

    Grinning is a dead canary giveaway (pun intended). I find the
    best jokers are the ones who can deliver deadpan humour.
    Watching two people volley like that with each other is the
    best.

    While reading this message, I thought about Amos and Andy.
    I'm old enough to remember hearing them on the Radio when I was a child.

    Also remember listening to The Green Hornet, Buz Sawyer and a show about
    some Pilots who flew airplanes in a squadron called "The Flying Tigers".

    When our home got a Television Set I remember watching:

    Captain Video, Kukla Fran and Ollie, Howdy Doody, Milton Berle(sp?),
    and a Lady Singer who I can't recall her name.

    Remembering those old shows brings grins to my face.

    I like trying to get Grins from salespeople while I'm shopping in a store.

    I will say things like:

    "Thank You for helping me, it proves I'm not so far gone to be helped."

    Because everyone has to wear masks in public the only way to tell if
    I made the person grin is to look at their eyes and eyebrows to see if
    I put a smile on their face.

    73 de Ed W9ODR dit dit


    ... Sane? Heck, if I was sane why would I be here?
    --- MultiMail/MS-DOS v0.49
    * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105)
  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to August Abolins on Thursday, March 04, 2021 21:16:00
    August,

    Grinning is a dead canary giveaway (pun intended). I find the
    best jokers are the ones who can deliver deadpan humour.
    Watching two people volley like that with each other is the
    best.

    And, if they can keep a straight face while doing it, is even
    better.

    Daryl

    ... Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody. -Mark Twain
    === MultiMail/Win v0.52
    --- SBBSecho 3.13-Win32
    * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - tbolt.synchro.net (1:19/33)
  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to ED VANCE on Friday, March 05, 2021 06:13:22
    Ed wrote --

    While reading this message, I thought about Amos and Andy.
    I'm old enough to remember hearing them on the Radio when I was a child.

    Being on old time radio buff I have many of their shows on CD's, along
    with thousands of other old radio shows.

    Captain Video, Kukla Fran and Ollie, Howdy Doody, Milton Berle(sp?),
    and a Lady Singer who I can't recall her name.

    Don't recall Capt Video, since on DuMont and we didn't have that network
    or who the singing lady was but did have the other shows.
    We didn't have Sid Ceasar's show but a local show instead.
    Our first station was WSAZ, NBC, ch 3, that went on the air in late 1949. Then came WCHS, ch 8 (Charleston), CBS, c. 1951. WHTN (now WOWK) Ch 13 was
    ABC and came along around 1956.
    (WCHS and WOWK switched networks a couple of times over the years, but
    WSAZ was always NBC)

    I like trying to get Grins from salespeople while I'm shopping in a store.

    Often in a restaurant the server will say "My name is Mary/John, I'll be
    your server". I reply "My name is Joe, I'll be your customer".

    Because everyone has to wear masks in public the only way to tell if
    I made the person grin is to look at their eyes and eyebrows to see if
    I put a smile on their face.

    Ain't that the truth!
    I will sometimes wave my hand over my mask, point to mine then theirs and give a thumbs up at times as sort of secret code. People will be wearing a
    "I hate this dumb mask", "I don't like being muzzled", etc printed on their masks.
    Joe
    --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5
    * Origin: Fido Since 1991 | QWK by Web | BBS.FIDOSYSOP.ORG (1:123/140)