Nancy wrote --

I've got TracFone, too... with double minutes... I like the
pay-as-you-go aspect, too... :)

It works for me and my needs.

photograph violators that could say handicap, no parking, etc

wasn't marked. This way it showed they were in violation.

I recall one incident vividly.
With HC I always took three pictures. The rear of the car showing the signage, markings, etc. Then the front and a closer shot showing no HC
hang tag, etc. (Either didn't have one or it wasn't shown).
One day this woman came storming into the parking office denying she
had been in a HC and would never do anything like that.
The pictures were pulled up and not only a shot of her car but of her
at the back door doing something. And since this was just a few hours
after the fact she was in the same clothes. BUSTED.
There are a million stories on the naked campus, this has been one of
them. (Borrowing the line from the old Naked City tv show).
Joe
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Joe,

One day this woman came storming into the parking office denying she
had been in a HC and would never do anything like that.
The pictures were pulled up and not only a shot of her car but of her
at the back door doing something. And since this was just a few hours JM>after the fact she was in the same clothes. BUSTED.

Justice was served!! :)

That's like the "dumb criminal stories"...one who tries to rob a bank
in his work uniform, and uses the deposit ticket as a stick-up note. :P

Or the guy in a wheelchair, trying to rob the bank. The teller puts a
"NEXT WINDOW PLEASE" sign up, and says "Sorry, I'm closed"...and each
teller does likewise...while silently activating the alarm button to
notify the police. The guy rolls out, grumbling about the way the bank
people treat those with disabilities. The police had a nice reception
committee for him when he got outside. <G>

Daryl

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Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 01-21-19 05:53 <=-

I've got TracFone, too... with double minutes... I like the
pay-as-you-go aspect, too... :)

It works for me and my needs.

Likewise for me... :)

photograph violators that could say handicap, no parking, etc
wasn't marked. This way it showed they were in violation.

I recall one incident vividly.
With HC I always took three pictures. The rear of the car showing
the signage, markings, etc. Then the front and a closer shot showing
no HC hang tag, etc. (Either didn't have one or it wasn't shown).
One day this woman came storming into the parking office denying
she had been in a HC and would never do anything like that.
The pictures were pulled up and not only a shot of her car but of
her at the back door doing something. And since this was just a few
hours after the fact she was in the same clothes. BUSTED.

Well and truly.... :)

There are a million stories on the naked campus, this has been one
of them. (Borrowing the line from the old Naked City tv show).

You could have your own tv show... <G>

ttyl neb

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Nancy wrote --

There are a million stories on the naked campus, this has been one
of them. (Borrowing the line from the old Naked City tv show).

You could have your own tv show... <G>

When I was finishing my training I was asked by the number two woman in
the office (hopefully being number one when number one finally retires)
how things were going. I told her I was training them to be just like
me. She sighed and said she was going to have to do a lot of
reprogramming. :)
Joe

(When I was in parking I averaged about 250 tickets a day. My
replacements were bragging if they wrote 90 a day. Revenue went through
the floor when I left).



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Nancy wrote --

And the battery lasted for a week or more.... ;)

I've heard that cell phones will last a long, long time. Its the
batteries that go bad within a few years. Charging, draining, charging
wears them down.
Replace the old battery with a new one and that same phone will last
years and years more.
Of course cell phone makers are always coming out with something new
and owners think they need to have the latest and greatest app, feature,
or whatever.
Thus still perfectly good phones are replaced.
Planned obsolesce.
This does not take into account those that are dropped, broken, etc.

... Illiterate? Me? Hah! I know who *BOTH* my parents are!

I've used that line for years. :)
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Nancy,

You could have your own tv show... <G>

Now, I know what to tell Nielsen when they contact me next time "I
watched The Joe Mackey Show". <G>

Daryl

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Joe,

I've heard that cell phones will last a long, long time. Its the
batteries that go bad within a few years. Charging, draining, charging JM>wears them down.

That's like the Ni-Cad (nickel cadmium) batteries...but you have to
run them down COMPLETELY, or they develop "a battery memory effect",
where you will have LESS power each time you use it.

Replace the old battery with a new one and that same phone will last
years and years more.

Unfortunately, a lot of those batteries go obsolete, and you end up
buying a new phone. But, as you said, folks have to have "the latest and greatest". If it works for me, I don't care.

... Illiterate? Me? Hah! I know who *BOTH* my parents are!

More like the tagline below.

Daryl

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Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 01-26-19 06:03 <=-

And the battery lasted for a week or more.... ;)

I've heard that cell phones will last a long, long time. Its the batteries that go bad within a few years. Charging, draining,
charging wears them down.
Replace the old battery with a new one and that same phone will last
years and years more.

I'm only on my third cell phone... I've replaced batteries, but what has
been the downfall has been the charging system itself... The first
phone, I lost my wall charger, and then couldn't find a replacement for
it, so had to buy a new phone.... The second phone, the charging socket
in the phone itself broke, and there was no way to replace that.... Have
had this one now for I think 6 years, and it's still going strong... on
the first battery, even.... :)

Of course cell phone makers are always coming out with something new
and owners think they need to have the latest and greatest app,
feature, or whatever.
Thus still perfectly good phones are replaced.
Planned obsolescence.

Doesn't work on me.... ;)

This does not take into account those that are dropped, broken, etc.

The one accessory I make sure I have (besides the car and wall chargers)
is a nice protective case, to cushion the drop when it does fall....
Don't need to have a broken phone.... ;)

... Illiterate? Me? Hah! I know who *BOTH* my parents are!

I've used that line for years. :)

Nice'un, isn't it... :)

ttyl neb

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Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 01-26-19 14:10 <=-

You could have your own tv show... <G>

Now, I know what to tell Nielsen when they contact me next time "I
watched The Joe Mackey Show". <G>

It probably would be called something more like "Horror Tales from the
Parking Office".... <G>

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Nancy,

You could have your own tv show... <G>

Now, I know what to tell Nielsen when they contact me next time "I watched The Joe Mackey Show". <G>

It probably would be called something more like "Horror Tales from the NB>Parking Office".... <G>

Now, the question is, what music to use?? <G>

Daryl

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Nancy wrote --

I'm only on my third cell phone

I've had about eight since I started using a cell around '08.
The first was a simple, basic flip fone.
That was replaced with one with a camera, to photograph violations, but
used data. When wifi came out it was replaced.
One was a Chinese cheapie that didn't last long. That was the first
smart phone.
The one before this was good, but the camera seemed to take forever to
auto focus and lots of times (handicaps mostly) one had to be quick and
the photo's could come out sort of blurry. One had to spend almost 30
seconds for each shot to focus. Other wise its fine and still use it
once in a while to connect to the net, since its almost a pocket
computer, just can't use as a phone.
I've used a Apple SE for the couple of years which I've never had a
problem with. Its smaller than others, with only a 4" screen but
otherwise really great. First iPhone I've had.

The one accessory I make sure I have (besides the car and wall

chargers) is a nice protective case,

My case was about $5 from Walmart. I've dropped it a couple of times
from waist level, and no problems.
Joe
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Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 02-01-19 00:52 <=-

You could have your own tv show... <G>

Now, I know what to tell Nielsen when they contact me next time "I
watched The Joe Mackey Show". <G>

It probably would be called something more like "Horror Tales from the
Parking Office".... <G>

Now, the question is, what music to use?? <G>

Maybe we could commission someone like John Williams to write an
original score for the theme....

ttyl neb

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Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 02-01-19 07:30 <=-

I'm only on my third cell phone

I've had about eight since I started using a cell around '08.
The first was a simple, basic flip fone.
That was replaced with one with a camera, to photograph violations,
but used data. When wifi came out it was replaced.

Makes sense... especially in your work there...

One was a Chinese cheapie that didn't last long. That was the first
smart phone.
The one before this was good, but the camera seemed to take forever
to auto focus and lots of times (handicaps mostly) one had to be quick
and the photo's could come out sort of blurry. One had to spend almost
30 seconds for each shot to focus. Other wise its fine and still use
it once in a while to connect to the net, since its almost a pocket computer, just can't use as a phone.

Didn't have such good luck with those, then... :)

I've used a Apple SE for the couple of years which I've never had a problem with. Its smaller than others, with only a 4" screen but otherwise really great. First iPhone I've had.

I've yet to get a smartphone of any sort.... or for that matter, one
with a camera.... but then I'm not needing to take pictures of
violations....

The one accessory I make sure I have (besides the car and wall
chargers) is a nice protective case,

My case was about $5 from Walmart. I've dropped it a couple of
times from waist level, and no problems.

My last phone was $10, from Radio Shack... the case, bought there as
well, was at least double that....

ttyl neb

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Nancy wrote --

It probably would be called something more like "Horror Tales

from the Parking Office".... <G>

Now, the question is, what music to use?? <G>

Maybe we could commission someone like John Williams to write an
original score for the theme....

Some vast sweeping music for the intro and such. Then a sort of shower
scene screeching music from Psycho when approaching a violation.
I sometimes drove the golf cart through sparsely populated large lots.
One day putt-putting along the theme from Jaws came to me.
I told a fella in parking on my last day I would have to have a large
shark fin mounted on the roof with that music playing as I cruised
through. He asked what day I would do that and I said whatever day I
did that would be my last day.
But I did often hum that.
Bomp bomp, homp homp, homp homp homp...
Joe

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Nancy,

You could have your own tv show... <G>

Now, I know what to tell Nielsen when they contact me next time "I DS>> watched The Joe Mackey Show". <G>

It probably would be called something more like "Horror Tales from

the

Parking Office".... <G>

Now, the question is, what music to use?? <G>

Maybe we could commission someone like John Williams to write an
original score for the theme....

I'd hate to see what he'd charge for it. :P

Daryl

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Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 02-06-19 08:04 <=-

It probably would be called something more like "Horror Tales
from the Parking Office".... <G>

Now, the question is, what music to use?? <G>

Maybe we could commission someone like John Williams to write an
original score for the theme....

Some vast sweeping music for the intro and such. Then a sort of
shower scene screeching music from Psycho when approaching a violation.
I sometimes drove the golf cart through sparsely populated large
lots. One day putt-putting along the theme from Jaws came to me.

That sounds like John Williams would be perfect.... <G>

I told a fella in parking on my last day I would have to have a
large shark fin mounted on the roof with that music playing as I
cruised through. He asked what day I would do that and I said
whatever day I did that would be my last day.

So you never did do it... :)

But I did often hum that.
Bomp bomp, homp homp, homp homp homp...

<smile>

ttyl neb

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Nancy wrote --

I told a fella in parking on my last day I would have to have a
large shark fin mounted on the roof with that music playing as I
cruised through. He asked what day I would do that and I said
whatever day I did that would be my last day.

So you never did do it... :)

Nah, chickened out. :)
But I did hum the theme quite often. :)
Joe
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Daryl wrote --

watched The Joe Mackey Show". <G>

It probably would be called something more like "Horror Tales from

the Parking Office".... <G>

The was a show on A&E years ago (some where on the net now) called
Parking Wars. A lot of that everyone in the office identified with. We
all, in our way, ran into that type of violator and complainer.
There's also a British show on You Tube that's the same type and the
same things there.
Just shows people are the same all over. :)
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Joe,

Just shows people are the same all over. :)

And, with the tactics some use to try to get out of a ticket, remind
me of the squirrel, praying "Lord, please stop the stupid people from
breeding. We're being over-run down here!!". :P

The perfect example was that woman who tried to deny it was her car,
but you had photographic evidence....BUSTED!!

Daryl

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Daryl wrote --

And, with the tactics some use to try to get out of a ticket, remind
me of the squirrel, praying "Lord, please stop the stupid people from breeding. We're being over-run down here!!". :P

Once in a great while I would hear a new excuse, something original
and I would laugh, tell the person that was a new one, saying I thought I
had heard them all and let them go, telling them I was giving them marks
for originality. This often got a chuckle from them as well, along with
a sigh of relief.
Joe

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Joe,

Once in a great while I would hear a new excuse, something original
and I would laugh, tell the person that was a new one, saying I thought I JM>had heard them all and let them go, telling them I was giving them marks JM>for originality. This often got a chuckle from them as well, along with JM>a sigh of relief.

Or, you could've given them a ticket, anyway. <G>

Years ago in south Florida, there was a huge concert or show coming to
town, and tickets to the show were a very hot item...not to mention hard
to get, and expensive!!

Well, the Florida Highway Patrol was on the lookout for "safe
drivers", as well as those who were breaking the law (speeding, etc.).
For the "safe drivers", they got a ticket...but it was to this event.
The drivers were stunned, yet very happy.

It reminds me of the joke that the late Red Skelton did. These
Canadian Highway Patrol officers had been sitting at the side of the
road all day, and that hadn't pulled a single driver over for a
violation of the traffic laws. So, they decide to follow the next one,
and pull him over.

Well, this driver is the best one could hope for. He obeys the speed
limit, uses both turn and hand signals, etc. But, they pull him over,
anyway. They walk up to the driver and say "Nothing's wrong, sir. In all
the years we've been with the Highway Patrol, we've NEVER seen such a
good, studious, careful driver as you...and you are to be commended for
it!!".

The driver says "Well, when you're crocked, you have to be careful!!"


Daryl

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Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 02-08-19 15:07 <=-

You could have your own tv show... <G>

Now, I know what to tell Nielsen when they contact me next time "I
watched The Joe Mackey Show". <G>

It probably would be called something more like "Horror Tales from the
Parking Office".... <G>

Now, the question is, what music to use?? <G>

Maybe we could commission someone like John Williams to write an
original score for the theme....

I'd hate to see what he'd charge for it. :P

Maybe he'd do it as a public service....? ;)

ttyl neb

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Daryl wrote --

had heard them all and let them go, telling them I was giving them

marks for originality. This often got a chuckle from them as well, along
with a sigh of relief.

Or, you could've given them a ticket, anyway. <G>

Usually, yes.
That would be for one I hadn't written/printed yet, etc.
And once in a while I was just a nice guy. Didn't happen very often
though. :)

the years we've been with the Highway Patrol, we've NEVER seen such a
good, studious, careful driver as you...and you are to be commended for it!!".

The driver says "Well, when you're crocked, you have to be careful!!"

LOL
I recall in my drinking days and I was always a very careful driver on
the way home. :)
Once after visiting a friend in Syracuse, NY I noticed a state police
car behind me. For miles and miles. I thought for sure I was in
trouble, gonna get pulled over, etc and was on my best behaviour. After
about 10 miles or so he turned and went off on another road. :)
Joe
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Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 02-09-19 06:00 <=-

I told a fella in parking on my last day I would have to have a
large shark fin mounted on the roof with that music playing as I cruised through. He asked what day I would do that and I said whatever day I did that would be my last day.

So you never did do it... :)

Nah, chickened out. :)
But I did hum the theme quite often. :)

Quietly, under your breath.... wouldn't do to warn the unsuspecting
"swimmers" that the shark was on their trail... ;)

ttyl neb

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Re: Re: Cell phones
By: NANCY BACKUS to JOE MACKEY on Wed Feb 13 2019 04:17 pm

... Nine in Ten doctors believe Epoxy can be cured.

TWENTY PERCENT OF ALL DENTISTS RECOMMEND GUM.
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Kurt,

... Nine in Ten doctors believe Epoxy can be cured.

TWENTY PERCENT OF ALL DENTISTS RECOMMEND GUM.

When I was growing up, I chewed the Juicy Fruit gum, but haven't had
chewed gum in years. Now, I hear that Freedent is better, and I think
that's because it limits cavities, but not sure if it won't pull your
dentures loose.

Daryl

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Mike wrote --

The camera is the only feature I use with regularity that I would likely

lose if I ever downgrade.

I never really took a lot of picture before my phone.
The hassle of dragging it around, the cost of film/developing, only so
many frames per roll, etc. Now its just slip into my pocket or holster. I use the holster most of the time, don't want to break the phone sitting on it or something.
I've had cheap cameras, SLR's and so forth.
But with the phone if a shot didn't come out right I delete and try
again.
I took a photography class in college and used to be able to develop my
own film, but never had the equipment to do it at home.
My brother had a dark room in his basement and was even able to do
colour. Don't think he has any of that now. He's the type when something new comes along the old is tossed out. (Oddly enough he's still married to his first wife for 60s years). :)

That said, when I want to be sure to get the best pictures,

I try to frame mine and all. Not just shooting helter-skelter and any
and everything. There are times I'll take multiple shots of something in case one doesn't come out.

The digital zoom just is not as good as having an actual zoom lens.

I don't think my iPhone SE has a zoom. If it does I've never found it.
I had an LG with zoom and still around somewhere. Everything works on
it, but the phone itself. :)
Joe
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