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Re: Post something good that happened today, Parts Two
« Reply #7020 on: May 29, 2019, 11:10:19 AM »
Got a bonus from the company. Completely unexpected. They said it was for my "extraordinary services" in the project I've been involved in for a year now. :o
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Re: Post something good that happened today, Parts Two
« Reply #7021 on: May 29, 2019, 06:18:37 PM »

HOLY SHIT!!
Great job!   :2thumbsup: It is awesome to be appreciated by bosses.

Congratulations.
Enjoy it. Those tend to be few and far between.

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Re: Post something good that happened today, Parts Two
« Reply #7022 on: May 29, 2019, 09:02:48 PM »
Got a bonus from the company. Completely unexpected. They said it was for my "extraordinary services" in the project I've been involved in for a year now. :o
Congratulations.

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Re: Post something good that happened today, Parts Two
« Reply #7023 on: May 30, 2019, 10:53:28 AM »
Thanks. I'm still stunned.
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Re: Post something good that happened today, Parts Two
« Reply #7024 on: May 30, 2019, 10:09:52 PM »
That's awesome news, congrats.
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Re: Post something good that happened today, Parts Two
« Reply #7025 on: May 31, 2019, 12:54:46 PM »
Still extremely stressed, tho. I would have thought differently.
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Re: Post something good that happened today, Parts Two
« Reply #7026 on: May 31, 2019, 03:34:30 PM »
Returned home from our Kentucky trip. 
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Re: Post something good that happened today, Parts Two
« Reply #7027 on: May 31, 2019, 07:56:41 PM »
Returned home from our Kentucky trip.

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What did you do there?

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Re: Post something good that happened today, Parts Two
« Reply #7028 on: May 31, 2019, 08:47:07 PM »
Returned home from our Kentucky trip.

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What did you do there?

Did some relaxing and visiting Carla's parents, who are now living in an assisted living facility.  We also had to help bring Carla's mom to her dermatologist who was evaluating her post lip tumor surgery.  It was cancerous, but, was encapsulated and removed completely.  They had just moved into the facility so there was some adjusting going on.  We did visit a vineyard for a wine tasting thingy.  Tried to walk as much as possible to enjoy the warm weather they had in KY. 
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Re: Post something good that happened today, Parts Two
« Reply #7029 on: June 01, 2019, 08:04:24 PM »
We did visit a vineyard for a wine tasting thingy.

Locally produced? What varieties do they grow there?

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Tried to walk as much as possible to enjoy the warm weather they had in KY.

Is it still cold in the NE??

It was cold here until about a week and a half ago. I've had to go from heating the house in the morning to break the chill, to today where I had to get my AC unit out of storage to keep my room from getting hot by mid afternoon.

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Re: Post something good that happened today, Parts Two
« Reply #7030 on: June 01, 2019, 08:21:58 PM »
We did visit a vineyard for a wine tasting thingy.

Locally produced? What varieties do they grow there?

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Tried to walk as much as possible to enjoy the warm weather they had in KY.

Is it still cold in the NE??

It was cold here until about a week and a half ago. I've had to go from heating the house in the morning to break the chill, to today where I had to get my AC unit out of storage to keep my room from getting hot by mid afternoon.

Yes, the grapes are grown locally on site, but, they also have other vineyards that they get their grapes from.  As for varieties, I couldn't remember what they told me.  But, they did have a large variety of wines to taste.  They will give you a taste of 5 bottles for 7 dollars.  About a large shot size.  It goes from the driest to the sweetest.  I got a little bit of a buzz on, but, Carla was driving so it was all good.   As for NE, we started at 52 in the early AM and managed to get up to 75 by late afternoon with a rapid cool down before dark.  We're only due to get into the 60's tomorrow (Sunday).  The heat has kicked on a few times, but we haven't had to use the AC....yet!  We must have gotten pretty cool while we were away.  My Basil plants look a bit sickly, since they are especially vulnerable to the cold. 
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Re: Post something good that happened today, Parts Two
« Reply #7031 on: June 01, 2019, 11:14:07 PM »
Got a haircut... also Yoshi snuggled up to me again.

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Re: Post something good that happened today, Parts Two
« Reply #7032 on: June 06, 2019, 05:24:19 AM »
In London for the first time in months.
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Re: Post something good that happened today, Parts Two
« Reply #7033 on: June 06, 2019, 10:20:03 AM »
^^^ Cheating on the Mrs. again?? Or did she wise up and divorce you??

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Re: Post something good that happened today, Parts Two
« Reply #7034 on: June 06, 2019, 03:25:46 PM »
Used the morning to peruse yard sales. I found a really nice old Kenwood receiver and an even better condition, small power Pioneer receiver.

The Kenwood is eighty five watts per channel and the Pioneer is thirty five watts per channel. I have only plugged them in and they both work. Not sure what to do with them but I was not walking away from these treasures, especially at the price. The seller just said that, "They don't do anything."  I think meaning no Bluetooth, no wi-fi, no aux input (actually they both do have something compatible with modern day aux) so these are useless.
Thank the gods still living for human stupidity.

The Kenwood was thirty bucks and the Pioneer was ten bucks. There was also a "set in" Garrard turntable (like from an old console or something) with no plinth or supporting structure, but I paid two bucks for that. It has a Shure cartridge. Can not remember the models of anything yet.

They also had a couple hundred albums, but they had been really picked through. I only found some old jazz and a Montrose album. Six LPs total.

So for forty eight (get my arithmetic right) bucks, I found some really cool old stuff.

BUT!!  The whole point of the day is that we took our daughter to a really fancy Japanese steak house with a buffet for her graduation meal/family sit down.

I ate too much!
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