Subj : Today In History
To   : THE CURMUDGEON
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Tue Jul 05 2016 10:34 am

Gaylen,

TC> Thats' cool and good luck with that.  I don't always read them but I do
TC>usually come back to them sooner or later.  Is that a custom program you
TC>have or did you come up with it yourself?

  I use the Today In History program by Patrick Kincaid. It's shareware,
but there's no notice of "please register" when it runs (I went ahead
and registered mine, but like so many other legacy BBS programs, it may
not be registerable anymore). The tedious part was setting up the
control files for all the entries, even though they were done with the
MS-DOS Text Editor.

TC> I don't blame you a bit.  If  you want, you can send some of that rain up
TC>this way.  We're getting into a drought situation here and really do need
TC>the rain.  Good news is I don't have to mow the lawn twice a week... heck
TC>think I'll wait another week before I even try as short brown grass is not
TC>very appealing. :)

  We didn't get as much rain as expected, but at least the fireworks and
loud bangs didn't last as long as they seemed to in years past. Maybe
folks didn't have the money to buy them, or they knew the police would
be out looking to arrest violators.

TC> Oh I wouldn't doubt that a bit.  It's one of the advantages of living in
TC>a small town in South Dakota where you can still legally shoot off some
TC>fireworks.  Of course, like I mentioned before, ya better have that water
TC>hose primed and ready. :)

  Or being out in the middle of nowhere, you could sit nude on your
front porch, and you'd be so far from the road that no one could tell
otherwise!!

  I personally would've made a horrible nudist. I sunburn in 10 minutes,
and am allergic to the insects. Plus, I'm reminded of the classic comic
strip "The Far Side", where the scene is a group of bears looking over
the fence at the humans at "The Happy Valley Nudist Colony"...and the
lead bear grumbles "Well, there goes my appetite"!! :)

Daryl

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