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Evening all. Went out to Logan’s Roadhouse to celebrate their re-opening (it looked like the whole chain was going to fold, and 2 out of 3 of their local locations are closed, but one has opened). However, they didn’t have their meatloaf on the reduced menu, which is what I really wanted, so I settled for some other chopped meat.

Note to add: A good friend decided to jump in his van and go from Chicago to DC to support the protests. I’m following him on Facebook and hoping he’ll be alright. Take care, Jeff.

Be well, Nettie.

Purp, if it’s within budget, a dishwasher is a wonderful thing.

Butters, stay dry. Looks like Swampy may get hit, but may be moving east away from me.

OW, watched the travel show. Nice to have been able to meet Ruble (in a way). And quite a nice area to visit, I’ll have to look into it sometime.

Vow, didn’t know Sears Outlet was still a thing; I think most of their stores are gone now. And good news on SIL.

Glad FCD is doing better, Mooomm.

flyboy, hope the orifice is well-managed; this is quite over yet.

OK, everybody have a good evening, the weekend starts tomorrow.

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wordy, during the time when I was on partial lockdown or working from home, I made it a point to get to bed no more than an hour later than usual, get up no more than an hour later, shower and dress right away and utilize a task list. YMMV.

I was planning to irk until 11:30, then bug out, but at 11:20, my boss emailed me and asked me to take a look at some counts for inventory that had migrated to our updated system. I’ve not been able to get into Sandbox to really try things out. In addition, the names of quite a few functions and reports have changed, some of them to names in use in the old system, but for a totally different function. After some cursing and gnashing of teeth, I finally called my manager over to walk me through what I needed. I didn’t get out of there until one.

I grocery shopped, then took Nelson to the dog park. We spent three hours there, since his bestie, Watson was there. The last hour, a pair of Mountain Feist puppies (littermates) came in. This was just their third time there, since they only recently completed their puppy shots. They were adorable. They were close to Nelson’s size, but with longer legs. They will be 15-25# when they’re fully grown, but, with their coloring and small terrier build, they resembled Nelson a lot.

Swung through a drive thru for a Philly cheesesteak and a salad for supper. Now for chillage.

Stay safe and healthy y’all!

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Apparently so.
I wish I was.

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I don’t know why I have such a hard time getting on here sometimes. Most of you are probably asleep already, and here I am, just checking in. I got a lot done today: paperwork, walking, little jobs around the apartment, but none of it was interesting.

OW, thank you for the opportunity to “meet” Kopek/Ruble. I loved the whole segment, but I especially got a kick out of his deep knowledge of the subject–and his outfit! I miss his gentle, witty presence here.

Shoe, the countertop one does look like it takes a lot of space, but if you’ve got loads of that, and you don’t mind running it often (In my experience, DW’s never hold as many place settings as they claim.), I’m sure you’ll be happy you have it. Does it stay hooked up to the faucets, or do you have to connect it each time?

swampy, a “weather statement” sounds quite dignified. I’m sure it’ll get a thunderous ovation.

I’m off to brush my teeth and read in bed. I decided I wanted to learn more about (yikes) Richard Speck and the murders of the 8 student nurses. I was 9 when it happened and remember all us kids had to go home early because nobody knew where Speck was. I hate it when people like those nurses are forgotten and would really like to know more about them and their families. I’ll stop with that if it gets too disturbing.

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Shoe, if you can swing it, go for it. It seems like the kind of thing that will get enough use to be worth it. Also, is (was) it your birthday? If so, happy birthday. If not, happy Thursday. Either way, I wish you some happy.

Overly, I’m right there with you. I had someone ask me about a design project around the beginning of April and I’ve been shamefully slow to get it done. You would think that, given how much free time I suddenly have and given that design work is one of maybe like three useful things I can still do, I would have been all over it. But… nope. I have reasons, but they’re stupid. The project was pretty uninspiring to begin with, for one thing. I have Illustrator on my work computer, which is not designed for graphics work and it takes AGES to boot up and load Illustrator. I’m talking like…20 minutes, no exaggeration. And then you have to repeat that every time it crashes. If I were working, I would be booting it up every day anyway and would usually just knock out a project like this after I’d clocked out (I pay for Illustrator, so I can use it for my own projects) and before putting the computer away. But pulling out my creaky barely-functioning computer to grind out a boring project… I just couldn’t make myself do it. We also had some communication breakdown- he wasn’t seeing my e-mails for some reason, so he would e-mail, I would respond, and then he’d say something a couple days later about how I was being uncommunicative. I chalked it up to annoyance that the project wasn’t done, which is legit, but then I guess he eventually found some of my e-mails and it turns out I hadn’t been as uncommunicative as he’d thought (also explains why he never answered any of my questions, I guess). Anyway, point being… things definitely get away from you when all the structure is removed from your life.

Okay, anyway- here’s today’s absurd roommate fantasy drama.
We have a plastic patio table. Cheap, super lightweight, you know the sort. Like so light that your average kid could easily pick it up and wave it around. My roommate and her boyfriend had taken it out int the front yard and put it next to their fire pit, which is right by the spot where you’d back up to turn around to get out of the driveway. Apparently, when she came in this evening, the table was smashed and there were parts in various places in the driveway. She asked if I knew what happened to it.

As far as she’s concerned, it’s super weird and scary and it’s either vandals come to exact revenge on us or possibly rioters. We live in a pretty secluded area. We definitely did not have a car full of rioters pull up, smash our ancient patio table, and then leave. I would have noticed that.

My hypothesis, which I’m pretty ready to stand by, is that my former housemate hit it with her car and dragged it. She was here earlier today because she was returning some laundry she had done for me and she’s well-known for simply not paying attention to things. Used to drive me crazy- like I would have to steer her out of the middle of the road in parking lots and she once tried to take my toothbrush with her on vacation thinking it was her toothbrush even though I had deliberately bought an obnoxious battery-powered one so that there was no way she could mix it up. And I could tell a zillion more stories. She would absolutely, without question, hit/crush/drag a plastic table and drag it a bit without noticing. Roommate didn’t buy that and insisted that the table had been behind the fire pit and there’s no way anyone could hit it with their car. I mean… there is wind. We’re not talking wrought iron. A well-placed breeze could easily flip the table or send it sailing across the yard. And it got pretty windy and rainy here earlier.

No way, says roommate. She’s sure there’s something in the woods that came and smashed our table. She’s sure it was deliberate and violent, whatever it was. She’s double-checking the locks on her car doors and keeping her dog inside because something scary and strange is definitely out there and has a vendetta against us.
Sure. Okey dokey. Well, I’ll keep an eye out for forest monsters and/or extremely lost and very restrained rioters. I’ll let you know if I see any.

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OW thanks for sharing the link. Fantastic outfit and got to “meet” Kopek/Ruble and see the passion for the subject.

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**MissOwl **- great link! Thanks!!

Up too early once again, tho I lounged in bed playing a stupid tablet game for a couple of hours. Since being up, I’ve tended to the critters, loaded the dishwasher, cleaned the cat box, started up the ice maker, and had my breakfast. The only chore I have to do is clean the critter fountain, which takes all of 15-20 minutes.

We got a little rain last night - I might brave the outdoors and mess about in the garden a bit. We shall see. Beyond that, I see much sloth ahead. Unless something changes, which it always does.

Happy Saturday!!

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Well, I’m up. And that’s about all I have to say for that. Heading for the 90’s F today and tomorrow; nothing much on the schedule so will stay cool in the AC.

Dot, you have had some interesting roommates; if you were a bit more mobile, I’d suggest getting some bear tracks and leaving impressions in the back yard, but that’s probably a bit extreme…

nellie, if Speck gives you the shivers, try Devil in the White City by Erik Larson, about a notorious mass murderer in 1890’s Chicago.

Red, had to look up Mountain Fiest, I don’t recall ever hearing of that breed, cute dogs. And yeah, those last-minute assignments are so much fun…

Good Sattiday all.

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Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN I was a slug abed until seven-thirty! :eek: The shame of it all! :smiley: 'Tis 74 Amurrkin out and cloudy with a predicted high of 86 and cloudyish for the day with a forty percent chance of rain. The next three days look to be stormy/rainy ones. Fine by me. We got no where we need to be and nowhere we want to go. I expect today to be a day of inside sloth. Majik intartoobz pizza and sallit shall possibly be sup. If not that, sup will be via forage.

Miss_Owl thanks for the link. It was great to see Ruble. What an amazing knowledge of the history of the area he had. Also, I spotted you!

Dots could it be the forest monsters have decided to riot? :rolleyes:

Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, as always, onward into the day! Rah.

Happy Sattidy Y’all!

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Happy Saturday!

Going to be hot today.
I had to come home early from the park as Toby, unneutered male, came earlier than usual.

I have a lot to do anyway, thinking about taking the morning off irk to get some of it done.

I finally got everyhing transferred from the old phone to the new phone. AT&T couldn’t help, a guy at the park told me how.

Thanks for sharing the video OW.

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Thanks for the congrats- the grad ceremony is supposed to be at the end of October or early November, so who knows, I may get to dress up as a bat with a silly hat.

The weather here has decidedly cooled down, and rain hath returned- I actually had to put a coat on to walk into town. I has a minor grump about that; I missed the postie a few days back, 'cos though I was in and he rang the bell, I was in the middle of getting dressed, so by the time I’d got socially acceptable and downstairs, I just had a ‘sorry we missed you’ note. The note, as normal, said I could collect my parcel from the next day from the office, and included office opening times. I thought I’d walk down there today, 45 minutes before the stated closing time… Got there, and the door was locked, with a note saying they’re currently only open 4 days a week (not the usual 6) and only between 7 and 9 in the morning, rather than most of the day. Now why can’t they put that on the note they’re sticking through the door? Apparently it’s been on those hours for months. Grump.

That’s a lovely video Miss Owl! Really interesting as well; it’s not an era we hear much about on this side of the pond.

Dots, your roomie sounds an awful lot like one of my former housemates, who spent a lot of time in an odd fantasy world… She didn’t have a kid though, thankfully.

Anyway, my mission for today is having a go at defilthifying the place properly. Standards have slipped somewhat while I had course-irk as as excuse, and I should have a proper clear out. What is one supposed to do with irk uniform for places one no longer irks? I have a fleece from a charity I did casual irk for years back and I feel bad keeping it, but I never wound up going back. Maybe I can post it.

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Thanks for the congrats- the grad ceremony is supposed to be at the end of October or early November, so who knows, I may get to dress up as a bat with a silly hat.

The weather here has decidedly cooled down, and rain hath returned- I actually had to put a coat on to walk into town. I has a minor grump about that; I missed the postie a few days back, 'cos though I was in and he rang the bell, I was in the middle of getting dressed, so by the time I’d got socially acceptable and downstairs, I just had a ‘sorry we missed you’ note. The note, as normal, said I could collect my parcel from the next day from the office, and included office opening times. I thought I’d walk down there today, 45 minutes before the stated closing time… Got there, and the door was locked, with a note saying they’re currently only open 4 days a week (not the usual 6) and only between 7 and 9 in the morning, rather than most of the day. Now why can’t they put that on the note they’re sticking through the door? Apparently it’s been on those hours for months. Grump.

That’s a lovely video Miss Owl! Really interesting as well; it’s not an era we hear much about on this side of the pond.

Dots, your roomie sounds an awful lot like one of my former housemates, who spent a lot of time in an odd fantasy world… She didn’t have a kid though, thankfully.

Anyway, my mission for today is having a go at defilthifying the place properly. Standards have slipped somewhat while I had course-irk as as excuse, and I should have a proper clear out. What is one supposed to do with irk uniform for places one no longer irks? I have a fleece from a charity I did casual irk for years back and I feel bad keeping it, but I never wound up going back. Maybe I can post it.

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It’s been an errand-filled morning. I’ve been to Lowe’s, Aldi, Food Lion, and CVS. I’ve packed chicken for the freezer, I made a cuke-onion salad and an egg salad, and I’ve had lunch. I’m about to build another meatloaf for the freezer, then clean some strawberries. Then I really should clean the critter fountain.

Not sure about garden work, tho.

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09:35. The potatoes are grated and cooking, the bacon is done and keeping warm in the oven, the pan is ready for Mrs. L.A.'s over-easy eggs, and the water’s ready for my poached egg. Must be Saturday.

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Fair to mostly crappy today. Got a big job to do. I bought the wife a new handle for her shovel (ain’t I a prince?), so I’ll work on changing that out. Otherwise, a nothing day in a string of nothing days, as my hair heads south in search of my ass.

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I want to get off the phone! OK, I’m off right now, but it’s only a temporary respite. I feel tremendously blessed to have so many good people in my life, so I’m not going to complain. Not.

MetalMouse, I read Devil in the White City years ago. Yikes, what a disturbing, creepy book! Brilliant, though. I learned a lot about the world’s fair. We had a whole year of Chicago history in fifth grade, and I remember how proud I was the first ferris wheel was at the world’s fair there, but reading about the springs and screws falling on people below was a revelation. Excellent book, and well worth the icky parts.

OW, I watched the video again because I forgot to look for you before, and I saw you! Did you sew your outfit yourself? You looked wonderful, like a person anyone would enjoy chatting with over a nice cuppa tea. How nice you and rubles were able to share those reenactments.

Moooom, you get more done by 9 a.m. than some people do all day. Does it drive you crazy when you’re in a situation where you can’t get a lot done, or does it seem like a nice break?

Nut, I find those “We missed you” notes so frustrating! And wow, only open two hours, from 7 to 9 a.m.? I guess people who work during those hours are out of luck?

Sari, glad the guy at the park could help you out. Tech has abandoned us to our own devices, literally.

cookie, some guys send flowers, some write romantic poetry, but nothing says I Love You like putting new handle on the wife’s shovel. You’re a prince indeed.

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Got passed the 502s and 504s. Suck it, hamsters!:stuck_out_tongue: making baked fried chicken, except doing Ina Gardner style. Gordie has been active today. He wanted to go out at 0345.:smack:

Good seeing him again. “Can you sew better than a 1760’s 8 year old”

But ex roomie sounds like a piece of work.

Nut silly hat, yes. But will you do a Silly Walk?

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Afternoon all. My sloth knows no limits, nappage had been added to the day but that was my singular accomplishment so far today. 93F out so I am not in a rush to go outside.

Still following my friend in Washington DC on Facebook. So far, so good.

Take care all.

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Lunch. We had some triple-cream brie in the fridge, so I got that out. I went to the store and bought some prosciutto, Genoa salami, capicola, Gruyere, a baguette, marinated mushrooms, and a bottle of local (Woodinville, WA) port. Oh, man; that was good! May need to get another bottle of port…
ETA: Oh, we’ve been watching Anthony Bourdain all day.

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For the record, the stroganoff recipe in my Pillsbury cook book was not a hit. Mostly because of the mustard. I looked at a number of recipes, and the variation really surprised me. Red wine, white wine, some with onions, some without, some with mushrooms, some without, some with sour cream, some without. I need to find a good one.

We got the bill from the anesthesiologist - it seems appropriate that the first 3 digits are 666… :eek: We have yet to hear from the 3 surgeons - a vascular guy, an orthopedist, and a neurologist. Well, we did have a nice savings balance for a little while…

**nellie **- I’m not always productive. Some days I wallow in full slug mode. Today just wasn’t one of those days. Tomorrow should be half a slug - I hope to get some planting done in the early cool. We shall see.

I think I’ll commandeer the remote while **FCD **is snoozing. :smiley: