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Topic: OT - What made you happy today?

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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #2170 on: June 05, 2026, 04:37:02 PM »
quit playing ball a while back,still have steel spikes to cut the front lawn with though. As the house is at a slight elevation going down 8°-10° to street level. They work great at the trudge coming back up and semi aerating the lawn to boot
back in the early 90s when I was young and broke.......
I wore my steel golf spikes to push the lawn mower up the hill in my yard.
after 5 or so years of that I finally bought a rider
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« Reply #2171 on: June 05, 2026, 08:44:51 PM »
letting yourself go,what's next running around in a red plastic car,sheesh
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« Reply #2172 on: June 05, 2026, 09:46:34 PM »
I almost died from a lawn mower accident.  It was luck that I didn't.  I ended up pinned down a stream embankment and not chopped up. 
I was happy I did not die.
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« Reply #2173 on: June 05, 2026, 11:40:08 PM »
it's always a good day when you're still alive
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« Reply #2174 on: June 05, 2026, 11:44:07 PM »
My brother arrived from Texas this afternoon, we had a couple nice pork tenderloins at the small town bar and few beers, then proceeded to our cousin's 40th wedding anniversary.  Saw a bunch of good friends and family!
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« Reply #2175 on: June 06, 2026, 07:47:34 AM »
I almost died from a lawn mower accident.  It was luck that I didn't.  I ended up pinned down a stream embankment and not chopped up.
I was happy I did not die.
came damn close to rolling a Ford Tractor with a grass cutting attachment back in the day, took a corner too quick and had it up on 2 wheels. it would have squished me like a13yr old does a zit. Been taking my time ever since
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« Reply #2176 on: June 06, 2026, 05:09:57 PM »
This was yesterday... But my biweekly Zelle to my ex declined in amount for the first time in a decade. And will continue at the lower amount.

CS continues until a kid is 18 years old or has graduated HS, whichever is later. And the oldest (who was already 18) graduated Thursday. 

He's going to college so I'm going to still be spending a lot on him, but no longer do I have to give damn cent directly to his mom. 

Another year and 16 days, and kid #2 rolls off as well. Something to look forward to. 

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« Reply #2177 on: June 06, 2026, 07:19:26 PM »
Happy indeed!

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« Reply #2178 on: June 06, 2026, 08:03:47 PM »
The summer allows me to spend time on my Whoa Nellie game that I don't have during the school year.
I can now offer a 4-pack of WWII service teams, which is super cool.  Many of my customers trend older and while it may not seem like a big deal to some, I think it's pretty great to offer them.
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I'll try to make at least a couple more.  It's not easy.  But the challenge is what makes it fun.  Just a nerdy little happy thing.
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“The Swamp is where Gators live.  We feel comfortable there, but we hope our opponents feel tentative. A swamp is hot and sticky and can be dangerous." - Steve Spurrier

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« Reply #2179 on: June 06, 2026, 08:21:07 PM »
The summer allows me the time to spend time on my Whoa Nellie game that I don't have during the school year.
I can now offer a 4-pack of WWII service teams, which is super cool.  Many of my customers trend older and while it may not seem like a big deal to some, I think it's pretty great to offer them.
1943 Iowa Pre-Flight
1943 March Field (CA)
1943 Great Lakes Navy
1944 Randolph Field (TX)

I'll try to make at least a couple more.  It's not easy.  But the challenge is what makes it fun.  Just a nerdy little happy thing.

Texas played someone or something called "Daniel Baker" way back in the day.  If you're bored you could attempt to recreate that...

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« Reply #2180 on: June 07, 2026, 04:37:15 AM »
The Stanley Cup is shaping up to be quite the series. 

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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #2181 on: June 07, 2026, 10:45:44 AM »
I’m not nearly as sore today as last week, when I was coming off a two week vacation with no running.   

I was one for two, almost had another hit fall in but dude in RF made a great diving catch to end the game.  We lost 25-2, which is pretty typical.  I played second, first. And pitched two innings, OK, our fielders can’t field.  

Simple pop ups get muffed.  Anyway, still fun.   The other team had a grand slam off our first pitcher, who is the manager.  I gave up a few hard hit balls but nothing over the fence.  This is an over 55 league, that other team has 4-5 good hitters and I have no curve ball these days.

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« Reply #2182 on: Today at 11:14:37 AM »
That reminds me, about a week ago I dreamed I was on some college baseball team, not sure who.  Maybe the uni I work for, but it wasn't clear.  We were playing Texas, it was a really big deal, and I don't know whose field we were supposed to be on, but there were a lot of people there.  We had a female HC, which I don't know that I've ever seen in men's college baseball.  I was supposed to have been with the team all year, everybody else thought so and remembered it, except for me, I knew I was going out there for the first time, being in my late 40's now, half-crippled, and not having played baseball in decades.  I didn't know how I got there or why I was there, but everybody was counting on me to have a big game.  The coach lady was showing me her plan for the game, it included some crazy alignment with two shortstops, and I was trying to tell her that's too many players and that I didn't understand how it was legal.  She just told me to stick to the plan, no time for questions, we'd covered everything enough in the meetings.  Except I hadn't been to any meetings....I just got there, even though I was supposed to have been there all along.  

Also, @utee94 played for Texas in my dream, and I remember thinking, oh, maybe I'll get to see him, that'll be nice, I haven't seen him in a few years.  When they took the field I did see him, but mostly what I was noticing was that they were all his age.  The entire Longhorn team was middle-aged guys who looked like they should've retired from sports years ago.  Everybody took the field, I started panicking, knowing I had no experience playing with these guys, and wondering how my busted-ass feet were going to let me play a baseball game....and everybody was watching. 

Something in my sub-conscious said "hell with this" and I woke myself up.  Weird manifestation for an anxiety dream.  

Anyway, waking up from that made me happy, but recollecting the dream now makes me lolz.  

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« Reply #2183 on: Today at 11:39:30 AM »
That reminds me, about a week ago I dreamed I was on some college baseball team, not sure who.  Maybe the uni I work for, but it wasn't clear.  We were playing Texas, it was a really big deal, and I don't know whose field we were supposed to be on, but there were a lot of people there.  We had a female HC, which I don't know that I've ever seen in men's college baseball.  I was supposed to have been with the team all year, everybody else thought so and remembered it, except for me, I knew I was going out there for the first time, being in my late 40's now, half-crippled, and not having played baseball in decades.  I didn't know how I got there or why I was there, but everybody was counting on me to have a big game.  The coach lady was showing me her plan for the game, it included some crazy alignment with two shortstops, and I was trying to tell her that's too many players and that I didn't understand how it was legal.  She just told me to stick to the plan, no time for questions, we'd covered everything enough in the meetings.  Except I hadn't been to any meetings....I just got there, even though I was supposed to have been there all along. 

Also, @utee94 played for Texas in my dream, and I remember thinking, oh, maybe I'll get to see him, that'll be nice, I haven't seen him in a few years.  When they took the field I did see him, but mostly what I was noticing was that they were all his age.  The entire Longhorn team was middle-aged guys who looked like they should've retired from sports years ago.  Everybody took the field, I started panicking, knowing I had no experience playing with these guys, and wondering how my busted-ass feet were going to let me play a baseball game....and everybody was watching.

Something in my sub-conscious said "hell with this" and I woke myself up.  Weird manifestation for an anxiety dream. 

Anyway, waking up from that made me happy, but recollecting the dream now makes me lolz. 

I resemble that remark.

 

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