So, would you write that if you had to sign your real name?

David wrote:

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since we r destined to have dinner or drinks together
(I don 't remember the stakes; I wrote them somewhere)
depending upon the legal fortunes of Mr. Zimmerman, in Florida.

I've been traveling and not had much time to poke my head in here, besides the thread seems to have been doing fine without me.

hmmm. you don't remember the stakes of our bet:
I think it was this:

If Zimmerman is set free, you buy dinner for both of us in celebration.
If Zimmerman is convicted, you buy dinner for both of us in commiseration with my broken heart which I will then write tearfully about.

Isn't that right ?

Joe(I have been following those events at all)Nation

I 'm going to Florida next week

I 'm going to Florida next week

does this mean that you are feeling better?

For years, decades & centuries I 've been attending the conventions of groups to which I belong, e.g. NRA, Mensa, The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2nd Amendment Foundation, International Association for Near Death Studies, The Federalist Society, the Libertarian Party, Gun Shows, Coin Shows, symposia on Psychology, Astrophysics and Membrane Theory. I like the lectures;
also established friendships over that time thru out America.
We enjoy good restaurants & good hotels in fun cities,
e.g., Orlando, Las Vegas & New Orleans. Thanx for asking.
David

For years, decades & centuries I 've been attending the conventions of groups to which I belong, e.g. NRA, Mensa, The Society
of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2nd Amendment Foundation, International Association for Near Death Studies, The Federalist Society,
the Libertarian Party, Gun Shows, Coin Shows, symposia on Psychology, Astrophysics and Membrane Theory. I like the lectures;
also established friendships over that time thru out America.
We enjoy good restaurants & good hotels in fun cities,
e.g., Orlando, Las Vegas & New Orleans. Thanx for asking.
David

What an amazing variety of interests!

I got tired just reading his list.

Finn trolls on Saturdays.

If I may ask, how do you find time to work?

A useful digression:

Hotel/Motel Scam (This one is so simple it is shocking)
This is kind of scary if only because of how simple it is.

You arrive at your hotel and check in at the front desk. When checking in, you give the front desk your credit card (for all the charges for your room). You get to your room and settle in.
Someone calls the front desk and asks for (example) Room 620 - which happens to be your room. The phone rings in your room. You answer and the person on the other end says the following, 'This is the front desk. When checking in, we came cross a problem with your charge card information. Please re-read me your credit card number and verify the last 3 digits numbers at the reverse side of your charge card.'
Not thinking anything, you might give this person your information, since the call seems to come from the front desk. But actually, it is a scam of someone calling from outside the hotel/front desk. They ask for a random room number. Then, ask you for credit card information and address information. Sounding so professional, that you do, thinking you are talking to the front desk.

If you ever encounter this problem, tell the caller that you will be down at the front desk to clear up any problems. Then, go to the front desk and ask if there was a problem. If there was none,


inform the manager of the hotel that someone called to scam you of your credit card information,
acting like a front desk employee.