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04-26-2014, 04:28 PM
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#13881
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Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 6,924
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Gave blood: #191
Spent rest of day watching birds and websurfing.
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04-26-2014, 07:04 PM
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#13882
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 12,880
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Got these for a dollar at a garage sale today:
http://www.amazon.com/Bose-QuietComf...quietcomfort+3
and the noise-cancelling works like magic. The cable was missing, and I ordered that today.
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04-26-2014, 07:11 PM
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#13883
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 1,608
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04-26-2014, 07:14 PM
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#13884
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 956
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TromboneAl
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That's awesome! Paid full price for mine.
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04-26-2014, 07:33 PM
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#13885
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: San Diego
Posts: 880
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Bought some expensive running shoes today. Now my wife says I have to go out and run.
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Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.
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04-26-2014, 08:00 PM
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#13886
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: NC Triangle
Posts: 5,807
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CaliforniaMan
Bought some expensive running shoes today. Now my wife says I have to go out and run.
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Well, that's better than "go out and flee".
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04-27-2014, 04:57 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Eastern WV Panhandle
Posts: 25,299
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Yesterday went with DW & sundry other relatives to a dance recital for DW's grandnieces ages 4 and 8. It only lasted about three days. Well, that's what it felt like. The clock said an hour and a half but it lied.
The things we do for love and to keep our photography gear budget intact.
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When I was a kid I wanted to be older. This is not what I expected.
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04-27-2014, 08:01 AM
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Administrator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Chicagoland
Posts: 40,583
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Spent most of yesterday out of the house We went to the beach in the morning, saw a movie in the afternoon and then went to dinner.
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04-27-2014, 08:19 AM
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#13889
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 12,880
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CaliforniaMan
Bought some expensive running shoes today. Now my wife says I have to go out and run.
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A friend of mine wrote this song:
His version is better:
http://www.amazon.com/Exercise-Blues/dp/B004QMR5WY
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04-27-2014, 09:40 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: San Diego
Posts: 880
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TromboneAl
A friend of mine wrote this song:
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Thanks for your comment TromboneAl. Great Great song! Funny thing is I just now came in to check messages after doing my weights this morning. Trying to get back into a little running and strength training again, but it is MUCH HARDER than I remember! I have been sloughing off the past few years blaming it on w*rk, Now I don't have that excuse any more and am determined to get back into shape by the end of summer, yes with my DW's encouragement . Looking at the video, they are having so much fun, reminds me I got to get back into playing guitar again too!!!
Hey, ain't retirement fun!
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Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.
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04-27-2014, 12:43 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Flyover country
Posts: 25,198
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Beautiful day today. Brewed a relaxing batch of beer and spent some time thinking about my trip to NYC last week. I took a few hours and visited the house I grew up in, way out on the southern edge of Brooklyn. Walking around the neighborhood, I was really struck by how small the houses were -- not at all the big houses in my mind's eye.
The other thing that surprised me was how many of the houses in the neighborhood were devastated by Sandy, the big storm. Some have already been torn down, but many more obviously will be demolished (big UNSAFE TO ENTER signs plastered on the doors by the city). Very sad.
As for my childhood home, it's in good shape (for that neighborhood). A 1,200 sf frame house my parents bought it for $10,000 in the late 40s, and sold for $25,000 about 25 years later. The most recent sale was six years ago, for $350,000, as the neighborhood went from blighted to desirable.
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04-27-2014, 01:40 PM
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#13892
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Texas
Posts: 1,065
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Taking the Texas boater safety course online..
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04-27-2014, 04:27 PM
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#13893
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Texas: No Country for Old Men
Posts: 50,004
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Lived through the first 100F day of the year. My thermometer says it's currently 101 outside...
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Numbers is hard
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04-27-2014, 04:30 PM
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#13894
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 35,712
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You beat me to it! The highest here has been in the 90s so far, and today is a nice, nice 81F.
We just came back from a run to HomeDepot to buy some plumbing hardware to go with the new countertop that will be installed on Thursday. Darn, there's something wrong when a kitchen faucet (not the one I bought) can cost as much or even more than a generic dishwasher! It does not make sense; these expensive faucets are not even gold-plated.
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04-27-2014, 05:04 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Eastern WV Panhandle
Posts: 25,299
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72° here, light wind, almost cloudless, nice day.
Gym day, cut the grass, went to a small car show in a parking lot to take some photos. The work that goes into restoring those cars is inspiring/amazing. But the results are "Wow!"
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When I was a kid I wanted to be older. This is not what I expected.
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04-27-2014, 05:23 PM
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#13896
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 3,528
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Lisa99-so glad to hear that you are doing okay. That had to be so scary! I hope that things work out well for you and that the people in charge change things or else that you do. Life is short and you don't want to make it any shorter!
Al, wow, what a yard sale find! I would love to have those headphones and have looked at them for years. I can't believe that someone was selling them for that price. DH and DD and her DH went out yard selling yesterday and I stayed home and played with my granddaughter. Maybe I should rethink this.
Also, thanks for posting the music video. I love those guys. I listened to it twice. It was funny and good music!
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04-27-2014, 07:16 PM
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Administrator
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 22,971
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Quote:
Originally Posted by REWahoo
Lived through the first 100F day of the year. My thermometer says it's currently 101 outside...
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We have yet to break 70 this year, and only a handful of days above 60. Today was a high of 57.
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Living an analog life in the Digital Age.
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04-27-2014, 08:01 PM
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#13898
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 1,555
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Quote:
Originally Posted by REWahoo
Lived through the first 100F day of the year. My thermometer says it's currently 101 outside...
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Time to head north...
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"Growing old is no excuse for growing up."
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04-27-2014, 08:57 PM
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#13899
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Texas: No Country for Old Men
Posts: 50,004
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Quote:
Originally Posted by seraphim
Time to head north...
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+1
Plans are already in the works.
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Numbers is hard
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04-28-2014, 08:56 AM
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#13900
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 1,555
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Quote:
Originally Posted by REWahoo
+1
Plans are already in the works.
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Us as well. Have a destination in mind? We're looking at upper NY and Maine.
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