Due to echo moderators prohibiting autopostings, I have decided to
SUSPEND these...mainly the Today In History Postings (among others).

The Today In History Postings change daily, and recycle yearly. I
had previously suspended the weekly autopostings on the daily ham
radio nets that I run...but these are now ending as well.

In the BBS Ads echoes, I had to enable DUPLICATE CHECKING, as many
BBS's were doing the autoposts of their system several times a day.

To get these posts resumed, I will need a reply from the moderator
of this echo, to state it's OK. Otherwise, they will be on my local
message areas only.

Sorry for any inconvenience...your understanding is appreciated.

Daryl Stout, N5VLZ, Sysop, The Thunderbolt BBS, Little Rock, Arkansas
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Due to echo moderators prohibiting autopostings, I have decided to
SUSPEND these...mainly the Today In History Postings (among others).

Joe Mackey is still listed as moderator of this area although I haven't seen him around in years so I doubt we'll hear from him.

For what it's worth I have no issue with your autoposts.

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Due to echo moderators prohibiting autopostings, I have decided to
SUSPEND these...mainly the Today In History Postings (among others).

Joe Mackey is still listed as moderator of this area although I haven't seen him around in years so I doubt we'll hear from him.

For what it's worth I have no issue with your autoposts.

Echoing Al's sentiment, I also have no issues with them.

Mike


* SLMR 2.1a * Go ahead, back up to the RAM disk. I dare you!
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Alan,

Due to echo moderators prohibiting autopostings, I have decided to
SUSPEND these...mainly the Today In History Postings (among others).

Joe Mackey is still listed as moderator of this area although I
haven't seen him around in years so I doubt we'll hear from
him.

For what it's worth I have no issue with your autoposts.

Last I heard from Joe, he was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
I had gotten out of the networks after my brother's suicide last year,
and the resulting nervous breakdown. But, I've rejoined them now. I just
needed some time away from things.

I'm afraid that Joe may have passed away...and I don't know if one
can change the echolist listing without a password. I don't know how
long it goes without an update, before it notes "this echo one the
backbone has expired".

I will post the Burma Shave ads back in here as soon as possible.

Thanks for the reply.

Daryl

... I am Victor of Borg(e)... Prepare to hear funny music.
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For what it's worth I have no issue with your autoposts.

Last I heard from Joe, he was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
I had gotten out of the networks after my brother's suicide last year,
and the resulting nervous breakdown. But, I've rejoined them now. I just needed some time away from things.

I'm sorry to hear that. I wish you and your family the best over the holdays and beyond.

I'm afraid that Joe may have passed away...and I don't know if one
can change the echolist listing without a password. I don't know how
long it goes without an update, before it notes "this echo one the
backbone has expired".

This is what I have been thinking but I don't know.

Wherever Joe is now, sitting in his armchair or looking down on us from above I wish him only the best as well.

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Mike,

Echoing Al's sentiment, I also have no issues with them.

I've put them back on...they should be flowing shortly.

Daryl

... To err is human, to do nothing, benign.
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Alan,

I'm sorry to hear that. I wish you and your family the best
over the holdays and beyond.

I'm the last of my line. The only other relatives I know of are out
of state, older than I am, and can't travel anymore.

This is what I have been thinking but I don't know.

My late father was the victim of that. Sadly, by the time it is
discovered, it's usually too late to do anything.

Wherever Joe is now, sitting in his armchair or looking down on
us from above I wish him only the best as well.

Agreed.

One of the echoes other longtime members, Nancy Backus, lost her
battle with stomach cancer awhile back. She was very active in the
message areas.

One day, I had the tagline "I took an IQ test, and the results were negative". Without missing a beat, she replied "That explains a lot",
then added <g,d,r>.

She said "I hope you weren't offended by that", and I told her "Not
at all...I got a good laugh out of it".

Daryl

... Middle Age: When actions creak louder than words.
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Alan,

I'm the last of my line. The only other relatives I know of are out
of state, older than I am, and can't travel anymore.

My late father was the victim of that. Sadly, by the time it is
discovered, it's usually too late to do anything.

Agreed.

One of the echoes other longtime members, Nancy Backus, lost her
battle with stomach cancer awhile back. She was very active in the
message areas.

One day, I had the tagline "I took an IQ test, and the results were negative". Without missing a beat, she replied "That explains a lot",
then added <g,d,r>.

She said "I hope you weren't offended by that", and I told her "Not
at all...I got a good laugh out of it".

Daryl

... Middle Age: When actions creak louder than words.
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Daryl and Alan,

The email address I have for Joe is:

joemackey108@comcast.net

The last email I got from Joe was in December 2021 .

In March of 2022 I began having DSL problems and was suggested I drop DSL and get Fiber internet
I dropped DSL and learned the Fiber Modem didn't work here , so I dropped the Fiber too.

Two years later I got a cellphone plan.
Ed
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Re: Re: Autoposts Stopped
By: Daryl Stout to Alan Ianson on Fri Dec 12 2025 12:14:02

Hi, Daryl.

I will post the Burma Shave ads back in here as soon as possible.

As a Brit I have always been a bit confused by the Burma Shave stuff - are the posts quoting ads that they actually used years ago? They don't make a lot of sense to me, usuallly, but that might just be me being thick! Either way if you or anyone else would like to clue me in it would be appreciated.

Thanks & hope you have had a good weekend.

BobW
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Ed,

The email address I have for Joe is:

joemackey108@comcast.net

The last email I got from Joe was in December 2021 .

That's the email address I had for him, but I don't recall how
long ago it was when I heard from him. He told me that he had been
diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, which at that point, is
a death sentence. My late father only lasted 6 weeks after he was
diagnosed with it.

In March of 2022 I began having DSL problems and was suggested
I drop DSL and get Fiber internet
I dropped DSL and learned the Fiber Modem didn't work here , so
I dropped the Fiber too.

Two years later I got a cellphone plan.

When my late Mom had AT&T DSL, every time there was a thunderstorm
or power outage, the DSL modem failed. That meant no landline (not
even 911) and no internet.

I came over to her place (which is where I am now, as all of my
family is dead and gone now), and got on the phone with them. AT&T
was giving me the runaround, and when I said "I want to talk to your supervisor"...they promptly cut me off!!

So, I dialed them back (having to use my cellphone), and when they
said "this call will be monitored and recorded", I growled "It d@mn
sure better after what the last representative did to me".

I apologized to my Mom afterwards (she was 90 at the time) for
using foul language...and said "I can't blame you...I heard
everything!!". They were going to make her wait 3 weeks to get a
new DSL modem, so I read them the riot act...in spades!!

So, they sent a technician by the next morning, and when I told
him what happened, he was furious. He said "They do this crap all
the time"...and got my Mom a new DSL modem, and his card, with his
private cell number. He told us "if it fails, call the number on
the card (do NOT call AT&T), and either myself or one of my crew
will have a replacement here within 24 hours".

Several months after her death, when an AT&T representative tried
to sell my phone and DSL service, I told them what happened, and
snarled "I wouldn't take your crappy service, if you gave it to me
for nothing!!".

I am with Consumer Cellular, and being an AARP member, I get a
5% discount on my bill. Since I also have insurance, and am making
a monthly payment plan on my Samsung Galaxy A16 phone (which I've
used as an internet hotspot), with unlimited talk, text, and 10 GB
of data, I pay $55 a month. That will go down once I pay off the
phone, in about another year.

It is rare that I use 10 GB of data, as mostly, I'm piggybacking
off of the Xfinity Wi-Fi.

73,

Daryl, N5VLZ

... As a computer, I find your faith in technology amusing.
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Bob,

As a Brit I have always been a bit confused by the Burma Shave
stuff - are the posts quoting ads that they actually used years
ago? They don't make a lot of sense to me, usuallly, but that
might just be me being thick! Either way if you or anyone else
would like to clue me in it would be appreciated.

That is correct. Here is a YouTube Video on it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EI3zpHIgL8

Daryl

... I got gas for under a dollar the other day...but it was from Taco Bell.
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