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].




--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+
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