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Skriven 2015-03-08 12:56:42 av Daryl Stout (1:19/33)
     Kommentar till en text av HOLGER GRANHOLM
Ärende: Re: All OK ?          2/2
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I had considered "The Wall Cloud BBS", but one of my first users
had suggested "The Thunderbolt BBS". I liked it so much, that "it
stuck"...and her son provided the opening ANSI screen lightning bolts.
While they are on Facebook, they no longer do BBSing.

HG>During the past year usage has diminished to an alarming degree,
HG>especially by hams that stopped by to read or dwnld the weekly ARRL DX
HG>and propagation bulletins. When they arrive here they are too old to
HG>have any meaning for the actual period.

  I download the bulletins manually via email, and post them into the
ham radio areas here, via a message utility. But, as you noted...by
the time they're posted, many are out of date.

  I thought my BBS was the last one in Arkansas, but I saw in one of the
Sunrise Doors InterBBS games of a user whose system was in Arkansas. So,
I have to find out where that one is located. Yet, unlike when I first
started with dial-up only, the BBS (one of the few hobbies I can still
do), is telnet and web only. Even if I'm the only logon, I still enjoy
interacting with the message bases, adding to the file areas (especially
some of the bizarre stuff I see on Facebook), and playing the doorgames.

  Ironically, my late wife was a great winner, but was a sore
loser...especially in the door games on the BBS. Just before I proposed
to her, I said "I'm ahead of you in these games", and I thought to
myself "that means none for me tonight". To which, she said "you know
that means none for you tonight!!". I thought "Gad!! She's reading my
mind!!". LOL

  Anyway, since it's now our Tornado Season, the BBS tends to be
offline more than online, due to the increasing occurrence of
thunderstorms. The port sniffers won't be happy about the downtime, but
they never logon, anyway.

HG>Ditto and to boot I have now a free ride at the health care center and
HG>hospital for the rest of the year.

  I'm going in for an MRI of my neck on Thursday, and an EMG (electric
nerve conductivity test) on St. Patrick's Day...and I will be GREEN
afterwards, from all the "torturous acupuncture". But, if they can rule
out neck surgery and paralysis, then I can look to schedule outpatient
prostate surgery. While not cancerous, the enlarged prostate (which I've
had for 15 years), has really become a nuisance. However, the urologist
doesn't want to do the prostate surgery, unless he sees that neck
surgery isn't an issue.

  So much for not having a large amount of medical bills this year. :P

Daryl, WX1DER

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