What Are You Doing In Real Life II

[Rockstar]

Didn’t see Vinnie today. But Reece swooped in for a quick bite.

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[Eichhörnchen]

:har: Maybe if you stop catching fish one day Vinnie will eat Reece - make sure you get a photo :haha:

[Aktungbby]

The little one you should call Reece and the big cheeky bugger Vinnie Buggery is a novel concept!
:timeout:

[Reece]

Reece and Vinnie, excellent. “so let it be written, so let it be done." :yep:
As Jim would say: I resemble that remark!! :timeout:
Be careful or I might swoop down and leave my mark!! :D

[Tango589]

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I'm feeling rather flash in my latest purchase. I've been looking for one for ages. Genuine sheepskin, found in a charity shop raising money for Ukraine, retail price of ~£300 and I got it for a steal at £50! We do love a bargain! 😁

[Commander Wallace]

^ Everyone who causes chaos and semi destruction where ever they go should be so equipped and have a jacket like that. :yep: :haha:


Looks good. :up:

[Eichhörnchen]

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I'm feeling rather flash in my latest purchase. I've been looking for one for ages. Genuine sheepskin, found in a charity shop raising money for Ukraine, retail price of ~£300 and I got it for a steal at £50! We do love a bargain! 😁

I love the Irvin jacket but I think some of those garden ornaments belong in this other place: https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2727279&postcount=1

[Tango589]

I love the Irvin jacket but I think some of those garden ornaments belong in this other place: https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2727279&postcount=1
:har::har:

We do like a solar ornament!

[Jimbuna]

For £50 I'd have expected a new one :)

[Tango589]

For £50 I'd have expected a new one :)

Maybe, if it was made of plastic 😁

[u crank]

Heading to Florida for a couple of weeks. Gonna be a nice break from our winter weather.

[Aktungbby]

It's official: per the U.S. Drought Monitor: the county is no longer "in drought". The last series of Bomb Cyclones, Pineapple Expresses, and plain ol' Atomospheric Rivers... "turned the tide"?!:03: 33 inches of rain has fallen in my yard...good but not like the 55 inches in '82-83' or 2016 when we got 45 inches. The record stunning snowpack in the Sierras is over 500 inches. Skiing is expected to last through July. The snow melt should add to the watertable. The sad part is while the rivers streams, and creeks are running rampant, storage of the water is nonexistent against future need-it largely flows to the sea. The groundwater levels and aquifers, relentlessly pumped out by large-scale agriculture are barely replenished and desperately need refilling. The government needs to enhance it storage strategy to better utilize the gift we've been getting.

[Aktungbby]

Watching Howard Hawks WWI classic 1930 flick: "Flight Commander" on the TCM channel during 'Oscar's month' with my WSJ and cuppa-Joe! A mini-vacation ensues today as the wife and daughter are out to a critical dress fitting for the pending nuptials this month!:yeah::arrgh!::shucks:

[ET2SN]

You should have bugged Eichhörnchen for a new round of W-A-S. :yep:

Now, you're stuck having to paint the boat.

:Kaleun_Goofy:

[Aktungbby]

...why bother when you can get it at home! My wife came down with a positive test result for Covid about two days ago...I caught up on Thursday after reshoeing my car's front-drive axel; and have been hacking, coughing, sneezing in shivering misery ever since;(even as I post:wah:) and also tested positive this AM after a non-result 36 hours previously?! Spent all Friday in bed with the chills. Our physician states the current Covid variant is little worse than a cold....all well and good except when your already in sub-par condition at age 72. The traditional Easter dinner is cancelled; we don't want the daughter and her fiànce getting this just in time for the big wedding on the 29 of this month!

[mapuc]

I'm eating Pasta Bolognese after having seen my football team winning 2-1.

Markus

[Eichhörnchen]

Easter dinner is cancelled; we don't want the daughter and her fiànce getting this just in time for the big wedding on the 29 of this month!


We also just cancelled a trip to the mother in law's for Easter dinner after another family member showed up there with a very bad "cold" - we're hoping she'll go home (she was planning to stay over) but I think it was stupid to turn up there in the first place

I decided not to launch with an Easter W-A-S this year as I thought I'd be too busy - how about we have a special Wedding Day Whackfest on the 29th instead? :haha: Just kidding - I wouldn't want to get you in troube lol

[Jimbuna]

Awoke yesterday morning with one side of my head and face extremely sore and the right side of my mouth slightly twisted.

Four and a half hours later after undergoing an ECG and various blood tests it would appear I have an infected tooth.

[Catfish]

Ouch, and just of all during the Easter holidays :o
Hope you get some antibiotica. Get well soon.

[Jimbuna]

The Doc at the hospital gave me a box each of two types Kai so the weeks supply should suffice *fingers crossed*

[ET2SN]

We also just cancelled a trip to the mother in law's for Easter dinner after another family member showed up there with a very bad "cold" - we're hoping she'll go home (she was planning to stay over) but I think it was stupid to turn up there in the first place

I decided not to launch with an Easter W-A-S this year as I thought I'd be too busy - how about we have a special Wedding Day Whackfest on the 29th instead? :haha: Just kidding - I wouldn't want to get you in troube lol

Vincent needs a handicap. :yep:

[Eichhörnchen]

Vincent needs a handicap. :yep:

I did think that if we played on the 29th then somebody else might get a chance :haha:

[Aktungbby]

Well at least (it being Easter) I am risen!:timeout::shucks::Kaleun_Sick:

[Tango589]

Me and my better half spent a very nice day lounging in the garden, soaking up some very welcome sun. Eaten our easter eggs, now we feel a bit sick. To be fair, it's not Easter if you don't feel a bit sick!

:Kaleun_Sick:

[Jimbohere]

Spent like 4h today cleaning up my garage and shed, found a whole bunch of stuff I thought was lost during moving :D

[Aktungbby]

jimbohere!:Kaleun_Salute:...somewhat belatedly. I'm terrified of my garage/laundry. :O: 33 years of accumulated stuff: paint, tools, and junk!:k_confused:

[Eichhörnchen]

Welcome aboard, Jimbohere :Kaleun_Salute:

[Jimbuna]

Welcome :Kaleun_Salute:

[Aktungbby]

Thinking it my Subaru auto dealer concerning a cracked windshield replacement matter, I answered my my new G5 cellphone and was informed I had won the Publishers Clearinghouse House Sweepstakes and should "contact them with my bank info in order to recieve my $2 million plus grand prize into my account" !!?? The recorded voice was female, authoritative, and decidedly Asiatic in accent...:hmmm::doh::ping::ping::ping::ping:

[Catfish]

^ sounds perfectly legitimate :D

At saturday I exchanged two ABS units of the Citroen's rear axle, installed a new hydropneumatic spring leg and fixed some smaller problems, when i became aware of a small leak that pumped 4 litres of hydraulic fluid over the garage floor until i was able to cut the engine.
I somehow lost my élan and this !"§$%& crate is now in a repair shop :D

[ET2SN]

Meanwhile, RIP to my beard. :D
For now.

I've had a moustache since the day I was promoted to E-4 (it acts like an antenna) but never got into the beard thing until last winter.
I was surprised, I was expecting the standard Slavic "if you say so" kind of anemic beard but I guess the Irish minority in my genes kicked in and I had a fairly bushy example after only one month. :hmmm:

The only downside was that I waited too long. My male family members tend to get some cool "calico" beards with at least three different colors but this one came in only one variation- Santa. :doh:

Still, it was fun at first :hmmm: but became pretty boring after a while. Yeah, it was there and... Well, what can you really do with one of these things besides holding up gas stations? :O:

With the Midwest heat kicking in soon (it hit 80 F today, at last) it was time to hack the bugger off. :yeah:

[Aktungbby]

Still recuperating from so-called miserable Covid. Watching 1960's "Sink the Bismark" with gorgeous Dana Wynter; followed on by 1966's "The Blue Max" with the equally riveting Bond-girl, Ursula Andress...her sensuous: "Let's play war games" is the best line in the movie. Two off my favorite flicks over a 'cuppa joe' whilst reading the Saturday's Wall Street Journal. :yeah::shucks::arrgh!:

[Mork_417]

I resolved my fifty-four hour internet outage yesterday with a replacement router. Re-config & Testing all complete, all systems are go.

Right now, I'm trying to remember what I was working on when the old router lost the magic smoke...

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[Eichhörnchen]

Still recuperating from so-called miserable Covid. Watching 1960's "Sink the Bismark" with gorgeous Dana Wynter; followed on by 1966's "The Blue Max" with the equally riveting Bond-girl, Ursula Andress...her sensuous: "Let's play war games" is the best line in the movie. Two off my favorite flicks over a 'cuppa joe' whilst reading the Saturday's Wall Street Journal. :yeah::shucks::arrgh!:

Wishing you well and a speedy recovery, shipmate :Kaleun_Salute:

[Aktungbby]

I did think that if we played on the 29th then somebody else might get a chance :haha:Have a great WAS game :D; I'm outta town for a couple of daze to the wedding...:shucks:

[Eisenwurst]

Had my first Johnny Walker Gold Label Reserve today. I don't have a connoisseur's vocabulary to tell you what it was like, other than to say "that you get what you pay for", and it was bloody nice.:up:

[Jimbuna]

Just had four teeth extracted but suitably compensated by TOON putting four goals past Brighton.

[Catfish]

^ ouch
Wish you a speedy recovery :yep:

[Jimbuna]

^ Gonna really tempt fate and try eating a madras curry tonight. The wife thinks I'm mad :)

[Catfish]

^ i hope fate was gracious :D

[Jimbuna]

I managed but I was washing my gums with salty water immediately afterwards :)

[Aktungbby]

Now that U mention it: after the minor TIA, I did a two night apnea test and sent it it in. The results came back, and I'll be wearing a Cpap mask of some sort. I'm a snorer and my wife has said for years that sometimes she hears me stop breathing...now she gives me a good shove to revive me. The supposed TIA may have simply been a sleeping disorder. My youngest brother has been wearing one for years...and my dad probably should have. I'm now coming to grips with the intracacies and voluminous manuals of my insurance delayed CPAP Luna G3 gizmo https://resources.communitysurgical.com/hc/article_attachments/5899439334935/Luna_G3_CPAP___Auto.png with heated distilled water only humidifyer... after two nights 'floooding out' with water that cools and condenses(night air temps drop) in the mask awakening me after only three hours ;:wah: I finally got the settings right to allow my normal six hours and a 'happy face 90%' on the screen https://www.sleepresolutions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/happy_CPAP_face_2.jpg?width=640&name=happy_CPAP_face_2.jpg All the info of my night's slumber now goes into the cloud to my physician....and the Chinese government! :shucks::hmmm::ping::ping:The horror is: I'll be doing this for the rest of my life!??:timeout: ie: "what a fascinating Modern age I now sleep in??!" with apologies to 'Lucky Jack' Aubrey :arrgh!:
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[Eichhörnchen]

A dealer online offering my paintings - look at the original price on the label; still nowhere near what I got (probably about £150)

https://i.imgur.com/6XsQnNP.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/W39ivaM.jpg Spelled my name wrong as usual

[Aktungbby]

did you do the framing too?:O: Having a great Memorial Day watching the Band of Brothers marathon on the telly. The CPAP mask is working well 3 decent nights sleep w/o "flooding out" & got a 90% smiley face on the gizmo screen to boot!:yeah:

[Rockstar]

Didn’t do a damn thing today but surf the web, with a gin and tonic and a cigar.

[Eichhörnchen]

did you do the framing too?

No - that was always done by the dealer I sold them to

[Mork_417]

I'm now coming to grips with the intracacies and voluminous manuals of my insurance delayed CPAP Luna G3 gizmo with heated distilled water only humidifyer... after two nights 'floooding out' with water that cools and condenses(night air temps drop) in the mask awakening me after only three hours ;:wah: I finally got the settings right to allow my normal six hours and a 'happy face 90%' on the screen

I fought mine for the first six months, and made myself even more miserable. When I finally accepted it, and started making adjustments, it took me about another month to get it just right. In the end, when I got my first week of real sleep (about six hours a night) I felt like a million bucks.

Not to mention my wife is much happier too. :haha:

[Aktungbby]

P'raps we should open a new cpap :subsim: social club;:D we can't be the only two mancave misathrope subsimmers wearing masks to keep breathing! My wife sleeps better too! :arrgh!:

[Jimbuna]

Just back from booking a holiday to Antalya, Turkey for early September.

[Aktungbby]

/\ leading to glorious victory in "WhoWhatWhere" thread! :yeah: plus it's :subsim: day on Turner Cassic Movies! 3 flicks: "TorpedoRun",1958, with Glenn Ford; "Submarine D1", 1937, with Pat O'brien; and "Battle of the Coral Sea",1959, with Gia Scala are the thrilling fare for the day.:Kaleun_Salute:

[Eichhörnchen]

We were watching a movie car chase last night where they drove sideways around the sharp bends. "I think they call that Drifting", I said - "Shall I try that in the car tomorrow?" "That'd be Drifting Off, more like", she said

[Jimbuna]

Glynn (no disrespect meant) but during my years of undertaking specialist driving courses, the first rule I was repeatedly taught was "Many can drive very fast but not many can do so with an acceptable level of risk and safety"

I've seen quite a few of those who tried and failed but were too late to realise.

In fact I still see the buggas now on occasion and quite frankly it scares me.

[Catfish]

I love driving in snow and also getting certain cars to extremes at times, but never with other traffic around.
Controlled drifting is a lot of fun, and certain rear wheel drive cars do it easily, like e.g. the BMW E36 series. If you however try this in a pre MK IV Spitfire with this collapsing rear axle ...
Whatever, never in normal traffic conditions :up:

[Eichhörnchen]

^ What a portentous post - meant entirely in jest - but this afternoon a car transporter driver reversed his vehicle from a side road into my car as I was travelling through the local industrial park. I was driving happily at just 30 mph when his (lowered) ramp drove under my vehicle as I passed, destroying the rear nearside wheel. The first I knew of it was when the back of my car sudddenly pitched into the air with a crash

We are now car-less and I need to inform my insurer (even though very sympathetic advice was received about how I might get it fixed without involving the insurers, provided the transporter driver's company agreed to pay for it) but my conscience compels me to tell my insurer, even though it will likely mean a write-off, so no more car and great problems - since we live in the country with no bus bus service

[Jimbuna]

^ Most importantly Glynn....no personal physical injury to you or any family member.

[Eichhörnchen]

^ Yes indeed :yep:

[Catfish]

Glad to hear you were not injured! :o
This is really bad luck.. living on the country I can relate that having no car and no public transportation to speak of, is a problem.
But the insurance should pay the amount of money to get you a similar car, even if it is a financial "write-off". They (or better the other's insurance) should even pay to rent a car for the time off, until you have another one.

Pff I wish you good luck, this is always a chore even without having done anything wrong.

[Tango589]

First day of a long weekend, heading off to see family for my littlest cousins 2nd birthday. I hear there may be a trip to the zoo! 🥳

[Reece]

What Are You Doing In Real Life
Sitting on my fat ass playing on the computer!! :yep:

[Jimbuna]

Sitting on my fat ass playing on the computer!! :yep:

Same here but mine isn't as fat as yours :O:

[Reece]

actually mines a tight ass with flabby cellulite!! :D

[mapuc]

I do not know how you brag in USA and Australia
I understand it how big once ass is. :D

Here in Scandinavia it's who's father is the strongest

Markus

[Jimbuna]

A bit tough on anyone who's been orphaned :doh:

[Eichhörnchen]

First day of a long weekend, heading off to see family for my littlest cousins 2nd birthday. I hear there may be a trip to the zoo! 🥳

https://i.imgur.com/LBc2CfE.jpg Make sure you go and see the pole dancers

[Commander Wallace]

^ What a portentous post - meant entirely in jest - but this afternoon a car transporter driver reversed his vehicle from a side road into my car as I was travelling through the local industrial park. I was driving happily at just 30 mph when his (lowered) ramp drove under my vehicle as I passed, destroying the rear nearside wheel. The first I knew of it was when the back of my car sudddenly pitched into the air with a crash

We are now car-less and I need to inform my insurer (even though very sympathetic advice was received about how I might get it fixed without involving the insurers, provided the transporter driver's company agreed to pay for it) but my conscience compels me to tell my insurer, even though it will likely mean a write-off, so no more car and great problems - since we live in the country with no bus bus service


I just saw this. I'm glad you and your family are ok, Glynn. Sorry to hear of your car but at least you and your family are safe. I hope you are able to get your car repaired and you're on your way.

[Eichhörnchen]

I just saw this. I'm glad you and your family are ok, Glynn. Sorry to hear of your car but at least you and your family are safe. I hope you are able to get your car repaired and you're on your way.

Looks as though the car is maybe going to be repairable - just waiting to get a courtesy car sorted out. A lot of aggravation this, when there's so much else I need to be dealing with

[Jimbuna]

I call it 'The joys of motoring' Glynn :doh:

[Aktungbby]

Just like in Napa county!https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=11105:O: :oops: :wah: My daughter's wreck two blocks from our home during the Covid crisis cost me $23K in Subaru replacement after insurance paid $6K for the wreck; but my daughter eventually got $78K after two years for 'pain and suffering' for steering wheel airbag that broke her wrist as she swerved left; requiring pin sugery/removal and therapy...the old guy who'd pulled out from a sun blinded side street (age 72?!! ) manfully admitted:salute: fault and also rode in the ambulance as his blood pressure was alarming. He also lived two blocks away. Amazingly, I was able to drive the wreck to the shoulder for the towtruck hitchup to the wreckyard! :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

[mapuc]

Material can be replaced, human life cannot

Markus

[Eichhörnchen]

I was expecting it - our car has also been written off owing to a bent rear axle. Seems now to be a matter of getting through the various remaining formalities to find out how much we're going to get; it won't buy us a new car for sure but, as Markus suggests, it could have been far worse

[Skybird]

Yesterday was hiking day for me, I took the train to Natrup, which is two stations before Osnabrück and one station behind Lengerich, and hiked from there crisscross for 9 hours over about 35 km over field paths, through smallest forests and across meadows and along hidden paths to Hasbergen, Hellern, Rubbenbruchsee, and finally to the old town of Osnabrück. There I got on the train, feeling pretty much shot and more dead than alive, and headed back to Münster. Every muscle below the hip hurts, blisters I could prevent by appropriate prophylaxis, but feet and practically every joint from the hip down hurts. 56 years feels just different than 26, especially if you approach such tours without prior acclimatization and shorter training tours... Today I must atone, but it was a nice and almost perfect day yesterday...

Strange thing is after such exhaustion I may fall asleep easily after shower and lots of dirnking (5+ litres yesterday...), but after one hour or one and a half I wake up again, still feeling exhausted, but cannot sleep again any time soon. I just cannot sleep when gpoing to bed early in the evening (I roam around until 3 a.m. in the morning, usually).


What helps tremendously is having salt during the tour. I take emptied Magnesium supplements capsules and fill them with salt, four over the whole tour, plus Magnesium, too. Taking thse durign a break is indeed re-energizing, the head gets clearer again. Lots of drinks, too. No eating stuff, I just do not need it, and I have no appetite on the tour. I don't want to dramatise or exaggerate the salt effect, but it is definitely noticeable. Plus lots of salt before leaving, and when i was back home.

[Jimbuna]

I was expecting it - our car has also been written off owing to a bent rear axle. Seems now to be a matter of getting through the various remaining formalities to find out how much we're going to get; it won't buy us a new car for sure but, as Markus suggests, it could have been far worse

I don't envy you that Glynn....my cars value is within £100 of what I paid for it almost four years ago.

[Commander Wallace]

Over the weekend, my lady and I had to say goodbye to a beloved cat. It was one of the hardest things I have ever done in my life. Because of some terrible care by a veterinarian clinic, Tommy's cancer went un-diagnosed until it was far too late. We had an appointment to get a sonogram the day before Tommy was put down. Tommy by that point was in a bit of discomfort and the time came to put him down. We weren't ready to say goodbye and neither was Tommy earlier. I thought having more time with him would make it easier to say goodbye but it wasn't.

Tommy stopped sleeping with me for about 10 days before we had him put down and was a little withdrawn. He had his good days and bad. As a parting gift, Tommy and I were up at 2 in the morning and he came in and slept with us, not that we got any sleep the day we had him put down. He spent the previous evening with my lady, also saying goodbye. He had a few good day's with his animal siblings / family just looking out the window and watching the wild life here in our screen / sun room.

An older gentleman that lived close by also lost his White West Highland terrier. She was a sweet dog as well. My lady and I bought a big bag of bacon flavored treats just for her when she visited, which was often. The gentleman was 92 at the time and is still with us. He was in a truck accident and was in a rehab center. He worried what would become of his dog in the event he passed. My lady and I told him his dog would have a good home with us and not to worry. In many ways, she was our dog too although we didn't own her. She had cancer and had to be put down as well. That was hard for us as well.

This past week hasn't been any easier and perhaps harder with regret that we trusted the Veterinarian to provide a good level of care for our boy only to find that trust was misplaced.

[mapuc]

^ Even if you try not to, you get addicted to your four legged friend. NO not friend they become family member.

You never get over with it. The last farewell to your four legged family member. Remember the good and funny times you had with them.

My cat is almost 12 years old and she doesn't live forever. I would be glad if she lived another 3-5 years more, before I have to put her to eternal sleep or she dies of old age.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Sorry to learn of your losses CW. It's never easy losing a loved one

[Eichhörnchen]

So sad for you, CW - I do know how you're feeling. I would never have another cat now - watching the last one curled up in his bed, knowing he'd never wake up again, was just heartbreaking

Ours also seemed to change their behaviour just before the end, but I got to sit on our bench to watch the sun go down with Tansy - she came and sat beside me, unaware that this would be the last time, and we just sat quiet until she'd had enough and disappeared across the garden

[Aktungbby]

...we're monitoring the slowing down of our last cat, Penelope, or 'Ms. P' as she is affectionatly known. She sleeps most of the day in heated pads or sunshine windowed locations but still demands attention at age 14. The other 3 are on the mantle in their cremation caskets; I 'spect 'P' will be the last of our pampered felines. I feed 'em, clip 'em comb 'em, skritch 'em, and manage the fetid catbox; but they always prefer my wife's adoration to mine??!.:timeout::shucks:

[Catfish]

Very sad to hear of this Commander Wallace. It has been a reminder about our cat Max we had to put down in october last year, also because of cancer.
Like in your Tommy's case the cancer had not been diagnosed early enough and correctly although we had been visiting the veterinarian several times.
He sometimes hissed when biting on some food like he had pain in the jaw, which was diagnosed as a bad tooth.
We do not exactly know how old he was (got him from a farm where some sick people obviously had fun to torture cats and other animals), I guess it must have been around 12-14.
After this we made the decison to not get another cat, except in case of an emergency.

[raymond6751]

I'm trying like hell to get readers for my writing!

https://www.authorsden.com/mikeraymond

It isn't about money.

If you want an e-book for free, just send me a dm.

[Commander Wallace]

I well and truly appreciate the sentiments, gentlemen. :yep: I know there are a good number of animal lovers here. we have had conversations in the forums and of course, the many threads and posts on good animal stories and funny animal picture threads. We have always had dogs as well but with odd hours and travel, It would have been unfair to have a dog, under the circumstances. It hurt losing them as well. Friends that are close by also have horses and I'm very attached to them as well. I'm sure like many of you, our animals are family, not pets.


@ Catfish. I thought of Max and your family when we lost Tommy as you had mentioned him. I know it was a huge loss to you and your wife. Deepest sympathies to you both on your loss. I know how tough it can be.

@Markus. I hope you enjoy many more years with your four legged friend. I know your pets are family too. She is lucky to have you.

@ Eichhörnchen. You had mentioned pets before. I well remember, The pictures you painted with the cats and cows too. Your Spitfire and Me-262 and military paintings are awesome. I'm sure I'm not alone when I say I enjoy your nature pictures just as much, in these uncertain times.

@ Aktung. Enjoy Ms P and your others as I know you and the missus already do. Our other cats prefer my lady over me, I think. I'm their second " bestest " person they know but I'm still on the bottom of the list. :haha:

@ Jim. As always, thank you my friend. I well and truly appreciate it.


We have two cats left. They are brother and sister and had severe issues when we got them. I strongly suspect they had both been abused in some way when they were kittens. They were 6 months old when we got them. The big male had severe separation issues and the female was nasty and would bite. They miss Tommy and keep looking for him.

Using Ivan Pavlov's work in Psychology and conditioned responses as the basis for reprogramming them, I was able to straighten out the both of them, but it took years. The female is the nicest cat now as is the male and they are both happy and well adjusted. Both practically live out in the sun room in the warm summers months and want to go out in the winter too, which we don't allow.

I hope everyone here that has furry friends have many more enjoyable years with them. :yep:

[Aktungbby]

...we're monitoring the slowing down of our last cat, Penelope, or 'Ms. P' as she is affectionatly known. She sleeps most of the day in heated pads or sunshine windowed locations but still demands attention at age 14. The other 3 are on the mantle in their cremation caskets; I 'spect 'P' will be the last of our pampered felines. I feed 'em, clip 'em comb 'em, skritch 'em, and manage the fetid catbox; but they always prefer my wife's adoration to mine??!.:timeout::shucks:

@ Aktung. Enjoy Ms P and your others as I know you and the missus already do. Our other cats prefer my lady over me, I think. I'm their second " bestest " person they know but I'm still on the bottom of the list. :haha:
My other chore that I do is trimming the cats' nails with a set of cat nail clippers; this involves putting the feline on its back in your lap under your arm; splaying the toes lightly and snipping deftly without damaging the cuticle. The cat-thumb requires extra attention. Time(3-4 minutes tops?!!) is of the essence before the critter begins to to wiggle free . Thank God hind-paws only have four nails! The neighbors caught wind of this so I do only indoor cats as requested. Outdoor cats need their defensive armament. I have the cat scratches& bites to show for it, to boot, on my hands and wrists. After a time though, they just slump in my lap and endure the misery. It saves on the upholstery and bedcover tears wherever the beast prefers to languish. My cat always looks at me defiantly as she sharpens her claws on the scratching post afterwards, ruining my good work!

[Jimbuna]

Started the preparations for the trip to Antalya in September and just made a final choice on our Mexico holiday come next May so off to the travel agent tomorrow....provided they can price match the online Tui price.

[Aktungbby]

just be sure you've more Pounds in yer wallet than in yer luggage!??:O:

[Jimbuna]

just be sure you've more Pounds in yer wallet than in yer luggage!??:O:

Was exchanging messages with a woman on FB earlier and she didn't realise she had mistaken the 50 Turkish Lira note for the 50 Euro note when she tipped a barman.

She said the look on his face gave it away....the 50 Turkish Lira note she meant to give him was worth about £1.50 but the 50 Euro note she gave him by mistake was worth £43 :)

[Aktungbby]

No doubt he was leering at her! but ogling her billfold!:o

[Jimbuna]

That note was worth probably more than he earned in a couple of days.

Personally I'll be taking both Lira and Sterling but will only be tipping in Lira and to be totally honest I begrudge tipping frequently when the holiday is an all-inclusive package.

In Mexico I don't mind so much but that is mainly down to the American and Canadian tipping culture that permeates there already.

[Aktungbby]

Watching Armstrong on the TV history channel; commemorating the first landing Apollo 11 of on the moon...

[Aktungbby]

Yea!!! Our WIFI/internet just came alive after going out last night around 8PM. Affecting 2500 customers: no phone; no TV; and no internet for 12 hours!!! But like 'Lucky Jack' Aubrey says: "What a fascinating modern age we live in!" http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/images/ranks/luckyjack15.jpg :roll::nope::()1:

[Jimbuna]

I thought things were a little quiet on here lately :hmmm:

:03:

[Aktungbby]

/\...turns out it was a specific act of vandalism that cut off service to 50,000 customers in Napa and neighboring Sonoma counties for 14 hours. That meant no TV, house phones, or computer internet....quiet indeed!:shucks:

[Jimbuna]

Celebrating the dogs tenth birthday,,,,the wife and the kids mainly :)

[Jimbuna]

Received my free bus pass this morning, a day early.

https://i.postimg.cc/LsMzfT11/Old-man-with-cane.gif (https://postimages.org/)

[Mork_417]

About a month ago, we got new shelves for my office so I could have more organizational space, as well as, display space for my "toys".
Feeling better this morning, i decided to start on reassembly of my existing two subs that I had placed in storage.

Depending on how the day goes, I may start on the new one still in the box. :D

https://i.imgur.com/TKL49o4h.jpg

[Jeff-Groves]

Wasting time writing Scripts to decode and then encode things for the Silent Hunter Series of Games.

[Jimbuna]

Recovering from last nights shenanigans :o

[Mork_417]

Finished up the second sub today. Too late to start on the Tang, but will probably do it tomorrow. Also, been testing some lighting options for the display. Of course, if i decide to use these, they will be mounted above the subs, out of sight. Only the reflection of the animated colors will be seen shining down on the subs. May place a matte dark color something under the sub to add to the effect.
http://i.imgur.com/v3i8YSoh.jpg (https://imgur.com/v3i8YSo)
http://i.imgur.com/7KUywzLh.jpg (https://imgur.com/7KUywzL)
http://i.imgur.com/mKryk2bh.jpg (https://imgur.com/mKryk2b)

[Eichhörnchen]

'No-mess modelmaking' - I like it! :Kaleun_Salute::Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

[Aktungbby]

:shucks::timeout::O:C'mon now U jus like sniffin' the glue! https://media.tenor.com/59wWQzZS-pUAAAAC/flying-high.gif

[Aktungbby]

Out at Napa's premier chop-house tonight; our customary preference for "occasions of state" for 30 years of dining: 43rd wedding anniversary!:doh: My wife said: " I'm renewing your contract for another year!":timeout: The neighboring table diners, apparently hearing "anniversary" mentioned, generously covered our cocktail-drinks; and dessert, a shared pecan pie-slice, was 'on the house!'...a complete surprise when the bill arrived!! Turns out, our waitress, noting the name on my card, announced that she had gone to school with our daughter and been in the school choir with her...so my wife shared the recent wedding pics from her cell phone with the young lady. :yeah:

[ReallyDedPoet]

Just finished the Senior Dive Officer Exam, Wolfpack :yep: These take time, but are fun to do, most of the time
anyways :damn: :)

Lot's to learn.

[Eichhörnchen]

Wednesday saw our 37th Wedding Anniversary (I couldn't post as we were away with no internet). Every day she tells me she loves me, so that's always a pleasant surprise :D

https://i.imgur.com/e5FDVQW.jpg https://i.imgur.com/QyJLYN0.jpg

I took photo number two three months ago - I don't know how she stays looking like this while I age visibly with each passing day; I've searched the attic but found no painting - and she swears it's not monkey glands

[Jimbuna]

Lovely photo Glynn and congratulations on the occasion.

Ann and I will be celebrating our 39th next month in Antalya so I reckon both Moira and her deserve our love and appreciation as well as medals the size of a frying pan :03:

[Eichhörnchen]

^ Absolutely :haha: :Kaleun_Salute:

She just pointed to an extra huge frying pan she's got and said "Yes, that frying pan"

[Jimbuna]

Treat he to one of these, they are really very good.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jean-Patrique-Whatever-Pan-Aluminium-Griddle/dp/B07KDW9W91/ref=ice_ac_b_dpb_sspa?adgrpid=62904432869&hvadid=593037791435&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9046777&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=13747980105462393664&hvtargid=kwd-620567570834&hydadcr=19395_2248704&keywords=whatever%2Bpan&qid=1691952815&sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1

[Jimbuna]

Had a great time at my Niece's wedding on Monday.

https://i.postimg.cc/fLNF9RPM/367400531-18383515171056476-5848626512710984286-n.jpg (https://postimg.cc/p9sqNRxS)
https://i.postimg.cc/63fPLNsn/365317153-18383514649056476-2569673884752253988-n.jpg (https://postimg.cc/PpNKT955)
https://i.postimg.cc/WzpH5fjK/368003767-18383514628056476-962971092976160951-n.jpg (https://postimg.cc/bDMgJgZH)

[Commander Wallace]

^ Great family pictures, James. :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up: Love the big smiles all around and the little girl looks like a ray of sunshine. :yep: I caught the fact you have two drinks in your hand, Jim. Does that make you a two fisted drinker ? :haha:


All the best to your niece and her husband as they embark on a new journey and life together. :Kaleun_Cheers:

[Jimbuna]

^ Great family pictures, James. :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up: Love the big smiles all around and the little girl looks like a ray of sunshine. :yep: I caught the fact you have two drinks in your hand, Jim. Does that make you a two fisted drinker ? :haha:


All the best to your niece and her husband as they embark on a new journey and life together. :Kaleun_Cheers:

Ha yeah, just now noticed the two bottles but in my defence they are only small :)

Forgot to mention in the original post.....

Top photo: Ann and I with our niece Abbie (the bride).

Second photo: Ann and I with our granddaughter Lucia

Bottom photo: Ann and I with our children James and Lauren (Lucia's mam).

[Aktungbby]

Ha yeah, just now noticed the two bottles but in my defence they are only small :)

...at 66, that's not a defense;:o that's a rationalization!:Kaleun_Cheers: Great photos, and the bride is gorgeous!:arrgh!:

[Catfish]

Great photos and family, congratulations :) :up:

[mapuc]

Great pictures indeed.

A man need to have two beers in his hands-or he will tip to the left or the right. In other words he need balance.

Markus

[Jeff-Groves]

Reading up on the USS Bucyrus Victory (AK-234).
And I was Born and raises in Bucyrus!
Never knew about this Ship before.
:o
My GrandFather fought on Okinawa and I wonder if he knew this ship was there?

[Aktungbby]

Great pictures indeed.

A man need to have two beers in his hands-or he will tip to the left or the right. In other words he need balance.

Markus This being a naval oriented forum; U actually meant "on an even keel"!:shucks: Trust me on this:arrgh!: https://youtu.be/_KuDET1PvTY

[Commander Wallace]

Great pictures indeed.

A man need to have two beers in his hands-or he will tip to the left or the right. In other words he need balance.

Markus


I like the balance theory and plan to use it when the occasion arises. That's assuming you don't have a copyright on that terminology, Markus. :03:

[ReallyDedPoet]

More Wolfpack Academy training :arrgh!:

[mapuc]

I like the balance theory and plan to use it when the occasion arises. That's assuming you don't have a copyright on that terminology, Markus. :03:

Have no © on this terminology, so you use it freely.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

More Wolfpack Academy training :arrgh!:

Yeah, I remember the days when it was three at a time :)

https://i.postimg.cc/8CrybKnp/1house2.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[Commander Wallace]

Wednesday saw our 37th Wedding Anniversary (I couldn't post as we were away with no internet). Every day she tells me she loves me, so that's always a pleasant surprise :D

https://i.imgur.com/e5FDVQW.jpg https://i.imgur.com/QyJLYN0.jpg

I took photo number two three months ago - I don't know how she stays looking like this while I age visibly with each passing day; I've searched the attic but found no painting - and she swears it's not monkey glands


I have no Idea how I missed this. I wanted to extend heartfelt Happy Anniversary Wishes to you and Moira. :Kaleun_Applaud: :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up: I hope you both have many, many more years together to enjoy. :yep:

[Jimbuna]

Not long back from the solicitors having put the final signatures to our wills.

The kids should be overjoyed when they realise we've left them nothing but debt :)

[Commander Wallace]

Not long back from the solicitors having put the final signatures to our wills.

The kids should be overjoyed when they realise we've left them nothing but debt :)


I was going to ask if I'm in the will. After having read the above regarding debt, I'm checking the box for opting out. :yep:

[Aktungbby]

Had a great time at my Niece's wedding on Monday.

https://i.postimg.cc/fLNF9RPM/367400531-18383515171056476-5848626512710984286-n.jpg (https://postimg.cc/p9sqNRxS)


Great photos, and the bride is gorgeous!:arrgh!:...as they should & do! Here's the bride and and groom...the only one(s) I've managed to trim down to :subsim: foto-format size thus far: https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=13273https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=13274

[Jimbuna]

I was going to ask if I'm in the will. After having read the above regarding debt, I'm checking the box for opting out. :yep:

Wise decision :)

...as they should & do! Here's the bride and and groom...the only one(s) I've managed to trim down to :subsim: foto-format size thus far: https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=13273https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=13274

Beautiful and very brave lady especially as she is allowing some strange looking weirdo too close to herself for my liking :)

[Commander Wallace]

^ Great pictures, Vinnie. The weird looking chap in the pictures goes without saying. :03: Thankfully, the lass also in the pictures adds enough class for everyone. :yep:



Seriously, great pictures. They make a great looking couple.

[Aktungbby]

^She was laughing: Amazed at the nuptual procedings et al, she had muttered to me: "Oh god what have I done" to which I gamely responded: "No dear, that's the question you'll ask tomorrow morning...:O: When we walked out for the 'binding of the wrists' (scottish style)https://subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=13275 I told her: "Relax It will all go of its own accord." And it did. The party, 100 guests, dinner, and dancing afterward, was a blast! The groom's uncles and dad all wore their kilts. Turns out Dad and I had met 50 years ago playing Rugby; him for UC Berkley- me for San Jose Seahawks:arrgh!: Two of the staff and the photographer had gone to high school with my daughter. The wedding planner had been her sunday-school teacher; and her husband, a Napa jeweler, had made the sapphire engagement ring. Small world!:timeout:

[Aktungbby]

some strange looking weirdo too close to herself for my liking The weird looking chap in the pictures goes without saying. https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=10408 I AM NOT A WEIRD LOOKING GUY! :Kaleun_Crying: https://subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=9585 https://subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=8804:arrgh!::O:

[Commander Wallace]

https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=10408 I AM NOT A WEIRD LOOKING GUY! :Kaleun_Crying: https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=9585 https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=8804:arrgh!::O:


Ok, Ok. I will give you that. Perhaps I should have said no more weird looking than the rest of us. :haha: Still, the beautiful lass in the picture more than compensates for, well, .... never mind. :haha: You love animals so, you get extra points there. :yep:

[mapuc]

Anyone who love cats and animals and not to forget sailing isn't a bad guy.

Markus

[Jeff-Groves]

https://i.insider.com/616ec18f41af0d00193f3940?width=700&format=jpeg&auto=webp

[Eichhörnchen]

^ and bald - don't forget bald :haha:

[Jeff-Groves]

They both look like Evil Villains from a James Bond Movie.
:hmmm:

[Aktungbby]

^ and bald - don't forget bald :haha:VEE HAF VEYS UFF CUBBERING DAT UPP https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=10044...Or so four Polish 'Mata Hari's' thought at 4th & Mission in the SF Tenderloin
:Kaleun_Salivating::Kaleun_Goofy::Kaleun_Party: then one found out and did me in!!??....with my own Berretta 92DAO! https://media.giphy.com/media/ZAof6kl4SH2Ok/giphy.gif:oops::dead:

[Jeff-Groves]

That picture just proves my Evil Villian theory!
:haha:

[ReallyDedPoet]

Getting ready to watch the Packers :)


https://sportshub.cbsistatic.com/i/r/2016/07/07/174fdd94-ecf8-4d41-9b52-08221fbd9fa8/resize/750x422/b3634188e2a616c49d0cca050736c78f/packers-helmet-lawsuit-07-07-16.jpg

[Aktungbby]

My light-sleeper wife awakened me up st 4:15, even as I was having a miserable night in my CPAP mask anyway, to report a PM from our Enphase solar service company advising us that an automobile accident out on the main ingress-blvd. a block over, had caused a utility power failure; and we are now operating on our standby Chinese-made battery which is down to 56%...I can operate devices; but need to conserve the battery...how like a U-boat! Example: I'm posting this on my battery-charged Verizon tablet rather than my mancave's computer. Power from worthless, criminally negligent PG&E is expected to be restored by 06:45...(the Krupp coffee-maker uses a lotta energy:doh:) and I can resume selling them excess solar-produced Kws (reducing my electric bill to approx. $30 a month:yeah: ) and recharging the battery!:yeah:

[Aktungbby]

UPDATE: An Enphase PM just informed me: 'my system is back on the grid'..."U may fire up the Krupp when ready...Gridley" and I'll now toast a crumpet to boot, and read about the missing Chinese submarine in the Taiwan Strait; and have a great Tuesday after all!:arrgh!:

[Jimbuna]

Funnily enough that is what I ate for breakfast this morning....two toasted crumpets with a slice of cheese on the top of each one.

[Catfish]

Repaired the Citroen today with a bit of maintenance, I am literally crawling on all fours now :haha:
"Made in Trance" :doh:

[Jimbuna]

Will soon be off with the boy to look at a house he fancies closer to his place of work to ease his travel burden periodically.

The area is rural apparently (don't remember the name) so hopefully it'll be nice and his mom and I will get to spend a few days in it from time to time when he's staying at his original house.

[Skybird]

Today was yearly Summer's Relief Day.

Its the third summer in a row that my squirrels of the the first hour (three brothers born in winter/early spring 2020) with whom I began squirrel business in spring 2020, for absolutely unknown reasons disappeared in mid-July, and at some time near end of August one by one come back and report back for nutjob.

Its weired, really, i have no clue what they are doing in these 5-6 weeks and where they go, but they are not around, do not show up. Also, its only the three nutketeers from spring 2020 behaving like this, foreign squirrels and wanderers who just transit through, are not shy to come over my nuts supply.

Today's video control shows me that both Taro and Kira were visiting, and drank from the waterbowl in the tree, and got a nut or two. I havent seen them since mid-July. I am relieved, and thankful. Its strange to note that I formed a social bond to them, somehow. These two, probably brothers, are very dear and special to me, with them and a third guy named Sari, it started. Sari is a rare guest throughout the year anyway, and he wasnt around since Eastern. I hope he is not dead and will coem back. This year was the first time also that Kira and Taro accepted nuts from my hand. Very, very rare. Or one of them hangs head-down beside me in the tree when I fill the nut boxes, half a meter away, and letting me know his squirrel stories. They are cautious, but no longer in total alarm and stress mode when close to me. Different to grey squirreels, they stay alone, form no social relations most of the time , and do not live in families and groups, so yzu see why I take it so precvious that they tolerate me now. I never lured them - they decided it all by themseleves.

They are four years old now. Red European squirrels can, if taken good care of (food, medication), reach an age of 10, very rarely 11 and 12 years (American grey squirrels for example up to 28-30 - think of that next time you think you must shoot at them all for nothing). The European Reds in Germany to 75-80% do not make it to their first birthday. In the wild, not even every tenth animals gets 3 years old, not even one in a hundred reaches 5 years. You understand why I am so happy that Kira and Taro are still here, and came back today after weeks of absence. I will do my share of help to assist them over thwe inter: always fresh or unfrozen water, and more than enough nuts.

If only I knew what they are doing every summer. They are males. Probably flying to Tenerife, partying and drinking themselves into coma. Nut liqueur, what else.

[Eichhörnchen]

10 years is indeed a long life for a wild animal when many domestic cats can only hope to make it to 14 or so

[ReallyDedPoet]

Getting ready to watch Ahsoka :) <------------ bit of a SW geek :yep:

[Jimbuna]

Boy has finalised his house purchase in a cash deal, something his parents were never able to do so good luck to him.

[Aktungbby]

...a wikiup amidst the Northumbrian heather?:D

[Jimbuna]

Little does he yet know it but a weekend countryside retreat for his parents :):03:

[Jimbuna]

That was Mexico, his purchase is a lot closer to his home :)

[Tango589]

Yesterday, me and my other half (anonymity protected) rescued a retired Greyhound from a greyhound charity near Canterbury in Kent. His name is Ziggy, he's 5 years old and this is his first time of being in a home. He's settling in well and pays no attention to the cat. He hasn't figured out how mirrors work and bumps his head against them trying to get into the next bit of room. He'll do just fine.

https://i.postimg.cc/NFMV4nTd/20230930-120321.jpg (https://postimg.cc/8J2tktZv)

https://i.postimg.cc/nVPwx0qt/20230930-142554.jpg (https://postimg.cc/w3Dkc5WW)

https://i.postimg.cc/B6vM9K66/20230930-120224.jpg (https://postimg.cc/Y4J1QjQK)

[Jimbuna]

Nice one...I grew up all my life with greyhounds and the dilemma was often what to do with them after their racing days were past them. Not all could become household pets.

[Bilge_Rat]

https://www.tiktok.com/@mayarides/video/7278121856740166918?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc

[Eichhörnchen]

My presence here is likely to be very patchy now that Covid has finally caught up with me - we'd been trying to do the right thing for our disabled son by getting him to his special social/educational group at the college but after having my car smashed from under me recently by some idiot, we've had to use public transport (a joke in Lincolnshire) and taxis - which has exposed us to even more risk

I feel fine, but if you read the literature then I'm one of those who should be considered half-dead already and in need of special care. Well I just walked five miles back home from the mother in law's place to avoid exposing anyone else to my diseased presence - and I didn't even feel the need for a sit-down when I got here. But a positive result is still positive, so we're not sure where we'll be living over the next week or so; the boy's got it, bless him, but Moira came up negative despite having all the symptoms (have to re-test her I think)

[mapuc]

Take care you know and drink lots of water, stay inside where it's warm.

Markus

[Aktungbby]

My presence here is likely to be very patchy now that Covid has finally caught up with me - we'd been trying to do the right thing for our disabled son by getting him to his special social/educational group at the college but after having my car smashed from under me recently by some idiot, we've had to use public transport (a joke in Lincolnshire) and taxis - which has exposed us to even more risk

I feel fine, but if you read the literature then I'm one of those who should be considered half-dead already and in need of special care. Well I just walked five miles back home from the mother in law's place to avoid exposing anyone else to my diseased presence - and I didn't even feel the need for a sit-down when I got here. But a positive result is still positive, so we're not sure where we'll be living over the next week or so; the boy's got it, bless him, but Moira came up negative despite having all the symptoms (have to re-test her I think) Quit hangin' yer dirty linen in this thread! but try to stay 'tightly wrapped'!:shucks: https://www.egypttoursportal.com/images/2023/09/Thutmose-IV-Mummy-Egypt-Tours-Portal.jpg:D:oops: :dead:

[Jimbuna]

My presence here is likely to be very patchy now that Covid has finally caught up with me - we'd been trying to do the right thing for our disabled son by getting him to his special social/educational group at the college but after having my car smashed from under me recently by some idiot, we've had to use public transport (a joke in Lincolnshire) and taxis - which has exposed us to even more risk

I feel fine, but if you read the literature then I'm one of those who should be considered half-dead already and in need of special care. Well I just walked five miles back home from the mother in law's place to avoid exposing anyone else to my diseased presence - and I didn't even feel the need for a sit-down when I got here. But a positive result is still positive, so we're not sure where we'll be living over the next week or so; the boy's got it, bless him, but Moira came up negative despite having all the symptoms (have to re-test her I think)

Take good care of yourselves Glynn :up:

[Eichhörnchen]

Thanks, guys - I'm now running a kind of decrepit collection and delivery service on my bike (just 1/2 hour from the mother in law's place now I've got my bike) - Moira tested positive this morning so it's a hat trick - I don't like loose ends :haha:

[Aktungbby]

I don't like loose ends :haha::Kaleun_Wink:...a 'Freudian slip' if ever... please wear your bike helmet so we can get another game of WaS!!?

[Catfish]

@Glynn Oh man, I wish you a speedy recovery and a soon-to-be-negative test. I still would not push too hard physical work-wise, even if you feel fine.
All the best ! :sunny:

[Ostfriese]

I‘m in a meeting with marketing and PR people.

I hate meetings, because they consume a lot of time for little gain.
There are few things I hate even more than meetings, but marketing people and PR people definitely are among them. :/\\!!:/\\!!

Hopefully your Monday starts better than mine :Kaleun_Salute:

[Aktungbby]

Yay! My drivers license, suspended since my second 'night seizure' as it is a form of epilepsy, has been reactivated by the DMV in today's official letter! I can drive again. No doubt, my regimen of Kepra, Plavix & aspirin; and sleeping with a CPAP mask enabled my physician to reverse his original required notification to the state after no further incidents for 4 months!. :yeah: Being stuck in the house for 4 months has been tough though; particularly for my wife who doesn't like driving and is accustomed to my doing all the errand trips. I did keep the batteries charged up on my 'wheels' during the crisis, so I'm off to smog the '05 Corolla for its yearly registration tomorrow. The up side: at least I didn't have to pay the outrageous $6.00 gallon price for ga$oline during the ordeal! :shucks:

[Gerald]

Repaired the Citroen today with a bit of maintenance, I am literally crawling on all fours now :haha:
"Made in Trance" :doh: Again? It appears that is "the only thing you do" ..finger crossed this will be last mechanic you do.👍

[Gerald]

Repaired the Citroen today with a bit of maintenance, I am literally crawling on all fours now :haha:
"Made in Trance" :doh:

Thanks, guys - I'm now running a kind of decrepit collection and delivery service on my bike (just 1/2 hour from the mother in law's place now I've got my bike) - Moira tested positive this morning so it's a hat trick - I don't like loose ends :haha:

My presence here is likely to be very patchy now that Covid has finally caught up with me - we'd been trying to do the right thing for our disabled son by getting him to his special social/educational group at the college but after having my car smashed from under me recently by some idiot, we've had to use public transport (a joke in Lincolnshire) and taxis - which has exposed us to even more risk

I feel fine, but if you read the literature then I'm one of those who should be considered half-dead already and in need of special care. Well I just walked five miles back home from the mother in law's place to avoid exposing anyone else to my diseased presence - and I didn't even feel the need for a sit-down when I got here. But a positive result is still positive, so we're not sure where we'll be living over the next week or so; the boy's got it, bless him, but Moira came up negative despite having all the symptoms (have to re-test her I think)
Get well fast 💪

[Eichhörnchen]

This morning I opened the front door to this - my neighbour grew this sucker in a growbag. She says she has 2 more if I want another one but it's bloody huge - I reckon I'm going to be eating soup for the next six months

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

[Aktungbby]

...and a pumkin pie! https://www.bhg.com/thmb/obFCId0daryicwKiEN3byKuvOB8=/750x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc() :format(webp)/BHG-How-To-Make-Pumpkin-Pie-From-Real-Pumpkin-Hero-02-5490-b27ee62e8927440bb06b91d3406d2631.jpg https://www.bhg.com/recipes/desserts/pies/pumpkin/how-to-make-pumkin-pie/ :Kaleun_Salivating:

[Jimbuna]

Cloudy and overcast today but at the bottom of my garden two Dutch warships are seeking shelter.

HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën (F802) and HNLMS Van Amstel (F831)

https://i.postimg.cc/pTZ98Z1Q/IMG-4277.jpg (https://postimg.cc/JDs4Cb8t)

[Aktungbby]

...did they have a pilotus musgrovius?:arrgh!:

[Jimbuna]

No, he's based at Teesside Freeport.

[Eichhörnchen]

Moira showed me an eyeball she just finished as part of the zombie bear, or 'zombear' she's crocheting (as she's calling it). I asked if it shouldn't be called an "undeaddy bear"

[Commander Wallace]

Moira showed me an eyeball she just finished as part of the zombie bear, or 'zombear' she's crocheting (as she's calling it). I asked if it shouldn't be called an "undeaddy bear"


I think perhaps calling it an " Undeady Teddy " might sound better. :03:

[Aktungbby]

Moira showed me an eyeball she just finished as part of the zombie bear, or 'zombear' she's crocheting (as she's calling it). I asked if it shouldn't be called an "undeaddy bear"As the spouse of an inveterate knitter/crocheter in my own right, I know U can't bear to B without her! :yeah::Kaleun_Thumbs_Up: :Kaleun_Salute:

[Red October1984]

Popped positive for the Corona, looking for suggestions for activities to occupy the time

[Sean C]

You could learn celestial navigation! :yeah: I'll help!

But seriously, here's hoping it's a mild case and you get well soon! Please take care of yourself, get plenty of rest, stay hydrated and fed. And don't exert yourself if at all possible.

Best Wishes,
Sean

[Red October1984]

You could learn celestial navigation! :yeah: I'll help!

But seriously, here's hoping it's a mild case and you get well soon! Please take care of yourself, get plenty of rest, stay hydrated and fed. And don't exert yourself if at all possible.

Best Wishes,
Sean




Thanks for the well wishes!


Celestial Navigation, now that's a good one. :doh: I'm not positive I have a real world use for such a skill in the era of other air navigation techniques, but I'll do some reading (I have plenty of time)

[Aktungbby]

....I'm off to my daughter's Robert Lewis Stevenson Museum whiskey tasting to raise money for the museum. I'm the designated driver since I don't drink. It's the first tasting since the pandemic. Scottish writer RLS was fond of Talisker Whiskey and I'll at least be wearing my Talisker sweatshirt from my visit to that distillery on my last Scotland trip. The museum is along the Silverado Trail in the Napa Valley where RLS lived for a season and later penned one his famous works: The Silverado Squatters. Having devoured Kidnapped and Treasure Island :yeah: (from which my sig is inspired), :arrgh!: in my youth, I'll have to read that eventually...:hmmm:

[Jeff-Groves]

Watching the flight path of a General Atomics MQ-9 Predator B.
Maybe a test flight or a training flight but it's intesesting.

[Jimbuna]

Having been to the bank yesterday I went into town this afternoon and purchased a pack of christmas cards and envelopes.

Put some money into each one and can now confidently say my christmas present shopping is all sorted :salute:

[Jeff-Groves]

So. How much did you send me?
:hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

About $50 more than you sent me :)

[Eisenwurst]

https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?&q=street+without+joy+1938&&mid=DA4AE397F2CB52EFE020DA4AE397F2CB52EFE020&&FORM=VRDGAR

28.57 is where the book really starts, before that there's a pompous introduction by some Academic, it's best to completely skip it. :)

The Audiobook of "Street without Joy" by Bernard B Fall.

That's what I'm doing right now....lying in bed listening to it. Great book :)

[Aktungbby]

About $ 50 more than you sent me :) could you make mine £50? :D:yeah::()1:

[Jimbuna]

could you make mine £50? :D:yeah::()1:

No problem, I'll have Neal send it straight away :salute:

[Aktungbby]

Jeeze! I'll finally be able to afford becoming a bluemaxed :subsim: Overlord instead of a mi$anthropic-mi$creant first officer/occasional admiral!:arrgh!:

[Jimbuna]

I very much doubt you'll ever feast at the top table though :D

[Aktungbby]

I'll have to content myself jus' dining graciously on an elevated dias...with my silver spoon in my gaping maw! :Kaleun_Salivating::Kaleun_Party:

[Jimbuna]

The wife and I will be at our daughters but the difference being this time Lauren is preparing and cooking the meal herself.

I think it prudent if I put some ready prepared food on standby back at our place of abode :)

[Aktungbby]

Enjoying the 'atmospheric river' keeping the fire-danger down as New Years approaches. Having guarded the biopic movie: Chasing Mavericshttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/91/Chasing_Mavericks_Poster.jpg Half Moon Bay beach scenes for a long month back in 2010-11, where even Gerard Butler was injured while surfing and the actual surfing competion has been cancelled since 2016 due to the extreme danger, and Jay Moriarity about whom the movie was about, eventually died freediving in the Maldives; I was shocked to see this video of the 40 ft. + surf-waves battering the California coastline including Mavericks yesterday with surfer JoJo Roper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NwPiSRXRU8 Even my own brother, a lifelong California surfer, won't surf here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMChBJZUDK8

[Aktungbby]

JEEZE! ...as of this post there only seven captains extant:Aktungbby, dvdjb7, Otto Harkaman, otto99, Reece, SquareSteelBar, ZbiLip;:yeah: and 3285 stowaways!:k_confused:

[Aktungbby]

After a solid week of 'atmospheric river' rainy drizzle, the Pineapple Express, stretching from Hawaii, is blasting the Bay Area with 80 mph winds and solid rain! I had to go forth and recover the the BBQ. Good thing I had a spot of sunshine enough to mow the lawns two days ago!:yeah: ...and I can't complain; the reservoirs in drought-stricken, fire-ravaged California are at their highest levels in years! The largest, Lake Shasta, has actually had to open its floodgates to avoid damaging the dam.
Now if some of it would just get back down into the over-farmed groundwater tables...we'd be lookin good!

[ET2SN]

I just got my box from AMZ delivered. :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

I knew it was a long shot but I ordered 12 tins of these puppies:

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51g6SxlF+VL._SX300_SY300_.jpg

.. which no longer exist, since Bumble Bee Tuna bought out Beach Cliff several years ago. Still, maybe a store somewhere had some old cases in the warehouse? :hmmm:

No joy, what I got are the Sardines which are still great but the fish steaks were awesome. Chopped Norwegian small Herring in hot sauce, which no longer exist.

:Kaleun_Salivating::Kaleun_Cheers:

[Aktungbby]

EDIT Hurricane force winds are now in effect for most of California. 94% of the state's 40 million population is affected. Santa Barbara is under evacuation advisory. On my street alone, major amounts of palm-fronds are all over the neighborhood. None from my tree landed on my roof's solar panel array thanks to
winds in excess 50mph...fom the east??! :o not from the customary westerly Pacific direction. The major storm impact is expected around 6PM PST.

[ET2SN]

Want some Sardines? :)

[Reece]

What Are You Doing In Real Life

Sitting in front of the computer dropping off! :yawn::zzz:

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/nN3sUsq.jpeg

Just caught Moira studying me as I tuck into a couple of rolls filled with salad

"What?" I said

"Oh, it's just nice to see you eating something healthy for a change"

[Aktungbby]

great schnozz-Barbara Streisand shot!:arrgh!:

[Eichhörnchen]

It's the camera: the nearest object often gets magnified - just Moira's bad luck it was her nose that time :haha:

https://i.imgur.com/54a68gu.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/dnhrzlY.jpeg This is what it normally looks like

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/Ew9qcFq.jpeg

I finally got my claim endorsed and settled after that idiot creamed my car with his transporter lorry. But no more will we see our dear old Vauxhall (nor any other most probably) parked at our favourite seaside spot along Huttoft Bank

[Eichhörnchen]

I just grew a beard - not a long scruffy one to get caught in the periscope but a nice short one. Moira likes it - she keeps stroking it - so I told her to make the most of it, it's the nearest she'll ever get to owning a dog

https://i.imgur.com/wUdqAGD.jpeg Woof!

[Eichhörnchen]

Posted on my Facebook page today:

"I was just reminiscing with Moira about my school days. When elevated from the 5th year to the 6th, it went to some peoples' heads as they began addressing teachers by their Christian names and sitting in armchairs swilling coffee outside the common room in the sun. This annoyed me and a friend of mine (who is present here among us) so much that he booted a football into the back of the head of one of these offenders, just as he raised his cup to his stupid lips. It was a long shot and gauged perfectly; we laughed so.

This same friend was also once caught by the Deputy Head (Mr "Ray-gun" Ray) inscribing the legend "Williams is a wanker" into the library wall one lunchtime. He got the slipper, detention and a couple of hundred lines for that.

Happy days!"

[Shadowblade]

me:


https://media1.tenor.com/m/7WlUt-TDNEYAAAAC/bloody-keyboard.gif

[Aktungbby]

me:


https://media1.tenor.com/m/7WlUt-TDNEYAAAAC/bloody-keyboard.gif No graphic images of people murdered, blown up, dismembered, or similarly ripped up. If you must, you can use a link to the image and include the warning "Graphic image warning". FIXED :D

[Jimbuna]

me:


https://media1.tenor.com/m/7WlUt-TDNEYAAAAC/bloody-keyboard.gif

Saw that posted as way back as 2006.

[Aktungbby]

...had a fairly great yesterday!:arrgh!:We had to go see our tax accountant, thinking that cashing in an IRA from my Federal days 22 years ago to pay for the daughter's nuptuals and simplify my portfolio to my single mutual funds account, was going to to run me $5K as I had not withheld anything for Federal taxes. The IRA itself was complete fluke-freeby as the fraudulent contractor, using the $3.00 per hr. health-benefit to pay insurance; but not putting anything leftover into the employees' IRAs, had utterly forgotten to transfer me onto a new midcontract employee health plan changeover and had to then put the entire fund entirely into an IRA account, leaving me with a healthy $7K at contract's end in 1999. My wife's employment insurance had covered my own health concerns. Some 200 other guards also suddenly got the leftover small-change into their 'new' IRAs! I let the IRA gain over 2 decades until 2023 when I simplified things and cashed out. My taxman ran the numbers including $12K Federal deduction on our new solar system , and I only had to pay $800.00 for the IRA cashout!:yeah: Throw in the monthly mutual funds summary: my account gained $6K!? I figure that puts me up $10K on the day :hmmm: just sitting on my dead ass blogging...:O: JEEZE! I might even fill the gas tanks (CA gas is $5 a gallon!) on my '86 Camry and '05 Corolla...such mind-boggling extravagance!??:k_confused:

[Jimbuna]

^ Great, we're having the bathroom totally revamped on our return from Mexico next month so I now know where I can source a cheap loan :yeah:

[Aktungbby]

^ Great, we're having the bathroom totally revamped on our return from Mexico next month so I now know where I can source a cheap loan :yeah:

It'l be interest free...as long as we can get an updated hottub photo! :yeah::arrgh!:

[Rockstar]

I just grew a beard - not a long scruffy one to get caught in the periscope but a nice short one. Moira likes it - she keeps stroking it - so I told her to make the most of it, it's the nearest she'll ever get to owning a dog

https://i.imgur.com/wUdqAGD.jpeg Woof!

The picture (not the beard story) makes me think of a song. Respect.

https://youtu.be/LzE32ChEp24?feature=shared

When in the springtime of the year
When the trees are crowned with leaves
When the ash and oak, and the birch and yew
Are dressed in ribbons fair

When owls call the breathless moon
In the blue veil of the night
The shadows of the trees appear
Amidst the lantern light

We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
Now returning back again
We bring a garland gay

Who will go down to the shady groves
And summon the shadows there
And tie a ribbon on those sheltering arms
In the springtime of the year

The songs of birds seem to fill the wood
That when the fiddler plays
All their voices can be heard
Long past their woodland days

We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
And now returning back again
We bring a garland gay

And so they linked their hands and danced
'Round in circles and in rows
And so the journey of the night descends
When all the shades are gone

A garland gay we bring you here
And at your door we stand
It is a sprout well budded out
The work of our Lord's hand

We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
And now returning back again
We bring a garland gay

We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
And now returning back again
We bring a garland gay

[Commander Wallace]

The picture (not the beard story) makes me think of a song. Respect.

https://youtu.be/LzE32ChEp24?feature=shared


Lorenna Mckennıtt has a great voice. My favorite from Lorenna.



Bonny Portmore.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM5ABrBy7g8

[Eichhörnchen]

@ Rockstar: The beautiful music and lyrics do sum up my lady Moira very perfectly - she has some celtic ancestry and very much a country girl, influenced in her tastes by our ancient history. Thanks, mate - very much appreciated - she liked it indeed

@ Commander Wallace: Ah, the sound of Northumbrian bagpipes - always gets both of us. And we'll be getting this album too, guys! Thank you

Edit: CD album now on order from Ebay

[Jimbuna]

It'l be interest free...as long as we can get an updated hottub photo! :yeah::arrgh!:

ROFLMAO :har:

[Commander Wallace]

@ Rockstar: The beautiful music and lyrics do sum up my lady Moira very perfectly - she has some celtic ancestry and very much a country girl, influenced in her tastes by our ancient history. Thanks, mate - very much appreciated - she liked it indeed

@ Commander Wallace: Ah, the sound of Northumbrian bagpipes - always gets both of us. And we'll be getting this album too, guys! Thank you

Edit: CD album now on order from Ebay


I understand completely about the bagpipes since I'm very much of Scots lineage. The Northumbrian bagpipes also resonate with me as well. I'm also German. A lot of my musical tastes, particularly in Classical music, gravitate toward that of German Composers. These include Mozart from the greater areas of Germany, in old Austria and also the Music of Scotland and Ireland.

I also absolutely loved the music of Celtic Woman having seen a number of their live shows and performances from 2005 through 2012. Celtic Woman had fantastic Musicians. Celtic Woman is still performing but with vast lineup changes. They no longer have even close to the Chemistry and Harmonies they once had.

Enjoy the Album and if you and Moira haven't already, check out Celtic Woman, again from 2005 through about 2012. You won't be disappointed. :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

[ET2SN]

My head is now smaller and slightly lighter.
:Kaleun_Salute:

I grew the beard out just after Halloween and, today, it hit 80F for the first time, so out came the clippers followed by a shave. :D

I can still do this :hmmm: but now its less dramatic.

[Eichhörnchen]

^ :har:

[Aktungbby]

....spent yesterday doing my wife's bidding and putting in the spring garden-boxes' crops using my trusty rototiller https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=13470 to mix in the 300 LBS of potting soil; after which, I drove the her Suburu Forester and my '05 Corolla to the Oilman for their oil changes!:yeah:

[Eichhörnchen]

I just grew a beard - not a long scruffy one to get caught in the periscope but a nice short one. Moira likes it - she keeps stroking it


https://i.imgur.com/dgQhFdD.jpeg

[Jimbuna]

Looks like someone I would regularly put in handcuffs :hmmm:

[Aktungbby]

put in handcuffsNah, I'd just ziptie his wrists with his own catheter!:yeah:

[Eichhörnchen]

@ Jim - that made the missus laff

@ Aktung - I put that all behind me a long time ago, mate

[Eichhörnchen]

It'll be 10 years as a member of Subsim in August for me and I'm wondering how to celebrate that :hmmm: ?

[Eisenwurst]

Throw a huge party and invite all your subsim mates :)

[Eichhörnchen]

I wast thinking more like a game of Whack-a-Squirrel with everybody playing stark b naked

[Aktungbby]

...then Moira would know fer sure I'm a really 'cheeky sod'!:oops::timeout::O:

[Eisenwurst]

Hmmm......how to celebrate????? How about resurrect the "Beautiful Women " thread. :arrgh!:

[Eichhörnchen]

I'm all for that. I never did find out why it was closed - I didn't like to ask :hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

I'm all for that. I never did find out why it was closed - I didn't like to ask :hmmm:

If you really want to know I'd suggest asking Neal.

[Eichhörnchen]

Maybe not...

[Aktungbby]

I'm watching 'Lost films of WWII' allday marathon on the Story history channel. Serious 16mm black & white footage that makes the current global situation pale by comparison:hmmm: ...85 years on...:hmmm: I can't read my morning Wall Street Journal over a coffee; the bugger delivery boy didn't deliver!:Kaleun_Mad:

[Aktungbby]

^ Great, we're having the bathroom totally revamped on our return from Mexico next month so I now know where I can source a cheap loan :yeah:

It'l be interest free...as long as we can get an updated hottub photo! :yeah::arrgh!:

ROFLMAO :har: WELL!?? C'mon,:Kaleun_Salivating: I can't just look at those gorgeous Moira fotos all day! Plus I'm geatly relieved at your safe return:yeah:. Two Aussies and their Amercan surfer companion were murdered on the beach in Baja during or just prior to your fortnight's sojourn. When you seemed a bit overdue, I was concerned. Frankly, I'm amazed the State Dept. hasn't issued travel advisories to Yank traveller/tourists. The whole country is a cartel-run rathole.:Kaleun_Party::oops:

[Jimbuna]

I learned my lesson last time in Mexico when running into a stingray (almost anyway) so it is swimming pools only for me these days.

The hotel had four so there was plentiful choice.

[Aktungbby]

...alright then!:yeah:...a shot of you in your speedo with a magarita will do!:O:

[Jimbuna]

Here's me early one morning wearing my original Panama hat grabbing a couple of sun loungers.

https://i.postimg.cc/JhfpDrhM/IMG-4465.jpg (https://postimg.cc/yJTm2z9b)

[Jimbuna]

This is the one I brought back to the UK having set eyes on it in the hotel shop less than an hour before we checked out.

https://i.postimg.cc/v835C8dT/IMG-4542.jpg (https://postimg.cc/jCnW7b2Y)

[Aktungbby]

https://i.postimg.cc/JhfpDrhM/IMG-4465.jpg (https://postimg.cc/yJTm2z9b)Winston was clearly thinking of you when he said "we'll fight them on the beaches"!:yeah:

[Catfish]

Right now "... we will make a rih with the stinger and perform the acid trip, then pooh and run airlift while checking the Mississippi queen..."
Honestly.

[Aktungbby]

...beat the heat and mowed the front and back with my new Craftsmsn 20"mower and new 150' cord.. the old ones having died after decades of wear. Every time I hit the starter-button on the old mower switch while holding down the safety handle bailbar, the house fusebox would short out wreaking havoc with the TV and computers. All my garden yard stuff is electric incl. the hedge trimmer, chainsaw and Black and Decker weed whacker. The refuse/garbage people came for the old 100'cord(copper) and mower this AM).:yeah: I had considered a battery powered prpelled-mower but they're over $500+ and the batteries are only warrantied for 3 years...:hmmm::nope:

[Aktungbby]

...stuck in a heatwave for the next few days. Watched the Revenant on TV and am enjoying Lord of the Rings...it's 93⁰F. outside, so extensive yard work is off this 73 yearold's agenda:shucks:

[Aktungbby]

...sitting in AC'd family room keeping cool. Temperatures are at 103⁰ F. which is intolerable:doh: for septuagenerians. PG&E power is intermittantly cutting power to alleviate the high fire threat risk as needed...:Kaleun_Thumbs_Up: so far that hasn't ocurred here. Fingers crossed!:shucks: Temps should cool down to 62⁰ F. at sundown; as a short respite for tomorrow's forcast of 104⁰F.

[Rockstar]

Turtle tracks on the beach.

https://i.ibb.co/fqqDg5b/IMG-0121.jpg

[Jimbuna]

...sitting in AC'd family room keeping cool. Temperatures are at 103⁰ F. which is intolerable:doh: for septuagenerians. PG&E power is intermittantly cutting power to alleviate the high fire threat risk as needed...:Kaleun_Thumbs_Up: so far that hasn't ocurred here. Fingers crossed!:shucks: Temps should cool down to 62⁰ F. at sundown; as a short respite for tomorrow's forcast of 104⁰F.


You just be careful Vinnie and try not to get too excited reading them comics :03:

[Commander Wallace]

...sitting in AC'd family room keeping cool. Temperatures are at 103⁰ F. which is intolerable:doh: for septuagenerians. PG&E power is intermittantly cutting power to alleviate the high fire threat risk as needed...:Kaleun_Thumbs_Up: so far that hasn't ocurred here. Fingers crossed!:shucks: Temps should cool down to 62⁰ F. at sundown; as a short respite for tomorrow's forcast of 104⁰F.


Sorry you are having difficulty regarding the heat. I had been invited to ride my Motorcycle to the 101th Anniversary of the Laconia Bike Week in New Hampshire from June 2nd to June 16th. It would have been a nice long run and I politely declined because of the heat. It would not have been a pleasant ride in the heat.

The Sturgis Rally in South Dakota will be from August 2nd through August 11th. With the heat, I don't expect to make that run either. Then again, I really don't have an interest in going anyhow. Although, some of the best Motorcycle riding is there in that part of the Country. There is also some great food and Concert's there as well. Although, I don't like seeing women with Tattoo's at Sturgis and I don't have to drive to South Dakota to see that either. :yep: :haha:

[Aktungbby]

It's expected that Death Valley will hit 130⁰F. Cell phones overheat in this condition and visitors are advised to only stay out for 10 minutes to avoid 3rd degree burns. I got an 'overheat msg' on my new Google phone two daze ago when l left it on the front seat of my vehicle for 5 minutes. I still shudder when recalling epic journeys in my cab-over 1976 Freightliner on I-10 in Arizona and Texas in searing 120⁰ F. heat w/o a working AC while sitting next to a toasty 290 fuelsqueezer Cummins diesel...the view of writhing truck treads lost from big-rigs all along the 150⁰ish overcooked freeway black-top lingers half-a-century on; and that's before "global warming" became an issue alongside Covid and WWIII issues. At least CB radios didn''t overheat!:shucks::oops::()1:UPDATE: the National Weather Bureau has declared the hot weather stuation: "historic, lethal, and extremely dangerous"...moxt of the local communities ars cancelling Fouth of July fireworks due to 'redflag conditions...and 'spare the air' is in effect; so BBQing on the Weber is out for the holidaze!:wah:

[mapuc]

Yesterday I paid my mom a visit and to do so I had to take the ferry from our island to another island - Als. When we had reached halfway I heard the sound of a helicopter and this sound came close until the chopper was right above me. Then one of the crew came and said it was an exercise-Thank God. I manage to take some pictures with my phone, before I had to put my fingers in my ears due to the very high sound from the Helicopter

https://i.imgur.com/sjL3idel.jpg

I forgot to look after different thing on the helicopter. Such as ASW stuff.

Markus

[Eichhörnchen]

Hats off to Rockstar and Markus for those photos :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

[Jimbuna]

Just booked the trip to Cyprus for our Ruby Wedding Anniversary next month.

[Aktungbby]

Watching classic "Battle of BRITAIN" on telly, reading the W.S.J with a cuppa‐joe and awaiting a service guy coming to mop off the dusty new rooftop solar panels: $200 for 1/2 hour's work!?...:hmmm: at 73, falls in the home being the leading cause of death, getting up on a ladder is not optimal...ie: gravity is not my friend; he's expendible; I'm not! (and I even used to climb 50-90ft. telephone poles for a living:timeout:) That formal course in Logic 101 I took to satisfy my math/philosophy degree requirement still resonates 50 years on!:know:

[Tango589]

Me and my other half have driven to Cambridgeshire to visit family for the Bank Holiday weekend. As expected for an August Bank Holiday, it's bloody raining. 🙄

Still, my 3 year old little cousin is an absolute smasher, so a bit of rain won't spoil anything! I forecast a day of jumping in puddles! 😁

[Jimbuna]

^ Family is everything, enjoy.

[Sean C]

I recently found out the hard way that I'm now highly allergic to wasp stings. I got a prescription for some epipens and it seems I will have to carry them with me everywhere I go. At least during the spring/summer. Fun times.

[Eichhörnchen]

^ Small consolation but there are far fewer wasps about nowadays

[Jimbuna]

I recently found out the hard way that I'm now highly allergic to wasp stings. I got a prescription for some epipens and it seems I will have to carry them with me everywhere I go. At least during the spring/summer. Fun times.

It's not the wasps you should be wary of, tis the vampire bats you should be worried about :)

[Aktungbby]

...or mosquitos! Still the #1 killer on the spinning mudball(humans are #2:timeout:); someone in New Hampshire just died of encephalitis from a mosquito bite according to the newspaper. :hmmm::ping::ping::ping: That's a new one for me.:k_confused:

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...watching the Minnesota Vikings play the New York Jets in London, England to a 23-17 victory leaving the Vikes still 6-0 undefeated!:yeah: but mindful that they've never won the Superbowl in 5 trips since the '60's!:wah: Kansas City Chiefs are the only other undefeated team...and they have defeated the Vikes in a superbowl.:doh: What amazed me was all the Viking fans in the London Tottenham-Hotspur Stadium stands.:yeah: Then again,:hmmm: 'Merikan football is for wimps; real men play Rugby!:arrgh!: EDIT: In todaze news, the Jets have just fired their head coach, Saleh, after 4 four years. He had been the San Francisco 49er's defensive co-ordianator prior his headcoach gig; and the Jet's touted a first-rate defense, but were dismal on offense under different quarterbacks...It is the first headcoach firing of the 2024 season!:/\\chop:rotfl2:ie: ''heads will roll!'':oops:

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Is there anything in GT's about Hurricane Milton? I've been following this on TV at the in-laws' place this week, all the time wondering about Rockstar and Buddababy :timeout:

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Is there anything in GT's about Hurricane Milton? I've been following this on TV at the in-laws' place this week, all the time wondering about Rockstar and Buddababy :timeout:

I wrote a comment about Milton and FEMA in our US Politics thread, since it's in Florida USA. Rockstar replied and said he had been evacuated to Tallahassee


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Buddahaid is in California one town over. We saw each other a fortnight ago. I've been texting any number of old college/and ex-Minnesota-escapee transplants digging out from both Hurricane Helene and Milton; ie: the proverbial '1-2 punch'...I'll stick with California's 'quakes and infernos and be grateful. I also PM'd fellow Bilgerat Armistead who resides in N. Carolina which was devastated by Helene, but haven't heard anything back in over a week...the 1.5 million or so Florida alligators are seriously on the loose in Forida's extensive flooding. As if Covid, global warming, and WWIII weren't enough.

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Thanks, shipmate :Kaleun_Salute: