Hi Daryl!
DS> Is more than one ba a tuba?? <G>
BM> Possibly, and an extra large one is a tubby!
DS> If gotten by phone, it's a tele-tubby. <G>
Nah: they are or were on television!
BM> Ah: you've seen those commercials! In general I think the 'defund the
BM> police' is wrong -- who is going to protect from burgulars, etc.? I do
BM> agree some officers, probably some police departments, are overzealous, use
BM> excessive force, and that needs to be corrected.
DS> There are bad apples in every barrel...race, occupation,
DS> gender, etc.
I was reading an article in the Concord (NH) Monitor's e-mail suggesting
in some places having an alternate police option would work and some
small towns and villages would be a good place to experiment with and
tweak the concept. I sort of agree: thinking of the TV show _Mayberry_
and thigs just worked. Heck, even Otis the town drunk jailed himself.
Don't think it would work when get into the towns size: people start
acting differently. Even I do: here in the Quad Cities open and
friendly, pretty much same in Iowa City. Go to Chicago, Boston: don't
make eye contact, ignore that person walking towards you.
BM> I couldn't do emergency type calls: I don't like stress so tend to
BM> avoid it; I tend to take some things personally and get me <piddled>
BM> off and there can be an explosion.
DS> Same here. Now, when Nancy Backus said in a message, in
DS> response to the QWK Tagline "I took an IQ test, and the results
DS> were negative"...she typed "that explains a lot <g,d,r>". I admit
DS> I left myself wide open for that, and she said "I hope you
DS> realized it was all in fun"...and I said "I had to chuckle". But,
DS> we only pick on and razz the ones we care about.
Or the ones we can bully. <ggg>
BM> Yes, I wouldn't mind a little more 'free' money, though I do tend to wonder
BM> where this money is coming from. Checkbooks only have so much black ink.
DS> States balance their budgets...but on the federal level, there
DS> hasn't been one since Clinton was in there. To me, the lowest
Yes, as long as everyone agrees the paper or number in the budget has a
value I guess we're OK. No longer backed up by anything other than a we
say so.
DS> You'll win the lottery, and spend all the winnings on the
DS> Sysop, and their BBS. <G>
BM> Ah!
DS> That doesn't work between competing Sysops. :P
I'd split. ...I never played the lottery other than when won or
otherwise given tickets but when I was working the prizes were sometimes
approaching a billion and that does spark an inkling of consideration.
For some reason did think if I won I would give my fellow employees a
thousand dollars each. (Not even a hundred, and over the years dwindled
down.) I'd still have plenty of money left, and the thousand dollars
could do quite a bit to yank some out of their financial holes.
BM> That was considerate of you. There are people in worse situations.
DS> Thank you. With the money at the store this morning, and 3
DS> outstanding bills, which I have the money to pay for, I'm
DS> officially bankrupt until Monday. But, at least I have food and
DS> drink here. The thing is, with the stormy weather forecast, after
DS> today, I'm going out for the weekly Low-T shot in the morning,
DS> but then I probably will stay home until next Monday.
I'll pretty much be staying home: nothing really to go out there for. I
have a doctor's appointment tomorrow morning (routine check); usually go
to the grocery store afterwards but half-thinking might skip this week:
don't really need anything; will see what's in the ad.
BM> We've been under a "First Alert Day" this weekend: air temperature in
BM> the low 90's and heat indices just over 100°. Today (Sunday) more of
BM> the same. Woke up to 76° which I think is the warmest wake-up-to
BM> temperature this year.
DS> Moderate fire danger exists in northwest Arkansas, but the
DS> northern part of the state is forecast to get a lot of rain the
DS> rest of the week. If the cold front moves further into the state,
DS> the heavy rain axis will be across my area.
We've been getting some rain, which is somewhat unusual as summers tend
to be dry. (Still time for that!)
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