George,

 GP> $5,499 for a brand new state of the art IBM PC Jr (8088).

  I remember cars at $2000...now, they're at least 10 times that amount.

 GP> I had a 'high speed' 300baud external modem (once sold as the sysop's
 GP> choice, years before I discovered computing); I had it when win98 was
 GP> current & I did use it to log on to the internet once!

  We thought we were smokin' with 14.4!!

 GP> I like that on occasion, but not during covid. . .

  While they've relaxed the mask mandate in Arkansas, it's basically now
the diner's choice to have it on until their food and drink arrive. I keep
mine on...and may do so after the second COVID-19 shot.

 GP> Now, if extra funds, after paying bills & filling cupboards & freezer,
 GP> I might treat the family to something good from Uber Eats (A&W,
 GP> NYFries, & Freshii are our faves); I'm bored of pizza.

  Uber wants me to order stuff, but right now, I have plenty of food here,
and what they're offering, didn't appeal to me.

 GP> When I had guests, I'd ask them if I was allowed to smoke" (freaked a
 GP> lot out!)

  I'd say so. But, I can't be in a smoke filled room, or I have trouble
breathing, or think I'm getting cancer of the eyeballs.

 GP> My church(Mennonites) was rabidly anti-smoking(think Baptists), yet
 GP> offered to pay for The Nicotine Patch system (way out of my
 GP> affordability, at $60 a set every 2 weeks)

  The B.C. comic strip years ago, noted "If you roll the patch too tight,
it doesn't light". :P

 GP> But trying to focus on my job as a man of God(unordained at this point)
 GP> did the trick, with the Spirit guiding me when & as needed. . .

  I never picked up the vices of smoking or drinking.

 GP> Doctor to patient do you smoke?
 GP> Patient: yes.
 GP> Doctor: marijuana, cigarettes, cigars, Vapes?
 GP> Patient: mostly brisket, and pork.

  Works for me. Again, I've got to go eat...you're making me hungry.

Daryl

... "Somebody left the cork out of my lunch." -W.C. Fields
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