Hi, Daryl!  Recently you wrote in a message to ARDITH HINTON:

AH>  Dallas would remind me that others might want to use the
AH>  BBS, and I'd remind him that since we were paying the bills
AH>  I felt we should have first dibs on it....  ;-)

DS>  Rank has its privileges. 


           Or as a musician would say, "He who pays the piper calls
the tune." AFAIC it's quite true that if someone offers the dance band
a generous tip for playing their favourite song the musicians will do their
best to oblige.  :-))

           Initially we got... i.e. at our own expense... a few echoes we
were interested in & decided to make them available to other folks. 
Later we got a lot more at the request of our users.  I can count on the
fingers of one hand, however, those who donated any of their $$$ or time or
surplus hardware to the BBS although we once had over two hundred users. 
IMHO I wasn't being selfish, just doing a bit of healthy limit-setting. 
Some people will walk all over you if you let them.  We have a male friend
who's in exactly that position because he can't bear to say "no"
to a damsel in distress.  We're not the only ones to have noticed that a
certain damsel has been taking unfair advantage... (sigh).



DS>  On ham radio (another one of my hobbies), you start talking
DS>  about food on the air, and folks come out of the woodwork.


           Yes, it does seem to be a popular topic.  Dallas & I first
made the acquaintance of one of our neighbours when he saw us buying
stuffed chicken at the local butcher shop & asked how I cooked it.  We
know very little about him except that he is interested in cooking.  But
he's a nice guy, so when we meet by chance we all exchange pleasantries
& share our ideas on the topic....  :-)



DS>  I found some Little Debbie Brand Banana Pudding Cream Rolls
DS>  at the local Kroger yesterday, and they are delicious. I think
DS>  I ate a whole box in one day. But, I need something to satisfy
DS>  the sweet tooth, and to me, a meal isn't a meal without dessert.


           Hmm.  When I was growing up, dessert was an optional extra which
we had only when my father (who worked afternoon shift) got a day off.  And
since I've heard that sugar can do bad things to folks with irritable bowel
syndrome I'm concerned about what various "sweet stuff" may be
doing to your body.  :-(



DS>  Most of the clubs have folded, because while square dancing is
DS>  a hobby, and should never take precedence over ones church, job,
DS>  family, or health...for the ones that are still active, it seems
DS>  that no one wants to do the work behind the scenes. They think
DS>  everything will just happen by itself...and the same goes for
DS>  the ham radio hobby that I'm involved with.


           I hear you.  Dallas & I are the sort of folks who notice
what needs to be done & just do it, although nobody else seems to
notice what we're doing until they expect us to solve all the world's
problems.  Congratulations.  You have earned your stripes, IMHO, as one of
us annoying Old Pharts... [chuckle].




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