Tony,
I prefer QWK Mail for messaging. That way, I can download stuff, and read it at my leisure.
That and a better interface all round. :)
I had to go back to OLX...for some reason, SBBS didn't like MultiMail.
I also had to change back to the default colors with OLX...the Red theme
was hard to read at times.
a delete/backspace key. <G> But, that reminds me of the joke which asks "How can you tell when a blond has been at your computer??" The answer is "There are splotches of "white out" all over the monitor". <BG>
While I did have a little chuckle, that is a bit dated. I now work in an TL>environment that's at the forefront of inclusiveness - it's an autistic driv TL>advocacy and support org, so a lot of the old jokes don't elicit the same TL>response (if I was blonde, I would have had a real laugh though).
One lady I square danced with years ago (a redhead), quipped "Blondes
may have more fun...but redheads have more pizazz". <G>
There are times though, where the blond gets revenge...as in this
joke:
She's working at this truck stop diner, and is confused, because the
customer wants a set of white sidewall tires, running boards, and a set
of headlights. The chef growls at her, saying the guy wants 2 eggs sunny
side up, 2 bacon strips, and two sausage patties.
So, she takes the guy a small bowl of baked beans. Now, the customer
is confused, and he asks her why she brought the baked beans. The blond, grinning wryly "Well, I figure since you're getting all this, you might
as well gas up"!! <BG>
Yeah it's incredible how things have changed. One might say it's political TL>correctness gone mad, but at the coal face, I've seen the harm non inclusive TL>behaviour does, and know it starts at home (i.e. me). :)
I talk to myself when I need expert advice. <G>
Jokes I make today are more likely to be at my own expense, implicitly or TL>explicitly, directly or by association, or the usual targets like Microsost TL>How many Microsoft programmers does it take to change a light bulb? None - TL>they just define darkness as an industry standard instead. :)
I tell the story of "getting lost in a hamfest parking lot, and having
to have blind hams direct me out of there"...because "if you can't laugh
at yourself, you have a lot of problems.
Years ago, I was very nearsighted since before elementary school. I
could tell time, but could not see the clock. I ended up getting glasses
in 4th grade, and by the time I was in my 30's, I was "legally blind".
Well, at a local hamfest, I was chairman of the Talk-In and Packet Station...but recruited 3 completely blind hams to help with Talk-In.
While I had to escort them to the restroom and back, and get their food,
it allowed me to roam around the hamfest -- that hamfest now, is a small fraction of what it once was. Anyway, the running joke was "Talk-In is
being run by 4 hams who can't see a thing, and they're giving us
directions to the hamfest??!!" (hi hi).
The kicker though, it was a Friday night/Saturday day event (there
aren't any more of those in Arkansas, as far as I know). They had sealed
off some exits on the west side of the complex, the overhead lighting
was off, and they had recently re-paved the parking lot, but hadn't yet
striped it. I groaned "I'm lost. I can't find my way out of here".
Seizing the moment, one of the blind hams grabbed the mic, keyed up the
wide area coverage repeater, and announced "QST! QST! QST! This is a
talk-out net for the talk-in station, who can't find his way out of the
parking lot!!" -- you can imagine the comments from there!! (hi hi).
I sarcastically requested the use of his seeing eye dog, and was told
"he's on the front bumper right now!!". To this day, people ask me if I
need help getting out of hamfest parking lots...I'll NEVER live it
down!! And, I perpetuate it, when I went up to one of the blind hams at
the local hamfest last year, and said "Pardon me, sir. Can you help me
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