Aug wrote to Daryl --

I avoided paying over $150/mo by turning the lights off

At home I only use lights when needed. When I leave a room that light
goes out, unless I am planning on going back in shortly. I have bleed over from some rooms so don't need to turn on the ones in another room.
I am contracted security for the university here and man do they waste electric.
There are buildings where the lights are on 24/7/365, not counting the electronics used (copiers, pc's, etc). Lots of newish buildings don't even have on/off switches in the rooms. One building I work in has an electric
bill of $13,000 a month. And other
Once years ago in college I had a class in a large lecture hall with
floor to ceiling windows that flooded the room with light. One day I was early for class and flipped off the lights and no difference in the lighting.
About 45 minutes into the 50 minut

One meal per day is a bad strategy.

I generally eat only one meal a day and have for years.

I was between 195 and 200 lbs for many years up until 2 years
ago.

I will sometimes not eat a meal for two days. Not total fasting, but
just no sit down meal. A bite of this and later a bite of that. I can drop a couple of pounds quickly.
Last year on vacation I was staying with a friend and her friend asked if
I were hungry. They couldn't believe me when I said "No, I just ate yesterday". I was around them for four days and knew I hadn't eaten anything.
I like to joke I'm like a snake. I'll have one big meal and not eat
again for a couple of days. :)

In Jan 2019 I reached 175 lbs. There was a bit of an
upswing to 180 6 months ago,

When I was in high school I was around 200 (at 6'1'). A couple of years later in the Navy I was 165. I stayed that way for a few years then in my
30s I gained some back and to close to 200 again. (At one time I hit 210). Now I'm around 185.
I am also active. I don't have a car (live downtown) and either walk or
ride my bike wherever I need to go, or for a distance the bus. Instead of using an elevator for a floor or two I take the stairs.
Plus I am blessed with good health and at 70 on no meds. At health
fairs nurses always say there has to be something wrong with me but all the tests I fall I in the accepted middle of the scale. :)
Joe
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Hello Daryl!

** On Friday 18.09.20 - 00:58, Daryl Stout wrote to August Abolins:

One meal per day is a bad strategy. You are not doing your
body any favors that way...

The thing is, I started that while being caregiver for my
Mom, when I had to first put her in the hospital, then in
a nursing home...

Besides trying to save money, the stress made it where
I wasn't hungry in the morning (I *RARELY* eat
breakfast), and once I have a big meal at lunch, I'm
satisfied the rest of the day.

Obviously, the memory of your mom and the hard times still
rests heavily on your mind.

Think of it this way.. She would probably want to know that
are doing what makes you happy, and not stressing out. So,
give yourself the permission to take care of yourself the
right way and not cut corners by not eating healthier.

My mother-in-law passed away 3 weeks ago. Their daughter
was their only child (and my wife)...and it's hard to say
who took her death the hardest. But, I have all the
wonderful memories that no one can take away...yet, I'm
glad she's not here to see me suffer now.

You need not suffer. The deaths still play heavily on your
mind. But allow yourself to be happy. Give getting healthy a
chance. Taking care of yourself does not diminish their
memory. The loved ones whom you miss would probably want see
you do well.

--
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Daryl wrote --

lighting. About 45 minutes into the 50 minut

Looks like the light went out on your reply. :P

About 45 minutes into the 50 minute lecture the prof was asked a question
and thinking of the answer he looked up, stroking his chin, and noticed the lights were out.
He then turned them on for the last few minutes of class. ==sigh==

as I can do the baby alligator (or crocodile) "distress call".

I can do a loon. (Or used to).

After our face to face meeting this past year, you sure clean up well. :)

It took days to do that. :)
Joe
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Daryl wrote --

He then turned them on for the last few minutes of class. ==sigh==

I wonder if anyone was snoozing. :P

A lot of new office/class buildings on the Marshall campus don't even
have light switches. They are on 24/7/365 everywhere in the buildings. And at full blast.
Joe
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Daryl wrote --

Joe (who is paid to warm a chair and look pretty).

Which do they pay you more for?? <g,d,r>

It's a toss up.
Joe


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Kurt wrote --

There was an app called "Serendipitor" that was a maps/direction app,

I would do a Google search "things to see in..." on whatever upcoming
town I was nearing, usually a day or two out. That pulled up several options, such as what the chamber of commerce page listing attractions as well as others.
But so often once some town was way back down the road I would learn
later there was something to see that would be interesting to me.
Joe
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Daryl wrote --

I hope not to be with my vacation next June.

I think this year I'm going to explore the great state of WV.
There is so much to see here that I haven't.

Speaking of which, years ago Burger King had a "salad in a pita". I
don't know if any places have an item like that now.

I seem to vaguely recall those. Never had one.
A popular thing here is "taco salad in a bag".
You open a personal size bag of Fritos and smash them. Then put in meat, sauce, lettuce, etc then eat it out of the bag, using a fork. These are popular at tailgating.
Joe
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Mike wrote --

Granted if I want to stay on that route, I just follow the signs and not
any directions, but I would like for those apps to tell me how long the
trip should take. :)

Same here. But the interstates generally parallel the old roads.
I recall several times on my trip last year I would be RT 66 and just off
to the side was I 40 (?). It was bumper-to-bumper, 80+ mph, full of semi's and I was the only one on 66, cruising along around 50 mph and enjoying the ride.
I did like putting in a search "driving time from X to Y" and that would
give a general idea. It followed the interstate and I just added some time, depending on the distance and terrain. A hour here, an hour there, etc.
Google maps came in handy when I stopped for the night.
I would write on a sheet of paper things like "(RT) X to Y, then
left/right, etc. That way I could quickly glance at the sheet for directions rather
than looking at a map.
Its almost impossible to find state maps any longer, like they used to
give away in gas stations.
However, once in a while I would have to take an interstate and would
stop at visitors centres and get a map for that state.
The only visitor centre I can recall on an old road was in Arkansas
leaving Louisiana. I was really surprised to find that.
I prefer paper maps, you can lay then out and plan a route a lot easier
than on a screen.
Joe
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Joe,

There is so much to see here that I haven't.

You haven't what?? Looks like you haven't seen that typo, either. <g,d,r>

Haven't seen. :)

OK, it didn't register when I first read it.

And so many of the places it was drive by and look and visit "later".

Well, I'm looking forward to that "one final train trip next June". Sorry I won't be able to stop off in your neck of the woods, as it were.

I got stuffed just reading that.

Just like the turkeys thinking one of their own is "going to the dentist
to get his cavity filled". <G>

You're the type that when entering an all-you-can-eat buffet the
owner sighs "Gonna lose money on this guy". :)

My brother and a friend were literally banned from one restaurant, for all the grazing damage they did to the buffet.

Now, please excuse me, while I let out a horrific belch...like we'd
do when we drank a whole 12 ounce bottle of Dr. Pepper. <G>

Can't stand Dr Pepper, tastes like cough medicine to me.

I usually drink sweet tea when I'm out on errands...otherwise, it's just flavored water.

Daryl

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Daryl wrote --

Well, I'm looking forward to that "one final train trip next June". Sorry I won't be able to stop off in your neck of the woods, as it were.

==whew. Dodged that bullet==

My brother and a friend were literally banned from one restaurant, for all the grazing damage they did to the buffet.

At a former Chinese place up the street a co-worker and his family were dining out one time. The guys brother was really putting it away when the owner of the place stopped at his table, wagged her finger at him and said
"you eat more than small village" a

I usually drink sweet tea when I'm out on errands...otherwise, it's just flavored water.

My tea is unsweetened.
At home its coffee in the morning, then iced tea (year round). In the
winter I'll have hot tea at times, also unsweetened.
Once in a great while I might have a pop. I brought a 12 pack in the
spring and still have three/four cans left.
Now if I'm eating out I'll have a pop, since both are considered a treat.
Joe
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Joe,

I'm not sure if it's a diuretic like tea...but if it is, the way
I've seen some people drink it, they're making repeated potty runs.

It can be for me in cooler weather when working outside.
Take a sip and go, take a sip and go.

That's because the cold weather makes ones urinary bladder shrink.
And, that's for both men and women.

I think of the joke where Momma has potty trained her daughter
(all of us have to go through it, when we're young and old...as
success is not peeing in your pants <G>). They would travel in
the summer, and stop off at interstate highway rest stops for a
picnic lunch (this was long before you had to worry about predators
and perverts frequenting these places).

Anyway, she taught her daughter to look for the LONGER sign...
WOMEN versus MEN. This was the case until they got to a certain
rest area, and it was LADIES and GENTLEMEN (guess which one is
longer?? <G>).

Well, the little girl walks into the men's room, and here's
this little boy, naked as a jaybird, and she sees his member,
and asks "What are you doing?? What have you got there??". After
he tells her, she says "Boy!! That's a handy thing to have along
at picnics!!".

I would've loved to have seen the look on her Momma's face
when she told her!! <G>

I likely have told this before...but I wish all jokes were
this cute.

Daryl

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Daryl wrote --

It's like a deal a saw awhile back...I didn't have the choice to
be born a male...but I choose to be a gentleman. :)

I was raised to be a Southern gentleman: be polite, helpful, honest, etc.

You don't have to open the door for me, Joe...just be sure it's
unlocked. <g,d,r>

That means I have to move all the furniture piled against it to unlock
it. :)
Joe

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Daryl wrote --

LOL!! I'd come in through the window, but you probably have that blocked off as well. <G>

Boarded up.
Joe (sure is dark in here)

Well, turn on a light, dummy. <g,d,r>

But light might slip out through the cracks and someone will know I'm
home...
When I was on my trip last year I arrived in this one town and called my hosts to tell them I had arrived.
I got a "not in service" message on the phone when I called.
When I got to their place there was no answer when I rang the bell. The curtains were also drawn tight.
Standing on the door step I could have sworn I saw a curtain move
slightly and thought "They are probably peeking out and whispering if they stayed
very quiet I would go away. :)
We did eventually get together and I told them this and the reply was
that was plan all along. :)
Joe

(It was the a/c vent blowing that made the curtain move).



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11-17-20 10:26 Daryl Stout wrote to JOE MACKEY about Re: it's hard surviving.. Howdy! Daryl,

big snip<

... The second law of thermodynamicss is observed in my home.

I had no idea what any of the laws of thermodynamics were about.

You're getting too "high tech" for Me when You put something like that in a Tagline.

YES! I try to be a good Tagline Thief.

Back when I was in High School I had a class about Physics but couldn't remember what Thermodynamics was about or even it the class covered that subject ... so I searched on DuckDuckGo for:

second law of thermodynamics

and this link was in the results page:

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/introchem/ chapter/the-three-laws-of-thermodynamics/

Had to split up the link to make sure all of it would fit in this message.

I still don't know much about Thermodynamics after reading about it.

73 de Ed W9ODR . .

... There is always one more thing for Me to learn...
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Ed wrote --

I still don't know much about Thermodynamics after reading about it.

I'm the same way after looking up something. I know as much, or less,
than I did before. :)
Joe

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