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Kept a few of my work friends but the rest was gone.
This will show you how long I’ve been retired, but…
I specifically remember deleting all my work contacts from my Palm Pilot years ago. I recall thinking that so many of the names had once been integral to my workday but - poof - gone forever and soon to be forgotten. And thinking that this person was decent to deal with, that one was a real a-hole, etc. When all those names had been deleted it was like a weight off my shoulders.
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Spending the Kids Inheritance and living in Chicago
Posts: 17,093
I just found my old palm pilot in the drawer. It's battery had swollen up making it bulge.
Quite a surprise as I thought those batteries would swell up when charging or freshly charged, not when sitting in a drawer for a decade or longer.
Glad it didn't burst into flames
I tore it apart and threw it out.
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Fortune favors the prepared mind. ... Louis Pasteur
Pre COVID "mini bucket lists" were a lot easier! I accomplished most of mine: lectures, dabble in bird watching, driving to different bike paths to bike there, and the best one: restart my Bridge card playing. I did that last one with a vengeance and it continues to this day [lots of competitive online options].
... I'm having trouble thinking of specifics that haven't already been mentioned generally, I probably just take them for granted...
-ERD50
How 'bout attending movie matinees? Less people attending during those times and a discount to boot! DW & I just attended one this afternoon - $16 for two tickets, popcorn & a root beer. 😉