Rolled newspaper, corner, you know the drill. 
I figured you were close. swampy should be along shortly to point out that I’m 6 months and 6 days older than he is, because of course he will. 
Just ordered Chinese delivery because I did. Even ordered a child’s portion for MIL so there will be less waste. She’ll eat maybe 3 pieces of the sweet and sour chicken then declare herself to be full.
It’s been a chilly day - quite windy, which digs into the bones. I guess it’s that time of year, huh?
It’s a DeWalt DCD996.
Oh, we shall be foes then. I’m on the blue team with a Makita XCF10.
But yet I have 3 DeWalt chop saws, Bosch routers, a table saw from Grizzly. I’m not a purist. I even went as far as a Rigid spindle sander.
You’re up against a devout DeWalt guy. 
I’m 67 so probably One of the older youngsters. Or younger oldsters. Furnace guy was here. He talked technical stuff about speed of blowers, etc. and of course I didn’t understand it, but it works now. And that’s the important thing.
One of the ladies at the Barn is studying to be a saddle fitter so I gave her my 1990 saddle to dissect. She sent me pictures of the innards. Modern saddles are stuffed with either wool or synthetic wool stuff. My 1990 saddle was stuffed with hair. I assume horse hair as opposed to people hair.
I will be 72 in May…
I am a Milwaukee tool guy…
What a day. Five-hour round-trip to the office and back to get my new laptop. I had to urinate when I got there, so I went to the basement bathroom. The power went out again. (There was a crew rerouting the power ahead of tonight’s storm.) There is absolutely no light in that windowless room within an unlighted room. Oy, veh…
Got home and tried to connect the new laptop to my home network. It said the password is wrong. Funny, I’m connected on my Mac. And the password for the home network that is in Keychain Access is the one that I’m entering on the Lenovo. I was finally able to connect to the Internet using the Xfinity public Wi-Fi, but I don’t like doing that. I want to be on my own network.
VPN is still down, so I can’t get any work done.
I contacted our IT guy and told him about the connectivity issue with the new computer and the home network. He says he can’t do anything about it until tomorrow morning.
Wish you were closer to us - we have pretty much every power tool in the world except for a chop saw. We had one, but we sold it along with the long work bench it was installed in.
He’s got all kinds of tools - Grizzley, DeWalt, Milwaukee, Craftsman, Black & Decker, Delta, and others I can’t recall. Of course, some of them came from my dad and his dad (my dad went for cost rather than quality.) There are woodworking tools, metal working tools, welding tools, hand tools, table tools, sheet metal tools… Either Daughter or I will end up having to sell them all, assuming one of us outlives him. That’ll be a helluva yard sale! Or something…
So less than a year on me. I assumed you were just a tad younger than I am. So there ya go.
Here’s today’s WTF moment. I ordered one combination platter, one entree, and one child’s meal from Hot Pot. Naturally, they included fortune cookies. ONE FULL DOZEN!!! TWELVE FORTUNE COOKIES!!! I haven’t tried one, but if they’re stale(r than usual) I’ll assume they were trying to offload their stock. Twelve?!?!?
I got the child’s sweet and sour chicken for MIL. I know she doesn’t eat much, so I put 4 pieces of chicken on her plate and cut them in half for easier handling. She ate 3 halves then declared herself full. The only other thing she’s eaten today is half a piece of rye toast and a few sips of hot chocolate.
Poor FCD was in tears at the table watching his mom. She seems to slip in and out of reality and he doesn’t know how to deal with it. I’ve figured out that instead of asking her to make a choice, I’ll say “Why don’t you…” and she seems to respond better. Choosing between coffee and chocolate seems to be too much for her. My advice - don’t ever get old. It sucks.
Back to Chinese food - why do they give you enough for 2 or 3 meals with each “serving”? Even the child’s dinner was more than I would have eaten in one sitting. Anyway, I know what I’m having for lunch tomorrow.
But for now, it’s recliner time till my supper settles enough for me to bike or tread the mill.
Can somebody 'splain why laundry gets lighter once it has been folded? The big whomp of clothes out of the dryer into the living room is really heavy, as is the basket coming down stairs, but once it has been folded it’s much lighter. Or maybe I’m crazy.
Happy happy joy joy. About to leave for my date with the tortilla press. Will probably also swing by the tire place for air pressure and wiper checkups (they do it free). I probably do need new wiper blades.
Might or might not hit Walmart for some groceries, depending on weather and mood, since nothing that’s needed is “MUST GET THIS TODAY!” levels of urgency.
And I am six months younger than swampy. Born on New Year’s Eve of 1954.
It’s been quite a while since we listed birthdays. I think a lot of us are getting old.
A Holiday Shop & Stroll today. I had 2 pieces of pizza, cookies, cheese, etc.
Stores are having free samples.
I did not want to get in holiday mode but it was snowing and I was holiday moded against my will.
Its wet snow. Tomorrow its to rain.
As an old shipmate says, it’s weird being the same age as old people.
Howdy Y’all! Have I mentioned that MOOOOOOM is six months and six days older than me before? 
CupCakes I am five months and two days older than you.
Doc pronounced me still alive and the vampires took blood. Then I met OYKW at Pearly’s where we et what seemed like at least half of the breakfast menu. I fed twuck and got some stuff from 
Wally Jr.. OYKW went back to da cave after we et and was snoozed in his recliner when I got back. I was nice and didn’t make a lot of noise because he looked so peaceful. I am soooooo nice sometimes. It’s coolish out which makes me want to sleep, but I shall cruise teh intartoobz for a while first.
I read you all daily but don’t post a lot. But just must say I might be the oldest here so far, turned 78 in October. And don’t feel a day over 77.
I still remember when I was eight years old. In Sunday School we got the verse about “the years of a man’s life are three score and ten” At the time I thought that sounded llike forever and wondered what one did to fill up all that time. This NYE I will hit that seventy and by golly I want more. This isn’t enough!!!
Psalm 90, verse 10
Will beat you to it by a month.
As for all the other aging MMP’ers, never forget: Growing old is Mandatory; Growing up is Optional…
Thanks all for reminding me to check the air pressure (sometimes my car computer reminds me). Like others, the place that put my new tires on will air them up for free, so will look into that tomorrow.
VanGo, sorry that the shop didn’t work out, I am sure someone with your skills and knowledge will be in demand.
flyboy, well, at least you have the laptop… Hopefully it will be of use sometime soon.
BBBoo, I think you have us all beat, or at least your the leader in the clubhouse…and just read katie’s post, looks like she has the lead.
Never made it to the gym this afternoon, I think the hard workouts the last week or so finally told on me, laid down and ended up sleeping nearly 3 hours. May go over tonight having just finished my Chee-burger and applesauce dinner, feeling much less tired right now. Temperature is down to 45F so may need to pull the middleweight jacket on.
Take care now.
What’s the point of being grown up if you can’t act childish once in a while?