I tried sending this and the next message a few days ago, and managed to  
  grunge up the reply packet... managed to retrieve the messages, redid  
  the packet, and now that bbs is giving me issues... so here goes, from  
  an alternative access...  ;)  
    
   DAG> Re: Re: continuing  was: Summer plans  
   DAG> By: Nancy Backus to Damon A. Getsman on Fri Oct 16 2015 14:48:34  
    
   DAG> I trust that by now you have received a small deluge of messages  
   DAG> that were queued up while Rob Starr's system was down.  :)  I feel  
  like  
   DAG> I'm playing UNO or Skip-Bo here and just dumped a whole load of cards  
   DAG> on you.  Heh.  With the slam of messages that I got when you returned  
   DAG> prior to that, it almost seems like a game of trying to bury one's  
   DAG> opponent at times.  ;)  
    
  Haven't seen a deluge of messages from you yet... they've been coming  
  along at only one or two a day... Had they arrived, you might have  
  received a slam back... ;)  I've been trying to only give you a few at a  
  time, though, lately... I've slipped to about 5 days behind for Tiny's,  
  trying to figure out why that one message wasn't making it out... but  
  I'm not planning to catch up all at once, probably just a couple day's  
  worth of your messages at a time..  :)  I note that you are working on  
  the backlog...    
    
   NB>> I think there's a crossed wire there... I was talking about the person  
   NB>> from work you were dealing with, not the friend's mother... ;)  
  However,  
   NB>> it's a good thing that the kids did get together and had a great  
  time...  
   NB>> And yes, facilitating their being able to get together at your place  
  is  
   NB>> also a good idea... :)  Hopefully the mom will indeed grow past this  
   NB>> phase, and turn out ok...  
    
   DAG> Oopthieoopth.  Yeah I'm definitely working on getting things to the  
   DAG> point where they'll be able to hang out here again, as well, and  
   DAG> more often.  
    
  Good idea.  :)  
    
   DAG> Actually Deschain has recently requested his first serious  
   DAG> extra-curricular activity, too, and I'm pretty sure I can manage the  
   DAG> fee on that at this point, so hopefully things run well for that,  
  also.  
    
  That sounds promising...  :)  
    
   DAG> The mom has my best wishes, for sure.  I'm wary of the situation  
   DAG> that she's in, and the different things that she's doing (some of  
   DAG> which are trickling out in her son's behavior-- much like my own  
   DAG> son's reflect my own), but I'm also rooting for the best for her.  
   DAG> I can only remember my own misery when I was in a comparable  
   DAG> situation; and some people can actually run their lives like that,  
   DAG> I have to remember.  I'm special with my weakness.  ;)  
    
  We all have our own weaknesses and strengths... and function in our own  
  ways... And what we do does trickle down into our children's behavior,  
  for better or worse, but not always how one might expect...  and not  
  always permanently, either...   I guess my philosophy tends to boil down  
  to let people be, but offer the helping hand where useful and whenever  
  possible... :)  
    
   DAG>> need to finish that book...  *laugh*  
   NB>> Crazy life... ;)  
   DAG> At least one thing has remained constant through all of it, right?  
   DAG> ;)  
    
  Which...?  The craziness...?    
    
   NB>> Chipping away works... ;)  Keeping a flow in the echo is part of the  
   NB>> scheme, after all... ;)  
   DAG> Indeed.  I'm going to try to keep a little bit better tabs on things  
   DAG> from here on out.  Got some evil withdrawing of work hours going on  
   DAG> again, so I've got some more time to manage that, at least.  
    
  The ebb and flow of the different parts of our lives...  ;)  
    
  ttyl       neb  
    
  ... I get enough exercise just pushing my luck!  
    
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