George,

 GP> Koo koo ka choo; No... _I_ am the walrus!

  Better than a duck billed platypus. 

 > This life of wine, women, and song, is getting me down. I guess I'm
 > going to have to give up singing. 

 GP> Sounds like you've got your priorities straight, my friend!

  Don't sing in the shower, because if you fall, the paramedics will
see you naked. 

 GP> Can't you set up the BBS to refuse anyone to be online during
 GP> maintemnance  times? (00h00 for the doors, & 02h00 for Fido?)

  I've tried that...the program gives an error, and quits the file.

 GP> Hey, we count, too!

  Plus, I use the BBS as a diversion from all the stress in my life.

 GP> Others will come.  You have built it.  They will come. I'm proof of
 GP> concept! :D

  I'm not worried about new users...many logon a few times, and quit.
Except for updating the ham radio and weather data on the BBS, I have
not done anything with it for a few days. When your eyes start burning
from fatigue, you've sat at the computer too long...never mind your
butt falling asleep (or if you hear it snoring ).

 GP> Why move to Windows 11, besides the fact Microsoft & the DOD are
 GP> forcing it onto us ?

  First, you have that right. Microsoft and so many others refuse to
believe in "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"...never mind what's good
for someone else may not be good for me.

  Second, the only reason I upgraded was because of security fixes.
Otherwise, I was happy with XP.

  Most folks today have the idea that they have to "keep up with the
Jones's", and always have "the latest and greatest thing".

 GP> I keep as much stuff running to be incompatible with the latest spyware
 GP>  (realtime human logins, when deemed warranted) they attack me with, as
 GP> I can, & it works well -- I can tell by what crashes & when/why when
 GP> it's external  factorsa triggerinig it. . . I'm on to the bastards!
 GP> I've told them, &  attempted a dialogue, but nope. . .  They tried to
 GP> re-mark my message(a deleted TXT file) to them as unread after they
 GP> undeleted & read it, then redeleted, but I anticipated that.

  I've rarely had a problem with twits, although there was a (now former)
Sysop, who would not provide his data. In all the time I've run a BBS,
from starting on a Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 100 laptop, to a DOS then a
Windows system, I've NEVER had a law enforcement subpeona...and I plan to
keep it that way.

 GP> They wereclever, I expected that -- they copied first & opened only
 GP> their copy, but little do they know, this does still leave markers. . .

  At least their IP is shown up at connect, and in the log. However, I have
blocked those with a [no name] IP. Before my wife died, even she did NOT
see the confidential user data...that's how strictly I guarded it...and
still do.

 GP> I'm not doing anything, I'm no enemy of the state (of any state, well
 GP> maybe  ISIS, but that's out of my range at this time to take on. . .)

  Or as the truckers say..."enemy or enema...either way, you're in trouble".  

 GP> Q: Why did the Walrus bachelor go to the tupperware party? A: He was
 GP> looking for a tight seal.

  Better use them teeth to carve out one. 

 GP> You can always trust a walrus to keep your secrets... His lips are
 GP> sealed.

  You don't want to piss off one of them, either.

 GP> Q: What is the most popular honeymoon destination for walrus couples?
 GP> A: Tuskany.

  Bam It! Ram It! Jam It! Cram It! 

 GP> My pet walrus yells at fat animals
 GP> He's hippo critical

  Sounds like all the politicians...fat with power, criticizing others, and
it's "Rules For Thee, But Not For Me".

 GP> Q: What's Donald Trump's spirit animal? A: A Wall-rus.

  Notice that they are trying to buy the people with free stuff, so they
can get the votes to stay in power??

 GP> And the stencil said "5-Foot Seal". I groaned at my desk.

  Just like they do.

Daryl

... Deja Tue: When you have a feeling yesterday was Monday.
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