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Hello Jim,

04 May 17 03:00 at ROIBOT wrote to All:

telnet://realmofinsanity.net OR telnet://roi.synchro.net

Please no BBS ads in this echo.

Also, this echo is real names only for posting.

Thanks!

Later,
Sean
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Re: No ads plz
By: Sean Dennis to Jim Kulwicki on Thu May 04 2017 09:22 pm

Okay fixed. Sorry bout that.

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Hello Jim,

05 May 17 00:30 at you wrote to me:

Okay fixed. Sorry bout that.

Sure thing, it happens. The only reason why I'm picky is because I'm also the BBS_ADS moderator. ;) Post all you want in there.

How's things going with your BBS setup? I have been so busy with work that I've sadly sorta neglected my BBS for the time being.

Later,
Sean

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Re: No ads plz
By: Sean Dennis to Jim Kulwicki on Mon May 08 2017 01:43 am

Hi! Things are going well! Learning more and more every day. This time around I am in it for the long haul. Last year when it was abruptly shut down, I had just lost my father, and went thru a bout of severe depression, but I am back and looking forward to the future!

In June I'm off to Sin City to marry my childhood sweetheart, then drive to San Diego to see one of the best zoos in the U.S. by her request. Among many other things. I have never been to either place, and definately cannot wait to leave! I know once I get back, I will be hooked and be ready to go back.

Other than that, just recently switched to BinkD instead of using Radius. Which up to this point has proven to be much more stable.

Other than that... Not much! Working, and paying bills...

How about you? How's Micronet?

-Jim

Sure thing, it happens. The only reason why I'm picky is because I'm also the BBS_ADS moderator. ;) Post all you want in there.
How's things going with your BBS setup? I have been so busy with work that I've sadly sorta neglected my BBS for the time being.

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Sean,

Sure thing, it happens. The only reason why I'm picky is because I'm also the BBS_ADS moderator. ;) Post all you want in there.

Rank has its privileges...especially when one's the Sysop and Moderator. <G>

How's things going with your BBS setup? I have been so busy with work that I've sadly sorta neglected my BBS for the time being.

I'll be away from mine for several days. I'm going in for prostate surgery
in the morning, and will spend the night at my Mom's place, before coming
home hopefully no later than early Thursday...as severe weather is supposed
to affect my area Thursday into Friday. At least a nice Mother's Day Weekend
is ahead.

Daryl

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Hello Jim,

09 May 17 00:31 at you wrote to me:

Hi! Things are going well! Learning more and more every day. This time around I am in it for the long haul. Last year when it was abruptly
shut down, I had just lost my father, and went thru a bout of severe depression, but I am back and looking forward to the future!

Glad to see you sticking around. :) I know that you were having a real time of it for a while. :/

In June I'm off to Sin City to marry my childhood sweetheart, then
drive to San Diego to see one of the best zoos in the U.S. by her
request. Among many other things. I have never been to either place,
and definately cannot wait to leave! I know once I get back, I will be hooked and be ready to go back.

Congrats on your upcoming wedding.

Just remember that a set of wedding rings are the smallest handcuffs in the world. :D (I think it was Groucho Marx that said that.)

Well, with my being twice-divorced, I think you should take my advice with a few grains of salt... ;)

I was born in San Diego at the old Balboa Naval Hospital (they tore the hospital I was born in a few years after). I lived in Chula Vista for a while as my birth father was stationed in San Diego when he was in the USMC. I have no rememberance of my time there.

You know, that's because I was born at a very early age.

How about you? How's Micronet?

Micronet's going to turn 17 years old on September 1st. I thought it'd only have lasted a few years but much to my pleasant surprise, it's still going. It's not really busy but it comes and goes in spurts. With the BBS setup I have now, Andrew Leary is the official "assistant zone coordinator" (my right-hand man) in Micronet. I actually have him in my will to get my BBS machine. :D He assists me greatly in running Micronet and he's also the IBBS league coordinator for League 618. Micronet's still my pride and joy.

I'm also on the MBSE Development team. I'm supposed to be working on the documentation but working six-day workweeks since last October has kinda hampered any free time. I just bought a "new" (new to me; it's 30 years old) ham radio transceiver--a Kenwood TS-430S--for my ham shack I'm wanting to put in once it arrives...I think it's going to have to sit for a few more weeks, sigh.

I did successfully port one of my BBS doors to Linux through several hours of rewriting a majority of my code for cross-platform use with Free Pascal. I've hit a snag trying it under Linux (it's an oddity with MBSE and Linux). I did virtualize a physical install of Windows 10 Home I had on my laptop that's my full-time computer. So I have it running now under VMWare Player 12.x here on my laptop. When I have time (ha-ha) I am going to set up Free Pascal under that and see if I can get my door to compile correctly. I'll then have to get a few people that use Win32 for their BBS OS and see if the door works correctly. I'm also planning on installing OS/2 as a VM on the laptop to see how that works. I have not yet tried to compile for 16-bit DOS as the doorkit I'm using (RMDoor by Rick Parrish a.k.a. Manning) won't compile but for 32-bit DOS, so I may just update my doors using my old code or open source it which was supposed to be in progress a long time ago.

My health has deteriorated over the years partially from age and from my own neglect so when I get home at 2:30 AM, I'm usually pretty shot. I'm lucky to peel my butt out of bed by 12:30 PM. :D I should be going back to days soon since production for the year is winding down fast. I'm an IT support tech at a very old multinational corporation at their sole plant in the US that makes consumer-grade riding mowers (hint: their company colors are green and yellow). I work for another multinational IT company; I'm a contractor there at my customer's plant.

I herd cats here in Fidonet. I have nine (?) echoes I'm responsible for around here. I've been a RIN for 17 years and no plans to change unless another BBS pops up here locally and we decide to set up a local net.

I've pondered quitting the scene a few times lately due to time restraints and lack of interest but then I remember I've been running a BBS for 21 years and I can't remember life before being a sysop. :D

Later,
Sean

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Sean,

Congrats on your upcoming wedding.

Just remember that a set of wedding rings are the smallest handcuffs in the world. :D (I think it was Groucho Marx that said that.)

Groucho also noted that "I was married by a judge. I should've asked for
a jury". <G>

Well, with my being twice-divorced, I think you should take my advice with a few grains of salt... ;)

My brother is 3 times divorced, and I know of 2 ham radio operators in the area who have been divorced 3 times (this last time to each other, and they have remarrried). With my health and financial issues right now, remarriage
is the last thing on the mind of this widower.

You know, that's because I was born at a very early age.

I'll bet you were born naked as well. <BG>

Micronet's going to turn 17 years old on September 1st. I thought it'd only have lasted a few years but much to my pleasant surprise, it's
still going. It's not really busy but it comes and goes in spurts.
With the BBS setup I have now, Andrew Leary is the official "assistant zone coordinator" (my right-hand man) in Micronet. I actually have him in my will to get my BBS machine. :D He assists me greatly in running Micronet and he's also the IBBS league coordinator for League 618. Micronet's still my pride and joy.

You've done a great job with it.

I'm also on the MBSE Development team. I'm supposed to be working on
the documentation but working six-day workweeks since last October has kinda hampered any free time. I just bought a "new" (new to me; it's
30 years old) ham radio transceiver--a Kenwood TS-430S--for my ham
shack I'm wanting to put in once it arrives...I think it's going to
have to sit for a few more weeks, sigh.

From what I've heard lately, the HF bands/propagation (even D-Star HF)
have been horrible. I got the June, 2017 QST e-edition today, and it's the Field Day issue. The only ham radio activity I'll likely do that day is to
help with a license exam session.

My health has deteriorated over the years partially from age and from
my own neglect so when I get home at 2:30 AM, I'm usually pretty shot. I'm lucky to peel my butt out of bed by 12:30 PM. :D I should be going back to days soon since production for the year is winding down fast.
I'm an IT support tech at a very old multinational corporation at their sole plant in the US that makes consumer-grade riding mowers (hint:
their company colors are green and yellow). I work for another multinational IT company; I'm a contractor there at my customer's
plant.

I've heard of peeling bananas, but peeling "buns"?? <G>

I've pondered quitting the scene a few times lately due to time restraints and lack of interest but then I remember I've been running a BBS for 21 years and I can't remember life before being a sysop. :D

The BBS is one of the few hobbies that I can still do, and enjoy...especially after recovering from 2 surgeries (that were supposed to be outpatient, but ended up being overnight stays), and 2 Emergency Room trips in under a month; all for kidney, bladder, and prostate issues...mainly related to stones. And,
I don't mean "Sly And The Family Stone", either. :P

Daryl

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