What Are You Doing In Real Life II

[Aktungbby]

Review: HIgh production values and a worthy effort. DAS BOOT and The Enemy Below need not worry. Computer convoy graphics, oversized conning tower emblems, and periscopes always in the raised position, even during crash dives and on the surface under heavy 5'' shell fire, are a few dubious bloopers. But hey, permissible Poetic license; and I've worked on a few movie and TV productions myself to know!... the USS Kidd https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/USS_Kidd_%28DD-661%29_underway_c1951.jpeg/300px-USS_Kidd_%28DD-661%29_underway_c1951.jpeg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Kidd_(DD-661)_underway_c1951.jpeg)now in Baton Rouge is the bridge/ship set for the combat scenes and excellent as anyone who's played Destroyer Command can appreciate... A Fletcher Class destroyer still in it's WWII configuration. Tom Hanks has mastered captain roles in his many on-screen performances-same here. A solid B+ performance. Will watch again anytime. Streaming to Apple TV may have curtailed a fair assessment as the movie was intended for the big screen. So when the theaters reopen after the Covid shutdowns; off to see it again. I had seen Lawrence of Arabia and Ben Hur on the big screen again, for the first time in years, this past year at my local Cinemax and the big-screen format really is a telling factor.... which Mr Hanks effort has been unfairly deprived of. :arrgh!: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/USS_Kidd_%28DD-661%29_in_Baton_Rouge%2C_Louisiana_%28USA%29%2C_on _26_February_2015.jpg/1280px-USS_Kidd_%28DD-661%29_in_Baton_Rouge%2C_Louisiana_%28USA%29%2C_on _26_February_2015.jpg< USS KIDD drydocked at Baton Rouge LA

[Von Due]

Enjoying the start of my vacation doing absolutely nothing useful for a couple of days.

[Catfish]

^ i understand this, doing such things can be oddly satisfying, too.

Sometimes i find this forced slowdown positive, less hectic, have been able to finish things that had accumulated to a large heap that looked i would never overcome, but finally did.
However this whole corona thing is quite an ugly threat, depressing, and has huge economical consequences. Life has to go on and come back, but how can we possibly do that with what we know.

[Sonny Sanford]

I know man. My wife and kids can even barely go out. They miss the outdoors, and I understand their frustration. Heck, for what it's worth, this virus did something that my former job couldn't, make me spend more time with them. Luckily, the kids share my enthusiasm when it comes to simulations. While I dig subsims, they prefer truck sims, just imagine that.

[Mr Quatro]

Welcome aboard Sonny ... your welcome to be bored with us :yep:

[Catfish]

[...] Luckily, the kids share my enthusiasm when it comes to simulations. While I dig subsims, they prefer truck sims, just imagine that.
Well having driven trucks myself (if only for a short time) i am more for sub- und aviation sims :haha:

[Aktungbby]

Having replaced my roof and gutters under two years ago, ash from great fires, leaves and new shingle grit caused gutter-downspout blockage ; usually during heavy downpours, requiring me on the roof with an improvised broom handle tool...at great hazard to my wellbeing given my age and the gravity of the 'gabled' slippery slope, ie: falling off the roof which has happened to two carpenters I know...and they were professionals :03: So today, the gutterman is installing metal-mesh gutter guards on all the gutters and a remedial downspout for an unlevel gutter that overflows in deluges. I'll paint that later. http://mobileimages.lowes.com/product/converted/100145/1001452308_12448502.jpg?size=pdhi

[GWX Player]

Hello. I'm new here (since last week) and not quite sure if I'm doing this posting messages things correctly. My real life job has gone virtual for the time being--work from home.

I've gotten back into playing Silent Hunter III (mainly GWX but also WAC and LSH). Lots of time to play and no place to go right now with the pandemic going on.

I've spent most of my time trying to run mods, tweaking things, and avoiding crash to desktop issues instead of actually playing a campaign. I'm sure that I am not the only one who spends most of the time fiddling with mods ( trying to add/rearrange newly discovered ones) instead of actually playing the game.

I just want to say that this is a great website with lots of information that has helped me over the years since I first bought Silent Hunter III back in 2005. Thank you.

[Aktungbby]

GWX Player!:Kaleun_Salute: :subsim:ing in the time of 'lockdown' has become the 'new normal!:Kaleun_Crying:

[Jimbuna]

Welcome to SubSim and I must say I admire your choice of name :salute:

[GWX Player]

Thanks Jimbuna. GWX is the supermod that I have the most experience with (since Grey Wolves). I'm just getting back into Sh3 and discovered M.E.P and Stiebler and Tycho patches to the Supplement to V16B1 (JSGME). It's like a whole new game.

I also have LSH 2015 and WAC 5.2 working, but GWX was my intro in supermods.:salute:

[Commander Wallace]

Welcome to Subsim, Sonny Sanford and GWX Player. :sunny: I hope you enjoy your time here.



A question for you,GWX Player. Since you have tried the GWX, Wac 5.2 and LSH 2015, which I am unfamiliar with aside from GWX, which supermod do you prefer and why ? I also wanted to ask what the M.E.P and Stiebler and Tycho patches to the Supplement to V16B1 are ? What is V16B1 ?



Again, welcome aboard.

[GWX Player]

Thanks for the welcome Commander Wallace. What I have heard is that LSH is supposedly more playable in that the enemy AI is not as uber as GWX, which some criticize as being too hard. I believe that WAC models a lot of historical events/campaigns that you can participate in.

I have only recently installed LSH and WAC, but I really have not played them extensively enough to tell you with any certainty about how all of them compare. I really just wanted to see if I could get all of them working using a widescreen gui. I survived situations in LSH in which I was detected by destroyers that I don't think I would have survived in GWX. But again, I have not played LSH enough to say for certain. I guess I like the challenge/frustration of AI destroyers in GWX (glutten for punishment).

I use Widescreen MaGui v3.4-SA for GWX. This is my favorite gui (thanks makman94). I really like the interface. I have also used Ahnenerbe WideGui and ARB Widescreen but the smaller dials/text are getting hard on my "getting old" eyes. MaGui is one of the main reasons that I have always played GWX. I will have to try LSH and WAC with MaGui. Perhaps I will end up preferring them to GWX.

V16B1 refers to realism and hardcode fixes by h.sie (H.Sie patch) in which you have to patch your Sh3 executable (a copy of the executable found in the folder in which your game is installed). WARNING: Please don't replace or copy over the Sh3 executable in your installation folder. Just make a copy of it that you will then patch. Once patched, you can select among various options by checking them off in a selector box. Very useful changes include a fog warning and getting the lazy watch officer to man his post after surfacing instead of you having to move him there. There is also the awesome Wolfpack mod in which you finally (sometimes) have wolfpacks (AI controlled U-boats) that will attack when you find and shadow a convoy. I have enjoyed having 3 or 4 other U-boats along with mine absolutely annihilate a convoy.

I just recently discovered the Stiebler add-on (which is an add-on to h.sie Supplement to V16B1). You have to patch, in a similar manner as with h.sie, your executable that was already modified by h.sie's "Supplement to V16B1". Stiebler allows many things using a second options selector with boxes to check off. Some include a surrender/abandon ship option, a weather meter in place of noise/stealth meter, a Minimum TC fix, and radars that actually rotate. Some options require you to modify some game files, but others do not. Any changes should never be to the files in your game's installation, but copies of them that you tinker with and place in mod folders enabled through JSGME. If things crash or don't work, you can simply disable that mod and you will not have ruined your installation.

TychoPatch involves taking a copy of your h.sie "Supplement to V16B1" executable (or your Stiebler patched executable if you are using Stiebler) and placing it in a folder that includes several files and a batch file that you run. This will apply the Tycho patch to your executable. Now you have 3 patched Sh3 executables in three different mod folders--h.sie "Supplement to V16B1" mod folder has an executable in it, "Stiebler add-on" has one that is a Stiebler-patched copy of the executable found in your "Supplement to V16B1" mod folder, and "TychoPatch mod" folder has a Tycho patched executable of a copy of the one in your Stiebler mod folder.

I mainly use Tycho for two reasons. I like that real latitude/longitude numbers are applied to the edges of the nav map. And I love that it allows you to change the colors of the nav map tools. You can change the line color of the marker, the ruler/compass, and the protractor. The marker can be one color, the ruler lines can be another color, and the protractor a third color. As the markings one makes on the nav map can get quite cluttered, this is an awesome addition.

So the Tycho Patch can be applied to h.sie Supplement if that is as far as you want to go (if you are not interested in Stiebler), or you could apply the patch to Stiebler. So in your JSGME MODS folder you would enable h.sie Supplement to V16B1, then Stiebler (if you have it), then Tycho (if you have it). I would advise that you enable any other mods that you are using before enabling these three, never after. These 3 should be the final ones in your list of enabled mods.

M.E.P is not a patch of your executable but refers to the various versions of Manos Environment Pro. The latest that I am aware of is version 6. It is a 20km environment mod. The waves, sky, wakes of ships are awesome. My frame rates when on the bridge really take a beating (dropping to under 20 fps), but your rig might not be as affected. I simply activate it using JSGME.

I hope this was helpful. Maybe someone will come along and correct me if I gave any wrong info. :Kaleun_Salute:

[Commander Wallace]

^ All I can say is wow, GWX Player, That is quite a description and dissertation. It sounds like you have a great deal of experience with all things, Sub Simulations. :) You will fit in well with Subsim.:yep:

I only recently, got back into playing SH3 with GWX , with the great assistance of blackswan40. After conferring with blackswan, we decided my early version of SH3 on DVD had / has Starforce ( DRM ) on it. I ran the Starforce removal tool and concluded that either my Starforce removal tool was corrupted or I ran it incorrectly. Like Blackswan and others, you may end up as one of our technical guru's or go to guys.

A number of members here, including JimBuna, who welcomed you as well, have said publicly, that they prefer and enjoy GWX as well. Others like @TheBerbster have said they like Silent Hunter 5. RockinRobbins and others have worked diligently on FOTRS or Fall Of The Rising Sun to add to Silent Hunter 4, Wolves of the Pacific. You might want to look for them and give them a go since Covid-19 have essentially made cave dwellers of a lot of us.

As for me, I was driving my older model Chevy Camaro on a nice day back from a meeting when it spun a bearing in the engine. Up to that point, it was driving beautifully. I still have a lot of oil pressure so I doubt I lost all of the main bearings. Still, the engine will need all of the bearings replaced and most certainly, crankshaft servicing or possible replacement. I planned on replacement of the cam, main and rod bearings, head rebuild and if needed, boring out the cylinders in addition to a cam replacement and high end roller timing chain set. I also found a high end, all aluminum 4 row radiator I plan to install once the new engine is in.

I am in the process of acquiring 2 other engines with their transmissions either to rebuild or as a source of spare parts. If any of them are in better shape than my engine, I will install one of them after a proper inspection and servicing. This may well end up a winter project or I may at least start rebuilding the new donor engine(s) during the Covid distancing. I may detail the rebuilding process with pictures if there is any interest. I also found a Ram Air hood and setup so paint matching of the new hood is in the future too.

I have to start putting together the funding for everything as well. I started selling a number of items including automotive related parts and equipment to pay for everything.

It's always something. Stay safe with the Covid-19 viruses out there.

[GWX Player]

My version of Sh3 is the 2005 DVD when I believe Starforce was called something else. I don't even remember the name.

Perhaps I am wrong about what I am about to say next, but try it. It is my understanding that the "H.sie_V16B1-Patch-Kit" will patch your game's original executable. But I am not sure about "Starforce" version.

Download the "H.sie_V16B1-Patch-Kit". It is a zip file. Create a folder on your desktop, and place this zip file in it. Unzip it and place a copy of your game's executable in that same folder. Don't cut and paste your executable--copy and paste it instead. Run the "Patch_SH3" batch file (this is one of the files that got unzipped). This should patch your executable to version 1.6B1 and makes a backup of your original executable that is renamed "sh3.old". Keep your original executable safe (the one that is still in your game's installation folder). Save it somewhere else or make a folder in your game's installation folder that you name something like "ORIGINAL EXECUTABLE-DON'T DELETE", and save it there. Now, if the Patch Kit successfully patched your executable, place this new executable in your game's installation folder. Launch the game using this "new" executable.

If it does work, then you can read the "H.sie_V16B1-Patch-Kit" documentation to get h.sie Supplement to V16B1 working as a mod (and it's 4Gbyte patch which is necessary for some of the newest mods to work).

Everything I mentioned is from the great work of the modders that created them and their explanations on how to implement them--as well as checking out the great Subsim forums when I still couldn't understand what to do to get these mods working.

I hope everything goes smoothly with your automotive endeavors and with your sub simming. :up:

[Commander Wallace]

^ Thanks so much GWX Player for taking the time out to list and detail the information on H.sie_V16B1-Patch-Kit. I have saved the information and will look into everything you listed. TheBerbster has been having some real life issues of late but he is a kindly sort and always ready to help those with questions on Silent Hunter 5. Look him up as well. Like you, Blackswan40 and some others you will come across here, TheBerbster is a font of information and knowledge regarding Sub Simulations.



I hope you and yours have a great weekend there and if we as a community at Subsim can be of serviceto you, just ask.:yep:


Once again, thanks so much. :Kaleun_Salute:

[Catfish]

A belated welcome to GX Player, some very good informative posts :salute:

And well said C. Wallace, only thing is when someone runs into problems we might have to ask GWX :03::D

[GWX Player]

Commander Wallace:

If your version of Sh3 is already the 1.4b patched version, then I believe my previous instructions will work. If, like me, your version is the original DVD, then you will not be able to use the h.sie patch in order to patch your executable to version v 1.6B1.

I believe that you will have to update your game to version 1.4b first.

I just verified this by installing the game today (using the DVD) on a laptop in which I have never installed it--(it's not made for gaming and cannot possibly run it). I had to install it in the x86 folder because it would not let me install it otherwise. I took the installed sh3.exe (which I am sure is version 1.4 and not version 1.4b) and tried to h.sie patch it using the "H.sie_V16B1-Patch-Kit", but it did not work. When running the batch file called "Patch_SH3", the pop-up window even informs you that it is attempting to patch your executable from version 1.4b to version 1.6B1. If your executable is version 1.4, it will not work.

So, I patched the executable to version 1.4b and then applied the h.sie patch to this executable, and it worked! The game launches as version 1.6B1.

If your game version's executable is v1.4, then it seems that a total of 3 files from the fresh installation game folder are needed in order to patch the executable to version 1.4b. I copied these three files, placed them in a folder, and then ran the 1.4b patch with that folder as the target. The 3 files needed from the game's installation folder are:

sh3.dll
sh3.exe
sh3.msg

All you have to do in order to make sure that you find the correct files is to reveal their extensions: .dll, .exe., and .msg. To see the file extensions, just click "View" at the top of the folder that you are in, and select the tick box "File name extensions" in order to find the correct files.

[GWX Player]

Thanks for the welcome Catfish. I have benefited for years from the helpful information that others here have provided.

I hope that the info I provided might help someone else. Please don't hesitate to correct any bad/wrong information that I might have given.:Kaleun_Salute:

[Aktungbby]

Gutter downspout all painted-two coats; plus the exterior green stucco spattered by pumped in concrete for front and rear patio/walkways finally got touched up,all along the bases of the walls. The Joy's of home ownership are tediously myriad! :nope::roll::down:Enjoying Sunday paper, coffee and TV flick this AM: Midway with Heston, Fonda and Mifune et al as Yamamoto! Better than Greyhound...a tad!:arrgh!:

[Aktungbby]

Recuperating from a very pleasant 40th anniversary BBQ prepared and cooked by my daughter: filet mignon, corn-on-the-cob, homemade potato salad,and homemade cheesecake washed down with a local sauvignon blanc vino! All I had to do was light the grill! We couldn't do the usual steakhouse scene as the great lockdown is reinstituted in Napa due to a resurgence of covid (8 dead!! for small town:o) and my wife does not leave the house!:ping::ping::ping:

[Jimbuna]

Very nice but remember....STAY SAFE!

[Mr Quatro]

Gee, I hope Steve see's this ... I just wanted to cheer him up :D

https://scontent.ffar2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/s960x960/117240517_3203650009671893_3429054913641028386_o.j pg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_sid=1480c5&_nc_ohc=nZDUBjaqyXsAX_3rPtw&_nc_ht=scontent.ffar2-1.fna&_nc_tp=7&oh=569481a22d22c400df1777694a13dc90&oe=5F5478EC

[Jimbuna]

No fence painting today because of that beautiful barrier....rain :)

[Aktungbby]

Second day of weeklong heat wave; yesterday was 108F!!!. So no sailing for two old guys.:wah:(the 'new normal' sucks). Lets hope the AC holds up as PG&E keeps up with demand. We had a massive power failure a night ago already due to erroneous preventive tree-trimming to prevent fires from old power lines. My uncle-in-law passed away last night. He contracted Covid in his care facility and no one could visit him. He was a splendid teacher, basketball coach, gardiner and had flown anti-Uboat Liberators in WWII. Age 97. He had encouraged his niece to move to California in 1978 to go to law school....I just had my 40th wedding anniversary with that lady!:arrgh!: He was an atheist so no services are planned.....

[Sailor Steve]

Gee, I hope Steve see's this ... I just wanted to cheer him up :D

I saw it...and it did indeed cheer me up. Most of my time is spent just lying here being bored. After five weeks they finally brought the x-ray machine back, and it looks like they might have to operate after all. my skull fracture is healing nicely if somewhat slowly. A "speech" therapist plays logic games with me every other day, and a physical therapist takes me walking.

Over all it's not too bad, if you don't mind lying around with a computer as your only entertainment.























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[Mr Quatro]

tis gad u kan read gain steve ... hopp ur brain gets back 2 normal :D

Wait it wasn't normal to begin with, uh? :o

Just kidding ... I figured you could read it all messed up with a brain problem :up:

[Mr Quatro]

Whooe whoo! Look what I found?

We all know that Neal is a private person, which is certainly okay with me ... I am too due to strange people trying to hack my email's on microsoft (from all over the world) and this is the only place that I use that particular email, but back to Neal:yep:

Did y'all know Neal has a gf? :up:

Prove it or it ain't real Neal :D

There's a forum my gf visits, Lipstick alley, and the Trump hate is the whole thing.

post#10103

https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=228628&page=674

[Gerald]

Whooe whoo! Look what I found?

We all know that Neal is a private person, which is certainly okay with me ... I am too due to strange people trying to hack my email's on microsoft (from all over the world) and this is the only place that I use that particular email, but back to Neal:yep:

Did y'all know Neal has a gf? :up:

Prove it or it ain't real Neal :D



post#10103

https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=228628&page=674Now we know.:up:

[Texas Red]

I've been doing a lot of baseball lately.

My coach whistles everytime I hit the ball. I can't tell if its because it goes pretty far or how fast it zings past everyones heads.
My fielding is ok. I've been playing a lot of Center Field.

Baseball is the best.

[Gerald]

I've been doing a lot of baseball lately.

My coach whistles everytime I hit the ball. I can't tell if its because it goes pretty far or how fast it zings past everyones heads.
My fielding is ok. I've been playing a lot of Center Field.

Baseball is the best.https://imgur.com/PfDNuiS

[Texas Red]

https://imgur.com/PfDNuiS

Looks like you found me! :haha::har:

[Jimbuna]

Just finished painting the first of five fences (took almost a week a couple of hours per day).

Praying for rain tomorrow :timeout:

[Torvald Von Mansee]

I can't see answering anything other than "posting in this thread right now"

[Aktungbby]

Got cats fed and coffee made, just in time for second power failure in two days. Back on Samsung tablet with EDDO ellipsis jetpack as WIFI is out. Smoke and overcast are intermingled and smells very smokey. No word on emergency radio on how long PG &E will take. 2300 customers out; so it's smaller than two days ago.:up: Light winds today so that will improve firefighting control issues in them-thar hills. Edit: TA DAA! The power just came back on as I post...now to reset all the appliance clocks...again.:wah:

[Jimbuna]

Got cats fed and coffee made, just in time for second power failure in two days. Back on Samsung tablet with EDDO ellipsis jetpack as WIFI is out. Smoke and overcast are intermingled and smells very smokey. No word on emergency radio on how long PG &E will take. 2300 customers out; so it's smaller than two days ago.:up: Light winds today so that will improve firefighting control issues in them-thar hills. Edit: TA DAA! The power just came back on as I post...now to reset all the appliance clocks...again.:wah:

Sounds like you're living in a third world country :03:

[Aktungbby]

Sounds like you're living in a third world country :03:Precisely! But wait 'till you've driven big rigs through Mississippi and the nether regions of Kaintuk, Tennessee, W. Virginia and Presidio TX! on the Rio Grande:k_confused:A lot of 'Merika is third world imho! Good thing I'm fluent in Spanglees, Ghettospeke, and Brooklynese,...and pack a laser-grip equipped Beretta at all times....The bloody wogs hate that red light in their eyes! https://d138cv3no7lm06.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/inline-images/k2_images/crimson_trace_pistol_9EZ_red_laser_sight_best_fire arm_laser_small.jpg https://image.shutterstock.com/image-photo/special-force-assault-team-during-260nw-1356511199.jpghelps 'cause swift retreats at 69 are no longer an option....:wah:and I'll probably get a call to prevent inevitable looting during these conflagrations at some point just like 2018; it was a big gang related problem...:nope: and retirement is boring!:D

[Jimbuna]

Was that you in that movie deliverance? :)

[Aktungbby]

Nope! I did my mosquito infested canoeing in the Quetico/BoundaryWaters/Superior Wilderness: two weeklong outings with church groups (66'-67) and two ('69) as an 18 yearold YMCA Asst. counselor with ten snotty 10-year- olds: ie; my first fleet command action:arrgh!: (6 fully loaded Grumman canoes-huge unergonomic Duluth packs) and I didn't lose a man -incl. my baby brother who mom had shipped to the camp 'cause I was working there!!:timeout: Guide, cook and navigator and drag-man to make sure all the gear and kids got from one lake to the next on rainsoaked mile+ long portages. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Snake_Falls_on_Keats.JPG/1024px-Snake_Falls_on_Keats.JPG Getting the little buggers to this famous lady's trade post dazzled my senior counselor(a college sophmore) when she recognized me from a previous voyage by name: "you really have been here!" Knife Lake Dorothy> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/DorothyMolterWelcome.jpg/260px-DorothyMolterWelcome.jpg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DorothyMolterWelcome.jpg) She was known as "Knife Lake Dorothy" or as the "Root Beer Lady", as she made root beer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_beer) and sold it to thousands of passing canoeists (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canoe) in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundary_Waters_Canoe_Area_Wilderness) (BWCAW), near Ely, Minnesota (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ely,_Minnesota). Various factors combined to give her national prominence, extensive coverage in media, books and documentaries, and tens of thousands of visits by Boundary Waters Canoe Area canoeists. Through a combination of her remote location and BWCAW wilderness restrictions against motors and motorized travel, Molter's home was amongst the most isolated in the country. https://www.rootbeerlady.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Canoe-Map-to-Isle-of-Pines.jpg (https://www.rootbeerlady.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Canoe-Map-to-Isle-of-Pines.jpg)The nearest road required 15 miles of travel by water and five portages over land to reach. It typically took approximately 1½ days of travel from her home to reach the nearest road, and her home was approximately 36 miles (58 km) from the nearest (small) town. Her passing was in the papers in '86 and I was greatly saddened to hear of it! The rootbeer after campfire food for 12 people was fabulous! https://www.clearwaterhistoriclodge.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/clearwatercanoerouteknifelake1340x0_default-1024x765.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

Got a call from the doctor yesterday. Instead of preparing for an operation I'm now doing light exercises to help with the healing process. I also took a short walk. Today I received my final certification from the brain therapist. He says I've completed all my tests and I'm in good working order, so all that remains now is balance and learning to walk again.

[Jimbuna]

Great to know Steve....onward and upward :up:

[u crank]

Indeed. It's good to hear this news Steve. Best wishes and a speedy recovery.:salute:

[Aktungbby]

Sounds like you're living in a third world country :03:So it would seem. Yesterday's short power outage is now attributed to a bird strike five blocks from my house. Criminal entity PG&E must love it! Instead of their poor maintenance causing death and desruction, it's birds and lightning strikes!...otherwise known as "Acts of God"!

[Jimbuna]

Second of five fences painted but hopefully rain will be forecast for tomorrow https://i.postimg.cc/VNJTWzYM/praydl5.gif (https://postimages.org/)

[Aktungbby]

"Acts of God"!

but hopefully rain will be forecast for tomorrow https://i.postimg.cc/VNJTWzYM/praydl5.gif (https://postimages.org/)I second that prayerful nomination...but hold off on the thunderbolts by Jupiter!:O:

[Gerald]

Second of five fences painted but hopefully rain will be forecast for tomorrow https://i.postimg.cc/VNJTWzYM/praydl5.gif (https://postimages.org/)Good grief! Five fences to paint? Sounds like a joke ... feels a bit like a holiday painting as it seems to be extremely drawn out in time.:o:O:

[Jimbuna]

I second that prayerful nomination...but hold off on the thunderbolts by Jupiter!:O:

Yep, I certainly wouldn't be offering to swap locations with you atm.

[Gerald]

Was that you in that movie deliverance? :)
:haha:

[Aktungbby]

Yep, I certainly wouldn't be offering to swap locations with you atm. Indeed, the essence of petitioning the Lord is... Precision ...otherwise, God being a comedian,("vengeance is mine??!!:o) you usually get what you ask for..and then discover...wantin' is mo' fun than havin'!!?:yep::oops::wah: Case in point: I moved to CA to 'cause it was nice and warm...:timeout::O::rotfl2::dead:

[Gerald]

Indeed, the essence of petitioning the Lord is... Precision ...otherwise, God being a comedian,("vengeance is mine??!!:o) you usually get what you ask for..and then discover...wantin' is mo' fun than havin'!!?:yep::oops::wah: Case in point: I moved to CA to 'cause it was nice and warm...:timeout::O::rotfl2::dead: I moved to CA to 'cause it was nice and warm...It will probably be colder weather soon and rain ... I'll pray for that.

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I second that prayerful nomination...but hold off on the thunderbolts by Jupiter!:O:

It will probably be colder weather soon and rain ... I'll pray for that.Just quit praying to Thor the thunder god you ol' Swede!:haha:

[Gerald]

Just quit praying to Thor the thunder god you ol' Swede!:haha: Rgr! :Kaleun_Salute:

[Catfish]

Just quit praying to Thor the thunder god you ol' Swede!:haha:
Switch to Donar .. :03:

[Texas Red]

We have our first baseball game tomorrow at 4:30 PM Central Time.
I'm pretty sure I will being playing either right or center field.
I'm nervous/excited.
I'm praying I don't forget anything important.

Our coach explained our games to us, he said that there are two teams on our one team, there are 24+ kids on our team so he split them evenly. We have an A team, and we have a B team. He called off the names of the people that need to come to the game tomorrow in their gear and everything, and I am one of them. The rest of the team has to come, but they cheer us on or shag foul balls for us.

Its gonna be 90 tomorrow with 63% humidity, how fun.

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Just quit praying to Thor the thunder god you ol' Swede!:haha:


I'm praying I don't forget anything important!Well, now that our older prayerful attitude has rubbed off on a youngster like you...in your case, DO pray to Thor...and name your bat "Mjölnir" sort of like Robert Redford in The Natural swingin' his lightning-created bat, Wonder Boy!:yeah: Baseball is played in the mind: attitude lad! attitude! Never mind the weather...let their pitcher know: you're bringin' the heat BBY :arrgh!: https://i.pinimg.com/564x/2c/73/6d/2c736df444c2e0e8b1a251fc1b26a3ed.jpg https://media1.tenor.com/images/3f9ec84c9811a40ab1b26cfabde77ebd/tenor.gif?itemid=3551954

[Texas Red]

^:Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

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Napa's completely socked in due to smoke; 0930 AM looks like 8PM, an orange-grey 'twilight of the gods' effect. I presume the sun is shining-last night a baleful red eye was at least visible; this morning....not even that much. Old movies and AC are the agenda...'till PG &E, CA's criminal utility, cuts off the power in a proactive blackout as they did over in Santa Rosa/SONOMA County all night long where my daughter resides. Additionally, 5,000 customers in north Napa county are w/o power...thus far, due to windy conditions affecting old power-lines. Fortunately the temps will be around 85F. down from 109-104 F. yesterday...hey!: "We be chillin' in the hood bro!" :D and I don't have to mow the ash-laden lawn!:yeah: EDIT: The dystopian effect of the orange sky looks like the set of Blade Runner II and is expected to last 'till Sunday. Economy of forces: I now wear the mask for smoke... and Covid virus!:timeout:

[Jimbuna]

Just about half way in the fence painting stakes :/\\!!

[Platapus]

Just completed my certification for Project Management Professional (PMP)

Crikey, what a difficult test. You have four hours to complete it. I did not need anywhere near that much time as I was able to finish it in three hours fifty-seven minutes. :o

But I passed and it seems that I passed by a pretty good margin.

Now I am just waiting for that HUGE pay raise that I am sure is coming soon. Yup. soon.... any day now.

And the women. Yikes, who knew that chicks dig guys with PMPs.... clearly not the women :oops:

Anyway, glad it is done and I never want to take that test again. :doh:

[u crank]

Congratulations Platapus.

:salute:

[Platapus]

Thanks.

[Eichhörnchen]

This morning, while taking our boy to college, we saw a man with what looked like a small cat on a lead. As we passed we could see it was actually a tiny dog: "Why the hell didn't he just get a guinea pig?" I asked.

Moira said that with the need for fresh food every day, a constant supply of hay and dry food, plus vet's bills (for the cysts and mites) it would probably be more expensive than a dog... I thought about my mother-in-law's mutts and said that at least it wouldn't bark

[skidman]

^True, and guinea pigs are delicious:

1 whole guinea pig
1 fresh lemon juice
2 teaspoons ground Garlic
200 g Cornmeal
3 cups Vegetable Oil
1 garlic cloves
1/2 red onion
2 tablespoons ground Ají Panca
2 teaspoons fresh oregano leaves
1/2 sweet potatoes
12 Cocktail Potatoes
1 cup vegetable broth
2 tablespoons roasted Peanuts
Salt

Wash the guinea pig with plenty of water, dry it carefully with absorbent paper, and let it sit at room temperature for approximately two hours. Then cut it into four sections and season them with lemon juice, minced garlic, and salt.
Cover the guinea pig sections with cornmeal, then heat the 3 cups of vegetable oil in a pan and fry them on both sides for about 7 minutes, or until they’re crispy.

Heat the remaining oil in a pot over a medium heat and brown the minced garlic and onion for about four minutes. Then add the aji panca and let it cook for another five minutes.

Now, add a teaspoon of oregano, the sweet potato slices, and the cocktail potatoes. Then season it with a little salt and pour in the vegetable broth. Let it all cook for about 10 minutes or until the sweet potatoes and cocktail potatoes are cooked.

Finally, add the remaining oregano and peanuts, remove it from the heat, and serve it alongside the fried guinea pig pieces.

[Catfish]

Just completed my certification for Project Management Professional (PMP)

Crikey, what a difficult test. You have four hours to complete it. I did not need anywhere near that much time as I was able to finish it in three hours fifty-seven minutes. :o

But I passed and it seems that I passed by a pretty good margin.

Now I am just waiting for that HUGE pay raise that I am sure is coming soon. Yup. soon.... any day now.

And the women. Yikes, who knew that chicks dig guys with PMPs.... clearly not the women :oops:

Anyway, glad it is done and I never want to take that test again. :doh:
:haha: Congratulations :up:

[Catfish]

This morning, while taking our boy to college, we saw a man with what looked like a small cat on a lead. As we passed we could see it was actually a tiny dog: "Why the hell didn't he just get a guinea pig?" I asked. [...]
I thought about my mother-in-law's mutts and said that at least it wouldn't bark
Those small dogs are "glorified wharf rats". Some call it "Trethupe" here, ~ kick-horn (?) :hmmm:
:O:

[Platapus]

We have a lot of people in my community who own doggettes. :D

[Platapus]

:haha: Congratulations :up:
Thank you

[Eichhörnchen]

@ skidman: Moira's last guinea pigs both died of natural causes not so long ago, so I can't try this recipe now. She says they cost about £24 from 'Pets At Home', so that would be an expensive dish

And don't give this recipe to Skybird or he might get ideas :haha:

[Mr Quatro]

@ skidman: Moira's last guinea pigs both died of natural causes not so long ago, so I can't try this recipe now. She says they cost about £24 from 'Pets At Home', so that would be an expensive dish

And don't give this recipe to Skybird or he might get ideas :haha:

Sky doesn't post in this thread

I sort of noticed that there is no known images of Sky and mentioned it over in the corona virus thread.

This is the picture he posted and said it was real and only one year old.

Does he look like he would eat a guinea pig? I don't think so :o

https://i.postimg.cc/xCMMGyMJ/IMG-20180706-180705.jpg

Congrats Platapus ... what did you do with the three minutes left over?

[Eichhörnchen]

Well he's always posting recipes for squirrels and other things that might happen to them

[Jimbuna]

Last of the five fences finished thank God.

Next is the blue tit boxes and the bench seats.

Was easier when I worked for a living!

[Mr Quatro]

@Neal I love Dr Pepper ... I'll buy if you fly :up:

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[Jimbuna]

Had the flu jab this morning at my doctors medical centre.

First one ever.

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I been getting those for a while at my Safeway supermarket pharmacy or from the Walgreen pharmacist. My wife insists...and I've lost three people to the flu over the past few years. When do U get the Corona vaccine?:D

[u crank]

Spent the last week in Halifax at my son's place. Installed this Ikea kitchen, laid the vinyl plank floor and put on door and window trim. He watched. :D

https://i.imgur.com/sKBSw31.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/q5uz63F.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/KZipJAQ.jpg

Sink and dishwasher being installed today. They are happy and I am so glad to be back home. Going back over next weekend for grandson's 2nd birthday party.

[Jimbuna]

Great job :up:

[Jimbuna]

It would appear boredom is winning the personal battle I'm experiencing with the seemingly endless amount of time I currently find myself trying to come to grips with during permanent retirement so yesterday I walked down the towns high street and found myself 'window gazing' whilst waiting for the wife who was in the hairdressers.

As I passed the local British Heart Foundation charity shop, a large former supermarket that sells all manner of items such as furniture and electrical goods, I noticed a pavement board at the entrance advertising positions for volunteers so I popped in and the lady manager was very polite and helpful. She gave me a booklet with different positions they are looking to fill so I might soon find myself being one of their van drivers or warehousemen.

Anything to put some time in.

[Commander Wallace]

^ You might also want to consider tutoring High School Or college kids in the law enforcement field or anything else you might have picked up in college as part of the curriculum and it's various requisites. I'm sure you have expertise in a few areas. I would think it would be gratifying to see your teachings take root.


Although not even close to retirement, I have worked with a few students in their studies and it's been great following their various careers as they bloom and take shape.


Just a thought.





By the way Marcel, great job in the kitchen renovation. You're hired if your interested in our renovation. :yep:

[Jimbuna]

^ You might also want to consider tutoring High School Or college kids in the law enforcement field or anything else you might have picked up in college as part of the curriculum and it's various requisites. I'm sure you have expertise in a few areas. I would think it would be gratifying to see your teachings take root.


Although not even close to retirement, I have worked with a few students in their studies and it's been great following their various careers as they bloom and take shape.


Just a thought.





By the way Marcel, great job in the kitchen renovation. You're hired if your interested in our renovation. :yep:

I think the only teaching I'd be proficient at these days would be drinking :):03:

[Eichhörnchen]

I just started applying for a 'proper' job, since it seems I'll never paint for a living again

First application put in last week and I already got an email back asking me in for a chat... I'm surprised and chuffed, since it was my first application and even getting an interview is something from what I've been hearing about the world of work these days

The post is "Educational Support Worker" with special needs kids and young adults, so I made sure they knew all about my own boy. Fingers crossed...

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I think the only teaching I'd be proficient at these days would be drinking U would make a splendid "naked dead guy" victim dragged from the Tyne on the Vera detective show or a background extra in the police station scenes. Filmed in your location!:yeah: We used real fire and police extras on Trauma! Plus you'd be good at set security when shooting in public. My wife loves the Brit crime show but particularly loves crusty ol Vera, played by BRENDA BLETHYN,...age 74!!!:yeah: and her whisky bottle! She never misses a show. When my wife retired, her opposing attorney(s) gave her a very expensive bottle of bourbon....:Kaleun_Cheers:https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=9430< next stop: the distilleries!:O:

[Jimbuna]

U would make a splendid "naked dead guy" victim dragged from the Tyne on the Vera detective show or a background extra in the police station scenes. Filmed in your location!:yeah: We used real fire and police extras on Trauma! Plus you'd be good at set security when shooting in public. My wife loves the Brit crime show but particularly loves crusty ol Vera, played by BRENDA BLETHYN,...age 74!!!:yeah: and her whisky bottle! She never misses a show. When my wife retired, her opposing attorney(s) gave her a very expensive bottle of bourbon....:Kaleun_Cheers:

One of the wife's favourite shows too.

On the odd occasion she recognises the area of a scene or very rarely recognises an extra her face lights up (sad bugga).

One of the episodes was filmed less than a mile of here.

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I just started applying for a 'proper' job, since it seems I'll never paint for a living again

First application put in last week and I already got an email back asking me in for a chat... I'm surprised and chuffed, since it was my first application and even getting an interview is something from what I've been hearing about the world of work these days

The post is "Educational Support Worker" with special needs kids and young adults, so I made sure they knew all about my own boy. Fingers crossed...With your son in mind, perhaps you could teach disiabled kids art and develope their creative abilities...the world needs another Pollock- painting featured in The Accountant with Ben Affleck. My favorite flik: guns and Aspergers!:up: My watercolor painter mom made sure I did nothing but after-school 6th grade+ private art lessons incl. 3 years' drafting in highschool and drawing in college to satisfy art requirement for BA...:yeah: My siblings still think I'm "lightly teched "!!:O:

[Catfish]

It would appear boredom is winning the personal battle I'm experiencing with the seemingly endless amount of time I currently find myself trying to come to grips with during permanent retirement so yesterday I walked down the towns high street and found myself 'window gazing' whilst waiting for the wife who was in the hairdressers.

As I passed the local British Heart Foundation charity shop, a large former supermarket that sells all manner of items such as furniture and electrical goods, I noticed a pavement board at the entrance advertising positions for volunteers so I popped in and the lady manager was very polite and helpful. She gave me a booklet with different positions they are looking to fill so I might soon find myself being one of their van drivers or warehousemen.

Anything to put some time in.
You mean to span the time until the wife comes out of the hairdressers? :03:

Seriously, maybe this is a good idea, and it serves a good purpose :)

edit: i see this all around me.. few retired people who are still in good shape can take "doing nothing" with the time suddenly at hand.

[Catfish]

@u crank: So you did it and your son just watched? :haha:

Good work! :up:

[Jimbuna]

You mean to span the time until the wife comes out of the hairdressers? :03:

Seriously, maybe this is a good idea, and it serves a good purpose :)

edit: i see this all around me.. few retired people who are still in good shape can take "doing nothing" with the time suddenly at hand.

I rang the manager today and asked what positions were available and she said "They all are" so I asked about driving a truck or van to be told their drivers are self-employed. I wasn't prepared to go 'on the books' or even purchase a truck or van for that matter so it looks like I'll be a warehouseman moving gear here and there as well as assembling flat-pack furniture.

We agreed to meet for an informal chat next Friday so I feel I have something to look forward to.

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remember, you're 60 somthing; but your old back (and pancreas)teach drinking!:shucks: is probably 70 somthing:O:...you'll need a good warehouseman's velcro back support! Are you(will U B) covered under their workplace insurance? :hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

remember, you're 60 somthing; but your old back (and pancreas) is probably 70 somthing:O:...you'll need a good warehouseman's velcro back support! Are you(will U B) covered under their workplace insurance? :hmmm:

I presume so but that is one of the questions I will be asking at the meeting/chat.

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I presume so but that is one of the questions I will be asking at the meeting/chat.Make it pregunto uno with solid documental verification; as patriarch of your clan, consideration and longetivity of the 'corpus dilicti' is your primary concern for the benifit of following generations! :haha:

[Eichhörnchen]

With your son in mind, perhaps you could teach disiabled kids art and develope their creative abilities...the world needs another Pollock- painting featured in The Accountant with Ben Affleck. My favorite flik: guns and Aspergers!:up: My watercolor painter mom made sure I did nothing but after-school 6th grade+ private art lessons incl. 3 years' drafting in highschool and drawing in college to satisfy art requirement for BA...:yeah: My siblings still think I'm "lightly teched "!!:O:

My son isn't interested in art at all... maybe I should teach him how to shoot a rifle instead (I used to be a marksman and instructor... been there, done that & got the badge) so he could take up where Ben Affleck left off. That is one heck of a favourite movie of ours too!

[Catfish]

@Eichhörnchen
as long as you do not give up painting at all (would be a shame!). So there is no money in it? :hmmm:
Apart from "free art" have you asked in museums or public places, for remittance work of pictures with a certain content, that suits your interest?

Whatever, it is already good to have received an invitation for an interview, this is not self-evident today in the "world of work" as you rightly said!
I do not know you too well but from what you write and post i take you could be a very good teacher, with enough background and patience.

Wish you the best, and tell us what happens :up:

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My son isn't interested in art at all... maybe I should teach him how to shoot a rifle instead (I used to be a marksman and instructor... been there, done that & got the badge) so he could take up where Ben Affleck left off. That is one heck of a favourite movie of ours too! Nah! jus' put all the paint in ketchup squeeze containers and lay the canvas flat and teach him to 'shoot' "at will":yeah: Pollock did!https://subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=11579 one of my duties, age 18, besides horsemanship, sailing and swimming at a MN YMCA camp in '69, was a lake-crossing by rowboat with 10-12 year-olds to the rifle range equipped with a raised platform and 20 .22-short bolt-action rifles. I still shoot a Savage pump-action .22-long with scope. We: 2 councelors and 1 range master, only let the little buggas shoot in the prone position for our sanity and literally ''put our foot down'' if they tried to rise with weapon in hand...:arrgh!:Paid off some decades later coaching new Fed guards( a lot of immigrants who'd never held a handgun!!??) at the required pistol quals twice a year for 9 years. Even I flunked once ( 269!!:270 out of 300 required) and missed a week of work till I requalified!:oops:

[Eichhörnchen]

@Eichhörnchen
as long as you do not give up painting at all (would be a shame!). So there is no money in it?

Still an occasional commission (like the lady's house last month) but not regular work any more, so no dependable income. Ideally I'd like a part time job (say 20-30 hours pw) which would leave me some time to continue painting any commissions that come my way

[Commander Wallace]

I just started applying for a 'proper' job, since it seems I'll never paint for a living again

First application put in last week and I already got an email back asking me in for a chat... I'm surprised and chuffed, since it was my first application and even getting an interview is something from what I've been hearing about the world of work these days

The post is "Educational Support Worker" with special needs kids and young adults, so I made sure they knew all about my own boy. Fingers crossed...




I hope it all goes well for you Eichhörnchen and Jim. :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:I hope something opens up Eichhörnchen with regards to your painting as they really are spectacular. Hopefully you can do that as a part time gig.

[Jimbuna]

Cheers CW :up:

[Eichhörnchen]

Thanks, CW... that's the plan :)

[Eichhörnchen]

The job interview just went down the toilet: our GP advises that we should all self-isolate for the 14 days. I have to say that this makes sense, since Moira or myself could conceivably carry the virus out into the community from an as yet a-symptomatic Bubs (our nickname for the boy)

We had wondered why we were allowed to go out when we read the guidelines... but I think the government are still trying to steer a middle-path, protecting society from known carriers but allowing the rest of us to carry on supporting the economy

It makes things simpler, hygiene-wise, but I now have to miss a promising job interview AND another PSA blood test because of Covid; that test was scheduled for tomorrow, which was why I was contacting them today

Edit: I just got an email saying they'll see me in 2 weeks... this now starts to look a bit too good to be true, or am I just an old cynic?

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a misanthropic ol' cynic. :O:Did I miss something? Is the lad tested positive or known to have been exposed to Covid?

[Jimbuna]

The job interview just went down the toilet: our GP advises that we should all self-isolate for the 14 days. I have to say that this makes sense, since Moira or myself could conceivably carry the virus out into the community from an as yet a-symptomatic Bubs (our nickname for the boy)

We had wondered why we were allowed to go out when we read the guidelines... but I think the government are still trying to steer a middle-path, protecting society from known carriers but allowing the rest of us to carry on supporting the economy

It makes things simpler, hygiene-wise, but I now have to miss a promising job interview AND another PSA blood test because of Covid; that test was scheduled for tomorrow, which was why I was contacting them today

Edit: I just got an email saying they'll see me in 2 weeks... this now starts to look a bit too good to be true, or am I just an old cynic?

Tough times atm Glynn but all the best :up:

[Eichhörnchen]

a misanthropic ol' cynic. :O:Did I miss something? Is the lad tested positive or known to have been exposed to Covid?

Known to have been exposed; you can only get a test over here if you've got the symptoms, otherwise you just have to wait and see

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Known to have been exposed; you can only get a test over here if you've got the symptoms, otherwise you just have to wait and seegetting "sent to the spare room" is suddenly "de rigeuer":Kaleun_Party:

[Commander Wallace]

The job interview just went down the toilet: our GP advises that we should all self-isolate for the 14 days. I have to say that this makes sense, since Moira or myself could conceivably carry the virus out into the community from an as yet a-symptomatic Bubs (our nickname for the boy)

We had wondered why we were allowed to go out when we read the guidelines... but I think the government are still trying to steer a middle-path, protecting society from known carriers but allowing the rest of us to carry on supporting the economy

It makes things simpler, hygiene-wise, but I now have to miss a promising job interview AND another PSA blood test because of Covid; that test was scheduled for tomorrow, which was why I was contacting them today

Edit: I just got an email saying they'll see me in 2 weeks... this now starts to look a bit too good to be true, or am I just an old cynic?




As Jim already said, Tough times right now because of Covid but I'm sure things will get better. Stay tough.


All the best, Eichhörnchen

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Onkel Neal, having conveniently shut down the :subsim: site for maintenance, I spent three hours in a dental chair getting old 1960's mercury/amalgam fillings replaced; three 55+ year-old fillings with new, 21st century ceramic stuff... the left side of my head is pretty sore, but being attended to by a hearty 4oz. purely medicinal :roll::hmph::()1:vodka gimlet to dull the post-novacaine pain. The right side is next week. :Kaleun_Cheers:

[Mr Quatro]

That stuff is poison (mercury/amalgam fillings)

Don't ask me how I know :hmmm:

You will feel better Aktung ... it may even change your personality :o

Not that we don't like you the way you are :D

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T

You will feel better Aktung ... it may even change your personality :o

Not that we don't like you the way you are :DGod! my long sufferin' bride hopes yer right too! https://subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=11586

[Jimbuna]

In the process of taking up the landing and stairs carpet in preparation for the delivery and fitting of a replacement tomorrow whilst at the same time trying to ignore the pleas of my aching back who is repeatedly warning me I am too old and out of condition for this sort of stupidity these days.

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remember, you're 60 somthing; but your old back (and pancreas) is probably 70 somthing:O:...you'll need a good warehouseman's velcro back support! Are you(will U B) covered under their workplace insurance? :hmmm:

In the process of taking up the landing and stairs carpet in preparation for the delivery and fitting of a replacement tomorrow whilst at the same time trying to ignore the pleas of my aching back who is repeatedly warning me I am too old and out of condition for this sort of stupidity these days.My case-in-chief:hmmm:I'm up late; my 69 year-old jaw is killing me after the dentist's work.

[Eichhörnchen]

I just answered a call on our landline (we hardly ever use that phone) and what happened next was like something out of a Will Hay movie: an old lady with a thick Yorkshire accent told me that I hadn't left her any milk when she should have had two pints, and that I'd gone and left her brother "Two pints when he only has one", and that it was "Full-cream when it should've been skimmed"

I said I was sorry to hear all that but that I wasn't her milkman and this was a private number

She wanted the number so of course I gave it. "Is that all of it?" she asked

"Well there's the area code", I said... "That's 01205... why... where do you live, then?"

"Martin" she said

"Where's that?"

"Between Lincoln and Sleaford", she said

"Well why are you ringing me... I live near Boston"

"Because I haven't got any milk", she said

"Well I can't help you... you need to ring your milk company; who are they?"

"Capital Dairies", she said

I gave her the Directory Enquiries number and told her not to let them connect her or it would cost more... she must write it down and tell them she wants to ring it later

I hope she rings back because it's made my day :har: :har:

[Jimbuna]

remember, you're 60 somthing; but your old back (and pancreas) is probably 70 somthing:O:...you'll need a good warehouseman's velcro back support! Are you(will U B) covered under their workplace insurance? :hmmm:

Forgot to ask that :oops:

I told them my availability was 9am-3pm Monday and Tuesday and they said the other guys were 9am-5pm and might object to someone getting an early finish.

My response was 'So volunteers run the business then and not management?'

I thought that was me blown out as she went to the phone to speak to higher management but returned after five minutes and said 'How about customer advisor and a few other tasks where and when required?'

I responded 'I'll do a Tuesday then and see how it goes. See if we are both happy with each other'

She agreed and when I informed the wife she said 'Do you not think you were a little cheeky?'

I responded 'When you're prepared to do something for a business for absolutely nowt you should always try to ensure it is on your terms'

Probably get a phone call before Tuesday telling me the vacancy is no longer available :)

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She agreed and when I informed the wife she said 'Do you not think you were a little cheeky?Nah! Just 'police barracks humor', as a "cheeky sod" in my own right. I'm enjoying The Enemy Below over coffee, yogurt and reading my WSJ. A true :subsim: morning!

[Catfish]

Placed some cobbles (paved?) on the ground for the workshop/man cave, at least there's already a roof and walls.
Electrics next week, then make the wall-ground area watertight around the edges :-?

[Mr Quatro]

That's good Catfish now go and have yourself a hot chocolate :D

[Eichhörnchen]

Be sure to post some pictures

[Jimbuna]

Forgot to ask that :oops:

I told them my availability was 9am-3pm Monday and Tuesday and they said the other guys were 9am-5pm and might object to someone getting an early finish.

My response was 'So volunteers run the business then and not management?'

I thought that was me blown out as she went to the phone to speak to higher management but returned after five minutes and said 'How about customer advisor and a few other tasks where and when required?'

I responded 'I'll do a Tuesday then and see how it goes. See if we are both happy with each other'

She agreed and when I informed the wife she said 'Do you not think you were a little cheeky?'

I responded 'When you're prepared to do something for a business for absolutely nowt you should always try to ensure it is on your terms'

Probably get a phone call before Tuesday telling me the vacancy is no longer available :)

Well, Tuesday came and went. I changed my mind at the last moment and decided not to bother.

Today is a waiting game regarding the fitting of a new stair and landing carpet.

Saturday didn't happen because the carpet fitters van had broken down and Sunday was a flop because he couldn't hire a replacement.

Last night (Tuesday) didn't happen because he had too big a backlog.

Today I phoned the store manager and stressed in an authoritative tone that should the carpet not get fitted today I would contact the stores head office and lodge a formal complaint and demand a full refund of my money.

An hour later the carpet fitter rang me and assured me the carpet would be fitted this afternoon.

I'll wait and see.

[Aktungbby]

today I phoned the store manager and stressed in an authoritative tone that should the carpet not get fitted today I would contact the stores head office and lodge a formal complaint and demand a full refund of my money. Yer (British) Quid ain't pro Quo!:D ie: brutality and the wallet's pound sterling oft go hand in hand!:O:

[skidman]

:haha: A European sidenote: In theory Germany and Austria share the same language. Actually the Austrian flavor of the German language is much more direct, figurative, and colorful. And there is a phrase, that perfectly fits in this context: "Wer zahlt, schafft an." Translates to something like: He, who pays, makes the rules. But as a matter of fact it is untranslatable.

[Jimbuna]

Yer (British) Quid anin't pro Quo!:D ie: brutality and the wallet's pound sterling oft go hand in hand!:O:

Carpet fitters arrived two hours early so I hope her majesty is suitably impressed when she gets home.

[Onkel Neal]

Post for email notifs

[Aktungbby]

/\ what's that all about?

[Eichhörnchen]

Maybe this?

https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2702679&postcount=1

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/d8Gqpct.jpg Having a shave

[Jimbuna]

https://i.postimg.cc/25QBCLX6/31d2ac3df1138091eb6227c7af3a65da.jpg (https://postimages.org/) :O:

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/e6KEexU.jpg No, Jim... you'd better keep that for this :haha:

[Jimbuna]

LOL I wonder if the bucket is from M&S because it's identical to the one the wife got our granddaughter.

[Platapus]

Getting ready for the election. Received my updated Precinct Chief information to include what to do if someone brings a gun to the precinct. :doh::doh:


Fortunately, my precinct is a No-Drama precinct. Everyone seems to just want to get in and out as fast as possible.


This will be challenging with masks and distancing.



But the good news is that with all the early voting, they are only predicting just under 1,200 voters in my precinct showing up on 3 Nov. That should make the lines quicker and safer for the voters. :yeah:


Looks like I have a good team again. Seven of my Election Officers are brand new. We need all the EOs we can get!



Still gonna be a long exhausting day, but worth it. :salute:

[Jimbuna]

Best of luck :up:

[Platapus]

Problem-wise, it was an uneventful day at the poll. It did start out a bit sporty as we found out that the school had a section of dead electric outlets in the area where we set up our equipment. Yikes that was tense.


Fortunately, we had extra extension cords and the school provided us with some more so we were able to daisy chain them from a working outlet. Might not have been up to code, but you gotta to whats you gotta do. :up:


Other than that, it was a nicely boring election day which is just how we want it to be. The voters in my precinct are no drama voters. They want to get in, cast their ballot, and get out with minimal stress. We work hard to deliver that service. :D


We had a 67 year old woman show up at our precinct who had NEVER voted in her entire life, but THIS election motivated her to vote. That's awesome!


Because of the split statistics of Early voting, AB voting, and mail voting it is difficult, for me, to find out what the total voter turnout for my precinct was. I hope those numbers will be released soon.



What I can piece together was that about a week before the election, about 35% of the voters had already voted, there was about another 5% of ABs issued but not returned. No telling how many people voted in person between that report and 3 Nov. But at my precinct, we had a 27% voter turnout in person. But just based on the available stats, it looks like my precinct had a total voter turnout of about 62%!!!!!!!


With the unknown (to me) number of votes in between that last report and 3 Nov numbers, that turnout can only increase. From what the election office told me, voting in that week just prior to 3 Nov was massive!


I am glad it is over. I am totally exhaustive. I was scheduled to take all of Wednesday off as leave to recover. Unfortunately, I have puppy shots and I have to go into the office this afternoon.

[Jimbuna]

Main thing is you survived to tell the tale (Laughing smiley).

Me....still trying to figure out why the majority of the board functions aren't working (Confused and frustrated smiley).

[Aktungbby]

It did start out a bit sporty as we found out that the school had a section of dead electric outlets in the area where we set up our equipment. Yikes that was tense. those damn pro Trump Russians!:ping::doh:AHEM! This thread is "what are you doing in real life II":hmmm: can monitoring this year's election be considered real life?:O: I'm biden' my time on the answer either way!!:arrgh!:

[Catfish]

@Platapus thanks for the update :up:

@Aktungbby Maybe the french economy will strive, when the Russians now buy all their champagne, after having exhausted all Krim sparkling wine resources while celebrating in those last four years :03:

Hah, the smilies work again!

And blank lines between paragraphs work, too!

[Jimbuna]

Coming to terms with the first day of the one month lockdown but unfortunately the wife hasn't been chosen for furlough so I've advised her to twist her back or something of a similar nature that can't be disproved.

[Mr Quatro]

AHEM! This thread is "what are you doing in real life II":hmmm: can monitoring this year's election be considered real life?:O: I'm biden' my time on the answer either way!!:arrgh!:

Just getting back online after my modem failure ... Nine (9) days without the internet I missed all of the fun, uh?

Did you miss me? :D

[Catfish]

OMG he's back, run for the hills! :O:

nah good to have you back, i indeed already wondered :)

[skidman]

Just getting back online after my modem failure ...

Struck by lightning, uh? :hmmm: :D


Did you miss me? :D

Well, in times like these... ...good to see you back. :salute:

[Mr Quatro]

OMG he's back, run for the hills! :O:

nah good to have you back, i indeed already wondered :)

Struck by lightning, uh? :hmmm: :D



Well, in times like these... ...good to see you back. :salute:

Thanks ... No it wasn't lightning I was chasing a spider with windex and it fried the modem :oops:

[Mork_417]

Thanks ... No it wasn't lightning I was chasing a spider with windex and it fried the modem :oops:

Ah, the domestic version of napalm usage! :har:

[Aktungbby]

Thanks ... No it wasn't lightning I was chasing a spider with windex and it fried the modem :oops:

Ah, the domestic version of napalm usage! :har:Considering that spiders (think Arachne here) were sacred to grey-eyed Athena! goddess of wisdom etc. spritzin' yer modem with windex weren't too bright...:O:

[Mr Quatro]

Considering that spiders (think Arachne here) were sacred to grey-eyed Athena! goddess of wisdom etc. spritzin' yer modem with windex weren't too bright...:O:

That's correct Aktung ... I was not being too bright :oops:

Soon to be a false prophet if Trump loses, but it's not over till the fat lady sings :yep:

[Jimbuna]

Thanks ... No it wasn't lightning I was chasing a spider with windex and it fried the modem :oops:

That'll larn ya :)

[Eichhörnchen]

I got a commission out of the blue yesterday via an email I no longer use, which made me suspicious; there are a lot of painters getting scammed lately by elaborate frauds

I quickly saw that the guy was okay: he'd found me on Facebook, so I was soon able to establish that he was genuine by looking at his page. Facebook has been very useful to me in this way just lately

The small commission is for a robin sitting amongst some mistletoe in a winter landsape, so right up my street for a change

I'll show it in the Art Gallery thread when it's done

[Gerald]

I got a commission out of the blue yesterday via an email I no longer use, which made me suspicious; there are a lot of painters getting scammed lately by elaborate frauds

I quickly saw that the guy was okay: he'd found me on Facebook, so I was soon able to establish that he was genuine by looking at his page. Facebook has been very useful to me in this way just lately

The small commission is for a robin sitting amongst some mistletoe in a winter landsape, so right up my street for a change

I'll show it in the Art Gallery thread when it's done

Good to hear. Gratts.

[Jimbuna]

I got a commission out of the blue yesterday via an email I no longer use, which made me suspicious; there are a lot of painters getting scammed lately by elaborate frauds

I quickly saw that the guy was okay: he'd found me on Facebook, so I was soon able to establish that he was genuine by looking at his page. Facebook has been very useful to me in this way just lately

The small commission is for a robin sitting amongst some mistletoe in a winter landsape, so right up my street for a change

I'll show it in the Art Gallery thread when it's done

Nice one Glynn.

The wife awoke this morning with toothache and despite all the hoops she had to jump through on the phone because of this pandemic I must say I was well impressed with the dental practice response, sorting her an appointment for this afternoon within an hour of first phone contact.

I rang last week enquiring about a tooth that needed a filling only to be told that absolute priority was being given to patients suffering pain.

[Commander Wallace]

I got a commission out of the blue yesterday via an email I no longer use, which made me suspicious; there are a lot of painters getting scammed lately by elaborate frauds

I quickly saw that the guy was okay: he'd found me on Facebook, so I was soon able to establish that he was genuine by looking at his page. Facebook has been very useful to me in this way just lately

The small commission is for a robin sitting amongst some mistletoe in a winter landsape, so right up my street for a change

I'll show it in the Art Gallery thread when it's done


I'm happy that you got the commission, Glynn. I'm sure your patron will be well pleased with your works as they really are great.:Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:


Sorry Ann is having teeth issues, Jim. I'm sure with the Covid issues at hand, you can understand that the medical people are tending to those truly in need, like Ann.


All the best, Glynn in your endeavors and Jim with regards to Ann's teeth issues.

[Jimbuna]

I'm happy that you got the commission, Glynn. I'm sure your patron will be well pleased with your works as they really are great.:Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:


Sorry Ann is having teeth issues, Jim. I'm sure with the Covid issues at hand, you can understand that the medical people are tending to those truly in need, like Ann.


All the best, Glynn in your endeavors and Jim with regards to Ann's teeth issues.

Ann just read this, smiled and blew a kiss :)

:/\\!!

:03:

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/0SxsqGY.jpg I'll blow you a kiss too, mate

[Commander Wallace]

Ann just read this, smiled and blew a kiss :)

:/\\!!

:03:


With the Covid issues at hand, My lady and I have different work schedules for now so we only see each other briefly during the week. We get to catch up on the weekends, though. That being said, tell Ann I will gladly take the kiss as I'm feeling very unloved right now. :D

You have nothing to worry about though as Ann has way too much invested in you right now and you have Ann exactly where she wants you. :)

Besides, I'm barely even housebroken. :03:

Seriously, I hope Ann Is doing better.


@ Eichornchen. I like the buck toothed grin of your little friend but I'm afraid of squirrels. Well, some anyway. :D

[Jimbuna]

With the Covid issues at hand, My lady and I have different work schedules for now so we only see each other briefly during the week. We get to catch up on the weekends, though. That being said, tell Ann I will gladly take the kiss as I'm feeling very unloved right now. :D

You have nothing to worry about though as Ann has way too much invested in you right now and you have Ann exactly where she wants you. :)

Besides, I'm barely even housebroken. :03:

Seriously, I hope Ann Is doing better.


@ Eichornchen. I like the buck toothed grin of your little friend but I'm afraid of squirrels. Well, some anyway. :D

She's certainly not smiling atm. After her visit to the dentist in which she was prescribed antibiotics she has an appointment for the tooth (her first) to be extracted next week.

Nor did it help after I reminded her it would be fine "Listen dear, I've only three of my own teeth left on the top, the rest being dentures"

She responded "Well that's your daft fault for having most of them punched out because of the career you chose"

Womens logic :doh:

[Commander Wallace]

She's certainly not smiling atm. After her visit to the dentist in which she was prescribed antibiotics she has an appointment for the tooth (her first) to be extracted next week.

Nor did it help after I reminded her it would be fine "Listen dear, I've only three of my own teeth left on the top, the rest being dentures"

She responded "Well that's your daft fault for having most of them punched out because of the career you chose"

Womens logic :doh:


Hopefully, the Dentist prescribed some pain meds or perhaps over the counter ( Oragel ) it's called in the states to " deaden " the nerves till she can be seen next week. Teeth pain can be the worst.


:(

[Catfish]

^ women's logic :03:

Still wish your wife Ann all the best, when it comes to teeth i can relate :wah:

[Eichhörnchen]

Eat plenty of nuts. I've got a couple of teeth crowned but the rest are still all there :yep:

[Jimbuna]

To put it another way.....she'll be wasting her time checking under her pillow the morning after the extraction because I'll tell her the tooth fairy caught COVID :haha:

https://i.postimg.cc/2525m9YG/falseteeth-1.gif (https://postimages.org/)

[mapuc]

I have taken a short vacation. Did this so I could pay my dear mom a visit. Haven't visit her for years. I had planned to visit her back in March and celebrate my birthday there. Then came Mr. Corona..and due to my moms age, problem with her heart and the fear of infect her I postponed it.

Markus

[Aktungbby]

To put it another way.....she'll be wasting her time checking under her pillow the morning after the extraction because I'll tell her the tooth fairy caught COVID :haha:

https://i.postimg.cc/2525m9YG/falseteeth-1.gif (https://postimages.org/) put one of these under her pillow!:arrgh!: https://www.images-apmex.com/images/products/1-oz-copper-round-bitcoin_185303_obv.jpg?v=20200224045934&width=900&height=900

[Mr Quatro]

put one of these under her pillow!

That's seven (7) words ... oh never mind wrong thread :haha:

[Eisenwurst]

Spotted Santa in his Grotto today, at the "shops". He came to the front fence and was waving to the mums and kids. "Ho Ho Ho" he said, "Santa's in Quarantine, and you can't sit on his lap, but come back in 14 days and you can have your photo taken with me".

Good to know he made it to Australia and is Social Distancing. I guess his beard counts as a mask :hmmm:

[Buddahaid]

She's certainly not smiling atm. After her visit to the dentist in which she was prescribed antibiotics she has an appointment for the tooth (her first) to be extracted next week.

Nor did it help after I reminded her it would be fine "Listen dear, I've only three of my own teeth left on the top, the rest being dentures"

She responded "Well that's your daft fault for having most of them punched out because of the career you chose"

Womens logic :doh:

I had my first extraction several weeks ago and it was a piece of cake. I spent more time filling in the forms than the extraction took. No pain but several days of lingering mild ache while the worst part was trying not to chew on that side.

[Commander Wallace]

She's certainly not smiling atm. After her visit to the dentist in which she was prescribed antibiotics she has an appointment for the tooth (her first) to be extracted next week.

Nor did it help after I reminded her it would be fine "Listen dear, I've only three of my own teeth left on the top, the rest being dentures"

She responded "Well that's your daft fault for having most of them punched out because of the career you chose"

Womens logic :doh:


I'm thinking / hoping that they will use sedation in the extraction with regards to Ann's visit. It's fairly common and a useful tool in the states for extraction, root canals and things of that nature. I'm sure it's the same in the U.K and elsewhere. As Budda had said, It went pretty easy for him. I had a wisdom tooth extracted under sedation and it went pretty easy with mild discomfort. Loved the tooth fairy / covid thing :haha: I remember telling my brother when I was young, " I hope the tooth fairy comes tonight and knocks all of your teeth out." :D


@ Markus. I hope your visit with your mom goes well, Markus. You were smart in postponing your visit under the circumstances. Enjoy your visit and all the best to you both. :yep:

[Jimbuna]

I had my first extraction several weeks ago and it was a piece of cake. I spent more time filling in the forms than the extraction took. No pain but several days of lingering mild ache while the worst part was trying not to chew on that side.

I'm thinking / hoping that they will use sedation in the extraction with regards to Ann's visit. It's fairly common and a useful tool in the states for extraction, root canals and things of that nature. I'm sure it's the same in the U.K and elsewhere. As Budda had said, It went pretty easy for him. I had a wisdom tooth extracted under sedation and it went pretty easy with mild discomfort. Loved the tooth fairy / covid thing :haha: I remember telling my brother when I was young, " I hope the tooth fairy comes tonight and knocks all of your teeth out." :D




This just gets better and better. I took her to the health centre yesterday for her annual health check and whilst a nurse was taking bloods off her they must have hit a muscle or something because part of her arm is badly bruised and has swollen up and is quite painful :nope:

[Commander Wallace]

^ It sounds like Ann has been " through the mill " as it were. Hopefully, this will be behind her next week. I think a nice dinner and a night out when this is over is in order. :yep:

[Aktungbby]

Onkel Neal, having conveniently shut down the :subsim: site for maintenance, I spent three hours in a dental chair getting old 1960's mercury/amalgam fillings replaced; three 55+ year-old fillings with new, 21st century ceramic stuff... the left side of my head is pretty sore, but being attended to by a hearty 4oz. purely medicinal :roll::hmph::()1:vodka gimlet to dull the post-novacaine pain. The right side is next week. :Kaleun_Cheers:

She's certainly not smiling atm. After her visit to the dentist in which she was prescribed antibiotics she has an appointment for the tooth (her first) to be extracted next week.

Nor did it help after I reminded her it would be fine "Listen dear, I've only three of my own teeth left on the top, the rest being dentures"

She responded "Well that's your daft fault for having most of them punched out because of the career you chose"

Womens logic :doh:

I had my first extraction several weeks ago and it was a piece of cake. I spent more time filling in the forms than the extraction took. No pain but several days of lingering mild ache while the worst part was trying not to chew on that side.

^ It sounds like Ann has been " through the mill " as it were. Hopefully, this will be behind her next week. I think a nice dinner and a night out when this is over is in order. :yep:The decrepitude of '60's dotaged dentition clearly setting in...a'larnin' to chew that good dinner with the "strong side" teeth is an art form. My own wife has so many crowns, probably stemming from bad childhood dentistry, and has to wear a mouth guard at night to prevent grinding one's molars during slumber. Gittin' old sucks, especially in the teeth, hip, and knee department!

[Catfish]

^ In evolution, this mammal's "upright walking" trick is widely overrated :03:
Teeth.. dentition detention comes to mind :oops:

Hope she gets well soon after it's done.

[Jimbuna]

^ It sounds like Ann has been " through the mill " as it were. Hopefully, this will be behind her next week. I think a nice dinner and a night out when this is over is in order. :yep:

Cheers CW and also for the PM which I have responded to :up:

[Aktungbby]

^ In evolution, this mammal's "upright walking" trick is widely overrated :03:
Teeth.. dentition detention comes to mind :oops:

Hope she gets well soon after it's done. Well as long as U've still got that glow https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=11502 teeth don't really matter! https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.o6qyU9prfeM_ITHd9ypT1gHaG3?pid=Api&w=970&h=900&rs=1 :O:

[Catfish]

https://i.imgur.com/lTWTYZ7l.jpg

[Commander Wallace]

The decrepitude of '60's dotaged dentition clearly setting in...a'larnin' to chew that good dinner with the "strong side" teeth is an art form. My own wife has so many crowns, probably stemming from bad childhood dentistry, and has to wear a mouth guard at night to prevent grinding one's molars during slumber. Gittin' old sucks, especially in the teeth, hip, and knee department!



I agree and when I suggested the dinner, I had forgotten the restrictions with regards to Covid. This doesn't even take into account trying to eat with bad teeth.

[Jimbuna]

https://i.imgur.com/lTWTYZ7l.jpg

:haha:

[Mr Quatro]

https://i.imgur.com/lTWTYZ7l.jpg

I called a man's mother a bad name (several years ago) and now I'm missing my two front teeth :o

[Aktungbby]

which is "all you want for Christmas":03: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=song+all+i+want+for+christmas+my+two+fron t+teeth&docid=608022526087072713&mid=2A47F6E6B33341FF11AA2A47

[Mr Quatro]

which is "all you want for Christmas":03:

and for Fed-Ex to be on time for my Christmas presents too :yep:

[Commander Wallace]

I called a man's mother a bad name (several years ago) and now I'm missing my two front teeth :o


I'm guessing you were on the outs with the tooth fairy as they were never replaced. :yep:

[Mr Quatro]

No tooth fairy for me ... I went to the ER and they said they couldn't help me and directed me to a specialist dentist. I didn't have any money at the time and the dentist helped me anyway, due to I was in a lot of pain, by putting my two front teeth in a cast (yes just like a broken arm or something).

Then he said don't eat anything for three months ... Do you know what it is like to drink milk shakes for three months? I do :o

Anyway all the other guy did was knock them up behind my other teeth and he just pushed them back into place and put the cast on it. Couldn't talk right or eat right, but they eventually grew back to normal.

Funny how teeth can do that if given the proper treatment.

A story that I have never really told anyone and was long forgotten till now. :yep:

I don't call anyone's mother a bad name anymore ... He cured me of that :D

[Jimbuna]

I don't call anyone's mother a bad name anymore ... He cured me of that :D

I can well imagine :)

On the other hand at least I got to see a fair few incarcerated at Her Majesty's pleasure.

[Jimbuna]

Earliest on record in the Buna household but because of the granddaughter, all the xmas trees and decorations etc. are up.

[Aktungbby]

BUT! BUT! it's not yet Thanksgiving and shopping on Black Friday!:k_confused:

[Jimbuna]

When she (the granddaughter) was dropped off by her mam (my daughter) believe you me the response made all the effort well worthwhile.

[Eichhörnchen]

This is all farmland out here and this morning I passed a sign in a field that said "Brassicas Innovation Day" :o

[Mr Quatro]

Thanksgiving meal for one this year :up:

https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/127146685_990803418071693_263251603295912421_o.jpg ?_nc_cat=102&ccb=2&_nc_sid=8024bb&_nc_ohc=4_4CkFrnMY4AX_W9Sxj&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=eaff664eb7ff2fd8f18229390926e71e&oe=5FE8EFA7

actually a nice lady came over with a big plate of food and salad and pie.
This was just my plan B :yep:

[Jimbuna]

Underwent my annual health check on 16th where because of my Type 2 Diabetes I had my weight, height, heart rate, blood pressure and three blood samples taken.

The health check was four months overdue so I naturally put that down to the pandemic and the results which I usually receive in the post a week after the event have yet to arrive so again, I put the delay down to the pandemic.

Nothing amazing there I thought but what arrived in the post the other day did surprise me....an appointment for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening.

The appointment letter states the screening is offered free of charge by the NHS to all men during their 65th year. The pamphlet accompanying the letter explaining the ultrasound scan procedure states said procedure is for men 'in the year they turn 65'

As of today I'm 63 years and 4 months of age :o

I will attend the appointment and guess I'll put the two age anomalies down to the pressures of the pandemic again! :doh:

[Eichhörnchen]

Abdominal aortic aneurism... I'm aware of it & looking forward to getting my ultrasound asap, since it sounds like a pretty horrible way to die

[Aktungbby]

Underwent my annual health check on 16th where because of my Type 2 Diabetes I had my weight, height, heart rate, blood pressure and three blood samples taken.

The health check was four months overdue so I naturally put that down to the pandemic and the results which I usually receive in the post a week after the event have yet to arrive so again, I put the delay down to the pandemic.

Nothing amazing there I thought but what arrived in the post the other day did surprise me....an appointment for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening.

The appointment letter states the screening is offered free of charge by the NHS to all men during their 65th year. The pamphlet accompanying the letter explaining the ultrasound scan procedure states said procedure is for men 'in the year they turn 65'

As of today I'm 63 years and 4 months of age :o

I will attend the appointment and guess I'll put the two age anomalies down to the pressures of the pandemic again! :doh:

Abdominal aortic aneurism... I'm aware of it & looking forward to getting my ultrasound asap, since it sounds like a pretty horrible way to dieThat's what killed George C Scott at age 71...I had an artery scan approx 5 years ago, to go with my annual checkup since age two over concerns of a congenital ventricular septal defect which kept me out of the military-three times! My mom kept the MD's from experimenting on me surgically in the '50's! Never mind flying, SCUBA diving the globe from Bon Aire to Tahiti, trukkin', playing college rugby and wrestling; I'm amazed to still be kickin' at 69! Considering the newfangled procedure of two dacron patches thru the arteries to the heart defect still kills 27% in my age bracket:oops: Ma was right! ...in a corona infested hospital to boot?:hmmm: Methinks I'll do my remaining 'borrowed' time with medicinal vodka gimlets!:O:

[Mr Quatro]

^ You make my day and make me feel sick at the same time :oops:

[Aktungbby]

^ You make my day and make me feel sick at the same time :oops:Indeed! The 50's rotozip/sternum proceedure would have made obsidian-blade Mayan priests atop pyramdid altars envious: https://s3.amazonaws.com/lowres.cartoonstock.com/history-incas-mayan-sacrifice-bleeding_hearts-liberal_politicians-bron2421_low.jpg the real irony came when I was assigned to Federal GSA-guard the MEPS recruiting office on Broadway in miserable downtown Oakland in '98...after three attempts to join three military branches: incl ROTC in the 70's; a brief stint as an ensign; and an appearance at Letterman Hospital SF in '73 for an exam for special forces; all followed by a form-letter from the Surgeon General "declining my services"...I suddenly realized: "I'm not in the military; I'm guarding the military! Be careful what you ask for!":oops:

[Catfish]

[...] had my weight, height, heart rate, blood pressure and three blood samples taken. [...]
Nothing amazing there I thought but what arrived in the post the other day did surprise me....an appointment for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening.

Ouch, that slipped under my radar. But this only means they test you for it, not that you have it? :hmmm: Wishing you all the best!

[Jimbuna]

Ouch, that slipped under my radar. But this only means they test you for it, not that you have it? :hmmm: Wishing you all the best!

Yes, just a test Kai :up:

[stoppro]

I got that test. not good results. stress test next.

[Aktungbby]

^goin' visual bro!:arrgh!: https://facty.mblycdn.com/fh/resized/2018/09/800x650/155351346-1024x576.jpg

[Aktungbby]

my soon-to-B 70 yeaar old shoulders, hips, back, and arteries:O: aching from yesterday's primary chore:...stacked methodically, a cord of firewood and tarping it against the elements. Some artistry and wiring to the yard fence posts is also required; as in the past, earthquakes have toppled the 6'+ high wall-of-wood, completely bocking a potential escape route from the house and damaging the stucco. The real pisser is: it's an official Spare-the-Air day in California, so I can't actually burn anything incl. burgers on the grill!!:Kaleun_Mad::Kaleun_Crying:

[Mr Quatro]

I think you are trying to sell us something Fonty :yep:

But I've bee wrong before :o

[Catfish]

^^ Someone told me he was now famous on Youtube, for unboxing smartphones and advertising, and he would be an "influencer".
I told him i can't do anything reasonable either.

[Jimbuna]

I think you are trying to sell us something Fonty :yep:

But I've bee wrong before :o

Well you aren't on this occasion because he is a SPAMMER and I'm about to clean everything up.

[Buddahaid]

Went to buy a tree today and found our usual place wasn't selling trees this year and the next closest place wanted $90.00 to $200.00 a tree. I'm not ever going to pay that much so no tree this year.:doh:

[Aktungbby]

having a wonderful lockdown morning: coffee, reading the Wall Street Journal, and watching Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)with Pia Zadora in her screen debut as a martian child...one of the 100 worst movies ever made. I can't believe I missed this gem for 56 years!:haha:

[Texas Red]

I'm quarantined in my room until Jan. 1 because I had to get tested for COVID since I started displaying symptoms on Thursday, my entire family had tested positive last week and I was the only one who tested negative, but now I think I have it! :dead:

[Mr Quatro]

I'm quarantined in my room until Jan. 1 because I had to get tested for COVID since I started displaying symptoms on Thursday, my entire family had tested positive last week and I was the only one who tested negative, but now I think I have it! :dead:

^ praying for you kid ... hope you and your family make it off restrictions.

Keep us informed :yep:

[Aktungbby]

in my room until Jan. 1 Wishing U Happy New years ...in advance:arrgh!:
Have your folks put a pet door on your bedroom door so they can pass
U plate of chow now and then! http://petslady.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/xCat_Porthole_by_Louise_Lakier_Houzz.img_assist_cu stom.jpg.pagespeed.ic.gF5aLVeUNs.webp

[Jimbuna]

I'm quarantined in my room until Jan. 1 because I had to get tested for COVID since I started displaying symptoms on Thursday, my entire family had tested positive last week and I was the only one who tested negative, but now I think I have it! :dead:

I hope you like pizza because that is probably the only food they'll be able to slide under the door :03:

In all seriousness though, wishing you and your family a quick recovery.

[Catfish]

I'm quarantined in my room until Jan. 1 because I had to get tested for COVID since I started displaying symptoms on Thursday, my entire family had tested positive last week and I was the only one who tested negative, but now I think I have it! :dead:
Oh sh ... Keep warm, helping the body to fight the virus. Wishing you all the best, get well soon.

[Texas Red]

^ praying for you kid ... hope you and your family make it off restrictions.

Keep us informed :yep:


Wishing U Happy New years ...in advance:arrgh!:
Have your folks put a pet door on your bedroom door so they can pass
U plate of chow now and then! http://petslady.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/xCat_Porthole_by_Louise_Lakier_Houzz.img_assist_cu stom.jpg.pagespeed.ic.gF5aLVeUNs.webp

I hope you like pizza because that is probably the only food they'll be able to slide under the door :03:

In all seriousness though, wishing you and your family a quick recovery.

Oh sh ... Keep warm, helping the body to fight the virus. Wishing you all the best, get well soon.

thank you all for the wishes (and jokes :haha: ) i'm living the dream life in my room because I don't have to interact with my brothers and I don't have to do chores! my mom bought a bunch of snacks that don't need to be refrigerated and she gave them to me, so now I have a bunch of cheetos, chips, pretzels, and popcorn in a container in my room. :haha:
I do need to go out of my room occasionally for natures call and dinner, but we eat it socially distanced

though in a while i'm bound to get bored of constant subsims and movies, not very excited for that to happen.

[Eichhörnchen]

Oh well... at least you can play Whac-A-Squirrel without any restrictions, so it's not all bad

I hope you are not suffering, mate... and get well soon! :Kaleun_Salute:

[Texas Red]

the covid test came back positive. I have a fever, my nose is all stuffed up and feels really dry, then I randomly get these periods of nausea that go away after a while.

I'm pretty sure this will go away before or a little after New Years', shucks it doesn't seem so long ago that I was celebrating the ending of 2019 and the beginning of 2020 with some good friends. Sadly that won't happen anytime this New Year'. 2021 will be better!

And yes, I get to play What-a-Squirrel with no restrictions!! :haha::yep:

[Jimbuna]

Stay calm and safe young fella.

[Mr Quatro]

I feel like we know each other better than our own families sometimes (mine seldom stay in touch).

So it's good that we care for one another, in fact the beast is one of the few that I even know that have the coronavirus plus his whole family has it. :o

[Texas Red]

it was Sunday when i received my test results that i was positive. Though right now i can feel it going away, it’s gonna be gone in a while. it didn’t hit me as hard as my grandparents. they got it a lot worse than we ever did. My grandma actually fainted once it got so bad. I hope they will pull through this too.

[Eichhörnchen]

Moira cut my hair yesterday on number one, so now I look like Jason Statham's dad. She said it feels "Like a nice bit of chenille... and, as you know, I have a thing about chenille"

[Jimbuna]

Moira cut my hair yesterday on number one, so now I look like Jason Statham's dad. She said it feels "Like a nice bit of chenille... and, as you know, I have a thing about chenille"

Always a number one here too and over the years the first sign of my uniform hat becoming tighter was the cue for the wife to get the Wahl shaver out.

[Eichhörnchen]

I just beat my missus at Scrabble by 11 points: I got 229, with my last word (using my very last tiles) being "WIN"

[Von Due]

Watching Elite Dangerous download at 1bit/hour (courtesy of the landlady keeping her wireless router in a faraday cage), wondering what will finish first: The download or this Glenfiddich.

[Catfish]

^ at least you and the Glenfiddich are in good company :D

We made a 25 km hike/excursion(?) through a nature reserve (was treemendous) with two friends, but both parties will be alone this evening. Just came home, now preparing the traditional prawn cocktail, with more brandy than initially planned.

[Aktungbby]

Watching Elite Dangerous download at 1bit/hour (courtesy of the landlady keeping her wireless router in a faraday cage), wondering what will finish first: The download or this Glenfiddich.I judge a man by the whisky he imbibes!:arrgh!: If yer sippin' Glenfiddich laddie, ye kin well afford to send poor Neal enough to be a https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=727&pictureid=6331:Kaleun_Cheers: :O: I visited that distillery in 2017! http://playfoursquare.s3.amazonaws.com/pix/63409482_XdcUHWLJ161Z8G2CkGP0njjtVTZSUDjq7Za3hfQZ9 94.jpg Driving in Scotland on the left at age 66 requires a deft 'designated driver' just getting to remote distilleries ... I post while wearing my Talisker sweatshirt! I'm a 21yr Glengoyne sipper myself! https://www.bing.com/th?id=OP.nDxVUogi96t2wQ474C474&o=5&pid=21.1&w=128&h=128&qlt=100&bw=6&bc=FFFFFF....certainly enough 2 B be a :subsim: https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=727&pictureid=6328:O: :()1:

[Von Due]

^I wish I could say I bought it but it was a gift, together with a Highland Park Viking Courage (that's a new one for me). I'm a sucker for Bowmore Darkest (Islay purists may frown but it's still my favourite).

I visited that distillery in 2017!


I do wish to visit NW Scotland myself, or SW Ireland. Canada is way out of reach unfortunately but the islands closer to home have been on my bucket list for decades. It might even be possible in 2022! Wales and England far enough from central London I would love to see more of as well.

[Jimbuna]

^ at least you and the Glenfiddich are in good company :D

We made a 25 km hike/excursion(?) through a nature reserve (was treemendous) with two friends, but both parties will be alone this evening. Just came home, now preparing the traditional prawn cocktail, with more brandy than initially planned.

Don't forget a good sprinkling of cayenne pepper over the seafood sauce :salute:

[Catfish]

^ Done :salute:

[Von Due]

"Enjoying" no work this week coz of this corona business.... Someone best tell me next week is full on before I start eating wallpaper due to this idling about.

[Aktungbby]

"Enjoying" no work this week coz of this corona business.... Someone best tell me next week is full on before I start eating wallpaper due to this idling about.with a 'snort' of 'medicinal' Glenfiddich!:rock::()1::03:

[Von Due]

with a 'snort' of 'medicinal' Glenfiddich!:rock::()1::03:

That one barely rose to its teens before I did it in. The Highland Park Viking Courage it is now. Didn't get too favourable reviews that one but I like it. It's smooth as... So smooth in fact, that I need some Motorhead on the speakers to roughen it up a bit.

[Catfish]

[...] The Highland Park Viking Courage it is now. Didn't get too favourable reviews that one but I like it. It's smooth as... So smooth in fact, that I need some Motorhead on the speakers to roughen it up a bit.
Hail to Lemmy.. that's the spirit!
OT was astonished to see a MacAllan from 1926 be sold at 1,9 million dollars :hmmm:

[Aktungbby]

Hail to Lemmy.. that's the spirit!
OT was astonished to see a MacAllan from 1926 be sold at 1,9 million dollars :hmmm: When U visit Edinburgh (100ft from where I'm standinghttps://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=9430):O: be sure to take in the Scotch Whiskey Experience and collection https://www.scotchwhiskyexperience.co.uk/assets/000/000/219/Collectionentrance_detail.jpg?1426252056:Kaleun_Ch eers: With follow-on tasting conducted by professionals!:yeah: Posted while wearing my Talisker sweatshirt :arrgh!: ...visited on my trip to the Isle of Skye https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Talisker_distillery_100212.jpg/300px-Talisker_distillery_100212.jpg: My daughter holds well attended whisky tastings at her Robt. Lewis Stevenson museum as a fund raiser. Ol' RLS was an avid Talisker drinker!"the king of drinks as I conceive it, Talisker, Isla or Glenlivit":Kaleun_Cheers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch_Whisky_Experience In 2008, the attraction became home to the World’s Largest Collection of Scotch Whisky, featuring 3,384 bottles. The collection had been built up over 35 years by Brazilian whisky enthusiast Claive Vidiz, who believed it only right that the collection return to its home country.[3] The collection is housed in a specially designed glass and marble vault and was opened by then Scottish First Minister, Alex Salmond, in May 2009.[4] A stop here saves considerable time and energy, driving leftsided on one lane paths to remote distilleries in the hinterlands and Isle of Skye....at age 69!:timeout:

[skidman]

Ah, the Isle of Skye. One of the most beautiful places I've been to. Enjoyed the driving, biking and hiking there just as much as a dram (or two or three) in the evening as soon as the tent had been pitched. The whisky came from Islay though...

[Mr Quatro]

https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=9430):O: :Kaleun_Cheers:

The way you talk about your wife I always thought that she was bigger than you :hmmm::D:up:

[Eichhörnchen]

I taught my son an important life lesson a few minutes ago... how to get the top off a beer bottle

[Jimbuna]

The way you talk about your wife I always thought that she was bigger than you :hmmm::D:up:

Most certainly is, in IQ level anyway :O:

[Aktungbby]

Absolutely! And as she continually reminds me, she "wears the pants in the family"! :yep: Good thing I grew up hunting whitetail stags in Minnesota "Yes! Deer!" is a most useful social skill whilst incarcerated in pandemic lovckdown with one's enamorata!!:roll::shifty::nope::timeout: @ MODERATOR: please move to National saying & phrases thread! :O:

[Aktungbby]

Watching the inauguration of the new prez over coffee, the WSJ and fresh muffins..Lady GaGa really can sing the difficult National Anthem!! Fabulous voice!

[Jimbuna]

[QUOTE=Aktungbby;2723042Watching the inauguration [/QUOTE]

Same here, I'm pleased it appeared to go well.

[Mr Quatro]

Same here, I'm pleased it appeared to go well.

More flags and military personnel than anything else :yep:

[Aktungbby]

Most certainly is, in IQ level anyway :O:

Absolutely! And as she continually reminds me, she "wears the pants in the family"! :yep:

Watching the inauguration of the new prez over coffee, the WSJ and fresh muffins..Lady GaGa really can sing the difficult National Anthem!! Fabulous voice!

Same here, I'm pleased it appeared to go well. Great minds think alike!::salute: ...old stone castles and wives who (clearly) "wear the pants in the family!":yeah: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery ! :har: https://i.postimg.cc/d0d8ZYjr/P1000616.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Grizedale_Hall%2C_Satterthwaite%2C_Cumbria.jpg/220px-Grizedale_Hall%2C_Satterthwaite%2C_Cumbria.jpg< the ''U-boat hotel'' prior to it demolishing

[Jimbuna]

More flags and military personnel than anything else :yep:

Sad but true :yep:

[Jimbuna]

Great minds think alike!::salute: ...old stone castles and wives who (clearly) "wear the pants in the family!":yeah: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery ! :har: https://i.postimg.cc/d0d8ZYjr/P1000616.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Grizedale_Hall%2C_Satterthwaite%2C_Cumbria.jpg/220px-Grizedale_Hall%2C_Satterthwaite%2C_Cumbria.jpg< the ''U-boat hotel'' prior to it demolishing

You do realise that is a picture of me with my daughter, don't you? :hmmm:

[Platapus]

Is that your "so you want to date MY daughter?" look?


gulp

[Aktungbby]

You do realise that is a picture of me with my daughter, don't you? :hmmm: JEEEZE! "twixt my IQ and these new glasses...https://media4.giphy.com/media/d7nDbbUkroEOy8HsSA/200w.webp?cid=ecf05e471yzo251qi2w4qssbf3oiqjwxztfi p9wueqml0l14&rid=200w.webp...At 70, all gorgeous blonds look alike! :haha:

[Aktungbby]

I know man. My wife and kids can even barely go out. They miss the outdoors, and I understand their frustration. Heck, for what it's worth, this virus did something that my former job couldn't, make me spend more time with them. Luckily, the kids share my enthusiasm when it comes to simulations. While I dig subsims, they prefer truck sims, just imagine that.

What am I doing in real life?

Chilling out at home, watching TV with the family, buying a new set of tires from 4WheelOnline, and applying a new paint job on my truck, just in time for our upcoming road trip.Well U said the kids "like truck sims" so wear your masks.:arrgh!: I gotta revamp my ol' trukken career, rent a camper, and head East 3000 miles on I-80 to my own nephew's wedding. At age 70, I'll certainly be doing it by slow turns & solo as the wife doesn't care to leave the house; and someone has to feed the cats!:yep: I won't fly on any aircraft during the Covid lockdown. Hopefully I'll be half-vaccinated by then....but I'm certainly Biden my time on that??!!:hmmm::Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

[Aktungbby]

A "thank U" to all taxpayers:Kaleun_Salute: I just noted a $10.00 raise on my Social Security direct deposit...errrr wait a sec...I still pay taxes on that $tipend! NEVERMIND! :03:

[Eichhörnchen]

Moira just found an old painting of mine om eBay... I'm described as a "desirable artist" :doh::haha::yep:

[Commander Wallace]

Moira just found an old painting of mine om eBay... I'm described as a "desirable artist" :doh::haha::yep:


That's awesome, Eichhörnchen. Your work is great but don't let it go to your head. You're only slightly desirable as far as the bilge crew is concerned but you're ok. :D

[Jeff-Groves]

Moira just found an old painting of mine om eBay... I'm described as a "desirable artist" :doh::haha::yep:

Very Cool Mate!
Just finished a demolition job in Erie, PA where I was told I was the requested Guy to do it.
Seems the original Guy backed out so the Supervisor requested me.
(He wanted me all along but We did not bid the job)

[Aktungbby]

Very Cool Mate!
Just finished a demolition job in Erie, PA where I was told I was the requested Guy to do it.
Seems the original Guy backed out so the Supervisor requested me.
(He wanted me all along but We did not bid the job) ALLRIGHT! ALLRIGHT! so you're a desirable Big Bang theorist! Now... how's 'bout that Stone Mountain GA job and political correctness I requested :O:??!! https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Stone_Mountain_Carving_2.jpg/220px-Stone_Mountain_Carving_2.jpg

[Jeff-Groves]

The blasting plans are still in process for approval.
:03:

[Aktungbby]

The blasting plans are still in process for approval.
:03:I'd be Stonewallin' to Leeward iffn' I didn't point out U R probably :subsim:'s MasterBlaster! Remember 2 B careful; there might be picnickers a'gazin' whilst agrazin' ardently upon their godlike Rebel Triumvirate! "Ol' times there R not forgot..." even as we over-correct with PC mania!:shucks:

[Jeff-Groves]

Much of the work demands security and secrecy.
Drilling is planned out as night time work.
To contain the blast debris requires miles of chain link fencing being dropped at the proper moment in coordination with access being shut off to tourists.
I'm under the impression spot lights will be use to blind anyone looking at the area at night.
This would be said to provide protection and security to the area while the REAL work is going on.

[Buddahaid]

Celebrating the neighbors from hell moved out opening up about eight parking places on the street and removing the chain smoker from right outside our windows.

[Eichhörnchen]

^ Were they made to leave?

[Mr Quatro]

My front yard at a previously undisclosed location and will remain that way till my debts are paid lol

https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/p960x960/151924796_1041419946343373_5185462489337349582_o.j pg?_nc_cat=100&ccb=3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=cCJyrzU3tCAAX9h1TOP&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&tp=6&oh=da19569ddaf530807d70fa78318630a2&oe=60558B34

[Aktungbby]

/\ "shiver me timbers matey"! All that damn snow!:o I'm awaiting a socially distanced call from my tax preparer of many decades..."shiver me wallet matey" ...with the performance(s) in DC lately, WTF am I paying 4 anyhow??! :timeout::oops::/\\chop:nope::dead: EDIT: My taxman just checked in; and I don't owe a dime on my two government 'stimulous checks' either to the state or the Fed...although why anyone in my tax bracket would get $uch is beyond my comprehension... :hmmm: and I'm due for a refund this year!:yeah:

[Aktungbby]

Genuine pain in the Aß: So, after a bad night with a sore shoulder from my Covid Vaccination, I get a phone text message this AM that my cell phone bill $43.07 is overdue...I've never missed one in nearly 40 years of anal retentive, meticulous, bill paying-always by cheque... never on line. .:Kaleun_Thumbs_Up: Off I go to pay cash at the local Verizon outlet: and then, go to the bank to stop the check. But, no banker being available I decided to hold off and let them credit my account if and when the check clears. The Verizon guy said all mailed checks go to Texas and the the big chill might have slowed postal service...:hmmm: blame it on the weather ??!!:o

[u crank]

I guess I am a grandfather again. This morning at 5:54 am Murphy Andrew was born. He weighed 7lbs 9oz. Murphy and mom Riley are doing great. We made a quick trip to Halifax this morning and will be here when the little guy gets home tomorrow.

Everybody is pretty excited. :D

[Rockstar]

Wonder of wonders, congratulations granddad!

[Catfish]

That's very nice to hear u crank, congratulations and best wishes ! :)


Made Guacamole today, still stuffed :yep:

[Aktungbby]

#3? If memory serves:hmmm:

[Catfish]

^ No, it was my first Guacamole :O:


Guess u crank will post an update :)

[u crank]

#3? If memory serves:hmmm:

Four actually. The first one is now twenty one.