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Topic: OT - What made you happy today?

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MikeDeTiger

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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #2562 on: August 05, 2026, 10:30:02 AM »
Forgot to mention, this past weekend I finally got around to replacing the light switch for the dining room.  The dimmer had quit working many years ago.  I never paid it any mind, but every now and then Mrs. DeT would lament not being able to set the mood she wants on special occasions where we have people over.  I had two false starts with the switch itself, and another one when I incorrectly wired it as a 3-way the first time and the switch was backwards, up was off and down was on.  It did not come with directions, but after looking them up on the company's website, I successfully wired it single-pole.  Actually, there was another snag when I realized the wiring in the box was all black instead of color coded.  I didn't know which was line side and which was load side.  I looked that up online too and felt I was able to make a good guess, which turned out to be correct.  

No house fires, no electrocutions.  And now Mrs. DeT can have her dimly lit dining room.  

I really should get a multimeter, learn how to use it, and learn something about electricity.  Probably.  Re-doing old outlets was always so straight forward.  The switch got the better of me a few times before I got it licked.  


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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #2563 on: August 05, 2026, 12:54:25 PM »
Just got home from a massage. I'm happy.
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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #2564 on: August 05, 2026, 01:03:03 PM »
Got one scheduled for tomorrow.  Gonna be happy.  

I do the deep tissue....not for everybody.  

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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #2565 on: August 05, 2026, 01:20:58 PM »
nothing yet

but, I'm hopeful
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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #2566 on: August 05, 2026, 03:22:43 PM »
My wife talked me into getting a massage one time in Hawaii.  OK, seemed like a thing.  She likes'em, I couldn't stand it.  I wanted to leave after 15 minutes, but it was a "couples" massage and the lady masseuse seemed nice enough.  I have some quirky dislikes, like "Hamilton" I guess, and New Zealand saublancs, and New Orleans and Amsterdam.

She has asked me several times to get another one but finally I told her it was not my thing, I never wanted one again, ever.

So, today, so far, no massage, which makes me happy.


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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #2567 on: August 05, 2026, 04:17:26 PM »
About 3 years ago, we were visiting middle kid in Tampa.  She signed the wife and I up for our first ever massages.

We both liked it.  One of us more than the other, apparently.

Lots of consequences to that day.

Wife told me she was quitting being my assistant, which caused me to move from working from home--for 6 years--to renting an office downtown--I couldn't very well hire some lady to come work at my house.  Cha. Ching.

She went to Massage Therapy school right here at the little State University.  

Has her own space rented in a Wellness Clinic.

Although it probably got closer to causing a divorce than working together ever did, it's working out in the end.

And, I get "free" massages when some paying client doesn't take my spot on Friday afternoon.  

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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #2568 on: August 05, 2026, 04:44:50 PM »
About 3 years ago, we were visiting middle kid in Tampa.  She signed the wife and I up for our first ever massages.

We both liked it.  One of us more than the other, apparently.

Lots of consequences to that day.

Bruh, wording....

I totally thought your story was headed somewhere completely different after this.  I was reaching for the popcorn with wide eyes.  

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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #2569 on: August 05, 2026, 04:46:40 PM »
You just got too accustomed to Hooky's stories...

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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #2570 on: August 05, 2026, 05:19:24 PM »
Bruh, wording....

I totally thought your story was headed somewhere completely different after this.  I was reaching for the popcorn with wide eyes. 
I didn't even use the term "massage parlor."

Sorry to disappoint!

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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #2571 on: August 05, 2026, 05:27:35 PM »
Do you have something a lot of folks really like that you pretty much loathe?  Caviar?  Champagne?  Zinfandel?  Corvettes?

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« Reply #2572 on: August 05, 2026, 05:28:34 PM »
Pickles for me.  I hate 'em.  Many folks seem to like 'em.

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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #2573 on: August 05, 2026, 08:12:07 PM »
Had a few beers with a friend who used to own a bar where a grew up.   He's working at the tall grass taphouse in Manhattan KS now.

Always wanted to get him and Skicat together. 
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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #2574 on: August 06, 2026, 11:38:00 PM »
We just won our biggest job as a company. Big client. It’s 3rd party, so we’re working for the sub of a sub. Can’t say the name of the owner, but it’s similar to SAW. Tech company.  Amazing. 

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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #2575 on: August 07, 2026, 01:22:32 AM »
I heard from an old high school classmate who was one-year behind me. I am going to crash his 50th class reunion Friday night -- the night that is free and open to the public. And, I hope to go with my putative brother-in-law (never married my sister) who was one more class behind my buddy. 

 

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