A week before my appointment with a Doctor I went to Radiology and Laboratory for tests.
When I saw the Doctor he looked at the reports and said they were good.
I told him "No one has to pay me to be good, I'm good for nothing.".

The Doctor liked that and asked where I learned that saying, so I told him I made it up by myself.

After getting home I was thinking if I may had been repeating one of the Abbot and Costello routines such as Whos On First or I Can Prove You Are Not Here.
Or I could have seen it in a Burma Shave message.

I thought to write you to see if you have heard that saying before, since you post some sayings like that, or maybe someone reading this has heard this "Good for nothing" phrase.
and can enlighten me.
TNX ES 73 OM DE ED W9ODR K . .
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Re: Good For Nothing
By: Ed Vance to Daryl Stout on Fri Nov 07 2025 11:16:01

...maybe someone reading this has heard this "Good for nothing" phrase.

From Google:
The phrase "good for nothing" originated in the early 1600s, appearing in written form in texts from that period. It was formed by compounding the words "good" and "nothing," with the literal meaning of being "good for no purpose" or "useless". The concept of being useless was also explored in older societies, where value was measured by contributions to a community.
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Ed,

A week before my appointment with a Doctor I went to Radiology
and Laboratory for tests.
When I saw the Doctor he looked at the reports and said they
were good. I told him "No one has to pay me to be good, I'm
good for nothing.".

I have felt that way many times over the years. But, after all the
mess of 2024 with "life", I'm getting back into my hobbies, especially
BBSing and amateur radio.

The Doctor liked that and asked where I learned that saying, so
I told him I made it up by myself.

I usually tell them "you can use it, it's free". <G>

After getting home I was thinking if I may had been repeating
one of the Abbot and Costello routines such as Whos On First or
I Can Prove You Are Not Here. Or I could have seen it in a
Burma Shave message.

Like the criminal at his trial, where the prosecutor says he can
produce 10 people who saw the thug commit the crome...and the thug
replies "I can produce 20 people who didn't see me do it".

Or one of the bloopers that noted "The attorney told the Sunday
School class that his client was not that guilty". :P

I thought to write you to see if you have heard that saying
before, since you post some sayings like that, or maybe someone
reading this has heard this "Good for nothing" phrase.
and can enlighten me.

I've heard "there's no excuse for you", and I reply "You leave my
parents out of this!!". :P

Daryl

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Re: Good For Nothing
By: Ed Vance to Daryl Stout on Fri Nov 07 2025 11:16:01

From Google:
The phrase "good for nothing" originated in the early 1600s, appearing in written form in texts from that period. It was formed by compounding the words "good" and "nothing," with the literal meaning of being "good for no purpose" or "useless". The concept of being useless was also explored in older societies, where value was measured by contributions to a community. --- SBBSecho 3.31-Linux
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1600's? The King James Version of the Bible (1611) has that phrase twice in it .
Once in the Old Testament referring to a Waistband, and once in the New Testament referring to Salt that has no flavor (savor).
Ed
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Ed,

I have felt that way many times over the years. But, after all the
mess of 2024 with "life", I'm getting back into my hobbies, especially
BBSing and amateur radio.

I usually tell them "you can use it, it's free". <G>

Like the criminal at his trial, where the prosecutor says he can
produce 10 people who saw the thug commit the crome...and the thug
replies "I can produce 20 people who didn't see me do it".

Or one of the bloopers that noted "The attorney told the Sunday
School class that his client was not that guilty". :P

I've heard "there's no excuse for you", and I reply "You leave my
parents out of this!!". :P

Daryl

... I just got lost in thought. It was unfamiliar territory.
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I put the phrase in my Tagline file long time ago, You being a Tagline Thief as I am you probably have it in your Tagline file too
I have many of yours in mine.
73 de Ed W9ODR k
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Ed,

I put the phrase in my Tagline file long time ago, You being a
Tagline Thief as I am you probably have it in your Tagline file
too I have many of yours in mine.

It's not stealing, it's gathering research. <G>

73,

Daryl, N5VLZ

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Ed,

It's not stealing, it's gathering research. <G>

73,

Daryl, N5VLZ

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dit D A H dit
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Re: Re: Good For Nothing
By: Ed Vance to Daryl Stout on Fri Nov 14 2025 17:35:55

dit D A H dit

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Re: Re: Good For Nothing
By: Ed Vance to Daryl Stout on Fri Nov 14 2025 17:35:55

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Daryl and mewas talking about Tagline Stealing.
Daryl said it was Gathering Research not stealing, that's why I gave him an exaggerated R O G E R aka dit D A H dit .
That is the best I know how to express my agreement with him bacause on my computers the Tagline file is huge.

SLMR TAGLINES.MR is 266 KB

MM40 TAGLINES is 125 KB

MM49 taglines is 466 KB

SEMPOINT TAGLINES.ORI is 8KB

All on a XP pc.

Onthe Vista pc I have
MM40 TAGLINES 119KB

SEMPOINT TAGLINES ORI 7KB

SLMR TAGLINES.MR 207KB

I ain't had the 486 pc on in ages but it was the first computer I could have a Tagline file on.

Used a C=64 for 10 years reading and saving BBS messages to floppy disks
b4 having the 486 .

You can say I'm addicted to stealing Taglines, just can't do it on this phone.

I use Firefox to Log on this BBS.
Ed
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Ed,

Daryl and mewas talking about Tagline Stealing.
Daryl said it was Gathering Research not stealing, that's why I
gave him an exaggerated R O G E R aka dit D A H dit .

Quebec Sierra Lima. (hi hi).

That is the best I know how to express my agreement with him
bacause on my computers the Tagline file is huge.

I trimmed a bit out of mine recently.

You can say I'm addicted to stealing Taglines, just can't do it
on this phone.

I never could find a good app to logon to a BBS via my Android
phone.

I use Firefox to Log on this BBS.

I had used Opera from when it was still shareware, but recently
switched to Firefox.

Daryl

... You can't teach a new mouse old clicks.
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Ed Vance wrote to Daryl Stout <=-

A week before my appointment with a Doctor I went to Radiology and Laboratory for tests.
When I saw the Doctor he looked at the reports and said they were good.
I told him "No one has to pay me to be good, I'm good for nothing.".

The Doctor liked that and asked where I learned that saying, so I told
him I made it up by myself.

I heard it a LONG time ago - like in the late 80's or early 90's. I still remember the co-worker that said it. :-)

That's in West Tennessee...



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I heard it a LONG time ago - like in the late 80's or early 90's. I still remember the co-worker that said it. :-)

That's in West Tennessee...

... What's worse than raining cats and dogs? Hailing taxis!
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So the phrese is more common than I thought
Ed
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Ed,

Quebec Sierra Lima. (hi hi).

I trimmed a bit out of mine recently.

I never could find a good app to logon to a BBS via my Android
phone.

I had used Opera from when it was still shareware, but recently
switched to Firefox.

Daryl

... You can't teach a new mouse old clicks.
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Daryl, When I signed up for this cellphone account I picked a Motorola 4G Android phone.
I asked the saleslady to put Firefox and DuckDuckGo onthe phone for me, as I had no idea how that was done that day.
I did not want to use the Chrome browser or Search with Google's Search Engine. Even tho I figure everything I do with this phone is stored by Google since Android comes from them.
Paranoid? Yep!

Re: Firefox, I use it to get to Mikes CCO BBS Home page to sign in with this cellphone.
I see that you use MultiMail on your desktop computer to add to your daily REP file.
I REALLY miss using MultiMail DOS for reading the QWK and putting replies in a REP and then sending the REP and grabbing a QWK by using the FTP file on my desktop box.That is why I still dream of wanting to use the Router my desktop and notebook are plugged in to to go to a CAT-5 Bluetooth radio device that is plugged in to the wired Router Output jack, as the DSL Modem was years ago.
In another BBS Network I wrote about my desires and learned my big idea isn't as easy as I thunk.

At least I learned to turn on
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Ed,

Quebec Sierra Lima. (hi hi).

I trimmed a bit out of mine recently.

I never could find a good app to logon to a BBS via my Android
phone.

I had used Opera from when it was still shareware, but recently
switched to Firefox.

Daryl

... You can't teach a new mouse old clicks.
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OOPS!, I tapped the wrong area of this phone and it Saved all that I had written
I was trying to type I had learned to turn AutoRotate On so I can turn the phone longways and have larger virtual Keyboard to type onto.
And if you thought I was getting LongWinded, I AM!
And I got my RCC certificate when I was a kNovice back in the late 1950's
Also I have timed out the 3minute timer on the two meter repeater many, many times
Remembering to toggle the PTT Button on the mike just didn't come natural to Me But I do try to be a good LID.

For anyone not familiar with Amateur Radio lingo RCC means Rag Chewers Club NufSad fer now.
73 Ed W9ODR . .
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Re: Re: Good For Nothing
By: Ed Vance to Daryl Stout on Thu Feb 19 2026 19:32:17

For anyone not familiar with Amateur Radio lingo RCC means Rag Chewers Club NufSad fer now.

And what about PTT and LID?
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