Subj : Aging Out was:Hamming
To   : Daryl Stout
From : Dave Drum
Date : Tue Mar 08 2022 06:22 am

-=> Daryl Stout wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DS> Dave,

 DD> It's probably like the bumper on my old Beemer - a plastic cover. So, I
 DD> use the magnetic stickers on the trunk. Which makes them closer to
 DD> "line of sight" level - And they remove cleanly without me needing to
 DD> go down the AutoZone for a bottle of "Goo Gone" adhesive remover.

 DS>   With my luck lately (if it weren't for bad, I'd have none), when I
 DS> get a glaucoma check next month, if they determine it's too dangerous
 DS> for me to drive, and I'll have to sell the car, and turn in my license.

That sounds like a song lyric. I'm not sure if you're having the Ray
Charles bad luck or the Roy Clark and Buck Owens bad luck.

https://tinyurl.com/CLARK-OWENS

https://tinyurl.com/RAYMOND-CHARLES

 DS>   The Post Office apparently lost the cellphone I bought when switching
 DS> from Verizon to Consumer Cellular, to save $75 a month. They have lost
 DS> so much mail to/from me, that it's not even funny...and I tell medical
 DS> facilities that "if you won't take an over the phone payment, you won't
 DS> get your money". People were stealing stuff out of my home mailbox, and
 DS> off my front porch, so I got a Post Office Box. But, if I can't get to
 DS> it (no transportation), it does me no good.

Can you still see well enough to shoot? That'll put a stop to that.

 DS> Well, if I have to pay another huge fee for a phone, I'm going to
 DS> tell Consumer Cellular "forget it"...and once my Verizon service dies,
 DS> I'll no longer be reachable via telephone. Next (the way my luck is
 DS> going), the computers and internet will fail, which will kill the BBS
 DS> (not to mention my involvement with ham radio and square
 DS> dancing)...then if I have had to get rid of the car (as noted above),
 DS> I'll be stuck at home, with no way to communicate with the outside
 DS> world, no way to get groceries or medications, and basically will
 DS> become an isolated hermit, and just sleep all day. The hobbies aren't
 DS> even a diversion anymore.

Doncha have a phone line for the confuser? Or, if you're on cable (as I
am until I can shine $cumCa$t on by hooking into the fibre network) most
of them offer home phone service. Or, if youse have got Ma Bell - dig
out your old 9600 baud U.S. Robotics modem and your PC Board software
and soldier on.

 DS>   It has gotten so bad that I'm on a self imposed bland diet of just
 DS> wheat bread and butter, with lemonade koolaid, so I can take my meds.
 DS> I may have a roof over my head, plus a place to sleep...and still be
 DS> on this side of the grass. But, the only golden thing about "the
 DS> golden years" is the color of your urine.

Not if you're on a "pee pill". (Voice of experience)

 DS>   It looks like for the second year in a row, my birthday week will be
 DS> an absolute disaster...where I'll just cry nonstop for a week, and not
 DS> answer any phone calls, email, etc. -- telling folks "I'm burned out",
 DS> and disappear for awhile. Folks are likely sick and tired of hearing
 DS> me whine, complain, and bitch...but no one will put themselves in my
 DS> shoes. I hold the greedy politicians in Washington (who lament they
 DS> can't survive on $250,000+ a year) in utter contempt.

I don't have birthdays any more - Just anniversaries of my "Jack Benny"
The next one will be the 41st anniversary.  Bv)=  My work is planning
a surprise party - but, since I know about it I'm planning to call-off
that day.  Bv)=
 
 DS>   Needless to say, I'm not a happy camper right now. I'm long overdue
 DS> for something good to happen to me...but lately, I feel that I'm
 DS> cursed.

They said "Cheer up, things could be worse!" So, I cheered up and sure
as hell - things got worse!

.... "A cheapskate won't tip a waitress. I'm just careful with my money." -- 
UDD
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