We have irrrelevant subjects from time to time so here goes: a few days ago Joe deduced, whether correctly or not I don’t know, that I was the oldest contributor to Meggsie comments. Ever since I have been collecting ways of turning time back. I think I found a method.yesterday.
I used our municipal library for the first time in about 3 years and the computer beeped my card at book-out. The lass behind the counter said that from time to time they checked the details of members who had not used the library for a while. So began a series of questions:
“Have you still got the same name”?
“Yes”. (??? - I’m male - and not a crook).
Do you still live at the same address”?
“Yes”. (I live at the address where I was born).
“Is your birth date the same”.
Wow, that did it. I said, “No”, and gave a date four years later which she entered. After explaining what I did while those in the queue behind me fell apart, the whole thing in the computer had to be stopped with a ctrl-alt-delete.
Might also mention that I dutifully paid cat registration by automatic debit for years without stopping the facility until last year when I noticed that the invoice, presumably issued by the same computer that has the library records, stated my cat was 26 years old. It was, sort of, and is now 27, but it ain’t still with me.
Maybe Mike and Tony are recorded on the same computer, having reached the grand age of 89+ years. Maybe Ginger’s card is checked each year by the same computer and he has successfully updated his birth date.
Right on Joe, and if I am the oldest contributor to ‘comments’ then I’m mighty proud of it. No, you never mentioned ‘oldest Meggsie collector’, neither did I nor anyone else.
Also ‘Yes’ to cat registration. It seems like over-regulation but the feral cat problem is causing a serious reduction in native Oz wildlife. Quite frankly, the concept of cat registration borders on being impossible to police but it does seem to have caught the imagination of responsible owners who follow the rule of keeping their pets indoors at night.
COWBOY7 over 14 years ago
Way to go, Dad! You’re alright!
G’Day, Jason, Usfellers, Joe and ALL the Meggsie fans!
COWBOY7 over 14 years ago
Poultry in motion, indeed! LOL
usfellers over 14 years ago
G’day Jason, Dry, Lonewolf, Joe, Barb, Bjorn and all Meggsie’s mates.
Right now Dad needs a pet shop like he needs a bad dose of flu’.
Not really caring whether the chicken gets safely across the road is paltry emotion.
Shopping to be done. See ya later.
rotts over 14 years ago
If the chicken gets hit by a truck and squashed, it might be poultry emulsion!
usfellers over 14 years ago
If a thousand chickens tried to cross it would be poultry commotion.
Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 14 years ago
Jason what can I say about that pun? Never mind, I won’t say it! :-D
Morning usfellers, Jason, Joe, and all Meggsie fans far and wide!
Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 14 years ago
Well technically it’s afternoon where I am!
Plods with ...™ over 14 years ago
You won’t get a disagreeing peep from me Joe
usfellers over 14 years ago
We have irrrelevant subjects from time to time so here goes: a few days ago Joe deduced, whether correctly or not I don’t know, that I was the oldest contributor to Meggsie comments. Ever since I have been collecting ways of turning time back. I think I found a method.yesterday.
I used our municipal library for the first time in about 3 years and the computer beeped my card at book-out. The lass behind the counter said that from time to time they checked the details of members who had not used the library for a while. So began a series of questions:
“Have you still got the same name”? “Yes”. (??? - I’m male - and not a crook). Do you still live at the same address”? “Yes”. (I live at the address where I was born). “Is your birth date the same”. Wow, that did it. I said, “No”, and gave a date four years later which she entered. After explaining what I did while those in the queue behind me fell apart, the whole thing in the computer had to be stopped with a ctrl-alt-delete.
Might also mention that I dutifully paid cat registration by automatic debit for years without stopping the facility until last year when I noticed that the invoice, presumably issued by the same computer that has the library records, stated my cat was 26 years old. It was, sort of, and is now 27, but it ain’t still with me.
Maybe Mike and Tony are recorded on the same computer, having reached the grand age of 89+ years. Maybe Ginger’s card is checked each year by the same computer and he has successfully updated his birth date.
Now to see if any more puns have arrived.
usfellers over 14 years ago
Right on Joe, and if I am the oldest contributor to ‘comments’ then I’m mighty proud of it. No, you never mentioned ‘oldest Meggsie collector’, neither did I nor anyone else.
Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 14 years ago
But you are, aren’t you usfellers? :-)
You have to have licenses for your cats over there?
usfellers over 14 years ago
Hi Dry. Yes, probably am, but life’s great.
Also ‘Yes’ to cat registration. It seems like over-regulation but the feral cat problem is causing a serious reduction in native Oz wildlife. Quite frankly, the concept of cat registration borders on being impossible to police but it does seem to have caught the imagination of responsible owners who follow the rule of keeping their pets indoors at night.