# A mundane thread . . . "What are you gonna do this weekend?" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 22, 2023, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-thread-what-are-you-gonna-do-this-weekend/990551 "2023-09-22T18:16:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-thread-what-are-you-gonna-do-this-weekend/990551/21 "2023-09-23T13:52:18Z")
Watch the Rugby World Cup: Sat: Georgia v Portugal; England v Chile; South Africa v Ireland Sun: Scotland v Tonga; Wales v Australia [Home | Rugby World Cup 2023 France](https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/2023) ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-thread-what-are-you-gonna-do-this-weekend/990551/22 "2023-09-23T17:27:03Z")
Well, I made it home safe last night, rollin’ into town at nigh on 2200 local. > [@silenus](#): > > Just peggin’ out the Fun Meter here at Casa Silenus. I wish I’d had some 'za last night. Would’ve made the drive a little less boring. > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Man. I’m just gonna ~~irritate~~ _entertain_ a bunch of folks on a message board… FTFY. > [@Czarcasm](#): > > Manning a table at the Rose City Comic Con to promote Orycon. Where’s this then? This looks kinda fun–better’n the tired ol’ Albuquerque and Santa Fe ones. * * * Well, I got the email triage done. Now for the “real fun.” I have to admit that sometimes when I clean the litter pans, I flashback to _Raiders of the Lost Ark_ with Indy sifting sand in front of the Hovitos’ idol. Tripler " . . . if only my cats spoke Hovitos." ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-thread-what-are-you-gonna-do-this-weekend/990551/23 "2023-09-23T19:05:03Z")
The RCCC and Orycon are both in Portland, Oregon. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-thread-what-are-you-gonna-do-this-weekend/990551/24 "2023-09-23T19:23:04Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > That’s some _serious_, action-packed stuff this weekend. How about you? Is your weekend gonna be as high-speed/low-drag as mine? The run-up to Yom Kippur means getting enough of the eating and the drinking and and the brushing of teeth and the showering of body and the rest out of the way as close to an hour before sundown on Sunday as possible, but it also means getting any Monday-type stuff squared away before that, and so _that_ means getting Sunday stuff squared away today, and so — yeah, it’s just mundane tasks and a ticking clock, is all. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-thread-what-are-you-gonna-do-this-weekend/990551/25 "2023-09-23T19:28:17Z")
We’ve been in the outer bands of Ophelia since last evening. It’s been raining on and off all day, and according to NOAA, the eye will be close to, if not directly over, our house tomorrow morning. So far, my weekend has been mostly spent in my recliner, knitting and crocheting while binging _The West Wing._ I predict much the same for the rest of today and into tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-thread-what-are-you-gonna-do-this-weekend/990551/26 "2023-09-23T21:56:52Z")
Fri afternoon was an epic solo lunch out, then dinner was leftovers at home w the woman-unit followed by reading the internet. Being older can be real exciting at times. Sat was Doping, picking up drycleaning, a flu shot (no adverse effects so far 8 hours later), then 4 hours spent at a kiddie carnival w Wife, Daughter, and her 5 kids (1 adopted, 4 foster). I got to push the 4-place stroller, feed the 1yo, chase the 2yo, carry the 3yo, and entertain the 11yo. Not all at once. I left the newborn to the ladies. I also got to take lots of pics of them all having fun. With toddlers, “eating” is one of those theoretical concepts where some goes inside, but most finishes on their clothes or face, the 11yo excepted. Of course all the best carnival food is very neat and clean to eat. NOT!!1! 🤪 Four hours standing with just some very slow walking. Happy to be seated at home now while, yes, Doping again. Temps were mostly in the 80s, but with a high overcast to reduce the bright sun. Still sunburnt my face; oh well. Got home 30 minutes before the rain arrived with a vengeance. Better that than 30 minutes _after_. Now at 6pm w rain cleared out, considering a short walk to a nice grown-up dinner. Sun has a tentative appointment for a COVID vax if I wake up not already draggy from the flu vax. Had I not fried my face I might have gone to the beach. Not sure about that now; we shall see. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-thread-what-are-you-gonna-do-this-weekend/990551/27 "2023-09-23T22:36:27Z")
I cleaned out my gutters using a friends new 17’ ladder. And I lived to tell about it. It was getting iffy when the ladder started using a porch rail as a fulcrum. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-thread-what-are-you-gonna-do-this-weekend/990551/28 "2023-09-24T02:56:02Z")
Went to a festival with antique tractors. Fixed the central air with a $10 part. Stopped at a hydration station and celebrated fixing the central air with a $10 part. Went home and relaxed in an unnecessarily cool house and watched football. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-thread-what-are-you-gonna-do-this-weekend/990551/29 "2023-09-24T03:52:25Z")
Today: Read. Fiddle around on the computer (both online and off-) Feed the cats Take my meds and wish my leg would stop hurting Load and run the dishwasher Feed the cats Tomorrow: All of the above, plus: Laundry Help fix the rabbit hutch ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-thread-what-are-you-gonna-do-this-weekend/990551/30 "2023-09-24T10:01:12Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > Went to a festival with antique tractors. One of the many special charms of the Midwest I miss down here in the tropics. See anything really unusual? ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-thread-what-are-you-gonna-do-this-weekend/990551/31 "2023-09-24T10:12:24Z")
Friday: couple of drinks at home and a movie Saturday: tend to cats and litter trays, gym, home to get showered and changed, off to the New Wave of Classic Rock 2 Livefest all day. Sunday: get up late, tend to cats and litter trays, make breakfast, day 2 of NWOCR2 My weekend be rockin’! ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-thread-what-are-you-gonna-do-this-weekend/990551/32 "2023-09-24T13:02:42Z")
Drove 100 miles (one way) to get my car serviced. I’m now 100 miles away from home. I’m trying to get my cousin to let me help her paint her bedroom. She is having back surgery in a couple of weeks and is barely mobile. But she has a new bed ordered. She is currently sleeping in a chair (long story). I’ll be taking care of her for a few days after the surgery. I can sleep at my mom’s house (she has passed on, I’m taking care of the estate). It’s only 10 minutes away from my cousins. I can work from Denver, but I need to be home. My septic system is being replaced, I sort of need to be there for inspections and stuff. I leave to drive back home at 5am Monday. If it wasn’t for my #Q%@! septic system. I would stay down in Denver for a few more days. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-thread-what-are-you-gonna-do-this-weekend/990551/33 "2023-09-24T14:06:43Z")
Do you have to worry about getting low altitude sickness if you spend too many days at Denver’s low altitude? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-thread-what-are-you-gonna-do-this-weekend/990551/34 "2023-09-24T14:52:31Z")
No, but oddly my Wife went to Denali National Park Alaska to work for 6 months (before we met). She came home to altitude and got altitude sickness. Denali NP is not that high. Unless you climb the mountain of course. Guests… have problems at my house. Low altitude sickness… I know that’s a bit of a joke. But people say that oh, hey, you are so used to thin air, that you will be doing great at lower altitude. It doesn’t seem to make a difference. That’s coming from my Wife who is an IronMan, and I as her Sherpa. But those days are over. Oh… Low altitude sickness comes from Margaritas, and sand. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-thread-what-are-you-gonna-do-this-weekend/990551/35 "2023-09-24T15:12:02Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Oh… Low altitude sickness comes from Margaritas, and sand. Living as I do at about 2’ above sea level (when the tide is low), that’s my usual story. Thanks for the interesting anecdotes. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-thread-what-are-you-gonna-do-this-weekend/990551/36 "2023-09-24T23:01:42Z")
Well we were supposed to go to the Zoo since Grandma’s in town. But my husband still wasn’t feeling well today. God I have been going stir crazy. But I managed to get some chores done, give my kid a bath, make tiny progress on a very hard puzzle, watch the season finale of _Strange New Worlds_ and eat cheesecake. So I guess it could have been worse. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-thread-what-are-you-gonna-do-this-weekend/990551/37 "2023-09-25T01:36:42Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > One of the many special charms of the Midwest I miss down here in the tropics. See anything really unusual? A 1919 International harvester Junior. [Something like this.](https://www.google.com/search?channel=fenc&client=firefox-b-1-d&q=1919+international+harvester+junior#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:9cbf37d5,vid:uQ8JUzVhyrk,st:0) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-thread-what-are-you-gonna-do-this-weekend/990551/38 "2023-09-25T08:05:43Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Bet one for me, @Spoons . Have fun. Well, @Beckdawrek , I hit one for you today. It paid all of $2.40, and that’s in Canadian dollars. If you really, really _really_ want your winnings, I’ll send you a bank draft in the amount of US$1.78. Plus the cost of the American dollar bank draft, which will be C$7.50, or US$5.57. Why don’t we just say we had fun, and let it go at that? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-thread-what-are-you-gonna-do-this-weekend/990551/39 "2023-09-25T09:09:09Z")
This coming Saturday I have a refresher course for curling instructors. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-thread-what-are-you-gonna-do-this-weekend/990551/40 "2023-09-25T12:00:40Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > going to a winery to see a funk band. Bring on the funk! Gotta have that funk! Great time!! The band really goes overboard with the funk. Matching attire, a horn section, smoke machine, etc. [![](https://i.imgur.com/4dLhv70.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/4dLhv70.jpg) Great weekend! I walked a very brisk mile Sunday morning, beating Kizzy and my gf who ran a 5k. As always there was someone who felt it was necessary to explain to me that 5 kilometers is more than a mile as I told my gf I beat her. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-thread-what-are-you-gonna-do-this-weekend/990551.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-thread-what-are-you-gonna-do-this-weekend/990551.md?page=3)