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As soon as I'll shift myself from the bed, I'm gonna help walk the neighbour's dog with my mother 8)
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i'm maybe gonna get another shower then see the NAS person and go tesco tonight
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i'm maybe gonna get another shower then see the NAS person and go tesco tonight
I love Tesco. I went there in Thailand and it was bargains galore!
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I'm going back to work today, bleh... :thumbdn:
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i'm maybe gonna get another shower then see the NAS person and go tesco tonight
I love Tesco. I went there in Thailand and it was bargains galore!
That's because we are ripped off here in Australia.
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i'm maybe gonna get another shower then see the NAS person and go tesco tonight
I love Tesco. I went there in Thailand and it was bargains galore!
That's because we are ripped off here in Australia.
Most likely. I got sooo many bargains in Thailand. At Tesco, I bought each of my kids an outfit for a total cost of $24 for the whole 3.
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i'm maybe gonna get another shower then see the NAS person and go tesco tonight
I love Tesco. I went there in Thailand and it was bargains galore!
That's because we are ripped off here in Australia.
Most likely. I got sooo many bargains in Thailand. At Tesco, I bought each of my kids an outfit for a total cost of $24 for the whole 3.
Coles and Woolworths pretty much own the market here and they both charge like a wounded bull. There is no competition.
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There's an Aldi store opening later this year within a half-hour's drive from us.
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There's an Aldi store opening later this year within a half-hour's drive from us.
Aldi is quite cheap, it's just a bit random....it's not like you can do your whole weeks worth of shopping there I've found.
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There's an Aldi store opening later this year within a half-hour's drive from us.
Aldi is quite cheap, it's just a bit random....it's not like you can do your whole weeks worth of shopping there I've found.
That's why it isn't any real competition to the big 2. Most people want to shop at the one place rather than dicking around driving all over the place.
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didn't woolworths die about 15 months ago
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There's an Aldi store opening later this year within a half-hour's drive from us.
Aldi is quite cheap, it's just a bit random....it's not like you can do your whole weeks worth of shopping there I've found.
Aldis sucks. Food lion is way better.
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didn't woolworths die about 15 months ago
That would be the UK Woolworths. Woolworths Australia it is the largest retail company in Australia and New Zealand.
So same name but different companies. I'm quite sure that if we had any real competition in this country that they too would eventually go out of business (mumble mumble, ripoff bastards).
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I did what I had to do today. Hopefully it affects tomorrow.
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Work, eat, sleep, repeat! :2thumbsup:
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Schoolwork I've been putting off all weekend.
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*sigh* Laundry... :thumbdn:
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"If they are 3 meters from the kitchen, it's a revolt, and if they are 4 meters from the bed, they're on the run."
Eddie Meduza 8)
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"If they are 3 meters from the kitchen, it's a revolt, and if they are 4 meters from the bed, they're on the run."
Eddie Meduza 8)
Who's this "they"? :P
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"If they are 3 meters from the kitchen, it's a revolt, and if they are 4 meters from the bed, they're on the run."
Eddie Meduza 8)
Who's this "they"? :P
Women. 8)
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"If they are 3 meters from the kitchen, it's a revolt, and if they are 4 meters from the bed, they're on the run."
Eddie Meduza 8)
Who's this "they"? :P
Women. 8)
I guess he would have approved of me then! I work in a kitchen and then spend most of my free time in the bedroom where my computer is! :P
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Eddie is dead. :-\
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"If they are 3 meters from the kitchen, it's a revolt, and if they are 4 meters from the bed, they're on the run."
Eddie Meduza 8)
Who's this "they"? :P
Women. 8)
That's a pretty funny saying.
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Eddie is dead. :-\
I know. Sad. He did try to get healthy, according to what I read, but too much damage had already been done. Alcohol... :(
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But he was :viking:
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Going to enjoy my last day of freedom before returning to work tomorrow.
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Looking forward to a day of solitude tomorrow (till a bit after three, when I will be 'babysitting')
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Today I shall work, while looking forward to tomorrow, a day off from the day job! :headbang2:
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Working
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Working
High five, fellow worker! :2thumbsup:
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Working
High five, fellow worker! :2thumbsup:
Too tired :yawn: At least I will be outside in the sun then I may wake up
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Working
High five, fellow worker! :2thumbsup:
Too tired :yawn: At least I will be outside in the sun then I may wake up
Have some :coffee: !
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I've got a "do" list a mile long, a chocolate migraine (that'll teach me!), and a raging desire for caffeine in any form. Am sneaking in some computer time to take my mind off it all.
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I have tomorrow off from my day job, so I am going to stay up late posting! :headbang2:
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Work.
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Just got done dealing w/ our moggy and visiting MIL. am now ready to get horizontal. Yay!
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Just got done dealing w/ our moggy and visiting MIL. am now ready to get horizontal. Yay!
What's a moggy? :blonde:
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Working on a garage ceiling and walls
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De-hoarding! :viking:
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Just got done dealing w/ our moggy and visiting MIL. am now ready to get horizontal. Yay!
What's a moggy? :blonde:
Here, a moggy is a cat.
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Just got done dealing w/ our moggy and visiting MIL. am now ready to get horizontal. Yay!
What's a moggy? :blonde:
Here, a moggy is a cat.
Excellent, another Aussie word! Thanks for the clarification. 8)
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De-hoarding! :viking:
You're brave.
* puts CBC on list of outstanding heroes *
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De-hoarding! :viking:
You're brave.
* puts CBC on list of outstanding heroes *
*waves to you while flying over your house* :captainobvious:
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De-hoarding! :viking:
NOOOOooooooo
That's too painful to even mention :zombiefuck:
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De-hoarding! :viking:
NOOOOooooooo
That's too painful to even mention :zombiefuck:
Don't worry, just my own hoard I'm talking about. ;)
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I'm going to do a backup and then I'm going to eat something.
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I'm going to do a backup and then I'm going to eat something.
Thank you for doing the backup! :headbang2:
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I'm going to do a backup and then I'm going to eat something.
Thank you for doing the backup! :headbang2:
you're welcome.
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I'm going to do a backup and then I'm going to eat something.
Replying to this post, thanks for the warning, now I knew what I'd see trying to reply :asthing:
And then off to bed. Hoping for an undisturbed sleep.
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I'm going to do a backup and then I'm going to eat something.
Replying to this post, thanks for the warning, now I knew what I'd see trying to reply :asthing:
And then off to bed. Hoping for an undisturbed sleep.
Sorry. :-[
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I'm going to do a backup and then I'm going to eat something.
Replying to this post, thanks for the warning, now I knew what I'd see trying to reply :asthing:
And then off to bed. Hoping for an undisturbed sleep.
Sorry. :-[
Hey, it was a thank you. :laugh:
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I'm going to do a backup and then I'm going to eat something.
Replying to this post, thanks for the warning, now I knew what I'd see trying to reply :asthing:
And then off to bed. Hoping for an undisturbed sleep.
Sorry. :-[
Hey, it was a thank you. :laugh:
Oh. Me, I just want to provide an uninterrupted I2 experience.
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I'm going to do a backup and then I'm going to eat something.
Replying to this post, thanks for the warning, now I knew what I'd see trying to reply :asthing:
And then off to bed. Hoping for an undisturbed sleep.
I hope you sleep well! As for me, I'm off to my evening job, to :GA: washing dishes!
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Damn, now I am postponing to go to bed. Feeling better does that.
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Damn, now I am postponing to go to bed. Feeling better does that.
I'm doing that same thing. Do you think we are twins, separated at birth?
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Damn, now I am postponing to go to bed. Feeling better does that.
I'm doing that same thing. Do you think we are twins, separated at birth?
Awww, separated at birth, reunited online! :hug:
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:hide:
I wonder if my mum knew.
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Damn, now I am postponing to go to bed. Feeling better does that.
I'm doing that same thing. Do you think we are twins, separated at birth?
Think so. That explains the long lasting sadness I felt all my life. I knew someone was missing. :'(
I'm completely overwhelmed now.
Need some processing time.
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Damn, now I am postponing to go to bed. Feeling better does that.
I'm doing that same thing. Do you think we are twins, separated at birth?
Think so. That explains the long lasting sadness I felt all my life. I knew someone was missing. :'(
I'm completely overwhelmed now.
Need some processing time.
Awww, take all the time you need to process the sadness.
The horror will hit you soon enough! :zoinks:
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Continue watching The World At War.
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I am going to make a sandwich! :2thumbsup:
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Work and hopefully finish the house I am working on
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Wake myself up with :coffee:, do more :laundry:, work, and enjoy my free time when I have it! :thumbup:
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So far I've went to the store for myself & mom, did yard work for mom, installed dsl modem for MIL, came home got coffee & food.
Now I'll get the boy off the bus, help w/homework, cook, & cut the neighbor's grass this evening.
I'm taking the day off and going to a rummage sale tomorrow. :headbang2:
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I'm going to massage my prostate with my favourite big black dildo ::)
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BRAVE! :arrr:
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Winding down, while doing washing.
Something is wrong in my planning today. :duh:
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Not a lot.
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I'm going to :GA: at my evening job so I can get back here fast!
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First on the list, is lunch with the kids. They can come home for that any moment now.
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I'm going to work! This Sunday I will be free all day!!! :headbang2:
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First, I'm going to bed.
And what comes after that is enough not to ponder on before wanting to go to sleep.
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Today I will attempt to remain calm even though the school holidays are all-but over, and I haven't even started most of the uniform-repair and other jobs that I was supposed to do before they go back. :yikes:
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Since my day is just about over, I shall spend it eating and posting! Then I will go to sleep, taxes done for another year. :yawn:
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Today I will attempt to remain calm even though the school holidays are all-but over, and I haven't even started most of the uniform-repair and other jobs that I was supposed to do before they go back. :yikes:
Are there more benefits to the uniform than kids not pondering on what to wear way too long in the morning?
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I am going to work, shop, work some more, and return home around 10 p.m. to post! :viking:
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Put the kiddo on the bus and head down to the local church sale.
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Put the girl on the bus then go look at a crawl space near the beach nobody else seems to know what to do with
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Supposed to go out tonight, but went out last night, with my ex. All the more reason to go out tonight, to be out in the real world, and forget. Just don't feel like it, but I'll most likely regret it tomorrow if I don't go.
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Supposed to go out tonight, but went out last night, with my ex. All the more reason to go out tonight, to be out in the real world, and forget. Just don't feel like it, but I'll most likely regret it tomorrow if I don't go.
The most recent ex?
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Today I will attempt to remain calm even though the school holidays are all-but over, and I haven't even started most of the uniform-repair and other jobs that I was supposed to do before they go back. :yikes:
Are there more benefits to the uniform than kids not pondering on what to wear way too long in the morning?
While I'm not SleepyDragon I HATE SCHOOL UNIFORMS! Yes, I shouted. They're unbelievably expensive (can only be bought from 1 or 2 shops.) I can dress a person (outer clothes) for $50 a year. That's the price of one uniform skirt. Add the uniform shirt and sweater it's over $200 before you know it. After a few years they're ragged, stained, faded and defeat the "Uniforms mean you can't tell the rich kids from the poor kids" lie. And this is for a public school. Thank heavens only 31 more days of the bitch uniforms and they're history.
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Supposed to go out tonight, but went out last night, with my ex. All the more reason to go out tonight, to be out in the real world, and forget. Just don't feel like it, but I'll most likely regret it tomorrow if I don't go.
The most recent ex?
Yes.
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Today I will attempt to remain calm even though the school holidays are all-but over, and I haven't even started most of the uniform-repair and other jobs that I was supposed to do before they go back. :yikes:
Are there more benefits to the uniform than kids not pondering on what to wear way too long in the morning?
While I'm not SleepyDragon I HATE SCHOOL UNIFORMS! Yes, I shouted. They're unbelievably expensive (can only be bought from 1 or 2 shops.) I can dress a person (outer clothes) for $50 a year. That's the price of one uniform skirt. Add the uniform shirt and sweater it's over $200 before you know it. After a few years they're ragged, stained, faded and defeat the "Uniforms mean you can't tell the rich kids from the poor kids" lie. And this is for a public school. Thank heavens only 31 more days of the bitch uniforms and they're history.
I have never had to wear them, but could they be bought in secondhand stores?
I saw several uniforms for a local Catholic school today in a resale shop for children's clothes.
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Today I will attempt to remain calm even though the school holidays are all-but over, and I haven't even started most of the uniform-repair and other jobs that I was supposed to do before they go back. :yikes:
Are there more benefits to the uniform than kids not pondering on what to wear way too long in the morning?
While I'm not SleepyDragon I HATE SCHOOL UNIFORMS! Yes, I shouted. They're unbelievably expensive (can only be bought from 1 or 2 shops.) I can dress a person (outer clothes) for $50 a year. That's the price of one uniform skirt. Add the uniform shirt and sweater it's over $200 before you know it. After a few years they're ragged, stained, faded and defeat the "Uniforms mean you can't tell the rich kids from the poor kids" lie. And this is for a public school. Thank heavens only 31 more days of the bitch uniforms and they're history.
I missed seeing Hyke's question earlier, Weakling, so I'm glad you spoke up. The state government gives a $50 per-student per-year allowance to parents which is meant to go toward school expenses (that's enough to buy one-half to two-thirds of a pair of shoes, but let it go). After that, you're on your own. We're lucky in that we've got a choice of three places to buy from, and one of them doesn't gouge as much as the others.
@Callaway: If the piece of clothing isn't embroidered with the school logo or made from a special tartan or something, you can substitute a less-expensive garment from a discount variety store. Schools often run a used-clothing pool, too.
To answer your question, Hyke, uniform is meant to maintain school pride and to promote equality. I agree with Weakling that it fails both in regard to conformity and in leveling of perceived socioeconomic status. This is from an earlier discussion:
I hate the idea of enforcing conformity on kids and teaching them to obey pointless rules of petty tyrants. School uniform rules accomplish nothing other that to brainwash kids into mindless obedience.
Mindless obedience, are you fuckin' kidding me? One of the first things kids do with uniform is to work out exactly how far they can bend the rules, without getting into trouble for it. You can always pick the rugged individualists and the iconoclasts; it's all in the small details.
Most schools, except for maybe the denominational schools like the Catholics or the Church of England, are fairly mellow about the whole thing. The exception is if the uniform supervisor is having a shit day and decides to make an example of some random kid for not having their socks pulled up high enough or some stupid thing like that. But that's all part of the "fun" of going to school — most times the attention you cop from teachers is well-deserved, and other times it isn't.
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I'm going to work for 12 hours and hopefully keep some perspective and not :headexplode: at a certain arrogant jackass...
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Today I will attempt to remain calm even though the school holidays are all-but over, and I haven't even started most of the uniform-repair and other jobs that I was supposed to do before they go back. :yikes:
Are there more benefits to the uniform than kids not pondering on what to wear way too long in the morning?
While I'm not SleepyDragon I HATE SCHOOL UNIFORMS! Yes, I shouted. They're unbelievably expensive (can only be bought from 1 or 2 shops.) I can dress a person (outer clothes) for $50 a year. That's the price of one uniform skirt. Add the uniform shirt and sweater it's over $200 before you know it. After a few years they're ragged, stained, faded and defeat the "Uniforms mean you can't tell the rich kids from the poor kids" lie. And this is for a public school. Thank heavens only 31 more days of the bitch uniforms and they're history.
I missed seeing Hyke's question earlier, Weakling, so I'm glad you spoke up. The state government gives a $50 per-student per-year allowance to parents which is meant to go toward school expenses (that's enough to buy one-half to two-thirds of a pair of shoes, but let it go). After that, you're on your own. We're lucky in that we've got a choice of three places to buy from, and one of them doesn't gouge as much as the others.
@Callaway: If the piece of clothing isn't embroidered with the school logo or made from a special tartan or something, you can substitute a less-expensive garment from a discount variety store. Schools often run a used-clothing pool, too.
To answer your question, Hyke, uniform is meant to maintain school pride and to promote equality. I agree with Weakling that it fails both in regard to conformity and in leveling of perceived socioeconomic status. This is from an earlier discussion:
I hate the idea of enforcing conformity on kids and teaching them to obey pointless rules of petty tyrants. School uniform rules accomplish nothing other that to brainwash kids into mindless obedience.
Mindless obedience, are you fuckin' kidding me? One of the first things kids do with uniform is to work out exactly how far they can bend the rules, without getting into trouble for it. You can always pick the rugged individualists and the iconoclasts; it's all in the small details.
Most schools, except for maybe the denominational schools like the Catholics or the Church of England, are fairly mellow about the whole thing. The exception is if the uniform supervisor is having a shit day and decides to make an example of some random kid for not having their socks pulled up high enough or some stupid thing like that. But that's all part of the "fun" of going to school — most times the attention you cop from teachers is well-deserved, and other times it isn't.
The uniforms I saw were a particular tartan for the skirts and jumpers and the shirts were the same burgundy and navy blue of the tartan and had the school logo embroidered on them, but they were for sale at a children's clothing resale shop.
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well there' only 25 minutes left of today so I don't have much planned :viking:
i'm gonna read and go to bed
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Do some laundry.
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Today I will attempt to remain calm even though the school holidays are all-but over, and I haven't even started most of the uniform-repair and other jobs that I was supposed to do before they go back. :yikes:
Are there more benefits to the uniform than kids not pondering on what to wear way too long in the morning?
While I'm not SleepyDragon I HATE SCHOOL UNIFORMS! Yes, I shouted. They're unbelievably expensive (can only be bought from 1 or 2 shops.) I can dress a person (outer clothes) for $50 a year. That's the price of one uniform skirt. Add the uniform shirt and sweater it's over $200 before you know it. After a few years they're ragged, stained, faded and defeat the "Uniforms mean you can't tell the rich kids from the poor kids" lie. And this is for a public school. Thank heavens only 31 more days of the bitch uniforms and they're history.
I missed seeing Hyke's question earlier, Weakling, so I'm glad you spoke up. The state government gives a $50 per-student per-year allowance to parents which is meant to go toward school expenses (that's enough to buy one-half to two-thirds of a pair of shoes, but let it go). After that, you're on your own. We're lucky in that we've got a choice of three places to buy from, and one of them doesn't gouge as much as the others.
@Callaway: If the piece of clothing isn't embroidered with the school logo or made from a special tartan or something, you can substitute a less-expensive garment from a discount variety store. Schools often run a used-clothing pool, too.
To answer your question, Hyke, uniform is meant to maintain school pride and to promote equality. I agree with Weakling that it fails both in regard to conformity and in leveling of perceived socioeconomic status. This is from an earlier discussion:
I hate the idea of enforcing conformity on kids and teaching them to obey pointless rules of petty tyrants. School uniform rules accomplish nothing other that to brainwash kids into mindless obedience.
Mindless obedience, are you fuckin' kidding me? One of the first things kids do with uniform is to work out exactly how far they can bend the rules, without getting into trouble for it. You can always pick the rugged individualists and the iconoclasts; it's all in the small details.
Most schools, except for maybe the denominational schools like the Catholics or the Church of England, are fairly mellow about the whole thing. The exception is if the uniform supervisor is having a shit day and decides to make an example of some random kid for not having their socks pulled up high enough or some stupid thing like that. But that's all part of the "fun" of going to school — most times the attention you cop from teachers is well-deserved, and other times it isn't.
I wore my job uniform for the first time today. I don't mind at all that I have been working in clothes of my own for over a year. There now is the benefit of not having to think on looking respectable. Apparently higher management thinks this looks good. (OK, the coats do look OK, but it was too warm for that). And the clothes are paid by the company I work for.
I'm very glad that I never had to wear school uniforms. They don't have them here. School does have a load of T-shirts with logo printed on it, if there is a sport-sevent or so, with pupils participating in that. But more 'uniform' than hat, it will not be.
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Work is over, so now I'm just going to relax! :snowman:
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gonna go to the pub in a bit and then probably spend the rest of the day reading
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gonna go to the pub in a bit and then probably spend the rest of the day reading
Do you go down the pub with anyone, or do you hang out by yourself? You watch the football there, don't you?
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Considering I only have five more miutes of today, not much.:P
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Wait up till my wife get home she was in Fort Lauderdale airport when she called saying she would not make an earlier flight
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Today, I think I'm going to reach 4000 posts. Maybe even before I go to bed.
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You're truly a post woman. :orly:
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You're truly a post woman. :orly:
That did it. :2thumbsup:
A post woman is OK. As long as I'm not post woman. Would be so sad. (though that uniform almost makes me post woman)
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Wait up till my wife get home she was in Fort Lauderdale airport when she called saying she would not make an earlier flight
Awww, you two must have missed each other. :)
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Wait up till my wife get home she was in Fort Lauderdale airport when she called saying she would not make an earlier flight
Awww, you two must have missed each other. :)
Very much so :violin:
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cleaned my room
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Post and read.
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only five hours left much time to do much more than post
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Walk up to the broadway with sister, buy a bra and go for a coffee afterwards. Exciting.
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Watch TV.
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Sleep and see what the rest of the day will bring in the morning, beside the usual.
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Put my son on the bus, have another cup of coffee, and pull more weeds. I'll get a load of mulch this weekend probably if it doesn't rain.
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I just put my trash bag on the curb; now I'm going to get my recycling out there too, then do a load of :laundry: and get ready to go to work!
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I'm going to drink this :coffee:, cheer up and get ready for a fun weekend! :thumbup:
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Want to go to Imperial War Museum but unsure if I want to go alone and if I'm arsed to go all the way to South East London. I almost wish I lived in a little village where everything was within walking distance :thumbdn:
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Want to go to Imperial War Museum but unsure if I want to go alone and if I'm arsed to go all the way to South East London. I almost wish I lived in a little village where everything was within walking distance :thumbdn:
In a little village, everyone would be in your business. :P
Go to the museum and relish your anonymity. :viking:
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Want to go to Imperial War Museum but unsure if I want to go alone and if I'm arsed to go all the way to South East London. I almost wish I lived in a little village where everything was within walking distance :thumbdn:
In a little village, everyone would be in your business. :P
Go to the museum and relish your anonymity. :viking:
True :laugh: My dad's gf lives in a lovely little town but her neighbour always spies on her :P
The IWM building is really gorgeous:
(http://airminded.org/wp-content/img/travel/iwm-guns.jpg)
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Want to go to Imperial War Museum but unsure if I want to go alone and if I'm arsed to go all the way to South East London. I almost wish I lived in a little village where everything was within walking distance :thumbdn:
In a little village, everyone would be in your business. :P
Go to the museum and relish your anonymity. :viking:
True :laugh: My dad's gf lives in a lovely little town but her neighbour always spies on her :P
The IWM building is really gorgeous:
(http://airminded.org/wp-content/img/travel/iwm-guns.jpg)
Pic didn't appear. :(
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>:(
Try these ones:
(http://www.london-se1.co.uk/restaurants/images/100301_iwm.jpg)
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/102/287866563_aeca82cfa7_o.jpg)
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Those are lovely! Definitely go. :viking:
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Now I want to live in London. (emo)
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I already picked up materials for tomorrow, Looking at a crawl space near the beach at 4 to see what I can do to make it nicer
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Try and stay awake at work since I've been up all night when I should have been sleeping.
Wish I'd gone to bed early and avoided all the fucking drama.
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Going to relax today after a hectic day yesterday and try to get some cleaning and organizing done.
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probably just gonna read and sit around a home for the rest of the day
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Laze around in bed.
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Want to go to Imperial War Museum but unsure if I want to go alone and if I'm arsed to go all the way to South East London. I almost wish I lived in a little village where everything was within walking distance :thumbdn:
I live in a little village where it's seveal kilometers to everything. :orly:
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I have the trafford centre within walking distance but you have to go up a creepy path over the motorway and lots of teenagers use it so i don't do it often :tinfoil:
I wish we had museums witin walking distance tho. the imperial war museum north is in trafford park i think. and I live in trafford. but not close enough. it's up towards manchester united's ground
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Want to go to Imperial War Museum but unsure if I want to go alone and if I'm arsed to go all the way to South East London. I almost wish I lived in a little village where everything was within walking distance :thumbdn:
I live in a little village where it's seveal kilometers to everything. :orly:
Do all the neighbors know you and spy on you? :zoinks:
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Put boy on bus, go to church sale, stop off at mom's.
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Want to go to Imperial War Museum but unsure if I want to go alone and if I'm arsed to go all the way to South East London. I almost wish I lived in a little village where everything was within walking distance :thumbdn:
I live in a little village where it's seveal kilometers to everything. :orly:
Do all the neighbors know you and spy on you? :zoinks:
Yup. I am a local celebrity kind of. At least I am infamous. :viking:
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Crawl around in an attic. Then go meet some Russians about work
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In Russia attic works on you. :viking:
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To get my daily dose of Vitamin D
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Deliver a canoe I had to sell :(
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Sleep off this.
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post and relax
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:laundry: :P
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Don't know. My head hurts. :P
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post and relax
Me too, till 6 p.m., when I will :captainobvious: to the evening job and save them from the mountains of dishes!
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sharpen the chain saw
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sharpen the chain saw
:hide: Why?
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sharpen the chain saw
:hide: Why?
To cut down some trees/firewood. :angel:
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sharpen the chain saw
:hide: Why?
To cut down some trees/firewood. :angel:
Oh, of course! How silly of me! :emb:
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Clothes and grocery shopping, a little computer and some housework
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I need to do :laundry: again!
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I need to do :laundry: again!
...tomorrow, I'll do it tomorrow! :2thumbsup:
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Morgen, morgen, nur nicht heute,
sagen alle faulen Leute.
:orly:
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Morgen, morgen, nur nicht heute,
sagen alle faulen Leute.
:orly:
Translation for the ignorant American, please! :zoinks:
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Post. Not that long before it's a new day.
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Morgen, morgen, nur nicht heute,
sagen alle faulen Leute.
:orly:
Translation for the ignorant American, please! :zoinks:
Tomorrow, tomorrow, just not today,
say all lazy people.
;)
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Morgen, morgen, nur nicht heute,
sagen alle faulen Leute.
:orly:
Translation for the ignorant American, please! :zoinks:
Tomorrow, tomorrow, just not today,
say all lazy people.
;)
Hooray, a poem about ME! :orly:
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Sleep, that's the first thing I am going to do. And dream.
Oh, not true, before I am going to sleep, I will set my alarm. Lots of things to do when I wake.
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twenty minutes left... i'm gonna finish this lolly and listen to music or read
then im gonna go sleepies
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Goodnight.
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Goodnight.
Goodnight. :)
As for me, my work day is over, so I'm going to stay on here and postwhore my way up to 5000! :viking:
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Try to concentrate on work for the rest of the afternoon, then visit my dad as he's going away on the weekend for a few weeks.
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It''s 1:AM so it is today. I have a meeting with my counselor and a dentist appointment. Than I'm gonna go do some volunteer work at the old folks home.
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Goodnight.
Goodnight. :)
As for me, my work day is over, so I'm going to stay on here and postwhore my way up to 5000! :viking:
You nearly made it.
6 more, and you could have gone to bed with the contentment of having achieved the great goal!
But, it's a nice thing to do while wide awake too. :thumbup:
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Goodnight.
Goodnight. :)
As for me, my work day is over, so I'm going to stay on here and postwhore my way up to 5000! :viking:
You nearly made it.
6 more, and you could have gone to bed with the contentment of having achieved the great goal!
But, it's a nice thing to do while wide awake too. :thumbup:
Yes, and I am doing it now, and will be so proud all day at work! :soph:
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Goodnight.
Goodnight. :)
As for me, my work day is over, so I'm going to stay on here and postwhore my way up to 5000! :viking:
You nearly made it.
6 more, and you could have gone to bed with the contentment of having achieved the great goal!
But, it's a nice thing to do while wide awake too. :thumbup:
Yes, and I am doing it now, and will be so proud all day at work! :soph:
Well done.
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Goodnight.
Goodnight. :)
As for me, my work day is over, so I'm going to stay on here and postwhore my way up to 5000! :viking:
You nearly made it.
6 more, and you could have gone to bed with the contentment of having achieved the great goal!
But, it's a nice thing to do while wide awake too. :thumbup:
Yes, and I am doing it now, and will be so proud all day at work! :soph:
Well done.
Thank you! And thanks to all the other posters here, who gave me new posts to inspire mine! :asthing:
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I'm going to roam the streets here and deliver the mail.
In shorts today. :green:
Uniform shorts of course.
And wearing my cool hat. :checkout:
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I'm going to roam the streets here and deliver the mail.
In shorts today. :green:
Uniform shorts of course.
And wearing my cool hat. :checkout:
Send Les a picture! :thumbup:
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Work, eat, sleep, repeat! :zoinks:
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Collect more rocks from the back yard & woods after work.
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I'm going to do a Couldbecousin and do some housework, laundry, cooking and posting.
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I'm going to do a Couldbecousin and do some housework, laundry, cooking and posting.
Hope you had a fun day! :viking:
I am home now, so for the rest of today, I will eat and relax and POST until I get :yawn: ...
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Work in the dark recesses of an attic
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Work in the dark recesses of an attic
Have you ever had an MRI? I'm curious, because I know some people get very claustrophobic in those machines,
but since you work in such tight spaces anyway, maybe you wouldn't mind an MRI. :chin:
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Work in the dark recesses of an attic
Be careful of vampires and squirrels.
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Work in the dark recesses of an attic
Be careful of vampires and squirrels.
Especially vampire squirrels. They are the worst kind.
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Supposed to rearrange the furniture and swap the living room and dining room over. Boys are working though.
Alternative is shop for the clothes I looked at last weekend, because I've decided I like them, or drive up the coast.
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Work in the dark recesses of an attic
Be careful of vampires and squirrels.
The vampires will sleep till sundown. It's the squirrels that pose the real threat! :hide:
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Work in the dark recesses of an attic
Be careful of vampires and squirrels.
The vampires will sleep till sundown. It's the squirrels that pose the real threat! :hide:
Yes, they do have an affinity for nuts, don't they? That's one case where you should send a woman to do a man's job.
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For the rest of the day? Keep my bony rear firmly planted in this chair at my PC, occasionally getting up for requirements like food and bathing.
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Fix my brakes
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Post some. I only have another 30 minutes.
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Brush my teeth and go for an early night again.
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Go to my evening job, kick ass, come back home and relax! :2thumbsup:
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Today? lots of thing. But first I'll sleep for a few hours.
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Finish off some of me games before I head off to sleep.
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I think I'll go to bed early! :yawn:
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Drinking beer posting listening to music
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Going to back up the site and watch some TV when that's done.
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I'm going to install my air conditioner in my bedroom window.
I really need to get that done now, before the 90-degree (F) heat arrives, as it probably will tomorrow! :zombiefuck:
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Work on a small addition
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Work on a steam cleaner that needs fixed, :laundry:, work out in the garden, & hopefully get in some curb crawling this evening.
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Thinking about watching some TV before going to bed.
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I'm going to install my other air conditioner before going to bed! Then it'll be nice and cool in here! :snowman:
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Great! You found it.
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Great! You found it.
Found 'em both! :2thumbsup: They weren't lost but buried in my cluttered closets!
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I plan to watch some TV.
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Wreak havoc on the Universe :viking:
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Do a backup and go to bed.
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Maybe another rocket. :orly:
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More work! Then I'll eat grilled chicken in the evening! :2thumbsup:
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Sleep.
Should be possible, to do that today.
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A backup.
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Work! Then postwhore when I get home! :viking:
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Have something to eat. Buy crisps. Drink beer.
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:viking:
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No beer tonight. I don't feel well. Chai is better when you have a sore throat.
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Buy another Rhododendron and some mulch
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I'm going to keep drinking :coffee: and listening to "Winning" by Santana, then get off my ass and clean this place up! :viking:
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Browse the board, back it up, and read some.
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Browse the board, back it up, and read some.
Oh noes! The backup! I won't be able to postwhore! :o
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Browse the board, back it up, and read some.
Oh noes! The backup! I won't be able to postwhore! :o
Yes. Several minutes will pass without anyone being able to post. :o
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fuck that shit! :finger:
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fuck that shit! :finger:
:agreed: Can't you just, like, back it up in a another window or something? :P
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fuck that shit! :finger:
:agreed: Can't you just, like, back it up in a another window or something? :P
This site has grown too large for that. We'd get all kinds of integrity problems with the db.
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No beer tonight. I don't feel well. Chai is better when you have a sore throat.
If you're :viking: you just drink whisky until you pass out instead. Passing out is :viking:
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fuck that shit! :finger:
:agreed: Can't you just, like, back it up in a another window or something? :P
This site has grown too large for that. We'd get all kinds of integrity problems with the db.
Was just kidding in my nOObie way. :laugh:
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No beer tonight. I don't feel well. Chai is better when you have a sore throat.
If you're :viking: you just drink whisky until you pass out instead. Passing out is :viking:
I don't like drinking that much. And actually I don't know how much that would be cos I've never passed out while drinking. I've stopped before there was even a slight risk.
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fuck that shit! :finger:
:agreed: Can't you just, like, back it up in a another window or something? :P
This site has grown too large for that. We'd get all kinds of integrity problems with the db.
Was just kidding in my nOObie way. :laugh:
We used to back it up without putting it in maintenance mode.
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No beer tonight. I don't feel well. Chai is better when you have a sore throat.
If you're :viking: you just drink whisky until you pass out instead. Passing out is :viking:
I don't like drinking that much. And actually I don't know how much that would be cos I've never passed out while drinking. I've stopped before there was even a slight risk.
I once semi-blacked out for a second while drinking, and spilled my drink on my hostess's nice carpet. :emb:
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Going to log off. g'night, folks!
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Going to log off. g'night, folks!
Sleep well. 8)
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After work.....move and arrange more rocks, spread more mulch out front and maybe plant the Rhododendron.
Or I just might sit inside....supposed to be hot today.
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Cleaning and de-hoarding! Ugly mess, I'm comin' at ya! :pirate:
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Spamming the village.
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Spamming the village.
Then come back and spam the site! :headbang2:
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I'll have a second cup of chai very soon. Then I suppose I'll post, read, eat, post, watch TV, post...
Ummm, think I need to plan this properly.
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I'll have a second cup of chai very soon. Then I suppose I'll post, read, eat, post, watch TV, post...
Ummm, think I need to plan this properly.
Yes, proper sequencing is a must! :nerd!:
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Same old, same old. Clean, wash, rob a bank, cook, clean, invent the super-internet, etc.
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Same old, same old. Clean, wash, rob a bank, cook, clean, invent the super-internet, etc.
:plus: for making it all look easy!
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Spamming the village.
Then come back and spam the site! :headbang2:
So sleepy, Will try spamming while drnking my tea, and then I'm going to test a myth.
(That the hours slept before midnight are the beauty sleep hours)
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I'll have a second cup of chai very soon. Then I suppose I'll post, read, eat, post, watch TV, post...
Ummm, think I need to plan this properly.
Yes, proper sequencing is a must! :nerd!:
Still have problems with the sequencing.
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Got a psych appointment which I have to get ready for.
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Work. And transport some stuff from point A to point B.
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Log off, spam the village, and deliver some proper mail too.
Get a wee present for my little girl who will finish a walking event this evening. (Will face the festivities of hundreds of kids and a few hundred adults too, being welcomed back in the village with music and massive amounts of parents, grandparents and other relatives.
Something like that.
Not looking forward to the mass social event.
But it's only one week per year.
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Work. And transport some stuff from point A to point B.
What kind of stuff? :zoinks:
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Get more mulch after work
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Get more mulch after work
A gardener's work is never done! But then you get the beautiful flowers... :roses:
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Browse the site for a bit, back it up, and go to bed.
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I'm going to finish this grilled chicken sandwich! :2thumbsup:
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Watch a Bones episode or two.
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lol weird, I am watchniog Bones just now. a horder has been murdered :viking:
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Go talk to a prospective client about his options at getting a rebate
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I'm going to hope the internet access problem I have has been solved by ATT tech support. If not I guess I know what my post on "What are you going to do tomorrow" will be.
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hve a pizza and go to bed
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lol weird, I am watchniog Bones just now. a horder has been murdered :viking:
:tinfoil:
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lol weird, I am watchniog Bones just now. a horder has been murdered :viking:
:tinfoil:
save me... :hide:
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I'm going to a pub with a friend.
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I'm going to a pub with a friend.
Have fun! Remember, just one drink! :zoinks:
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I'm going to a pub with a friend.
Have fun! Remember, just one drink! :zoinks:
But of course! Only, I'm going to split that one beer into several smaller ones. ;D
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I'm going to a pub with a friend.
Have fun! Remember, just one drink! :zoinks:
But of course! Only, I'm going to split that one beer into several smaller ones. ;D
Like this? :fiveshots:
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absolutely nothing. too hot to do anything else :zombiefuck:
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I finished my laundry and now I'm sitting outside in the backyard with monkeyboy. I'm sitting under the tent thingy on the gazebo and it's sunny but a bit windy so it feels nice.
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Having done extensive shopping, I will soon head over to the burger restaurant and :GA: for 3.5 hours doing dishes!
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I'm going to a pub with a friend.
Have fun! Remember, just one drink! :zoinks:
But of course! Only, I'm going to split that one beer into several smaller ones. ;D
Like this? :fiveshots:
Pretty much. ;D
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Since I have grocery shopped, cooked, washed clothes, brought some miscellaneous small items (not pets) to the no-kill animal shelter I will soon finish changing the sheets, take a bath, wash my hair, climb into my jammies and watch TV, work on my self-improvement projects and go to sleep.
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Post. Back up the site. Upgrade some stuff. Go to bed.
Technically some of that could take place tomorrow.
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It's tomorrow when I hit the post button :laugh:
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It's tomorrow when I hit the post button :laugh:
It will still be "today" here for 5 more hours. :laugh:
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21 hours and 34 minutes left of today.
First there will be sleeping.
Apply for fundings for support for my eldest in secondary school.
Send an email on behalf of my youngest.
And go to physiotherapy for myself.
Spend some longdistance time with the Aussie bloke after that.
And if it is dry enough, I'll clip my hedges in the front garden as a wind down treat after a disorganised afternoon.
Something like that. No work, but more than enough to do.
(there is the everlasting washing and feeding and such too of course)
And I'll very likely will have a headache.
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Done the sleeping, done the email. And checked if it had arrived too.
Didn't do the applying for funding. :thumbdn:
Made a start three weeks ago, asked my support worker to help out.
And now we have been sent from virtual desk to virtual desk.
I have to wait till I will be called now, by the right desk, I hope...
After that, they are going to take some time to decide on if they are going to send me the forms :zombiefuck:
Hope I get the shitload of paperwork before summer-holidays. I need the primary school to cooperate in filling in the paperwork.
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ging pub in half an hour. then maybe shopping tonight. might take the dog somewhere later too. maybe the pet shop or nature reserve
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Put the boy on the bus & then take mom grocery shopping.
Come home & do :laundry: & some more weeding in the garden.
Need to go get a truckload of mulch hopefully that will happen sometime this week. I need to get a little more weeded first. ::)
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Clean my daughter's pool, work, do more :laundry:
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The filter on our new pool went south two days ago. It will be covered under warranty, but they do not have anything similar or better in house, locally. We will have to wait for a replacement to be shipped from the factory, WHICH HAS ALL ORDERS ON BACKORDER, FFS!! Apparently, they have manufactured a huge number of these defective pumps and many of them are failing, nationwide.
I opened up the old one which had also quit (I kept it because I had hoped to be able to fix it and use it to vacuum the bottom of the pool, rather than throw it away - little did I know that I would NEED it as a main pump this week) and found a loose shaft on the impeller, which I could repair, myself.
That was Saturday. Today, I am preparing to get very wet in our clean pool.
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ging pub in half an hour. then maybe shopping tonight. might take the dog somewhere later too. maybe the pet shop or nature reserve
Ging pub, as it in it is full of gingers? Sounds like a scary place.
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The filter on our new pool went south two days ago. It will be covered under warranty, but they do not have anything similar or better in house, locally. We will have to wait for a replacement to be shipped from the factory, WHICH HAS ALL ORDERS ON BACKORDER, FFS!! Apparently, they have manufactured a huge number of these defective pumps and many of them are failing, nationwide.
I opened up the old one which had also quit (I kept it because I had hoped to be able to fix it and use it to vacuum the bottom of the pool, rather than throw it away - little did I know that I would NEED it as a main pump this week) and found a loose shaft on the impeller, which I could repair, myself.
That was Saturday. Today, I am preparing to get very wet in our clean pool.
I'm glad that you were able to fix the old pump since it will probably take half the summer to get the new replacement one.
Are these Intex pumps?
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ging pub in half an hour. then maybe shopping tonight. might take the dog somewhere later too. maybe the pet shop or nature reserve
Ging pub, as it in it is full of gingers? Sounds like a scary place.
Don't fear the gingers! Embrace your carrot-haired brothers and sisters! :grouphug:
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Breakfast with a friend, home for morning nap. work around house
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Back up this place and log off.
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Fill in the holes made by the stupid chipmunk i caught today :thumbdn:
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Not much left now do some computer stuff then go to bed
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First off is to go to bed. I didn't make an early night of it like I planned.
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* take care of monkeygirl because she had to try a new antibiotic for a nasty ear infection and she threw up the medicine while the ex was driving her to school. That's not a good sign, so now they're on their way to the doctors office. Unfortunately this means the ex will be home all day because he refuses to let me mother her.
* Meeting the ex at the mediators office to go over the final result of the custody agreement. It's been drafted up so we need to read it over. Then it goes to lawyers.
* Sort through the kids old toys and donate what they're not using anymore.
* Have a nap because I've been up since 2:30am
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Reset the clocks all day because the power keeps flickering off.
Still trees hanging on the lines everywhere down the road from me from this winter, now everytime the winds blows too hard or it rains the power keeps going out.
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Reset the clocks all day because the power keeps flickering off.
Still trees hanging on the lines everywhere down the road from me from this winter, now everytime the winds blows too hard or it rains the power keeps going out.
How much longer till the trees are removed and the power restored to normal?! :o
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Probably not as much as planned rain on the way
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Reset the clocks all day because the power keeps flickering off.
Still trees hanging on the lines everywhere down the road from me from this winter, now everytime the winds blows too hard or it rains the power keeps going out.
How much longer till the trees are removed and the power restored to normal?! :o
Around here they don't fix it until it's "broke". Probably a couple more months of flickering here and there until they get crap somewhat straightened out.
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Reset the clocks all day because the power keeps flickering off.
Still trees hanging on the lines everywhere down the road from me from this winter, now everytime the winds blows too hard or it rains the power keeps going out.
How much longer till the trees are removed and the power restored to normal?! :o
Around here they don't fix it until it's "broke". Probably a couple more months of flickering here and there until they get crap somewhat straightened out.
That sounds so frustrating! :grrr:
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Reset the clocks all day because the power keeps flickering off.
Still trees hanging on the lines everywhere down the road from me from this winter, now everytime the winds blows too hard or it rains the power keeps going out.
How much longer till the trees are removed and the power restored to normal?! :o
Around here they don't fix it until it's "broke". Probably a couple more months of flickering here and there until they get crap somewhat straightened out.
:zombiefuck:
Sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen. They are very good about that stuff here unless you live in one of the snobby town that will not let them cut the trees as they like
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They used to be good about it, now basically if it's on the line they basically want the property owner to take care of it if it's not causing an outage. They'll just come out and flip the switch so you don't get fried in the process.
Phone company has been really hopping lately, people have been cutting the line off the poles for scrap. So far that's been okay though.
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I'm going to wash dishes at both my jobs today! GO GO GO! :asthing:
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I'm going to watch Nip/Tuck.
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Put the boy on the bus. Last day of school & then he's out for the summer. :asthing:
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Well, I've been up for 2 hours (since 4:30 a m - and I'm a night owl!): I've taken my bath, dressed, made and ate breakfast, went through one box of papers. I'm going to continue paper sorting in the junk room. That needs to be cleaned ASAP.
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tidy my room
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Work like a sled dog! :viking:
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Bring my daughter to school, pay some bills, go to estate sales, bath the dogs, and get ready for the flea market Sunday
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Mow the yard
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Put the boy on the bus. Last day of school & then he's out for the summer. :asthing:
It was my daughter's last day of school today, too. My boy's already out for the summer.
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Oh, and I'll probably post, drink a beer or two, watch some TV, and that's about it.
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read and o bed after watching tv
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I guess there's only the backup now. Anything I'll do after that will happen tomorrow.
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^ So much you could still do in those 15 minutes left now, if you really want to.
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I browsed through some websites. but I really need to do that backup now...
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I browsed through some websites. but I really need to do that backup now...
... OK, see you ttommorrroww
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I browsed through some websites. but I really need to do that backup now...
... OK, see you ttommorrroww
I'm here......................
... oh, but you are not. OK, see you tomorrow. :)
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I'm going to work, and eat, and postwhore, and sleep! :soph:
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I'm going to work, and eat, and postwhore, and sleep! :soph:
different order I hope. (you really help me postwhoring this way)
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I'm going to work, and eat, and postwhore, and sleep! :soph:
different order I hope. (you really help me postwhoring this way)
We all help each other and our post counts climb! That's the I2 way! :viking:
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Well, I've been up for 2 hours (since 4:30 a m - and I'm a night owl!): I've taken my bath, dressed, made and ate breakfast, went through one box of papers. I'm going to continue paper sorting in the junk room. That needs to be cleaned ASAP.
I posted this on June 11. The junk room didn't get cleaned, but now the kitchen is a critical mass about to explode, so the kitchen will come first.
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I'm going to post and I'm going to drink beer.
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Not sure yet, may watch a movie, or go to bed early, got a headache.
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Migraine? :-\
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Not sure what to make of it, but headache.
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:hug:
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Thank you.
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Do my best to not kill this very annoying child of mine. (half LOL)
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Half an hour to go so maybe I'll manage another beer.
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Sleep. And after that, who knows.
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It's 1032 dont think I will sleep till 1 or 2
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Post and upgrade stuff on my computer.
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Hopefully leave my place sometime on my day off.
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probably gonna read for a bit then listen to music and go to bed.
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Clean kitchen/house and save the food budget so we don't eat out as much.
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I am going to get everything cleaned and packed before I go to bed, so help me :fsm: !
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I am going to get everything cleaned and packed before I go to bed, so help me :fsm: !
I will never get over seeing testicles every time I look at that flying spaghetti monster emoticon.
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I am going to get everything cleaned and packed before I go to bed, so help me :fsm: !
I will never get over seeing testicles every time I look at that flying spaghetti monster emoticon.
Sorry, that never even occurs to me! Sheltered little Catholic girl, ya know. :zoinks:
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I am going to get everything cleaned and packed before I go to bed, so help me :fsm: !
I will never get over seeing testicles every time I look at that flying spaghetti monster emoticon.
Sorry, that never even occurs to me! Sheltered little Catholic girl, ya know. :zoinks:
Ahem, so am I. They are the worst. :eyebrows:
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I am going to get everything cleaned and packed before I go to bed, so help me :fsm: !
I will never get over seeing testicles every time I look at that flying spaghetti monster emoticon.
Sorry, that never even occurs to me! Sheltered little Catholic girl, ya know. :zoinks:
Ahem, so am I. They are the worst. :eyebrows:
Billy Joel understands us! He wrote "Only The Good Die Young" about girls like us! :2thumbsup:
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I will get to 1,000 posts.
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I will get to 1,000 posts.
You did it! :headbang2:
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I am going to eat everything cleaned and packed before I go to bed, so help me :fsm: !
You need help indeed. :evillaugh:
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I will get to 1,000 posts.
You did it! :headbang2:
She's doing great. :2thumbsup:
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Set up my new soundcard, hopefully.
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Clean up the yard more and sort out some machinery hopefully I will get some calls for work
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Work! It's unexciting, repetitive, low-skilled work, but I am lucky to be working! :viking:
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Drink beer. :zoinks:
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Drink beer. :zoinks:
"Situation...normal"
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Nothing. I'm absolutely knackered but had to get up erly for a doctors appointment . Been shopping and out to see family too, then went to Toys R Us :P
Now I#m back in bed
Oh yeh and I got new shoes finally. very comfortably
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Post, probably.
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Post the last minutes of the day away. :green:
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Seems like a sensible thing to do.
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Isn't it great to be sensible. :zoinks:
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Yes it is.
But that was yesterday. Today I'm going to meet with a friend and celebrate the birthday of another.
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Yes, that was yesterday, today, I'll start with posting. :green:
I will have to work later, after some sleep. And I guess the dad of the girls will drop by to see them.
The visiting girls of today are planning to come around again too. That's a bit much, but, if my ex does come over, I will hide upstairs, and they will be his to deal with them.
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I think I'll spend some time with my synthesisers before going to bed.
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Post the last minutes of the day away. :green:
Me too! It'll be so much fun! :2thumbsup:
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Meet with a friend, then visit another for her birthday party.
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Meet with a friend, then visit another for her birthday party.
My word, you are a social butterfly!
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Load up for the flea market tomorrow
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I had a horrible day at work. It is really hot outside - in the upper nineties, Fahrenheit - and not a single stir of air moving, humidity in the ninety five percent range.
I am headed for the pool and some loud jazz music, as soon as I can get my "moving so slowly, he could not shake dead lice off a lizard's tail" son into his swimming gear.
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Meet with a friend, then visit another for her birthday party.
My word, you are a social butterfly!
Yes, I'm a social LION, that's what I am. ;D
(Cue for people doubting my dx, thereby ending this thread according to Dunc's Law.)
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Meet with a friend, then visit another for her birthday party.
My word, you are a social butterfly!
Yes, I'm a social LION, that's what I am. ;D
(Cue for people doubting my dx, thereby ending this thread according to Dunc's Law.)
What does Dunc's Law say?
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Meet with a friend, then visit another for her birthday party.
My word, you are a social butterfly!
Yes, I'm a social LION, that's what I am. ;D
(Cue for people doubting my dx, thereby ending this thread according to Dunc's Law.)
What does Dunc's Law say?
It's the Aspie equivalent of Godwin's Law (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law) that, among other things, says that a thread is automatically over when someone calls you a Nazi, makes a Hitler comparison, etc.
So Dunc's Law states that if you doubt someone's dx, the thread is automatically over. ;D
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Gonna watch the football tonight. I bought some new shirts today and a jacket. Spent over 60quid altogether. Also been to the pub and dropped off a letter for the consultant at the hospital
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Going to practise riding a bus with my son. He needs to start doing it to get to school.
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Going to practise riding a bus with my son. He needs to start doing it to get to school.
I hate buses.
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Today I will reach 9900 posts, and go as far beyond it as I can! Closing in on 10,000! :viking:
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Going to practise riding a bus with my son. He needs to start doing it to get to school.
Oh, thanks for reminding me. Need to find out about bus passes for my daughter. She'll need one next week.
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Later today I will go to my evening job. If I arrive a little early, maybe I can get ahead of the work and leave early too! :viking:
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Going to practise riding a bus with my son. He needs to start doing it to get to school.
Oh, thanks for reminding me. Need to find out about bus passes for my daughter. She'll need one next week.
My son's riding the bus by himself now. He's a bit shaky about it but he's doing great.
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Going to practise riding a bus with my son. He needs to start doing it to get to school.
Oh, thanks for reminding me. Need to find out about bus passes for my daughter. She'll need one next week.
My son's riding the bus by himself now. He's a bit shaky about it but he's doing great.
Excellent. It will get easier in time. He is :viking: and will reap the rewards!
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Going to practise riding a bus with my son. He needs to start doing it to get to school.
Oh, thanks for reminding me. Need to find out about bus passes for my daughter. She'll need one next week.
My son's riding the bus by himself now. He's a bit shaky about it but he's doing great.
My daughter practised last year, one day a week. And she got the hang of it really quick. Riding the bus is a thing she is not worrying about coming year.
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Meet with a friend, then visit another for her birthday party.
My word, you are a social butterfly!
Yes, I'm a social LION, that's what I am. ;D
(Cue for people doubting my dx, thereby ending this thread according to Dunc's Law.)
What does Dunc's Law say?
It's the Aspie equivalent of Godwin's Law (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law) that, among other things, says that a thread is automatically over when someone calls you a Nazi, makes a Hitler comparison, etc.
So Dunc's Law states that if you doubt someone's dx, the thread is automatically over. ;D
I doubt my DX.
OH NO!!
Now, I am completely fucked!!
:violin:
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Gonna get a receiver & ball for the hitch I put on the truck a while ago.
.......then gonna go admire the log splitter I've been desiring for a while........probably will splurge and get it.
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Gonna get a receiver & ball for the hitch I put on the truck a while ago.
.......then gonna go admire the log splitter I've been desiring for a while........probably will splurge and get it.
Post a pic of it! :viking:
I am going to go to the bank, then to the cable company headquarters to straighten out my bill, then to my medication appointment,
then to the supermarket, and then I will return here to post until it's time for my evening job! :headbang2:
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Gonna get a receiver & ball for the hitch I put on the truck a while ago.
.......then gonna go admire the log splitter I've been desiring for a while........probably will splurge and get it.
Post a pic of it! :viking:
I am going to go to the bank, then to the cable company headquarters to straighten out my bill, then to my medication appointment,
then to the supermarket, and then I will return here to post until it's time for my evening job! :headbang2:
Busy, busy little bee.
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Gonna get a receiver & ball for the hitch I put on the truck a while ago.
.......then gonna go admire the log splitter I've been desiring for a while........probably will splurge and get it.
Post a pic of it! :viking:
I am going to go to the bank, then to the cable company headquarters to straighten out my bill, then to my medication appointment,
then to the supermarket, and then I will return here to post until it's time for my evening job! :headbang2:
Busy, busy little bee.
:agreed: Though at this point I'll have to do the bank and cable errands *after* the appointment...oh well. :zoinks:
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Going to practise riding a bus with my son. He needs to start doing it to get to school.
Oh, thanks for reminding me. Need to find out about bus passes for my daughter. She'll need one next week.
My son's riding the bus by himself now. He's a bit shaky about it but he's doing great.
Excellent. It will get easier in time. He is :viking: and will reap the rewards!
Yeah, it does get easier. Today he seemed a lot calmer about it.
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Going to practise riding a bus with my son. He needs to start doing it to get to school.
Oh, thanks for reminding me. Need to find out about bus passes for my daughter. She'll need one next week.
My son's riding the bus by himself now. He's a bit shaky about it but he's doing great.
Excellent. It will get easier in time. He is :viking: and will reap the rewards!
Yeah, it does get easier. Today he seemed a lot calmer about it.
I'm glad. Soon he will be an old pro. :thumbup:
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Poor kid has other worries. It's a new school and he doesn't know anyone.
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Poor kid has other worries. It's a new school and he doesn't know anyone.
What's his age?
Mine is facing the same. She's both dreading it, and looking forward.
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Poor kid has other worries. It's a new school and he doesn't know anyone.
What's his age?
Mine is facing the same. She's both dreading it, and looking forward.
He's going to be 16 later this autumn. It's the first year of secondary school.
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Poor kid has other worries. It's a new school and he doesn't know anyone.
What's his age?
Mine is facing the same. She's both dreading it, and looking forward.
He's going to be 16 later this autumn. It's the first year of secondary school.
Wow, first year of secondary school starts at age 12 here. My girl will be 13 begin winter.
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That early? How many years of primary school do you have?
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Kindergarten is now incorporated in primary school. That makes 8 years of primary school.
Secondary school varies, from 4 to 6 years. My girl will go for the six years discourse.
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Is secondary school compulsory?
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Is secondary school compulsory?
Yes, it is. Till the class a child is in at age 16 is finished, kids have to go to school on a daily basis. Till age 18 they have to go to school if they have not finished a curriculum yet.
A child has to follow 12 years of education at least. (If it skips a class, because of being so ahead of it's peers, the skipped class will be counted as a year too)
Children have to go to school the moment they are 5 years old. Most kids start at age 4 though.
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Secondary school is not compulsory here. It probably should be - unemployment is bad enough as it is.
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So, lots of kids will only visit the village school?
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Not many, these days. Thankfully. I think it was quite common in the 60s and the 70s, though.
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I'm going to have a chicken lunch at my friend's house, then go to the burger place in the evening and :GA: !
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Going to do the dishes in a while.
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post, sleep, have a Sunday with my girls, spend some time at a birthday party.
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Going to a close friends birthday pary. I hope there's alcohol!!!! :eyebrows:
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It's after dinner so just have some beer and go to bed
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After work I met my parents, sister and brother in law at Outback Steakhouse. I had medium rare prime rib and garlic mashed potatoes and New York cheesecake for dessert. It was a nice family visit.
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My day is almost over and I am completely stuffed, doing bare minimums
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gentle :hug:
I'll be going to a birthday party of a 13 year old soon. After that, it's making dinner and getting the kids to bed in time.
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Resting up for a long boring yesterday.
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I have tentative plans to de-hoard, but I might just stay online and postwhore instead! :2thumbsup:
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Going to watch In Treatment.
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Spend some time with a very special person who needs some TLC right now.
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Spend some time with a very special person who needs some TLC right now.
Awww, that is a good use of a day. :hug:
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Saw up six huge limbs I cut down from a major maple tree that was shading my pool.
I will age most of the wood for grille smokers, but much of the new growth (basically, anything I can hack off with my machete - anything smaller than two thumbs side-by-side will easily succumb to the machete and be headed for the compost heap) will be next year's mulch.
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Saw up six huge limbs I cut down from a major maple tree that was shading my pool.
I will age most of the wood for grille smokers, but much of the new growth (basically, anything I can hack off with my machete - anything smaller than two thumbs side-by-side will easily succumb to the machete and be headed for the compost heap) will be next year's mulch.
Wise use of Mother Nature's gifts.
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Not a lot left of this day but I think I'll post while enjoying a beer.
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Read just a little bit more, and then I will sleep.
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Sneat (SneakEat) some doughnuts to keep my little body chubby.
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Sneat (SneakEat) some doughnuts to keep my little body chubby.
One has to take care of the cuddly parts of oneself indeed.
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Sneat (SneakEat) some doughnuts to keep my little body chubby.
One has to take care of the cuddly parts of oneself indeed.
:agreed: Being the Queen Victoria Impersonator to the Aspie Elite requires commitment to looking the part!
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I hope to be :rofl:
I asked the new neighbours if they could take care of their hedge and fence. Others had asked before me, but, because of a language problem, they did not get through. Now, I had heard someone was there who did understand my language, so I asked again.
The hedge and fence were tipping over, and should be cut back/down, and replaced. The guy I spoke to said he would not be doing that, but that coming Monday, he would be fixing it after work.
We had lots of wind and rain on Sunday, when I came back from a birthday party, the whole hedge and fence were almost horizontally placed. The alley we have to use can't be used. The thought of this guy going to fix it with one post and some rope made me laugh out loud. And I sure hope to be able to see his attempts.
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I hope to be :rofl:
I asked the new neighbours if they could take care of their hedge and fence. Others had asked before me, but, because of a language problem, they did not get through. Now, I had heard someone was there who did understand my language, so I asked again.
The hedge and fence were tipping over, and should be cut back/down, and replaced. The guy I spoke to said he would not be doing that, but that coming Monday, he would be fixing it after work.
We had lots of wind and rain on Sunday, when I came back from a birthday party, the whole hedge and fence were almost horizontally placed. The alley we have to use can't be used. The thought of this guy going to fix it with one post and some rope made me laugh out loud. And I sure hope to be able to see his attempts.
Better stay inside the house and hide your laughing face behind the curtains! :laugh:
What language do these neighbors speak? :orly:
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I WILL do massive cleaning and de-cluttering today! Back in one hour! :viking:
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I shall play house and pretend to cook and clean and wash and, so forth and so on.
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Make me a sandwich.
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I shall play house and pretend to cook and clean and wash and, so forth and so on.
You are funny! I will help you as soon as I dig my way out of my own mess! :laugh:
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That is the problem with we Royals. We never throw anything away because it's historical. I think I'm using Henry VIII's chair. Re-using items has kept us rich. We shouldn't have to buy anything for centuries, although I may visit a certain purveyour of quality goods named Parts.
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That is the problem with we Royals. We never throw anything away because it's historical. I think I'm using Henry VIII's chair. Re-using items has kept us rich. We shouldn't have to buy anything for centuries, although I may visit a certain purveyour of quality goods named Parts.
I have heard of him too, Your Majesty! He knows all about fine old machinery and things of that nature! :viking:
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That is the problem with we Royals. We never throw anything away because it's historical. I think I'm using Henry VIII's chair. Re-using items has kept us rich. We shouldn't have to buy anything for centuries, although I may visit a certain purveyour of quality goods named Parts.
I have heard of him too, Your Majesty! He knows all about fine old machinery and things of that nature! :viking:
Is it true that he is an undiscovered inventor? Albert would relish speaking with him.
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That is the problem with we Royals. We never throw anything away because it's historical. I think I'm using Henry VIII's chair. Re-using items has kept us rich. We shouldn't have to buy anything for centuries, although I may visit a certain purveyour of quality goods named Parts.
I have heard of him too, Your Majesty! He knows all about fine old machinery and things of that nature! :viking:
Is it true that he is an undiscovered inventor? Albert would relish speaking with him.
Is he?! How fascinating! You both should speak with him! :orly:
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That is the problem with we Royals. We never throw anything away because it's historical. I think I'm using Henry VIII's chair. Re-using items has kept us rich. We shouldn't have to buy anything for centuries, although I may visit a certain purveyour of quality goods named Parts.
I have heard of him too, Your Majesty! He knows all about fine old machinery and things of that nature! :viking:
Is it true that he is an undiscovered inventor? Albert would relish speaking with him.
Is he?! How fascinating! You both should speak with him! :orly:
He is also rumored to be a bit crazy ifn ya know what I mean.
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That is the problem with we Royals. We never throw anything away because it's historical. I think I'm using Henry VIII's chair. Re-using items has kept us rich. We shouldn't have to buy anything for centuries, although I may visit a certain purveyour of quality goods named Parts.
I have heard of him too, Your Majesty! He knows all about fine old machinery and things of that nature! :viking:
Is it true that he is an undiscovered inventor? Albert would relish speaking with him.
Is he?! How fascinating! You both should speak with him! :orly:
He is also rumored to be a bit crazy ifn ya know what I mean.
Well, I suppose his custom title, "The Mad," could be taken as a hint...but many inventors are a bit "different"! :viking:
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The day is almost over so I think I'll just post.
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^That, and having another cup of tea.
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Get my beauty sleep and go head off to town. :thumbup:
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I already did what I'm gonna do today.
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Post. Press "Stop" when the film I'm showing is finished. Drive home.
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Wind down a little bit more.
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Do more of my comic sketches and then go to bed. :thumbup:
Maybe I try clock a couple of games and then sleep.
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Work at my evening job, then return here and relax. :2thumbsup:
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Post some more. Relax.
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I decided that since I exercised today, I plan on hurting later on.
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I decided that since I exercised today, I plan on hurting later on.
What kind of exercise did you do? :viking:
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I decided that since I exercised today, I plan on hurting later on.
What kind of exercise did you do? :viking:
I rode a stationary bike for 15 minutes, about 1 and 1/2 miles. Bad knee means biking and swimming are the safest exercises for me.
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I decided that since I exercised today, I plan on hurting later on.
What kind of exercise did you do? :viking:
I rode a stationary bike for 15 minutes, about 1 and 1/2 miles. Bad knee means biking and swimming are the safest exercises for me.
Interesting that the biking doesn't hurt your knee! Good for you, I tried to start a treadmill habit once, but after my first 9-minute workout,
my downstairs neighbor knocked on my door to tell me that her overhead light fixture was trembling! That was the end of that! :laugh:
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Not a lot. I've done enough for today. :yawn:
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I decided that since I exercised today, I plan on hurting later on.
What kind of exercise did you do? :viking:
I rode a stationary bike for 15 minutes, about 1 and 1/2 miles. Bad knee means biking and swimming are the safest exercises for me.
Interesting that the biking doesn't hurt your knee! Good for you, I tried to start a treadmill habit once, but after my first 9-minute workout,
my downstairs neighbor knocked on my door to tell me that her overhead light fixture was trembling! That was the end of that! :laugh:
My knee does occasionally get "out of joint" when bicycling, but I'm trying to avoid weight-bearing exercises while outracing my fat.
Oh, No, it's gaining on me!!!!!
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I decided that since I exercised today, I plan on hurting later on.
What kind of exercise did you do? :viking:
I rode a stationary bike for 15 minutes, about 1 and 1/2 miles. Bad knee means biking and swimming are the safest exercises for me.
Interesting that the biking doesn't hurt your knee! Good for you, I tried to start a treadmill habit once, but after my first 9-minute workout,
my downstairs neighbor knocked on my door to tell me that her overhead light fixture was trembling! That was the end of that! :laugh:
My knee does occasionally get "out of joint" when bicycling, but I'm trying to avoid weight-bearing exercises while outracing my fat.
Oh, No, it's gaining on me!!!!!
Oh no! So is mine! :runaway:
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Going to take the Jag out for a spin.
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I'm going to work at both of my jobs, then return here at night. :headbang2:
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Maybe go to the Legion of Honor for the first time in quite a while.
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Just an hour left so I don't know...
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Going to take the Jag out for a spin.
Cool. I'm glad you bought the new car. That's so much fun.
Today, I have to remember to renew my passport. It expires on September 11.
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Just 29 minutes left so I guess I won't have time to do much.
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I've got 31 minutes left. :hahaha:
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I've got 31 minutes left. :hahaha:
I've got over 6 hours left! :soph:
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I've got 31 minutes left. :hahaha:
I've got over 6 hours left! :soph:
Oops, my computer is lagging behind in time. Have less time left than I thought. :zombiefuck:
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I've got 31 minutes left. :hahaha:
I've got over 6 hours left! :soph:
Oops, my computer is lagging behind in time. Have less time left than I thought. :zombiefuck:
But you made it to 6800! :thumbup:
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Going to back up the site.
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Hoisting myself in the rain version of my uniform, and spam the village.
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Now I am going to think up a dinner. (And trying to multi-task, posting here.)
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Now I am going to think up a dinner. (And trying to multi-task, posting here.)
Go hyke! :multitask:
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Now I am going to think up a dinner. (And trying to multi-task, posting here.)
Ravioli, spaghetti sauce and chicken broth in a pot. Turn on medium heat.
Chop celery n carrots, toss em in. Put in a dab of thyme n a small bayleaf. Let everything soften.... BAM! Dinner. EZPZ
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Now I am going to think up a dinner. (And trying to multi-task, posting here.)
Ravioli, spaghetti sauce and chicken broth in a pot. Turn on medium heat.
Chop celery n carrots, toss em in. Put in a dab of thyme n a small bayleaf. Let everything soften.... BAM! Dinner. EZPZ
That actually sounds darn good! Like a casserole. I love casseroles. :drool:
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Post some. Do the dishes--no, wait, I already did that.
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De-hoard like a bitch from hell! :pirate:
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About to go curbside shopping
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I might close my eyes again before midnight. Amazing, how "normal" my bed time has been the past few days.
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Strip down an old engine for scrap the Al pays best if it's all separated
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next to nothing :-*
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didn't get to it but I got them in the containment tub that catches all the oil and gas
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Today I will work at the day job, then work at the night job, then come home and have a few hours of downtime,
then get up and do it all again and again and again and again... :GA:
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I might close my eyes again before midnight. Amazing, how "normal" my bed time has been the past few days.
Anxiety?
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im gonna go to biglots and buy discounted dorritos
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Bean and cheese fuck yeah.
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Post. Watch TV.
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:laundry:, housework, :devour: and :bath:
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Work, in a couple of hours.
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I might close my eyes again before midnight. Amazing, how "normal" my bed time has been the past few days.
Anxiety?
No, just a couple of days with early nights. Isn't bad at all, for a change.
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:laundry:, housework, :devour: and :bath:
Note: All I've done so far is :devour: . You can tell where my priorities are.
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Ah, I've done the food thing, and the washing is in the machine and turning.
Even have an old-fashioned enamel pan on the stove with a proper hot washing. :lol:
Will do some further housekeeping. And after that roam the neighbourhood in the rain again.
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:laundry:, housework, :devour: and :bath:
Note: All I've done so far is :devour: . You can tell where my priorities are.
That *should* be the priority! You need strength. :thumbup:
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Go to work, finish up a Lighting Panel and the finishing touches on a 3" conduit run before moving on to the furnace area.
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Post. Watch Stephen Fry on TV.
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Housework and watch some of the American football game on TV
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Drink some more beer, post some more, watch some TV, read some, sleep some.
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for the rest of the today i will gingerly sip on my extra dry gin and retire to my quarters where i will tackle lifes biggest problems
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Finish my working day, going home, then going back out again with yourgrandma. Get home and use the net before a late bedtime.
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Go to the doctor, then the chemist and then the shops.
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Take another Aspirin.
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Go to sleep, that's what... :zoinks:
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online/intown
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Eat some noodles and fuck off.
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Post. Watch TV. Ummmm... post more?
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Acknowledge Odeon's 42,600th post.
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Another day, another 26+ posts.
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I've done what I did today and now tomorrow and the weekend, I'm going to enjoy my day off and my weekend before Monday starts again.
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I will work, shop, and get ready for my weekend of postwhoring! :headbang2:
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clean/watch tv, look at my fire agate from slaughter mountain. :orly:
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Drink beer and post.
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Sleeeeeeeeeeep... :dream:
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Celebrate the weekend, and sleep too.
But hope nothing will happen like in that smiley CBC used.
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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Celebrate the weekend, and sleep too.
But hope nothing will happen like in that smiley CBC used.
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Nobody will pour cold water on you. :hug:
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im staying in bed all fucking day. :angel:
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listen to music and maybe watch the x factor :tinfoil:
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Sketch some more pictures.
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Have a drink, post a bit, and maybe I'll be in my bed too today.
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Don't know yet. Apart from taking care of the youngest.
Cancelled my appointments. Tucked a sick kid in.
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im going to the high places. i need to think and unwind
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my day is almost over already so nothing..i'll be in bed relaxing :)
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Post a few more. Do the backup.
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hangout online, give my fire agate a bath. watch a little t.v
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Declutter my living room completely! :viking:
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Back up the site.
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I need to get off my ass and start my :laundry: !
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I need to get off my ass and start my :laundry: !
Did you finish the decluttering?
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I need to get off my ass and start my :laundry: !
Did you finish the decluttering?
Still working on it, got sidetracked here as usual. :paperbag:
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I need to get off my ass and start my :laundry: !
Did you finish the decluttering?
Still working on it, got sidetracked here as usual. :paperbag:
:viking:
:zoinks:
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I need to get off my ass and start my :laundry: !
Did you finish the decluttering?
Still working on it, got sidetracked here as usual. :paperbag:
:viking:
:zoinks:
I'll start soon. Really! :zoinks:
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I should get on with my dissertation but I dunno if I will. I feel like going for a walk and listening to some music for a bit
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I'm going to go back to work after four days off. :zombiefuck:
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Not a lot. There's just another hour left.
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Washing marathon. 1/3 is hanging now, 1/3 spinning, 1/3 waiting for their turn to go round and round in circles.
Waiting for my mail.
Pack my bags,
Lunch with my youngest.
Head out with mail.
Chat in between.
Try to get hold of my ex.
Be home when kids get out of school.
Let the weekend start for them with a treat.
Something like that.
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Post. Drink a beer or two. Eat crisps. Watch House. Post some more.
I know, I'm keeping busy. ;D
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i dont know. probably just walk on some of the hiking trails in the woods later on, but first i need to get my hot water fix
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I will work from 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., then come home and do my :laundry: !
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try to stop my online life for today. my house is clean, and i dont have any friends LOL. so looks like the only option left is sleep :(
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try to stop my online life for today. my house is clean, and i dont have any friends LOL. so looks like the only option left is sleep :(
Are there any :asthing: groups where you are Richard? I live between SF and Sacramento and both of those cities have aspie groups although it took a bit of looking to find them.
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Become a vegetable - just lie there and be.
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try to stop my online life for today. my house is clean, and i dont have any friends LOL. so looks like the only option left is sleep :(
Are there any :asthing: groups where you are Richard?
Cheerleading groups????
WTF would Richard need a cheerleading group :zombiefuck:
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:lol:
:asthing: = AS
i think
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lol that made me laugh
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try to stop my online life for today. my house is clean, and i dont have any friends LOL. so looks like the only option left is sleep :(
Are there any :asthing: groups where you are Richard?
Cheerleading groups????
WTF would Richard need a cheerleading group :zombiefuck:
The :asthing: icon here means aspie spazz Butterflies. :LMAO:
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lol still making me laugh :laugh:
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Very little. Only two minutes left.
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went out to lunch, online time. a little tv
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Organized the rats nest of phone and cable wires in the basement working on getting them easily identifiable as to where they go
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Fucked off.
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Fuck off.
Fixed...changed it to future tense to fit the question! :prude:
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Watch TV.
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Going to start with sleeping soon.
Tuesday, alarm can be an hour later :2thumbsup:
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Sleep. Work.
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Work soon I hope.
Never know when I'll get it here. Apart from that it is somewhere in the next three hours.
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i was going to go to the dollar store but the weathers bad. i think i'll stay home and get high on coffee instead
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Going to watch House.
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Going to have a night out. Should be a really good laugh. My friend's decided to get my cousin laid. I pity the poor drunken girl who wakes up next to that :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Going to take a spirited drive to town for lunch.
Stop by the grocery on the way back for a few things.
Maybe move some wood to the driveway for splitting
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Going to take a spirited drive to town for lunch.
Stop by the grocery on the way back for a few things.
Maybe move some wood to the driveway for splitting
:plus: Not just any drive, but a spirited drive.
Are you having fun with your log splitter?
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nothing
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Going to take a spirited drive to town for lunch.
Stop by the grocery on the way back for a few things.
Maybe move some wood to the driveway for splitting
:plus: Not just any drive, but a spirited drive.
Are you having fun with your log splitter?
The log splitter is great.
I'm getting so much wood ready for winter.
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Going to take a spirited drive to town for lunch.
Stop by the grocery on the way back for a few things.
Maybe move some wood to the driveway for splitting
:plus: Not just any drive, but a spirited drive.
Are you having fun with your log splitter?
The log splitter is great.
I'm getting so much wood ready for winter.
And you can be toasty warm all winter, and proud that you provided for yourself. :viking:
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Watch TV.
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whore my fire agate :blonde:
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whore my fire agate :blonde:
You mean you'll charge people money to look at it? :zoinks:
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Have some more tea, post a little, and I might go to bed this very day.
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Work. but I'm going to get some sleep first.
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Logout and make some batter for pancakes. :bunny: :bunny: :bunny:
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bounceback, :viking:
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re-write geography notes..stupid school :-\
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Not a lot. Post.
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goater bed :sheep:
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goater bed :sheep:
Oh, you're going to go to :sheep: ?
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goater bed :sheep:
:plus:
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Move more wood up to the drive for splitting.
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spend some time with my half finished 26 ct fire agate, the pinfire in him is amazing! :thumbup:
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I have no idea yet and it's already after midday :-\
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I'm going to work, shop, do laundry, then attend a meeting at my evening workplace! :GA:
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Going on a shopping trip with my baby sister.
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Eat something. Go to bed. Not a lot of today left.
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Cancelled an appointment this morning, two sick kids. :(
In a couple of hours I will do my mail, and it will be an awful lot. Yesterday mail was on strike. Today there will be a double amount of mail.
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After my appointment, I will return home and tackle some neglected financial business before going to work! :viking:
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Eat something and go to bed.
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I'm going to bust my ass at my two jobs so I can get back here and post some more! :headbang:
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Cook, clean, look for stuff, etc. Playing the housefrau today, taking a break from my royal duties.
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I want go to the sporstcard shop and take a look :M
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Gonna pick up my laptop from the shop later on today.
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Watch some TV, maybe.
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Taking the Princess Royal for her semi-annual dental check-up.
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I'm going to bed now. I have to get up at 8am tomorrow. This is going to kill me. I hate getting up in the morning. I usually sleep to around 1 or 2pm. If I have to get up before around 10am I usually end up with a headache. :grrr: :grrr: :grrr:
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Curious about what you have to get up for. I like to sleep in too. I love to stay in bed all day but my mum doesn't like me to.
Have to study today and then go to my sister's as it is my nephew's 11th birthday.
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I am going to work at thye day job, shop, work at the evening job, then return home to postwhore! :asthing:
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Curious about what you have to get up for. I like to sleep in too. I love to stay in bed all day but my mum doesn't like me to.
Have to study today and then go to my sister's as it is my nephew's 11th birthday.
We've moved house, and we've moved most of the stuff, but the things that were too big to be put in a car like the sofa, my bed, and a couple of chest-of drawers needed moved by van, so we hired "The man with a van" to move the stuff, but the only time he was available was 9am.
I'm pretty tired now, although we're having a drink later so I'll probably pass out from drunkness and tiredness :laugh: At least we're just staying in and drinking rather than going out.
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Watch all episodes of Lip Service on iPlayer and wait for someone to come home 8)
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Oversee the housekeeping since Lady Weeble is otherwise occupied, take the Princess Royal shopping, some minor cooking (soup?) and perhaps attend to some fiscal matters.
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Post a little, maybe make some tea. And, by the time the day is over, I will go to bed.
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I was going to get drunk, but I'm keeping the money for tomorrow. Meeting some friends.
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It's 23.21 so not much. Just gonna watch dvds
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Drive my daughter to a figure skating competition.
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Drive my daughter to a figure skating competition.
Hope she gets/got first place.
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Drive my daughter to a figure skating competition.
Hope she gets/got first place.
As I noted elsewhere, she didn't compete because she didn't feel OK.
I'm going to work for a while tomorrow. I'm going to speak at a conference next week and have a presentation to write.
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My day is over. The sun is going down.
I hate that I saw my daughter have a meltdown today.
I hate my Aunt. Right this moment I wish she would drop dead. Which is an awful thing to say, but I wish she would if she is going to be a selfish, heartless, bitter bitch for the rest of her living years. She may as well fuck off to the other side now.
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Write some more. Watch TV.
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I'm going to work at my two jobs! Hustle! Hustle! Go! Go! :GA:
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I'm going to work at my two jobs! Hustle! Hustle! Go! Go! :GA:
You're a dancer? Remember the Hustle and go-go dancers?
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exchange my change at the bank, probably. unless todays a fucking holiday too ::)
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Watch TV.
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Brush my teeth, set the alarm, strip and go to bed.
Maybe I will even manage to fall asleep today.
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I've done most of my things that I was suppose to do today and now I'm going to watch some videos and finish my work that I was suppose to finish off and off to sleep.
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Buy a daquiri after dinner.
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what am I going to do today...
hmmm, nothing productive. Just use precious oxygen. I hope I see that new stray cat though, I want to make a new friend.
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Work.
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Go to the doctor and check out a condo for energy efficiency
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I'm going to work at my two jobs! Hustle! Hustle! Go! Go! :GA:
You're a dancer? Remember the Hustle and go-go dancers?
I do remember the Hustle, yes, that was one of the songs my middle-school band played in the spring concert! :dance:
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Have something to eat, asap.
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Be disappointed. The car is in the shop for a one day repair, but all the parts weren't sent over, so it will be in repair until tomorrow sometime.
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Be disappointed. The car is in the shop for a one day repair, but all the parts weren't sent over, so it will be in repair until tomorrow sometime.
Stay here with us and keep your disappointment off your mind. :hug:
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Yes, I shall at least stay in the house and clean.
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Yes, I shall at least stay in the house and clean.
Me too, until it's time for my evening job! :angel:
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pay my fucking rent :P
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The day is almost over. I'll watch some TV, post some and then go to bed.
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I never went to the store.
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Work. But other than that, no idea.
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Work on another guy who sells at the flea markets house in his overcrowded garage
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Write some more.
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Work on another guy who sells at the flea markets house in his overcrowded garage
Will you be de-hoarding it? :arrr:
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Work on another guy who sells at the flea markets house in his overcrowded garage
Honest question: Work on or work with? If it's on, I hope it doesn't include violence.
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I have to get ruthless with my clutter. If I don't use it, out it goes! :pirate:
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Wait for the phone call that the car is ready.
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Post. Drink my tea. Watch TV.
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drink my tea, post, and maybe go to bed before midnight too.
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I have to get ruthless with my clutter. If I don't use it, out it goes! :pirate:
Keep your snow-boots and snow-shovel, you may not use them now, but you may need them very soon.
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I have to get ruthless with my clutter. If I don't use it, out it goes! :pirate:
Keep your snow-boots and snow-shovel, you may not use them now, but you may need them very soon.
I have boots, but no shovel. The landlords do the shoveling! :2thumbsup:
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Work on another guy who sells at the flea markets house in his overcrowded garage
Honest question: Work on or work with? If it's on, I hope it doesn't include violence.
I am insulating his garage workshop and it's full to the ceiling in places with crates of tools and other items he sells at the market
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Make hassenpfeffer
(http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/d1ea8bb9-a6aa-47cb-80b6-1a24c17902f6.jpg)
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Make hassenpfeffer
(http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/d1ea8bb9-a6aa-47cb-80b6-1a24c17902f6.jpg)
:lol:
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Make hassenpfeffer
(http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/d1ea8bb9-a6aa-47cb-80b6-1a24c17902f6.jpg)
With proper hare, or with rabbit?
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Make hassenpfeffer
(http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/d1ea8bb9-a6aa-47cb-80b6-1a24c17902f6.jpg)
He's awesome! :heart: And we have some carrots at my day job that he would love!
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Make hassenpfeffer
(http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/d1ea8bb9-a6aa-47cb-80b6-1a24c17902f6.jpg)
I do not understand your words and I do not understand why yet another post of "EPIC BUNNEH" is posted in this thread.
I can only imagine that you plan to do an epic bunneh, today.
Correct me, please, because your doing an epic bunneh would damage the already tenuous "relationship" we have tried to muster over a few months.
Force your plan upon my way of thinking and I will keep an open mind for a short while.
otherwise ... you define :asthing:
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Make hassenpfeffer
(http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/d1ea8bb9-a6aa-47cb-80b6-1a24c17902f6.jpg)
He's awesome! :heart: And we have some carrots at my day job that he would love!
See, I agree with this.
He is indeed awesome.
(I have "friends" who raise beef rabbits for amazing profits and some of their steers are phenomenally sized and fed up to scary weights - awesome, indeed!)
I just question the placement of such a post, unless someone has rabbit on the menu for the evening. (which I dearly love, BTW. Rabbit, farm raised is indeed an awesome treat, indeed, and indeed.)
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Make hassenpfeffer
(http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/d1ea8bb9-a6aa-47cb-80b6-1a24c17902f6.jpg)
With proper hare, or with rabbit?
See, I agree with this.
He is indeed awesome.
(I have "friends" who raise beef rabbits for amazing profits and some of their steers are phenomenally sized and fed up to scary weights - awesome, indeed!)
I just question the placement of such a post, unless someone has rabbit on the menu for the evening. (which I dearly love, BTW. Rabbit, farm raised is indeed an awesome treat, indeed, and indeed.)
Well, Queen Victoria did mention making hassenpfeffer (rabbit stew), so I guess that was the inspiration for the picture. :laugh:
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OK, so I AM up to speed. I thought she was all about everything remaining living and shit.
Sorry for mis-interpreting.
I feel better now and even a bit congratulatory towards her. I love to rabbit, but I actually prefer to slow smoke them on my grille than water them into a stew. Stews are great winter fare, however.
I may be having more trouble with the arrival of winter than some, I suspect.
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OK, so I AM up to speed. I thought she was all about everything remaining living and shit.
Sorry for mis-interpreting.
I feel better now and even a bit congratulatory towards her. I love to rabbit, but I actually prefer to slow smoke them on my grille than water them into a stew. Stews are great winter fare, however.
I may be having more trouble with the arrival of winter than some, I suspect.
I like winter, but I'm developing the phlegmy throat that usually precedes my annual upper respiratory infection,
so I may be on antibiotics an another week or so. Thank god I never took up smoking! :orly:
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OK, so I AM up to speed. I thought she was all about everything remaining living and shit.
Sorry for mis-interpreting.
I feel better now and even a bit congratulatory towards her. I love to rabbit, but I actually prefer to slow smoke them on my grille than water them into a stew. Stews are great winter fare, however.
I may be having more trouble with the arrival of winter than some, I suspect.
I like winter, but I'm developing the phlegmy throat that usually precedes my annual upper respiratory infection,
so I may be on antibiotics an another week or so. Thank god I never took up smoking! :orly:
Hope you do OK with the infections.
I get SADS when winter gets cold and dark. Nothing helps, except my ongoing projects from my lifelong interests in engineering of new ways to create sound reproducing equipment.
Right now, though, my new project is on hold due to the weather.
:bigcry:
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I may change plans for the bunny if the car parts don't arrive today. I may be riding him instead of eating him. Oh my, the picture in my mind of Queen Victoria riding a ginormous bunny.
I've only had hassenpfeffer and fried rabbit, never smoked. Interesting way to cook it.
Hyke - we only have commerically raised rabbit, hare isn't available in the stores, in the USA, so if I made hassenpfeffer, it would be "imitation" hare.
BTW - my sister collects rabbit images and stuff, has for over 30 years. Needless to say she has an awesome collection.
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I may change plans for the bunny if the car parts don't arrive today. I may be riding him instead of eating him. Oh my, the picture in my mind of Queen Victoria riding a ginormous bunny.
I'm sure Your Majesty has ridden at least one elephant when visiting the Indian colony. A giant bunny should pose no problems! :viking:
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OK, so I AM up to speed. I thought she was all about everything remaining living and shit.
Sorry for mis-interpreting.
I feel better now and even a bit congratulatory towards her. I love to rabbit, but I actually prefer to slow smoke them on my grille than water them into a stew. Stews are great winter fare, however.
I may be having more trouble with the arrival of winter than some, I suspect.
I like winter, but I'm developing the phlegmy throat that usually precedes my annual upper respiratory infection,
so I may be on antibiotics an another week or so. Thank god I never took up smoking! :orly:
Hope you do OK with the infections.
I get SADS when winter gets cold and dark. Nothing helps, except my ongoing projects from my lifelong interests in engineering of new ways to create sound reproducing equipment.
Right now, though, my new project is on hold due to the weather.
:bigcry:
The congestion seems to be breaking up, thanks to expectorant cough syrup.
Since I don't feel sick otherwise, I will wait before asking about antibiotics. :thumbup:
I'm sorry to hear about your SAD. I like winter myself, I get crankier in summer!
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I was going to make a video today about relationships but the whole idea of recording myself and putting it on youtube is like constantly looking into a mirror and you see yourself as Mr Hyde... damn. :LOL:
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Not a lot. Post. Watch TV.
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probably nothing
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Five minutes left so not much, I guess.
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Make a list of all the first aid stuff I have run out on, and then go out to buy them.
Found out yesterday I miss out on a lot. Nothing a creative mind could not overcome, but still, better go for a thorough stacking up.
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Wait for a phone call then SHOP/bank/housework/laundry, etc. Well, some of that will be done waiting for the phone call.
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When I finish waiting for my wife to get back I will be going to put up some flashing on my doctors house where animals have damaged it
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Wait for a phone call then SHOP/bank/housework/laundry, etc. Well, some of that will be done waiting for the phone call.
I thought you were going to call SOPH. :laugh:
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Watch the season finale of "The Good Wife".
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Today I will work for 4 hours at my day job, then for 3 hours at my evening job! :viking:
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Going to bed, not too long from now. And then I will see what time I will wake, or what time the girls will wake.
Nothing pressing on the agenda. Sunday!
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Make a doughnut run to the grocery store.
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Have just come back from another round of Christmas shopping. Now contemplating washing my car but it will rain soon and make my car dirty again. I might just clean the interior.
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In like 5 minutes i'm going to KFC for some sweet, sweet lovin' :M
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Watch TV. Post.
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Gotta drop YOURGRANDMA off at the trainstation soon.
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Find 2 Christmas presents I've mislaid.
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I tried not to cry much, but I did spill some face over the events of the day.
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Down^H^H^H^H Acquire software.
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I'm gonna go to my work xmas party and (hopefully) come back home half cut to pack my bags for tomorrow :zoinks:
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I'm gonna go to my work xmas party and (hopefully) come back home half cut to pack my bags for tomorrow :zoinks:
Don't pack drunk! :police:
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after my moms gets of work I'm going shopping for food
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I'm going to continue de-hoarding! :viking:
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Off to bed soon, for an early night for a change.
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Try to stay up late enough to get might sleep schedule back in order.
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Only 25 minutes left. Not much I have time to do. :o
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I'm going to go to the burger place soon and :GA: for 2 or 3 hours!
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And I now have another 24 four hours to think about in this thread.
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And I now have another 24 four hours to think about in this thread.
Why 24 four hours?
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And I now have another 24 four hours to think about in this thread.
Why 24 four hours?
No idea. :laugh:
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And I now have another 24 four hours to think about in this thread.
Why 24 four hours?
No idea. :laugh:
That was the coffee typing?
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And I now have another 24 four hours to think about in this thread.
Why 24 four hours?
No idea. :laugh:
That was the coffee typing?
COuld be the lack of it.
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I should be cleaning. Lets hope i do :yinyang:
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Not a lot. Post, maybe watch TV.
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Go for a walk in my neighbourhood
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I have a lot to do today, but first I have to get some sleep! :zzz:
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Make a nice phonecall,
then skip all I should do and go to bed, or maybe do some clearing before to give me peace of mind.
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Drink more beer.
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I'm thinking about my sweety, on its way. hurry please! :hamsterwheel:
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Preparing to pick up my daughter from gymnastic training.
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I'm going to make that 99 problems list, and start knocking 'em off, one problem at a time! :pirate:
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About to cook a large stuffed-crust pizza, topped w/pepperoni and extra cheese.
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Time for a late lunch! I love my microwaveable dinners! :2thumbsup:
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Avery late dinner for me, as its nearly 11pm here.
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Avery late dinner for me, as its nearly 11pm here.
I like a late dinner in front of the TV. :tv:
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Clear a bit of stuff, then pack my bags and head out.
Brother is going to celebrate being around for half a century. Once he was such a cute toddler and I was his big sister. Now I have more grey hair, but he is the bigger of the two of us.
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Realistically, nothing. :trollskull:
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Hopefully something useful. I wanted to take care of an appointment today but all their Saturday slots were filled and now it needs to wait until Monday. Need to come up with a new plan.
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Get through.
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Get through.
You can do it, little cow. :heart: :hyke: :heart:
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Laundry, finally. I'm just about out of clean clothes. And half the stuff I'll be washing is raggedy shite
that's hardly worth the handful of quarters I'll have to spend getting it clean. I need new clothes. :apondering:
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Laundry, finally. I'm just about out of clean clothes. And half the stuff I'll be washing is raggedy shite
that's hardly worth the handful of quarters I'll have to spend getting it clean. I need new clothes. :apondering:
(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/good-news/seven-seas/animals-in-costumes-beaver-shutterstock-large.jpg)
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^ That's a well-dressed gopher! :2thumbsup:
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Laundry, finally. I'm just about out of clean clothes. And half the stuff I'll be washing is raggedy shite
that's hardly worth the handful of quarters I'll have to spend getting it clean. I need new clothes. :apondering:
Yes!!
Go to a second hand shop, and look for shirts with a nice lining. Maybe you can ask someone working there to help you find stuff that suits you.
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If there are any churches around you that have rummage sales go to one CBC.
You would not believe the clothes I find...many new with tags...and on the last day around here you stuff a bag for $2 or $3. Most of the time it's a shopping bag, church down the road hands out giant trash bags...they don't want to pack it up again.
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Going to shop groceries, then do some BBQ'ing while drinking a beer.
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Laundry, finally. I'm just about out of clean clothes. And half the stuff I'll be washing is raggedy shite
that's hardly worth the handful of quarters I'll have to spend getting it clean. I need new clothes. :apondering:
I would go with you, I like clothes shopping.
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Hang laundry. Maybe celebrate something. That is if all of us can get focused and in the mood at the same time.
Fuck it, autism sucks.
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put some chocolate on the table and the celebration will make itself.
i am hoping to go to the re store to look for six inch duct to extend the air conditioner duct. if it keeps pouring rain i might go tomorrow.
also have a proposal to write for an upcoming conference - not particularly motivated to do it. the duct definitely is more interesting.
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Laundry, finally. I'm just about out of clean clothes. And half the stuff I'll be washing is raggedy shite
that's hardly worth the handful of quarters I'll have to spend getting it clean. I need new clothes. :apondering:
I would go with you, I like clothes shopping.
*beams Ren into America so we can shop!* :cheer:
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Going to finish watching this nature docu on TV, then get to finishing up my post-reaction workup from yesterday/previous day's chef-ing. Once I've gotten the goods out of my finished rxn, I might just clean the lab and tidy it up. Already have been doing some of that plus restocking things, some diethylene glycol, diisopropyl ether, diethyl ether and I got given some xylene today, courtesy of somebody's goodwill, they gifted me some as I could really do with it and had no xylene or tolly left.
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paperwork
homework
make phone call
nap
make dinner
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Eat. I am SOOO hungry. Still some slight lingering appetite suppression from the pseudoephedrine derivatives created in my last project, but that faded away after taking the muscle relaxer I use to un-cramp and de-spasm the area of my iffy leg affected by the nerve damage, and a generous shot of morphine.
Right now I am just nibbling my last handful of wine gums, but there are several packs of cheese slices in the fridge that I can hear in the background, calling my name and shouting 'eeeeeaaatttt meeeeeee....eeeeaat meee' :D I THINK I might even have a cold beer left too. If not then theres certainly coke. None of that low sugar, or diet muck either, real, original proper coke. But if I'm not mistaken there might just be a guinness pale in there for me. I do hope so, because I'm as thirsty as I am hungry. All I've had today are two caramel-covered digestive biscuits, just to get me up on my feet for a moment after first waking up, which wasn't long ago.
Although my old man has just gone shopping, and I sent him off with a request to pick up some grapefruit segments in cans of grapefruit juice and some cartons of unsweetened grapefruit juice, which I absolutely adore. Reminds me somewhat of all the times as a youngling spent staying at my grandmother's place up in yorkshire, because along with choices of cereal, one thing she always served up for breakfast, was tinned grapefruit in its own juice, which I either ate unsweetened or sometimes, with a wee bit of honey drizzled over the top.
Its been a firm favourite of mine for years, presumably because she served it up so often as a kid. And in addition since I got on pain meds for my leg/hips there are flavonoids in grapefruit juice that act as quite powerful and very longlived cytochrome P450-3A4 and P450-2D6 inhibitors, these being liver enzymes that are responsible for breaking down morphine, oxy and many other pharmaceutical entities into useless garbage. So breakfast will in this case also help make my pain relief far longer lived and somewhat more acutely effective too.
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Going for Irlen testing. When I get home from that, I plan to have a nap to catch up on sleep. Then I have homework.
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I might go to see my colleagues in the conference social room--yup, there is such a place. The good thing about my field is that most people are nice but they are also geeks, nerdy and not very social. This means that even if you do a social thing, you don't have to be in the middle of it. You can stay in the fringes and chat with one person at a time.
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I might go to see my colleagues in the conference social room--yup, there is such a place. The good thing about my field is that most people are nice but they are also geeks, nerdy and not very social. This means that even if you do a social thing, you don't have to be in the middle of it. You can stay in the fringes and chat with one person at a time.
That's how I tend to behave at the workplace Christmas party. That, and look at my phone. :P
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I might go to see my colleagues in the conference social room--yup, there is such a place. The good thing about my field is that most people are nice but they are also geeks, nerdy and not very social. This means that even if you do a social thing, you don't have to be in the middle of it. You can stay in the fringes and chat with one person at a time.
That's how I tend to behave at the workplace Christmas party. That, and look at my phone. :P
A phone helps. :laugh:
My problem at conferences these days is that people recognise me and want to talk to me.
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I might go to see my colleagues in the conference social room--yup, there is such a place. The good thing about my field is that most people are nice but they are also geeks, nerdy and not very social. This means that even if you do a social thing, you don't have to be in the middle of it. You can stay in the fringes and chat with one person at a time.
That's how I tend to behave at the workplace Christmas party. That, and look at my phone. :P
A phone helps. :laugh:
My problem at conferences these days is that people recognise me and want to talk to me.
Do any of them try to take your picture? :flash:
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I need to go shopping today ... off to the mall. I need that new CD player! :apondering:
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I need to go shopping today ... off to the mall. I need that new CD player! :apondering:
And clothes too
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I need to go shopping today ... off to the mall. I need that new CD player! :apondering:
And clothes too
Yes! I want a dark olive green shirt. I want to see what it does for my eye color. :heisenberg:
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The same thing I do every night, Pinky........;)
(well not EVERY night, but I am making a conscious effort to fit in more and more and MORE these days:))
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I might go to see my colleagues in the conference social room--yup, there is such a place. The good thing about my field is that most people are nice but they are also geeks, nerdy and not very social. This means that even if you do a social thing, you don't have to be in the middle of it. You can stay in the fringes and chat with one person at a time.
That's how I tend to behave at the workplace Christmas party. That, and look at my phone. :P
A phone helps. :laugh:
My problem at conferences these days is that people recognise me and want to talk to me.
Do any of them try to take your picture? :flash:
Heh. Not usually, no.
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I'm going to go into work early today, work my ass off, then go to my polling place and vote! :pirate:
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Vote
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I voted by mail last week. Glad I did with all that's happening right now.
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Do you have an escape route to Canada plotted?
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Do you have an escape route to Canada plotted?
I can't even leave Louisiana. The PR would have to start at the bottom of every list for services. Thank heaven the food in New Orleans is delicious.
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You could always escape (with the PR) here. Services are free and easier to get by far, well free on the NHS once one gets benefits, which her wuvvlesomeness would EASILY get. Fuckin' ell here she'd get as rich as any princess roy-the-fuck-all ought to get, and pile up objects d'art in the throne room of her OWN palace. Benefit system here are a bunch of bellpots&tossends but easy to juice money out of. Hell they even spunk away way too much of our GDP on both the E(vil)U(gly fucking cunts), hell they will give money to scrounging romanian sewage that slimes it's way over here, sponges benefits, and continues to receive child benefit for children who probably don't even EXIST over in romania, even after they slime their way back there, IF they do fuck off home again and not try to burrow into the benefit system deeper still, stay here, rob, steal and aggressively beg, munching away like a maggot defiling a rotting turd, and sucking benefits like a tick sucking blood, only tenfold as repugnant, befouling our bloody country like the diseases they are.
Fuck romanians, aka a fulminant case of the SpongePox. Fuck 'em all, fuck 'em right back on their way to hades, and as they prepare to slime their way back to Tartarus, smash their fucking skulls in with a clawhammer and kick their dirty carcasses into the styx, to become hell-hagfish chow.
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But the PR wouldn't be sponging. Because SHE isn't a scumbag on the lookout for opportunities to money-grub, she isn't a festering gyppoturd, she is a wonderful woman and she has genuine needs, and is deserving of aid. Unlike the romany-pestilence.
As for what I am going to do, I am going to experiment, using some sections of copper pipe, with electroplating chromium and nickel. And perhaps manganese.
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You could always escape (with the PR) here. Services are free and easier to get by far, well free on the NHS once one gets benefits, which her wuvvlesomeness would EASILY get. Fuckin' ell here she'd get as rich as any princess roy-the-fuck-all ought to get, and pile up objects d'art in the throne room of her OWN palace. Benefit system here are a bunch of bellpots&tossends but easy to juice money out of. Hell they even spunk away way too much of our GDP on both the E(vil)U(gly fucking cunts), hell they will give money to scrounging romanian sewage that slimes it's way over here, sponges benefits, and continues to receive child benefit for children who probably don't even EXIST over in romania, even after they slime their way back there, IF they do fuck off home again and not try to burrow into the benefit system deeper still, stay here, rob, steal and aggressively beg, munching away like a maggot defiling a rotting turd, and sucking benefits like a tick sucking blood, only tenfold as repugnant, befouling our bloody country like the diseases they are.
Fuck romanians, aka a fulminant case of the SpongePox. Fuck 'em all, fuck 'em right back on their way to hades, and as they prepare to slime their way back to Tartarus, smash their fucking skulls in with a clawhammer and kick their dirty carcasses into the styx, to become hell-hagfish chow.
I did look into immigrating earlier this fall. NHS wouldn't be free for her, we'd have to pay for the NHS, and our income wouldn't meet the base support level required. This is if we did it properly and legally, which is the only way I'd do it.
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You could always escape (with the PR) here. Services are free and easier to get by far, well free on the NHS once one gets benefits, which her wuvvlesomeness would EASILY get. Fuckin' ell here she'd get as rich as any princess roy-the-fuck-all ought to get, and pile up objects d'art in the throne room of her OWN palace. Benefit system here are a bunch of bellpots&tossends but easy to juice money out of. Hell they even spunk away way too much of our GDP on both the E(vil)U(gly fucking cunts), hell they will give money to scrounging romanian sewage that slimes it's way over here, sponges benefits, and continues to receive child benefit for children who probably don't even EXIST over in romania, even after they slime their way back there, IF they do fuck off home again and not try to burrow into the benefit system deeper still, stay here, rob, steal and aggressively beg, munching away like a maggot defiling a rotting turd, and sucking benefits like a tick sucking blood, only tenfold as repugnant, befouling our bloody country like the diseases they are.
Fuck romanians, aka a fulminant case of the SpongePox. Fuck 'em all, fuck 'em right back on their way to hades, and as they prepare to slime their way back to Tartarus, smash their fucking skulls in with a clawhammer and kick their dirty carcasses into the styx, to become hell-hagfish chow.
You're wrong about benefits being easy to get here. Well... it's easier for immigrants and EU migrants, maybe. That is, I heard on the radio (from a DWP whistle-blower) that they don't sanction foreigners, because it's "too much paperwork". But for most of us, it's really, really hard, and I wouldn't be certain that Americans would be treated any different.
Where you been living, Lestat? Are you too caught up in your hatred for EU migrants to notice all the Welfare scandals in recent years?
Do you know that people under 25 only get £57.90 per week JSA? if they're lucky (see next point)
Do you know that claimants often have their benefits sanctioned (that is stopped) for anything up up to 5 years, on the slightest pretext? (eg five minutes late signing on; couldn't sign on time, because busy attending job interview; only applied for 31 jobs this week , not the agreed 32...) I actually know several people this has happened to.
Haven't you heard about the "bedroom tax"? That is Housing Benefit is reduced, if you're judged to be "over-accomodated".( Unfortunately, due to housing crisis , and unwillingness of landlords to rent to people on benefits, attempts to downsize will likely fall flat. Therefore people are winding up homeless on account of this rule)
Do you know that people are waiting months to be assessed for disability benefits? and that most claims are rejected following assessment, and then need to be taken to Tribunal?
Do you know that thousands of disabled people are losing their Motability vehicles, when re-assessed ? this is due to tougher new rules that make it really hard to qualify for Enhanced Mobility Allowance, as well as unsound assessments. (The lower rate -about £21 per week- comes nowhere near meeting the cost of the vehicles)
Do you know that thousands of sick/disabled people have died within weeks of losing their disability benefits, due to being found "fit for work" ? Often erroneously. In a number of highly-publicised cases, death was by suicide, and was directly due to resulting loss of income.
People like you, who say that the DWP are " easy to juice money out of" don't help the situation at all. That kind of attitude only encourages the government to make even more savage cuts and sanctions.
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I did look into immigrating earlier this fall. NHS wouldn't be free for her, we'd have to pay for the NHS, and our income wouldn't meet the base support level required. This is if we did it properly and legally, which is the only way I'd do it.
Sorry to hear that , QV :(. i know, it's really difficult to immigrate into Britain from most countries, unless you're wealthy , of course.
Some of we Brits, have very skewed ideas about ease of immigration into Britain. . Partly that's because we tend to regard EU migrants as "immigrants" . And partly that's because we have some very long-established, close-knit asian communities e.g. from Pakistan and Bagladesh here. Those communities just grow and grow; that's because they they make a point of bringing all their relatives over, one way or another (eg by marrying their cousins, back home; by clubbing together to provide the spouse with a house and suitable income) With the support of a community like that behind you, there's always a way. But for everybody else? Not so easy at all.
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As things stand, migrating to the UK will probably become more difficult still.
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Today I'm going to try to adjust to the reality of President-Elect Donald Fucking Trump. :headhurts:
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Ponder the stupidity of the human race!
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Today I'm going to try to adjust to the reality of President-Elect Donald Fucking Trump. :headhurts:
Fuck reality. I'm self-medicating for the next 4 years. :wine: :fly:
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Ponder the stupidity of the human race!
It is virtually endless.
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As things stand, migrating to the UK will probably become more difficult still.
Yeah. It's sad. I do very much agree that we need to control immigration. We have a serious housing crisis here already, and the last thing we need is more people. However, it isn't near as simple as most people seem to think, and toufher immigration policies tend to make it tough for the wrong people eg a friend of mine who fell in love with an American lady, but didn't have sufficient means to import her , nor to relocate to America himself.
People tend to imagine that tougher immigration policies will somehow curb the influx of Muslims and/or Eurpopean migrant workers. Leaving aside the "undesirable" slurs against these groups, they really do have had an obvious , and ever-growing presence in our cities. It's therefore quite realistic to think that ithese groups are significantly adding to the population pressure. There's zero reason to think that Americans or anybody else are adding to the population pressure. I mean, American immigrants are a tiny minority, always have been a tiny minority. It's altogether likely that more of us move to America than vice versa. So, no actual problem there.
Oh!And then we also have god-knows -how-many illegal immifgrants, getting by through working in sweatshops, using fraudulent ID, thieving or whatever. Tougher immigration poliicies won't stop that either. It's getting easier and easier for people to slip under the radar, what with so many homeless, and so many people not even bothering with Welfare (because they made it far too tough to claim) They reckon that something like a million British citizens have effectively vanished from official records, having absolutely no identifiable source of income It wouldn't be too hard to blend in with that lot, would it?
Obviously, negotiatons with the EU , in the light of Brexit, will be of interest as regards the issue with EU migrants. And (like I said above) the Muslim comnmunities have their ways of getting round the legislation. No matter how hard you make it for individuals to immigrate , that's not gonna make much of a a dent on the concerted efforts of entire communities, especially not communities where arranged marriage is the norm.
Obviously, it's impossible to discuss the real issues without looking like a racist, so Brits generally don't discuss the real issues, at least not in the media. We're effectively gagged by political correctness. We badly need to curb population growth, especially here in England ( nobody actually want s to move Scotland , not even the Syrians; the climate is too inhospitable and they have even worse unemployment problems. That's why the Scots don't quite get it, I suppose. Dire though things might be in Scotland, they've no reason to think that "immigration" is a factor in making things that dire for them )
Point is: effective immigration policies (that is policies that would actually stem the overall poulation growth) would need to address the loopholes; but we can't even talk about those freaking loopholes , normally
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Personally, fuck them, I don't WANT a massive influx of muslims. They have typically spread by conquest, throughout history, spreading islam at the point of a blade. When they cannot, they do so by slow creeping far less violent (at the same time that is) parasitism.
Sod the cunts, give me a .50 cal autocannon, put me behind the trigger and I'll make sure the fuckers don't come in on my watch. They get one warning shot overhead, and a telling to fuck jolly well off. If they don't heed it (I'd be fair, and have 'fuck off we don't want you here, come closer and you get a bullet in the head' in both english and arabic. If they are stupid enough to ignore a warning as stark and as clear and uncomplicated as that then they are obviously too stupid to live in the first place and we are doing the world a favour by providing food for the carrion-eating little critters that can come to pick their pyre-torched bones clean, before we grind 'em up and use then as fertilizer.
Pardon me for saying so, but the religion of the Koranosaurus wrecks belongs back in the pleistocene at the closest. It should have evolved out of being like so other pestilential mass cretinisms, but sadly that evolution has proved too slow and needs to be stepped up a few notches in pace. Gun 'em down, nerve gas their home wastelands (seriously look at fucking syria, they can't even be trusted not to carve their doorsteps out of a block of desert-solidified turd. Their own turds, and then to defaecate upon those doorsteps. I realize the russians have screwed things up further, but they are still squabbling like rats in a sewer over a city of ghosts, of dust and of rubble. We just need to finish the job and put such vacuous pillocks out of their misery. It isn't committing a war crime or an atrocity, it is committing pesticide.
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So what have you contributed to the society lately?
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So what have you contributed to the society lately?
Don't get me wrong: I'm far from supporting Lestat's drug-fuelled fantasies. But really , Odeon, that's an horribly cheap and completely irrelevant comback. And that's not the frist time I've seen you throw that one in
What the heck you think you're doing, on an Aspie Board, FFS, coming across as worthier-than-thou, just because you're in renumerative employment, and quite a number of us are not? You do know that's a very common aspie problem , don't you? You do know that , very often, people's self-esteem plummets to a suicidal low on that account? Especially here in Britain, where the unemployed and disabled are the new Jews, according to various unscrupulous politicians and media?
Yeah, I do know this isn't a Kumbuyaa-singing support group; it's the "grow -a-thick skin" group, but that really is the pits. What the heck is possessing you?
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So what have you contributed to the society lately?
Don't get me wrong: I'm far from supporting Lestat's drug-fuelled fantasies. But really , Odeon, that's an horribly cheap and completely irrelevant comback. And that's not the frist time I've seen you throw that one in
What the heck you think you're doing, on an Aspie Board, FFS, coming across as worthier-than-thou, just because you're in renumerative employment, and quite a number of us are not? You do know that's a very common aspie problem , don't you? You do know that , very often, people's self-esteem plummets to a suicidal low on that account? Especially here in Britain, where the unemployed and disabled are the new Jews, according to various unscrupulous politicians and media?
Yeah, I do know this isn't a Kumbuyaa-singing support group; it's the "grow -a-thick skin" group, but that really is the pits. What the heck is possessing you?
There's other means than financial to contribute to society.
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So what have you contributed to the society lately?
Don't get me wrong: I'm far from supporting Lestat's drug-fuelled fantasies. But really , Odeon, that's an horribly cheap and completely irrelevant comback. And that's not the frist time I've seen you throw that one in
What the heck you think you're doing, on an Aspie Board, FFS, coming across as worthier-than-thou, just because you're in renumerative employment, and quite a number of us are not? You do know that's a very common aspie problem , don't you? You do know that , very often, people's self-esteem plummets to a suicidal low on that account? Especially here in Britain, where the unemployed and disabled are the new Jews, according to various unscrupulous politicians and media?
Yeah, I do know this isn't a Kumbuyaa-singing support group; it's the "grow -a-thick skin" group, but that really is the pits. What the heck is possessing you?
There's other means than financial to contribute to society.
I know that, but it's rarely recognised nowadays, at least not in Britain eg a full time mother looking after her own children is nowadays regarded as a lazy, self-indulgent "drain on society" , wheras a nanny , professional foster parent and the like are regarded as making an honourable contribution to society. It all hangs on whether you participate in "economic activity", such that the taxman gets a cut
That's one of the things that makes me sick about modern Britain. Valuing everything in terms of currency (as we now do) has had the effect of devaluing and marginalising a lot of very important activity, and of raising up things that are trivial or else downright antisocial. eg working in a call centre.
I imagine that Odeon is very well aware of the current ethos.
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Am sure you both know that. Have discussed here before about people being directly attacked for drawing social disability, but Odeon didn't directly do that. Personally never understood the attitudes of other countries concerning unemployment though, that's probably because unemployment is an earned benefit in the US so there's no room for negative implications about using those benefits.
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I'm studying IT so afterwards I can contribute to society. Not by way of help desk tech support though. Hopefully I can get a job at Curtin University testing software. It's supposed to be a mostly autistic work environment which appeals to me.
Today? Housework and studying. And enjoying the rain.
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I might consider contributing to society when I get tired of contributing to myself. :zoinks:
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Am sure you both know that. Have discussed here before about people being directly attacked for drawing social disability, but Odeon didn't directly do that. Personally never understood the attitudes of other countries concerning unemployment though, that's probably because unemployment is an earned benefit in the US so there's no room for negative implications about using those benefits.
So what happens when somebody is too disabled, from the word go, to ever earn that benefit?
Attitudes in Britain have changed considerably during my lifetime. We used to regard the safety net provided by welfare as a right. Now it's all regarded as "charity" even though it's paid for (theoretically at least) by our National Insurance contributions. Indeed , some benefits are directly conditional on one having personally paid in sufficicient "stamps"; but (again in theory) everybody should be getting the bare minimum needed, even if they've never worked. That latter principle is p[retty much out-of-the-window now though. People have accepted that it's fair and reasonable to take away that bare minimum, in punishment for various misdemeanours such as getting to the dole office 5 minutes late; and there's a crippling degree of pressure to "prove" that you're "deserving", and the constant threat of sanctions if you fail to jump through all the hoops.
Also, people constantly forget that most of the benefits are paid out to people who are working, but just not earning enough to get by on their wages. Housing Benefit is the biggie here, but it;s not the only such benefit. Neverthetheless "benefits claimqants" are routinely equated with "work-shy scroungers", just as if they were all unemployed. Of course , that helps to justify the recurring benefit cuts, but it just isn't true, not by any stretch; and it's not just the unemployed who suffer from those cuts. Not that it would be OK, if it were just the unemployed, but that goes to illustrate the depth of the dishonesty involved.
but anyway you said about "people being directly attacked for drawing social disability". I don't think it's just a about drawing benefits; there's this "work ethic " thing coming into it. I don't know about Odeon (he;'s not British, after all) but a lot of people here are increasingly miserab;e in their jobs (due to being increasingly hard-worked, increasingly underpaid, increasingly treated like dirt, and increasingly insecure) therefore increasingly resentful of those who get by withourt working. It's irrational of cpurse. :they don't want to actually trade places with the uinemployed; and the fact is , usually, that a lot their co-workers have been laid off in a drive towards increasing "efficiency" , and both groups (the unemployed and the overworked) are victims of that same process, not engineers of it. But , heck, when were human beings ever rational?
Personally, i completely lost faith in the work ethic long ago, after repeatedly being told by friends, family , acquaintances and careers advisors that I had to grovel, beg and tell a load of porkies to stand any realistic chance of landing a job. Apart from my aspie disinclination to tell porkies, i found i couldn't square that process with a sense of "Social obligation" I figured that i had more of a social obligation to stand up for my fricking principles, and that nobody , anywhere on earth ever had to beg and grovel foer permission to do their social duty before. Not that I ever heard of. That's a contradiction in terms. Renumerative work is either a duty or a privilege. you can't rationally paint it as both. So ijust carried on being honest at interviews, and being turned down.
At the same time, politicians were starting to say that unemployment is the price we pay for a booming economy. So I figured that I played a "useful" role in the Economy either way. Not that I wanted a useful role in the Economy, because it beginning to sound like a load of cynical shite. I just wanted to be useful to other people (don't we all?) That's not necessarily the same thing at all. Nor is it easy, necessarily, to find a socially useful role (especially if you're a cack-handed Aspie) but that's been my ideal, and, along the way, i've been intensely critical in assessing what's genuinely useful and what isn't, and arriving at any number of unconventional perspectives.
Right now , i think it's pretty damned intrusive tio challenge anybody to tell you in what way they've made an useful contribution? If someone said that to me, i'd most likely say "Bugger all. I'm a lazy bastard" , just to get them out of my hair. I don't like being pressured to explain or justify myself. What Aspie ever does? And I'd probably make an horribly bad job of it, if I tried. Therefore, I'm totally happy if people make dismissive character judgments, just so long as they follow that up by leaving me alone.
Of course Lestat is a dead easy target, as easy as they come. It's pretty clear from his posts that he's in no fit state to do anything much at all. So , never mind what Odeon meant exactly by that that . Twist it any way you like, it was a thoroughgoing cheap shot, IMO. And it really does smack of the more able spazz looking down on the less able spazz, and trying to induce guilt, which we all have way too much of already.
Wel, OK, , TBH, I don't actually think that Odeon's actually nasty like that. Just thoughtless, probably. But best if he answers for himself, huh? (if he can be troubled with answering , that is) I don't wanna be making his excuses for him too :LOL:. I just wanted to stick my oar in there because people do read these post, ya know? And that sense worthier-than-thou I kept catching (whether real, or not) was really beginning to bug me. And this particulart time, it came a tad too soon after reading something (written by an Aspie) along the lines of "What right do I have to live, when I don't have a job?". That reminded me how vulnerable some of us are to that line of questioning.
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So what happens when somebody is too disabled, from the word go, to ever earn that benefit?
Unemployment and disability benefits are two different things.
And this particulart time, it came a tad too soon after reading something (written by an Aspie) along the lines of "What right do I have to live, when I don't have a job?".
It seemed to me to come soon after reading something along the lines of killing people deemed to be social parasites. Maybe Odeon meant it exactly the way you took it, but it's still not what he said. If Lestat wants to promote exterminating social parasites then what's wrong with asking what makes him more worthy; can only a jobless person ask him, or is he so disabled no one should challenge him at all? Personally don't think I contribute much to society outside of paying taxes and not being a criminal. Did loads of volunteer work before having a career, but slowly took on too much over time and it became overwhelming. That side of me has trouble saying no. Quit cold turkey and never looked back. My own sense of social duty doesn't generally reach farther than my own family.
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Its one thing being british to begin with then becoming too disabled to work and having no CHOICE but to rely on the state for their bread and breakfast, and a little if left over to do things they wish to do, such as my slowly accumulating the things I save for, for my lab.
Than someone coming over with the deliberate intent to steal, engage in organized deliberate aggressive begging, whilst faking sickness, from their country, to pickpocket, rob and sponge in that sense, and lie to sponge off the state. That is NOTHING like actually being british, being entitled to claim, and thence claiming when one is too disabled to, or whilst one cannot find work (disability/sick benefit and unemployment respectively) And anyone can ask me, other than the organized romanian vermin. Those fuckers DO come over in gangs, employing their large child families to beg aggressively, to outright thieve, to pickpocket, to rape, rob, burgle and sponge off the states by means of making up completely false stories to put down on the application forms. THAT is sponging. Taking benefits, of the country you are native or naturalized in, because you NEED them, is not sponging. Not in my book anyway. Anyone can ask.
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So what happens when somebody is too disabled, from the word go, to ever earn that benefit?
Unemployment and disability benefits are two different things.
Ah yes. same here, though that distinction is pretty damned blurred, given that one of our disabilty benefits is conditional upon the recipient being provably "unfit for work", and recipients are being painted up as parasites, same as the healthy unemployed.They have a bunch of tests they put people through (such as lifting an empty cardboard box, i kid you not) that are sup[oseed to catch out the "fraudulent" claimants. They don't, of course, explain what kind of work those activities make you fit for. There is zero concern about genuine claimants falling through the net.
One of the most most chillng thing about this, IMO, is that people who become progressively disabled (an all-too common scenario) will inevitably go through a phase when they qualify for neither Jobseekers Allowance (which is conditional upon one being declaredly "fit for work" . And they make claimants jump through so many hoops that you'll likely get caught out, and have that benefit withdrawn, if you lie about that) nor these increasingly stringent , and increasingly daft disability benefits. Presumably , most such people end up on the street, unless they kill themselves first. Indeed, I've personally been through that phase, and it really is impossible to navigate, unless your friends and family find out and are willing and able to help.
In my case , i was doing my damnedest not to claim that I was actually ill, not to anybody (not even friends and family) because i didn't understand what the heck was going on, and not even the neurologist had believed in the symptoms I described, I spent a year or two being totally reclusive, whilst my rent went ever-further into arrears, my phone got cut off, and my life fell apart around me, In the end , my mother bailed me out, and my sister took a video which convinced the NHS I had genuine difficulties. The NHS , in turn, helped convinve the Benefits people, but given the very long waiting lists for both, it certainly wasn't resolved in 5 minutes. And i finally spilled the beans and got my family on board (under pressure from them, because my pretence of being OK had just about worn to rags)) the day before I was due to be evicted.
Sadly, I don't think my experience is ar all uncommon, except , perhaps inasmuch as I survived it. I've been reading too many stories, suvch as the blind man who was found dead, from hanging himself, in his hallway when the bailiffs came to evict him. (after he was found "fit for work") That's why Lestat annoyed me so much when he said that it's easy to live on benefits benefits in Britain. If even some benefits claimants think so...grrrr. (though my annoyance is directed more at the politicians and media than at Lestat himself, Can't really blame people for being over-influenced by what they hear on TV, and read in the papers)
t seemed to me to come soon after reading something along the lines of killing people deemed to be social parasites. Maybe Odeon meant it exactly the way you took it, but it's still not what he said. If Lestat wants to promote exterminating social parasites then what's wrong with asking what makes him more worthy; can only a jobless person ask him, or is he so disabled no one should challenge him at all?
OK, you have a point. Reading his post back, Lestat had actually described the Muslims as "parasitical", therefore aguably, deserves the same retort. Howevever, the "parasitical" aspect was completely overshadowed by his graphic descriptions of Muslim violence, and he was citing said "parasitism "as a deliberate act of agresssion against non-Muslim countries. Irrespective of whether you agree with him, you can't call that response"like for like", not if you take that term in context.
Lestat might be prejudiced,or [insert your favourite Lestat slur here here] , but he said what he said, it was cogent enough, for what it's worth; and he presumably meant it quite seriously . Of course, anyone at all has a right to challenge him about it, but Odeon was coming across as saying that Lestat's lowly socio-economic status invalidated his opinion, and he had nothing further to say than that. He didn't actually address Lestat's arguments at all. Not that I can blame people for not troubling to address Lestat's arguments (neither did I, come to that) but let's not pretend that we've addressed those arguments.
Nonetheless, you've convinced me that an extremely fast and casualreading of Lestat's post, just picking out a few key words, and unconsciously inserting the rest could make Odeon's reponse seem totally fair . And it occurs to me that's probably all Lestat ever gets from most of us, most of the time. So that could easily explain Odeon's response in this instance. It's a pity that my irritation at a rash of similar comments from Odeon boiled over at this particular moment, because I don't find that altogether satisfactory.
I Personally don't think I contribute much to society outside of paying taxes and not being a criminal. Did loads of volunteer work before having a career, but slowly took on too much over time and it became overwhelming. That side of me has trouble saying no.
Same. Well, I've never had a career as such, and have only worked erratically, but I totalled up how much time I was putting into voluntary work and honourary positions at one point in time , and -to my own surprise, it came to roundabout 80 hours per week! That was shortly after my son was born, and it was abundantly clear that i couldn't carry on like that. I was actually losing more sleep, keeping up with my freebie work, than I was on account of having a baby to care for!
Quit cold turkey and never looked back. My own sense of social duty doesn't generally reach farther than my own family.
Can't blame you at all. But you know, most people would credibly claim that they are totally fulfilling their social obligations just by working? I don't altogether buy that logic. Most people are working for the sake of the salary, after all, not out of the goodness of their hearts. But I do entirely accept that working and raising a family don't leave any time, realistically speaking, for taking on further obligations, and that shouldn't be expected of anyone. Actually I've had a whole succession of neighbours who scream abuse at each other and throw things at each other in the middle of the night. Whenever one couple moves out, some near-identical couple move in. I suspect that's largely because the strain of working full time (on low wages) and raising a family is getting to them . Couples like that were relatively rare in my youth, but they seem to have become the norm, in tandem with both parents working their socks off becoming the norm. Of course, there's also the problem that people can't afford to split up and pay rent twice over, so such couples stay together for much longer than is wise, psychologically speaking.
In short, if you're managing to work full-time, raise a family, and not throw tantrums at your other half, then you're doing unusually well, it would seem.
I think parents have a real social obligation to look after themselves psychlogically, so they don't screw up their kids. But that's much easier said than done , of course. And in our economy -driven society, that one never even gets mentioned, let alone approved.
In other words, you look to me to be as responsible as they come; way beyond the call of "social obligation" as presently formulated.
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Whoa! Lestat posted a response of his own, and five other posts (incuding one very long one)whilst I was writing the above.
Walkie is definitely sloooow, but i'm leaving that to stand, because Lestat said nothing to contradict my observations. Quite the reverse, indeed.
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By easy to claim benefits, I meant for the deliberate come-over-to-sponge-ers rather than the deserving, it seems like for the undeserving, the beer-swilling pikey slobs that cannae be fucked to work, those that WILL NOT rather than CANNOT work, those were who my invective was directed at, not you walkie. *I* don't find it easy to live with what I have coming in as benefit. Not at all.
And as for the muslims, look at abu (think its abu, might be abdul) hamza, the hook-handed al-qaeda scumbag that britain fanny-arsed around like a bunch of pussies, citing EU 'law' (fucking bollocks to the EU as an organization, cunting thieves and parasites) but cap'n hook the towelheaded binladenite scumsucking parasite and hate preacher HAS actually outright encouraged more of his brethren and sistren to come over, and if they are unwilling to engage in direct terrorist violence, to breed us out, us being british people, or naturalized people with a RIGHT to be here and who respect british culture. And to not work but latch on like ticks to the benefit sheep, and suck £-blood from the country to make us as a nation, poorer and less capable of mounting an effective response against the violent fanatical cunts, and generally suck us dry. I CBF searching for his quotes and care little to hear his speeches or be connected with searching for them, for I do not wish the fact I myself am a chemist to wrongfully be connected with his al-qaeda cuntishness and then as a consequence suffer being on watch lists, assuming (and I probably am [*waves at MI5...yeah, just keep yourself to yourself, away from me, and I'll keep myself to myself away from you. Then we are both happy. Otherwise, whatever, leave me to do the sort of science I wish to pursue, you can stop bothering now, nice day, etc. etc etc. *waves*:P]) or worse raided, and even if no charges are brought, suffer the ransacking of my laboratory, tossing through and thoughtless destruction of glassware, again when I have not even been CHARGED let alone convicted, with a damn thing, have all my carefully ordered printouts of scientific journals left in disorder etc.
So, go search, those who have nothing to be connected wrongly with, and to lose for it, and you will SEE that he has publicly hate-preached for his fellow fanatical islamoturds to leach from the benefit tit.
Whilst those who, like walkie and I, NEED what we have, what little it probably is for you too walkie, I know it is for me. We have to jump through hoops, whilst the slobs get a fuckton of money, and the parasites, the TRUE, deliberate, calculating verminous filth that do come specifically with the intent to parasitize, they get off easy due to political correctness 'oohh noo...we can't possibly offend someone BROWN! shock! horror! give them cash so they don't bring a claim against us' type, play the minority card.
If that makes me racist, then sieg fucking heil.
I've been accused of being racist before, here, or elsewhere. But no. What I AM, is outspoken, And I am NOT politically correct. I say what others might be afraid to say and if there is a fallout and backblast, I stand and I weather it. So, odeon, never mind what my income is, or where it comes from, I am not going to go into those in TOO much depths. But its irrelevant. Yes, its my fault, kinda that I was playing as a kid in an abandoned factory. But, do you truly believe it justified to blame a kid for doing what most all kids DO, mucking about, playing, you blame a child, for being a child, and then for having a true accident that left him with a crippling injury? you blame that child, AS a child, and blame the man who that kid became, AS a man FOR doing what he is, and has had happened to him as a consequence, for needing financial support? you know, I have TRIED to get work, for a long long time, I have now, I confess, given up looking, although there is a job locally that is close by and doesn't need transport (my range is limited, because I cannot drive a car, seizures make it dangerous for me to even try, I did at one point when the seizures were more controlled, do some lessons but family finance made it impossible for me to continue, so I retain my provisional drivers licence merely to use as a form of formal ID when I need such.
Or do you blame me, for as I was recovering from the injury abovementioned, a bunch of pikey thugs that simply liked to dish out violence for kicks to those they thought less than them, adults and much much older teens many of them, and about 15-20 to one. Blame me for getting my head, knee, face stamped on and being left for dead? or according to you, should I have, whilst still recovering from the penetrating and even then agonizing, crippling knee injury and weakness, from fighting off this large pack of much older teenage and full grown adult thugs? well?
Account for yourself or fucking suck my Kanner's cock and call it fucking ice cream, then beg for more, mother fucker.
Walkie mate you got my sympathies. Know what those bastard DHSS shitheads did to me personally? they forced me to one of their medicals. And when I got there, dropped off by car, so I was there on time almost to the minute, I went in, and their 'doctor' as the receptionists themselves told me, simply couldn't be fucking bothered to turn up to work so there was no point my remaining that day, I was free to go. Then I got a letter saying 'nonattendance', and was for many many many months forced to scrounge on scraps of food my family did not eat, for they could not afford to feed three and my mother was then alive. She now is not and I have more to eat. But, other than that, I was reduced to hunting for food in the wilds, occasionally blasting the odd small animal with various weaponry already owned/built and eating same. And to picking wild mushrooms to eat. Other than that, I had, from my DLA which is a lifetime grant, because I am autistic and need the mobility allowance, I only get lower rate, some bit less or bit more than £20 a week, paid monthly, other than that I had NOTHING. For months. I took a case against them with the help of the citizen's advice, and won. They gave me a large lump sum too, in what back pay I was owed, amounting to nearly half a grand. That enabled me to rebuild the lab the filth had destroyed, or partially so, damaged badly and stolen from. And to buy a new computer, although they again have damaged that in another raid, and stolen it so I could not and cannot use it. You bet there will be a case against those fucking rat bastards once all is said and done.
So no, my ire and hate was not targeted at you, but at those who's intention IS to sponge, and do so calculatingly. The lazy, and the parasitic. And of course the lazy parasitic. Those in need? I'm not insulting them, and I am certainly not insulting you, damned if I DID do so, for your story is not far different from my own. I lost masses of weight due to sheer hunger, and was on a few meals a week. For nearly a year. If I called you a lazy ass parasitic piece of trash, and I did not, do not, and will not either, then I would be directing that same insult at my own self.
So apologies if I took offense walkie.
Now odeon, account for your words. Respond or lose any respect I had for you. Back yourself the fuck up, don't just skim and form an opinion based on a few cherry fucking picked words of mine own. Read it, and read this, put the two together and address my points.
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Today I'm going to try to adjust to the reality of President-Elect Donald Fucking Trump. :headhurts:
Fuck reality. I'm self-medicating for the next 4 years. :wine: :fly:
Come up to Massachusetts. :fly: is now legal!
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Today I'm going to try to adjust to the reality of President-Elect Donald Fucking Trump. :headhurts:
Fuck reality. I'm self-medicating for the next 4 years. :wine: :fly:
Come up to Massachusetts. :fly: is now legal!
I do feel the need for a vacation. :zoinks:
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Today I'm going to try to adjust to the reality of President-Elect Donald Fucking Trump. :headhurts:
Fuck reality. I'm self-medicating for the next 4 years. :wine: :fly:
Come up to Massachusetts. :fly: is now legal!
I do feel the need for a vacation. :zoinks:
Our ... "foliage" ... is lovely this time of year. :autism:
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MM all the leaves from the wildlife plants are falling this time of year, or fallen, save the evergreens.
Perhaps its time that a touch of green foliage were made sure to be ready to deck the lestat in the halls with bows of...well not ivy anyway. Definitely not ivy.
Care to pass the foliage CBC;)
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MM all the leaves from the wildlife plants are falling this time of year, or fallen, save the evergreens.
Perhaps its time that a touch of green foliage were made sure to be ready to deck the lestat in the halls with bows of...well not ivy anyway. Definitely not ivy.
Care to pass the foliage CBC;)
I'm not holding. But I suppose I could find some. :M :P
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Cry after realizing all of the people who have left here that I miss. Just on the first page of this thread it was like...everyone but the Weeble.
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Cry after ralizing all of the people who have left here that I miss. Just on the first oage of this thread it was like...everyone but the Weeble.
Masshole power! :hug:
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Increasingly off-topic, given the thread title, but hey! haven't seem hide nor hair of Odeon (nor even the usual smattering of virtual ink) since having a go at him earlier this thread.
Gotta be coincidence, but it's making me feel bad :violin: . I'm gonna wind up issuing an apology before we have the freaking argument at this rate :LOL:
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Increasingly off-topic, given the thread title, but hey! haven't seem hide nor hair of Odeon (nor even the usual smattering of virtual ink) since having a go at him earlier this thread.
Gotta be coincidence, but it's making me feel bad :violin: . I'm gonna wind up issuing an apology before we have the freaking argument at this rate :LOL:
He's fine. He's probably just busy. 8)
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Increasingly off-topic, given the thread title, but hey! haven't seem hide nor hair of Odeon (nor even the usual smattering of virtual ink) since having a go at him earlier this thread.
Gotta be coincidence, but it's making me feel bad :violin: . I'm gonna wind up issuing an apology before we have the freaking argument at this rate :LOL:
He's fine. He's probably just busy. 8)
Yeah, well, that's exactly what i think. But how do you know, Weeble? He might be feeling that Walkie having a go him was the last little straw as regards diligently catering for this ungrateful rabble. He might be deciding how best to package up the server, and physically send it off to Scrappy along with the original model for our famous turd icon. He might be....
I mean, heck, i'm just not very good at this aggression lark am I? :LOL:
Anyway, it just struck me, Weeble: without you, and Jack, and Lestat and Odeon, this place would be freaking empty. We need the postwhores and hyperlexics! It makes it look like this joint has an active membership, doesn't it?
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Increasingly off-topic, given the thread title, but hey! haven't seem hide nor hair of Odeon (nor even the usual smattering of virtual ink) since having a go at him earlier this thread.
Gotta be coincidence, but it's making me feel bad :violin: . I'm gonna wind up issuing an apology before we have the freaking argument at this rate :LOL:
He's fine. He's probably just busy. 8)
Yeah, well, that's exactly what i think. But how do you know, Weeble? He might be feeling that Walkie having a go him was the last little straw as regards diligently catering for this ungrateful rabble. He might be deciding how best to package up the server, and physically send it off to Scrappy along with the original model for our famous turd icon. He might be....
I mean, heck, i'm just not very good at this aggression lark am I? :LOL:
Anyway, it just struck me, Weeble: without you, and Jack, and Lestat and Odeon, this place would be freaking empty. We need the postwhores and hyperlexics! It makes it look like this joint has an active membership, doesn't it?
I don't know, but I am fairly confident. He's been here through far worse. And yes, we postwhores
do keep it alive here. I miss the days when the new members stuck around and we had frequent candidates
for Elders, but I shall continue anyway and I hope you do too! Shout-outs as well to Hyke and QV and
Trigger11 and Al Swearengen and Icequeen and PMSElle and a lot more I'm forgetting. :tard:
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Increasingly off-topic, given the thread title, but hey! haven't seem hide nor hair of Odeon (nor even the usual smattering of virtual ink) since having a go at him earlier this thread.
Gotta be coincidence, but it's making me feel bad :violin: . I'm gonna wind up issuing an apology before we have the freaking argument at this rate :LOL:
He's fine. He's probably just busy. 8)
Yeah, well, that's exactly what i think. But how do you know, Weeble? He might be feeling that Walkie having a go him was the last little straw as regards diligently catering for this ungrateful rabble. He might be deciding how best to package up the server, and physically send it off to Scrappy along with the original model for our famous turd icon. He might be....
I mean, heck, i'm just not very good at this aggression lark am I? :LOL:
Anyway, it just struck me, Weeble: without you, and Jack, and Lestat and Odeon, this place would be freaking empty. We need the postwhores and hyperlexics! It makes it look like this joint has an active membership, doesn't it?
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOES, it's AI all over again! ;) Just kidding! :zoinks:
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Increasingly off-topic, given the thread title, but hey! haven't seem hide nor hair of Odeon (nor even the usual smattering of virtual ink) since having a go at him earlier this thread.
Gotta be coincidence, but it's making me feel bad :violin: . I'm gonna wind up issuing an apology before we have the freaking argument at this rate :LOL:
He's fine. He's probably just busy. 8)
Yeah, well, that's exactly what i think. But how do you know, Weeble? He might be feeling that Walkie having a go him was the last little straw as regards diligently catering for this ungrateful rabble. He might be deciding how best to package up the server, and physically send it off to Scrappy along with the original model for our famous turd icon. He might be....
I mean, heck, i'm just not very good at this aggression lark am I? :LOL:
Anyway, it just struck me, Weeble: without you, and Jack, and Lestat and Odeon, this place would be freaking empty. We need the postwhores and hyperlexics! It makes it look like this joint has an active membership, doesn't it?
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOES, it's AI all over again! ;) Just kidding! :zoinks:
I was just coming back to add you to the list. 8)
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Increasingly off-topic, given the thread title, but hey! haven't seem hide nor hair of Odeon (nor even the usual smattering of virtual ink) since having a go at him earlier this thread.
Gotta be coincidence, but it's making me feel bad :violin: . I'm gonna wind up issuing an apology before we have the freaking argument at this rate :LOL:
He's fine. He's probably just busy. 8)
Yeah, well, that's exactly what i think. But how do you know, Weeble? He might be feeling that Walkie having a go him was the last little straw as regards diligently catering for this ungrateful rabble. He might be deciding how best to package up the server, and physically send it off to Scrappy along with the original model for our famous turd icon. He might be....
I mean, heck, i'm just not very good at this aggression lark am I? :LOL:
Anyway, it just struck me, Weeble: without you, and Jack, and Lestat and Odeon, this place would be freaking empty. We need the postwhores and hyperlexics! It makes it look like this joint has an active membership, doesn't it?
I don't know, but I am fairly confident. He's been here through far worse. And yes, we postwhores
do keep it alive here. I miss the days when the new members stuck around and we had frequent candidates
for Elders, but I shall continue anyway and I hope you do too! Shout-outs as well to Hyke and QV and
Trigger11 and Al Swearengen and Icequeen and PMSElle and a lot more I'm forgetting. :tard:
Ah yeah. Them too :) But, hang on, the more we list, er the more the one we forgot is gonna feel slighted, huh?
As for me sticking around: well, when i'm not here I'm usually being super-reclusive , insanely busy with some Aspie project, or unhappily nursing my broken PC. Obviously , i wouldn't be so daft as to guarantee no recurrences of the same; but i do very much feel that , as regards onlione Aspie communities, there's nowhere else left to go any more, given that i don't count Plankville.
That said, I'd be happy to hear that I'm wrong about that. Not because I have the time and energy to post in two places (I don't. i'm to much of a slowcoach) but because I don't like to fele like we're keeping all our eggs in one basket.
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Lemon Aguilera used to call me "egg." This place is one of my very few baskets. :)
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Oh! Fuck me, we forgot Ozy didn't we? And he noticed, didn't he ? (emo) :hide:
Hey look , Ozy , I deliberately missed out a whole bunch of people, just so i could , umm, claim that I deliberately missed out you along with the rest. Just trying to be concise, ya know?
Yeah, well, OK, I'm not very good at fibbing either, but you do know we love you, right? :hug: of course, you do, you transparent attention whore, you.
:apondering: just teasing.
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Increasingly off-topic, given the thread title, but hey! haven't seem hide nor hair of Odeon (nor even the usual smattering of virtual ink) since having a go at him earlier this thread.
Gotta be coincidence, but it's making me feel bad :violin: . I'm gonna wind up issuing an apology before we have the freaking argument at this rate :LOL:
He's fine. He's probably just busy. 8)
Every time I wake up he's there, naked!
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a rash of similar comments from Odeon
Like what? Won't disagree that Odeon can come sometimes across as having an air of superiority, but personally like that in people when it's for certain reasons. People with a positive self-esteem probably do believe on some level they are special or better than others in some way. Never really know how to take people who can only find that in mere birthrights, such as being intelligent, a certain race, born of a particular place or circumstance, things like that. It's not as appealing, but still more so than low self-esteem. So it's possible odeon has said a rash of worthier-than-though things because of his personal accomplishments, and I didn't notice because I like that about him. :laugh:
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Gotta be coincidence,
Probably.
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I was just coming back to add you to the list. 8)
No one ever adds me to the list. >:(
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I was just coming back to add you to the list. 8)
No one ever adds me to the list. >:(
You're on quite a few target lists. :trollskull:
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Pay bills
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So what have you contributed to the society lately?
Don't get me wrong: I'm far from supporting Lestat's drug-fuelled fantasies. But really , Odeon, that's an horribly cheap and completely irrelevant comback. And that's not the frist time I've seen you throw that one in
What the heck you think you're doing, on an Aspie Board, FFS, coming across as worthier-than-thou, just because you're in renumerative employment, and quite a number of us are not? You do know that's a very common aspie problem , don't you? You do know that , very often, people's self-esteem plummets to a suicidal low on that account? Especially here in Britain, where the unemployed and disabled are the new Jews, according to various unscrupulous politicians and media?
Yeah, I do know this isn't a Kumbuyaa-singing support group; it's the "grow -a-thick skin" group, but that really is the pits. What the heck is possessing you?
Did you read the post that triggered mine? The one where Lestat explained how he'd shoot Muslims on sight? Why is it that you react on my post but not on his? Is it because of whom he targets?
Muslims are the new Jews, Walkie, not the unemployed, and if you think I'm being harsh because I react when faced with blatant bigotry, then get used to it.
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So what have you contributed to the society lately?
Don't get me wrong: I'm far from supporting Lestat's drug-fuelled fantasies. But really , Odeon, that's an horribly cheap and completely irrelevant comback. And that's not the frist time I've seen you throw that one in
What the heck you think you're doing, on an Aspie Board, FFS, coming across as worthier-than-thou, just because you're in renumerative employment, and quite a number of us are not? You do know that's a very common aspie problem , don't you? You do know that , very often, people's self-esteem plummets to a suicidal low on that account? Especially here in Britain, where the unemployed and disabled are the new Jews, according to various unscrupulous politicians and media?
Yeah, I do know this isn't a Kumbuyaa-singing support group; it's the "grow -a-thick skin" group, but that really is the pits. What the heck is possessing you?
There's other means than financial to contribute to society.
I know that, but it's rarely recognised nowadays, at least not in Britain eg a full time mother looking after her own children is nowadays regarded as a lazy, self-indulgent "drain on society" , wheras a nanny , professional foster parent and the like are regarded as making an honourable contribution to society. It all hangs on whether you participate in "economic activity", such that the taxman gets a cut
That's one of the things that makes me sick about modern Britain. Valuing everything in terms of currency (as we now do) has had the effect of devaluing and marginalising a lot of very important activity, and of raising up things that are trivial or else downright antisocial. eg working in a call centre.
I imagine that Odeon is very well aware of the current ethos.
My post was not about valuing anything in terms of currency but highlighting a bigoted comment.
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I might consider contributing to society when I get tired of contributing to myself. :zoinks:
Don't bother; society will not thank you. :M
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Its one thing being british to begin with then becoming too disabled to work and having no CHOICE but to rely on the state for their bread and breakfast, and a little if left over to do things they wish to do, such as my slowly accumulating the things I save for, for my lab.
Than someone coming over with the deliberate intent to steal, engage in organized deliberate aggressive begging, whilst faking sickness, from their country, to pickpocket, rob and sponge in that sense, and lie to sponge off the state. That is NOTHING like actually being british, being entitled to claim, and thence claiming when one is too disabled to, or whilst one cannot find work (disability/sick benefit and unemployment respectively) And anyone can ask me, other than the organized romanian vermin. Those fuckers DO come over in gangs, employing their large child families to beg aggressively, to outright thieve, to pickpocket, to rape, rob, burgle and sponge off the states by means of making up completely false stories to put down on the application forms. THAT is sponging. Taking benefits, of the country you are native or naturalized in, because you NEED them, is not sponging. Not in my book anyway. Anyone can ask.
You're a real humanitarian. My comment stands.
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Lestat might be prejudiced,or [insert your favourite Lestat slur here here] , but he said what he said, it was cogent enough, for what it's worth; and he presumably meant it quite seriously . Of course, anyone at all has a right to challenge him about it, but Odeon was coming across as saying that Lestat's lowly socio-economic status invalidated his opinion, and he had nothing further to say than that. He didn't actually address Lestat's arguments at all. Not that I can blame people for not troubling to address Lestat's arguments (neither did I, come to that) but let's not pretend that we've addressed those arguments.
There were no arguments, just the usual bigoted bullshit. It deserves no discussion, just a flame, and I was being far nicer than what he deserved. If he, or anyone else for that matter, wants to see what the world is really like, there is always Google.
And his bigotry invalidates his opinions, not his social status.
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Yeah, well, that's exactly what i think. But how do you know, Weeble? He might be feeling that Walkie having a go him was the last little straw as regards diligently catering for this ungrateful rabble. He might be deciding how best to package up the server, and physically send it off to Scrappy along with the original model for our famous turd icon. He might be....
Trust me, Scrappy is just about the last person on the planet who'd ever get ownership of this server.
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a rash of similar comments from Odeon
Like what? Won't disagree that Odeon can come sometimes across as having an air of superiority, but personally like that in people when it's for certain reasons. People with a positive self-esteem probably do believe on some level they are special or better than others in some way. Never really know how to take people who can only find that in mere birthrights, such as being intelligent, a certain race, born of a particular place or circumstance, things like that. It's not as appealing, but still more so than low self-esteem. So it's possible odeon has said a rash of worthier-than-though things because of his personal accomplishments, and I didn't notice because I like that about him. :laugh:
People sure read a lot into my posts. :P
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Gotta be coincidence,
Probably.
Actually I've planned it for MONTHS. :zoinks:
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I was just coming back to add you to the list. 8)
No one ever adds me to the list. >:(
You're on quite a few target lists. :trollskull:
:woohoo:
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I might consider contributing to society when I get tired of contributing to myself. :zoinks:
Don't bother; society will not thank you. :M
I know, right? Bunch of ungrateful bastards, society. :zoinks:
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I might consider contributing to society when I get tired of contributing to myself. :zoinks:
Don't bother; society will not thank you. :M
I know, right? Bunch of ungrateful bastards, society. :zoinks:
Not contributing will show them. :trollface:
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I need to rip out the carpet in the living room and chisel up the multiple layers of linoleum in the kitchen to level out the floor for the new stuff.
I really don't wanna. :bigcry:
:LOL:
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There's not much left to do today except go to bed.
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I don't actually know yet.
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Kick ass at work, do two loads of laundry, paint another coat of white over my mistakes
on that older canvas so I can start over and paint something I will enjoy looking at. 8)
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Goof off possibly. :thumbup:
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Think about Christmas.
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Think about Christmas.
Noooo!!!
:GA: :GA:
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Think about Christmas.
Noooo!!!
:GA: :GA:
Like to have Christmas shopping done before thanksgiving, at least the bulk of it. Need to get cracking.
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Think about Christmas.
Noooo!!!
:GA: :GA:
Like to have Christmas shopping done before thanksgiving, at least the bulk of it. Need to get cracking.
Me too actually. :P
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Think about Christmas.
First think about Thanksgiving! :devour:
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Post a form that should have been posted two weeks ago. Get some cereal for me and some ice for Kayleigh.
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Check my email a few times more, hoping for an answer on something I sent last Wednesday. Get my blood drawn, therapy, and a course. Enough to do.
Did already make an appointment to have my kitchen scrutinized and measured. The kitchen is old enough to be replaced. And it will be replaced with a very nice brand of kitchen too. Not sure when that will happen. But the measuring will happen come Thursday, and I'm allowed to pick one from the showroom in two weeks.
:hyke:
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Always the cop out odeon you fucking looser. You haven't the spine or the balls to actually reply to my points as made. A one liner stating your going to ignore my post/reply is not good enough. Either accept you are a dickless wonder with no spine; or you take the points and make a proper refutation.
Go on, do it. There is no middle ground here.
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Get some major rest after my Yoga class.
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Always the cop out odeon you fucking looser. You haven't the spine or the balls to actually reply to my points as made. A one liner stating your going to ignore my post/reply is not good enough. Either accept you are a dickless wonder with no spine; or you take the points and make a proper refutation.
Go on, do it. There is no middle ground here.
Learn to live with the disappointment. You don't get to define what's OK and what isn't.
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Clean, dehoard, and paint some more! And eat.
And watch Jurassic World yet again! :tv: :dino2:
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Wash hair, sweep the floors, do dishes, go and get meds, study.
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Must do some laundry, work some more in The PRs room, compose vital correspondence, visit The PR
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Planning on watching another episode of American Horror Story before bedtime.
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Make Bacon, black olive, mushroom with Cheddar cheese Pizza!
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Now I want pizza too.
About to take a shower and get to work.
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Make Bacon, black olive, mushroom with Cheddar cheese Pizza!
Those are all gorgeous toppings, that's a great combination! :2thumbsup:
*hovers outside the kitchen window, hoping for leftovers* :puppy:
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Going to take kid to school, hopefully sell an old snowblower that's been sitting around...and now, probably make pizza. :LOL:
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Make Bacon, black olive, mushroom with Cheddar cheese Pizza!
Those are all gorgeous toppings, that's a great combination! :2thumbsup:
*hovers outside the kitchen window, hoping for leftovers* :puppy:
Here ya go, the last two pieces :pizza: :pizza:
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Make Bacon, black olive, mushroom with Cheddar cheese Pizza!
Those are all gorgeous toppings, that's a great combination! :2thumbsup:
*hovers outside the kitchen window, hoping for leftovers* :puppy:
Here ya go, the last two pieces :pizza: :pizza:
Thank you! So delicious. Great combo of toppings. :2thumbsup:
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Going to take Liam to the vet in about an hour. He just came inside and he's grey from rolling in the dirt. He will be getting a brush.
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Going to take Liam to the vet in about an hour. He just came inside and he's grey from rolling in the dirt. He will be getting a brush.
I'm dirty and need a brushing too. :eyelash:
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About to get to work.
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Go to yoga, do laundry, figure out what to cook for supper, even lunch for that matter! :apondering:
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Palace work
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Palace work
i took that literally for a second or two. Only my recollection that you live in America saved me.
Should explain that my Mum worked as a waitress at some of the garden parties at your family home in London, so I'm apt to see that as pretty normal. During that same period we had a really cute German lodger/family friend, who liked to act the innocent (a foreign accent helps enormously , in Britain). He was taking phone calls whilst Mum was out at work; and reported back "I told him, she is not here. Today she is at Buckingham Palace. But I don't think he believed me" (putting on a cute, nonplussed expression) :D
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Palace work
Remember that you have staff! :cbc: :queenie: :hyke:
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My mother had a childhood friend who's father worked at Buckingham Palace as a footman around WW1. So I am 3 degrees of separation from there.
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I'm going to get off my ass and get everything sorted in the apartment! :pirate:
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Cleaning up and getting ready for Thanksgiving
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I need to finalize my plans for Thanksgiving. Must contact my brother. :apondering:
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After the visit from the local deputy, I'm going to do a cbc and clean. I really need to get with the program.
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After the visit from the local deputy, I'm going to do a cbc and clean. I really need to get with the program.
We can do this. We are bigger than our messes. :arrr:
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After the visit from the local deputy, I'm going to do a cbc and clean. I really need to get with the program.
We can do this. We are bigger than our messes. :arrr:
Agreed. ONWARD AND OUTWARD (with the mess.)
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After the visit from the local deputy, I'm going to do a cbc and clean. I really need to get with the program.
We can do this. We are bigger than our messes. :arrr:
Agreed. ONWARD AND OUTWARD (with the mess.)
Tomorrow is trash day on my street. Out it goes! :arrr:
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Going to take Liam to the vet in about an hour. He just came inside and he's grey from rolling in the dirt. He will be getting a brush.
I'm dirty and need a brushing too. :eyelash:
Get yourself to the vet.
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Go to the dentist. In about 10 minutes.
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It's 12:01. Suddenly I have to do a whole lot today.
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I have to do at least one load of laundry. I'll also have Thanksgiving dinner at a friend's house. :thumbup:
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Gobble gobble! :devour:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQt4MuUKnIg
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Go to the dentist. In about 10 minutes.
Oh...shit. I was supposed to go for a blood test appointment today. I never miss appointments.
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Go to the dentist. In about 10 minutes.
Oh...shit. I was supposed to go for a blood test appointment today. I never miss appointments.
Can you just go to the lab and wait? Maybe they can fit you in. :orly:
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Go to the dentist. In about 10 minutes.
Oh...shit. I was supposed to go for a blood test appointment today. I never miss appointments.
Can you just go to the lab and wait? Maybe they can fit you in. :orly:
It used to be that way, now they have a booking system. I guess it's to spread out the people throughout the day. Though, I've just realised I've saved on bus fare by doing this. Don't ask why, it just works out that way. So it's not really so bad. :2thumbsup: I'm going to go a different hospital to carry it out, where you do walk in. I guess it would have to be early in the morning so it's not packed, because it gets ridiculously packed in the afternoons. Say you take a ticket and you're about 100 places behind. It happens to be the worst hospital in England for maternity, it was actually on the news a few years ago.
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Go to the dentist. In about 10 minutes.
Oh...shit. I was supposed to go for a blood test appointment today. I never miss appointments.
Can you just go to the lab and wait? Maybe they can fit you in. :orly:
It used to be that way, now they have a booking system. I guess it's to spread out the people throughout the day. Though, I've just realised I've saved on bus fare by doing this. Don't ask why, it just works out that way. So it's not really so bad. :2thumbsup: I'm going to go a different hospital to carry it out, where you do walk in. I guess it would have to be early in the morning so it's not packed, because it gets ridiculously packed in the afternoons. Say you take a ticket and you're about 100 places behind. It happens to be the worst hospital in England for maternity, it was actually on the news a few years ago.
Sorry to hear that. I have to wait a little bit for my blood tests, but not like that. :nerd!:
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I *think* it's just because it's a major hospital in East London, it happens to be packed. Then, so are other areas of London. Having said that, they closed about three hospitals and then opened that one, so it's going to be in demand. My local (little) hospital is actually far, far nicer. About 10x nicer. The area itself is middle to upper class, and it's surrounded by trees.
I wouldn't want to go to Basildon hospital. Oh, here's a funny story: When my sister went for maternity aftercare there, they said they had mothers enquiring about whether they could puree McDonalds food for their babies. :heart:
Perhaps that's not such a bad idea. :mischief:
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I *think* it's just because it's a major hospital in East London, it happens to be packed. Then, so are other areas of London. Having said that, they closed about three hospitals and then opened that one, so it's going to be in demand. My local (little) hospital is actually far, far nicer. About 10x nicer. The area itself is middle to upper class, and it's surrounded by trees.
I wouldn't want to go to Basildon hospital. Oh, here's a funny story: When my sister went for maternity aftercare there, they said they had mothers enquiring about whether they could puree McDonalds food for their babies. :heart:
Perhaps that's not such a bad idea. :mischief:
Might as well get 'em hooked as soon as they're weaned! :bonnet: I'm lovin' it!
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Going over to a friend's house for Thanksgiving. I want to, but don't want to at the same time. I know it's good to get out and socialize, but the pressure and anxiety are sometimes a bit much. I'd much rather stay home and play video games.
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First I'm going to the lab at the clinic for the bloodwork needed for my yearly physical.
It's fasting bloodwork, so no half-and-half in my coffee, no apple juice, no food till
afterward. I posted a sign on my refrigerator door to remind myself. One word: NO :laugh:
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Going over to a friend's house for Thanksgiving. I want to, but don't want to at the same time. I know it's good to get out and socialize, but the pressure and anxiety are sometimes a bit much. I'd much rather stay home and play video games.
Kayleigh and I have been invited to a get-together tomorrow afternoon. I want to go, but don't want to at the same time. I will probably get a headache. I'd much rather stay home and do housework. ;)
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Going over to a friend's house for Thanksgiving. I want to, but don't want to at the same time. I know it's good to get out and socialize, but the pressure and anxiety are sometimes a bit much. I'd much rather stay home and play video games.
Kayleigh and I have been invited to a get-together tomorrow afternoon. I want to go, but don't want to at the same time. I will probably get a headache. I'd much rather stay home and do housework. ;)
Housework is enjoyable once one gets started. It results in feelings of pride and accomplishment! :sweep:
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I really should do some more laundry before my evening appointment. :apondering:
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Evening appointment? We don't have those here.
I'm going to wash my hair and while it is drying I shall look for some Excel tutorials online.
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Evening appointment? We don't have those here.
I'm going to wash my hair and while it is drying I shall look for some Excel tutorials online.
She's making money moonlighting as a hooker.
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Drive up to my sons house and go help him pick up a couch he bought that will not fit in any of their cars
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Sugarbutt and I have a date tonight to drive around and look at Christmas lights. :woohoo:
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Sugarbutt and I have a date tonight to drive around and look at Christmas lights. :woohoo:
When I visit my brother at this time of year, I ask him to drive me around the neighborhood
to look at Christmas lights. There's one house that does up the shrubs in green and two shades of blue.
The darker blue is a color I remember loving from when I was a preschooler. It's beautiful. :2thumbsup:
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Supposedly I am going to get my shit together. :poop: :zoinks:
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Visit the bookstore, attempt to finish my Xmas shopping finally
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Visit the bookstore, attempt to finish my Xmas shopping finally
I don't have to shop, my family is very small and we don't exchange gifts. :nicegear:
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Visit the bookstore, attempt to finish my Xmas shopping finally
I don't have to shop, my family is very small and we don't exchange gifts. :nicegear:
Mostly gift cards for Carla and Amber to buy what THEY want. It's simple and easy and saves time. I wound up giving Carla her major gift early as I was too excited to wait till Xmas to see her reaction. It was a high sparkle blue Opal pendant, since she's been wanting an Opal for some time and the Jewelry store had made it just that day. They still hadn't logged it into the store inventory when I saw it and wanted it. It spoke to me. She loved it. 8) :asthing:
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Visit the bookstore, attempt to finish my Xmas shopping finally
I don't have to shop, my family is very small and we don't exchange gifts. :nicegear:
Mostly gift cards for Carla and Amber to buy what THEY want. It's simple and easy and saves time. I wound up giving Carla her major gift early as I was too excited to wait till Xmas to see her reaction. It was a high sparkle blue Opal pendant, since she's been wanting an Opal for some time and the Jewelry store had made it just that day. They still hadn't logged it into the store inventory when I saw it and wanted it. It spoke to me. She loved it. 8) :asthing:
Sounds like an excellent choice, good for you. :)
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Visit the bookstore, attempt to finish my Xmas shopping finally
I don't have to shop, my family is very small and we don't exchange gifts. :nicegear:
Mostly gift cards for Carla and Amber to buy what THEY want. It's simple and easy and saves time. I wound up giving Carla her major gift early as I was too excited to wait till Xmas to see her reaction. It was a high sparkle blue Opal pendant, since she's been wanting an Opal for some time and the Jewelry store had made it just that day. They still hadn't logged it into the store inventory when I saw it and wanted it. It spoke to me. She loved it. 8) :asthing:
Sounds like an excellent choice, good for you. :)
A happy wife is a happy life. No cheating on that! 8)
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Sugarbutt and I have a date tonight to drive around and look at Christmas lights. :woohoo:
When I visit my brother at this time of year, I ask him to drive me around the neighborhood
to look at Christmas lights. There's one house that does up the shrubs in green and two shades of blue.
The darker blue is a color I remember loving from when I was a preschooler. It's beautiful. :2thumbsup:
There's a lot of nice ones around here, sugarbutt says our house is the best. :lol1:
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Well I have already called my parents to wish them Happy New Year.
I will be going to the shops to buy bread and ice and maybe some ice cream - depends on how much money I have.
Then I will sort more books out, we have loads of Star Trek books.
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I might be needed at work today, if my friend is still out sick. :apondering:
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Four of us from work are going to our friend's sister's restaurant.
She has a pizza oven. I think I'm going to have to try some nice homemade pizza! :pizza: 8)
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Clean the living daylights out of my apartment! :sweep:
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Clean, :laundry:, put out trash, put up a kitty shelf so that chubby boy can perch at the window and watch the birds in the back yard better.
Another fun-filled Sunday.
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I'm going to shred a ton of paper clutter! :pirate:
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About 40 mins left of today, so I guess not much. :P
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About 40 mins left of today, so I guess not much. :P
You could have posted a lot in 40 minutes. :police:
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About 40 mins left of today, so I guess not much. :P
You could have posted a lot in 40 minutes. :police:
I had performance anxiety. :P
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About 40 mins left of today, so I guess not much. :P
You could have posted a lot in 40 minutes. :police:
I had performance anxiety. :P
We'll just pretend we're not here. :calodeon:
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About 40 mins left of today, so I guess not much. :P
You could have posted a lot in 40 minutes. :police:
I had performance anxiety. :P
We'll just pretend we're not here. :calodeon:
Oh, I always pretend you're not here. :trollface:
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Oh, I always pretend you're not here. :trollface:
Pretty hard to do when I'm postwhoring so hard. :dino: :M
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Collecting courage to wallpaper my wall with glassfibre wall"paper". I've done wallpaper before. Just not the glassfibre type.
People tell me it is easy. Same people who tell me painting with acrylic paint is hard. (I find it easy). It's Just a matter of gathering stuff and courage. And getting in to a different set of clothes.
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Collecting courage to wallpaper my wall with glassfibre wall"paper". I've done wallpaper before. Just not the glassfibre type.
People tell me it is easy. Same people who tell me painting with acrylic paint is hard. (I find it easy). It's Just a matter of gathering stuff and courage. And getting in to a different set of clothes.
I love painting with acrylic paints! You can do this. Go Hyke! :hyke:
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Lots of :laundry: :laundry: :laundry: on the 20/10 plan ... work for 20 minutes, take 10 off.
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Had to set yesterday aside. We had a delivery scheduled for a bunch of new furniture. They could only give us three hour window as to when the delivery might occur. That was the day before.
As the delivery day wore on, the actual delivery time continued to change, by way of phone call after phone call after phone call.
Turned out fine, eventually, and we have new furniture in the living room and my daughter's bedroom.
(yep we invested five grand in the future of our family's comfort)
Today, I am presently enjoying the results of yesterday's toil.
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Collecting courage to wallpaper my wall with glassfibre wall"paper". I've done wallpaper before. Just not the glassfibre type.
People tell me it is easy. Same people who tell me painting with acrylic paint is hard. (I find it easy). It's Just a matter of gathering stuff and courage. And getting in to a different set of clothes.
Have never heard of fiberglass wallpaper. In reading, the paste used isn't water soluble so removal may be difficult down the road.
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Collecting courage to wallpaper my wall with glassfibre wall"paper". I've done wallpaper before. Just not the glassfibre type.
People tell me it is easy. Same people who tell me painting with acrylic paint is hard. (I find it easy). It's Just a matter of gathering stuff and courage. And getting in to a different set of clothes.
Have never heard of fiberglass wallpaper. In reading, the paste used isn't water soluble so removal may be difficult down the road.
Just do what people do here, wallpaper over the top of it. :zoinks:
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Oh, I always pretend you're not here. :trollface:
Pretty hard to do when I'm postwhoring so hard. :dino: :M
You have been on a roll lately, haven't you?
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Oh, I always pretend you're not here. :trollface:
Pretty hard to do when I'm postwhoring so hard. :dino: :M
You have been on a roll lately, haven't you?
Yes I have! I'm loving all the smilies! :2thumbsup:
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About to get myself a beer.
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Go to my friend's house. She has air conditioning.
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Rest and fucking sleep.
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Rest and fucking sleep.
AMEN! Slept badly last night, worked my ass off today....hope I sleep well tonight!
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Washing, cleaning, dehoarding, ...
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Washing, cleaning, dehoarding, ...
Me too, after I get home from work! It's going to be a great day all around! :arrr:
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Collecting courage to wallpaper my wall with glassfibre wall"paper". I've done wallpaper before. Just not the glassfibre type.
People tell me it is easy. Same people who tell me painting with acrylic paint is hard. (I find it easy). It's Just a matter of gathering stuff and courage. And getting in to a different set of clothes.
I love painting with acrylic paints! You can do this. Go Hyke! :hyke:
I did not mean acrylic paint for art, but for plinths and doors.
Today I wallpapered almost three walls in the kitchen. Glassfibre is very different from regular wallpaper. But it does what it is supposed to do. It provides a very smooth and nice surface to work on. Covering the flaws in the wall and giving strength to the surface.
So far, so good. Kitchen is looking better every day. Hope it will be finished next week. Monday floorman will tell me when the floor will come. Should have been here already. I don't mind the delay. Now I can get the rest done before the floor arrives.
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Collecting courage to wallpaper my wall with glassfibre wall"paper". I've done wallpaper before. Just not the glassfibre type.
People tell me it is easy. Same people who tell me painting with acrylic paint is hard. (I find it easy). It's Just a matter of gathering stuff and courage. And getting in to a different set of clothes.
I love painting with acrylic paints! You can do this. Go Hyke! :hyke:
I did not mean acrylic paint for art, but for plinths and doors.
Today I wallpapered almost three walls in the kitchen. Glassfibre is very different from regular wallpaper. But it does what it is supposed to do. It provides a very smooth and nice surface to work on. Covering the flaws in the wall and giving strength to the surface.
So far, so good. Kitchen is looking better every day. Hope it will be finished next week. Monday floorman will tell me when the floor will come. Should have been here already. I don't mind the delay. Now I can get the rest done before the floor arrives.
You are a true Renaissance bovine! :hyke: You produce delicious milk and cheese and you renovate!
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I'm always amazed when I hear people rent a place that already has carpet and curtains.That already has finished walls. Here most places are let without flooring and curtains. And as the one renting the place you are responsible for the indoor paintwork and walpaper. Is more work, but does give a lot more freedom too.
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Where my friend lived in Sweden, the rents were incredibly cheap. As in, a flat for about half the price of council housing rates here. Everyone had really old 80s box type cars, but the area seemed nice. Trees all around, and still had local shops and supermarkets.
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Achieve
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Where my friend lived in Sweden, the rents were incredibly cheap. As in, a flat for about half the price of council housing rates here. Everyone had really old 80s box type cars, but the area seemed nice. Trees all around, and still had local shops and supermarkets.
Where was this?
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Going to work. :2thumbsup:
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Achieve
That's the spirit :queenie: that made the Empire great!
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Where my friend lived in Sweden, the rents were incredibly cheap. As in, a flat for about half the price of council housing rates here. Everyone had really old 80s box type cars, but the area seemed nice. Trees all around, and still had local shops and supermarkets.
Where was this?
Saffle. They had smiley faces in their traffic lights too.
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I'm going through human rights law and studying up on arrest. search and detention law. And making notes, for use when I make an appointment to see my lawyer, Its more than I can remember all at once in my head considering the precision of the wording being important, so I am taking notes, to find things I can use to give the filth a kick in the nadgers
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Two of the three things I'd planned on doing today: Shampoo The PR's hair, laundry. Still to do: refrigerator/trash and feed the cats. Oops, I guess I had to do 4 things.
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Where my friend lived in Sweden, the rents were incredibly cheap. As in, a flat for about half the price of council housing rates here. Everyone had really old 80s box type cars, but the area seemed nice. Trees all around, and still had local shops and supermarkets.
Where was this?
Saffle. They had smiley faces in their traffic lights too.
That's basically in the middle of nowhere. I used to drive through that place on my way to client meetings. You're right about the boxy cars, tho. :laugh:
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Work. :chores:
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I'd be more than happy to lend a hand QV, take one of those tasks off your hands ^_^
Me-took meds, called my lawyer, posted in various places, ate.
Still to do-wait for lawyer to call me back, eat the remaining big bags of large sour bubblegum-flavour jelly bottle sweets. More meds later, more eating later, got a big hefty double cheeseburger with extra cheese in the fridge waiting for an appointment with the microwave since it was offered to be bought for me, and I CBF eating it right then and there, so kept it for todays supper. Have a rollup once one of my meds is out of my mouth and been chased down by more bubblegum bottle gummy sweets, drink (barr brand bubblegum pop), play fallout II whilst I wait for the lawyer to ring me.
Later tonight-watch family guy/american dad and then some light bed time reading, consisting of an A-level exam chemistry study book (not taking the exam, I just have the book) and get down to reading a paper about copper (II) catalyzed synthesis of primary amides from aldehydes, maybe see if I can dig up a reference about trivalent cerium catalysis in another amidation I'm interested in if I have the time online. If not, grab a few chemistry/bio journal articles from my library and settle down for a read before I fall asleep.
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I'd be more than happy to lend a hand QV, take one of those tasks off your hands ^_^
Me-took meds, called my lawyer, posted in various places, ate.
Still to do-wait for lawyer to call me back, eat the remaining big bags of large sour bubblegum-flavour jelly bottle sweets. More meds later, more eating later, got a big hefty double cheeseburger with extra cheese in the fridge waiting for an appointment with the microwave since it was offered to be bought for me, and I CBF eating it right then and there, so kept it for todays supper. Have a rollup once one of my meds is out of my mouth and been chased down by more bubblegum bottle gummy sweets, drink (barr brand bubblegum pop), play fallout II whilst I wait for the lawyer to ring me.
Later tonight-watch family guy/american dad and then some light bed time reading, consisting of an A-level exam chemistry study book (not taking the exam, I just have the book) and get down to reading a paper about copper (II) catalyzed synthesis of primary amides from aldehydes, maybe see if I can dig up a reference about trivalent cerium catalysis in another amidation I'm interested in if I have the time online. If not, grab a few chemistry/bio journal articles from my library and settle down for a read before I fall asleep.
The refrigerator and trash/garbage has been postponed until Friday, the next pick-up day.
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The refrigerator and trash/garbage has been postponed until Friday, the next pick-up day.
You have two pickup days per week? Sweet! We only have one per neighborhood per week. :orly:
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Take The PR to buy a Beauty and the Beast poster, bowling, and a meal. Already went to 2 grocery stores.
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Not much of it left but I might do some coding.
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Sleep, I hope. If not, I will do that tomorrow.
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Finish my damn laundry and then crawl into bed! :snooze: <--- totally NOT a mouse under the bed!
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Work, walk the puppy, work some more, feed the puppy, work, ...
There's a pattern here. :P
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Puppies!! :heart:
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Work, walk the puppy, work some more, feed the puppy, work, ...
There's a pattern here. :P
Everything you do, you now do for the puppy. :laugh:
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Work, walk the puppy, work some more, feed the puppy, work, ...
There's a pattern here. :P
Everything you do, you now do for the puppy. :laugh:
She owns me. :zoinks:
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Work, walk the puppy, work some more, feed the puppy, work, ...
There's a pattern here. :P
Everything you do, you now do for the puppy. :laugh:
She owns me. :zoinks:
And you love it. :dog: :heart: :moomin:
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This is tomorrow...
I will be getting tattooed. I will try and post pictures in the next few days.
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Work. :chores:
Escape to the pub, later.
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^ What is that emoticon doing? Drawing a building?
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Pick up The PR, do some shopping, buy stamps and send off some mail, take The PR bowling, make some beef stew into soup (or else just serve it over a baked potato), a wee bit of 'ousework
Isn't my life as thrilling as can be? 8)
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^ What is that emoticon doing? Drawing a building?
Chores. :laugh:
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^ What is that emoticon doing? Drawing a building?
He's frantically working on the mountains of paperwork that clutter his desk! :chores:
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^ What is that emoticon doing? Drawing a building?
He's frantically working on the mountains of paperwork that clutter his desk! :chores:
Ohhh. It looks like a giant smiley drawing a new building in a city!
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I am going to go and get meds. Haloperidol and dexamphetamine.
And try and figure out what caused the BSOD on my computer.
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I'm going to lunch at an Irish-themed pub-food-type restaurant, with a fellow Irish-American! :lep:
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Rest, since most of the day has passed by now. Maybe watch some tv, to get an idea about what the outcome of the elections are.
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Not much. Read, maybe.
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Hopefully be in bed early and fast asleep soon after. I was up until almost 4 this morning. And yes, I'm not exaggerating. I was on the computer doing research (grocery sales, checking accounts, clearing computer stuff, etc.) Woke up at 8.
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Allegedly, I'm going to clean the apartment from top to bottom. :lol2: :zoinks:
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After a lovely sleep, a healthy b'fast and lunch, I'm off to pick up The PR and take her to shopping with her "new" money.
See "Post Something Good That Happened Today" for explanation of her new-found $.
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I have to work on Excel functions such as If, Vlookup and Concatenate. Wish me luck!
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I'm flying back home. Going to write as much as I can of a paper I want to present in August.
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If things go well, we'll see Beauty and The Beast
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I'm flying back home. Going to write as much as I can of a paper I want to present in August.
Why work on it now? You've got till August. Put it off. >:D
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I'm going to kick ass at work with friends! Git 'r done! :fatchef:
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I'm flying back home. Going to write as much as I can of a paper I want to present in August.
Why work on it now? You've got till August. Put it off. >:D
There is a paper deadline followed by a peer review happening a lot sooner than that.
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Busy performing electrolysis on a solution of sodium borate, in an effort to produce elemental boron,.
I think I already succeeded, in preparing a vitrous state of the stuff, by passing current through borax heated with a torch until it melts. Result was a reddish-ruddy brown coloured ceramic like material that cannot be scratched by steel, although it is gouged by a tungesten carbide cutting tool.
And there were some intereresting 'crystals', not sure if they are amorphous glass like vitrified states doped with copper (was using Cu electrodes) but these attractive looking crystals formed amidst what I think is amorphous boron, vitrified into a solid under the torch flame. The red stuff is fucking hard as hell, and I've seen nothing in the house that will scratch it, bar tungsten carbide, although diamond cutters would work obviously. Needs purification via preparation of magnesium diboride then acid treatment in inert atmosphere to release B2H6, diborane. This will be useful when complexed to things like pyridine (ugh, I HATE pyridine, it smells terrible) or THF. Although it ignites spontaneously in moist air, and is extremely toxic, it will at least allow me to purify samples of impure boron from crude melts.
If I can break it up that is.
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I'm flying back home. Going to write as much as I can of a paper I want to present in August.
Why work on it now? You've got till August. Put it off. >:D
There is a paper deadline followed by a peer review happening a lot sooner than that.
In that case, you'd better get busy! :police: :chores: :police:
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http://oi67.tinypic.com/214dym1.jpg
(http://oi67.tinypic.com/214dym1.jpg)
Vacuum distillation (of chloroform, single-stage rotary-vane pump) I so have to buy a better vac pump. Although it'll boil CHCL3 at room temperature or just above it. Yes I'm lazy sometimes,
Don't need vac to distill chloroform, atmospheric is fine, but it shortens the process by lowering the BP)
The pump is the blue finned thing with the top-mounted handle on the floor with the blue hose line.
Coolant line is the yellow needle-disposal bucket that has two hoses dipped in, theres a little pump in there thats sending water to the Liebig condenser. Ignore the wires. Thats an experiment in electrolytic boron synthesis from sodium borate (borax) (if you never hear from me again, thats probably why, its intended for diborane synthesis, got to buy a nuke-suit to work with the stuff since the boranes are extremely toxic. Enough to gimme the creeps.
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Way more of this:
(http://oi63.tinypic.com/vecilx.jpg)
This is molten salt electrolysis, using a eutectic mixture of sodium hydroxide and calcium chloride, the latter helps lower the melting point. Although I intend to use this principle further by switching to a melt of sodium-potassium hydroxide. I need to design a proper, damn good cell to handle NaK alloy though, its liquid at room temperature or just above and violently reactive, more so than potassium metal. I've been messing with surface-tension based removal from the melt, using Cu wire electrodes with coiled tips, to dip into the melt although its pretty violent and messy even with sodium alone. NaK alloy is VERY violent from what I read, I've never handled it, but even with Na you need a blast shield over your face or you will be blinded by flying hydroxide. And once, I managed to have a lump of molten sodium fly up my nose and burn a crater in my septum lmao.
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I'm flying back home. Going to write as much as I can of a paper I want to present in August.
Why work on it now? You've got till August. Put it off. >:D
There is a paper deadline followed by a peer review happening a lot sooner than that.
In that case, you'd better get busy! :police: :chores: :police:
I always have this problem. I leave them until the last week before the deadline, sometimes less. OTOH, some of my better papers were produced in two days.
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http://oi67.tinypic.com/214dym1.jpg
(http://oi67.tinypic.com/214dym1.jpg)
Vacuum distillation (of chloroform, single-stage rotary-vane pump) I so have to buy a better vac pump. Although it'll boil CHCL3 at room temperature or just above it. Yes I'm lazy sometimes,
Don't need vac to distill chloroform, atmospheric is fine, but it shortens the process by lowering the BP)
The pump is the blue finned thing with the top-mounted handle on the floor with the blue hose line.
Coolant line is the yellow needle-disposal bucket that has two hoses dipped in, theres a little pump in there thats sending water to the Liebig condenser. Ignore the wires. Thats an experiment in electrolytic boron synthesis from sodium borate (borax) (if you never hear from me again, thats probably why, its intended for diborane synthesis, got to buy a nuke-suit to work with the stuff since the boranes are extremely toxic. Enough to gimme the creeps.
I'm going to start a GoFundMe account to get you a decent lab.
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I don't see why Lestat can't work for some university or something? He could get the funds from elsewhere instead of his own money, and really contribute something. I think you have great potential, Lestat.
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That isn't the lab, its the kitchen. I don't have enough SPACE in the lab for all my lab equipment, only a small proportion of it is actually permanently located up in there. The chemicals are, bar a few small cans of solvent, and some NaOH in the kitchen, currently also some borax since I'm experimenting with it a lot lately. Attempting, and I believe succeeding in forming amorphous boron plus a vitreous material of uncertain composition, which is a very pretty clear blue, and quite hard, I believe due to electrolysis of molten sodium borate (borax) using copper wire for electrodes.
This is the electrolyzed borax melt, reddish-brown is the color of at least one amorphous and several crystalline allotropes and polymorphs of elemental boron.
(https://s27.postimg.org/7txadamab/boraxboron.jpg)
And this is the vitreous, possibly crystalline, possibly amorphous, uncertain material, that I am currently attempting to replicate production of experimentally. Could be an allotrope of boron, although I don't think so, but I am not familiar with them all, and especially not with exotic allotropes/polymorphs. Could be a composite of fused borax, boric oxide (B2O3) etc. The bottom piece, has what is most likely vitrified amorphous boron or a boron-borax or boron-boric oxide or boron-borax-boric oxide all vitrified together with copper ions providing the color. A further experiment will be to use a non-color donating set of electrodes, for example platinum, or palladium-plated ones, or iridium-plated electrodes of either copper, nickel or silver as the base, covered by a thin layer of course, since iridium, platinum, palladium and the other platinum-group metals are sodding expensive and I don't have very much platinum metal, and likewise I only have a little palladium chloride, iridium, none but can get it, albeit at a price. But especially iridium is useful, and I want some of the compounds (so I can plate what I like with it, rather than relying on solid pieces, which would be a bastard to work with, being incredibly hard, impossible to melt without resorting to a powerful arc furnace or plasma torch and resistant to all but the most brutal chemical assaults. Fused alkali metal hydroxides and molten potassium or sodium cyanide are some of the very few things that attack it. I think fluorine gas might do, or chlorine trifluoride, chlorine pentafluoride, and chlorine will when the metal is already very hot. But other than that iridium is neat stuff, tough as old boots, with one of the highest melting points of any element, along with osmium, carbon and molybdenum, as well as tungsten. So easier by FAR to select one's electrodes or other items of choice them plate onto them a thin surface layer of the hard to work with and rather expensive iridium metal. Osmium-iridium alloy was/is used for coating the nibs of some high-end fountain pens under the name osmiroid, the alloy being known as osmiridium, owing to its great durability.
anyhow, here is my unexpected, although not unwelcome little creation. Will be experimenting next with doping using chromium, manganese, vanadium, various valencies of said metal ions, and also cobalt. Cobalt glass takes a beautiful deep ultramarine-indigo blue, as well as uranium (VI) ions as a dopant aiming if the rest of the experiments are successful in serving as dopant ion species for color donation since I can get hold of some uranyl nitrate or acetate easily enough, just need to have a reason to want to buy it. Or make some U(VI) cation salts or complexes myself, using staballoy, after first leaching out the depleted uranium, since the tungsten can be dissolved in a peracid mixture consisting of hydrogen peroxide and phosphoric acid.
Also planned are experiments in spray-coating and vitrifying thin protective layers of potash glass using potassium silicate solution to assist in preserving and making this and any other such differently colorful materials more durable. These crystals or amorphous vitreous chunks I found in my electrolytic melt, after first breaking up the boron or boron and remaining borax, found them waiting for me under the surface, to my rather nice surprise, had to go digging for them and then hack them out, carving off any borax-boron composite or amorphous, fused, vitrified boron.
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Here we are:
(https://s12.postimg.org/p0nhtck9p/boro_glass.jpg)
The stuff, whatever it be in composition is already pretty tough stuff. And fused boron is really fucking tough too, I tried and failed utterly to scratch it with the tip of an iron nail, and likewise to make a mark on a piece with a hard tool-steel hacksaw blade. A tungsten carbide-tipped cutter did however scratch it.
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Lestat, you must glow in the dark. :P
I've purposely left the image below as a link, as it's almost flashing, and I don't want to cause any seizures. It's a cool image though.
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_madibvi0lp1qmt85zo1_500.gif
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Lol why?
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Why you glow in the dark? Cos you're a mad scientist! Hehe.
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Mad? Its everybody else thats insane, not me:P
And currently the only glow in the dark item in the lab is a sample of white phosphorus, which glows an eerie green
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Mad? Its everybody else thats insane, not me:P
You have the awesome ability to explode people. How is that not mad? :P
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@ Lestat - Yes, I know it's the kitchen. I meant that you need a properly equipped, spacious dedicated area to work in.
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:chores:
Lots of work to do. Let's hope the puppy will let me do it.
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I have a dedicated lab room. That isn't, however, luxuriously spacious.
And for what I'm upto doing...I'm doing a work in progress video series (had to film in short bites due to memory card constraints), doing some inorganic chem, the synthesis of an interhalogen compound, interhalogens being di- or polyatomic molecules containing only atoms of the halogen series, namely, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine (although I will be omitting the fluorinated ones, too damn dangerous by far. A gas mask or NBC suit wouldn't provide any protection because it would just set the suit ablaze on contact with the vapours of say, chlorine trifluoride. Iodine, bromine and chlorine compounds are on the menu so to speak, though.
Essentially, the halogens form diatomic molecules naturally, F2, Cl2, Br2 and I2 respectively down the column containing the halogens on the periodic table. Busy converting video stream to a format other than fuckin' quicktime.
I've been working all night on my synthesis, passing chlorine gas through a column packed with iodine. There are two possible stoichiometries for iodine chlorides, the monochloride, ICl, and the trichloride. ICl is a bromine-coloured compound, that has a quite low melting point, but can exist in crystalline polymorphs too, until melted, but is easy enough to condense from the vapor phase. This is done in an enclosed system , because the compound is toxic and irritant, like chlorine, or bromine etc. And also it means handling elemental chlorine gas. Gas mask, with cartridges capable of dealing with halogens (fluorine excluded since its so fucking reactive, it'll set bricks on fire in the dilute gaseous state! and it is lethally toxic in a manner the other halogens are not, that is to say, it has its own special mode of toxicity, chelating calcium from blood, when hydrofluoric acid forms, that, and its habit of setting everything it touches on fire more or less, and eating glass.
Right now, I am just converting between formats, and then need to remove the metadata from the files in order to protect my privacy. Will link to the preparation of the reagent in my public lab thread. Its nothing illegal, and certainly not a psychoactive drug. I pity the poor bastard that would swallow this stuff. But all the same, the like of exif metadata has to go.
And if your wondering about the change in my voice, it'll be because there was a gas mask being worn. But the process itself, the equipment setup and use, as well as collection of the product and its purification will be covered. And so will safety, because this synthesis does involve the use of toxic chemicals, the product iodine monochloride itself is corrosive and it also hydrolyzes rapidly on contact with water, including its fuming in the air due to atmospheric moisture levels So it will be distilled directly into a collection bottle without breaking the closed system. Likewise transfer of chlorine-forming reagents into the chlorine generation flask is done by syringe and the transfer line clipped closed when not actively transferring reagents or pushing gas (dried air, dried by the inline condenser prior to the iodine containing column, with the calcium chloride serving to dry both air and the chlorine as it is formed. Ordinarily I would use inert gas techniques, although ICl can be handled without, rather than stabilizing the compound, the gas is to sweep the chlorine gas through the column of iodine, enabling the Cl2 to be generated at a manageable rate yet still drive it through the reactant column filled with I2 without interacting with the reactants. I'll probably go grab an argon tank or three or four before I finish the synth. Also, the rate of flow is important, as too much drives the reaction to produce the other iodine-chlorine interhalogen, iodine trichloride.
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This is a reversible reaction however. A little of what is almost certainly iodine trichloride formed at first, and is still present, at the end closest the Cl2 source. I shall of course, keep it, counting that as killing two birds with one stone, so to speak, just need to purify the two reagents once the synth is done, and separate them from one another.
And afterwards, the liquid iodine monochloride will be transferred to borosilicate glass ampoules using an all-glass syringe and cannula. and sealed for long term storage until usage is desired with a little inert gas over the top. Argon or nitrogen will do just fine for this. Nitrogen is substantially cheaper on a volume basis than argon, but I tend to prefer to use argon for most of my inert work, as there are chemicals that react with nitrogen, such as lithium metal, and thus I buy argon unless there is a specific reason to do otherwise, or keep just one or two nitrogen tanks on hand.
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I'm flying back home. Going to write as much as I can of a paper I want to present in August.
Why work on it now? You've got till August. Put it off. >:D
There is a paper deadline followed by a peer review happening a lot sooner than that.
In that case, you'd better get busy! :police: :chores: :police:
I always have this problem. I leave them until the last week before the deadline, sometimes less. OTOH, some of my better papers were produced in two days.
You've just summed up my entire academic history. :laugh:
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:chores:
Lots of work to do. Let's hope the puppy will let me do it.
"The dog ate my homework." :moomin: :puppy: Sorry
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@ Lestat - Yes, I know it's the kitchen. I meant that you need a properly equipped, spacious dedicated area to work in.
Note: fixed. I meant as large as New Scotland Yard. (You can stink the coppers out there)
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Heh I wish. I got my fresh argon tank. Bought three or four of them actually so I know I have backups when needed. Time to get chlorinating.
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:chores:
Lots of work to do. Let's hope the puppy will let me do it.
"The dog ate my homework." :moomin: :puppy: Sorry
I have a friend in the UK who was supposed to attend a conference in Prague in February. Had his flight tickets bought, hotel booked, conference paid, everything.
His puppy ate his passport. :lol1:
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:laugh:
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I'm going to go to work, tackle my chores with gusto, and get the fuck outta there at 6! :arrr:
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:chores:
Lots of work to do. Let's hope the puppy will let me do it.
"The dog ate my homework." :moomin: :puppy: Sorry
I have a friend in the UK who was supposed to attend a conference in Prague in February. Had his flight tickets bought, hotel booked, conference paid, everything.
His puppy ate his passport. :lol1:
Sounds almost like my girlfriend. She was 6 hours away from leaving for the airport for a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Ireland. Couldn't find her passport. I was just kidding around/calming her down when I looked in her purse. No passport. She was sure it was there. Nope. Frantic search through the apartment. Call the security guard at work to check her desk. No passport. Call my Mom to alert her that we may need her to help look. Search the apartment again. Third time around it was under the bed in the shadows. She just made it to the airport on time.
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Post a couple of the better clips of my work in elder's, before releasing the public version and updating the former when I have the time to give them a proper tarting up, and do some editing to splice the segments and arrange them so as to best illustrate the art of the chemist at work, doing some inorganic :heisenberg:
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Off to girl friend's house to do a couple of loads of laundry and continue the b'fast chat.
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Go to the chemist to get meds and maybe do some grocery shopping.
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:chores:
Lots of work to do. Let's hope the puppy will let me do it.
"The dog ate my homework." :moomin: :puppy: Sorry
I have a friend in the UK who was supposed to attend a conference in Prague in February. Had his flight tickets bought, hotel booked, conference paid, everything.
His puppy ate his passport. :lol1:
Sounds almost like my girlfriend. She was 6 hours away from leaving for the airport for a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Ireland. Couldn't find her passport. I was just kidding around/calming her down when I looked in her purse. No passport. She was sure it was there. Nope. Frantic search through the apartment. Call the security guard at work to check her desk. No passport. Call my Mom to alert her that we may need her to help look. Search the apartment again. Third time around it was under the bed in the shadows. She just made it to the airport on time.
I read this post while listening to Mozart's "Lacrimosa," and between that and the suspense of the story,
I was a tad distraught till I saw that your friend made it to the airport on time. Well done. :heart: :queenie: :heart:
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This is tomorrow - go to Centrelink and see what they can do about my education supplement. I haven't been getting it. Then I have an appointment with the nurse at the doctors surgery to get my Depo injection. Then after that Kayleigh and I will take Liam to the vet.
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Get some sleep, go to a dr appt. then later, ampoule the reagent that is my latest chem project.
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Work. A bunch of conversion script bugs to fix.
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It's my birthday. I'm going to party like a food service worker! :autism:
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Go food shopping and study later on.
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Going to a whisky fair with some friends, later today. It's a yearly thing.
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Happy b/day CBC. *hugs the birfday girl*
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Happy b/day CBC. *hugs the birfday girl*
Thank you, young man. :cbc: :heisenberg:
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Homework and maybe visit my friend who has been admitted to hospital.
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Not much.
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Hardly anything. Did read a bit earlier in the day.
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Something else
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Laundry, cleaning, de-hoarding. Boring stuff that 50somethings do. :tard:
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Laundry, cleaning, de-hoarding. Boring stuff that 50somethings do. :tard:
Let's do it together. :cbc: :hyke:
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Take moody, disgruntled kid to school, take moody, disgruntled SO to pain Dr.
Come home and contemplate running away on half a tank of gas and less than $100 in cash...throw more laundry in, list more stuff, and cook.
I should probably get drunk and pretend to be a pirate...they have cable in the psyche ward I'm told.
Maybe I can wrestle the wimpy guy that thinks he's Jesus for the remote and watch cartoons.
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Open up a glass syringe and dig out some iodine that has crystallized in there after using the syringe itself to transfer some iodine monochloride onto various substrates for testing its reactivity towards various substances.
(magnesium dust, something like 500 mesh, surprisingly less reactive than expected. Aluminium powder, 30 micron particle size-no spontaneous reaction other than starting to turn to white solid, either AlI3 or AlCl3 anhydrous, didn't test which, ignition to the point of glowing white hot upon the slightest flame being applied. Sulfur-solid, small chunk, dissolved into a stinking puddle of blackish goo, smoked plenty, stank some more, oddly, became very difficult to ignite at all with a blowtorch, held flame on it sufficiently long to thermally decompose the interhalogen into its component chlorine gas and iodine and it would only burn for a second or two after withdrawal of the flame. Have yet to try powdered sulfur. Will also, once I take up somebody's offer, try it on tellurium, staying masked and WELL downwind. Because Te has a nasty side effect of absorption of even traces. You stink. And stink for a long time, badly enough that I've heard the term for it, 'tellurium breath' being used as an insult, and of people killing themselves, as well as any object they touch becoming contaminated by the traces of alkyl tellurides coming out in sweat, such as uni books forevermore stinking and having to be retired lest somebody else happen to touch them and suffer the same.
Contact with phosphorus (red)-instant hypergolic ignition the second the two chemicals contacted each other. One drop of ICl and the small sample of red P burst into an intense flaring flame.
Something odd happened too-there was later, 7-8 HOURS later, and in a place in the garden I did not DO these experiments near, with this air- and atmospheric moisture-sensitive compound, observed by my old man, a sudden occurrence of a patch of what used to be grass and soil, but had become a crater full of black, bubbling, smoking goo where part of the lawn used to be. That I am actually perplexed by, since it was far away from the experiments, and ICl is highly volatile, and it isn't stable near either things that can be oxidized, near water, exposure to air, or even atmospheric water vapor content. It would, if placed in a glass petri dish and left outside, just vaporize away, perhaps leaving behind a little iodine, more likely evaporate totally. So I am actually perplexed by whatever caused that blackened, bubbling hole in the lawn, where both soil and grass as well as wet moss around it were replaced by a liquefied pit, filled with something slimy looking, giving off smoke, almost 8 hours later, after a frost.
What am I going to do today...harvest the remainder of my iodine monochloride from its flask, transfer it to bottle with chemically very resistant cap and seal that I know will tolerate ICl having held a sample of a fraction of 1ml for months and months without being eaten through or damaged in any way, with the screw threads wrapped in a thick layer of teflon tape. It doesn't eat glass, at least, and presumably the cap is made from teflon. Stupid pork left quite a few of those chemical-resistant sample bottles after 'taking samples' of many of my reagents allegedly for analysis and then leaving them on my benchtop. Now they just serve me as something to use for containment of some of the nastier, more dangerous and volatile reagents I have, which would burn through, set on fire or disintegrate most plastics. Those vials must be highly resistant as they'd need to be able to sample nearly anything.
And also, I'll finish gutting some batteries for their potassium hydroxide (caustic potash, KOH) electrolyte and the manganese dioxide content serving as depolarizer so I can purify the MnO2 and turn it to a salt of manganese, such as the sulfate, and then work on trying to isolate some Mn metal. (its one of the transition metals, quite reactive, and in small quantities vital as a micronutrient to humans, although too much, especially via inhalational route is known to cause manganism, a form of poisoning characterized by a progressive parkinsonian-like neurological damage.
Going to (outside of course, wearing mask with additional particle filters attached) attempt electrorefining of the sulfate or chloride salts to manganese metal, which I have never actually seen. I've used its compounds plenty often, either as the dioxide, MnO2, or KMnO4/NaMnO4 respectively. I've also produced as a byproduct, what I believe is sodium manganate or manganite, bright apple-green crystalline compound with a color similar to day-glow greenish yellow highlighter pen ink.
And have when younger, encountered the rather dangerous, and powerful permanganic acid anhydride, Mn2O7, formed via the action of concentrated sulfuric acid on potassium or sodium permanganate, its a dark greeny black, more or less violet black with a slight greenish sheen depending on the angle of light, extremely powerful oxidizer, but not something I'd keep around, since it can explode with very little provocation, such as organic dust motes in the air settling down and coming into contact with this manganese heptoxide.
The green compound would have been either manganese (II) oxide, or potassium or sodium manganate, K2MnO4 or Na2MnO4. Not sure which.
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Laundry, cleaning, de-hoarding. Boring stuff that 50somethings do. :tard:
Let's do it together. :cbc: :hyke:
I actually got a lot done last night! How about you? :)
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Look for some important documents that I browsed past in the last few months and need now
Figure out what is for dinner (cabbage and hot sausage for me, ? for The PR)
Hang some laundry to dry
Forgot what else
See? The list helped me remember some of what I should/will forget to do.
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About to commence work on converting a fish tank left behind after I kicked out my bitch-from-hell former housemate into a sealed glove-box, for doing things like work in sterile conditions, and for things that either for their sake, mine, or both, need to be kept isolated from either the environment or people, or both.
About to start drilling holes through the glass top and sides for gas feeds and exits, scrubber tanks and such like. Adding in one-way valves, seals, glass front and various input ports using a diamond-tipped cutter to bore through the glass, as well as the glass version of a hacksaw blade, which is basically a round wire covered in some kind of abrasive, tungsten carbide I think, its not quick but being rounded it can be moved in any direction once through a hole (which involves taking the wire out of the saw, slotting it through a drilled hole and then reassembling the saw with the wire blade fed through the hole, with the ends of the saw frame on both the outside and inside of the glass. Not borosilicate glass, but it doesn't really have to be since it won't itself be directly exposed to extremities of temperature. Just nasty chemicals and (at different times, obviously, cultures of any organisms I might happen to work with, since bacteria, fungi, yeasts, plant cell cultures and the like can do an awful lot of things conventional chemical synthetic approaches are essentially, too rough on delicate substrates, and with usually very very good selectivity, enzymatic biotransformations have a lot of potential and of course such things as cultures need keeping sterile in order not to get contaminated and/or overrun with whatever bugs happen to be floating about outside.
And adding things to the outside as well, such as pressure-equalization tubes, suck-back traps etc.
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Cleaning up in the yard and shed. Also I began cleaning up a little vise I got the other day as a tip.
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/KIMG0858_zpsionxhmuf.jpg) (http://s135.photobucket.com/user/parts67/media/KIMG0858_zpsionxhmuf.jpg.html)
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Look for some important documents that I browsed past in the last few months and need now
Figure out what is for dinner (cabbage and hot sausage for me, ? for The PR)
Hang some laundry to dry
Forgot what else
See? The list helped me remember some of what I should/will forget to do.
Wash, rinse, repeat.
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I have to do some paperwork and get to the post office to mail it. :headhurts:
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Cleaning up in the yard and shed. Also I began cleaning up a little vise I got the other day as a tip.
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/KIMG0858_zpsionxhmuf.jpg) (http://s135.photobucket.com/user/parts67/media/KIMG0858_zpsionxhmuf.jpg.html)
I love that vice.
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Cleaning up in the yard and shed. Also I began cleaning up a little vise I got the other day as a tip.
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/KIMG0858_zpsionxhmuf.jpg) (http://s135.photobucket.com/user/parts67/media/KIMG0858_zpsionxhmuf.jpg.html)
I love that vice.
It is a big boy at 120 pounds only about 30 pounds less than my anvil.
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I have to do some paperwork and get to the post office to mail it. :headhurts:
Take Two. This time I will actually get it done! :pirate:
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Nothing left to do today except go to bed!
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I have to do some paperwork and get to the post office to mail it. :headhurts:
Take Two. This time I will actually get it done! :pirate:
It's done. Papers mailed off to their destination, reimbursement money coming my way. :clap:
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Look for some important documents that I browsed past in the last few months and need now
Figure out what is for dinner (cabbage and hot sausage for me, ? for The PR)
Hang some laundry to dry
Forgot what else
See? The list helped me remember some of what I should/will forget to do.
Wash, rinse, repeat.
Found most of the documents. Will make needed copies tomorrow, Friday.
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This is tomorrow - go for a blood test early in the morning. For lithium levels and thyroid function.
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I'm going to go to work and get as much done as I can! :arrr:
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30 mins of it left. Not much I can do. :-\
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Some washing and some sweeping.
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Prep and serve food, clean stuff up, wash dishes since we have no dishwasher today. :multitask:
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Finish packing. Flying to London again tomorrow.
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Organize these papers. Stress out. Fume over my landlord attempting to fuck me over.
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Organize these papers. Stress out. Fume over my landlord attempting to fuck me over.
What's your next move? Is there a plan for revenge? >:D :coolguy:
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Going to NYC for a day trip
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Kick ass at work!!!!! :multitask: then watch the season premiere of Better Call Saul. :tv:
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Separate something I want to work on from the dross its mixed with, and then first purify it, followed by making out with the lithium, ethanol, pentane, potassium or sodium hydroxide and some ether.
Also, go to the next stage of refining the manganese content from a load of old, dead batteries, having already separated out the carbon black from its crude form as gouged straight from the batteries, and converted it to the soluble manganese (II) sulfate by leaching it in concentrated sulfuric acid, and left it for a week or so for the insoluble carbon black to settle out of the solution of manganese sulfate to the bottom of a beaker, then decanted off the sulfate, bar a little carbon black that floated to the top and stubbornly refused to sink, thats mostly skimmed off. First, it will be treated with aqueous caustic potash, reforming MnO2, manganese dioxide, and then treated, after roasting to drive off any traces of organics, under the flame of a blowtorch leaving only MnO2 and inorganic carbon, the traces that wouldn't sink in the beaker, or that floated up when handling the beaker and that were not removed by skimming the carbon scum off the surface.
This will then be added with extreme care, in a solution of strong sulfuric acid, to a solution composed of strong sulfuric acid, and aqueous hydrogen peroxide. The combination of H2SO4 and hydrogen peroxide gives what is commonly known as 'piranha acid' or 'piranha bath', alternately 'Caro's acid', peroxymonosulfuric acid, which, as the name piranha acid might tell one, is extremely corrosive, being both very acidic and one of the strongest common oxidizing agents around that doesn't involve anything really exotic. Its used for, after first removing any traces of organics (contact with organic compounds causes piranha acid to explode violently), and when your glassware has nothing left but inorganic carbon, metal traces and such being acceptable also with great care, cleaning glassware of intractable stains and/or restoring it to utmost cleanliness, acid piranha (base piranha also is known and used, somewhat safer than piranha acid, but I'm not so familiar with base piranha, made with H2O2 and sodium or potassium hydroxide, never used it, and I wouldn't be surprised one bit if its capable of damaging glass or eroding it)
Persulfuric acid will oxidize even inorganic carbon deposits to CO2 gas, literally evaporating the most tenacious and grimly resistant, intractable stains from your glassware. The peroxide I'll use will be weak, because manganese dioxide oxidizes hydrogen peroxide to water and O2, as do many other transition metal salts. Chances are the result will be manganese persulfate. This would be either roasted or treated with more aqueous KOH or NaOH to produce manganese dioxide yet again, but now free of carbon. Then mixed with aluminium or magnesium dust, in a spare crucible that is disposable, or a spare piece of refractory fireclay gouged into a holder for the mixture, and ignited with a piece of burning magnesium on the end of a stick, in an environment free of oxygen, displaced with and as such full of argon, because manganese metal is actually very reactive for a transition metal. The reaction that follows will generate intense heat, and go as such: MnO2+2Mg-/\>Mn+2MgO
-- (thats meant to be a letter delta in ASCII, standing for the activation energy of the reaction, which is significant with metallothermic reductions [thermite-like redox reactions]. You need quite a lot of heat to initiate a thermite or thermite-type reduction, but once initiated it is self sustaining and will not go out until it has jolly well finished, and doesn't give a fuck how much you may want one to go out, it'll stay there and burn like fury until the metal oxide you started with has been reduced to the metal, and the metal you started with is oxidized to the corresponding oxide. They can burn under water, or even in a vacuum once initiated, because metallothermic reductions require no external source of oxygen to burn, but they supply their own oxygen by means of the starting metal ripping the oxygen from the metal oxide you started with, and burn like hellfire)
Difficult to ignite, nigh impossible to stop once lit. They don't explode (save for copper oxide based thermites which go off fast and violently) but burn rapidly yet steadily, and give out so much heat in doing so that they will melt, or even burn straight through steel, although both the speed of burn and how much heat given out depends on the particle size of the reductant and the metal oxide, the finer the faster, and the heat given off depends on the melting point of the metal being released IIRC)
Thermite itself, iron oxide and aluminium powder, is used to burn through/cut railway line sections, and also to weld them and weld other things if the thermite be held in a suspended mold composed of refractory firebrick, sand, fireclay type materials etc, with a small hole at the bottom, so that the slag stays inside the mold and the molten metal runs out and fills what you wish it to fill. Its also been used in many military applications, that involve incendiaries owing to the intense heat of the redox reaction, the molten metal released and the general mess of things thermite is capable of making, to say nothing of what it will do to equipment.
Why do I want it personally in this case? not for destroying anything, rather, so I can perform the reaction as the final step in refining the battery-grade manganese dioxide, through the sulfate and reforming the dioxide again, until ultimately refining it to actual elemental manganese metal. Why? because I haven't got any, I want it for an element collection, and as an aside, I've never actually used/handled/seen elemental Mn, only used its compounds. I just want to prepare a piece of pure, metallic manganese fit for the element collection to be, which I can hold in my hand, and seal under inert gas for the Mn section of the element collection, to, when finished, be hung upon the lab wall, displaying everything possible, and having placeholders for francium and astatine which at any time, have an atom or two present, created as daughter nuclides given the intense radioactivity and very short half-life of Fr and At both, preclude the physical possibility, never mind safety, of actually keeping it. It cannot be done, best one can do is have a sample of an ore or other precursor which continually creates a few atoms at any one time through radioactive decay chains of other elements. But otherwise, everything from hydrogen to at least uranium, including the various different allotropes of the elements which have them and which are storable, with carbon, sulfur, and phosphorus having the most of all different allotropic forms and polymorphs (for example, graphite, several different crystalline structures of diamond, fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, sulfur occuring as S8 in nature, and probably 30+ different allotropes, whilst selenium and tellurium below one and two periods respectively from sulfur have three and two allotropes each, grey, an amorphous form and red selenium, and both amorphous, and visually stunningly beautiful semimetal form of tellurium, which has to be one of my favourite elements in terms of appearance. And for phosphorus there are red, with quite a few polymorphic variants, all reddish, nontoxic although flammable, producing a lot of smoke when burnt, chemically of modest reactivity, powdery, stable with respect to air, at least cubic and monoclinic white phosphorus, clear when freshly melted under chromic anhydride in sulfuric acid but almost always white due to a surface oxide layer, soft, white to orange depending on how oxidized a sample is, waxy, possessing a distinct garlicky odour, displays a greenish, lurid luminescent glow in the dark, extremely poisonous, and white phosphorus ignites spontaneously in the presence of oxygen. There is also black phosphorus, in at least cubic and monoclinic crystalline black phosphorus, possibly also orthorhombic forms, extremely unreactive, quite difficult to produce, with a lamellar molecular structure, like graphite, which cleaves anisotropically, along the plane of the layers, electrically conductive, nontoxic, nonflammable afaik, most synths need high temperature and very very high pressures to create it. Then there are violet phosphorus, made by dissolving phosphorus in molten lead, in a sealed, evacuated or inert-gas filled vessel and over the course, depending on who's route you follow, of 17 hours to a week or even as long as ten days, carefully lowering the temperature to room temperature, starting at IIRC a little over 500 degrees 'C, and having a zone in the tube maintained at IIRC 480, then depending on the route, subliming the violet, alpha-metallic allotrope known as Hittorf's or violet phosphorus in small platelet-like crystals onto the cooler region of the evacuated tube, and slowly, slowly slowly cooling, or again, infintesimally slowly cooling the molten lead the phosphorus is dissolved in until its at room temperature, before dissolving the lead away with nitric acid to reveal crystals of violet phosphorus. And there is one other well-ish known of allotrope, scarlet phosphorus, which may, possibly be simply an extremely finely divided red phosphorus polymorph, but then again may not, not sure there, that is prepared by slowly crystallizing red phosphorus out of phosphorus tribromide. Or possibly white phosphorus out of carbon disulfide under the influence of irradiation with UV light, in the absence of oxygen. There are other forms I have heard rumor of but very very little information about such as a grey, vitreous allotrope. These too will all be chased after and hunted down. And whats more, I'm going to enjoy doing it a lot, since there is a LOT of material to read, a lot of engineering work, many allotropes of phosphorus to prepare (I have red phosphorus to start with, and I already have a little white phosphorus, probably the easiest of them all, that I started the phosphorus allotrope hunt with, not much as yet, and not sure of the crystal structure. I might well have to learn X-ray diffraction techniques and build myself, or buy (I'd rather build one than buy one) an x-ray tube and some lead blocks to shield all but the aperture for taking the photographic measurements.
I might prepare some more white phosphorus tonight, if I get bored, or can't sleep, and seal it within the confines of a borosilicate glass ampoule, since I have an amp I made recently for something else but which I ended up not needing. So I can use that for preparing and storing a couple of grams of white phosphorus for the display.
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^ That's all? :P
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Today I am going to kick ass at work and get everything set up for my friend, as she would do for me.
She returns to work tomorrow after her vacation and I have the next two days off, so I want to make things
easier for her. I'll be sure everything is stocked up and organized for her. She's worth the extra work. :)
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Didn't get round to it. I spent most of the night cleaning up the debris of a burst ampoule of white phosphorus, and scraping the ashes of parts of the kitchen cabinets away, as well as getting rid of bits of burnt hair, since I have very long hair, longer than is covered by my full-face shield (think of it as a blast-resistant welding mask, without the darkened lens and instead, a metal-rimmed section of tough plexiglass type material, thats attached to a head-mounted cradle with a knob on the back which tightens or loosens it and locks it into whatever position is chosen, and has a clear, full-face visor, surrounded by a metal rim to stiffen it thats for deflecting things such as physical impacts, or flying liquids/solids. I bought it after the accident in which ordinary goggles didn't prove enough, and now wear lab goggles that fully enclose the eyes underneath the blast shield, and that has resulted in me keeping my eyes at least twice, maybe three times, by deflecting corrosive splashes.
Definitely NOT sorry I bought that face shield. Covers right the way from head to just below my shoulders, length-wise, and its been worth every penny I paid. Wasn't hugely expensive, but its proved itself worth way more than its simple monetary value. I can't very well put a price on keeping flesh on my skull and eyes in their sockets and not ending up as :bigcry:
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Glad you have that safety gear for your face. Bummer about your hair.
Dishes are on the agenda for today as I think Kayleigh has used every dish for the past two nights for dinner.
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Gonna buy olive oil that isn't off. My whole family is fine with eating off food. I don't understand it, never have since I was a child. I even remember my (nice) cousin coming over from America, saying that she didn't like the milk in England because it tasted like cheese. Well. :laugh:
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Gonna buy olive oil that isn't off. My whole family is fine with eating off food. I don't understand it, never have since I was a child. I even remember my (nice) cousin coming over from America, saying that she didn't like the milk in England because it tasted like cheese. Well. :laugh:
Are they hoarders? I've seen hoarders on TV who defended their choice to eat stuff way past
the expiration date. I imagine they've developed some sort of immune superpowers. Enjoy fresh oil. 8)
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Gonna buy olive oil that isn't off. My whole family is fine with eating off food. I don't understand it, never have since I was a child. I even remember my (nice) cousin coming over from America, saying that she didn't like the milk in England because it tasted like cheese. Well. :laugh:
Are they hoarders? I've seen hoarders on TV who defended their choice to eat stuff way past
the expiration date. I imagine they've developed some sort of immune superpowers. Enjoy fresh oil. 8)
YES they are hoarders! They buy a lot of milk, about 4-6 2l bottles, each, and they don't use them up in time. Same with other stuff. All the oil tastes off.
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Gonna buy olive oil that isn't off. My whole family is fine with eating off food. I don't understand it, never have since I was a child. I even remember my (nice) cousin coming over from America, saying that she didn't like the milk in England because it tasted like cheese. Well. :laugh:
Are they hoarders? I've seen hoarders on TV who defended their choice to eat stuff way past
the expiration date. I imagine they've developed some sort of immune superpowers. Enjoy fresh oil. 8)
YES they are hoarders! They buy a lot of milk, about 4-6 2l bottles, each, and they don't use them up in time. Same with other stuff. All the oil tastes off.
There was a retired lady on one of the hoarder shows who regularly bought enough food for
an army, though she lived alone, just to be sure she had lots of options. When she was young and poor,
she'd had very limited options, so she was making up for it in old age. Unfortunately, almost all the food
she bought ended up expiring, yet she wouldn't throw it away. She didn't seem to realize that the food
was already "wasted" the minute she bought it. She tried to salvage seeds from her rotten pumpkin. :-\
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Gonna buy olive oil that isn't off. My whole family is fine with eating off food. I don't understand it, never have since I was a child. I even remember my (nice) cousin coming over from America, saying that she didn't like the milk in England because it tasted like cheese. Well. :laugh:
Are they hoarders? I've seen hoarders on TV who defended their choice to eat stuff way past
the expiration date. I imagine they've developed some sort of immune superpowers. Enjoy fresh oil. 8)
YES they are hoarders! They buy a lot of milk, about 4-6 2l bottles, each, and they don't use them up in time. Same with other stuff. All the oil tastes off.
There was a retired lady on one of the hoarder shows who regularly bought enough food for
an army, though she lived alone, just to be sure she had lots of options. When she was young and poor,
she'd had very limited options, so she was making up for it in old age. Unfortunately, almost all the food
she bought ended up expiring, yet she wouldn't throw it away. She didn't seem to realize that the food
was already "wasted" the minute she bought it. She tried to salvage seeds from her rotten pumpkin. :-\
I get you about that generation. My nan likes to save everything. My mum and nan even go through the bins to see if they can rescue anything. My mum's place has piles of things high up like they do in those hoarder programmes...except she's clean, organised and tidy with it.
If my nan discovers mouldy fruit, she'll just wash off the mould and eat it. Maybe it's still OK, but I dunno, I wouldn't touch it. Mould isn't just a surface thing, it has veins.
Fresh pumpkin seeds roasted taste really nice. Waaay better than buying it in packets from the supermarket. Rotten though, I think I'll pass.
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My parents saved everything. Everything. There are still stacks of plastic margarine tubs
with lids, there were 23 glass jars with lids on a shelf in the laundry room, tons of old papers. Bags of old
science magazines. Boxes and boxes of stuff that never got taken out of the newspaper it was packed in.
Our house wasn't squalorous like many hoarder houses, the walking areas were clear and the rooms were
presentable, but there was just way too much kept. I try to prune my own hoards now. :-\
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Eating moldy food, with a very few exceptions, such as foods that are deliberately cultured and infected with molds as part of the preparation, such as blue cheese, is a stupid idea. There are plenty of microfungi that produce some pretty seriously heavy-duty toxins, such as Aspergillus species (aflatoxins, some of the most powerful, potent liver toxins known), or even T2 toxin and other trichothecene mycotoxins, these have seen use in bio-chemical warfare and are of very high, possibly fatal toxicity).
There is a kind of tofu-like product, a kind of tempeh, that is still made clandestinely, but has become illegal due to the dangerous nature of contaminants, called tempeh bongkrek, an indonesian thing thats made from fermented coconut pulp IIRC, and there is a common contaminant that feeds off some of the fats in it to produce a pair of toxins, toxoflavin which isn't so well understood, and is unsurprisingly given the name, yellow and poisonous, and an ionophore type toxin (ionophores act as direct ion carriers through cells forming temporary ion channels that aren't meant to be there and destroy ion gradients in cells, often deadly to the cell by collapsing the ion gradients, the highly toxic dinitrophenol, known to bodybuilders and weight loss seekers as DNP acts as a proton ionophore, decoupling ATP production from energy production and use in cells, making it go to waste as heat instead of being utilized for example can cause somebody to overheat to death, really nasty way to go too, as well as starving cells of energy, killing them, by essentially shuttling protons into cells bypassing the electron transport chain thats responsible for energy production and utilization)
That tofu-like dish had to be banned because it was so dangerous, and consumers were dying, although illicit home-manufacture with occasional contamination and death continues.
And ty ren, although don't worry, not much damage done to my hair, and the face shield made sure that it was just some shrivelled locks reduced to ashes rather than the same happening to my face, full thickness third degree burns and potentially fatal poisoning, loss of my eyes etc. That face shield is worth its weight in gold:)
As it was, just lots of smoke, and stink of burnt hair, and a loud THWACK! as the amp shattered, peppering the shield with phosphorus-covered broken glass fragments. no white phosphorus burns. Found bits of the amp and got rid of them, but it appears that most of it was disintegrated into dust.
As for what I'm doing today, I've got a load of muscle-rub type sprays that are made primarily, aside from propellant and a bit of menthol, with just denatured alcohol and n-pentane. So I'm doing a distillation, I need the alcohol for crystallizations and extractions since I've none left and need to order more methanol, ethanol and isopropanol, but I decided I'd fractionally distill it and save the rather useful hydrocarbon solvent pentane, since its unreactive, but very volatile, being just a little higher boiling than the next less heavy alkane hydrocarbons, the butanes, and n-pentane has a boiling point of just 35.9 'C so can be removed from things, and used very handily for crystallizations with speed and ease with just a warm water bath.
So the still is set up and a water bath set up on the hotplate, with the receiver going into an bath of salted ice, lots of it, water, acetone and antifreeze. Down to about -10 'C to maybe -15 'C to catch the pentane, for future use. I ended up sleeping for much of today after being awake last night, so had turned the still off and just left plenty ice to keep the pentane boiling off at room temperature, time to go get it cooking again :)
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Not much today, just get my paperwork together for my appointment with the tax guy ... and also
try to get my head together for my dental appointment. My teeth are an ongoing source of worry for me.
My dental health is one area of my life in which I probably can't "make up for lost time." I've heard that
there are new processes in trial that can enable decayed teeth to remineralize, but those advances will
almost certainly be too late for my teeth. I just have to get strict about daily care and proactive about
treatment, which will involve a lot of out-of-pocket expenses. I'm listening to this now, it's apropos. :apondering:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYi6T4hHTMI
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I've been busy all night, getting the PH down with wash, after wash, after wash, after wash of manganese ore to free it of sulfur content and of potassium, after first digesting it in sulfuric acid, waiting about a week for the insoluble shite to settle, keeping the Mn content soluble, then treating the resultant pale greenish solution (kind of a chlorine sickly green, but a bit darker) followed by treatment with a concentrated solution of potassium hydroxide (caustic potash, KOH) to separate the manganese content out as an insoluble precipitate allowing the surplus potassium hydroxide and the formed potassium sulfate to be removed by repetitive stages of water washing, allowing the heavy, insoluble refined manganese artificial 'ore' to settle out to the bottom and decanting off as much of the water as possible without loosing more than a trace of the Mn, which in any case isn't actually lost, as I'm keeping the wash water and allowing it to precipitate the last scraps, before finally (before reduction to elemental manganese metal, that too will have to be purified once liberated) combining the fractions containing the prepared ore, as a fine powder, with metallic magnesium, again as fine powder, or aluminium, I'm contemplating which to use, I might go with either, but given manganese metal is quite reactive, and that unlike for example, aluminium, or chromium, Mn, like iron, tarnishes in air, and corrodes via oxidation especially when wet, so the quicker the aqueous processing steps done to the metal the better, and it will be attacked by many acids fairly easily, so forming it using magnesium and going via acid leaching of the MgO to produce soluble Mg salts and leave the Mn metal behind might prove inconvenient, but aluminium oxide, Al2O3 is amphoteric (having properties of both acid and base) and treatment with strong base would give aluminate salts, and if I remember rightly, these dissolve to form alums (alkali metal aluminium tartrates) in alkali metal tartrate solution and rendered soluble after precipitation of all the insoluble aluminium based crap during the end stage of reductions using LAH (lithium aluminium hydride, LiAlH4, a commonly used and versatile, although pyrophoric, air- and moisture-sensitive hydride reducing agent).
Might just have a go at reducing some silica to elemental silicon as well.
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Considering a cold beer later.
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Not much today, just get my paperwork together for my appointment with the tax guy ... and also
try to get my head together for my dental appointment. My teeth are an ongoing source of worry for me.
My dental health is one area of my life in which I probably can't "make up for lost time." I've heard that
there are new processes in trial that can enable decayed teeth to remineralize, but those advances will
almost certainly be too late for my teeth. I just have to get strict about daily care and proactive about
treatment, which will involve a lot of out-of-pocket expenses. I'm listening to this now, it's apropos. :apondering:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYi6T4hHTMI
:hug:
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Going to pick up The PR from therapy, wait for the water to be turned back on (upgrade of the neighborhood water mains), grocery shop, make chicken salad when it's turned on, appointment to sign paperwork to get The PR on the Emergency Services Waiver waiting list, clean up some of the house, put garbage out, put together a load of clothes to take to the laundrymat, clean up a mess in the carport, take items from the trunk of the car.
All meals will be bought from outside since I'm not entirely sure when the water will be turned back on.
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Going to do some serious cleaning around the house, do my taxes, finish writing and testing a piece of code I didn't quite finish yesterday, and take the dog out for a walk.
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It happens tot be one of those "Lets empathize with our glorious leader" days.
Sore hip, visual snow, itching eyes, mild headache. And as cherry on top the small joints in my hands ache. Especially in my right index vinger. I taped it to my middle finger. That does help.
What I am going to do?
Some serious housekeeping. Should do something about taxes too. But not today.
I know I've not morphed into Odeon because there is a cat on my lap and my female bits are bothering me too.
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I'm more pretty to. :hyke:
Did some of my chores. More to do, but first a small lunchbreak, with bread, tea and internet.
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It happens tot be one of those "Lets empathize with our glorious leader" days.
Sore hip, visual snow, itching eyes, mild headache. And as cherry on top the small joints in my hands ache. Especially in my right index vinger. I taped it to my middle finger. That does help.
What I am going to do?
Some serious housekeeping. Should do something about taxes too. But not today.
I know I've not morphed into Odeon because there is a cat on my lap and my female bits are bothering me too.
I'm not sure why, but this is one of my favorite posts of anyone in my time here. Probably since it seem so freely written, although probably written in aggravation. Hope everything turns to the good for you.
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Preparing more garden beds for the coming growing season. Taking advantage of an early arriving spring.
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Going to City Farmers for dry cat food, the chemist for meds and to the lolly shop on the foreshore to see if I can find chocolate coated aniseed rings. Not for me, for my stepdad who loves them. Blech.
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I know I've not morphed into Odeon because there is a cat on my lap and my female bits are bothering me too.
:zoinks:
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More cleaning around the house today. More taxes. Beer.
And there's the puppy. She won't take a back seat.
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Going to do some serious cleaning around the house
Me too! Laundry, sweeping, mopping, de-hoarding of paper clutter, the whole deal. :pirate:
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Going to do some serious cleaning around the house
Me too! Laundry, sweeping, mopping, de-hoarding of paper clutter, the whole deal. :pirate:
Ditto
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Going to do some serious cleaning around the house
Me too! Laundry, sweeping, mopping, de-hoarding of paper clutter, the whole deal. :pirate:
Ditto
The paper clutter is a stealthy foe! Let's hit it hard! :litigious:
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Going to do some serious cleaning around the house
Me too! Laundry, sweeping, mopping, de-hoarding of paper clutter, the whole deal. :pirate:
Ditto
The paper clutter is a stealthy foe! Let's hit it hard! :litigious:
Clearing the paper clutter means not only pitching, but organizing since I need some of the paperwork for Monday. Annnnd I usually store paperwork in several "convenient" places while sorting through it and don't remember where I've put the paper piles away.
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Going to do some serious cleaning around the house
Me too! Laundry, sweeping, mopping, de-hoarding of paper clutter, the whole deal. :pirate:
And I did! I was BRAVE! :arrr:
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Going to do some serious cleaning around the house
Me too! Laundry, sweeping, mopping, de-hoarding of paper clutter, the whole deal. :pirate:
And I did! I was BRAVE! :arrr:
Excellent! Be proud of your clean, fresh domicile! :arrr:
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Going to do some serious cleaning around the house
Me too! Laundry, sweeping, mopping, de-hoarding of paper clutter, the whole deal. :pirate:
And I did! I was BRAVE! :arrr:
Excellent! Be proud of your clean, fresh domicile! :arrr:
I am, but the puppy will soon bring an end to my pride.
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Going to do some serious cleaning around the house
Me too! Laundry, sweeping, mopping, de-hoarding of paper clutter, the whole deal. :pirate:
And I did! I was BRAVE! :arrr:
Excellent! Be proud of your clean, fresh domicile! :arrr:
I am, but the puppy will soon bring an end to my pride.
But she brings love and fun to the home. :2thumbsup:
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When I moved, my mum bought me a filing cabinet. Not one of those full-size metal ones, just a small one with two drawers on top. I keep warranties and instructions for use in those. I used to have an accordion file but the cabinet is way better. Papers either go in there or are shredded.
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When I moved, my mum bought me a filing cabinet. Not one of those full-size metal ones, just a small one with two drawers on top. I keep warranties and instructions for use in those. I used to have an accordion file but the cabinet is way better. Papers either go in there or are shredded.
I need to get something like that to protect my papers against silverfish and the occasional mouse! :orly:
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Going to do some serious cleaning around the house
Me too! Laundry, sweeping, mopping, de-hoarding of paper clutter, the whole deal. :pirate:
Well, my laundry is whirling in the dryer now, so good job, I guess! :autism:
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After my laundry's all dried and put away, I guess I'll heat up some leftover spaghetti! :fsm:
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Chores. Laundry.
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Same here.
At a slow pace though. Killer headache.
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After my laundry's all dried and put away, I guess I'll heat up some leftover spaghetti! :fsm:
Let me know when the laundry's done. I'll be there for the spaghetti.
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After my laundry's all dried and put away, I guess I'll heat up some leftover spaghetti! :fsm:
Let me know when the laundry's done. I'll be there for the spaghetti.
I'm afraid the spaghetti now resides in my stomach. :sumo:
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After my laundry's all dried and put away, I guess I'll heat up some leftover spaghetti! :fsm:
Let me know when the laundry's done. I'll be there for the spaghetti.
I'm afraid the spaghetti now resides in my stomach. :sumo:
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After my laundry's all dried and put away, I guess I'll heat up some leftover spaghetti! :fsm:
Let me know when the laundry's done. I'll be there for the spaghetti.
I'm afraid the spaghetti now resides in my stomach. :sumo:
That's okay. I had minestrone for dinner. Tomorrow's dinner will be shrimp fettucine.
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Double post!
I think I will eat chocolate. Got some for Easter.
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Same here.
At a slow pace though. Killer headache.
:( :hug:
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Taxes :viking:
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Taxes :viking:
Just had to send the Orange Menace another $22k to even up for 2016. FML.
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I am going to enjoy my garden.
A few Pics:
A couple of tulips just starting and the one going by.
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Pics:
Incredibly fragrant viburnum shrubs. They can be sensed from more than a block away. One is the "Cayuga" variety.
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More:
Lilacs are about ready to set themselves apart.
Unopened buds are a mass of peonies about ready to set themselves apart as well although not so much fragrance.
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Money plant, before they turn into silver dollar looking seed things, then a variety that most would avoid, but I have this variegated variety of knotweed (bastardly invasive) in a small rock area. It may still get out, but so far so good.
And of course, I always allow dandelions to seed. Fuck the neighbors! I like them!!
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Lettuce that we buy that is organic still alive and I grow it on after eating the leaves. This is a very cool way to grow lettuce.
Then a Variegated Soloman's Seal plant with somewhat fragrant blooms about to explode. I have a bed about eight feet by three feet about reafy to really make a show.
Another viburnum with even more (although not as intense as the Cayuga types) really fragrant blooms - maybe about two weeks time.
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A couple of things I plan to use to create my daughter's gnome garden. Some thyme and Irish moss, I have some lichens growing on a maple in the back that I feel we can transplant if careful to bring all the bark.
I also have rosemary and lavender to make little trees.
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Nice little double petal daffodils and a rare deep color tulip variety. Tulip is a native Turkish variety. Interesting that they are blooming at the same time of year. Weird year!
Addendum:
Notice how this particular type of tulip fold their petals backward and open way more radically than what you would normally see in Holland or Michigan tulip hybrid types. Most of those types are grown for a spectacular display, but are mostly infertile hybrids and do not entice a specific pollinator. These raw, native Turkish types are still expecting a very large night marauding moth to enjoy its nectar and carry its pollen to the fields abroad.
You won't see "common, popular" tulips display their inner wonders as freely as these native, non-hybrid types do.
Sorry to report this one is being invaded by one of our local stink bugs in broad daylight. You can see his wings in the pic, as his business is taking advantage of such a treat.
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More fun Daffodils and tulips along with another variety of viburnum I grow :
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Thank you for posting those DirtDawg, they are pretty.
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Lovely pictures Dirtdawg. Makes me wish I had a green thumb and the persistence to be a gardener.
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Thank you for posting those DirtDawg, they are pretty.
I am glad that you appreciate them.
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Lovely pictures Dirtdawg. Makes me wish I had a green thumb and the persistence to be a gardener.
Not so sure if it is persistence as it might be just cabin fever this time of year. Growing a garden is a damn hood excuse to get outside all year long, to be honest.
Getting outside is the best part of gardening, but maybe I do have a bit of Hobbit in me as well.
I never reached six feet, quite, stopped at five eleven.
My father was six two and at eighteen, my son is six two and outweighs me.
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Taxes :viking:
Just had to send the Orange Menace another $22k to even up for 2016. FML.
Holy shit, that's a lot of taxes! :GA:
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I'm going to the supermarket tonight so I can stay home tomorrow. 8)
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Knotweed? as in japanese knotweed? that is an irresponsible plant to grow, above most others, considering it probably has no natural predators where you are, and if it does get loose it will probably make your home unsaleable, and ruin the local area. You do realize, if that is the same knotweed, that if it gets loose, you can't just get rid of it, one tiny fragment of rootlet in the soil is all it takes. And to get rid of a SINGLE plant may take measures as drastic as removing hundreds of cubic feet of soil. Its hard to poison, little or nothing will eat it and it spreads like turd in an arse hole factory. Get rid of it while you still can, if you still can. Oh and you can probably get done for allowing it to grow (especially deliberately) on your property. Stuff is a foreign, noxious and extremely persistent, highly invasive plague of a weed.
Reminds me, I need to do my gardening for this year, plant out a poppy crop or five here and there.
Got some khat seeds (Catha edulis) too, plus some belladonna, both the typical purple flowered kind and some thats a pale cream white color morph, even the seeds are pale blonde. I don't of course intend to ingest the belladonna, aside from certain uses in herbal medicine (very small quantities are useful for sickness, nausea and checking excessive nasal running whilst I'm wearing a gas mask, so snce I can't very well adjust it in-situ, a much diluted preparation locally applied could be of service. The khat I really want to get growing though, quite an interesting herb, its chewed, like coca leaf, the fresh leaves and upper shoots, or made into a tea. Tastes like shite, but it contains a natural beta-keto amphetamine, cathinone, plus norephedrine, norpseudoephedrine, and similar alkaloids, and has a stimlant property when chewed and kept between the cheek and gums as a quid. Ethnically speaking, much used amongst somali, kenyans and especially, in yemen much like we might use alcohol down at a pub socially, they chew khat, being forbidden booze as towelheads. Not sure if the seeds are viable still, but one would think given the climate of countries like that the species would evolve to be capable of dormancy for a year or two.
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Knotweed? as in japanese knotweed? that is an irresponsible plant to grow, above most others, considering it probably has no natural predators where you are, and if it does get loose it will probably make your home unsaleable, and ruin the local area. You do realize, if that is the same knotweed, that if it gets loose, you can't just get rid of it, one tiny fragment of rootlet in the soil is all it takes. And to get rid of a SINGLE plant may take measures as drastic as removing hundreds of cubic feet of soil. Its hard to poison, little or nothing will eat it and it spreads like turd in an arse hole factory. Get rid of it while you still can, if you still can. Oh and you can probably get done for allowing it to grow (especially deliberately) on your property. Stuff is a foreign, noxious and extremely persistent, highly invasive plague of a weed.
Reminds me, I need to do my gardening for this year, plant out a poppy crop or five here and there.
Got some khat seeds (Catha edulis) too, plus some belladonna, both the typical purple flowered kind and some thats a pale cream white color morph, even the seeds are pale blonde. I don't of course intend to ingest the belladonna, aside from certain uses in herbal medicine (very small quantities are useful for sickness, nausea and checking excessive nasal running whilst I'm wearing a gas mask, so snce I can't very well adjust it in-situ, a much diluted preparation locally applied could be of service. The khat I really want to get growing though, quite an interesting herb, its chewed, like coca leaf, the fresh leaves and upper shoots, or made into a tea. Tastes like shite, but it contains a natural beta-keto amphetamine, cathinone, plus norephedrine, norpseudoephedrine, and similar alkaloids, and has a stimlant property when chewed and kept between the cheek and gums as a quid. Ethnically speaking, much used amongst somali, kenyans and especially, in yemen much like we might use alcohol down at a pub socially, they chew khat, being forbidden booze as towelheads. Not sure if the seeds are viable still, but one would think given the climate of countries like that the species would evolve to be capable of dormancy for a year or two.
I already offered my disclaimer regarding this particular Polygonum. This is a hybrid, variegated type, meant as a decorative plant. Considered invasive but nothing like the Fallopia (Japanese) type you may be talking about.
I also grow a less invasive knotweed called more properly Persicaria. This one is more commonly called Dragon Tongue because of the distinctive red shape running longitudinally along every leaf. Both are quite beautiful in bloom as well and are considered to be great attracters of pollinators, especially ground burrowing wasps.
These have not emerged as yet.
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Take Liam to the vet to get his allergies checked. His throat has healed (Kayleigh took his collar off and I think that helped a lot) and fur is growing back on his legs and feet. Slowly.
I don't know if he will get another injection or be put on tablets that we have to mix into his food.
Edit: The vet office rang and changed the appointment for tomorrow instead. This is so we can see the same vet as last time. Because usually we get a different vet every time we go there.
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Work.
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Today I will do a lot of peeling, chopping, slicing, and other food-prep chores, as usual! :fatchef:
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I was assuming japanese knotweed. That stuff is worse than just invasive, it getting loose, so much as a single plant getting loose is an environmental disaster. There is fucking loads of it near me (within walking distance, thankfully not actually in the vicinity of my home, or even neighborhood, but near enough to harvest it if I wanted to.
There is one use for it though, IIRC it contains resveratrol, I've been considering harvesting the aerial parts before it begins to flower, just the canes and leaves, pulping it all down, and, after using something like HDPE or steel pipe, build a dirty great giant soxhlet and copper coil condenser in order to extract it. Would be doing the environment a favour if nothing else, if just by helping to starve it of resources, taking everything its put into growth away with the harvests, making sure its not even in flower, let alone seeding, and building a BIG soxhlet (I do have a normal glass one, but I mean, building something that can hold 50lb or so of material, after running it through a blender, and before throwing out the refuse, burning the dross to ashes to ensure it cannot spread because of anything I've done. Soxhlet-wise, I'm thinking kind of like the big stills used by breweries, those aren't glass but copper, something that can be built cheaply and run on a small cottage industrial type scale for the resveratrol, with the soxhlet to allow for a minimal quantity of solvent to be used for extracting as large a quantity of biomass as possible and as such, waste as little as possible and leave me needing to redistill as little as possible used solvent for recycling.
Might as well put that awful plague in botanical form to some use, and help starve it as much as possible where it grows.
I'm surprised your neighbors haven't been beating a path to your door with pitchforks and flaming torches to be quite honest, since even one plant present within a distance of a few houses away can easily be enough to make a home unsaleable, to make it impossible to get insurance or a mortgage on the nearby properties, and generally speaking, at least in a lot of countries its actually illegal to allow it to grow (and even more so to deliberately plant it, or even just fail to make a concerted effort towards its extermination. Its on an international list of the 100 worst of the worst noxious invasive species (plant, animal and others all put together) and rightly so, your courting a major ecological disaster growing that foul plague. I would be PISSED if I found out somebody had an infestation of knotweed, of any sort growing on their property on the same street as my house and had done nothing to exterminate it with extreme prejudice. Growing it is worse than just irresponsible, there really are no words to adequately describe how stupid and dangerous knowingly growing it deliberately is.
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Reminds me of the plant lantana (sp) here. People will plant it in their garden here but over east it's considered a poisonous weed.
Today I will take my friend to her psych appointment and then her doctors appointment. I am hoping that it will finish in time for me to take Liam to the vet.
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Gonna be a busy :bee: at work today and get stuff done!
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Reminds me of the plant lantana (sp) here. People will plant it in their garden here but over east it's considered a poisonous weed.
Today I will take my friend to her psych appointment and then her doctors appointment. I am hoping that it will finish in time for me to take Liam to the vet.
It's nicknamed ham and eggs here. The brown and yellow variety is most popular. Great butterfly attracter.
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Likewise (CBC)
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I'll have something to eat before going to bed.
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Take the washing off the line and possibly put another load in to wash.
Wash the floor (after sweeping it).
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Take the washing off the line and possibly put another load in to wash.
Wash the floor (after sweeping it).
You seem very houseproud! :sweep:
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Usual Palace stuff.
Try to fix a wonky mattress on The PR's bed.
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I was assuming japanese knotweed. That stuff is worse than just invasive, it getting loose, so much as a single plant getting loose is an environmental disaster. There is fucking loads of it near me (within walking distance, thankfully not actually in the vicinity of my home, or even neighborhood, but near enough to harvest it if I wanted to.
There is one use for it though, IIRC it contains resveratrol, I've been considering harvesting the aerial parts before it begins to flower, just the canes and leaves, pulping it all down, and, after using something like HDPE or steel pipe, build a dirty great giant soxhlet and copper coil condenser in order to extract it. Would be doing the environment a favour if nothing else, if just by helping to starve it of resources, taking everything its put into growth away with the harvests, making sure its not even in flower, let alone seeding, and building a BIG soxhlet (I do have a normal glass one, but I mean, building something that can hold 50lb or so of material, after running it through a blender, and before throwing out the refuse, burning the dross to ashes to ensure it cannot spread because of anything I've done. Soxhlet-wise, I'm thinking kind of like the big stills used by breweries, those aren't glass but copper, something that can be built cheaply and run on a small cottage industrial type scale for the resveratrol, with the soxhlet to allow for a minimal quantity of solvent to be used for extracting as large a quantity of biomass as possible and as such, waste as little as possible and leave me needing to redistill as little as possible used solvent for recycling.
Might as well put that awful plague in botanical form to some use, and help starve it as much as possible where it grows.
I'm surprised your neighbors haven't been beating a path to your door with pitchforks and flaming torches to be quite honest, since even one plant present within a distance of a few houses away can easily be enough to make a home unsaleable, to make it impossible to get insurance or a mortgage on the nearby properties, and generally speaking, at least in a lot of countries its actually illegal to allow it to grow (and even more so to deliberately plant it, or even just fail to make a concerted effort towards its extermination. Its on an international list of the 100 worst of the worst noxious invasive species (plant, animal and others all put together) and rightly so, your courting a major ecological disaster growing that foul plague. I would be PISSED if I found out somebody had an infestation of knotweed, of any sort growing on their property on the same street as my house and had done nothing to exterminate it with extreme prejudice. Growing it is worse than just irresponsible, there really are no words to adequately describe how stupid and dangerous knowingly growing it deliberately is.
Totally get the invasive knotweed fear, my friend!
I have tamed, domesticated knotweeds (BTW, I am sure I mentioned that mine are not even the same genera as those you and I both fear and loathe) that are only just barely not kind, but they are so beautiful to grow! These that I grow are completely infertile and never make seeds. That is the real problem with the Fallopia genus. It is not a hybrid and the seeds are fertile, even after many years of dormancy.
I grow none of those. All I grow are infertile hybrids which can not possibly produce viable seeds to become invasive at a later date.
Trust me. I know a bit about this shit.
Now, want to talk about tiger stripe mussels? How about Kudzu? Water Hyacinth?
I am with you dude! I know a bit about this shit, as I have already stated.
I can only affect my own living areas, so growing native plants to seed and recognizing them when the are in seed, stopping along the highway every time I can and "terrorizing" crap plantings of weak highway department efforts with seeds of wild flowers that can barely survive Indiana winters and summers and over seeding those areas with native things that are proven to thrive and that will thrive along the side of the road and in parks and county walkways is one of my crimes.
I sometimes have pockets full of native seeds I have gathered when I go biking (Dicentra, Thalactrum, Aquilegia, Alliums of many sorts grow here, Monarda, Rudbeckia, Acers of several species, Ratibida, Trillium- I keep most of these for myself, but they are times when everything comes to bear and there are just too many to keep - then there are things that I am not so sure of the Proper Latin names such as very prolific tulip poplars, bean trees, honey locust tree, name any oak or maple or hickory or walnut or sycamore or elm all happy here and NATIVE - seeds are free- , cohosh, Poke salad, yarrow (I do know that one is Achellia but is is also medicinal, so a different part of my mind works to propagate those as best as I can) bloodroot, sumac, various fern, though they take up to ten years to germinate, but should I not spread spores? NO. ) I may have to admit to being a planting "Johnny applefuckwad Seed" terrorist. I never ... well, enough said, I think.
I hope you can accept that I am more responsible than what you may have tried to indicate in your first response to me about a knotweed, obviously posted while your heart was bleeding and your knee was jerking.
I went through much of this thirty years ago. That is why I gather seeds of native plants all summer and distribute them in places of overly (Hu)manned management.
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Burn out a big old stump in the back yard, some other yard work and set up my outside tinkering area for the summer
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Go to college after two weeks of holidays, once finished, go to Bra Town in Waikiki to by a new bra with leftover birthday money.
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Go to college after two weeks of holidays, once finished, go to Bra Town in Waikiki to by a new bra with leftover birthday money.
I love it that you have a store called Bra Town. :bra: :bra: :bra:
Also, we have a Waikiki here in the States, in Hawaii. :pineapple:
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Buy a knife from the Dollar Tree to use in working on the lawn
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DD what an awesome lilac you have. Never saw one like that.
And I love Solomon seal. I grew up in a garden where it would almost grow as a weed.
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Go to the chemist (almost out of lithium) and have a look in the clothes store next to it. They have some cool hoodies sometimes.
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Heh as it happens lithium is something I was using just the other day, albeit the metal, in a flask purged with argon, as a suspension in diethyl ether, sat in a cryo bath of salted ice, alcohol and antifreeze. Carefully mind you, given the great flammability of ether and the pyrophoric tendencies of the alkali metals if left to their own devices. All went without so much as a hint of warmth, though, let alone a spark, at < -20 'C (probably closer to -35 'C give or take a degree or two)
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I'm going to get everything done at work that I can think of, then do some grocery shopping.
I have the next two days off, so I must be prepared! I should make a chore list for work. :apondering:
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Plant a beautiful willow shrub the neighbor gave me.
She wants to borrow the truck tomorrow to haul dirt. :LOL:
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Not sure. I didn't work as much as I thought I would, so I may have to finish some stuff during the weekend.
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Work my ass off in the kitchen. Come home and work my ass off in the apartment. :pirate:
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Pick up gravel for the neighbor.
Trying to caffeinate. :yawn:
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Work my arse off in the ol' skunk works. Currently just cleaning flasks and such however, waiting for a plume of steam and hydrogen to dissipate.
Thankfully, my old man is getting takeout for dinner, leaving me with space to retrieve things that need grabbing and no cooking involved, so he isn't in my way moving things to the lab. And I can eat quickly, before I start working with something thats really damned toxic, that I sure as shit wouldn't want to be eating AFTER and certainly not during.
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Clean up and do some minor repair on the desk I found yesterday
Organize the shed and outside work shop
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Got a bucket of Hg slops to deal with too. Lovely. Not. Hg (II) as well, which is the worst kind of inorganic mercury (I wouldn't have anything to do with organomercury derivatives. Way, way, way too nasty, slow and downright nightmarish way to go too)
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I'm going into the kitchen ready to kick ass prepping and serving food! :2thumbsup:
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Clear up 2 areas of the kitchen that need clearing.
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Clear up 2 areas of the kitchen that need clearing.
I clean areas, too, not whole rooms. I have to break the job down into small parts. :sweep:
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Have to do some paperwork and review a couple of papers for a conference.
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Clear up 2 areas of the kitchen that need clearing.
I clean areas, too, not whole rooms. I have to break the job down into small parts. :sweep:
Same here. Though brainscattered mind often has me working at multiple areas at the same time. Especially when I have to take a thing to somewhere else, that's a way to get me active at that place too.
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Today I'm going to kick ass at work and get shit done so I can enjoy tomorrow, my day off! :pirate:
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Still working on those 2 small areas.
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Work. :hamsterwheel:
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Little chores, to-dos
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Little chores, to-dos
And that's how lives are built, one little chore at a time. :)
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Little chores, to-dos
And that's how lives are built, one little chore at a time. :)
Bits and bobs.
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And that's how lives are built, one little chore at a time. :)
How depressing. :zoinks:
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I have to make a few calls.
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And that's how lives are built, one little chore at a time. :)
How depressing. :zoinks:
Back you go in your filthy shithole burrow! :odeon: :gopher:
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And that's how lives are built, one little chore at a time. :)
How depressing. :zoinks:
Back you go in your filthy shithole burrow! :odeon: :gopher:
My bitches keep my shithole clean and tidy. :zoinks:
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Go climbing.
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Wash my hair and do some Photoshop homework.
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And that's how lives are built, one little chore at a time. :)
How depressing. :zoinks:
Back you go in your filthy shithole burrow! :odeon: :gopher:
My bitches keep my shithole clean and tidy. :zoinks:
Then they help themselves to your stash. :gopher: :tp: :tp: :tp: :gopher: :trollface:
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Not much today, just get my paperwork together for my appointment with the tax guy ... and also
try to get my head together for my dental appointment. My teeth are an ongoing source of worry for me.
My dental health is one area of my life in which I probably can't "make up for lost time." I've heard that
there are new processes in trial that can enable decayed teeth to remineralize, but those advances will
almost certainly be too late for my teeth. I just have to get strict about daily care and proactive about
treatment, which will involve a lot of out-of-pocket expenses. I'm listening to this now, it's apropos. :apondering:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYi6T4hHTMI
:hug:
my dentist recommended xylitol, which with daily use can fix your mouth bacteria from the bad ones to the good ones. check out the studies in nih/ncbi for studies. dunno if it would help but there is some indication that remineralization of enamel also results from regular xylitol use: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14700079
sorry for the late post. not getting out much
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tidy the house. rest.
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tidy the house. rest.
That.
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Wolfy, isn't Xylitol an artificial sweetener? Have I perhaps been rebuilding my teeth already
with my daily consumption of sugar-free mints? That would be cool if it were possible. :orly:
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Get a document "medallioned" so I can have ownership of PA's stock and get it sold.
(Much less exciting than it sounds. Bank merely stamps "mecallions" the document, I mail it and the company sells or buys back the stock.)
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Take care of DD who is home sick with a nasty headache. Teach DS. Clean the kitchen.
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Wolfy, isn't Xylitol an artificial sweetener? Have I perhaps been rebuilding my teeth already
with my daily consumption of sugar-free mints? That would be cool if it were possible. :orly:
I think I was thinking of Sorbitol. :duh:
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Wolfy, isn't Xylitol an artificial sweetener? Have I perhaps been rebuilding my teeth already
with my daily consumption of sugar-free mints? That would be cool if it were possible. :orly:
I think I was thinking of Sorbitol. :duh:
Xylitol is a sweetener too. Often found in chewinggum.
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Wolfy, isn't Xylitol an artificial sweetener? Have I perhaps been rebuilding my teeth already
with my daily consumption of sugar-free mints? That would be cool if it were possible. :orly:
I think I was thinking of Sorbitol. :duh:
Xylitol is a sweetener too. Often found in chewinggum.
So I was right the first time. Maybe the mints are helping, then. :tard:
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Wolfy, isn't Xylitol an artificial sweetener? Have I perhaps been rebuilding my teeth already
with my daily consumption of sugar-free mints? That would be cool if it were possible. :orly:
I think I was thinking of Sorbitol. :duh:
Xylitol is a sweetener too. Often found in chewinggum.
So I was right the first time. Maybe the mints are helping, then. :tard:
Just be careful with that sugar free stuff.
:viking:
Remember the jelly beans.
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I miss the licorice jellybeans most of all, I used to buy bags of just those. :heart:
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Finish getting caffeinated, wash and dry my brushes and paints, maybe paint
something before my evening appointment, definitely paint when I get home
and while watching Jurassic World. :tv: :dino2:
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I didn't know you painted.
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I didn't know you painted.
I started last fall after 30-plus years of not doing it. Acrylic paint, abstracts. 8)
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May I see them? :bee:
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May I see them? :bee:
I may post some if I can get into my long-neglected Photobucket account. :orly:
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Yay!
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Going to rebuild the cinema front speakers.
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Going to the movies this afternoon and then have to make sure I clean when we come home so I don't stress tomorrow morning before my client shows up.
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Breakfast, later in the morning. Then pack my bag, with lunch, stuff to pass time and lots to drink. Going for a day with six hours of public transport to visit someone in hospital. We'll have lunch on the train. If we've got energy left we may visit my mum on the way back.
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Catch up on some things I couldn't get to yesterday including putting together a meal plan and grocery list for the following week.
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Doctor's appointment this afternoon, probably with a weigh-in at the beginning! :sumo:
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Take my friend to her psych appointment then take myself to lunch with my parents.
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On Friday,
Quick visit to Magnolia so they can do a preliminary determination of which group to put The PR in
Housework
Bowling
If I remember, hard cook some eggs so we can have tuna salad sandwiches
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Work. Buy a fifth speaker spacer ring for the garage cinema.
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Cook dinner, pick up beast #2, do some more cleaning
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Not sure just yet.
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Cook dinner, pick up beast #2, do some more cleaning
Awww, beast #2 is coming home to beast #1. :heart: :doggie: :heart: :doggie: :heart:
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Cinderella
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Cinderella
You called, Your Majesty? :sweep:
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Cook dinner, pick up beast #2, do some more cleaning
Awww, beast #2 is coming home to beast #1. :heart: :doggie: :heart: :doggie: :heart:
Thankfully she came home tired. I dropped her off for the day so she could burn some energy because she hasn't been able to play with her buddy for 2 weeks while she's healing. Poor baby girl was desperate for another pup to play with.
Today is a whole lot of rest per doctors orders.
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Cinderella
You called, Your Majesty? :sweep:
Thanks
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Supposed to be going to an autism meet up in the city. I don't know if we'll get there. There's the HBF Run For a Reason on today which means there'll be people everywhere.
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Supposed to be going to an autism meet up in the city. I don't know if we'll get there. There's the HBF Run For a Reason on today which means there'll be people everywhere.
I got to the last half of your sentence and instantly I was like yup, that cancel it for me. I hate getting somewhere where there's hoards of people. :laugh:
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It's a bank holiday in the UK, which means that I won't be working. :2thumbsup:
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Supposed to be going to an autism meet up in the city. I don't know if we'll get there. There's the HBF Run For a Reason on today which means there'll be people everywhere.
I got to the last half of your sentence and instantly I was like yup, that cancel it for me. I hate getting somewhere where there's hoards of people. :laugh:
There was also the biggest Craft Show of the year at the train stop right before the city, so there was that too.
In the end we went and it wasn't too bad. We had lunch at a bakery then went to the meeting. Kayleigh made a friend while I listened to guys talking about video games. I should have moved to the other end of the table where it looked like the discussion was a bit more serious. Oh well, next time.
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Well miss K, its the horde of the great unwashed thats missing out in that case ;):)
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Today I'm going to finish up my paperwork and :laundry:
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What I do every day...
try to take over the world :laundry:
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:lol1:
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Go and see my psychiatrist. Going to ask about switching from haloperidol to something else. Something that won't interfere with dexamphetamine.
Appointment at 3pm.
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Go and see my psychiatrist. Going to ask about switching from haloperidol to something else. Something that won't interfere with dexamphetamine.
Appointment at 3pm.
Good luck, I hope you get something that works for you! :viking:
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Recover from yesterday :yawn:
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Recover from yesterday :yawn:
I need that from the past weeks.
But, was so smart as to volunteer for door knocking money collecting for the red cross. :GA:
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Recover from yesterday :yawn:
This is what I'll do today.
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Houseproud shit
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Houseproud shit
I should probably do some of that too. :thumbup:
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Houseproud shit
I should probably do some of that too. :thumbup:
Marking your burrow ? :poop:
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Houseproud shit
I should probably do some of that too. :thumbup:
Marking your burrow ? :poop:
Yeah, with bleach. :zoinks:
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Still trying to recover, still not recovering. I'm so bloody tired lately.
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Sell at the flea market
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Fly To London.
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Houseproud shit
Going to do some of that tomorrow. It will involve binning some of Kayleigh's stuff while she's not here.
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More houseproud shit. 3 boxes and some miscellaneous items in the car for the thrift store, a large trash bag almost full, some things organized/ing together to make use easier and conserve space. Making mental list of EOQ for items.
EOQ = Economic Order Quantity. Used in manufacturing to make sure you have the items on hand when you need them for assembly, but don't tie up money and space with too much inventory on hand. My use: If I have canned corn twice a week and want to have 2 months supply on hand, I should make sureI have 16 cans in the pantry. I set a lower limit (maybe 8) and stock up to my max supply of 16 cans. Timing and amount i buy also depends on sales for me. (Aside - one of the major car manufacturers used to have deliveries of parts several times a day to keep inventory to the absolute minimum.)
Ditto for clothes: How many fall/winter outfits and spring/summer outfits do I need in a year? Have a bit of a fudge factor at the start of the season for unexpected damage/loss to clothes.
Books: There is NO maximum EOQ for them.
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Regarding books-damn right there isn't!
Depending on if I get around to it, I may have a liter or two of 1,4-dioxane (a cyclic diether solvent) to produce if I CBF, so as to avoid opening the brick of sodium metal I have, since its vac-packed in a heat-sealed thick plastic sheath covered in mineral oil, and that sealed package is inside another hermetically sealed package filled with inert gas. It'll have a better shelf life that way than when opened and the remainder (I only need 1-2g, out of a brick almost too large to close my fingers around) then cut perhaps in half, in as few pieces as necessary to fit the remainder of the brick in a jar full of dried, degassed, argon-sparged liquid paraffin or similarly treated (unused) engine oil) with the screw threads wrapped in teflon tape thickly covered in thick, viscous high-vacuum grease.)
So making my own sodium by reducing sodium hydroxide with magnesium dust and igniting it in a closed crucible is preferable, recovering the sodium by grinding the slag in the kitchen blender after filling it with inert gas, and pouring it into dioxane then boiling the dioxane, which separates out the magnesium oxide as dirty looking slag and allows the sodium to coalesce into molten globules protected by the solvent and its vapors. Basically a Mg/NaOH thermite. Just happens that 1,4-dioxane is both easy to make and seems to be uniquely suited for this application. Just need a still, magnesium dust, sodium hydroxide, preferably some magnesium ribbon, if not then a sparkler firework length for an initiator, a crucible or can, and something to block the top off with once the sparkler/Mg ribbon burns down below the height of the whatever it is used to weight the top down and for the dioxane, the still, heat source (no naked flames), good ventilation, preferably an organic filter mask from a welding store and some concentrated sulfuric acid and ethylene glycol (bog cleaner sulfuric is fine, even dyed stuff, and as is antifreeze, as long as it is undiluted, non pre-mixed stuff and based on ethylene glycol. The dye doesn't come over from it or the sulfuric into the dioxane, which is distilled off as its made, by dripping ethylene glycol into hot concentrated sulfuric acid. Not done it yet but it looks pretty easy.
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The above now is not going to happen. Well it is. But it isn't going to happen today. I've clamped up my flask containing my project and it is being left to rest.
And for that matter, aside from an essential last bits of attention to a flask containing some things that have to be stripped for the good of the labware itself, I'll not be at the bench for the remainder of both today and tonight.
This is my gesture of respect, a salute to Wolfish, and of honor to both Wolfy and Pyraxis, in memory of their loss. An extended 'minute's silence', in intent. But carrying the meaning simply not talking would not, from me.
And to this extent, I invite our community to join me in an act of respect of whatever kind each individual feels holds the most gravity of meaning, in memory of Wolfish, and support of Pyraxis.
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Errands and paperwork
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End evaluation of family therapy. Glad it will be over after this. Should have pulled the plug four months ago.
Oh well, guess I did learn that. :tard:
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Promised the kids I'd take them thrifting. I can't walk the store, but I can provide taxi service. Then the oldest is doing the grocery shopping for the family. After that it's more packing.
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laundry
grocery run
clear clutter
look at lawn mower and do nothing because it's hot, I don't like mowing lawns, I'm lazy, etc.
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Work. Tinker with the garage cinema.
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Lie to myself about what I'm going to do.
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Already got the oldest to the his dentist appointment and did a run to the pharmacy. The rest of the day will be spent alternating between packing and elevating my legs. Ugh. I hate this.
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Lie to myself about what I'm going to do.
You can lie to me too. :eyelash:
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Apart from other daily stuff.. I'm going to bake an apple pie today. Dough is resting as we speak.
(first the taking of a shower though)
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Packing and resting. Attempting not to throttle one of the dogs who hates this whole packing business and is getting into everything because she's acting out because she's stressed. Lots of reassurance for that beast will be needed today.
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Continue to ignore the lawn and lawn mower.
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Apart from other daily stuff.. I'm going to bake an apple pie today. Dough is resting as we speak.
Pics or it didn't happen?
Okay..
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PV0KygX5Wsg/WV50Tp4jtsI/AAAAAAAAAFk/kB1beN5afDAHGf3SLZM74KEQYUNWJ_oTACEwYBhgL/w140-h105-p/P1010029.JPG)
Yay, did manage to make the pic show..
Bugger, it's tiny..
(oh well)
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That looks so good!!! :2thumbsup:
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Ah.. a bigger version is possible also. Not to fish for compliments or whateverz but..
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/JGkha_BwhfdCQYYUUAceeFswbnqYYynpSUsYurL8Th7F4FKTp1A5wjeikGnJWCn1eNGlFf2GV6dFc0QFJYkLJN8-bgj76XQk7EM6Hp1J5PNOG3obA4rAz3qU-ww1GqGxqu_AbKVTBNt2SYFOba5Q9eYusu2R_9Nyh3u_bG7r-lujmh_YPhjJFQgV6AIN6vlyMU5XmRUYWSp6PUlt-u7hwhEgCQ-ydmLhy5FJs2dbvwAvIIJ5DIjxBuZcKE2bUk3Vo3VJPKlT1do63f9ONSgg0umxXzv03rabijufROGLx7ybX9I2Pu6p3LMBtbsdVewVFx-frmpnsPQ2jLuy3Sz4pM4Nb1hXe-D1vovSRItfBZRrbp7n8x1vFRD0Nb1qlqQvJTpsCtLQIjCIX1p80Elw4jgBoKxixgwby1rrq_ay4rvRYA9OIKSTSjqbTMOB9SagNNGrnr-xgEhXS3D_awB2g9RBJ63X8O5LlHsCYNBZhE5dx4plwtk66EGUji3y5MPDA4oGJxhmeELSX2odZTJLFsSlEywGnikI-0f2-EwQFUpwFCT5xgEoblxinoqsP4cybtoLMps9NQwVygeNw_17LSiBcO9Iy1wBcgwSb7WG7upA8gfXzc70uzc=w816-h612-no)
Yeah, the rim is slightly burned (no worries here) but the other black 'spots' are black currants.. and they were soaked in sweet rum overnight. Now, p/m 3 days later there's still a quarter left.
Alongside a coffee tomorrow plus with some fresh whipped cream on top of the pie.
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Lutra - Lovely
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Clean up the backyard - sweep the paving and get all the webs down. The spiders can build more.
Sweep floors inside and then mop. I have a new mop that I'd like to try.
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Since it's 12:30am, technically it's a new day so I can answer now... grocery shopping, unpacking, elevating my legs to try and get the swelling to go down.
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Work. :chores:
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Wish I was there with you miss K, so I could get all that packing done for you and see to your poor sore legs and feet.
Me-currently taken a flask containing a chemical reaction out of the microwave after the latest irradiation burst and now its up to temperature, placing it in a cooling bath, before the cycle repeats again. Getting set up to make some elemental bromine from sodium bromide solution and passing chlorine gas through it (the Cl2 being more reactive displaces Br to form Br2 and NaCl, the bromine precipitates out (barring a slight solubility in water, enough to color it but most of it should drop out in a dense, heavy liquid blob under water, to be carefully extracted with a glass syringe after being left under water, whilst the water is cooled in an ice-salt bath for several hours (the cooling being to prevent or at least minimize escape of the bromine, so it can stay in contact with water long enough for any of the byproduct, bromine monochloride, a highly toxic gas albeit one that can be liquefied easily with cooling alone, to hydrolyze)
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go back to the old place and pack up the last of it all.
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Maybe go to the hairdresser with Kayleigh. She's being super grumpy so she may be going on her own.
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Gonna paint (woodwork outside) a bit more, I think. Good day for it.
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It's nearing 9pm but I still have several hours ahead of me before I can go to bed. Plan on unpacking more boxes, doing laundry, washing dishes, picking up the SO from work at midnight.
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I have done some of it already - took Molly to the vet for them to check her teeth. All healing well after the surgery despite the bump in the road - she was getting an infection. They said I did well giving Molly her tablets. Little do they know I was crushing them up and mixing them into her food. She will eat anything so it was easy.
Hopefully Kayleigh and I will go and see the new Spider-Man movie.
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Work.
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Back at the old place packing up. Going to see a show at camp for the youngest which is being held at an animal rescue facility so I'm looking forward to it.
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Go grocery shopping. It's wet and windy so it doesn't look like it will be fun.
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It's 9pm so the rest of today will consist of a late dinner and going to bed.
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Houseproud shit
Me too! Later we can compare how proud we are! :2thumbsup:
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Houseproud shit
Going to do some of that tomorrow. It will involve binning some of Kayleigh's stuff while she's not here.
That sounded unexpectedly evil, it made me snort out a laugh! :2thumbsup:
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Houseproud shit
Going to do some of that tomorrow. It will involve binning some of Kayleigh's stuff while she's not here.
That sounded unexpectedly evil, it made me snort out a laugh! :2thumbsup:
I did it too, with some old clothes stained or holy and some junk of hers on the computer desk. She hasn't noticed and the stuff is long gone. ;)
Going to go on my laptop and install some programs required for college.
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Buy a dishwasher and a couch. Figure out some kind of garbage system for inside and outside of the house (inside so the dog doesn't get into it, outside so the critters don't get into it.) It would be far easier if one of my dogs wasn't able to open cupboards, drawers, zippers etc. :laugh:
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Got to figure out the method of calibrating my brand new hotplate-magnetic stirrer to the required temperature.
Its a bit different from many hotplates because it has quite a few additional features. Such as rather than have to climb slowly from room temperature to whatever the set temperature desired might be, its got the ability to ramp up the temperature at a rapid rate, as calibrated by the user and stop at a set breakpoint before the desired temperature so it heats up the plate surface itself very, very rapidly until the inbuilt thermocouple probe inserted into whatever one wishes to heat and/or stir reads that the actual thing to be heated has reached the breakpoint, which one sets a few degrees below the actual temperature, so that the temperature rockets up to whatever is desired within a minute or two, then cuts out and starts heating slowly at a breakpoint you set a few degrees or whatever you want, below the actual intended end temperature, again set by the user (as well as a facility for two timers, one to set total heating time and then cut the heat out completely, so you can just set it and go to sleep if you know whatever you are doing cannot suddenly start getting violent and doesn't need a conscious, attentive babysitter. If it just sits there and has to get hot you can set it to do just that then stop when it's done automatically. As well as an alarm settable so if it exceeds the temperature the alarm is set at it goes off to warn the user of the hotplate-stirrer.
Unfortunately the instructions are in chinese, translated to the most absofuckinglutely godsawful engrish, I think, by way of german in the middle and are barely comprehensible. And I had to go online to find a set of similarly awful mangled engrish language, bastardized to hell and back again, that had a complete set of instructions, since the one that came didn't even mention the timer or alarm.
I need to calibrate this bastard so it stays stable and actually stays at the temp. set to, without having to program it to try and stay hotter or colder than it actually needs to be. And the so called manual states various things as being both correct procedure AND an error.
And rather than plain simple setting the breakpoint there is math involving division, and you have to work out what to divide what by before doing it. And I'm really severely dyscalculic and can't understand even the example given in a way that enables me to apply it to other figures, for the temperature ramping and stability/error calibration.
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Go to bed.
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It's only the middle of the afternoon here. Still have more laundry and unpacking to do. Pick up the SO from work and pick out new couches. The others are falling apart. It's time.
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Probably play computer games until I fall asleep face down in a puddle of my own drool. I'm classy like that.
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Probably play computer games until I fall asleep face down in a puddle of my own drool. I'm classy like that.
:eyelash:
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Try and find a pool company to come out and look at the pool. My attempts to clear up the algae are not working! :roar:
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Take Kayleigh to her appointment at 2pm.
Maybe get something to eat.
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Wash dishes, unpack, and I'm been told I need to go to the walk in clinic.
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Wash dishes, unpack, and I'm been told I need to go to the walk in clinic.
For your chesty illness? I agree. Could get pneumonia.
Study some stuff. I don't exactly know where to start.
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Wash dishes, unpack, and I'm been told I need to go to the walk in clinic.
For your chesty illness? I agree. Could get pneumonia.
Study some stuff. I don't exactly know where to start.
Yes, I'm thinking it's either bronchitis or pneumonia. Feels more like pneumonia but hoping for bronchitis because it's the easier of the two to treat. Tried to go this morning but 21 people in the lineup and it hadn't even opened made me come home. I'll try again this afternoon.
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Wash dishes, unpack, and I'm been told I need to go to the walk in clinic.
For your chesty illness? I agree. Could get pneumonia.
Study some stuff. I don't exactly know where to start.
Yes, I'm thinking it's either bronchitis or pneumonia. Feels more like pneumonia but hoping for bronchitis because it's the easier of the two to treat. Tried to go this morning but 21 people in the lineup and it hadn't even opened made me come home. I'll try again this afternoon.
I find that it works well at my walk-in if I go around 4. The afternoon crowd has left (pick up kids, make dinner, etc) and the office workers aren't off yet.
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Wash dishes, unpack, and I'm been told I need to go to the walk in clinic.
For your chesty illness? I agree. Could get pneumonia.
Study some stuff. I don't exactly know where to start.
Yes, I'm thinking it's either bronchitis or pneumonia. Feels more like pneumonia but hoping for bronchitis because it's the easier of the two to treat. Tried to go this morning but 21 people in the lineup and it hadn't even opened made me come home. I'll try again this afternoon.
I find that it works well at my walk-in if I go around 4. The afternoon crowd has left (pick up kids, make dinner, etc) and the office workers aren't off yet.
I think I'll end up going for 2:30 because I have to pick up the SO at work at 4pm. Otherwise, your plan would have been the way to go. I'll bring a book just in case though.
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I'm going to make lentil soup this afternoon. For the first time. Well, made soup many many a time but never the lentil variant. Like the supermarket bought stuff quite a bit and am hoping 'my' version is even better.
We'll see..
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The day is mostly done but I have time left to tackle a few boxes. I need to do that.
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Read for a while. Get something to eat.
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Sleep. And after that make plans for the rest of the day.
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Promised to help a neighbour dismantle a treadmill this afternoon. Hope that it goes well. We'll see..
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I already got all of todays errands out of the way so I'm spending the rest of today as quiet as I possibly can until my 4pm appointment shows up. Then putting a roast in the oven for my guys before I leave to meet my friends for dinner.
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Stay indoors as much as possible. Heat index is projected to be between 105 and 110.
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Go and buy some clothes baskets. Big W is my first choice to go to.
Then pile our clothes into them then it's a trip to the laundromat. It's happening because of the weather. Nothing will get dry hung outside.
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Go and buy some clothes baskets. Big W is my first choice to go to.
Then pile our clothes into them then it's a trip to the laundromat. It's happening because of the weather. Nothing will get dry hung outside.
On days like that I hang my washing inside. With a fan aimed at it. Need to get myself a new fan though, the old one gave up.
Does not have to be a big fan, regular table fan does the job nicely, even when I have two loads hanging.
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There's just not enough room to hang stuff inside. Except for all the underwear. We have a clothes aired for those.
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All of the outside of the house stuff is done (errands and chores and whatnot) so for the rest of the day it's all of the indoor have to do's until the youngest comes home from her Dad's. Looking forward to having my girlie home.
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BD party from spazz girl I used to babysit. She ended up being 'part of the furniture' of the house (blended in as part of the family).
She moved away, so have hardly seen her past year.
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Pack my bag. Make another attempt to fix a troublesome DTS processor.
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Clean house, grocery shop, read
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I've done what I had to. :M
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Clean house, grocery shop, read
Liar, liar, pants on fire (too hurried to find the emoticon)
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No real plans. It's a bank holiday.
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No real plans. It's a bank holiday.
Why did you have to fly in early yesterday if today is a bank holiday?
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Packing for a mini getaway and meeting a friend for dinner tonight at our favourite Japanese BBQ place.
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No real plans. It's a bank holiday.
Why did you have to fly in early yesterday if today is a bank holiday?
I missed the fact that it's bank holiday until some time after paying for the flight. The early flight saved me money (that I could have saved by flying a day later...) so I thought I'd accept a certain amount of suffering.
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Packing for a mini getaway and meeting a friend for dinner tonight at our favourite Japanese BBQ place.
Where do you find the energy? Or is it a matter of ignoring the signs that taking a proper break might be wise?
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No real plans. It's a bank holiday.
Why did you have to fly in early yesterday if today is a bank holiday?
I missed the fact that it's bank holiday until some time after paying for the flight. The early flight saved me money (that I could have saved by flying a day later...) so I thought I'd accept a certain amount of suffering.
Were the book shops closed too, or was there some consolation to be found?
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Went and looked at an addition that was being framed to measure for insulation
Began sorting out the shed
Put a check in the bank
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No real plans. It's a bank holiday.
Why did you have to fly in early yesterday if today is a bank holiday?
I missed the fact that it's bank holiday until some time after paying for the flight. The early flight saved me money (that I could have saved by flying a day later...) so I thought I'd accept a certain amount of suffering.
Were the book shops closed too, or was there some consolation to be found?
They were open and I did spend some time in them. :2thumbsup:
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Packing for a mini getaway and meeting a friend for dinner tonight at our favourite Japanese BBQ place.
Where do you find the energy? Or is it a matter of ignoring the signs that taking a proper break might be wise?
Both choices were made because they would be beneficial to me. I had already booked the 2 day get away with monkeyboy before everything turned on its head so we decided to keep it because the place we went to is my happy place. We figured it would do us both good (and it did). The dinner was with my best friend. She's one of those people where I can say anything, lay it all out on the table of how shitty I'm feeling and whatnot and there's no judgement. Plus it's nice to just sit there for 2 hours and not have any other responsibilities. It's easy for me to prefer to stay home vs go out so I push myself out of my routine to get a different kind of break.
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Have to run errands with the SO, so we're going to turn it into a date lunch as well. Get some quiet time in before things get crazy.
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@ Phoenix, makes sense.
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The laundry that I should have done two days ago. Maybe even the snow shoveling that I should have done two weeks ago.
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I did laundry yesterday. :laundry: Thankfully there's no snow yet.
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I should have done laundry.
I moved the snowblower near the doors of the shed.
Nothing here yet, but it's getting colder.
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Do we have a "things I should have done today" thread? :P
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Do we have a "things I should have done today" thread? :P
Might crash the database. :laugh:
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Do we have a "things I should have done today" thread? :P
Might crash the database. :laugh:
:lol1:
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Neighbors really love football and totally love their Keurig...they even talked me into getting one.
They also love Trump and obey Fox news.
They are boycotting the NFL...and now Keurig.
I think I'm going to have nice hot mug of Keurig coffee on the front porch after I hang out a "Go Steelers" banner. :laugh:
This shit is ridiculous.
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Neighbors really love football and totally love their Keurig...they even talked me into getting one.
They also love Trump and obey Fox news.
They are boycotting the NFL...and now Keurig.
I think I'm going to have nice hot mug of Keurig coffee on the front porch after I hang out a "Go Steelers" banner. :laugh:
This shit is ridiculous.
Boycotting Keurig, why? :coffee:
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Must be teh gays.
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Do we have a "things I should have done today" thread? :P
Just read today's entries tomorrow. :P
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Neighbors really love football and totally love their Keurig...they even talked me into getting one.
They also love Trump and obey Fox news.
They are boycotting the NFL...and now Keurig.
I think I'm going to have nice hot mug of Keurig coffee on the front porch after I hang out a "Go Steelers" banner. :laugh:
This shit is ridiculous.
Boycotting Keurig, why? :coffee:
They pulled their $$ ads on Fox along with 5+ others after Hannity's continued endorsement of GOP/Trump's favorite pick Roy Moore in Alabama.
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I'm currently downloading something I've been trying to re-find for ages. Fallout-tactics, brotherhood of steel. Otherwise, just contemplating what I am going to do today, whilst I gnaw on a hunk of extra mature cheddar&jalapeno chili pepper bread. Nice and soft, yet chewy, and really does taste pretty good. Tastes a bit better than it might too, considering I realized later after leaving the shop that it had not been scanned, and just picked up and put into a shopping bag. So I got a free loaf of some really really good speciality gourmet bread without paying a penny.
Not as if it was practical to say anything if it meant a return car journey just to pay for it. And definitely non-returnable; considering there are just teeth-marks where about a third to 2/5ths of it used to be :P
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Just came back from a small, informal meeting of parents whose childeren are at Magnolia. Informal meetings are the best way to find out things.
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They pulled their $$ ads on Fox along with 5+ others after Hannity's continued endorsement of GOP/Trump's favorite pick Roy Moore in Alabama.
I have it on good account that Roy Moore only has a really tiny pistol.
You heard it here first.
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Just finished leeching a copy of fallout-tactics iso files from an old games host, DLing the full version. Used to have it, but on another machine, and the HD died. Damned if I'm going to buy a copy.
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Go to a new gym with Kayleigh. It's about 5 minutes' walk from where we live.
I did belong to another gym and was supposed to go with a friend but she only went once and I was going by myself which was no fun. So without her knowing, I quit that gym.
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At this point? Go to bed.
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Go to a new gym with Kayleigh. It's about 5 minutes' walk from where we live.
I did belong to another gym and was supposed to go with a friend but she only went once and I was going by myself which was no fun. So without her knowing, I quit that gym.
I like going to the gym by myself. I don't have to talk to anyone and can just focus on myself.
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Go to a new gym with Kayleigh. It's about 5 minutes' walk from where we live.
I did belong to another gym and was supposed to go with a friend but she only went once and I was going by myself which was no fun. So without her knowing, I quit that gym.
I like going to the gym by myself. I don't have to talk to anyone and can just focus on myself.
Well when I went with Kayleigh it was like going by myself because she had her headphones on! Never mind.
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Not sure but I'm sure I'll come up with something.
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Hopefully? Fill out and send out all the Christmas cards. I seem to be perenially incapable of doing that on time.
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tidy up the palace
feed us
just normal everyday stuff
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Need to do some last-minute Christmas shopping (ugh).
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Today and tomorrow, drive to Florida leaving in a couple hours takes about 22 hours to get to Sarasota
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Not a lot.
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Take The PR to therapy and to bowling.
Both of us to the gym for some biking. Won't happen
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Considering having a drink or three.
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Considering having a drink or three.
Wait for me. :fiveshots:
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Considering having a drink or three.
Wait for me. :fiveshots:
Having one now.
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Scoff a bag of salted butterscotch and pretzel chewy giant cookies with chunks of caramel embedded throughout; then have a somewhat overdue dose of intramuscular morphine sulfate.
Then sit back, have a 'smoke' on my e-cig (currently with a blend of [PG aside, since I don't ever use glycerine in my mixtures, and nor does my old man, after my giving him a little lesson in organic chemistry. Because of on dehydration, chemically or thermally, the result being the highly toxic, and most awfully irritant, lachrymatory *a lachrymatory compound is a teargas, although not necessarily gaseous, I'm using the term 'teargas' as a generic, but you get the idea* from hell prop-ene-al, acrolein. Which is REALLY horrid stuff, carcinogenic, mutagenic, acutely highly toxic, and even dilute fumes of the stuff will make you wish your eyes were bleeding, if just to wash the acrolein fumes away. I've made the stuff in the pure form, as a kid, distilled it, and really, every and any time I've ever handled it, or otherwise come into contact with it, wished that I hadn't.
Ever wondered why glycerine-containing vape liquids, as the tank gets low, or you take a puff when the voltage/heat output is cranked up too far and it turns caustic and choking? with a smell/taste like the reek of rancid burning fat? acrolein is why. )
So I only use propylene glycol as the base liquid for my vape fluids..currently a rather nice bubblegum flavour, blended with lemon and lime. Although not quite as high a level of nicotine as I'd have liked (I like mine a lot stronger than can be bought readymade, so even if it weren't for all the off the shelf kinds I've ever encountered having a propylene glycol/glyerine mixture as the base, I couldn't buy
anything strong enough for my tastes. 25mg/ml is minimum, 30 is about right; actually as long as it won't cause the sickness characteristic of mild end nicotine poisoning, such as the nasty as hell effects of chewing too much nicotine gum, etc. too quickly, like I did once as a teen, when trying to quit smoking fags or at least cut down on the amount of homosexuals I set on fire, not wanting blue-uniform-wearing cancer coming after me :autism:, and got sick and shaky and pale as the pits of hell if hell caught a bad case of the flu, whilst on a school minibus, so had to make sure to be real careful when puking whilst the short bus was moving, not that I ever DID, but to make sure I avoided puking and having it backlash into my face due to the wind.
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I have a doctor's appointment in two hours' time.
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*grumpy mutterings of 'buggritall'* its morning, so I'm going to bloody sleep.
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Have to take Liam to the vet for a Depredil injection for his allergies. Also going to ask about why he has chunks of fur out of his face lately. I think it could be because he's either fighting with other cats (haven't heard anything) or he's crawling under bushes where the branches and such are poking him. I don't know.
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Going to sort out my projects on Visual Studio. I had named them what the teacher wanted and now there's a couple of them named the same thing but with different contents. So I'm going rename them to what I will understand.
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Do some serious XSLT stuff.
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Hope your moggy perks up Renster :)
I am shopping around for a new vacuum pump, not decided what yet, just beginning to start browsing through what is available. Obviously I want an integrated pressure gauge, multistage pump. A multi-stage diaphragm pump would be nice, as long as I can get it with teflon-coated internals. It'd be nice not to have to use oil, and also have the inside of the pump not susceptible easily to chemical attack, meaning less need for using an in-line cryo trap to condense out anything nasty (which in some cases, such as when using a liquid nitrogen trap, can be dangerous if one is not careful, because it can cause the air to liquefy, and boil off nitrogen until one is left with a fairly large concentration of liquid oxygen, that in the presence of organics, means any such organic fuel would be burned very aggressively indeed, due to being soaked in or mixed with liquid oxygen.)
Got a bit over half a grand to spend, although I'm hoping to have enough left over to buy two other things as well, some small fritted buchner vacuum filtration funnels with 24/40 joint size/tapers, that are tall and narrow rather than wide and flat, to help with when I want to filter relatively small amounts of solids and keep them all in as narrow an area as I can for recovery, plus a few liters of carbon disulfide, perhaps some carbon tetrachloride IF I can find any (not easy at all these days, as its been more or less demonized to the point where it has become a feared, near mythological devil in the dark among uni and professional labs. It IS hepatotoxic [toxic to the liver], but then again so are most chlorinated hydrocarbons of the 'solventy' kind. And the answer to that is to A-not drink it, and B-avoid breathing the vapor, and its nothing that a gas mask mounting canisters that will scrub chloroform and methylene chloride, trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethanes etc. won't completely negate. Just avoid exposure and it isn't going to come running after one waving a baseball bat with nails hammered into it and screaming things about human sacrifice and murder..but, for whatever reason, despite the fact that there are so many much nastier things used on a day to day basis, in most labs, its become one of the well-known and much feared devils and demons of chemistry, has CCl4. Which is a pain in the arse. Although, it can be made from carbon disulfide IIRC, so I might well try that, if I can get enough CS2 for my needs and have some left over to make some carbon tet and carbon tetrabromide as well.
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List sales from the grocery ads
Do some laundry
Plan some stuff
Look for some documents
Make copies if I find the documents.
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Talk to a company that is interested in my services.
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Hope your moggy perks up Renster :)
He will be fine, his fur grows back awesomely from the injection he gets. They (the vet) say there's a risk of him becoming overweight but he's nowhere near it, he's quite slim.
What am I going to do today? Go to sleep since it's nearly 10pm.
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Sweet dreams Ren :)
*leaves mug of hot cocoa on Ren's bedside table*
What am I going to do...I think I'm going to take a leaf out of the Renster's book. And sleep.
And later, I'm going to, unless I can find the same model for a better price, treat myself to a new vacuum pump I've seen on ebay. Light-weight polymer housing, teflon interior diaphragm pump, capable of pumping down to about ~4mmHg. Digitally controlled pump pressure, built in gauge, and what really is neat, is that its also got a second outlet, and a switch-over mode where it can operate as a compressor, up to 20 or 25PSI. Flow rate of 50l per minute and fully controllable right from the lowest to the highest vacuum demand. Still looking for better models and cheaper etc. though so I haven't quite decided for sure.
This one in particular, costs a little over $0.5K, but for my needs I really do need something that is both chemically resistant (hence an oil-less type preferably, with teflon covered insides) and that can really pull its weight, for when I need to distill something that otherwise would boil only at several hundred degrees 'C, easily enough to char most organics, and both be able to have same come over crystal-clear and exposed to as little heat as possible in the process, and be ideal for use with my rotovap in stripping solvents in bulk, and quickly (because I recycle my solvents wherever possible. It is both better for the environment and better by far when it comes to avoiding a severe case of wallet-poisoning)
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List sales from the grocery ads
Do some laundry
Plan some stuff
Look for some documents
Make copies if I find the documents.
Well, I did look for the documents, but haven't found them yet.
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Talk to a publishing house about a short contract.
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Today I will continue with my online course (it's about software testing) and also do some washing. There's a 10% chance of rain but I don't think it will happen here. Radar shows some specks of rain out to sea. So I won't worry about the washing hung outside.
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Write some code for a conference website.
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Renew my Environment Agency non-migratory licence.
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Got to go all around the city, hunting down a certain resource for a project. Lots of walking, lots of aching afterwards. Yuck. Plus place an order for some xylene, and for one or two other things first, make sure it gets sent out asap etc.
Finish off the reaction of some sodium bromide with sulfuric acid and dilute hydrogen peroxide, then break down the apparatus used, distill the bromine and dry it, bottle it. I've a bottle of N-methyl pyrollidone+triethylamine that needs fractionally distilling, I'm going to have a lot of things to do today methinks. I'm going to go finish the fallout-tactics mission I'm on though first, since I've just woken up and I CBF first thing at 8:11 am.
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Quickly have a bowl of cereal as a snack, change the cartridges on my gas mask for a fresh pair and then set to work.
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Study my course (up to equivalence partitioning) sweep up after the cats made a mess with their litter last night, do the dishes and maybe some clothes washing.
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Work. :chores:
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Go and buy some cat food (again). Might accompany Kayleigh to the hairdresser.
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Take my car for its 12 month tyre check (it's free so I don't mind) and then take Liam and Kira to the vet. Liam for a Depredil injection and Kira for his second vaccination.
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Work. Review some papers.
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Gotta make a trip to the funeral home. Fuck...I hate this shit.
Especially for this cantankerous, evil old fool. He was one of my favorite humans.
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Sorry for your loss, IQ.
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Trying to prepare for this week, especially since the vote is suppose to happen on Wednesday, a day I normally maintain the blog... :(
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Also I'm going to focus on alot of editing, and blogging today while I have the chance. Just basically staying busy...
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Sorry for the loss IQ :(
I felt the same way when my grandmother died, but then again, I hardly knew her real well...
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Going to work. :chores:
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Gotta make a trip to the funeral home. Fuck...I hate this shit.
Especially for this cantankerous, evil old fool. He was one of my favorite humans.
I must have missed the notice of his passing. Losing someone who is special always sucks.
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Gotta make a trip to the funeral home. Fuck...I hate this shit.
Especially for this cantankerous, evil old fool. He was one of my favorite humans.
I must have missed the notice of his passing. Losing someone who is special always sucks.
He was well loved. The place was packed to the rafters.
He was "the" local mechanic for years. Practical joker, real...and a friend. Later when his 3rd wife came along, I gained another friend.
I worked at the local store and ran the lottery machine for 10+ years. Saw him for coffee in the morning, a sandwich later, and his numbers in the evening.
He played the same 20 4-digit numbers every day. I knew them all by heart as I did with a few others (that used to be my one idiot savant skill). He would keep the list to check me and I would say them before I punched them in. He used to bet the guys he knew that I wouldn't miss a one. He never did tell me how much money he made off of me before no one would take his bet anymore. ;)
Him and his wife invited me over the house and to tag along with them and her 2 daughters a lot. I can count on 3 fingers all the places I've never felt out of place at. That was one. He told me stuff that pissed me off that I needed to hear, and I did the same to him. When I got my hair cut one year and it looked like shit...everyone kept telling me "Oh how cute" it looked and how fast it would grow back in. He was the one that took one look and said "fuck, who did that? It looks like shit, don't go back to them whatever you do." :laugh:
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Did not know this was in my future, but I drove a veteran and his amazingly beautiful Pakistani wife seven and some miles to his humble home after we both struck up jokes about something on sale at a store.
Anyway they had crying tissues for the local (Indiana University) basketball hero guys who lost early in the playoffs. I had just said that I knew a couple of "friends" I could buy these for and stab them with them for weeks. This guy behind me in line said that maybe they should also have monogrammed toilet paper.
I said, "Now you're talking about football season!" We both laughed a bit and started up talking more and more.
Turns out they were walking when we got to our car. I asked if they needed a lift and he refused, so we went across the street to the other store in our tour and they walked in. Surprised to see them again, I said I was off work and on a simple mission and I would gladly give them a ride to wherever they are going.
He refused for the third time.
I said, "You are a veteran, aren't you?" He said, "Yes, but I do not want any special treatment." I just said that, "I would be honored if I could give you a lift to wherever you are headed and I would think nothing more of it." I told him how I had tried to serve when I was younger and was rejected twice in the early seventies, but I had family who served.
I could see by his gaze that he was thinking about taking a ride, but still unsure. I opened the back door and told him that I was mostly unarmed and except for this pen I keep in my pocket, which I pulled out and threw into the back seat floor board, and this blade (big ass knife thing I keep with me, with which I did the same) I am unarmed and he is welcome to have a ride home.
He picked them both up, handed them back to me and said, "You call these weapons? Maybe someone should buy you some tissues." Then shook my hand, chuckling, got into the car with his wife and told me where to drive.
I do not think I have ever had a similar experience.
We were instant "friends" and I would recognize him again.
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Going to take the dog to the vet.
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Going to take the dog to the vet.
Is she ok?
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Going to take the dog to the vet.
Is she ok?
Yeah. They X-rayed her hips to make sure that everything is OK.
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Going to take the dog to the vet.
Is she ok?
Yeah. They X-rayed her hips to make sure that everything is OK.
Good, she's a young dog isn't she?
We've had the same done for our cat, she had to be anaesthetised(sp).
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Going to take the dog to the vet.
Is she ok?
Yeah. They X-rayed her hips to make sure that everything is OK.
Good, she's a young dog isn't she?
We've had the same done for our cat, she had to be anaesthetised(sp).
She's 17 months old. And yes, they had to give her a shot to calm her down, too. Poor thing, she did everything she could to stay awake but couldn't.
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It's a weird feeling, trying to stay awake while anaesthesia pulls you down into oblivion.
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Well you know what they say DD-that the pen is mightier than the sword. At least until some motherfucking crackhead carrying a gun turns up then the wielders of both are completely, well and truly buggered:autism:
As for me, about to set up a couple of ice baths, so I can get a reaction flask loaded with KMnO4, NaBr, and mount a claisen head to it, and fit a pressure equalized addition funnel filled with concentrated sulfuric acid to the top and a condenser leading to a receiver flask in a salted ice bath to condense the bromine. Although it'll have to be done exceedingly carefully, to avoid formation of the volatile and rather..energetic...plus damnably unstable manganese heptoxide, Mn2O7.
After, that is, I've had a pizza first.
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Gotta make a trip to the funeral home. Fuck...I hate this shit.
Especially for this cantankerous, evil old fool. He was one of my favorite humans.
That's a wonderful tribute. Rest in peace, old codger. :oldman:
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Not sure, beyond walking the dog.
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Got an appointment with a pain clinic coming up today IIRC.
Right now though I'm just putting my feet up and hitting a zoot :D
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Got to order some gas taps in 24/40 joint size/taper, some teflon tubing and both some xylene (a solvent very similar to toluene or benzene) and some 85% phosphoric acid, to be used for making triphenylphosphonium bromide as this triphenylphosphonium halide decomposes when heated to temperature at which xylene refluxes giving one back one's triphenylphosphine for regeneration, and then the gas passed into both anhydrous glacial acetic acid and anhydrous propionic acids for use.
Although I've got to buy a replacement 2liter erlenmeyer flask that broke when vacuum filtration of the project's feedstock was being isolated too :(
Could do with some chloroform, I'm out and I don't want to piss about with huge solvent volumes when making it via a haloform reaction (acetone and hypochlorite/other hypohalite bleach can be reacted to make chloroform as well as bromoform or iodoform)
Haloform reaction smells nasty and takes up lots of space,gets very hot too. And yields based on acetone aren't great. So I think I might buy some, got someone who will trade me some nitroethane (I've no problem obtaining it, although its highly watched via many sources) in exchange for both some benzene and a liter of chloroform)
Might go that way, and in the meantime, use dichloromethane instead as solvent, since its similar in properties to CHCl3 in a great number of ways).
Should really add some more dichloromethane to my shopping list, as I do use lots of it, I redistill my used dichlor, and recycle it but some inevitably evaporates, and I do use a LOT of dichlor, so another 20 liters plus the same of acetone and xylene are in order methinks. Could do with some more toluene too, only have one liter left, and maybe treat myself to some DMF (dimethyl formamide) while I'm at it. Hm...maybe some conc. formic and some more glacial acetic acid, will need the propionic acid for my test process there too. And gas taps. Can never have too many gas taps :P
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Dunno. Might watch some TV.
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Watching trek-TNG and andromeda.
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Get the weekly shopping done and return a book to the library and pick up one that's on hold
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pitching crap
cleaning
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pitching crap
cleaning
I feel like that's 90% of what I do in my life :laugh:
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Go to the shops and buy a few presents and groceries. Hopefully that will be me done until after Christmas.
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Meet the new doctor, do some cleaning, waiting for monkeygirl to come home from school and officially start her Christmas vacation, and celebrate the boyfriends birthday tonight.
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pitching crap
cleaning
I feel like that's 90% of what I do in my life :laugh:
Dog crap or clutter crap?
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Keep calm and clear on.
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pitching crap
cleaning
I feel like that's 90% of what I do in my life :laugh:
Dog crap or clutter crap?
Alllll the crap
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pitching crap
cleaning
I have been working on and off for over three months, going through "stuff" stored in my garage. I have now gotten down to "the hard things."
I am on a mission now to get rid of everything to do with photographic backgrounds, lighting equipment, stands of all sorts, accouterments to make it all work together, etc.
I put them on Craig's List to just come by and pick it all up for free. No responses for a week. Time is up.
I actually invested many thousands of dollars in this equipment, including powered lighting, various strobe lamps, cabling to match of all sorts, all kinds of modifiers for those lamps - many years ago. Now, since I do not plan to do any more studio photography, all this stuff is headed for the county recycle facility.
It was a difficult decision to make.
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DirtDawg it's head shaking about how little earlier technology is appreciated or wanted. I have a chess game that where you play against the small computer in it. Couldn't give it away.
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Take one of the kids to an appt
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Wrap my mum's birthday present (a calendar with funny pictures of cats on it) in bright blue metallic wrapping paper. She's partly colour blind and has a real appreciation for anything blue because she can see that well.
Have to write in some Christmas cards and put vouchers inside too.
Going to take some pictures today (selfies).
Going to clean up the cats' eating area.
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Dirtdawg, if you haven't got rid yet, if you've any photographic reagents, I might be interested in buying them. There's quite a lot of useful stuff used in darkroom chemistry.
That's how I got my silver chloride, and palladium dichloride for example.
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I will be praying to all that is holy that monkegirl, who was up and down all night, doesn't start a vomit fest today. For both our sakes.
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DirtDawg it's head shaking about how little earlier technology is appreciated or wanted. I have a chess game that where you play against the small computer in it. Couldn't give it away.
Right?
I had three, two thousand watt/second flash generators and six strobes to fit them, four spare strobe "bulbs," twenty foot tall stands to hold the strobes up high, which I probably paid around six thousand dollars for in the '90s and I can not even give them away.
I also had six other branded strobe generators, much smaller, designed for studio work rather than large scale location photography, about twenty strobe lamps to go with them along with the stands, light modifiers (umbrellas, light boxes, scrims, etc.), hundreds of feet of cabling, very complicated, but so flexible in use. Probably about another eight thousand '90s dollars there.
It is all gone now. I gave it up to the local county recycling facility.
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Dirtdawg, if you haven't got rid yet, if you've any photographic reagents, I might be interested in buying them. There's quite a lot of useful stuff used in darkroom chemistry.
That's how I got my silver chloride, and palladium dichloride for example.
Sorry, but that stuff is all gone as well. I had many gallons of sealed chemicals which had begun to crystallize and felt it would be safer to take them to proper disposal authorities about four years ago. All that went away along with about forty pounds of dry chemicals and dozens of packages of unopened photographic printing paper as well.
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Working on my present for my sister. Doesn't have to be done until the middle of January and thank goodness for that because I'm way behind.
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Damnation rot it's bollocks!
DD, that's a bugger that is. I just KNOW there'd have been tons of stuff I'd have bought and if needs be cleaned up, hell those flash bulbs, I know just what those would have been useful for. flash-pumped lasers.
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Damnation rot it's bollocks!
DD, that's a bugger that is. I just KNOW there'd have been tons of stuff I'd have bought and if needs be cleaned up, hell those flash bulbs, I know just what those would have been useful for. flash-pumped lasers.
No need be to clean up anything. It was still a point of pride with me when I stored them all away. I wrapped everything in plastic and packed it in foam for safe keeping, fully intending to use it all again some day. Even the various few dozen light stands, tripods and background booms and beams were oiled up and wrapped in plastic before I stored them away in my garage. But re-establishing a photography business never happened.
I did sell my sixteen inch and twenty four inch continuous paper processors while they still had value. I got nineteen thousand dollars for those two beasts in 2002. I got about five thousand for my large format enlarger with six various length lenses, Rodenstock, Schneider, Nikon, even a classic Kodak lens.
I also had a flat bed projector that would take a standard contact print from a large format or proof size from a medium or small format and project it up to sixty by forty inches, used to help sell enlargements. It used three Rodenstock lenses and I got two thousand for that super nice piece of equipment. All that was many years ago, 2002.
So, I can not really say that I got nothing for everything. Just irritating that all that super bad ass lighting equipment was not sellable.
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Drive then drive some more, leaving for Florida around 6 it's about 22-24 hour drive
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Still have to make the French Toast Casserole for tomorrow. Super easy https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/240502/easy-french-toast-casserole/
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I get to take a shower today thank god! After 3 days :laugh:
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I get to take a shower today thank god! After 3 days :laugh:
Pics or it didn't happen. :zombiefuck:
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I'm going to finish another painting and post it to my Instagram page. :autism:
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Buy as much cat food as I can for $20.
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I get to take a shower today thank god! After 3 days :laugh:
Pics or it didn't happen. :zombiefuck:
:lol1:
Today I'm planning on eating lasagna once it's out of the oven :drool:
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I'm going to paint for hours. I'm working on something right now. 8)
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I get to take a shower today thank god! After 3 days :laugh:
Pics or it didn't happen. :zombiefuck:
:lol1:
Today I'm planning on eating lasagna once it's out of the oven :drool:
Back girls, back I say!! :squiddy:
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I get to take a shower today thank god! After 3 days :laugh:
Pics or it didn't happen. :zombiefuck:
:lol1:
Today I'm planning on eating lasagna once it's out of the oven :drool:
Back girls, back I say!! :squiddy:
I think the whip is mine. I already have the boots to go with :cfm:
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Now thats an image that you've probably burnt into at least half, probably somewhat over half the population of I2.
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I get to take a shower today thank god! After 3 days :laugh:
Pics or it didn't happen. :zombiefuck:
:lol1:
Today I'm planning on eating lasagna once it's out of the oven :drool:
Back girls, back I say!! :squiddy:
I think the whip is mine. I already have the boots to go with :cfm:
I am liking this~
Nothing more powerful than a woman who knows good accessories. Cheers lass
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Today I'm planning on eating lasagna once it's out of the oven :drool:
I'd like to join you. :D
I ate lasagna at my sister's house at Christmas. It was so delicious.
Today I'm going to a friend's place to celebrate New Year. I have cans of drink and a can of Pringles to take. I'll wear my new Hufflepuff t-shirt.
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I get to take a shower today thank god! After 3 days :laugh:
Pics or it didn't happen. :zombiefuck:
:lol1:
Today I'm planning on eating lasagna once it's out of the oven :drool:
Back girls, back I say!! :squiddy:
I think the whip is mine. I already have the boots to go with :cfm:
If cbc or I wore those boots they would come up to our chins.
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I get to take a shower today thank god! After 3 days :laugh:
Pics or it didn't happen. :zombiefuck:
:lol1:
Today I'm planning on eating lasagna once it's out of the oven :drool:
Back girls, back I say!! :squiddy:
I think the whip is mine. I already have the boots to go with :cfm:
If cbc or I wore those boots they would come up to our chins.
:lol1: Haha, in my case they'd have to make it up my big thick calves first,
which they probably wouldn't. Peasant stock is hard on them fancy boots! :laugh:
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I get to take a shower today thank god! After 3 days :laugh:
Pics or it didn't happen. :zombiefuck:
:lol1:
Today I'm planning on eating lasagna once it's out of the oven :drool:
Back girls, back I say!! :squiddy:
I think the whip is mine. I already have the boots to go with :cfm:
If cbc or I wore those boots they would come up to our chins.
:lol1: Haha, in my case they'd have to make it up my big thick calves first,
which they probably wouldn't. Peasant stock is hard on them fancy boots! :laugh:
Wait, you don't have any legs.
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I get to take a shower today thank god! After 3 days :laugh:
Pics or it didn't happen. :zombiefuck:
:lol1:
Today I'm planning on eating lasagna once it's out of the oven :drool:
Back girls, back I say!! :squiddy:
I think the whip is mine. I already have the boots to go with :cfm:
If cbc or I wore those boots they would come up to our chins.
:lol1: Haha, in my case they'd have to make it up my big thick calves first,
which they probably wouldn't. Peasant stock is hard on them fancy boots! :laugh:
Wait, you don't have any legs.
I'm not sure I have a chin either. :apondering:
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I get to take a shower today thank god! After 3 days :laugh:
Pics or it didn't happen. :zombiefuck:
:lol1:
Today I'm planning on eating lasagna once it's out of the oven :drool:
Back girls, back I say!! :squiddy:
I think the whip is mine. I already have the boots to go with :cfm:
If cbc or I wore those boots they would come up to our chins.
:lol1: Haha, in my case they'd have to make it up my big thick calves first,
which they probably wouldn't. Peasant stock is hard on them fancy boots! :laugh:
Wait, you don't have any legs.
I'm not sure I have a chin either. :apondering:
:thumbup: - he doesn't either.
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I really wanted to be able to wear :cfm: but I never could, even as a skinny 12-year-old.
Today I am going to paint for hours! And also do :laundry: :laundry: :laundry:
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Remember go-go boots?
Today I will wait for my g'friend to call that she's well enough to have us over tonight. Either way it's go to the store to pick up some stuff to celebrate tonight.
Hopefully clear more of the house.
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Today I will finish cleaning up for our NYE activities and have a nap so I have a hope of staying up until midnight.
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For a comfy fit and big stylish leather boots, I recommend Newrock boots.
Very comfy and they look great. I have a pair, big flat platform heels, thick, heavy leather, zip up boots that do up at the side, steel plates on the back of the heel and front of the toe (not internal steel toecaps, the steel plates are on the outside on the ones i have), leather straps, lots of darkened metal and black leather.
I need to get the inside of the lining of one of the pair repaired though.
Cost a bit over 200 quid, more than I'd usually ever dream of paying for clothing, but I love those boots. So comfy, so big and heavy and have a good feel to them in a sensory, spazzy way, and of course, it'd be a daft street punk who'd risk getting kicked with boots like that, they weigh somewhat in the range of a house brick (per boot), and would do an awful lot of damage with a well-aimed stomp, and something like a roundhouse kick to the ribs or side of the head would flatten a horse. Big, clunky, gothy....just my style.
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My g'friend isn't feeling up to celebrating tonight, so we'll probably celebrate New Years Day instead.
Went to the grocery and picked up goodies for The PR and I to celebrate at home.
Will go to a 12 step meeting.
Hopefully I will be able to clear more from the house.
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I saw the karma...did I really make her smile and laugh and make her day happier QV?
*SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*
I'm about to quickly login to ebay and buy myself some concentrated phosphoric acid.
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For a comfy fit and big stylish leather boots, I recommend Newrock boots.
Very comfy and they look great. I have a pair, big flat platform heels, thick, heavy leather, zip up boots that do up at the side, steel plates on the back of the heel and front of the toe (not internal steel toecaps, the steel plates are on the outside on the ones i have), leather straps, lots of darkened metal and black leather.
I need to get the inside of the lining of one of the pair repaired though.
Cost a bit over 200 quid, more than I'd usually ever dream of paying for clothing, but I love those boots. So comfy, so big and heavy and have a good feel to them in a sensory, spazzy way, and of course, it'd be a daft street punk who'd risk getting kicked with boots like that, they weigh somewhat in the range of a house brick (per boot), and would do an awful lot of damage with a well-aimed stomp, and something like a roundhouse kick to the ribs or side of the head would flatten a horse. Big, clunky, gothy....just my style.
reminds me of the lyrics:
Shredded black leather wrinkled and soaked in
blood, Tangled, ripped chrome, spokes
and rubber ground in the dirt and fresh bones
and clean oil and gas catching fire at dusk.
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I saw the karma...did I really make her smile and laugh and make her day happier QV?
*SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*
I'm about to quickly login to ebay and buy myself some concentrated phosphoric acid.
yes, you did.
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DD-whats that from?
And QV *double SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESQUEEEEESQUEEESQUEEEEEEE!!!!*
Good, because her being happy gives me the warm fuzzies.
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More cleaning, hang out with the kids
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I've taken Kayleigh to physiotherapy, soon will take her to the doctor. I know she's not my kid, but I can drive and she can't. Just as well I have enough petrol to last me until the 8th, when we get paid and I can fill up again.
I'll probably do some sweeping when I get home, this place gathers the dust.
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I need to catch up on stuff around the house :laundry:
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Review two whitepapers.
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Review two whitepapers.
I thought that said "Review two whippersnappers" and I have no idea why I thought I saw that :laugh:
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Review two whitepapers.
I thought that said "Review two whippersnappers" and I have no idea why I thought I saw that :laugh:
:LMAO:
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Review two whitepapers.
I thought that said "Review two whippersnappers" and I have no idea why I thought I saw that :laugh:
:hahaha:
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Clean up cobwebs and sweep the leaves outside.
Clean all the kitchen cupboards inside.
Clean the laundry, especially the windowsill. Not sure how that got so dirty.
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Errands and appointments. :GA:
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I've already been for an hour's walk.
I'm going to continue cleaning the kitchen. And I have an appointment at the employment agency at 12:30pm.
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A bit of a scheme has just started to ferment in me noggin, it's come pay-day for me today, and there is something specific I need by ways of certain chemicals, in particular, an adamantane derivative, because I've been wanting to make myself a batch of memantine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memantine
And I just had a bit of a wizard wheeze, thought, many of the big chinese companies do free samples of merchandise....why not contact them ALL, and get as many free samples as possible and then essentially, be able to run the reaction on a pilot scale for free? a lot of them have minimum orders of 1kg of precursor, so I'm thinking try for 50-100g as a free sample, if I can convince 10 businesses to do that, or 20 if I asked for/got 50g per, then I'd have the kg of precursor I need for free without having to spend a penny.
A little bit naughty of me perhaps, but I'd be telling the truth, it IS for testing on a pilot scale, only thing is, I'm neglecting to mention the fact that a 1kg-scale rxn would last me at least a couple of years.
Might be REALLY cheeky and try and blag myself a liter of free formamide the same way :mischief:
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I need to catch up on stuff around the house :laundry:
Me too! I do stuff and it doesn't stay done! :runaway: :GA:
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I did catch up on a lot today. And I even took some breaks in between.
Feels good, looks good, smells good.
In the hallway, close to the shoes, I left a teabag filled with ground coffee. I put some staples in the bag to make sure the coffee stays put.
It smells good in my hallway!
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Going to buy some crisps and spend the evening watching Netflix. Not much else to do - I'm travelling again.
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Got a melting point test to run after I've finished watching something on TV, then depending on the results, either recrystallization of the main batch of what's being sampled and tested or two reductive processes conducted on same, and after, I think I'm going to take apart my seized up rotary vane pump. See if I can't get it working again, I'd sooner be able to repair it, as ATM I'm stuck using a water aspirator, rather than having a decent vacuum line, and this fucker is only really suited for either really low boiling solvents, or for vacuum filtration.
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Going to buy some crisps and spend the evening watching Netflix. Not much else to do - I'm travelling again.
You need to travel to more interesting places dude!
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Going to buy some crisps and spend the evening watching Netflix. Not much else to do - I'm travelling again.
You need to travel to more interesting places dude!
He doesn't get much choice when it's work travel :laugh:
Today needs to be laundry day :laundry:
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Going to buy some crisps and spend the evening watching Netflix. Not much else to do - I'm travelling again.
You need to travel to more interesting places dude!
Yeah, I'll talk to my team leader. Although he did buy me a beer today. Denmark isn't all bad.
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Taking the youngest pupper to the vet for a vaccine.
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Payed bills. Most of the day :soapbox:
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Appointments and eventually errands
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Today I am going to bake the chicken I have been brining overnight. A couple of hours before time to set it in the oven.
In addition, I intend to binge on Stargate SG1 for a while. Started last night by watching the old movie.
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I am thinking about watching a couple of stupid dashcam videos on Youtube later. :zoinks:
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pick up a Rx, have them change anothe Rx from child-proof to easy open bottles.
Clear house
Laundry
Take stuff to the thrift store
Laugh myself silly at the above list.
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I need sleep so badly right now. Can barely keep my eyes open. Just 3.5 more hours to go and then it's early to bed for this lady.
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pick up a Rx, have them change anothe Rx from child-proof to easy open bottles.
Clear house
Laundry
Take stuff to the thrift store
Laugh myself silly at the above list.
Bookends. Did the first and the last.
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Laundry is whirling in the dryer :hadron: and I intend to continue painting!
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Thinking about a snack while I ponder everything that needs to be done tomorrow
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When we moved into my house I showed my wife my clothes-drying hack.
See most people hang their clothes outside on a washing line. Then at night time they need to bring the clothes inside or they get damp, and be ready to run outside and grab the clothes if it looks like rain.
And then end up using the clothes dryer a lot.
I just strung some rope between the beams in the roof and hung the clothes from the rope. That way I can just grab the clothes any time of the day or night, winter or summer. The clothes might take a full day to dry in the middle of winter in damp weather, or a couple of hours in summer.
My wife uses my fishing rods as extra hanging space for underpants.
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We don't have a clothes dryer. And I'm kind of glad because those things can chew the electricity. Instead I hang clothes at dusk and they dry during the night. That way they don't fade from the sun. This is during summer, anyway.
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I have hanging racks for my laundry. I love the scent of laundry that dried in the wind. When it gets damp or rain is on its way I take the racks from the fence and hang them in the attic. On wet days and in winter clothes hang in the attic. To speed up drying on damp days I aim a fan at them. A fan uses way less energy than a dryer, is more silent. And it does not damage the fabric of the laundry the way a dryer does.
Clothes and such live way longer without a dryer.
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Used to have ropes between the beams. But something used up that space. The rack solution works just as well. And, even better when it is about getting clothes outside to dry in the wind.
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Going to spend some time fixing bits and pieces of code used for a conference website.
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Tomorrow I go to the dentist. Then beer.
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I'm travelling to Copenhagen, again. Going to spend the entire day in a meeting and then follow up with a project dinner where I have to socialise. :GA:
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Hopefully call asleep soon. It's 4:10 a.m. and I'm still awake.
update: The last time I looked at the clock was 5:40. Got up a tad after 10. Hopefully I will not get in an accident taking The PR to bowling today. Also that I will fall asleep without any aids tonight.
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At dentist. Woo.
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Hopefully call asleep soon. It's 4:10 a.m. and I'm still awake.
update: The last time I looked at the clock was 5:40. Got up a tad after 10. Hopefully I will not get in an accident taking The PR to bowling today. Also that I will fall asleep without any aids tonight.
Sounds like my night, though I got up 7:30. Usually I manage well with an occasional 3 hour night . But today I didn't. When I came home I are and I crashed on the couch. Then my bowels decided a run to the porcelain throne was needed.
Sometimes my body bullies me.
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Planning on an early sleep tonight. My best friend and I will be having our first regular Wednesday b'fast get together in over 6 weeks. The holidays and doctor appts interfered.
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Going to fly back home.
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Give Kayleigh a lift to the hairdresser, go home and shower and that sort of stuff, pick Kayleigh up and then go grocery shopping.
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Go to sleep for an hour or two, get up, have breakfast, go home, have a few pints, have tea, go back to hospital...
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I have already been out for an hour walking...
Going to take Kayleigh to the doctor, then go to the job agency and hopefully convince them that I need money for the small business courses I'm doing.
Afternoon nap.
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I thought that this would be a good day to doze off and just snooze. Unfortunately for those in trouble, the many fire department runs right past my house made that not happen.
So I gave up on dozing and baked a chicken and vegetable meal.
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Go food shopping, there's not much left in our pantry or fridge/freezer.
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Perhaps I will assemble a cabinet. We shall see.
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Bought a ticket 2 months ago to see Tim Minchin tonight with a friend. It means a drive to and from the city tonight. Macca's on the way there. I've never been to the venue before so that will be a bit of a driving adventure.
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Can't be bothered to do anything useful before going to bed.
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Go for a walk and then go for a blood test. I'm walking there because it isn't far away.
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Clothes washing. I've overflowed my clothes basket.
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Clothes washing. I've overflowed my clothes basket.
I hope you're well as can be.
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Clothes washing. I've overflowed my clothes basket.
I hope you're well as can be.
Yep, I'm fine. Recovered enough from the Expo to take my meds and stay awake.
Today I have a chiropractor appointment, what fun.
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:chores:
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
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:chores:
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All play and no work makes Jack a mere gopher. :zoinks:
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Trying to make a resource for a painting project.
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Wash sheets and doona cover after one of the cats was sick on them. I think the culprit was Liam.
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:chores:
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All play and no work makes Jack a mere gopher. :zoinks:
:lol1:
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Go for a walk, come back, have a shower, etc., go and buy my nephew a present and an 18 birthday card, go and do some shopping at Aldi.
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Do some writing. Take care of company paperwork. Walk the dog.
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Trying to make a resource for a painting project.
What sort of resource? :orly:
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Take a walk to the chemist, then later tonight Kayleigh and I are going down to the foreshore to see what colour is lighting the bridge. It's world autism day today and we're wondering if the bridge will be lit up blue or not.
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Work. :chores:
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Take a walk to the chemist, then later tonight Kayleigh and I are going down to the foreshore to see what colour is lighting the bridge. It's world autism day today and we're wondering if the bridge will be lit up blue or not.
The bridge was lit up a yellow/green colour.
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Because of Autism Day? Cool. Can't say anyone around here noticed.
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They would have had the Bell Tower in the city lit up blue - they've done it in previous years. They being the Autism Association here.
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Nobody's celebrating the spazzes around here. Here being Copenhagen. I'm going home tomorrow.
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Go to bed. There's not much of today left.
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Lawn care
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Don't know.
I probably should do something. :-\
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Sneeze while doing yard work.
Fucking flowers.
I should plant more. :autism:
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Bring the chairs off the front porch and the trash can into the garport (carport with a garage door) and just stay inside.
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I'll probably have another beer.
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Have to go and buy tinned cat food (the 85g tins) and then go and see the latest Avengers movie. That I have money this late in the fortnight to spend is a bit of a miracle.
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:laundry: among other things...
(https://giphy.com/gifs/3o7TKRT1CnzXyZG7Xq/html5)
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Take The PR bowling
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Get back home? Harder than you'd think.
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Going to Bunnings (big hardware store) to buy some light globes. The one in the bathroom isn't bright enough. Kayleigh keeps swapping them around since the one in the lounge room blew. There's no globe in the laundry.
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Work on mowers...I fixed one and SO used it at the bar and says it doesn't go "fast enough" for him.
(https://media.giphy.com/media/jDA2I0SAErR28/giphy.gif)
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Washing, washing and more washing.
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Need to get the Jag to the shop for a new ignition coil.
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Need to start evaluating and sorting what to set out for the yard sale next weekend. Neighbor is setting up this year with a massive amount of stuff, should be worth my time.
She's closer to the road...her stuff will lure them in, her prices will make them walk over here. ;)
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Cook dinner.
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Endeavor to talk to my mum. It's Mother's Day here. I've rung her twice and it's gone to voicemail. I left a message which I don't normally do.
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Take the cub to the zoo.
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Take the cub to the zoo.
Post pictures.
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Book an appointment at the hairdresser. Maybe some grocery shopping.
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Travel back home.
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Find constructive uses of my time .___.
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Take Kayleigh to the podiatrist. Maybe shop for some birthday cards.
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Why are you ferrying your flatmate about? You are throwing your money away.
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Celebrate midsummer with friends. It's a Swedish thing, and while I'm not into traditions as such, beer is nice.
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Read.....and write.
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Why are you ferrying your flatmate about? You are throwing your money away.
She has to go again on Monday but she's catching the bus because I can't take her.
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That's it. You can't take her. You need local state help in dealing with her if she gets violent because you're turning the tap off.
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Bake a pie for my coworker who is leaving the company.
(I'm totally cheating, it's a premade pie crust and filling out of a can (plus fresh blueberries) but I figure she will still appreciate the gesture.)
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^ Blueberry pie? Yum, I'd appreciate that.
Supposed to go shopping today, trying to get up the courage.
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Mutate into another life form or go to sleep.......decisions decisions.... :zombiefuck:
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Sleep. Sleep always wins.
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Sleep is nice.
Will have to work, though.
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Sleep. Sleep always wins.
Sleep won! I'll mutate another day.
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All I have to do is make sure Mollie goes out for her nightly pee, engage in my getting-ready-for-bed routine and fill the cats' water bowl. Then it's bed time.
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Bring Carla her coffee at work and then browse the book store!
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Take my pup on a long walk. 8)
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What kind of pup?
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What kind of pup?
Lab/German shepherd mix. Black and dark brown...my beautiful girl. :]
She is currently passed out on the floor from the walk. It was HOT outside.
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What kind of pup?
Lab/German shepherd mix. Black and dark brown...my beautiful girl. :]
She is currently passed out on the floor from the walk. It was HOT outside.
I like labs. They're so friendly.
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What kind of pup?
Lab/German shepherd mix. Black and dark brown...my beautiful girl. :]
She is currently passed out on the floor from the walk. It was HOT outside.
I like labs. They're so friendly.
She is very sweet to humans. She "talks" too.
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What kind of pup?
Lab/German shepherd mix. Black and dark brown...my beautiful girl. :]
She is currently passed out on the floor from the walk. It was HOT outside.
I like labs. They're so friendly.
She is very sweet to humans. She "talks" too.
So does mine. She's the most expressive dog I've ever had.
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What kind of pup?
Lab/German shepherd mix. Black and dark brown...my beautiful girl. :]
She is currently passed out on the floor from the walk. It was HOT outside.
I like labs. They're so friendly.
She is very sweet to humans. She "talks" too.
So does mine. She's the most expressive dog I've ever had.
:)
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What kind of pup?
Lab/German shepherd mix. Black and dark brown...my beautiful girl. :]
She is currently passed out on the floor from the walk. It was HOT outside.
I like labs. They're so friendly.
Anyone remember LabPet? She was a kinky sod.
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My son wants a Border Collie.
My wife is reluctant because they have a reputation for getting bored easily and wreaking havoc.
At this stage we are probably going to get a Golden Retriever.
My first dog was a lab, from when I was one year old. Then when I was in my late teens my sister got a German Shepherd. They were both excellent dogs. I had a Golden Retriever for a year when I was in my thirties, he was a guide dog puppy and I had to give him back. Golden Retrievers have an excellent temperament and are very easy to train. But they really don't like the heat. When he was a small puppy I took him for a relatively short walk on a hot day and I had to literally carry him home when he collapsed on the ground panting.
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Golden Retrievers are a lot easier to handle than Border Collies, but yeah, they do not like the heat.
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they have a reputation for getting bored easily and wreaking havoc.
That sounds like my niece.
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Border Collies have endless energy. Kayleigh's parents have one and the dog has been known to go and go until she throws up. Also, they had to get a CrimSafe wire door for the backyard as she destroyed all the others.
Today we have an inspection of the house. Afterwards, I'll have a nap. Then I'll go shopping for cat food, they really get through the dry food.
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Go to bed, I hope.
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Going to finish editing a whitepaper and then do the presentation that goes with it.
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Work at wallyworld. aka, walmart, the evil empire!
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Walk to the shop down the road and buy some groceries.
Do some washing of clothes.
Worst of all, clean the cats' litter tray. It does not look or smell good.
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Have a Without later.
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Go to work....hopefully on time....
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BBQ effort coming up later.
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Bark all day.
Go with Kayleigh to a games shop so she can play X-Wing. It's a rather interesting game once they start battling and evading each other.
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Hit some golf balls.
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Bark all day.
Go with Kayleigh to a games shop so she can play X-Wing. It's a rather interesting game once they start battling and evading each other.
Are we still talking about Border Collies, or are you actually going to bark all day?
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Nah, it's what my cough sounds like, heh.
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Take Kayleigh to her psych appointment. Good thing about winter is that I can sit in the car and read. In the place where Kayleigh goes, the waiting room is shared with people with GP appointments and I don't want to hang around in there.
We may go to play X-Wing again. I'm just learning how to play it but I beat Kayleigh last week.
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I'm barely awake but I have to work today. Ugh.
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I got a couple of days off until Friday... so I'll just relax a bit... maybe I'll go see a movie? (I could do it this weekend though....)
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Going to fix a couple of issues in a conversion stylesheet.
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Get some more done in the MEGA cleaning project. Other people do spring cleaning, I wait until the mega tree pollen season is over. 8)
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Working on a few side projects...
Might work on my revisions, and reading as well.
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Not sure. There's nothing much to do at work at the moment, which feels a bit odd after a year's worth of stress.
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Listening to my tunes before work.... I got a shift at 3pm
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About to eat dinner. After that, no idea. I might go back to the hotel to read.
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I need to get to work around 11:30 am... so the best bet is to leave the house around 11:11 am (No later than that... otherwise I would be huffy!)
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I need to get to work around 11:30 am... so the best bet is to leave the house around 11:11 am (No later than that... otherwise I would be huffy!)
Meh... it's an oopsie, but I'll make it a priority for today to remember tomorrow.
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Go to bed!
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Go to bed!
:yawn:
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Bring Carla her coffee, paper and scratch ticket to her workplace. 8)
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Hop on a train back home.
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Pop 'round to my friends house to feed her cats while she's on vacation and then the rest of the day is a do nothing day. Fighting what started as a cold but I think it's now morphing into bronchitis. Kept the house up last night with my hacking :yawn:
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Pop 'round to my friends house to feed her cats while she's on vacation and then the rest of the day is a do nothing day. Fighting what started as a cold but I think it's now morphing into bronchitis. Kept the house up last night with my hacking :yawn:
Hmm, time to see the doctor.
I have an optometrist appointment this morning.
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Finish reading the Bio of Judy Garland, have a snack, my nightime meds and a small glass of sherry.
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I'm going to ride my bike around a bit.
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Pop 'round to my friends house to feed her cats while she's on vacation and then the rest of the day is a do nothing day. Fighting what started as a cold but I think it's now morphing into bronchitis. Kept the house up last night with my hacking :yawn:
Hmm, time to see the doctor.
I have an optometrist appointment this morning.
I saw the Dr on Saturday. It's viral and not bacterial so it's going to have to run it's course. I'm trying to find a comfortable way to sleep because if I sleep flat on my back, I'm up most of the night coughing and it's harder to breathe. Last night I grabbed extra pillows so I could be more upright which helped a bit.
Have to get groceries today and stop by the pharmacy and see if I can find something to help with symptoms that keep me up.
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Work
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Pop 'round to my friends house to feed her cats while she's on vacation and then the rest of the day is a do nothing day. Fighting what started as a cold but I think it's now morphing into bronchitis. Kept the house up last night with my hacking :yawn:
Hmm, time to see the doctor.
I have an optometrist appointment this morning.
I saw the Dr on Saturday. It's viral and not bacterial so it's going to have to run it's course. I'm trying to find a comfortable way to sleep because if I sleep flat on my back, I'm up most of the night coughing and it's harder to breathe. Last night I grabbed extra pillows so I could be more upright which helped a bit.
Have to get groceries today and stop by the pharmacy and see if I can find something to help with symptoms that keep me up.
I suggested the doctor because it sounded pretty bad, your description. Very glad it's not an infection.
I had a coughing virus a few months ago that I didn't go to the doctor for because I knew it was a virus. But boy, I was stuck at home for a week. Hadn't been that sick in years.
Going to get Kayleigh to have a look at my bike. Tried to ride it yesterday but the front brakes were stuck on no matter what I did.
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Go to the cable tv office and hash out a problem.
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Catching up on laundry, cancelled clients for the rest of the week because talking sends me into coughing spasms which makes me useless, and hoping to lay low for most of the day. That is if the younger dog cooperates.
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Laundry, finish cleaning out the last of the planters for storage.
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Bring in two loads of washing and fold/hang it. Take Kayleigh to her hair appointment. Meet with someone from the Salvos for hot chocolate. She's a Thai lady who's very lonely since her husband died. She wants to improve her English.
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That's really kind of you to spend time with her. It's hard losing a spouse and trying to rebuild your life again.
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That's really kind of you to spend time with her. It's hard losing a spouse and trying to rebuild your life again.
Thank you. She's a very kind lady who's become more social since she's been at the Salvos. It was her birthday last month so someone got her a cake and we all signed a card. She cried because she didn't expect anything.
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That's really kind of you to spend time with her. It's hard losing a spouse and trying to rebuild your life again.
Thank you. She's a very kind lady who's become more social since she's been at the Salvos. It was her birthday last month so someone got her a cake and we all signed a card. She cried because she didn't expect anything.
Aww. Little thoughtful things can make such a massive difference in someones life.
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Fly back home. :)
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Seriously chill out!
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I got all of my errands done before the worst of the snow arrives so now I'm home, in clean pj's, and going to curl up with my pups for a quiet afternoon and evening.
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Going to get ready for bed, which for me means starting a routine that cannot be interrupted.
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Going to get ready for bed, which for me means starting a routine that cannot be interrupted.
I love my bedtime routine. Now I want to go back to bed and it's only 8am here :laugh:
Today I have an appointment in the morning and groceries in the evening.
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I only very rarely want to go to bed.
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work
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I only very rarely want to go to bed.
If I could go to bed at 6pm and read for 4 hours before going to sleep, that would be heaven to me
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^Sounds like you're a voracious reader.
Today I'm taking Kayleigh to the doctor, then I'll be stopping off at the chemist for meds. We usually have lunch out but neither of us can afford it this week.
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^Sounds like you're a voracious reader.
Today I'm taking Kayleigh to the doctor, then I'll be stopping off at the chemist for meds. We usually have lunch out but neither of us can afford it this week.
I am. It's the one thing that eases my stress so quickly. But I've been reading before bed for so many years that I can't read at other times of the day or else I will fall asleep :lol1:
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Heh, reminds me of when I was in school and the library's mascot was a frog because RIBIT (Reading In Bed Is Terrific). I liked it because I've always been into reading. Uni killed the urge for a while but I'm slowly getting back into it. :)
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Ha! That's adorable :frog:
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Lots of errands, some laundry............
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crap! I forgot about my laundry. Thank you for the reminder, RH. lol
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Take Kayleigh to her psych appointment. Debating whether or not to sit in the car at 2 in the afternoon or go inside the doctors office. I usually wait in the car because inside is a GP's waiting area for all manner of sick patients. I don't like the vibe.
Anyway, afterwards we're going to Aldi to pick up some onions and ice, stuff we forgot in the shopping yesterday.
Then I'm going to the beach with my friend.
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I donated about two hundred and eighty books from my "coulda, shoulda, woulda wish I hadda" library.
I had kept them from the time my kids were four and two and the older was too old to sleep in the same room with the younger. I had my music room and library well started, but life is life.
I held on to them thinking that maybe, some day ...
It was a tough task to get through. I figure I have been "miser" long enough though and the local public library can do more with these treasures than I can do watching dust collect on the boxes I stored them in.
I feel good and bad.
:'(
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I am a massive book reader and just recently culled my collection and donated them. Very bittersweet indeed. But I'm at the point where I want to live with less stuff and I drastically downsized in 2017.
Today I need to get the oldest to and from work and then work myself.
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I am a massive book reader and just recently culled my collection and donated them. Very bittersweet indeed. But I'm at the point where I want to live with less stuff and I drastically downsized in 2017.
Today I need to get the oldest to and from work and then work myself.
Yeah, I did a major downsize of my volcano book collection for the same reason. And the books I read now, get donated to a local thrift store. I'm really liking living with less stuff. 8)
Grocery shopping.
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Stop talking about getting rid of books! :GA:
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Stop talking about getting rid of books! :GA:
We're triggering your OCD all over the damn place now aren't we
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Wait till he gets to the downsizing stage of life! ;)
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Cook some spaghetti and meatballs for supper and have some wine at happy hour! :wine:
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Finally found a place with an opening to get my brakes done so just dropped it off. Not happy about how much money it will cost but it needs to be done.
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Not quite as bad as getting rid of books, but I have been loading up my "ancient" red rolling Snap-on toolbox with "everything I will need" to continue my efforts on my classic muscle car regeneration, remotely.
My neighbor is going to help me move my hot rod Chevelle and a perfunctory set of tools to a storage unit. I have rented 20 by 28 foot private storage unit with electricity available. Not cheap.
We are preparing to buy another car for my son, now. I had tried to get him used to using my Chevy Traverse, but I think he hesitates, knowing how much I like the car and obsess over keeping it clean and maintained (I have always done so with every car I have owned - even my fifteen year old mini van that is now long gone. I donated that Old Gal to Goodwill five years ago).
We can forget him using his Mom's newer Chrysler 300S, which is only two years old now and very advanced technologically. That car even has that automatic "slam on the brakes thing" going on. We stopped the other day for a carwash and a kid jumps in front of the car to guide us into the wash bay. The car "STOPPED!" The kid was continually waving for us to move forward into the bay, but he was standing in front of the car. I had to open the window and yell at him to get out from in front of the car, because it was not going to move while protecting his safety.
My daughter's car is never used, but we are keeping it. It is hers, but we only have room for four cars and we are about to own five cars.
:GA:
He is buying a Jeep Patriot this week. I have to store my hot rod for now and work on it at a storage unit half way across town. +
That might be good in that I can go over, be alone and focus my efforts with no interruptions.
But, I am concerned as to how often I will get over there. It is much easier to putter around and get things done little by little if it is sitting in our driveway.
Now, there must be a concerted effort for me to even dust off the steering wheel.
Onward and upward, though. My son saving his money for his own car is a HUGE thing!!
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Well, we got everything over there.
My smallish, oldest tool box that I bought when I was eighteen (kept the two larger much more modern ones at home with most of my tools) with a minimal set of hand tools, several old lights and stands, many manuals, catalogs and books geared around this year of Chevelle, a hot plate, skillet, toaster oven, foil and a small refrigerator.
My neighbor has a flatbed trailer which fit it all in one trip.
Still crying a little.
I forgot to bring myself a chair, though.
I will need a chair! AND a table.
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Worked a 6 hour bazaar at a school 45 mins away that was packed with people and now I am officially peopled out. SO went to pick up dinner because my brain can't function to do the cooking thing and it's only the two of us tonight anyway so pressing the proverbial easy button.
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Going to the chemist. I'm not driving because it's only a 5-10 minute walk away.
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Work and be thankful I don't have to work Thanksgiving or black friday. :laugh:
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Well, we got everything over there.
My smallish, oldest tool box that I bought when I was eighteen (kept the two larger much more modern ones at home with most of my tools) with a minimal set of hand tools, several old lights and stands, many manuals, catalogs and books geared around this year of Chevelle, a hot plate, skillet, toaster oven, foil and a small refrigerator.
My neighbor has a flatbed trailer which fit it all in one trip.
Still crying a little.
I forgot to bring myself a chair, though.
I will need a chair! AND a table.
How are you going to sleep with the baby that far from home? ;)
When I first met my SO...years before the first date, he had a red 69 Chevelle SS, he used to burn the tires off the thing pulling out of the mini mart I worked at. My boss hated him...she used to run out the door screaming over the roar of the engine while I just smiled in the corner. :zoinks:
I was one of the first ones to call him a dumbass when he later traded it on the "something more sensible" new Chevy Cavalier later on.
He loved that car, still mourns it to this day. His mom helped talk him into trading it I think, sad. It was a beast. 8)
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Stop talking about getting rid of books! :GA:
We're triggering your OCD all over the damn place now aren't we
:'(
You meanies.
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Wait till he gets to the downsizing stage of life! ;)
That's what they keep telling me.
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Wait till he gets to the downsizing stage of life! ;)
That's what they keep telling me.
I did it in my 40's because I didn't want to do it in my 60's which is when most people do. But the SO was freaking out a little because I got so into pitching that he was beginning to think we'd have nothing left. He had to convince me to keep some furniture. lol
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Wait till he gets to the downsizing stage of life! ;)
That's what they keep telling me.
I did it in my 40's because I didn't want to do it in my 60's which is when most people do. But the SO was freaking out a little because I got so into pitching that he was beginning to think we'd have nothing left. He had to convince me to keep some furniture. lol
Yeah, mine comes in spurts, but, it seems that there is always a bag by the door waiting to be filled with stuff for the thrift store.
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Trying to decide what to do with my hair. Might go back to highlights again. It's getting too thin as I age :roar:
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Well, we got everything over there.
My smallish, oldest tool box that I bought when I was eighteen (kept the two larger much more modern ones at home with most of my tools) with a minimal set of hand tools, several old lights and stands, many manuals, catalogs and books geared around this year of Chevelle, a hot plate, skillet, toaster oven, foil and a small refrigerator.
My neighbor has a flatbed trailer which fit it all in one trip.
Still crying a little.
I forgot to bring myself a chair, though.
I will need a chair! AND a table.
How are you going to sleep with the baby that far from home? ;)
When I first met my SO...years before the first date, he had a red 69 Chevelle SS, he used to burn the tires off the thing pulling out of the mini mart I worked at. My boss hated him...she used to run out the door screaming over the roar of the engine while I just smiled in the corner. :zoinks:
I was one of the first ones to call him a dumbass when he later traded it on the "something more sensible" new Chevy Cavalier later on.
He loved that car, still mourns it to this day. His mom helped talk him into trading it I think, sad. It was a beast. 8)
Sounds like an awesome ride. Mine is not that different. Same era, at least.
While I am a big fan of showy burnouts, I know what it feels like to buy new tires. I did do a couple of "light 'em UP!" experiments when I first got the car, but that was all in the interest of pure science, you see. I had to determine if the limited slip differential was working properly. It does.
How did he enjoy his Cavalier? (I can think of a number of fun things to do with a Cavalier, all involving fire or explosives :green: )
Had he become domesticated, some how?
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Not much of today left. I guess I'll try to go to bed.
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Going to collect my NDIS plan. I've been thinking of washing my car but it's really windy out there. Maybe tomorrow.
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Starting the day with a doctors appt because it's time for my physical. First time with the new doctor so I'm all :GA:
Then I have to do errands. Next is drive my dogs 90 mins to the place where they're being boarded for the next 3 nights. Have an evening meeting and then head to the hotel by the airport to spend the night because I'm doing park and fly and I have to be at the airport for 4:15am. I live an hour away from the airport and with it being winter, I can't afford for something to go amiss and I miss my flight.
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^You're busy!
Washing the car will happen plus I'm going to meet up with someone for a walk along the foreshore.
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The day is almost over, so I guess I'll post here and see if my bug fixes worked.
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I am finishing up a really cool old Japanese meat cleaver I found a few months back at a yard sale.
It is carbon steel as opposed to the more modern ones which are almost all stainless steel. It was quite neglected and rusty when I paid one dollar for it. I first noticed the wood handle was exotic maple of some sort. Decided it was worth saving. I have completely restored it to shiny, razor sharp perfection.
I have been baking layers of grape seed oil into the wood and on the steel surfaces in the oven for most of the day. Oven at about one hundred eighty five degrees Fahrenheit - low as my oven will go.
About done. Almost time to heat up the oven and put in some cornbread.
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I am finishing up a really cool old Japanese meat cleaver I found a few months back at a yard sale.
It is carbon steel as opposed to the more modern ones which are almost all stainless steel. It was quite neglected and rusty when I paid one dollar for it. I first noticed the wood handle was exotic maple of some sort. Decided it was worth saving. I have completely restored it to shiny, razor sharp perfection.
I have been baking layers of grape seed oil into the wood and on the steel surfaces in the oven for most of the day. Oven at about one hundred eighty five degrees Fahrenheit - low as my oven will go.
About done. Almost time to heat up the oven and put in some cornbread.
My SO makes knives. Right now just the handles but we're hoping to build a forge at some point so he can make the blades as well.
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Going to try to relax while walking the dogs, feeding the kids, etc.
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Hoping to do very little talking. Socially burned out
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:chores:
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Chill, read a new book about the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812. Very detailed and fascinating.
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I need to keep running my choir pieces. I'm supposed to have a few memorized by now and I'm not there yet. Although super excited about singing with a full Ceilidh band
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Not much of today left.
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I am finishing up a really cool old Japanese meat cleaver I found a few months back at a yard sale.
It is carbon steel as opposed to the more modern ones which are almost all stainless steel. It was quite neglected and rusty when I paid one dollar for it. I first noticed the wood handle was exotic maple of some sort. Decided it was worth saving. I have completely restored it to shiny, razor sharp perfection.
I have been baking layers of grape seed oil into the wood and on the steel surfaces in the oven for most of the day. Oven at about one hundred eighty five degrees Fahrenheit - low as my oven will go.
About done. Almost time to heat up the oven and put in some cornbread.
My SO makes knives. Right now just the handles but we're hoping to build a forge at some point so he can make the blades as well.
I do not have forge.
I have made a few knives of interesting shapes from known tool steel, like files and large cut-off saw blades. To temper I use a large plumber's torch that I have owned since I was a teen. I have a large head for it and it gets really hot between a couple of bricks. It creates plenty of heat to destroy the magnetic properties of any metal I have tried it on. I am no expert, but I have had some successes.
I am always looking for decent knives which just need to have their handles restored. I always look for handles in every wood pile I see.
Much of the maple, cherry and oak that my buddy down the alley uses in his winter wood-fired whole house heating stove have shown me some great wood with which to work.
Obviously, instead of calling the police on him when he is cutting near dark like fucking morons do to their neighbors (think of that rockhuncher guy bragging about calling the cops on HIS neighbor when the sawing started), I go down and offer a hand chain sawing, splitting and stacking. In return he offers me all the wood I want for my own outdoor fire pit and small woodworking projects. Kind of makes sense to go over and help neighbors instead of starting a fight with one every time they start up a tool that makes noise.
I even took a small four pound sledge I found on the side of the road with a broken handle and replaced it with a nice cherry "short" handle for bench work if I ever need a heavy hand tool. That beautiful cherry handle came right out of my neighbor's burn pile.
I have been looking at the work of a "northern" blacksmith, online. I think he is Swedish, so, you know, Odeon probably knows him and all.
:laugh:
His name is (excuse the use of a plain English keyboard) Torbjorn Ahman. He has a youtube channel and you get to see his massively "primitive" style (I mean the guy uses a hammer to make stuff!) develop into some amazing tools, hardware work, even some beautiful art at times. He has made iris flowers, candle sconces, many of the tools he needs to make the next thing and scary Halloween spiders from his forge and his hammers.
It is mesmerizing!
Check out his website:
http://www.torbjornahman.se/
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Well, of course I know him. I mean, you know everyone over there, right? :zoinks:
Pretty cool stuff on his website.
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Do some final shopping before Thanksgiving ( I refuse to shop on Thanksgiving) and some laundry.
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Pick up the oldest from work is my last to do for the day.
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Go to bed, to sleep, perchance to dream........or not.....preferably NOT......they are too weird....
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Lots of things to do around the house, including catching up on the sleep I didn't get last night. And then tonight is choir. 8 days until our winter concert.
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Watch some Star Trek, call Mum. It's her birthday soon.
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Seeing that today is practically over, I would list tomorrow down:
Wake up, go to church with Mom and Dad... find a spot to sit down, and have some tea. Go to work, and then after work I'll start up on my revisions again.
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Shop some groceries. Maybe hit a couple of golf balls to unwind.
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Cancel all of my errands and meeting due to an ice storm :hide:
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Cancel all of my errands and meeting due to an ice storm :hide:
It's hunker down time! Looks like we got ourselves a big one coming in our area.
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Cancel all of my errands and meeting due to an ice storm :hide:
It's hunker down time! Looks like we got ourselves a big one coming in our area.
Indeed. This meeting keeps getting put off though. Had to cancel last week due to the funeral. This week due to weather. So hoping next week works better.
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I am planning to "unclean" my desk. No choice. :dunno:
Just as always, I get super clean and spotless with my things and I can no longer find anything.
I have a number of USB hard drives loaded with music and while I stored them cleverly labeled into some closet shelves, I have allowed the power adapters to become separated from the ones that match.
Now, I have to jerk through everything I organized so cleverly and TRY to find the right power adapters.
:GA:
Problem is that my wife wants her Christmas music put back on her portable player she takes to work.
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That was not as bad as I had expected it to be.
I have not run every single hard drive yet, but I can now find all the power for the next time I want one to work.
At first I was terrified, because I had forgotten that some of them use 5V and some use 12V adapters. I feared that a couple of them had failed.
But, no. Just need the right stuff plugged in to work right.
Now I have all of the drives in gallon zipper top bags with the appropriate adapter and the proper USB connector ... all fourteen of them. Still have a large box of seemingly random cables and adapters, though.
Actually, many might think that box is all just a bunch of junk, but a few days ago when my son upgraded his computer to a SSD (no mounting hardware was included in the package), all I had to do was dig through this box of "goodies" to find an adapter that would fit his full size HDD slot and some tinier than normal screws to hold it all stout and we were ON IT!! I rarely throw things away. This causes suffering, but I still keep stuff.
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I need to do some New Years' cleaning sometime soon... My desks in my flat downstairs are what my mother calls "Cluttered"
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I am going to make fresh bread.
Got home about ten minutes ago, made coffee and began blooming some yeast in milk with honey.
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I have to go to a wig store to get some clip in hair extensions for an event to give the hair stylist more to work with but then I can easily take them out myself afterwards. Hugely out of my comfort zone so I'm dragging a friend with me for bravery :laugh:
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Going to send out my CV to a couple of companies. Meeting a friend for drinks later.
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Going to send out my CV to a couple of companies. Meeting a friend for drinks later.
I hope you find a place that makes you happier and you're better respected.
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Crawl into bed and hopefully sleep longer than an hour and half.
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Housework. I really should because it isn't hot today.
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Going to send out my CV to a couple of companies. Meeting a friend for drinks later.
I hope you find a place that makes you happier and you're better respected.
Thanks.
The problem is that nobody will even consider my application before the new year.
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Going to send out my CV to a couple of companies. Meeting a friend for drinks later.
I hope you find a place that makes you happier and you're better respected.
Thanks.
The problem is that nobody will even consider my application before the new year.
Yeah it's a hard time of year to move positions/jobs. Do you get time off over the holidays which will help eat up some of that time?
Today I will definitely fit in time for a nap. Something woke me up at 1am about 2 hours of sleep and I couldn't get back to sleep. :yawn:
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I hope I will.
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Long day is over.
I plan to just sit down for a bit and enjoy a tea.
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Still have to pick up the oldest from work and he won't get out until past midnight. :yawn:
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Went out and got the neighbor's mail, now I'm home alone until this evening. Cupboard is full of chocolate and cat food, I made chicken and rice, and a huge meatloaf yesterday and then kid brought home a huge smoked turkey breast...and there's still some wine left.
(https://media.giphy.com/media/26tPaBeEc1XtBx04w/giphy.gif)
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Bring Carla coffee at work, along with the paper and a scratch ticket.
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Today, I am finishing up a project I have wanted to do for several years. Finally happening. My back and general overall health have allowed me to just kick some ass this week.
Not like a kind of remodel thing, but I have added small/short shelves inside all our lower kitchen cabinets. I have been "engineering" this project for literally months, now. Except for some bracing spanning inner dimensions that substitutes for clamping strategies (my wife wanted this, but I had to do it without drilling any holes in the visible oak sides of our cabinets. "But, I can cover all the holes" She said, "NO HOLES!" ). Other than a few of those things, I am done.
We have stuff kind of stuffed for ages inside these cabinets. I have already finished a massive garage located, hand lockable against pests, pantry type cabinet to remove many of the seldom used kitchen gadgetry, like meat grinders, a meat slicer and large seldom used stock pots with huge lids we use for canning season, spare stuff (why do we need three blenders, anyway --- well four if you count the one I use to grind up wasps to use as plant sprays for the garden, but that one goes in the gardening shed) and large things like the massive crock pot that will fit a ham and huge roasting pans which we use infrequently.
Anyway, that fabulous outdoor cabinet is almost half full, now. I might need another.
:dunno:
This job is DONE!
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Went out and got the neighbor's mail, now I'm home alone until this evening. Cupboard is full of chocolate and cat food, I made chicken and rice, and a huge meatloaf yesterday and then kid brought home a huge smoked turkey breast...and there's still some wine left.
(https://media.giphy.com/media/26tPaBeEc1XtBx04w/giphy.gif)
Oooh, bliss!
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Went out and got the neighbor's mail, now I'm home alone until this evening. Cupboard is full of chocolate and cat food, I made chicken and rice, and a huge meatloaf yesterday and then kid brought home a huge smoked turkey breast...and there's still some wine left.
(https://media.giphy.com/media/26tPaBeEc1XtBx04w/giphy.gif)
So that is basically the perfect weekend in. lol
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It was a busy day but the only thing left is to finish cooking the lasagna and then head to bed early with a book.
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Need to fix the damned coffee machine today.
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Need to fix the damned coffee machine today.
Apparently my washing machine is a bad influence on other appliances :facepalm2: :laugh:
Bought a new washing machine. Finished the last of my christmas shopping and bought a turkey for christmas dinner.
Just have to get the oldest to/from work today
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Well, I actually managed to mend the coffee machine. :woohoo:
And I will walk the dog shortly.
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Annoy the President
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Visit family
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Visit family
Same. It's going to be hot as my sister doesn't have air conditioning so just as well I didn't buy anyone chocolate for Christmas.
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This day will be a NO PRESSURE day for our family. All other whole famn damily get togethers have already been done.
It will just be us four today with nothing pulling or pushing us.
:2thumbsup:
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Hmm. I might read for a bit. Walk the dog. Maybe watch a movie. Maybe read some more.
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All of the have to dos for me are done and thank goodness. Made a great dinner, kids are gone, dogs are passed out cold, the rest of the night is quiet.
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We've been invited to dinner later today. Not sure I want to talk to actual people but I didn't have a choice in the matter.
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Cooking the big turkey dinner with the SO and the kids tonight. Really looking forward to it.
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Hopefully as little as possible.
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I was going to go to bed early to read but I suddenly can't absorb anything I'm reading in my book and it's driving me batshit. I'm blaming Odeon. :P :laugh:
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I have those days too, can't read a book or just floundering on what to do. :GA:
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I was going to go to bed early to read but I suddenly can't absorb anything I'm reading in my book and it's driving me batshit. I'm blaming Odeon. :P :laugh:
Yep, odeon's fault. :D
I'm going to Aldi today to buy celery and ice, then to Bunnings to hopefully buy a new mop. I did try to buy one before Christmas but their range confused me and Kayleigh was no help (feeling sick).
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I was going to go to bed early to read but I suddenly can't absorb anything I'm reading in my book and it's driving me batshit. I'm blaming Odeon. :P :laugh:
Ah, so that's why I'm able to read again. Thanks. ;D
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I've been taking care of the youngest. She woke up sick.
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^Does she have a cold?
Going to autism group today. I'm taking cupcakes and Tim Tams with me.
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Going to autism group today. I'm taking cupcakes and Tim Tams with me.
I finally got the opportunity to do a Tim Tam slam. I was so disappointed. Partly because I hyped myself up too much about it, excited to partake in this exotic Aussie ritual. Though mostly it was because sweet goo makes me gag and I never once considered, the result of a Tim Tam slam is a gargantuan mouthful of sweet goo. Luckily the chocolate flavor saved the day and I was able to get it down, instead of retching while spitting it out. They're perfectly nice as a crispy cookie, but one Tim Tam slam was more than enough for me. :hahaha:
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I don't know yet.
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^Does she have a cold?
Going to autism group today. I'm taking cupcakes and Tim Tams with me.
I don't think so. She woke up with a killer headache that we couldn't get on top of all day no matter what. Poor kid was in tears and she could only sleep if I was beside her. I love the fact that even at almost 15 years old, the moment I lay beside her and put my hand on her back when she's upset, her whole body immediately relaxes and she's asleep in under 7 minutes. Sometimes you just need your Mum.
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I was going to go to bed early to read but I suddenly can't absorb anything I'm reading in my book and it's driving me batshit. I'm blaming Odeon. :P :laugh:
Ah, so that's why I'm able to read again. Thanks. ;D
:lol1:
Currently on a hiatus from cleaning. One of the rooms in the house has gotten too cluttery and needs to be dealt with it and I am begrudgingly dealing with it.
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Speaking of not being able to read: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/23/business/cell-phone-addiction.html
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Speaking of not being able to read: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/23/business/cell-phone-addiction.html
That doesn't surprise me. Although it doesn't apply to me. I take regular hiatuses and and hate using my cell. But the attention span thing is very real for so many people. I worry more about my kids than I do myself in that regard. Well not my oldest. He's not big into his phone. My daughter is another story however which is why I still keep her love of art and books at the forefront. I worry sometimes about the amount of tech kids grow up with.
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Relax a bit before I go to bed... I need to work in the morning
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Chilling out and taking my meds, thankful that I survived a walmart work weekend while feeling like shit.
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Speaking of not being able to read: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/23/business/cell-phone-addiction.html
That doesn't surprise me. Although it doesn't apply to me. I take regular hiatuses and and hate using my cell. But the attention span thing is very real for so many people. I worry more about my kids than I do myself in that regard. Well not my oldest. He's not big into his phone. My daughter is another story however which is why I still keep her love of art and books at the forefront. I worry sometimes about the amount of tech kids grow up with.
I don't think it's the tech by itself as much as social media, tbh. I mean, the tech allows us to carry most of human knowledge in our pockets but we use it to like memes and post selfies, not to mention cat pics.
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Speaking of not being able to read: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/23/business/cell-phone-addiction.html
That doesn't surprise me. Although it doesn't apply to me. I take regular hiatuses and and hate using my cell. But the attention span thing is very real for so many people. I worry more about my kids than I do myself in that regard. Well not my oldest. He's not big into his phone. My daughter is another story however which is why I still keep her love of art and books at the forefront. I worry sometimes about the amount of tech kids grow up with.
I don't think it's the tech by itself as much as social media, tbh. I mean, the tech allows us to carry most of human knowledge in our pockets but we use it to like memes and post selfies, not to mention cat pics.
I agree overall but I miss the days when the majority of kids toys didn't require batteries. It seems like constant noise and lights and whatnot and it starts so young
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Only about 1/4 to 1/3 of the cub's toys use batteries. I've gone out of my way to get him some quality wooden toys, which do still exist out there, plus there are things like duplo and cars and hand puppets.
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Only about 1/4 to 1/3 of the cub's toys use batteries. I've gone out of my way to get him some quality wooden toys, which do still exist out there, plus there are things like duplo and cars and hand puppets.
Oh, I know they're out there. That's the way I chose to parent my kids as well. It's just not so much the norm anymore. I loved buying the youngest Melissa and Doug toys. Anything I bought from that line held up well.
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Today is a ladder day for me. Meaning I am going to spend a great deal of my day going up and down ladders. I know some may do this for a living and it is no big deal. With my left hip now acting up some (my right hip has been replaced with a titanium, machined substitute and it is quite stable) I feel a little "iffy" with my feet venturing past the dependability of good old terra firma.
My daughter is upholding her end of the "bargain" I made with her. I asked that she show the same degree of enthusiasm putting all this Christmas stuff away that she shows while dragging it all out and vomiting it all over our house and in return, I will help her do both.
Time to pay up. She is boxing it all up and now I have to find places for it back in the "semi-attic" space set aside for such frivolities.
I promised, she promised and now Christmas shit is all coming to an end!
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Only about 1/4 to 1/3 of the cub's toys use batteries. I've gone out of my way to get him some quality wooden toys, which do still exist out there, plus there are things like duplo and cars and hand puppets.
Great job!!
There is a group of older wood workers, both men and women, here in town who spend most of the year building just such old fashioned toys for kids and they sell or donate them to various "child support centers" around the area. About twelve years ago I bought a hand made pull wagon for my younglings. I have long since donated it back to the center.
I can remember when I was a child, my grandfather gave me a small hammer and a box of small nails and two (just two, mind you) pieces of wood to nail together. The lessons learned from that toy have stuck!
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I'm looking forward to when he's old enough for a real little tool kit.
There have been several woodworkers in my family and I actually have a few toys that have been passed down from previous generations. One is a truck - like a full rig with separate engine car and freight parts, with a set of logs (dowels) to carry, which was my grandmother's when she was little. There's also a car shaped like a turtle that was my aunt's, and a set of wooden blocks that my grandfather made for my brother and I. It includes a couple six-inch-high arches that have been tooled to be perfectly round.
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Speaking of not being able to read: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/23/business/cell-phone-addiction.html
That doesn't surprise me. Although it doesn't apply to me. I take regular hiatuses and and hate using my cell. But the attention span thing is very real for so many people. I worry more about my kids than I do myself in that regard. Well not my oldest. He's not big into his phone. My daughter is another story however which is why I still keep her love of art and books at the forefront. I worry sometimes about the amount of tech kids grow up with.
I don't think it's the tech by itself as much as social media, tbh. I mean, the tech allows us to carry most of human knowledge in our pockets but we use it to like memes and post selfies, not to mention cat pics.
I agree overall but I miss the days when the majority of kids toys didn't require batteries. It seems like constant noise and lights and whatnot and it starts so young
Oh yes, agreed.
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SO had to go in for a shift today so I'm getting the oldest to/from work, youngest is with her Dad and I'm going to enjoy a day of nobody being home but me. This will include a lot reading, a bit of napping with the pups and some cleaning. Emphasis on reading and napping though ;)
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Making a wish... after all it is 11:11
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Go to the chemist. I've run out of haloperidol.
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Go to a surprise party for a friend in the afternoon and then out dancing with friends tonight. Wish they weren't happening on the same day. I've been up since 3am and no hope of a nap beforehand.
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Dinner Party with a family friend...
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Later today I intend to head over to the apartment where my daughter will be moving into soon and help (think, bring tools and just do it all) set up a few "boxed furniture - think IKEA style" pieces.
I will demand coffee.
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We'll visit my daughter and her boyfriend's new place and see if they need any help setting things up.
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Holy crap. The debauchery on here has turned into responsible parenting of the younger generation. I'm feeling every bit our age right now :lol1:
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I already did today... I'm hiding in my basement for the rest of the night
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I already did today... I'm hiding in my basement for the rest of the night
I totally support this. Hiding is good when today has too much of a day
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Holy crap. The debauchery on here has turned into responsible parenting of the younger generation. I'm feeling every bit our age right now :lol1:
:hide:
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Holy crap. The debauchery on here has turned into responsible parenting of the younger generation. I'm feeling every bit our age right now :lol1:
:hide:
:laugh:
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The day is nearly over but I have some dinner to eat and Doctor Who to watch.
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Holy crap. The debauchery on here has turned into responsible parenting of the younger generation. I'm feeling every bit our age right now :lol1:
Yeah, me too.
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Grocery shopping
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Sleeping in :-/
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Try to rest. This cold is kicking my ass
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Holy crap. The debauchery on here has turned into responsible parenting of the younger generation. I'm feeling every bit our age right now :lol1:
The "responsibility" has always been there, but the urgency to act out stupidly and barely skirt the edges of the law or even thumb my nose at it, has subsided tremendously.
'bout time, don'cha think?
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Holy crap. The debauchery on here has turned into responsible parenting of the younger generation. I'm feeling every bit our age right now :lol1:
The "responsibility" has always been there, but the urgency to act out stupidly and barely skirt the edges of the law or even thumb my nose at it, has subsided tremendously.
'bout time, don'cha think?
It looks good on ya, DD. We still know you could kick arse in one way or another if need be. ;)
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Travelling back home. I'm in Swansea, UK, and just attended the wedding of two very good friends. Will stop by in London because hey, I'll have just enough time to visit Foyles and buy some books.
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Holy crap. The debauchery on here has turned into responsible parenting of the younger generation. I'm feeling every bit our age right now :lol1:
The "responsibility" has always been there, but the urgency to act out stupidly and barely skirt the edges of the law or even thumb my nose at it, has subsided tremendously.
'bout time, don'cha think?
It looks good on ya, DD. We still know you could kick arse in one way or another if need be. ;)
Probably right, but I usually indulge myself a short wait while the ministrations of Karma lift any furtherance of inevitable, natural harmony to its highest note or chorus.
This has served well, even though I feel bound at times by what has made me notice the workings of such ministrations. I just have to wait. Easement often comes in stages, though.
At other times, the asshole who tries to pass me on the right at a round about because he is tired of my cautious driving while there is ice on the road wipes out and I get to keep on driving.
Sometimes you just have to wait. Things sort themselves out in time, usually.
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Kind of scary shit, in general, but I want to go fishing with my brother. :boatfish:
Not going to happen, he is fading away rapidly. His health issues are taking over his life. He sleeps all the time and takes many medications each day.
He called me today, late, during the football game and said he was going fishing tomorrow.
I talked to his wife, my beloved sis-in-law, after and she said it might happen. He has done things to plan and book a trip and it might happen. She says she has not seen him this "UP" and on it in a few months.
I worry.
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Enjoy fishing with your brother, though. Brothers are special.
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Holy crap. The debauchery on here has turned into responsible parenting of the younger generation. I'm feeling every bit our age right now :lol1:
The "responsibility" has always been there, but the urgency to act out stupidly and barely skirt the edges of the law or even thumb my nose at it, has subsided tremendously.
'bout time, don'cha think?
It looks good on ya, DD. We still know you could kick arse in one way or another if need be. ;)
Probably right, but I usually indulge myself a short wait while the ministrations of Karma lift any furtherance of inevitable, natural harmony to its highest note or chorus.
This has served well, even though I feel bound at times by what has made me notice the workings of such ministrations. I just have to wait. Easement often comes in stages, though.
At other times, the asshole who tries to pass me on the right at a round about because he is tired of my cautious driving while there is ice on the road wipes out and I get to keep on driving.
Sometimes you just have to wait. Things sort themselves out in time, usually.
That's also how I choose to move through the world. I get more satisfaction letting people who willfully choose to be assholes, be their own downfall. Nothing needs to be done on my end.
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Wake up, have breakfast, go to work, come back home... and hiding in my room for the rest of the night.
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Work and errands so far. Have more errands to do tonight and still have to get the groceries but can't go until after dinner
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Hopefully go to the shops. I have a voucher to spend.
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Enjoy fishing with your brother, though. Brothers are special.
I guess you missed the part where I said it was not going to happen. We live about twelve hundred miles apart.
Fishing together would take months of planning.
The fact that he called me to tell me that we were going fishing this week was quite troubling to me.
Nothing I would love more, but things are no longer like that for us.
My brother is failing.
It disturbs me greatly.
I should have been more specific about his state in my last post.
This fishing trip will never happen, even though he thinks he has it all planned out.
:'(
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I missed that bit, yes. I'm so sorry. :(
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Fix and clean up stuff for the flea market so I have stuff to sell in the spring
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Clean Bird cages before I go to sleep
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Not much. Walk the dog.
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Have a friend over. Haven't seen her since last decade.
We'll be getting together with more people next weekend to develop characters for D&D.
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Not much of it left now. I'll just post here and browse the news; I think.
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Dr appt for the oldest and groceries for the family
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Get the oldest to/from work
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Got to do some errands.
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Go back to work. Yesterday was a holiday.
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It would probably be beneficial if I stop avoiding the laundry :facepalm2: I hate that when I put it in the washer, I have to listen for the spin cycle so I can run downstairs to the basement and flip the pump on to drain the water from the laundry sink. If I don't, it will overflow because the septic tank is higher than the drain so it needs some help from gravity to pull it down the drain. So annoying though because I have to keep setting alarms on my phone so I don't forget.
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Go to the optometrist to have my new glasses adjusted (they keep falling down my nose), go and get my hair cut.
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Speaking of laundry, there's two weeks' worth in my bedroom that needs to be hung up.
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Need to fix a couple of bugs in a piece of registration software I've developed for the conference I'm organising. Then need to test an upgrade path for the live version of said software.
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More paperwork and hoping overall to have a quiet day.
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Take The PR to the orthopaedist for a follow-up appointment for her injured ankle. Hoping the walking boot will no longer be needed.
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Take The PR to the orthopaedist for a follow-up appointment for her injured ankle. Hoping the walking boot will no longer be needed.
Has her neurological symptoms stabilized at all?
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Fix more stuff in the registration software thing. Phone meeting in the afternoon.
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Dentist to get a crown put in.
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Get the oldest to work and tonight is choir rehearsal.
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Take a long walk with the dog. She's bored.
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Taxi the kids various places
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Dentist to get a crown put in.
Hey, I'm the only one who can wear a crown here. Srsly - happy you were able to get it done.
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It's not a gold crown, your majesty, no need to fret.
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I've booked every Sunday off, as in entirely off. SO is doing all the cooking and taking care of the dogs and I'm going to read, sleep, stitch, and have a bath. Also, hang out with monkeygirl who is joining me for a day of do nothing (but also do some homework) ;)
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Have to walk the dog one more time today, but other than that, nothing.
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None of the things I said would happen on my day off have happened. It's been a shitshow of a day.
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Did something today. But this was one of those days where every positive seems to be topped by a negative. Though, I did have a great laugh after shedding some tears just now. So who knows what the last bit of the day may bring. 75 more minutes. :P
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Did something today. But this was one of those days where every positive seems to be topped by a negative. Though, I did have a great laugh after shedding some tears just now. So who knows what the last bit of the day may bring. 75 more minutes. :P
This was my day too :hug:
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Did something today. But this was one of those days where every positive seems to be topped by a negative. Though, I did have a great laugh after shedding some tears just now. So who knows what the last bit of the day may bring. 75 more minutes. :P
This was my day too :hug:
Would have loved spending a day like that with you.
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Did something today. But this was one of those days where every positive seems to be topped by a negative. Though, I did have a great laugh after shedding some tears just now. So who knows what the last bit of the day may bring. 75 more minutes. :P
This was my day too :hug:
Would have loved spending a day like that with you.
me too :heart:
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Work. Help the son cook dinner.
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Go to work. :)
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Go to my psych appointment and then an art group in the afternoon.
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Walked the dog
Lots of phone calls emails and texts about upcoming work
Measuring two houses off plans now one of my least favorite things to do
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Work.
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A lot of resting. I've been up with the oldest dog since 2:45am. I have to take her to the vet, I think she has an infected tooth. Might get some stitching done today. Definitely more reading.
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Work. Buy groceries. Work some more.
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Try to remind myself not to argue with stupid people on the internet :blah:
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I might go on a spaghettio mission today. I usually grocery shop on Sunday, but Sugarbutt will be doing some car maintenance so I planned to go today. Every Friday evening I go to the store to buy stuff to serve to his Saturday morning hobby group, but when I saw the state of the store I decided to go ahead and shop right away. I'm not looking to hoard spaghettios. I just want our usual amount of spaghettios, and I'm annoyed because I went to two large stores and there wasn't a single spagehettio to be found. :dunno:
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A friend is coming over today to help SO install a sliding barn door
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Try to remind myself not to argue with stupid people on the internet :blah:
You should argue with the clever ones instead. :orly:
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Bitch and moan.
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Work. Make dinner. Walk the dog. All the usual stuff.
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Try to remind myself not to argue with stupid people on the internet :blah:
You should argue with the clever ones instead. :orly:
:laugh: I should no better to just stay out of it :tinfoil:
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Bitch and moan.
:eyebrows:
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Take the dogs to the vet
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:bigcry:
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:bigcry:
:hug:
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:chores:
This social distancing thing is what I do anyway.
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:chores:
This social distancing thing is what I do anyway.
I was thinking last night that most it's the super power of most of us here
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:chores:
This social distancing thing is what I do anyway.
I was thinking last night that most it's the super power of most of us here
Yes. We're a low-risk group. :zoinks:
And I've been working remotely for years.
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:chores:
This social distancing thing is what I do anyway.
I was thinking last night that most it's the super power of most of us here
:2thumbsup:
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Work. Stay at home. All the usual stuff.
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Take the pup to the vet which is going to be super interesting because of course we have thunder storms right now which terrify her. So getting her out the front door and into the van should probably be considered an Olympic event. Then we have to drive for an hour in the storm and her poor little/giant vibrating body will hate all of the windows and then I have to make her go out in it again once we get there. :facepalm2:
Dog :hide:
Me :viking:
Me later :wine:
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Drink beer. :beergrin:
Fuck Corona.
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Drink beer. :beergrin:
Fuck Corona.
That was me last night. I drank wine and watched the Indigo Girls live concert on FB. So good.
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My main job will be to sweep and then mop the floor. Secondary job will be the washing.
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I'll have to do some laundry today. Other than that, though, no idea.
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Making some kind of daily schedule. This whole quarantine with no end in sight thing has me all over the place in terms of sleep and energy and whatnot.
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Just got an email from the Salvos. Stores are still open. Looks like I'm going there today after I pick up another volunteer.
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Give the cub a bath. Not much of today left.
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Produce an invoice and send it to my client.
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Drinking a vodka soda, listening to music and may read later if I feel like it. Right now my brain just wants music.
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Do stuff around the house.
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Exciting things like a load of laundry, put groceries away and organize a massive book shelf in my living room. :P
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Do more stuff around the house.
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I'm waiting for that not to be funny and yet I still giggle every time. :facepalm2: :laugh:
Take the oldest to get groceries. Do some cleaning. Probably not be very productive because it's going to rain and storm all day and that only makes me want to stay in bed with my dogs and read a book.
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Laundry, cleaning, listing.
:GA:
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Kind of sick and tired of doing stuff around the house, but...
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Should probably go to bed instead of posting nonsense. :dunno:
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Need to do some tidying up of the mess that is our home.
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Should probably go to bed instead of posting nonsense. :dunno:
Please keep posting nonsense as long as you're able. It gives us early risers something to respond to in the morning :laugh:
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Should probably go to bed instead of posting nonsense. :dunno:
Please keep posting nonsense as long as you're able. It gives us early risers something to respond to in the morning :laugh:
I'll try to post nonsense before I go to bed. :P
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Should probably go to bed instead of posting nonsense. :dunno:
Please keep posting nonsense as long as you're able. It gives us early risers something to respond to in the morning :laugh:
I'll try to post nonsense before I go to bed. :P
Please and thank you :nerdy:
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Make an effort to clean Kayleigh's mess behind her lounge chair. Most of it can be recycled. I'm the one who does all the recycling around here.
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Make an effort to clean Kayleigh's mess behind her lounge chair. Most of it can be recycled. I'm the one who does all the recycling around here.
She throws trash behind her chair? :orly:
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Make an effort to clean Kayleigh's mess behind her lounge chair. Most of it can be recycled. I'm the one who does all the recycling around here.
She throws trash behind her chair? :orly:
Wish she didn't, but yes she does. Truly I have never lived with someone so messy. She has a big bin without a lid in her room and if the rubbish she throws at it doesn't make it in, it just stays on the floor.
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This afternoon I would like to go to Officeworks and buy a webcam and speakers for my computer.
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Hoping to pick up the Jag from winter storage.
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This afternoon I would like to go to Officeworks and buy a webcam and speakers for my computer.
I ended up going to 4 different shops to buy a webcam. There were none. Apparently they're the toilet paper of the tech world. Will have to try online.
I did get a headset though, so all is not lost.
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This afternoon I would like to go to Officeworks and buy a webcam and speakers for my computer.
I ended up going to 4 different shops to buy a webcam. There were none. Apparently they're the toilet paper of the tech world. Will have to try online.
I did get a headset though, so all is not lost.
Everyone needs them to work from home.
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Going to bed early tonight I think. I'm knackered.
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Add a layer of paint to some outdoors furniture.
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Clear house then clean the cleared area. (Hey, don't laugh so loud, you'll make it sound like I'm having a party in here.)
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Make an effort to clean Kayleigh's mess behind her lounge chair. Most of it can be recycled. I'm the one who does all the recycling around here.
She throws trash behind her chair? :orly:
Wish she didn't, but yes she does. Truly I have never lived with someone so messy. She has a big bin without a lid in her room and if the rubbish she throws at it doesn't make it in, it just stays on the floor.
Yeah I don't understand people like that. I get it some people just don't like the nitty gritty of cleaning and not cleaning outweighs things being clean, but outright throwing garbage on the floor, nope. :dunno:
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More paint to said furniture.
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Patching walls and painting trim in kid's old room.
Then painting.
Damn, what a mess.
I hate painting walls.
Anything but f*cking walls.
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Patching walls and painting trim in kid's old room.
Then painting.
Damn, what a mess.
I hate painting walls.
Anything but f*cking walls.
Will you have an audience (SO, son, cats)? When I lived alone I repainted my place because peach walls do not go with green tiles, carpet and bathroom and kitchen benches.
I wish I was there, I'd do it for you. Maybe Charlotte would help. ;)
Today I'm going to seek out Coke No Sugar since I couldn't get any yesterday. Also cat treats at Kayleigh's request.
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Patching walls and painting trim in kid's old room.
Then painting.
Damn, what a mess.
I hate painting walls.
Anything but f*cking walls.
Will you have an audience (SO, son, cats)? When I lived alone I repainted my place because peach walls do not go with green tiles, carpet and bathroom and kitchen benches.
I wish I was there, I'd do it for you. Maybe Charlotte would help. ;)
Today I'm going to seek out Coke No Sugar since I couldn't get any yesterday. Also cat treats at Kayleigh's request.
Just the cats. The smallest one seems amused by watching me work.
I just got the patching done and decided to texture one wall that was beyond hope. It's starting to take shape.
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Patching walls and painting trim in kid's old room.
Then painting.
Damn, what a mess.
I hate painting walls.
Anything but f*cking walls.
Will you have an audience (SO, son, cats)? When I lived alone I repainted my place because peach walls do not go with green tiles, carpet and bathroom and kitchen benches.
I wish I was there, I'd do it for you. Maybe Charlotte would help. ;)
Today I'm going to seek out Coke No Sugar since I couldn't get any yesterday. Also cat treats at Kayleigh's request.
Just the cats. The smallest one seems amused by watching me work.
I just got the patching done and decided to texture one wall that was beyond hope. It's starting to take shape.
A friends husband works for a company that manufactures paint and their sales were up 300% compared to this time last year.
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Today I'm going to seek out Coke No Sugar since I couldn't get any yesterday.
I don't know how anyone can drink that stuff, I tried it recently and it was godawful.
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Today I'm going to seek out Coke No Sugar since I couldn't get any yesterday.
I don't know how anyone can drink that stuff, I tried it recently and it was godawful.
Have you tried Pepsi Max? I have and I found it really hard to drink.
I used to drink Coke Zero and I liked it but I like Coke No Sugar better. It's the only diet soft drink I can tolerate. When I'm volunteering I have diet cordial.
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Today I'm going to seek out Coke No Sugar since I couldn't get any yesterday.
I don't know how anyone can drink that stuff, I tried it recently and it was godawful.
:lol1:
Two years ago, at a BD, my bonus daughter handed out drinks. She knows we do not like the zero drinks, but she handed it to my kids none the less, thinking it would be OK if they did not know. Re-enacting the ads.
Boy,was she in for a surprise. :lol1:
They kept it polite, but bonus daughter finally was convinced we really did not like the stuff.
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I've never tried Pepsi Max. I'm kind of picky, I only like regular pepsi, not coke or diet or any of the weird alternatives.
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Today I'm going to seek out Coke No Sugar since I couldn't get any yesterday.
I don't know how anyone can drink that stuff, I tried it recently and it was godawful.
Have you tried Pepsi Max? I have and I found it really hard to drink.
I used to drink Coke Zero and I liked it but I like Coke No Sugar better. It's the only diet soft drink I can tolerate. When I'm volunteering I have diet cordial.
I like them too. They changed the name here from zero to zero sugar, but I'm not sure if they changed the recipe like they said they were going to. If they did change it, then I can't tell the difference. :dunno:
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The last time I bought one, I accidentally grabbed a vanilla flavor. It was traumatic. :aff:
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The last time I bought one, I accidentally grabbed a vanilla flavor. It was traumatic. :aff:
I'm not a fan of Coke with other flavours added. I have tried Vanilla Coke and thought it was ok though. Kayleigh loves it.
Here, they did change the flavour from Coke Zero to Coke No Sugar, with the latter being sweeter.
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Not drinking Coke these days.
I'll do stuff around the house.
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I'll have a shower, dress in old clothes and continue to clean out the storage room.
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Work. Build a couple of bookshelves.
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Work. Build a couple of bookshelves.
For all those books you've recently bought. :2thumbsup:
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Drop off some mask supplies at a friends house.
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Work. Build a couple of bookshelves.
For all those books you've recently bought. :2thumbsup:
Didn't get around to building them yesterday. :-\
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Work. Build a couple of bookshelves.
For all those books you've recently bought. :2thumbsup:
Didn't get around to building them yesterday. :-\
Ah, but there's always today. We need more bookshelves but we don't have the room for them.
Today I will dust and then sweep the floors.
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There's always tomorrow.
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Homework with the youngest
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Guess I'll have to work.
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Work
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What I didn't know I would be doing was give HB a mohawk, but here we are. It actually suits him and it was a blast to do. Told monkeyboy I could clean up his hair and trim it and he looked terrified. Dude, I won't give YOU a mohawk but I legit can trim your hair. So far he's not willing :laugh:
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:laugh:
Planning on drinking more beer. Maybe a whisky, later. It's not a good day.
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Take the youngest back to her Dad's after dinner and then have some drinks and watch that massive concert fundraiser that's on tv/being streamed tonight
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Continue painting over some walls in the house and fox the garden up a bit more.
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Not sure, tbh. I have some projects to complete but...
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Have a meeting with monkeyboy, clean, read, try to keep mostly to myself. Not feeling the socializing with all the people in the house thing today.
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I'll have to feed the family. Not sure if I'll do much after that.
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I'll have to feed the family. Not sure if I'll do much after that.
I'm really over the whole feed the family thing :laugh:
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I'll have to feed the family. Not sure if I'll do much after that.
I'm really over the whole feed the family thing :laugh:
Feel free to feed the gopher instead. Today I"m craving burgers. Just saying. :zoinks:
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I'll have to feed the family. Not sure if I'll do much after that.
I'm really over the whole feed the family thing :laugh:
Feel free to feed the gopher instead. Today I"m craving burgers. Just saying. :zoinks:
You and me both!!!! Picnic with the gopher!!! :hyke:
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:2thumbsup:
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I already bought some oil paints and another palette...
(Though I think I need to replace my paint because of the box being left on the porch for months)
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I'll have to feed the family. Not sure if I'll do much after that.
I'm really over the whole feed the family thing :laugh:
I am, too, but they keep insisting that I cook.
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Take the rest of my clothes from when I was thin to a Sammies clothes bin. I'm over them cluttering up my bedroom.
Go to the chemist and get a flu vaccination.
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^Both of those things didn't happen. There are no thrift bins anywhere. I suppose they got to overflowing with everyone sorting their stuff out and donating it while there is nothing else to do.
Went to the chemist and had to give them my name and number and they apparently will let me know by phone when I can go in for the flu vaccine.
Today I'm going to City Farmers for cat food once my hair dries. Might go to Aldi too while I'm out.
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In my part of the world, places aren't taking donations anymore, just like stores aren't taking returns, because there's no way to sanitize everything.
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That's why the Salvos I volunteered at closed. Too risky to process donations.
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I'll have to feed the family today. Thinking I'll order pizza.
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Video conference today. Yay. :P
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Work on organizing the shed to fit more stuff so I can get rid of my storage unit and the $125 monthly bill that comes along with it
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Looking forward to everyone going to bed so I can enjoy the quiet and read.
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Online grocery shopping.
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Work.
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Going to the hairdresser with Kayleigh to hold her hand (haha, not really) and get a flu vaccination at the chemist in the late afternoon.
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Celebrating monkeygirls birthday. She's 15 today :heart:
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:woohoo: :birthday:
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Work for a couple more hours.
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Work out how Coviu is going to work between me and my psychologist.
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...and? (I didn't know what Coviu was before Google.)
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I thought it was a typo.
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...and? (I didn't know what Coviu was before Google.
It turned out she set up Zoom but i don't have a webcam (yet). So next time we're either using Coviu (which is much like Zoom but I can use my phone), going to a park or meeting at her office. I'd prefer her office because it's comfortable and I'm used to it.
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Webcams are evil.
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As little as possible beyond snoozing, listening to music and drinking lager
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^ Would much rather be doing that, but instead I'm doing domestic type things and helping the youngest with Geography.
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Drink beer and whisky.
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Dammit all you later in the day-ers and your enjoyment of alcohol consumption. For me it's a bottle of water and grade 9 science with the youngest :laugh:
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Just chilling and the usual and well, more movies.
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Take the entire day off. That's the plan anyway
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Sounds like a good plan. I wouldn't mind disappearing for the rest of the day.
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Take the entire day off. That's the plan anyway
That would be nice. But too much days off isn't too great as I'm beginning to realise.
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Take the entire day off. That's the plan anyway
That would be nice. But too much days off isn't too great as I'm beginning to realise.
It's Mother's Day here hence the day off and I haven't had any days off since quarantine started (day 67 for me, day 53 for the kids). So it was greatly needed and welcomed.
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Going to fix some whitespace issues in legal documents.
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Take the entire day off. That's the plan anyway
That would be nice. But too much days off isn't too great as I'm beginning to realise.
It's Mother's Day here hence the day off and I haven't had any days off since quarantine started (day 67 for me, day 53 for the kids). So it was greatly needed and welcomed.
:2thumbsup:
But that's literally 2 months without a break?
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Uh that's kinda what parenthood is like.
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^ :lol1:
Indeed.
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:laugh:
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Take the youngest dog to the groomer and then meet a friend for a socially distanced lunch. Haven't seen her since January. The plan is to get take out and eat in our own cars in the parking lot with the windows down.
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The window fitter is due to arrive in ten minutes - been waiting over seven weeks for our living room window replacing after some fuckknuckle chucked a rock through it the day before lockdown started. Daylight at last! :dance:
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Holy crap. You've been waiting this long?!?!
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Yeah, cos of the lockdown restrictions the glazier couldn't get the glass from his supplier to make the unit and they couldn't come into the house to fit the damn thing. Very frustrating but they've been allowed to open this week.
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Yeah, that makes sense. You're having a stellar day today though. Glass replacement, bin pickup, it's a good day in the Lord's House :lol1:
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Every now and then the planets align. :dance:
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Ha! The dancing image matches the song I'm listening to that I just posted in the other thread.
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Do some light coding. Buy beer.
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Nurse my hangover, then repeat. :autism:
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Lots of nothing. Holiday weekend here. Going to try and finish my book today and help the youngest with her homework. Promised the kids a video game party tonight after dinner.
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Drink more beer. And that's about it.
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Drink more beer. And that's about it.
OMG me too. We must be related. :beergrin:
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Drink more beer. And that's about it.
OMG me too. We must be related. :beergrin:
Like, OMG!
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Drink more beer. And that's about it.
OMG me too. We must be related. :beergrin:
Like, OMG!
Someone drink one for me. I'm stuck in the grade 9 science and geography homework pit with the youngest right now :glug:
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Drink more beer. And that's about it.
OMG me too. We must be related. :beergrin:
Like, OMG!
Someone drink one for me. I'm stuck in the grade 9 science and geography homework pit with the youngest right now :glug:
Normally I'd hesitate but you're a friend and I'd do anything for my friends. :beergrin:
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Drink more beer. And that's about it.
OMG me too. We must be related. :beergrin:
Like, OMG!
Someone drink one for me. I'm stuck in the grade 9 science and geography homework pit with the youngest right now :glug:
Normally I'd hesitate but you're a friend and I'd do anything for my friends. :beergrin:
Aww..you're so reliable :laugh:
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-hic-
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Hopefully get my car started by the RAC and then go for a long drive. They're taking ages to get here.
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Finish my beer. Beyond that, no plans.
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I've spent most my days doing something constructive.
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Go for a walk, take a drive around town and finally get rid of my old clothes since the second hand shops are now open.
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^ That's one thing I'm anxious to see re-open. I have a whole pile of stuff that is growing every week in my living room of things to donate but I don't have a big house so it's taking up a good chunk of space (and blocking my favourite chair) lol
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^ That's one thing I'm anxious to see re-open. I have a whole pile of stuff that is growing every week in my living room of things to donate but I don't have a big house so it's taking up a good chunk of space (and blocking my favourite chair) lol
I went to two second hand shops and they have both been inundated with donations so they're not taking any more until later in the week. I'm not too fussed because my donations are just taking up room in the back of my car.
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Fix bugs in a conversion pipeline.
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I should probably run the vac round and stick some washing on. Beyond that as little as possible, I'm knackered :yawn:
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Was planning on working in the yard but it's going to rain all day. So it's looking like some cleaning, reading and cooking for today.
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I'm hoping to make chocolate cupcakes.
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Reconvert 28,000+ legal documents. Hopefully finish a registration app I'm writing. Guide electricians about to fix stuff in our house.
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Try to wring some schoolwork out of a recalcitrant teenager who is sick to death of being stuck at home. Joy
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Have an interview with a potential new client this morning. then have to do a porch drop of things at a friends house and eventually take monkeygirl back to her Dad's for the night.
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Validate some 28,000 documents.
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All the big stuff is out of the way so I'm going to relax until the youngest comes home
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Feed the family. Hit a couple of golf balls. Drink some beer. In this order.
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I promised the youngest I'd play Just Dance with her if we could dance to ABBA songs. I'm probably going to regret this. :laugh:
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Drink
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I have already gone for a walk, next I'm walking to the chemist with Kayleigh, whether she likes it or not.
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Tinker with the cinema.
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Wash clothes, bedding and towels. Probably some vacuuming. Hoping to go to bed early tonight if I'm able just so I can lay in bed and read.
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I have a web meeting later.
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Got invited to an online Zoom celebration for a friend's birthday so will pop in there before I go to bed.
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As close to fuck all as I can manage. :orly:
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Going to meet a former colleague who happens to be in town. My first instance of actual socialising in close to three months.
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Curbside pick up of groceries, put them away, clean up the pool area since we're finally opening it this week.
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As close to fuck all as I can manage. :orly:
Started out "fast and furious" and then stumbled. Twisted my already dodgy knee. Kept the BBQ going, though.
Rest of the day was close to fuck all and some ice over my knee.
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^ Hope it heals up quick enough.
The only thing left in my day is to finish my movie. I seem to have fallen into the chick flick genre even when Monkeygirl isn't here.
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Thanks. Knee is all better, now, mostly.
I intend to tend the grille, which is THE tender of fabulously tender and delicious food.
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It's my day off. Hallelujah. :dance:
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Not a lot because of the weather. It's pouring right now. A walk is out of the question. So it'll probably be indoor housework.
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Just relaxing the bank holiday, go for some more daily walks and just checking if my best friend is ok. :'(
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Sleep, I think. :yawn:
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Clean the family room and try to find a time to nap today. It's not even 10:30am and I'm ready for bed.
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Make some big hotdogs and fried onions; maybe go for a bit of a walk.
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^I'm sitting here going why does that sound so good? I don't even like hot dogs or fried onions. I think I just want someone to cook for me. :laugh:
Had grand plans to clean the family room, vacuum, dust, organize and whatnot but so far the entire day has been spent trying to see if the dog can go without her cone. She lasted an hour. Now she's on constant watch with the stupid donut thing because her plastic cone finally got destroyed. The new fabric one should arrive today for nighttime but hoping the donut thing plus supervision is enough during the day. Being a lampshade dog sucks, I'm sure.
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Dig a lot of "spring" clean up on my back yard. I have been working hard on large plants and the small ones are in need of a haircut.
I have kept my mini-bonfire going since about ten this morning.
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Done the morning walk, next I'll be having a phone appointment with my case worker, then I will take Kayleigh to her psych to get a prescription.
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Opening the pool today.
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Continue with the trimming up around the perimeter.
I have decided to remove and replace a couple of overgrown pussy willow bushes. (Chainsaw :mischief:)
Some dwarf lilacs are going in their places.
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Suddenly the summer-like temperatures have ended my day, for a while at least. I got quite a bit done with more still to do, but no knee twisting this time.
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Finish my beer and supper and consider going to bed. :yawn:
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Curl up in bed and listen to a friends live video of stories of his lifetime. He's an amazing storyteller.
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Ring my mum. And do the dishes.
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Ring my mum. And do the dishes.
I should have done that. I will do so today. Ring my mum, I meant.
Fuck the dishes. I mean really, fuck them!
After a long weekend of grilling out I made one helluva pile of dish mess. I took care of it. Three days of grilling took two days to clean up. AND I tried to clean as the weekend progressed, but I fell behind.
Still a win, though. Having the grille going and almost ready to cook on at breakfast time is a kind of pleasure that is difficult to describe.
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I hate doing the dishes. We have a deal that whomever cooks, the other does the dishes. So I'm almost always the cook. lol
I got everything that needed to be done out of the way today so now it's all about an afternoon siesta since we're under a heat advisory and the dogs are doing their best impression of floor rugs next to the ac vents.
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I hate doing the dishes as well. But Kayleigh cooks. We have the same deal you have, Phoenix.
So I have more dishes to do today as well as clean the bathroom.
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Work. :chores:
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Take the oldest dog to the vet. Not sure it's going to be good news. I suspect we're on borrowed time and I'm hoping I'm wrong.
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:crossed:
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Take the oldest dog to the vet. Not sure it's going to be good news. I suspect we're on borrowed time and I'm hoping I'm wrong.
Good luck with this!!
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^seconded
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Just try and get through the day until I can go to bed
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Dishes as usual. Not for the first time I am wishing for a dishwasher. Unfortunately we don't have the room.
This will be the weekend as Kayleigh will be away, clean the tile grout in the toilet and maybe the laundry. I have a battery operated brush specifically designed for the job so it should be easy enough.
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Take the youngest to school to clean out her locker. They're doing it in stages for the students. They have a specific door to go through (to keep the groups small), a specific time to show up and 20 mins to clear out. They're keeping everyone distanced and safe.
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Work. Buy beer. Hit some golf balls. Drink beer.
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Currently right now however, I'm sorting out this insurance claim as I had witnessed a crash a while back but it had taken a whole entire year for them to contact me.
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Waiting to pop into a virtual birthday party on zoom for a friend before I go to bed with a book. :yawn:
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So going to bed with a book turned into drinking Black Fly Vodka Cranberry and being here :raining:
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So going to bed with a book turned into drinking Black Fly Vodka Cranberry and being here :raining:
How was the zoom virtual birthday party?
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So going to bed with a book turned into drinking Black Fly Vodka Cranberry and being here :raining:
How was the zoom virtual birthday party?
It turned out being a lot of fun. My friend works at a group home and they have had a COVID outbreak. 5 staff and 1 resident tested positive. She's the only one who is willing to show up for work. She's tested negative so far but she's working 18 hour days for the next 15 days straight. So she was at the home tonight for the party. One of her cousins logged in from Newfoundland. I frickin love their accents. They sound like this:
https://youtu.be/xvnDy7PXiTc
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So going to bed with a book turned into drinking Black Fly Vodka Cranberry and being here :raining:
How was the zoom virtual birthday party?
It turned out being a lot of fun. My friend works at a group home and they have had a COVID outbreak. 5 staff and 1 resident tested positive. She's the only one who is willing to show up for work. She's tested negative so far but she's working 18 hour days for the next 15 days straight. So she was at the home tonight for the party. One of her cousins logged in from Newfoundland. I frickin love their accents. They sound like this:
https://youtu.be/xvnDy7PXiTc
She's brave. A lot of group homes have had the COVID outbreak, but over the pond was a whole lot worse where there has been an outbreak and unfortunately a lot of neglect. The government seemed to took it lightly at the time before it all became headline. 18 hours for 15 days straight, that is pretty incredible but very exhausting.
The accents in the video sound well cool.
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I'll have to do some work in just a few hours. Ugh.
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go grocery shopping, as soon as my eyelids have finished coming unglued. :yawn:
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Try to ease the pain in my back. Age sucks sometimes
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Not a lot. Only two hours left of today.
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I'm going to wash my hair, then get dressed and go to Aldi. Going to get some frozen meals for when I'm at the Salvos.
Then I'm going to sort through emails. Hoping Kayleigh won't choose that time to watch something loud on tv.
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:laundry:
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:bounce:
:nerdy:
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You're watching boobs today?
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It was supposed to be my last day of weekly labs but I forgot it was a holiday so I have to put it off until tomorrow. Really just want to get it over with.
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Get very relaxed. And probably watch some more of The Wire before bed.
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Hopefully we'll hang some pictures today. Kayleigh bought a new masonry drill bit at Bunnings last weekend so I'm hoping it'll get some use this weekend.
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Do some cleaning around the house, I think, especially my study.
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Hopefully take little dude to get a much needed haircut.
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I don't know. I don't want to do anything. :-\
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Contractor is coming today to put up the wood accent wall in the master bedroom. I've wanted this for three years. I was so excited I couldn't get to sleep. :P
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Contractor is coming today to put up the wood accent wall in the master bedroom. I've wanted this for three years. I was so excited I couldn't get to sleep. :P
That does sound cool. :thumbup: Are you going to share a picture when it's done? :orly:
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Maybe.
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Bah. I didn't know the wood needed to be brought in from the garage a couple days in advance to warm it up, and they didn't think to tell me. So the work is rescheduled to Monday.
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My daughter and her boyfriend are coming over for dinner later today. It was her birthday yesterday so there will be cake, too.
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Another craft project, drive down to the mailbox to check the mail since it's pouring rain out now. Read a Star Trek book, have some wine later.
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Take Kayleigh to the physio, sit and read in the car while I'm waiting.
Do the large pile of dishes that have accumulated since yesterday afternoon.
Go to work.
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Attempt to support my friend who's an essential worker dealing with shitty public stupidity.
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I shall resurrect the christmas tree. :woohoo:
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Not a lot. I'm lying in bed and avoiding everything.
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Optometrist appointment later. If I find new frames I like I might buy them. My right eye is fine now. Bloody allergies.
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Still some time left to browse the interwebz.
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WAL - MART later on. possibly might look for some action figures, collectibles. see if they have any. if not, Return home
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Do some homework for my client. Have to find good speech to text app or software.
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Do some homework for my client. Have to find good speech to text app or software.
Did you mean housework, did they give you some work to take home, or are you really doing someone's homework. :orly:
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They gave me the task of finding speech to text app or software for them. I found a lot of different versions, copied their specifics and printed them out.
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Take Kayleigh to the physio, sit and read in the car while I'm waiting.
Do the large pile of dishes that have accumulated since yesterday afternoon.
Go to work.
This again. As well as buy a bag of ice.
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Take The PR to bowling, find something to eat, wash clothes, the usual
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Not a lot. It's late and I've been working all day.
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After I get ready, off to the shops where I'll put some money on to Kayleigh's birthday present (a dark lightsaber) and maybe spend the Target voucher I got for Christmas.
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Need to do laundry today.
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Go to Aldi for drinks, burgers, cheese and ice. I'll have to wear a mask for the first time.
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Work. Work some more. And work, too.
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Same, work at the evil empire of walmart. After a shitload of snow shoveling!
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Bowling (The PR), laundry, house clear.
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Not much of the day left now, so I won't be doing much either.
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Technically, it's today. I woke up and am finding it hard to get to sleep again. I'm getting up reasonably early to go and get petrol and then see my client who lives an hour from me.
After that, I have work as usual.
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Laundry, finishing the revisions of a chapter in my manuscript, hangout with Yoshi, Annoy the dog (not really), looking for better blinds for my escape hatch in my flat in the basement.
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I have my six month review for my cleaning job at 2pm. I also need to go to the chemist. Then it's work again at 5pm.
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I said it once, I'll say it again..... Go the fuck to sleep is a wonderful tool for me to use to get sleepy.
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A bunch of nonsense meetings sprinkled with - maybe - some actual work. I fucking hate meetings.
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Thinking of going to Bunnings. Kayleigh needs some gold and silver spray paint and we should probably get a new hose since the last one burst. That one was crap anyway with all the kinks in it.
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Watch CNN, I guess.
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It's probably too humid to paint. May go ahead and do Sunday's weekly cleaning chores today, and hope for better paint conditions tomorrow. Have been wanting to develop a deep cleaning routine to better utilize the hour per day, since painting projects have shown the current randomness isn't really cutting it. Might think on that today too.
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Chill, then go to work!
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Paint, Jack?
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Paint, Jack?
Have been on an organizational kick for some months, but about two months ago painted the inside of the cabinet under the kitchen sink. That lead to painting the inside of all the kitchen cabinets and drawers, which lead to painting the inside of the bathrooms cabinets and drawers, which lead to stripping the wallpaper in the hall bath and painting it along with the door and the trim too, which lead to painting all the trim and doors in the house. Am about a third of the way through the trim and doors. Just doing a little at a time. It's required moving a lot of things, so that's why said painting has shown some housekeeping efforts could use more structure in a couple of areas. So yes, painting, but nothing creative or anything like that. It's just an inexpensive way to keep occupied and feeling productive. Working in the office made it easier to unwind when coming home, but sitting in the house all day feels lazy and creates a deep sense of should be doing something after the workday is over. This has helped.
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Today was mostly a lazy day.... so I didn't do much
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Need to do laundry today.
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Finish building a shed.
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Finish building a shed.
What will go in the shed once it's finished?
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Sleep at a reasonable time .___.
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Finish building a shed.
What will go in the shed once it's finished?
My son.
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If I can ever get my ass in gear I will clear out the cargo space in the car. There's liquid soap, apple juice, bottled water and canned goods in there. It's 32/0 right now and stay there or lower for the next 12 hours. I don't want to have to face the thawed mess of broken bottles and cans if I don't.
Yeah, I'm a slob.
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If I can ever get my ass in gear I will clear out the cargo space in the car. There's liquid soap, apple juice, bottled water and canned goods in there. It's 32/0 right now and stay there or lower for the next 12 hours. I don't want to have to face the thawed mess of broken bottles and cans if I don't.
Yeah, I'm a slob.
Got my ass in gear.
Cleared out 3 packs of 24 count bottled water, 4 bottles of apple juice, 4 small grocery bags of cans, and threw away one split bottle of bleach (that leaked on the cans and other stuff in the cargo space. I left the 4 cases of green beans in there because the cardboard is wet on all of them and some of the cans are rusted from the bleach. I covered the cans with a heavy blanket. I also took in 4 cases of soft drinks from the porch. I literally couldn't have done it without the hand cart.
Temperature was about 28F and I was still in my pajamas, so it's a major accomplishment.
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Finish building a shed.
What will go in the shed once it's finished?
My son.
Floor, insulation gone in. Need to line it now. We night put power in it and make it a little two seater outdoor cinema.
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it's a major accomplishment.
:thumbup:
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Not much of the day left but I'll probably research computer speakers to see what's available.
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Start an argument with the Chihuahua who lives upstairs
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Me too. :zoinks:
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Have plans to do some deep cleaning in the living room, but this morning's painting task took much longer than expected. May just sit around for a couple of hours first to see if any soreness sets in.
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I wish I fucking knew. Plans keep changing.
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Work. Don't wanna.
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Feed The PR and the cat. Take The PR to bowling
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Drink more beer.
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Go and buy a better paper shredder because the one I have is cheap and crappy. It keeps jamming no matter how careful I am with it.
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Not a lot. 90 mins or so left of it.
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Do some clothes washing. Might try and sort out some junk in my room and see if anything is worth taking to the Salvos.
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Need to feed the family, I guess.
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Cooking dinner tonite! Pita pocket turkey oven sandwiches.
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Ordering baby clothes. Just found out my daughter is giving us our first granddaughter in August.
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Ordering baby clothes. Just found out my daughter is giving us our first granddaughter in August.
Congratulations!
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Ordering baby clothes. Just found out my daughter is giving us our first granddaughter in August.
Congratulations.
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Ordering baby clothes. Just found out my daughter is giving us our first granddaughter in August.
Wow, that's awesome! :)
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Drop Kayleigh at physio, seek out Coke No Sugar at the shops (Aldi didn't have any)
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Continue not over-eating, limit my portions to just fluids tonight, not continuing to doubt myself.
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Taxes. :chores:
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Continue not over-eating, limit my portions to just fluids tonight, not continuing to doubt myself.
Long ago read advice about giving positive directions to children. Simply saying what to do, rather than what not to do. Walk, instead of don't run. Not only for children, but also good for speaking to others and self. Continue eating healthy, and continue having confidence.
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Ordering baby clothes. Just found out my daughter is giving us our first granddaughter in August.
Congrats!
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Thinking I'll have something to eat and then go to bed.
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Continue not over-eating, limit my portions to just fluids tonight, not continuing to doubt myself.
This made me remember something. I watched a video that included some stuff about self-perception, talking about when people perceive themselves in a certain way, then they're more likely to behave according to those perceptions. While it was a completely unrelated topic, you just made me realize I've never thought of myself as a person who eats healthy, even when I'm being a person who eats healthy. That's something I should think about. Thanks, Genesis. :thumbup:
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Eat steak and vegetables for dinner.
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Eat steak and vegetables for dinner.
Vegetables with a steak? They better be fried or covered in a ton of melted butter.
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Eat steak and vegetables for dinner.
Vegetables with a steak? They better be fried or covered in a ton of melted butter.
We had baked potatoes, pumpkin and corn. We ran out of green vegetables. Mine was all covered in gravy. Kayleigh had butter on her corn.
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Browse this place. All I have time for.
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Sit on my porch and watch the rain come down. Do some house shit.
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There's a crossword waiting when I log out. Done a lot of those lately.
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Sleep some more, got to my doctor appointment, go to Aldi for a bit of grocery shopping, go to work.
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Work, work, work...
And I need to do laundry since I didn't have time for it yesterday. :laundry:
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Work more, plus finish doing the laundry.
I have a proof of concept setup to finish for an aerospace client. The client uses age-old standards that the software I'm forced to use really can't handle, so I'm getting daily software updates to address the many issues I am seeing. It's more of a beta test than anything. :GA:
I'm sick of it, tbh.
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I have no idea. Need to get my head back into productive space.
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Take a walk, pick up some ugly roadside trash.
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I'm watching football. Same as yesterday. Same as tomorrow.
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Need to fix a piece of code that a colleague handed over to me yesterday. Then I need to explain to the devs why that particular piece of code sucks and why they can never do something like it again, as long as I have a say.
Will also have a meeting about our source control systems and their migration to something better. Maybe, just maybe, they'll accept that something needs to be done.
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Got a haircut yesterday so may color it today. Also need to sort through the bag of stuff brought home from work and decide what's going back to the office.
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Got a haircut yesterday so may color it today. Also need to sort through the bag of stuff brought home from work and decide what's going back to the office.
Looks like the whole bag of stuff is going back. How practical. Did discard a small pack of dried up screen wipes, and now wondering if disinfectant wipes expire. Looked at the ones at the house because they're a different brand, but they had no date either. The hand sanitizer had a date, still good.
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Thinking I'll do some tweaking of my laptop.
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Take a little walk before the next rain fall occurs. Right now we are in day 3 of getting bands of heavy rain mixed with misty rain.
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Wake the cub up. I hate it when he won't nap and them conks out around 6pm, because it means bedtime is going to be a disaster.
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Thinking I'll do some tweaking of my laptop.
Tweaking of or twerking on?
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Go to bed!
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Thinking I'll do some tweaking of my laptop.
Tweaking of or twerking on?
:M
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It's pouring down today, it's the first day of my holiday, and I'm not going to do anything of any lasting value.
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Sounds like a good way to spend a holiday.
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Take a bicycle ride after lunch.
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Hit a few golf balls. Read Calvin and Hobbes.
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Wash my hair and go to work at 5pm.
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Sleep, hopefully. Then work.
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Take the cub to the zoo.
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Pack for our trip to Florida.
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Watch another Lucifer episode.
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Watch another Lucifer episode.
I see little bits on FB newsfeed. An intriguing plot......Lucifer as a complicated. not so evil character, who allies with a human detective. And his supposedly "Heavenly" family being somewhat dysfunctional.
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Watch another Lucifer episode.
I see little bits on FB newsfeed. An intriguing plot......Lucifer as a complicated. not so evil character, who allies with a human detective. And his supposedly "Heavenly" family being somewhat dysfunctional.
It's surprisingly good, and they improved it a lot when Netflix took over. And dysfunctional doesn't even begin to cover it.
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Watch another Lucifer episode.
I see little bits on FB newsfeed. An intriguing plot......Lucifer as a complicated. not so evil character, who allies with a human detective. And his supposedly "Heavenly" family being somewhat dysfunctional.
It's surprisingly good, and they improved it a lot when Netflix took over. And dysfunctional doesn't even begin to cover it.
Yeah, Lucifer comes across as far more functional than his family.
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^I finished watching Lucifer. Have to say, they went out in style.
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Wash my hair and go to work at 5pm.
This, maybe some gardening. I've been pouring boiling water on the weeds that have come up through the gaps in the bricks. It works well. I didn't want to use a chemical spray because of the cats.
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I wonder if that would work on thistles and dandelions. Have to try it next year.
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I wonder if that would work on thistles and dandelions. Have to try it next year.
It should do, get them when they're small.
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Log off and go to bed. Maybe.
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Sunday is my last day of freedom, so likely tie up any loose ends from plans I've made. Mainly things like laundry, shopping and returning things.
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I already did what I wanted to do today... tomorrow I have to go back to work -____-
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I have to do laundry too. Plus go to the chemist and do a mountain of dishes.
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About to work for a bit.
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Meet some friends for lunch with the cub and their little boy.
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Put tree up.
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^We have no room for a Christmas tree but we've wrapped silver and green tinsel around the cat tree.
I have to wash my hair, do a load of washing, sort out some things on the desktop computer and do dishes.
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Done for today. Maybe read for a bit.
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Hang out washing, do dishes and go to work. Good thing it's always 23°C in there.
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^We have no room for a Christmas tree but we've wrapped silver and green tinsel around the cat tree.
knew someone who did a garland tree on the wall due to having a toddler. Was thinking it might be an option for around pets too. it was nice.
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Today, I am going to add to my growing mountain of pack up boxes of treasures to be moved when we get keys to the new house.
We have decided to take the time as we begin "cleaning and shit" to just move all our small stuff ourselves and just call the movers in to finish up the big stuff when the time comes.
Makes sense to me. :dunno: :dunno: :dunno: :dunno: :dunno:
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Go Christmas shopping. And need to buy Mum a birthday card.
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Not a lot. Watch TV. Maybe.
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Have already given Mum's present to my aunty to take to Collie, washed hair and done dishes. Just have to get ready to go to Gosnells hotel/pub for my client's end of year gathering.
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Last walk through in our new home today, just before closing everything tomorrow and theoretically acquiring KEYS!
Supposed to be an entire, ALL entities last chance look over.
Tax guy, Auction people, Banking representatives from both parties, my Loan agent, Title company, Appraising companies from both sides and my realty agent all meeting us today.
They all agree that they all have all they need to complete the closing, so I'm not sure what all this shit is going to be about but I am told by my realtor that everyone has a check box page or somethinglike that to finish and sign off.
My wife wants me to take a tape measure and measure the windows for drapes.
:2thumbsup:
Should have full ownership closing completed tomorrow on the new home.
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It happened! We closed today on our new home!
We have keys! :woohoo:
We have been there most of the day cleaning kitchen and bathrooms, scheduling locksmith, carpet cleaning guys, pest control and surveyor to mark the property boundaries.
Next few days will be about getting utilities switched to our name, some kind of internet, etc.
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^That's awesome. Nothing like moving into a new place that's all yours. :)
I'll be going to pick up my car from the mechanics. It will have a new radiator and thermostat. I guess that's what happens when your car overheats on the highway and it has to be towed home. It's going to cost heaps but I have been saving money in case such a thing would occur.
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Awesome news, glad it's yours!
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:plus:
Great news, DD!
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Work and somehow find the time to get a gift bag for Emma's presents. I have them well hidden.
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Work and somehow find the time to get a gift bag for Emma's presents. I have them well hidden.
What did you get her? :orly:
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Making beer.
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Work and somehow find the time to get a gift bag for Emma's presents. I have them well hidden.
What did you get her? :orly:
Not saying in case she's lurking here. :zoinks:
But she will definitely love them!
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Work and somehow find the time to get a gift bag for Emma's presents. I have them well hidden.
What did you get her? :orly:
Not saying in case she's lurking here. :zoinks:
But she will definitely love them!
I didn't even think of that. :lol1:
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:plus:
Great news, DD!
We're still :woohoo: around here!!
Lots more to do.
It's going to be a great home for us. Less yard (no more "faux farming") but way more house and more modern everything. It's all going to work out fine!
I want to thank everyone for the kind thoughts and well wishes.
:thumbup:
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Same thing I do every Friday - volunteer, then work. Kayleigh thought I'd have time off by now but that starts tomorrow.
I'll have to wear a mask all day today. I trialled the new mask I bought online months ago last night at Aldi. Quite comfortable. Today should be fine although hot.
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I don't plan to do anything today. I might, but that will be unintentional.
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I'm not doing anything either. It's too hot to go outside.
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I'm going to hit walmart super early. I want to buy new pillows with my christmas money and I also need to get a couple of groceries. Each night I toss a single serve reeses cup into the freezer for the boy, unless I accidentally forget, so I'm also hoping there will be some christmas reeses candy on clearance. Then I'm going to come home, put away all the christmas decorations and then clean the cars. I don't know if there will be time for anything else. :dunno:
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Read for a bit.
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Go to the doctor for my injection then most likely straight to work. My holidays are over. :(
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Finish watching Austin Powers.
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Focusing on my projects down in the basement... listening to synth wave music at the same time.
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Do some washing so I have clean clothes for the Salvos tomorrow (I have to wear all black) and do the mountain of dishes left over from last night.
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Read for a bit, once I log out from here.
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Worked in the worst crawlspace I have been in a a long time
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Have another beer before the day is over.
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Clean the wheels on my car. They're seriously dirty.
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Hopefully as little as possible until work at 5pm.
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Go to the doctor for my injection then most likely straight to work. My holidays are over. :(
Thankfully I saw this post. I had forgotten when I had my last injection and so didn't know when to schedule the next one. Now I know.
Today I'm taking Kayleigh to have her session of laser on her face. For over ten years she's been shaving every day and causing inflammation. About time she gets rid of her facial hair.
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So far I have picked up my cats from the boarding kennels.
Raced out to get some feliway refills as they had an unpleasant temperament upon arriving home.
Now I'm doing laundry and will be going to the laundromat dryers later. Maybe popping into work to see everyone, maybe not.
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Log off and read for a while.
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Not going to do some work for my client. He may have been exposed to Covid and that's something I do not want.
Still have my physio appointment though.
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Read for a while.
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Go to City Farmers for some (more) cat treats and then to the Spud Shed to see if they have any cordial. I'm getting desperate here.
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I already did what I needed to do today, I went to the South Asian Supermarket with my aunts and my sister... got some goodies, and other stuff that we remembered from Pakistan... tomorrow is going to be fun, only because it's my aunts last day with us before they go back to Pennsylvania.
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Mend some clothing. Boss managed to work things out so the department only has to return to office one day per week, so decided against new clothing. Have a handful of items which aren't worn due to needing some attention with needle and thread. Thinking there's enough salvageable tops in the closet to have plenty to wear without any added expense.
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Sweep the backyard. Leaves everywhere. We have an inspection in May, not sure exactly when yet. So I'll only have to do minimal sweeping when that comes up.
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Not a lot. I'll finish my beer.
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Drink some wine!
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Take out the trash
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Go to Coles because according to my friend, they have cordial there. Apple and blackcurrant, my favourite.
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Day #2 of the Important Portal Meeting in Munich. Fly back home afterwards.
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Spend time with Yoshi, and the Birds... then I might be playing Animal Crossing or Second Life later tonight (maybe both)
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Not a lot, considering I have two hours left.
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Time for wine as soon as I finish with the internuts! 8)
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Time for wine as soon as I finish with the internuts! 8)
What's wrong with doing it before? :zoinks:
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Time for wine as soon as I finish with the internuts! 8)
What's wrong with doing it before? :zoinks:
The problem might be I get a buzz and go berserk! :viking: :autism:
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Going to the shopping centre where Kayleigh will have lasers shot at her face then have a general look around.
Come home, wash my hair, get ready for work.
After work, have dinner and wait for our groceries to be delivered. I ordered two bottles of cordial so hopefully I get them.
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Nothing further planned. Will read for a while.
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Do some washing. The weather is good for it.
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Might go and see the new Dr Strange movie. He's my favourite Marvel character.
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Go to my appointment, have supper with my parents... and probably go for a walk (I need to anyways... getting my exercise in and all)
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I have a midday phone appointment regarding my NDIS plan (National Disability Insurance Scheme). Hopefully I'll get the funding I've applied for.
Then I'll have lunch and wait for 5pm to roll around which is when I go to work.
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Get ready to go to Aldi to buy some burgers, cereal, Coke No Sugar and toilet paper. I could do it after work tonight but chances are they won't have burger buns then.
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Get ready to go and vote because it's Australia's federal election today. I know one thing - I'm not voting Liberal.
Get clothes washing done today.
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If the LNP wins I'm driving to Canberra and rioting!
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If the need arises, do yourselves a favor and only break their shit.
Leave the common folk a way to make a living once the smoke settles.
Don't repeat what happens in this country! We are setting bad examples by the moment these days. Don't be like us.
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Not sure. There's a presentation I need to get started on, but...
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Have breakfast, wash hair, do dishes, work on my stamp collection and go to work. Afterwards, come home and watch Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
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Go to bed!
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Go to bed!
This. But I'll probably eat something first.
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Go to bed!
This. But I'll probably eat something first.
Yep, I gotta have a decent timed snack before bed.
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Read for a bit, maybe. I bought a book by Richard Dawkins, yesterday, and it's good.
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Wait for a gap in the rainfall and go to Aldi for groceries.
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Check up on Dad, get ready for bed, and start getting to sleep.
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Fly back home. It's been an exhausting last several days. :yawn:
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I've already been to the gym. I have a psychologist appointment at 4pm, then work an hour later.
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Take a little road trip with Carla.......destination? Wherever the road takes us. 8)
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Probably some writing, or watching a film (or two)
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Take Kayleigh to the doctor. I'm going to sit in the car and read a book. The weather is cool enough to do that now.
Go to work at 5pm. It's been hard lately because all the offices are being used and I have to have them clean within an hour and a half.
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Go to Bunnings and see if they have what Kayleigh calls a plumbing "reseater" for our taps. The ones we have are the turn on and off screw down kind. Kayleigh blames me for turning all the taps off too hard and so it ruins the washers. But she's the one who leaves the taps dripping. It's hard to tell who's at fault but if we have different taps there will be no one to blame.
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Have breakfast, wash my hair, possibly go to Bunnings again for some spanners (Kayleigh changed the bathroom sink taps and they are awesome, but she couldn't do the shower ones, hence the need for spanners), then to the chemist for meds. Plan to play with my stamp collection this afternoon.
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Brush my teeth.
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Sort some of my stamp collection. Yesterday I was sitting there when Rowan jumped up and sat on a small pile of stamps. Then he swept his tail across the table and some stamps ended up on the floor. I love him but he can be a nuisance!
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I have the sense I should be doing something today, but the stuff that needs to be done is outside. I might change my mind later, but I feel very comfortable and clean this morning so I have no interest in breaking a sweat right now. :dunno:
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Fix the door in my bedroom, as well as hiding from outside because people annoy me
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Going to see the new Thor movie.
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Wash my hair, pick Kayleigh up from the train station and buy some ice.
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Breakfast, wash hair, go to Aldi and buy burger buns and meat, sort out stamps (I'm learning a lot about different countries), go to work, come home and eat burgers while watching The Orville, get ready for bed.
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Walk down to the foreshore with Kayleigh, have some pancakes at a café which will be my breakfast, buy a present for my dad on the way home, go out and get some cat food, tray litter, then some ice for Kayleigh.
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Not go to physio. Seems they have a Covid outbreak. Going to see about getting our fourth vaccination today, the last one was in January. Go to the chemist for esomeprazole, do some washing and that's about it until work at 5.
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Continue hiding from my ex and her bestie...
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Don't hide, Genesis. You should be proud of who you are. Stuff the ex and her friend. Don't let them govern your behaviour.
I am taking my car for a tyre check (for free!) and then taking Kayleigh for her laser face shooting appointment. Work at 5pm.
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Don't hide, Genesis. You should be proud of who you are. Stuff the ex and her friend. Don't let them govern your behaviour.
I am taking my car for a tyre check (for free!) and then taking Kayleigh for her laser face shooting appointment. Work at 5pm.
http://youtu.be/6nSKkwzwdW4
You're absolutely right... I got this!!!
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"taking Kayleigh for her laser face shooting appointment."
I have no idea what this means, but it sounds horrible in one way of thinking and really fun if I look at it as not happening to my face, but on a toy shooting range. Choose the faces you want to shoot with your laser. Make it a party!
I have to presume that this is a cosmetic/medical procedure. I hope things go OK.
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We are having home made spaghetti sauce for lunch, along with noodles of course, some garlic bread and meatballs. It's an all vegan sauce, except for the fact that vegans are fooling themselves since many vegetables actually consume worms, insects and such as they grow. Don't tell them, yet.
Boxed noodles, Italian bread from the local grocery, frozen prepared meatballs, but I started the sauce last night about 5PM. It will have simmered for about sixteen hours by the time the garlic bread is ready for lunch.
I also put the cheap cut offs and broken pieces of fresh portobello mushrooms in the sauce.
So far the sauce tastes fabulous!
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Do the chicken dance!
no wait.... um... I'm going to bribe my father with a certain ice cream to hangout together.... I believe it's called Halo Tops?
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"taking Kayleigh for her laser face shooting appointment."
I have no idea what this means, but it sounds horrible in one way of thinking and really fun if I look at it as not happening to my face, but on a toy shooting range. Choose the faces you want to shoot with your laser. Make it a party!
I have to presume that this is a cosmetic/medical procedure. I hope things go OK.
Yep, it is a cosmetic procedure. I've been on at Kayleigh to have hair removal treatments for ages because her shaving her face caused a lot of inflammation and she always had 5 o'clock shadow no matter how close she shaved. Not good for a lady. She's had a few treatments now and it's made such a difference. No more shaving.
I'd like this treatment for myself as I've inherited a pretty hairy face and have to pluck every day. Unfortunately, my hair is too light to have it. :thumbdn:
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Unfortunately, my hair is too light to have it. :thumbdn:
Do you mean the hair is too light in color, or too sparse? :orly:
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Got off my shift at 12:30pm, now I'm hiding from people
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Unfortunately, my hair is too light to have it. :thumbdn:
Do you mean the hair is too light in color, or too sparse? :orly:
Believe me, it's not too sparse, heh. Laser treatment works best for dark hair and mine is blonde on my face.
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I'm hiding in my room until Mom and Dad recover... the only times I get out is to go out to work or free time outside of the house.
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Washing. Washing dishes, washing my hair, washing my clothes.
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Shopped some at the grocery. Came home with a nice roast for lunch, some fruits and veggies, a few boxed goods and cereals.
Roast, smothered in carrots, celery, peppers, onions and potatoes is almost ready.
So today we're having a pot roast!
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Laundry, sewed a tear in my work pants, going to go shopping and make supper tonite. Carla's request is my meat loaf. So it is written, so it shall be done! 8)
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Go to the shops and buy some snacks for tomorrow when we have Star Trek Adventures at a friend's house.
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Today, I'm going to grill up some burgers and fry some potatoes for lunch. Good old Red Blooded American food!
I'll count fats tomorrow or maybe not.
:autism:
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Wash my hair and when it's dry, go and visit a friend. She collects Harry Potter cards from our local supermarket (Coles) and I have heaps of unopened ones so I'll give them to her.
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Check up on Dad, then listen to music or watch Lower Decks on the TV until I go to sleep.
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Check up on Dad, then listen to music or watch Lower Decks on the TV until I go to sleep.
The new season of Lower Decks should be streaming by the end of this month. :)
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Check up on Dad, then listen to music or watch Lower Decks on the TV until I go to sleep.
The new season of Lower Decks should be streaming by the end of this month. :)
The new episode is on the 25th over in the states... I decided to binge-watch the two seasons before I start up with season 3.
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After doing not much all day apart from spray a few weeds I'm about to wash the car. Is very grubby after my trip away.
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My session with the therapist... afterward I'm probably going to make my island greener. (The island on Animal Crossing btw)
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Going to take Kayleigh to the doctor, then to laser face shooting, then I have a psychologist appointment at 4pm. After that, straight to work.
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Go to Aldi and buy some burger meat and brioche buns if they have them.
Work at 5.
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Not a lot, considering it's less than 30 minutes before midniight.
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Since STA has been cancelled, I might sort out some stamps. I didn't get to yesterday because I was busy with chores all day.
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Cashed in $795 in change almost everything except the dimes that I'm trying to fill a 2 liter bottle with(it's up to about $150 now)
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Go for a long walk... problem is I need money for my plan to work.
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Cashed in $795 in change almost everything except the dimes that I'm trying to fill a 2 liter bottle with(it's up to about $150 now)
:o How long did it take to collect that much change? :orly:
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Cashed in $795 in change almost everything except the dimes that I'm trying to fill a 2 liter bottle with(it's up to about $150 now)
:o How long did it take to collect that much change? :orly:
Last time I cashed in all my change in the summer of 2019 but 2020 doesn't really count since I went to the store so infrequently so I would say its around two years worth. I had $49.32 in pennies :LOL:
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After work we're having homemade burgers for dinner while watching She-Hulk and Lower Decks.
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Sounds great.
I think we have She-Hulk on one of our streaming subscriptions, but I think I am the only one interested in it. Not sure that it is available just yet, but they advertise it constantly.
I bought a huge thing of beef patties last week. I plan to start the grille, cook up a meal and partially cook a few extras to go in the 'fridge for use over the coming week.
Made "panchos" from some of them last night. Panchos are basically a chalupa, but chalupas are veggie and panchos are the same thing but include meat. A chalupa is a crisp fried flat tortilla with many fixin's ready to go, rice beans, salsa, avaocado, etc.
Mexican food.
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After work we're having homemade burgers for dinner while watching She-Hulk and Lower Decks.
Thank's for the reminder (fires up torrents)
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Take care of my birds, check on Dad and Yoshi, listen to anime soundtracks, stay busy and not being overtly depressed (or pissed off that I didn't make it through this month with one of the trouble makers trying to contact me)
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Go to a poetry reading soon and read my essay about watching the Bumblebees dancing among the Basil flowers. Come back and have some wine and go to bed.
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Definitely getting out of the house...
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Wash hair, wash dishes, go and pick Kayleigh up from her friend's place.
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Continually check up on Yoshi, try to find a way to dispose of the eggs Hana laid... and just be happy with how things are going in my life.
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Clean the house. We have an inspection on Tuesday.
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Was not planning to do this, but the concert in the park was quite audible from our back patio.
Everyone gets up early, including me, but about the time everyone else went down, the music from the park amphitheater started to become interesting.
A lot of '60s and '70s Motown hits. Not all of it was my cup of tea in those days, but it was pleasant to hear it wafting through the long walk of trees between here and there.
I am sad and this was a bit lifting.
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I got errands to do today... yeah it's Sunday, but Mom and I agreed to have an outing together.
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Relax as the house is clean except for the dishes.
Go to work at 5pm.
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:o
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Wash hair, dishes and clothes. Go to Aldi to buy our Thursday night burgers, go to the chemist as I have run out of two medications. Work at 5pm.
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Not much left to do. Post here?
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Do some washing. Particularly the towels and hand towels.
Wash hair.
Pick up Kayleigh from her friend's house.
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Wash hair.
Take Kayleigh to the doctor.
Go to work at 5pm.
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I did what I could today... just didn't get out of the house at all :(
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Work.
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Go to my endocrinologist appointment - I don't wanna go! Scared they're just going to tell me off for being fat.
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Not much of today left. Post. Read for a while.
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I have to take my car to the mechanics to have the light bulb in the front driver's side indicator replaced.
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Do some washing and answer an email.
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Find places around the house to hang washing because it's raining outside, wash hair and dishes (not at the same time) and answer some emails.
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Hopefully pass out and feel better tomorrow.
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Probably go to bed and sleep... I got a 1/2 day tomorrow with my odd job.
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Stay in bed as I'm sick (not Covid).
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Not much left of today, but, do the dishes and package up the rest of the roast I made tonight, for future meals.
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Thinking I should go to the cancer center with Dad to keep him company...
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Thinking I should go to the cancer center with Dad to keep him company...
If he is OK with it, you should. He is your Dad. Enjoy the time you have left with him.
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Thinking I should go to the cancer center with Dad to keep him company...
If he is OK with it, you should. He is your Dad. Enjoy the time you have left with him.
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Yep
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In Hoosier tradition, I was hesitant to be the first to mow the grass. No one wants to have the neighborhood throwing bottles at you or being flipped off all spring, because your lack of consideration made everyone else have to mow too.
:green:
My son and I are mowing the grass for the first time this year today.
Now, there is some Metronet company about to dig up many yards installing "new" internet services and our front yard is a mess with markings and flags, but we will mow right up to those and not touch even one marker.
But, the Mrs Dawg will be happy to get the grass mowed. We actually have two massive sideyards and a whole back yard that will benefit from a good mowing. Getting it done in a bit!
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Doctor appointment, then to Aldi to get some burger meat and brioche buns.
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Thinking I should go to the cancer center with Dad to keep him company...
You should. He's your Dad. :)
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Pack up some things in my room in preparation for renovations.
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Pay for my car insurance. Keep an eye on the football scores
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I have a massive mountain of music media to organize and stack more safely in one corner of my garage.
I can only see the top third of my ceiling high mono stack of speakers in the corner.
I am trying to do a pre-culling and seperate any music I might keep from those I will most likely donate to Goodwill or something.
I'm estimating the mountain to be over two thousand LPs and over a thousand CDs.
It is fun! But keeping myself focused upon the task is not easy. I'll grab an album I haven't heard in a while and spend ten minutes studying every detail of the cover again.
:asthing:
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Thinking I should go to the cancer center with Dad to keep him company...
You should. He's your Dad. :)
If he's around for his grandkids someday... he should be Baba to them.
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Pack up some things in my room in preparation for renovations.
New floors, right? Has that started yet? :orly:
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Pack up some things in my room in preparation for renovations.
New floors, right? Has that started yet? :orly:
Not yet. They're coming to install the new laundry sink on Thursday. I've taken everything out from the cupboard underneath the sink and moved the washing machine because it was right next to the sink. I wasn't prepared for the dirt underneath the washing machine but I've cleaned that area now.
Next Thursday we're having the cabinets and bench tops replaced so I'll spend the Wednesday before work getting everything out of the kitchen. Hopefully I'll have Kayleigh's help.
I spoke to the property manager on the phone and she said the floors may be done on the 28th April. Then she got us confused with someone else and the dates of when the plumber is available. She said she'd ring back with the proper dates in five minutes and also email them to me. It's been three hours and I don't have an email from her.
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Pack up some things in my room in preparation for renovations.
New floors, right? Has that started yet? :orly:
Not yet. They're coming to install the new laundry sink on Thursday. I've taken everything out from the cupboard underneath the sink and moved the washing machine because it was right next to the sink. I wasn't prepared for the dirt underneath the washing machine but I've cleaned that area now.
Next Thursday we're having the cabinets and bench tops replaced so I'll spend the Wednesday before work getting everything out of the kitchen. Hopefully I'll have Kayleigh's help.
I spoke to the property manager on the phone and she said the floors may be done on the 28th April. Then she got us confused with someone else and the dates of when the plumber is available. She said she'd ring back with the proper dates in five minutes and also email them to me. It's been three hours and I don't have an email from her.
I didn't know you're getting a new kitchen too. :orly: That's a lot of prep work, but I'm a little jealous about the new cabinets. That along with new floors, it's going to be like moving into a new place. :woohoo:
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The cabinet maker is coming tomorrow morning to measure the kitchen and bathroom (we're getting a new vanity in the bathroom as well) and someone is replacing the laundry sink tomorrow morning as well so busy morning. I also have a psychiatrist appointment at 11am. So if all the people aren't finished by the time I leave, Kayleigh will be in charge, heh.
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New bathroom too!! :GA:
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Make sure Yoshi doesn't get out the rest of the night... plus I'm needing to clean myself up tomorrow. Might get a haircut?
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Have lunch, go to work.
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I am planning some "gardening" for later today.
I have a fairly large hollow log I salvaged to use as a planter. My goal is to fill it with potting soil and adorn the top with pretty annual flowers, some spikey things and some trailing vines.
It will only last a couple of years, but it is a better use than just burning it, I think.
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Do the laundry. :laundry:
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I do that every few days, but keeping a place in line behind the kids is a trick.
I get antsy sometimes, what the HELL are you washing now?
SON: Well there were some towels building up so I started a load.
ME: :worship:
What a great kid!!
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I'm going to have a nap in a bit, then once things open up, I plan to go to Lowe's and get my order finalized.
I am too old to deal with a dump truck full of mulch dropped in my driveway. All that wheelbarrow and shovel work is just not my way these days.
I have found that for less than a dollar more per cubic yard, Lowe's will drop a huge pallet of BAGS of mulch for me to spread out at my own pace for Zero Delivery charge.
So getting that sorted is first, then the sprinkler system maintenance guy who can get that system working. It has to inspected and the back flow preventer has to be certified every year.
I know we do not need that going yet, but I do not want to wait too long and have it be summertime when I finally make it down his roster.
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I'll be clearing out the kitchen cupboards today, especially the ones that have stuff we don't use much. Maybe donate some of that stuff. We have lots of various tea and coffee mugs.
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Cover the birds up, brush my teeth, make sure my cpap is filled, put in my retainer, and just go fast asleep.
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Less than 40 minutes left. I guess I'll just stay here.
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Where's that?
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Where's that?
My office, erm, study..
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Laundry
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I have to call some kind of support person from the insurance company to tell them how my arm injury is. I have a feeling it will be a short call because I'm fully recovered. I have no problem now.
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I'm going to finish up my pallet of mulch bags today, I think.
The rain coming and going made it take longer than it should have, but rain is good for now.
I could use another pallet of mulch! I got all the plantings taken care of but left the areas of just mulch to themselves this time.
All the plantings got a good four to six inches, but the decorative areas that tie the beds together are quite shy of coverage.
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Try to avoid people until tomorrow
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Well, tomorrow, since it is midnight ...
I am going to contact the fellow I sold the Chevelle to and let him know that I have a few manuals and a couple of specialized tools I bought for certain purposes for that car.
I will let him have them if he wants them. I honestly can not imagine him not thinking they would be an awesome addition to his "new car."
I just forgot about having them them, but I believe the service manuals, interior and trim tools should stay with the car.
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That went without a hitch.
The guy was astounded that I was willing to just give all that to him. I just told him that it all belonged with the car. He had just arrived from the store with some plans in the works and the back of his truck was loaded with booze. He offered me a case of beer. I said that I appreciated it, but it was not necessary.
I did not mention that I no longer use alcohol.
We parted with a manly handshake.
:clap:
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Hiding in my basement :(
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I'm taking delivery of my second (for the season) pallet of bags of mulch.
This will help me to fill in the unused areas between all the perennial plantings.
I sometimes have to scratch my head and I wonder how these perennials are doing so well. The fill back junk in which most of the plants are living is just the worst, rocky, clay bound garbage that the cheapest construction company could find, yet these plants have survived and are doing well twenty years later, living in junk dirt.
Nope, I won't even use the term "soil" to describe my garden beds. I have work to do, attracting beneficials to live here.
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Might as well clear up my countertops in my flat.
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Not a lot. Read for a bit.
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Do some packing in my room. I got two big boxes from the Salvos.
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I'm taking delivery of my second (for the season) pallet of bags of mulch.
This will help me to fill in the unused areas between all the perennial plantings.
I sometimes have to scratch my head and I wonder how these perennials are doing so well. The fill back junk in which most of the plants are living is just the worst, rocky, clay bound garbage that the cheapest construction company could find, yet these plants have survived and are doing well twenty years later, living in junk dirt.
Nope, I won't even use the term "soil" to describe my garden beds. I have work to do, attracting beneficials to live here.
Clay here, my dad was laid off because of his heart surgery 40 years back when my mom started the gardens, they didn't get topsoil trucked in because of that. Perennials never cared...I couldn't get mulch for a few years either, no truck, or no spare cash. Just crowded a few more in from the hill to fill in some of the bare...they still do not care, and have multiplied to fill in the spots I couldn't fill myself.
I've let the steep hillside above grow up the last few years, neither of us can really manage it too well anymore. Now I've got more deer, turkeys, foxes, squirrels, chipmunks, groundhogs, ravens, birds and bees a plenty, and rabbits playing in the yard than I've ever seen before (I have yet to see the bear that a few people have spotted close by.)...not as many weeds as I thought, a few of the red bud trees self seeded, and I have a ton of raspberry and blackberry vines that shot up.
It's no longer neat and tidy like mom always tried to keep it...but we are the only ones who really have a view of it anyways..and we've sat and watched a few very fat squirrels and a ton of goldfinch devour the seed pods on the red bud the last few weeks. Mother nature is amazing when you leave her alone some times.
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Focus on staying positive
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Focus on staying positive
:2thumbsup:
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Read through what I have of an uncompleted manuscript.
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More packing of stuff in my room that's not essential.
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I'm taking delivery of my second (for the season) pallet of bags of mulch.
This will help me to fill in the unused areas between all the perennial plantings.
I sometimes have to scratch my head and I wonder how these perennials are doing so well. The fill back junk in which most of the plants are living is just the worst, rocky, clay bound garbage that the cheapest construction company could find, yet these plants have survived and are doing well twenty years later, living in junk dirt.
Nope, I won't even use the term "soil" to describe my garden beds. I have work to do, attracting beneficials to live here.
Clay here, my dad was laid off because of his heart surgery 40 years back when my mom started the gardens, they didn't get topsoil trucked in because of that. Perennials never cared...I couldn't get mulch for a few years either, no truck, or no spare cash. Just crowded a few more in from the hill to fill in some of the bare...they still do not care, and have multiplied to fill in the spots I couldn't fill myself.
I've let the steep hillside above grow up the last few years, neither of us can really manage it too well anymore. Now I've got more deer, turkeys, foxes, squirrels, chipmunks, groundhogs, ravens, birds and bees a plenty, and rabbits playing in the yard than I've ever seen before (I have yet to see the bear that a few people have spotted close by.)...not as many weeds as I thought, a few of the red bud trees self seeded, and I have a ton of raspberry and blackberry vines that shot up.
It's no longer neat and tidy like mom always tried to keep it...but we are the only ones who really have a view of it anyways..and we've sat and watched a few very fat squirrels and a ton of goldfinch devour the seed pods on the red bud the last few weeks. Mother nature is amazing when you leave her alone some times.
Your space sounds much larger than what I have now. Our old house had a small bit of wild I left for the wildlife.
I kept the front and north side yards "very respectable" and right near our back door was as much vegetable garden as I could squeeze in. The further back west and whole south yards I let go natural for the most part.
I mean I had 12 foot tall poke weeds, eight foot tall sunflowers, hollyhocks I kept. Food and shelter for the bird families.
People wood evil eye me while I was shaping a poke weed and I would just tip my cowboy hat at them.
Here things are so much more bridled or even hobbled. It is all so directed and preplanned. I mean it is nice and very low maintenance, so it is what I really need for now, but so tame.
Pretty though and way more potential here than what is exploited, so I have some fun ahead.
:2thumbsup:
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I have already started in pots for placing out front some Ricinus or castor bean trees. Super fast growing and can make a tropical statement even in a short Indiana summer.
If you can get them to germinate this time of year they will do well. Mine are about a foot tall and tired of being indoors.
Problem is that they need eighty or more degrees to germinate. I placed them on top of my oil heater in the garage. It worked!
I need to wait a couple of more weeks before I can plant them outside, until freezing is over for a while. Then they'll be off like bats out of Hell!
Our summer I think is scheduled for a Tuesday this year.
:lol1:
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Focus on revisions of chapter 13... not explaining the detail(s) yet because I'm keeping my ideas secret/private.
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Take Kayleigh to the doctor in the early afternoon, then I have a psychologist appointment before I go to work.
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Go to group, expecting my aunts to come in tonight, and tomorrow...
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Go to group, expecting my aunts to come in tonight, and tomorrow...
What is group?
After getting ready, I'll go to Aldi, then 7-11, then work at 5pm.
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Can I just not do anything for the remainder of the day?
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Go to group, expecting my aunts to come in tonight, and tomorrow...
What is group?
After getting ready, I'll go to Aldi, then 7-11, then work at 5pm.
It's a church thing Mom forced me to go to... turns out I like the environment of it, and I don't feel judged and mocked like I did at the previous church.
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Go to group, expecting my aunts to come in tonight, and tomorrow...
What is group?
After getting ready, I'll go to Aldi, then 7-11, then work at 5pm.
It's a church thing Mom forced me to go to... turns out I like the environment of it, and I don't feel judged and mocked like I did at the previous church.
The previous church I grew up in that is
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I'm going to clear some room in the dining area (which is full of boxes of books) and disassemble the table. It's not big but it's round and takes up room.
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Went out with Mom to get stuff done today... my aunt and uncle gave me money for my birthday... not sure what to do with it, yet I'll figure something out.
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Went out with Mom to get stuff done today... my aunt and uncle gave me money for my birthday... not sure what to do with it, yet I'll figure something out.
Books maybe?
All that's left to do today is the dishes and have dinner.
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Went out with Mom to get stuff done today... my aunt and uncle gave me money for my birthday... not sure what to do with it, yet I'll figure something out.
Books maybe?
All that's left to do today is the dishes and have dinner.
I bought a new camera... just need to find editing software that will work for me. I'll try one that my friend in Norway suggested.
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Went out with Mom to get stuff done today... my aunt and uncle gave me money for my birthday... not sure what to do with it, yet I'll figure something out.
Books maybe?
All that's left to do today is the dishes and have dinner.
I bought a new camera... just need to find editing software that will work for me. I'll try one that my friend in Norway suggested.
Curious to know "how deeply" you need to venture into editing.
I have used GIMP quite a bit in the past. It can do a lot! It offers layering and precise selecting for putting a dog head on your favorite politician for instance. Want Shwarzenegger in a party dress? It can do that.
If you just need cropping, resizing and color adjustments, then Irfanview is the way to go. Tiny footprint and opens immediately.
Often cameras come with some software to aid in downloading images from the camera to your chosen device. Some editing is also possible, such as making multiple images on one sheet of photo paper for gifts, etc.
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It's video/slideshow editing software that I am looking for... I found a program, I just need to test it out for me.
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It's video/slideshow editing software that I am looking for... I found a program, I just need to test it out for me.
Sorry, can not help you with video.
Not my corral.
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It's video/slideshow editing software that I am looking for... I found a program, I just need to test it out for me.
Sorry, can not help you with video.
Not my corral.
No problem
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Might go to Bunnings and buy some dust wipes. And whatever else takes my fancy. Bunnings is like that.
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Finish up my time with L L, and then go to my therapist appointment.. after that, I'm joining my mother for a dinner party with some friends. Apparently, on the menu, tonight is Lasagna... what kind of Lasagna? I'll have to wait and see.
One of the dinner guests is an eccentric who was trying to recreate Starry Night in his Garden... he also was one of those Christian Hippies :LOL:
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Do some more posting here. Go to bed.
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Keep my desk tidy from soda cans
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Basically by myself tonight :(
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Do some washing and move boxes of books into the carport.
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shower and then going to bed
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Clear out my room of most of its stuff. I can't move my wardrobe or bed out but i can move them away from the walls for the painters.
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Clean myself up, and get ready for bed.
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I intend to refine one corner in my garage/shop space.
I recently bought some new shelving for this purpose, but distractions have hindered progress.
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Try and tidy up around the house. I can put pictures back up, so that's a start. I'll also sweep the floor.
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Read for a bit.
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Hiding in my mother's basement
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This.
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Unpack boxes.
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Almost the same, but sorting boxes. Boxes I can now get to after such a great day of shifting in the garage on Sunday.
I can get to stuff!!
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The floor people are finishing Kayleigh's room today. They ran out of tiles last week. There's about 10 left to lay. Then we'll wait for those tiles to dry. Kayleigh can move some stuff back into her bedroom after that.
Hopefully I can clear out the laundry today.
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Play golf.
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Keep busy
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Send emails to important people.
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Hide in the basement, then go out and do something worthwhile.... Also I need to get my laundry done :(
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^Laundry? Same here. It's a sunny day so I should take advantage of it.
Also, I have a psychologist appointment at 4pm.
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Laundry, letting the dogs out to do their business... hide in the basement, go out to group, etc.
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Wash hair, go to Aldi for some burgers to be cooked tonight, put some books away, go to work, come home and eat those burgers while watching Strange New Worlds.
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Fix a few more things in my code.
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Walk to the shops to buy some cereal, chemist for meds, come home and put my computer back together with all its peripherals.
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Hiding in the basement
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Finish my pint and maybe have another one.
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Go to group, avoid the rainy weather, let Yoshi hide in my room, feed the birds, re-watch the first two Three Color Trilogy films.
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Some light maintenance stuff around the house.
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Take my car for a tyres check at 2pm.
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Day drink? :LOL:
Jk...I'm too old for that shit.
But it's just looking like one of those days. :poo:
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I usually go to group on Wednesdays... but this week is the 3rd week of the month, which means group meeting is this Friday.
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Bring the rest of the stuff in from the carport. I'm actually nearly finished.
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Get ready for sleep soon (hopefully I am fully recovered from this damn cold)
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Finish my whisky. Maybe get another one.
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Put the last of the books away. Fold washing. Wash hair.
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Not sure. Only 35 minutes left.
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Go to group, come home from group, watch star trek, go to sleep(?)
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Go to Aldi and a few hours later go to work.
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print applications out, as well as get my bank statements(?)
Oy Vey -__-
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Tw hours left. Not a lot.
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Bike ride
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Bike ride
Interesting. Where will you go?
Try to persuade Kayleigh to go for a walk. Not far, just to the shops and back.
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Bike ride
Interesting. Where will you go?
Try to persuade Kayleigh to go for a walk. Not far, just to the shops and back.
I'm trying to increase my stamina before I go on a bike ride adventure with my friend.
So far I was able to do 2.5 miles (30 minutes), I'm wanting to try to do 5 miles sometime this week... maybe before it gets too cold up here in Chicago
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Seven minutes left. I think I won't bother doing anything beyond typing.
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I still have to go to work. When I get home we will have spaghetti for dinner.
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Decided to clean the cages on Wednesdays... that way all the trash and other schtick goes out on Trash Day.
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Well I've already gone and had a blood test early this morning. Just a bit of housework and the dishes need doing then I have work later this afternoon.
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Focusing on writing a template for my cover letter involving my novel... so I can have a template to use when finding a literary agent to help me with my story.
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Sleep some more after I've fed the cats then get ready to go to a café with Kayleigh.
Once home, take all the washing off the line and fold it. Then get back into the backyard for some more weeding.
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Contain my feelings
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Not much time left.
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Have a shower, take my meds. Not necessarily in that order.
I have an endocrinologist appointment at 2pm which means I should leave home at about 1:15pm to get there on time.
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Probably watch a movie, or work on my novel(s).
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Go to Aldi for groceries and then go to work at 5pm.
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Go to group
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Trying not to get heat stroke
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Avoid stupid people for tonight
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Not much. I've been going constantly since a week before the move on the 10th. My batteries have officially died and my fibro is flaring. But the boy is set up in his new home and I have everything set up in mine. I have been arranging, cleaning, fixing crap like an insane woman.
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Not much. I've been going constantly since a week before the move on the 10th. My batteries have officially died and my fibro is flaring. But the boy is set up in his new home and I have everything set up in mine. I have been arranging, cleaning, fixing crap like an insane woman.
I hope you enjoy the new place. :thumbup:
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Not much. I've been going constantly since a week before the move on the 10th. My batteries have officially died and my fibro is flaring. But the boy is set up in his new home and I have everything set up in mine. I have been arranging, cleaning, fixing crap like an insane woman.
I hope you enjoy the new place. :thumbup:
I am. Lot of projects to keep me busy. But it's lovely. I honestly haven't felt this relaxed in years. :lol1:
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Watch movies, write my stories, stay busy, not go batshit crazy tomorrow.
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Not much. I've been going constantly since a week before the move on the 10th. My batteries have officially died and my fibro is flaring. But the boy is set up in his new home and I have everything set up in mine. I have been arranging, cleaning, fixing crap like an insane woman.
I hope you enjoy the new place. :thumbup:
I am. Lot of projects to keep me busy. But it's lovely. I honestly haven't felt this relaxed in years. :lol1:
You've moved? Apologies, I haven't been keeping up with anything around here.
I hate moving. I did enough of that in what they call my formative years.
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Not going to do anything beyond maybe something to eat before I go to bed.
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Not hiding in the basement all day
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Eat some crisps. :woohoo:
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Write query letters for my novel (3 down 22 more to go)
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^I'm curious as to what your novel is about.
I'm going to take all my crushed cans to the recycling center and get some money for them.
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^I'm curious as to what your novel is about.
Basically a coming-of-age autistic detective story that has a blend of science fiction and mystery.
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^I'm curious as to what your novel is about.
Basically a coming-of-age autistic detective story that has a blend of science fiction and mystery.
Totally cool, sounds like something I'd like to read. Good on you for coming up with such a neat story. :plus:
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^I'm curious as to what your novel is about.
Basically a coming-of-age autistic detective story that has a blend of science fiction and mystery.
Totally cool, sounds like something I'd like to read. Good on you for coming up with such a neat story. :plus:
I've been working on it since college... trying to get a clear purpose and emphasis involved with it.
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^And I got my second rejection letter
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Sweep the floor, do the dishes and go to work at 5. When I get home, I'll have dinner while watching The Expanse.
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Hide from people IRL
yet interact with people On-line
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sleep the wrong hours of the day, hopefully get to work some, but definitely going to put in more job applications because gig work is just not doing it
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Hide from people IRL
yet interact with people On-line
Got a response from one of the letters I sent out... 3rd rejection :-/ maybe I'll be lucky if I had 39 rejections?
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Eventually I'm gonna go back to work. But first I'm going to take my laundry upstairs.
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Call the pharmacy to find out what's taking so long with my medication I need... also I need to find a USB-C cord that doesn't crap out
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Hide from people IRL
yet interact with people On-line
Got a response from one of the letters I sent out... 3rd rejection :-/ maybe I'll be lucky if I had 39 rejections?
Do they tell you why you were rejected? Feedback is important in this regard.
Today I have heaps of dishes to do, washing to hang out and the floor to sweep.
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Hide from people IRL
yet interact with people On-line
Got a response from one of the letters I sent out... 3rd rejection :-/ maybe I'll be lucky if I had 39 rejections?
Do they tell you why you were rejected? Feedback is important in this regard.
Today I have heaps of dishes to do, washing to hang out and the floor to sweep.
They don't tell me why it's rejected, they just encourage me to keep trying
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The same thing I do every day-- try to take over the world
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^How is it going so far?
A bit like when my team moves to a new sprint in Jira. There's a box asking about sprint goals, so I always type in "world domination".
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Work work work. Or try to anyway. We'll see if UberEATS sends me anything
^How is it going so far?
A bit like when my team moves to a new sprint in Jira. There's a box asking about sprint goals, so I always type in "world domination".
Ehhhhh, I'll get back to you on that
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Read for a bit.
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Shave, shower, get ready for bed, tuck the birds in... and just sleep
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Trim the vine outside. It's starting to take over our house.
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Not go anywhere.
Wash hair and sweep the floor. Not all at once.
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Get to sleep :(
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I've already done the shopping I usually do on Thursdays. Now I have to do the dishes and then I'll go to work at 5pm.
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Mess around on Twitter, have supper with Mom, go to group.
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I'm still trying to balance my anxiety over how little money I've made this week with my anxiety over what's going to happen if I go out driving and I'm too tired
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but you know what I think right now I'm going to make a grilled cheese. fuck it
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night owl tendencies... hopefully tomorrow I can get ready to pay my rent, and get needed necessities done.
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Stay inside. It's too hot outside.
Edit: just realised I have to go to the chemist to get esomeprazole.
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Check my bank statements then go to sleep
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Brush teeth and put on my war paint (makeup). I then have to take Kayleigh to the doctor.
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I'm going to make a sandwich. With only bread, meat, mustard, and cheese. Cause that's what I got. LOL. And I don't want to spend the time to melt a proper grilled cheese. So meat and cheese sandwich it is
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Drink some beer. Fix dinner.
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Go and take my car for a wash. There's a lot of spider webs on it, especially on the back.
Going by the radar, it seems that the rain is finished for the day so I'll hang out some washing.
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My appointment with my therapist
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Hide in my room
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So I'm finally getting my first work day with UPS. I figured on getting a morning route since the manager has always texted me between 7 and 8 in the morning. But I don't go on my route until 1:00. So here I've been preparing for a morning route and it's five hours in the afternoon. I've been awake since 1 in the morning. I would have napped a while earlier but one of my roommates pissed me off so I've spent the morning trying to calm myself down. Actually spent the last two days trying to calm myself down because it was the day before yesterday that he started throwing a hissy fit. But now I think I could actually go down for a nap. Or possibly a full sleep but oh man I'd be so fuckked if I did that. So I think I can safely doze for like an hour. But I got three hours to kill. So idk. I'll set my first alarm for 11. Broken interrupted sleep is better than no sleep at all. I just need to be awake enough to be able to drive without dying.
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Provoke Tomi Lahren on Twitter
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Good luck with your first day of work, conlang! I hope they pay you well.
Today I'm going to see a work friend at the Salvos store north of us. She's going to treat me to lunch.
Afterwards I'm going to stop off at Aldi to buy burgers for dinner. Also toilet paper because we're low on that.
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Overplay a K-pop song, and go get ready to sleep. I need Yoshi in the house :(
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I'm gonna call off work with UPS so I can do some uber eats. I need to so I can have money before payday (which is going to be small, necessitating... more ubering. *sigh*)
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It's past 6pm so I'm going to have dinner soon (meatballs and pasta) and watch For All Mankind which everyone should see. Seriously, it is a good show.
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Probably watch a movie after playing Pokemon with some friends
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Go to Bunnings and buy a plant for Mum and also some stovetop lighters as the ones we have only work sometimes.
Go and see my parents - they're finally sort of living close by.
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I'm thinking I'm gonna make myself a turkey sandwich and mashed potatoes and idk eat some craisins I guess.
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The day is nearly done. We're having hot dogs for dinner.
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I'm gonna find out if it's cheaper to get my oil changed at Walmart or Valvoline
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Write a little bit in my stories... probably finish up my book I read on/off
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Found out it was cheaper at walmart.
Also got a replacement tire. Oh, I hope I can still get the warrantee. They couldn't install it because it was one of those black friday deals. Ten dollars and I can get free repairs and a discount on replacements. Although it's a front time and most of my repairs have been to my back two tires. Oh well.
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Work a bit on my writing, and probably play with my Aunt's dogs... her big one Bexley is taking a liking to me.
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Go to Christmas lunch (I know, in November), hopefully have a good time and afterwards go to the chemist. Have almost run out of benztropine and Caltrate.
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Watch a movie
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Found out it was cheaper at walmart.
Also got a replacement tire. Oh, I hope I can still get the warrantee. They couldn't install it because it was one of those black friday deals. Ten dollars and I can get free repairs and a discount on replacements. Although it's a front time and most of my repairs have been to my back two tires. Oh well.
Well it was a few days ago, might even call it several days (I don't remember, time isn't real anyway) but I did get the warranty. Now I need to find out what I need to know before I rotate my own tires (or if that's a thing that can be done). Last time I was due for a rotation, I brought it into the dealership and they didn't bother because one my wheels is a different size (I needed it replaced before the "correct" sized wheel could have been ordered delivered and installed) and the guy said, "I don't know how to balance that." So I guess that's something else I will have to talk to my car friend about when I asked him. It's a front wheel drive car so I want the strongest tread on the front tires (according to the dealership their policy was to have the strongest tread on the back tires, so I don't know if there's any science behind that policy or if it's just what they like to do, it's not like I have rwd so I don't know how it would benefit me)
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Pay attention to Yoshi, might convince Mom to let me make a trip outside of the house that doesn't involve walking far.
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Christmas party, making sure Yoshi is in the house, not feeling huffy, depressed, and annoyed with stupid people.
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Dishes, sweep the floor which I will mop tomorrow
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Start rewatching Ghost in the Shell: SAC
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Post here. Finish my beer. Then, no idea.
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Avoid Mom (she tested positive for Covid again)
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Avoid Mom (she tested positive for Covid again)
I hope she'll be ok. And you don't catch it.
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Avoid Mom (she tested positive for Covid again)
I hope she'll be ok. And you don't catch it.
Thanks... it's just I have these weird hermit tendencies since the time at Walmart I referred to as COVID days when I was a janitor.
I do my best sometimes to be 7 steps ahead
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Nothing much. I've finally stopped working.
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Go to my sister's Christmas lunch. I have to bring my own drinks!
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Basically my night owl routine... tomorrow I am heavily focusing on cleaning the bird cages, and then my session with my therapist (not 30 minutes later like last week)
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Go to my sister's Christmas lunch. I have to bring my own drinks!
We're doing BYOB this year too. None of us drink and only two of our guests do drink, so if they want wine with dinner then they can bring some. :dunno:
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^I brought Coke No Sugar cans and some small bottles of ginger beer with me.
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Appointment with my therapist, clean cages, and watch Anime.
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Not a lot of time left to do anything.
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Probably should take a nap.... I got an 11pm shift to do tonight.
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Spend the day (Monday) in training.
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Scream obscenities at Trump Flags
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I'm gonna go to work at nine. Unless I fall asleep.
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Going to work tonight, won't be back until 7:30 in the morning the next day.
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Currently trying to psych myself up to take my car to the mechanic. I have a little over 400 dollars in the bank, and about 130 dollars cash. And I can get some emergency funds from my uber job. But man. Is it intimidating as fuck.
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Got back from the bank and post office. Onward. :viking:
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Go to work tonight, then sleep when I get home.
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Read for a while.
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Go to work, while contemplating about quitting
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I'm gonna try to finish eating fast enough to make it to the social security office. I need to update my contact info. If I can't it'll have to be Monday.
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Breathing a sigh of relief
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Post, log off, read for a while.
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Read some of the players guide for Star Trek Adventures. Continue cleaning up the dining area.
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Night Owl tendencies :orly:
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I'm gonna try to finish eating fast enough to make it to the social security office. I need to update my contact info. If I can't it'll have to be Monday.
This still hasn't happened. My sleep schedule always gets weirder when I can't take my hormones, and it's been about a week. At least that adventure should be over within the next couple of hours. My syringes are due to arrive by eight oclock. They might arrive as early as 4 but I'm not holding my breath
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Hopefully enough to stay busy... Otherwise my back is killing me (as usual -_- )
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Go to bed.
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Get ready for bed soon... I have to get up early for two days straight :(
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Have dinner, watch some tv, then bed.
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Got home from work, eat supper, hide in my room.
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Read for a bit.
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Hiding in my room
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Sleep. :yawn:
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Go to group
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Go out with some friends to go bowling.
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Might have another beer.
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Go out with some friends to go bowling.
realizing I suck at bowling, and the white lies from "Juiceman" isn't helping
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Go out with some friends to go bowling.
realizing I suck at bowling, and the white lies from "Juiceman" isn't helping
I've never bowled but I suck at anything requiring any type of coordination, so I would imagine I also suck at bowling. :lol1:
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^At least you're honest
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I'm average at bowling. Highest score was 181. I still have my blue bowling ball from when I did league bowling. Those were fun days.
Today I might give Kayleigh a lift to the hairdresser. It's only a 10 minute walk away but it's supposed to get to 40°C today. I also have to go to Aldi and work at 5pm.
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Later when it's cooler, I may tackle the storage room. There's a few things I'd like to put out as Junk.
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Work on my writing projects
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I have Salvos today. I'm not looking forward to Friday when I'm there again, forecast is for a maximum of 37°C.
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Check on what's on the Flash drive that I thought was lost.
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Read for a while.
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Read for a while.
Same. I have a 5 book series to read. I'm on the second book.
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Try to get Netflix to work on my TV
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Probably go for a walk :-/
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See my parents for morning tea at a café. After I get home I may have a nap.
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Walk up to the Walgreens to meet up with Mom
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Hopefully make enough deliveries to get a bonus. But I'm taking a break until the better paying orders start happening later in the day
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Go to Aldi for some groceries, then off to work at 5pm.
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Waiting for a reply from my boss, and as of right now I'm wanting to read in my book. Had to clean up after Yoshi... he vomited from overeating :(
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Drinking a few more beers while doing nothing.
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Probably reading my book all day
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Wash my hair (now that it's longish, it's more effort), do some backyard tidying in the late afternoon when it's cooler.
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Work on a few projects inside of the house today.
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Not a lot. Maybe read.
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hopefully make enough money to qualify for backup balance next month. I'm supposed to get 700 dollars from Uber the previous calendar month. I'm at 662.94. Hopefully this includes tips; I don't know what I'm gonna do over the next day and a half if it has to be entirely from base fare, which is often very crappy. Course the tips are often crappy as well. So who knows. Maybe I'm fucked maybe not. What one more difficult month?
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Have a shower and wash my hair (which feels like a chore), have something to eat and go to work at 5pm.
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Have a shower and wash my hair (which feels like a chore) ...
Yeah, why is that?
I don't mean you, I mean ME.
I hope it's just winter blues with one last howl. I have to wear so many layers of clothes to keep warm, it's almost like everything is a chore.
We have had many glimpses of spring, though. Even storms.
What else do I need to get over today?
:dunno:
Shit, "What do I need to get over, today?" sounds like a thread title.
:autism:
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Focus on maintaining the bird cages, necessity shopping at Walmart/Aldi with Mom, find new bird supplies (I ran out of the gravelpaper I use to place at the bottom of the cage(s) )
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Go to a meet up called "ASD Expressed". It's a meeting where we talk about ourselves and autism. I thought I'd not stay home all the time. I'm actually looking forward to hearing other people's perspectives.
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Go to a meet up called "ASD Expressed". It's a meeting where we talk about ourselves and autism. I thought I'd not stay home all the time. I'm actually looking forward to hearing other people's perspectives.
I went through something like that in my area... only it was a group session with autistics that were college age to practically young adults.