... around here.
Guess it the usual summer doldrums.
Joe
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Hello JOE MACKEY!

** On Tuesday 20.07.21 - 05:17, JOE MACKEY wrote to ALL:

... around here.
Guess it the usual summer doldrums.
Joe

I would guess it is the sumer "busy-ness": people spending time
at their cottages, working on outdoor projects, time with
families.. etc. But then this echo may only interest a
select few since it's about old stuff. I mean, there is only
so much you can talk about when the conversation starts "I
remember when.."

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Joe,

... around here.
Guess it the usual summer doldrums.

Well, soon, it'll be "the most wonderful time of the year" -- Back To
School. <G>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD1PffNbZls

When the commercial originally started, and I heard the Andy Williams Christmas song "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year", I thought
"Gad!! Christmas In July!! This is ridiculous!!".

As a side note, an area Hobby Lobby had Christmas stuff up in June.
It was like the song "Redneck Woman", where she keeps her Christmas
lights up all year long...and knows all the words to every Charlie
Daniels, Tanya Tucker, and Ol' Bocephus (Hank Williams, Jr.) song.

Well, when it got to the theme of the commercial (Back To School),
I yelled out "YES!!", and pumped my fist!! <G>

Daryl

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August,

so much you can talk about when the conversation starts "I
remember when.."

That's why I love nostalgia...when life was slower and simpler.
The Statler Brothers had a song years ago "Do You Remember These??".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUefgi6BpmM

The late Doctor W.A. Criswell, pastor of the First Baptist Church
in Dallas, mentioned in a sermon, all the stuff that he remembered
growing up...when everything seemed so much cheaper. But, back then,
it didn't take as many dollars to buy stuff.

Daryl

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Aug wrote --

I would guess it is the sumer "busy-ness": people spending time
at their cottages, working on outdoor projects, time with
families.. etc.

But none of that comes before this echo! :)

But then this echo may only interest a select few

The few, the proud, the Memories people.
I guess we are an elite group.

since it's about old stuff. I mean, there is only
so much you can talk about when the conversation starts "I
remember when.."

I get a chuckle when I head some kid in their teens say something like
"When I was a kid" or "When I was young".
Tell me about it Old Timer. :)
Joe
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Daryl wrote --

Well, soon, it'll be "the most wonderful time of the year" -- Back To School. <G>

I remember that commercial and thought it was funny.
Until I was working in parking.
It was so nice over summer break, only a few hundred summer school
students on campus, life was easy, the lazy, crazy days of summer (to quote Nat King Cole). Summer time, when the living was easy, to paraphrase the Gershwin's.
But then came August and _they_ (said in a mix of dread disgust)
returned, the students. Like a plague of locust filling not the sky but campus.
When life went back to reality.
I would be asked what I was looking forward to in the new (school) year
and I would reply "when they go away in May".

As a side note, an area Hobby Lobby had Christmas stuff up in June.

We had a local hardware store in town, a couple of blocks away from me downtown, that carried everything imaginable in stock. They had been in the same place for decades and like stepping into the past in the store. Not
made to look that way, just the way
Starting around Independence Day they would have one or two Christmas
items out. Then bit by bit, a little here, a little there, and by September their Christmas stuff was out. First s small corner then like a rash it grew to about about a quarter of the
Joe
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Daryl wrote --

all the stuff that he remembered growing up...when everything seemed so much cheaper. But, back then, it didn't take as many dollars to buy stuff.

One didn't make as money then then as now as well, thanks to inflation.
I recall making about $200 a month when I started working full time in
1968.
With that amount I rented a house, brought furniture, food, a car,
clothes, etc and had a little left over. Gas for the house about $3 a month, electric $2, gas for the car about 33 cents, etc.
While things cost more today, people have higher incomes.
Its a circle.
Higher wages mean high prices since the companies have to pay their
people more, etc.
Joe
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Hello JOE!

** On Wednesday 21.07.21 - 05:46, you wrote to me:

I would guess it is the sumer "busy-ness": people spending
time at their cottages, working on outdoor projects, time
with families.. etc.

But none of that comes before this echo! :)

I've only ever seen 3 names in this echo, including mine. :/

But then this echo may only interest a select few

The few, the proud, the Memories people.
I guess we are an elite group.

See above. A group of 3. :/

I get a chuckle when I head some kid in their teens say
something like "When I was a kid" or "When I was
young". Tell me about it Old Timer. :)

I don't get that as much as being called "sir", "thank you,
sir" ..when younger people interact with me at the shop. I'm
over 60 but not yet 65, but the "sir" only started 2 years ago.

:(

When a little kid might be allowed to partake in the payment
process (cash or POS machine) I'll address the pre-teen boys
"little sir" or "yes, sir", "thank you, sir". The girls - I'd
use "little lady".
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Hello JOE MACKEY!

** On Wednesday 21.07.21 - 06:07, JOE MACKEY wrote to DARYL STOUT:

One didn't make as money then then as now as well, thanks to inflation.
I recall making about $200 a month when I started
working full time in 1968. With that amount I rented a
house, brought furniture, food, a car, clothes, etc and
had a little left over. Gas for the house about $3 a
month, electric $2, gas for the car about 33 cents, etc.
While things cost more today, people have higher
incomes. Its a circle. Higher wages mean high prices
since the companies have to pay their people more, etc.

It really doesn't *have* to be that way. Except for the extra
bills that the mint my print, all we're doing is pushing the
same money around.

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Joe,

Well, soon, it'll be "the most wonderful time of the year" -- Back To School. <G>

I remember that commercial and thought it was funny.

I still chuckle over it.

Until I was working in parking.

Killjoy <g,d,r>

I would be asked what I was looking forward to in the new (school)
year and I would reply "when they go away in May".

For that matter, it's like the cartoon, where on the first day of school,
the parents (many with walkers, canes, and wheelchairs) are sobbing and
bawling with their kids at the school bus stop. But, after the bus loads
the kids, and disappears over the hill, the parents start doing cartwheels,
and celebrating. <G>

Starting around Independence Day they would have one or two
Christmas items out. Then bit by bit, a little here, a little there,
and by September their Christmas stuff was out. First s small corner
then like a rash it grew to about about a quarter of the store.

Happens every year. The best time to shop for decorations is the day
after (when most gifts get exchanged). Prices are greater than 70% off.

Daryl

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Joe,

Higher wages mean high prices since the companies have to pay their people more, etc.

But seeing the difficult time it is to court employees to work, it has
made it a four letter word...especially when they're paid more to stay home.

In the New Testament of the Bible, the Apostle Paul said "If a man will
not work, he shall not eat". Now, that does NOT apply to those who are physically unable to do so (i.e. disabled)...but it DOES apply to the LAZY. This is the same logic for the "scooter carts" in the stores. I've seen
several memes where the battery died...right in the liquor aisle. Never
mind the miracle of turning water into wine...and along that line, there
was another meme, of bottles of water, still sealed, now having wine in
them. <G>

Daryl

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Joe,

I would guess it is the sumer "busy-ness": people spending time
at their cottages, working on outdoor projects, time with
families.. etc.

But none of that comes before this echo! :)

Spoken of like a true moderator. (yeah, I'm sucking up again <G>).

But then this echo may only interest a select few

The few, the proud, the Memories people.
I guess we are an elite group.

We long for when life was slower and simpler.

since it's about old stuff. I mean, there is only
so much you can talk about when the conversation starts "I
remember when.."

I get a chuckle when I head some kid in their teens say something
like "When I was a kid" or "When I was young".
Tell me about it Old Timer. :)

Sounds like the late Roy Clark's hit, "Yesterday When I Was Young".

Daryl

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Daryl wrote --

This is the same logic for the "scooter carts" in the stores. I've seen several memes where the battery died...right in the liquor aisle.

On my trip a couple of years ago I would see those electric two wheeled thingies kids ride (at one time they actually used their feet to push them along) scattered all over creation when the rental time was up and they
stopped or ran out of juice and just l
On campus they have rental bikes. No idea how much they cost. You get
one at a rack and have to pay a hefty fee along with the rental. When they
are returned to a proper place you get that deposit back. Apparently those electric things don't charge a de
Joe

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Daryl wrote --

We long for when life was slower and simpler.

We often think of "the good old days" of this or that and remember the
time fondly.
Can you imagine at some future date people will look back at the present
as "the good old days"?
Joe


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Joe,

On campus they have rental bikes. No idea how much they cost. You
get one at a rack and have to pay a hefty fee along with the rental.
When they are returned to a proper place you get that deposit back. Apparently those electric things don't charge a de

Either my packet was corrupted, or your replies got cut off in the
middle of a sentence. Or, is your train of thought where over half are
riding for free?? <g,d,r>

Daryl

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Hello Daryl,

Thursday July 22 2021 12:35, you wrote to JOE MACKEY:

Either my packet was corrupted, or your replies got cut off in the middle of a sentence. Or, is your train of thought where over half are
riding for free?? <g,d,r>

Your packet was returned due to insufficient voltage.

-- Sean

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Sean,

Either my packet was corrupted, or your replies got cut off in the middle of a sentence. Or, is your train of thought where over half are
riding for free?? <g,d,r>

Your packet was returned due to insufficient voltage.

It wasn't my original packet...it was Joe's. Someone else noticed it as
well.

Maybe I need to take this tagline to heart. :P

Daryl

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Daryl wrote --

Apparently those electric things don't charge a de

Either my packet was corrupted, or your replies got cut off in the
middle of a sentence.

I keep forgetting that Doc's cuts me off if I write too much.

Or, is your train of thought where over half are
riding for free?? <g,d,r>

I can't recall my train of thought now either. :)
It was something along the lines of e-scooters batteries dying and users
just dropped them where they stopped. Not even moving them out of the way, cluttering up sidewalks, etc.
On campus they rental bikes. You have to return it to a proper area to
get your deposit back. We don't have them laying all over the place.
Joe
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Sean wrote --

Either my packet was corrupted, or your replies got cut off in the middle of a sentence. Or, is your train of thought where over half are riding for free?? <g,d,r>

Your packet was returned due to insufficient voltage.

Or Doc got tired of reading it and said "That enough of that". :)
Joe

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07-23-21 07:08 JOE MACKEY wrote to SEAN DENNIS about Sure isi quiet...
Howdy! Joe, Sean and ALL,

@MSGID: <60FAA538.24713.memoryln@capitolcityonline.net>
Sean wrote --

Either my packet was corrupted, or your replies got cut off in the middle of a sentence. Or, is your train of thought where over half are

ri

ding for free?? <g,d,r>

Your packet was returned due to insufficient voltage.

Or Doc got tired of reading it and said "That enough of that". :)
Joe

When I'm typing a message I watch the number in the Col: on the Status
Line on the bottom of MultiMail.

I try keeping the lines below 73 characters long because the last part
of my words might get lost if the system it goes through doesn't do a
Line Wrap or CRLF (Carriage Return Line Feed).

Who knows, there may be more than 73 Lurkers reading messages in this
Echo.

The Teletype Machines I used in the Navy would POUND that 65th spot
over and over until it either saw a CRLF or the Teletype Operator
would press a Button to make the Printhead go back to the start of a
line, and also Raise the Paper up one line so the new text wouldn't
mess up what had already been printed on the paper.

To get back on Topic: A Farmer told me when the Sun was so high that
he could put his foot on the shadow of his head on the ground, he knew
it was time to come to the house and eat.

That's a Memory isn't it?

73 (Best Regards) de (from) Ed W9ODR dit dit


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Ed wrote --

I try keeping the lines below 73 characters long because the last part
of my words might get lost if the system it goes through doesn't do a
Line Wrap or CRLF (Carriage Return Line Feed).

That is what Twitter once did isn't it? I recall reading when it first
came around msgs had to be less than so many characters. (Never was on
Twitter and don't care to be).

... It is easier to admire hard work if you don't do it.

Hard work fascinates me. I can watch people work hard all day long.
Joe
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Joe,

Hard work fascinates me. I can watch people work hard all day long.

The tagline below comes to mind.

Daryl

... Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance??
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