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Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Good morning! It was 61ºF and humid this morning. The gnats were out in force this morning. Hoo-boy, were they. I had forgotten how much they like Mrs Magill. Her shirt was covered in them and they got in her eyelashes, so we checked out of our walk a half mile early. Spike was sitting on the front porch, eating a bacon, egg, and cheese Bojangles biscuit when we got home. Chloé was every excited that not only was Second Favorite Human there, but he also had food.

Both boys had to work last night, so dinner was just the two of us. I diced up and seasoned a chicken breast, cooked it in a skillet, removed it, and then cooked up some Trader Joe’s fried rice, which I then added the chicken to. Quick, cheap, and filling - perfect weeknight food.

I’m halfway done building the Bridge of Khazad-dûm. The first thing in the manual is to put together the Gandalf mini-fig, I guess so he can supervise. He is now sitting atop the fox. (Nerd Alarm) It turns out that the fox in FotR was special because he was very, very large.

Eat your heart out, Shadowfax!

Spike is celebrating by having to work mandatory overtime this week and next week. While he’s not looking forward to sixty hours of shift work, he is looking forward to the paycheck. We reminded him that he has student loans that he may want to pay down before he spends it all on Warhammer and Magic the Gathering.

Holy-moly! I don’t even have to convert that to ferrets to know that’s roasting. I hope your friend stays hydrated.

Sheesh, weather app. Working on it. These things take time.

Is anyone really ready for the Tartan Army?

Same - I’m about the same age as my grandfather when he started showing symptoms. I get nervous every time I have to search for a word - It doesn’t matter that I’ve always had to search for words sometimes. But that color in your foyer looks great!

rocker - as long as Koritza isn’t eating from the fish tank…

When Mrs Magill and I went to see Return of the King, there was no stadium or reserve seating. We got there early to get fifth row center seats - the best seats. Some teenagers sat next to us and one started talking on his phone. Mrs Magill leaned over to him and said in her best Mom voice, “You need to put that away, now” The kid glanced at her, saw Angry Italian Woman, quickly said, “I’ve got to go now,” and hung up.

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Morning all. Another good sleep, up about 7:30am and have broken fast. Rain has departed the area and it is expected to be a nice day with highs of about 80F. Nothing much on the Agenda, will probably do some house-irk and gym time but otherwise sloth is very much on the menu.

lily, safe journey home. And I have never had poutine but I’d like to try it one day…

Nut, sounds like a heat wave in Northern Europe…stay cool.

Sticky Buns, I’d be pressing that Rheumatologist about your being cold all the time; at least have her recommend someone who can advise you better, it sounds like something isn’t working the body heat system well. And we all have whoops! moments with our brains (for me, it is constanly forgetting my car keys), but might be worth getting checked out. And yeah, my indoor rooms are painted, just saving on the outdoor paint with the brickwork. Nice pics, though.

swampy, I should have mowed Sunday but after the soccer tournament I wasn’t in the mind too, and after all the rain Monday it won’t get mowed for a couple more days, so lots of clippings will be bagged.

FCM, my weather place (Weather Underground) predicts rain and storms starting between 10:30 and 11:00am in your area, so we’ll see how good a predictor they are.

Cookie, don’t need to do laundry, but do have to sort my baskets (I have 4 laundry baskets, one for shirts, one for underwear, one for t-shirts and one for towels/misc.). Got them all mixed up this week and need to resort them).

Taters, let me know what you think (even if your not a fan) of Disclosure Day, been thinking about going to see it. And while I don’t find the movies terribly expensive, the popcorn and coke I usually get does put a hole in my pocket…

Mollie, nice pic and forgot that character, guess I need to read the trilogy again.

OK, onward into the day. Have a good 2sDay all.

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Otis is soooooooo on The List. He was alone barely 90 minutes and in that time he managed to chew up part of an electrical wire (not plugged in) as well as the corner of my tablet cover (the replacement for the one he destroyed), and demolished a tissue box. He also took one of FCD’s hats out to the yard and pulled some stuff off the dining room table (that’s a new trick.) Plus, yet again, he got into my trash cans - only paper, so there’s that. So new rule - if we’re not taking him with us, he’s consigned to his crate or locked out in the yard. I am so over this crap, and if I say anything angry to FCD, I get “OK, we’ll return him to the rescue.” So then he pisses me off. Ask me again why I didn’t want a dog.

But sending him back isn’t the answer - it’s not fair to the dog. What’s not right are FCD’s expectations. He seems to think he’ll turn Otis into a boat dog. I think Otis just tolerates the boat. I don’t see him enjoying long trips - he didn’t seem happy being out for a few hours the other day. But, of course, my opinions are wrong. [rant over]

< deep cleansing breaths >

Erranding is done. I don’t have it in me to pull weeds, so I’m going to sit a bit and try to de-angrify (is too a word) then have lunch in about 20 minutes. eeeeeesh.

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Not to dissuade you (Reading LotR is never a waste of time.), but the fox’s scene occurs early on. It sees Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Fatty sleeping under the stars and make a comment to itself. Obviously, it’s a holdout from when Tolkien thought LotR was going to be a children’s book like The Hobbit, but the Fox is the only animal in the Legendarium whose thoughts we are privy to, so it has to be special in some way.

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At this point in my life, they all go in together, except for towels and sheets, which need their own washers.

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Good job, Mrs Magill! Granted, she shouldn’t have had to go Mom on the oblivious little brat and correct him, but apparently his actual parents failed to do their job teaching him basic manners.

Yes, I am very tired of having to listen to people yapping away on their phones in public, especially in situations where a face-to-face conversation would also be inappropriate. IMO, it’s even worse when it’s on speaker and one has to hear the other party via crappy phone speaker. Bonus points for blaring third parties’ private business all over public places.

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Have you ever had a concussion or a traumatic brain injury? Doesn’t even have to be a very bad bump, fall, rear-ending at our age to cause these kind of symptoms.

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Good noon to you.

Woke up with a bit of a sore throat and feeling lethargic. Forced self up and out since, as I mentioned yesterday, had 5 days of transactions to record. After getting Thursday and Friday done, told manager that I didn’t know if he’d noticed that I was moving a bit slow this morning (both physically and mentally but didn’t share that part) but I had completed Th & F and would only be doing Saturday as well then going home since I wasn’t feeling well. He told me not to do Saturday, to go home and get some rest. So, I just printed out a few more things and went home.

Had some Greek yoghurt with bananas, blueberries and walnuts. Caught up on the MMP and now going to bed.

Enjoy your afternoon and evening.

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I’m so glad this place is a safe vent. I got everything out of my system in my post and was able to talk to FCD without blowing up. Just another service the MMP provides!

My car clicker was obviously dying - I had to be practically on top of it for the trunk button to work. Luckily, I had an extra 2032 battery on my desk. So I popped out the little circuit board, replaced the battery, cleaned the case (it was pretty ick) and reassembled the clicker. Success!!

Good news from the boat front - FCD went to get the thruster control because it wasn’t working. He was going to bring it home and try to figure it out. As it happens, the problem was a loose connection that he saw as he was removing the unit. So now it’s working! So glad we didn’t need to shop for a new controller.

It’s starting to get darker out - like rain is imminent. Good excuse for more chillage. And all you sickies please feel better!

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Afternoon. It was only slightly warm here, we’re not in the scary temperature bit of the UK. My friend did message me with a pic of the current temperature report at her location; 48C, which is what, 118F? It’s just plain nope, regardless.

Today the postie again failed to deliver the parcel, but they left a note at least- I’m gonna WFH on Thursday, so I can get it redelivered then. Hopefully. They handwrote the long number, and I’m not 100% sure I can read the first ambiguous letter.

I have to head back out in a bit, to drop off the stuff left at my house by a student who left a few months back, as she’s over for graduation and will be sorting it out. I’ll eat something first though.

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I was doing the 100/300 Slide split. Remember the pallet of labels I stacked yesterday? The Preload manager had me unstack it, then stack it in the electronics room. Then more labels came, so I stacked those on the pallet I had just unstacked. I’m starting to feel like Sisyphus’ understudy. There was a late Air, so the sort ran till 0830. After that I helped with the reboxing in Hazmat, so HazMike could get out at a reasonable time. I got out at 11:30. The weather forecast called for rain after 11:00. The heavens opened up right when I got into Carmen. It was a thundermonsoon. At one point driving on Falls of the Neuse, the wind was blowing the rain right at me, and visibilty was about 50 yards. That did not stop some people from driving without lights. The power went out right when I got home, came back, went out, and came back and has stayed on so far. Spot was perturbed, since he was alone and in the dark for 10 minutes, and the Humming Food Obelisk wasn’t. Hopefully my nap will be less eventful.

Read that as a fist. :grin:

{{{{sticky}}}}

I like it(and the wallpaper on the stairs).

Yes they do. “300 N BGR NHL 7000” would tell you the package goes to the 300 boxline, into the bottom cage of the green cart in the moving cages, the loader for the Bottom Green cages would pull it out, put it in the NHL car(serving North HillS), and put it on the top left shelf, in the middle. Of course half the sorters in Secondary Sort are 100/300 colorblind so it’s as likely to end up on the 100 boxline.

[Garth, Wayne’s World]LIVE IN THE NOW![/Garth, Wayne’s World]

ShadowFox!

And the heavens have opened up again.

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Hurray for getting minor chores done today. I’ve been putting off getting the thermostat connected to wifi/the app and setting up the Ring doorbell (both of which were left by the previous owner). I had tried connecting the thermostat when I first moved, but of course the instructions were not showing what I was seeing on the unit, and I just didn’t have the patience to deal with it.

So after some deep searching on YouTube I was able to figure the thermostat out - all of the instructions and videos are for the original buyer, not whoever has it now. So a bit of finagling and that’s all set up and working! The doorbell was a breeze by comparison.

I better put my screwdriver up before these handyman skillz go to my head!

Nooooo surely you can somehow stop such a terrible thing from happening!

How fun! I love it when people embrace color. Also, good luck with the brain - dementia/alzheimers also runs in my family and is so scary.

Determining if she has the palate for fresh fish

FCM I totally get your frustrations over the dog! Hopefully a lot of that is just him still being so young, but until then strategic containment is safest…

You really are having the worst run of luck with electricity.

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There are some staff and some residents here who do this. These are primarily people whose first language is not English. That doesn’t mean the conversation isn’t important, but they can’t ALL be of a critical nature. I’m not being racist; it’s just my observation. And when it’s in English it’s on the order of “. . .so I told him ‘oh no you didn’t’ and he said ‘oh yes I did’. . .”, etc.

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It’s usually labeled “rainbow Swiss chard.” Any big box garden center should have them in their seed rack.

From what I heard about the Boston bars, Miami better have stocked up on beer.

One bartender said they did three TIMES over their busiest St Patrick Day ever. Sweet Jeebus that’s a lotta suds.

It haz a flavor!

Okay! Why didn’t you want a dog? { blinks sweetly }

I am sorry you’re dealing with his destruction, and I’m glad venting here helped.

The irony to me is that when asked why I didn’t have kids (in my mid 40s and I still get asked that - it’s a bit late to start now, buddy!) my standard answer is, “If I wanted something noisy, stinky, and expensive destroying my house … I’d get a dog.”

And you have both!

I’m 125% with you on this one.

Extra bonus points for handing the nice lady at the drive-thru your phone for Tap Pay and still having the damn conversation on speaker.

No bonus points for also having a lit cigarette blowing into my face, and/or booze in the cupholder.

That sounds very healthy. Hope you had a good, deep rest.

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Nice.

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The house is opened up again today. It’s pleasant outside, so we’re not paying to run the machinery when we don’t have to. Heh. This is typed on a computer that is never shut off.

Swampy, I agree with you on lobster. I think a lot of people put up with a tricky-to-eat meal because they like melted butter.

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I love my black sweat pants from Meijers So soft. They were on sale for $20 and I still wear them in June ( cant when its over 80 out though).
Sadly they’ve faded. They used to be black.
None more black.
Now theyre that faded black. Guess Ill have to wait for winter clothes to come in.
Originals Brooklyn Cloth.

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Howdy Y’all! I made chikin sallit and that is as productive as I got today. Tomorrow is supposed to be a dry and (relatively for these parts) not so hawt day, so I foresee mowage. However, there are now little orange flags in the front yahd. I know those mark communications stuff, but I don’t know why they are there. I also see some in the neighbor’s front yahd, so perhaps she is upgradin’ her internet or sump’n. I can perform mowage around those, however. The chikin sallit is good if’n I do say so myself. We had sammiches and chips for sup.

Cookie goin’ to the occasional [s]hog trough[/s] buffet ain’t so bad. This from someone who frequents the GC and Asia Buffet places.

rocker hope you got to the doc without gettin’ wet. Can you blame Koritza? You have provided lovely fish flavored water!

Taters I agree with you about movie theaters. Expensive, noisy, and you can’t pause the movie when nature calls or you want a snack.

Mollie Chloé was indeed livin’ her best life! I have no idea what you are goin’ on about re the Lego build, but you are excited about it, thus I am happy. I don’t know about nerd boobs, but I wouldn’t mind seein’ some nerd cod pieces. If I did somehow lose my mind and actually go to a movie I would want to go with Mrs. Magill for sure.

MOOOOOOM as long as he’s happy, I see nuttin’ wrong with Otis bein’ in the yahd as long as he has shade and plenty of water. As long as the weather is good, seems to me it would beat bein’ in the crate. Yeah, he is not to be trusted to have free range in the house all by himself.

Nettie in all fairness, the conversation should be on speaker phone. That way you can decide whose side you’re on. I figure if they want me to listen, I get a say so as well. Also, I’m nosy.

Cat_Glove hope you feel better soonest.

Nuts hope the elusive package finds its way to you on Thursday.

doggio ick! Glad the power decided to come back on and stay. I trust Spot is over the trauma by now.

52 feels good to get minor chores like that done does it not!

shoe yikes! I cannot imagine doin’ such things at the drive-thru! I got manners!

Notty I eat escargot because it’s an excuse to eat a lot of melted butter and garlic. Plus I like escargot. It wigs OYKW out, which is, of course, a bonus for me.

Coppertone I am always sad when a favorite pair of pants, or shorts, or a favorite shirt is no longer in a wearable state. I feel like whatever I buy as a replacement is never quite the same. I be weird like that.

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Today was the day I originally had scheduled with my urologist to discuss stopping the anti androgen drugs and the much hated prednisone. It got rescheduled for next Tuesday.

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Evening all. Some modest house-irk and some time at the gym was sammiched between soccer games today (keeping an ear on the Croatia-Panama game). Have re-caloried and re-hydrated so all is well. Nothing much except internettin’ and sloth are planned for the evening hours.

FCM, sounds like Otis will require crating or outdoors when you folks are gone.

Mollie, thanks for the info, been way to long since I read the trilogy. Been taking books with me to the gym to read while walking/pedaling/resting, working on All Creatures Great and Small right now and may have LotR for my next set.

Cookie, your probably right, but I get organizational about the oddest things, and having my laundry sorted is one of them.

Nettie, can’t think of how many times I’ve turned around to reply to someone and find they are talking on the phone, not to me. Irritating, it is…

Cat Glove, listen to the wise bossman and take care of yourself.

FCM, glad your venting was here not there and preserved peace in our time (or at least in your house for awhile…).

Nut, yeah 48C is pretty much 117-118F, I know that 50C is 122F because we had lots of days like that in Abu Dhabi. And hope you finally get the package.

doggio, always nice when Mother Nature holds off until you are in the car.

52, congrats on the home improvement work.

Ah, responsible drivers… just hope she made it home without hurting anyone.

Coppertone, I picked up several sweat pants at the local Thrift store (for a fairly upper-middle class suburb we have a bunch of thrift stores close to me), Might give it a look-see.

swampy, just checked the forecast and tomorrow is the only day the rest of the week that won’t reach the 90’sF, so probably will perform mowage too. And the utilities folks used to mark my yard with spray paint to show where the lines were at, haven’t had them out for several years though.

Hippie, hope the re-scheduled appointment doesn’t get re-scheduled…

And that’s all for now. Croatia has a 1-0 lead so I’ll probably go back and watch the last 10 minutes or so.