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The Power Five => Big Ten => Topic started by: betarhoalphadelta on May 01, 2025, 05:30:23 PM
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These days, it might seem like good news is in short supply... So my question... What made you happy today?
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setting up a lunch meeting with a potential customer for tomorrow
and setting up meetings for next week in South Dakota
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I woke up 6:30 ish, made coffee, woke up some more, read and posted here.
My wife and I took a trip to a nearby state park and walked the trails about three miles or so. We had a decent lunch at a BBQ place, got stuck in traffic a bit. The world didn't end, no meteors hit, Trump didn't declare martial law, I didn't get deported. I wrote some in my book, trying to get that restarted, had some pretty OK ideas earlier about where to go with plot. I've had no alcohol since Sunday. I may take a nap.
I'm not broke, all my kids seem to be doing well, the ones I know about anyway. Some of them are planning to come visit us this year here, and in Hawaii, which is nice. I get along particularly well with my stepson, we seem to understand each other pretty well, and he can fix about anything from a computer to a light switch to a car.
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It wasn't today, but last night just after dusk I was doing driving lessons with my 15 yo son. He nicely asked his sister if he could borrow her convertible for the exercise, and she conceded as long as I agreed to fill up her tank. :)
There were storms about 10-15 miles out and the weather had just cooled, with big clouds off to the side but not directly above, with a lot of sheet lightning mixed in between them. We had the top down and were just cruising the streets out in my part of suburbia, almost no other cars on the road. And my son said, "Dad, I think this is going to be one of those memories I'll have forever."
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I won't go deep into details, but today was our internal company all-hands the day after earnings.
Our CEO was asked a question that was right in the wheelhouse of a topic I've published about, and his response basically quoted a portion of what I wrote. I know he'd been apprised of it, so I don't consider this accidental or coincidental, like he came up with the response on the fly. And a couple of colleagues agree.
It seems to coincide with some exciting job opportunities that I've just been given (i.e. voluntold I'm about to be doing lol), which makes me again think I've been positively noticed.
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My son called me on the way home, and I got to the house, changed clothes, and grabbed the airpods.
Went out while chatting, skimmed the pool, checked my chemicals, then sat in a chair —- continued to chat, and watched the blue birds and cardinals eat from my bird feeders.
72 degrees and breezy. Nice.
Edit: to add, my Dobie and Dobie mix laying on the deck at my feet, also enjoying the nice evening.
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It wasn't today, but last night just after dusk I was doing driving lessons with my 15 yo son. He nicely asked his sister if he could borrow her convertible for the exercise, and she conceded as long as I agreed to fill up her tank. :)
There were storms about 10-15 miles out and the weather had just cooled, with big clouds off to the side but not directly above, with a lot of sheet lightning mixed in between them. We had the top down and were just cruising the streets out in my part of suburbia, almost no other cars on the road. And my son said, "Dad, I think this is going to be one of those memories I'll have forever."
Thats cool. You should treasure this period in your life. Time goes by so quickly. Seems like yesterday when I would go out on driver traing trips with my son. Just another thing no one ever tells you about being a parent. I must have done a pretty good job cause hes never been in an accident or even goitten a ticket. Hell I probably had at least 10 by the time I graduated UT. Course Id never tell him that.
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Yesterday I heard my boss caught his tie in the paper shredder
And when I got home from work I practically hand fed the robbins which has been a spring/summer ritual since '01. Also spread out seed,chopped dried fruits - raisins/figs/dates/prunes/cranberries and anything I can scupper together around the back yard and watch small parties of cardinals,doves,sparrows,chickadees and host of others I recognize but can't identify emerge from the woods/park and have at it
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This is an important thing to try and do daily, I think. We often take so much for granted.
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I woke up.
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It wasn't today, but last night just after dusk I was doing driving lessons with my 15 yo son. He nicely asked his sister if he could borrow her convertible for the exercise, and she conceded as long as I agreed to fill up her tank. :)
There were storms about 10-15 miles out and the weather had just cooled, with big clouds off to the side but not directly above, with a lot of sheet lightning mixed in between them. We had the top down and were just cruising the streets out in my part of suburbia, almost no other cars on the road. And my son said, "Dad, I think this is going to be one of those memories I'll have forever."
Reading this reminded me of my boys and myself. Ans this little diddy popped in my head.
https://youtu.be/1epFa69A2nk?si=zSl9MxKgawPldiE2
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I woke up.
and had myself a Be-e-e-r
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Amen, brother
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So, I've had no alcohol since Sunday, and supposedly I'm "allowed" some this evening. I'm thinking of avoiding it again. It's not that I feel terrific this morning, I feel fine after drinking some. I find abstinence easier han moderation.
I stopped losing weight which isn't great but it's only been a few days. I hoped to knock of another pound anyway. I guess it takes longer.
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Some neighborhood news made me "happy" of late. There has been a 4 acre hold in the ground in a prime commercial spot near us. It was supposed to be a high rise luxo condo building, they built a fancy sales center years ago and then ... hole in the ground. The Midtown Alliance has bought the property and plans to make a park out of it. It'll take a while of course, but it's better than the hole.
Then the Piedmont Park folks have announced a $150-170 million upgrade to the park. That's a chunk of change, what they are showing looks pretty good, we go there regularly.
Then the botanical garden which is adjacent announced a big expansion a year or so back that looks fabulous. They bought up 23 acres of junky stuff between the current park and the Beltline and plan a new entrance and various features.
Three rather large new apartment buildings are about to open hopefully soon with some restaurants in the ground floors. There are more "planned" but only two now are UC, one is pretty tall for this area. It's at about 40 stories now, to be finished next year, hopefully with interesting stuff at street level.
So, the 'hood seems to be advancing, which is good.
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Having asked the question yesterday, what made me happy that day....
Well, probably not what you're looking for, but I have a rx for Tramadol which I hardly ever take, for a number of reasons. Yesterday morning was atypically rough, so I popped one. I forget that in addition to being a pain med it's also a serotonin re-uptake inhibitor. It can cause me general happiness for no reason, which it did for most of the day.
I decided I was probably just going to do drugs from here on out. Maybe find a meth dealer or something. Our grocery bill would go down quite a bit, which might make me even happier.
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Extension from yesterday that someone mentioned to me but I forgot to look at...
On my company's web site main page, the big banner at the very front and center links to... My white paper (that the CEO quoted).
But even beyond that, there's a section farther down with four tiles of content. One is a white paper I wrote. One is a tech brief that was existing but I rewrote and modernized to keep up with more recent innovations. And one is an innovation web site that was championed by a coworker but I'm probably 1/3 responsible for the content.
Not bad :)
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What made you happy today?
Sent a postcard to my friend Joe (and his wife).
Outside of immediate family, no one has been a longer term friend than Joe. We go back over twenty years, to our adolescent days in Texas. An untold aspect of friendship is how well friendships can age without either party realizing it until a decade or so goes by. And that quality of time going by becomes a point of strength in the friendship.
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Extension from yesterday that someone mentioned to me but I forgot to look at...
On my company's web site main page, the big banner at the very front and center links to... My white paper (that the CEO quoted).
But even beyond that, there's a section farther down with four tiles of content. One is a white paper I wrote. One is a tech brief that was existing but I rewrote and modernized to keep up with more recent innovations. And one is an innovation web site that was championed by a coworker but I'm probably 1/3 responsible for the content.
Not bad :)
Awesome, good news.
In a few months after I'm replaced by AI, any chance you're hiring?
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Extension from yesterday that someone mentioned to me but I forgot to look at...
On my company's web site main page, the big banner at the very front and center links to... My white paper (that the CEO quoted).
But even beyond that, there's a section farther down with four tiles of content. One is a white paper I wrote. One is a tech brief that was existing but I rewrote and modernized to keep up with more recent innovations. And one is an innovation web site that was championed by a coworker but I'm probably 1/3 responsible for the content.
Not bad :)
Pulled them up to read them, but since white papers often have unlisted authors and these are no different, how I do know it's really you if it doesn't say "BRAD! dammit!" at the top?
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Pulled them up to read them, but since white papers often have unlisted authors and these are no different, how I do know it's really you if it doesn't say "BRAD! dammit!" at the top?
You'll just have to take my word for it.
Or you can read it and realize that's it's so long-winded that it could be nobody other than me :57:
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You'll just have to take my word for it.
Or you can read it and realize that's it's so long-winded that it could be nobody other than me :57:
I don't know, that would make me think @medinabuckeye1 (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=1547) might have written them... ;)
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My wife c=accumulated a bunch of Delta FF miles. She told me she wanted to use them to fly her son and GF to Hawaii in December (to meet us). I said "I doubt he accepts."
She told me today he accepted her offer to fly them here in August, which they had already planned. She said they try and fly on United and there were not any good deals. So, she was pretty giddy about it. Simple things.
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Saving money always makes me happy
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She was happy to be spending "money" or value of a sort, by being able to do something for her child. I suspect all of us who have children understand that.
He's a super "kid". (He's not a kid of course.)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rml4CQUVpqM
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Bing Videos (https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=ohio+state+georgia+game&&mid=41E82170F62A3F6CA44241E82170F62A3F6CA442&FORM=VAMGZC)
Bing Videos (https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=ohio+state+georgia+game&&mid=01A73EAA7AF8B401BC3D01A73EAA7AF8B401BC3D&FORM=VAMGZC)
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She was happy to be spending "money" or value of a sort, by being able to do something for her child. I suspect all of us who have children understand that.
He's a super "kid". (He's not a kid of course.)
understood. doing something for children and using earned points or miles is a double whammy in my book
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Drilled two good wells last week. At least my crew did without my direct involvement. Got enough money in the bank to pay all the bills and payroll.
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Not having to work today is making me happy.
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wakin up to a freshly mowed yard and a 12:15 tee time makes me happy
grass got it's first cutting of the season yesterday after 5pm
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I liked mowing our yard except when it rained all week and I couldn't and then had to try and mow it still wet and very tall. My Snapper ride on gave out and I bought a pretty nice mower from HD "used" for $200, I thought that was a deal, and it was. The mower had grass stains on it, a bit, someone used it once and returned it, it was in great shape. I had to walk behind it but that was fine, and it mowed better than the Snapper. By then I was at my wife's house which had a smaller grass yard.
I didn't like bagging, I would have to stop every so often to dump the clippings, but it made the yard look really nice. For relatively little effort I could sit on the deck and admire my handiwork and the wife would bring me a cold drink.
Her yard slopped down the back to a green belt, it was really nice, but I decided to terrace some of it that was a bit wild. I ended up digging up huge flat rocks of limestone to build the terrace, some so large and heavy I could only move them a bit with a pick. That area was all about limestone. I was pretty proud of my walls though.
I planted a lot of flowers back in the ungrassed area that would come up early Spring, always a good time. Just reminescing makes me happy.
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nice work
bagging grass is silly
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This is me at lunch at a spot on the Gironde River. I was driving back to Bordeaux and out tiny motel room using a "back road", which is saying something, it was one lane but two way, along the river, a bit hungry, and we spotted this place, stopped, and inquired if they were still serving. The lady told us they would make something for us though it was after 2 PM. It was terrific. They had a B&B "castle" across the road they showed us after we ate, I think my wife took their information somewhere. We were their only customers for lunch. I left a large tip which they no doubt found surprising.
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A buddy of mine, an Ohio State fan, took a trip to Oxford to see Ole Miss host UGA. Ole Miss whomped the Dawgs bad that day but it was a great time. This is in The Grove, at a TG where folks hosted us. After the game we came back and some players from OM came by to watch other games, I think these folks were connected. They had a great TG and wouldn't take my money. My buddy is wearing an OSU hat and UGA shirt.
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Folks take gillions of photos with their phone, I wonder idly how many ever good looked at afterward. I'm at the CFB HoF which oddly enough my wife enjoyed (or claimed she did). She does like doing things that make me smile, usually.
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I had a 60th birthday party in our back yard with hundreds, well, tens of friends, and had this guy come and play with his son, I really liked his music. We had a burger truck set up out front, and a lot of wine pouring. Yes, I was libated enough to try and sing, but not much.
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This was the core of our "wine group" at the local wine bar in Glendale, OH. We showed up every Friday and spent way too much money. I proposed to my wife in that room in the back on April Fool's Day a few years back.
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grass got it's first cutting of the season yesterday after 5pm
Dafuq I'll be on my 3rd cut if it ever dries out
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The gardens at a place called Vaux-le-Vicomte near Melum, France, probably my favorite chateau in France. Geesh, I had this little digitcal camera back then. Good times. Time keeps on tickin' tickin' tickin'
Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte - Vaux le Vicomte (https://vaux-le-vicomte.com/en/)
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Dafuq I'll be on my 3rd cut if it ever dries out
I'm usually the last guy in the neighborhood to mow........ not this spring, beat my neighbors on both sides, across the street and across the alley
they are probably all going to mow today or Sunday, I've got tee times so had to Git'r done Friday afternoon
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This was the core of our "wine group" at the local wine bar in Glendale, OH. We showed up every Friday and spent way too much money. I proposed to my wife in that room in the back on April Fool's Day a few years back.
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Where the hell is the wood bar,pinball machine,dart boards,juke box, beer signs and TV's with the games on? That place gives me the creeps
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I'm usually the last guy in the neighborhood to mow........ not this spring, beat my neighbors on both sides, across the street and across the alley
they are probably all going to mow today or Sunday, I've got tee times so had to Git'r done Friday afternoon
FORE!!!
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My youngest daughter is a HS freshman. Most of our conversations go like this...
Me: saying literally anything
Her: one of "OKAY-AH!" "OH MY GOD-AH!" or "STOP!"
Me: You don't have to yell.
Her: I'M NOT!!!
The end.
Thursday, she set PRs in long jump and 100 hurdles.
Last night, she spent two hours on the couch with me, nerding out on Bound to see where she ranks in the conference, where she ranks in the state as a freshman, what she would need to do to make it to State in various events, etc etc.
She wouldn't shut up, and it was glorious.
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Where the hell is the wood bar,pinball machine,dart boards,juke box, beer signs and TV's with the games on? That place gives me the creeps
It's a "wine bar", a classy place, doesn't need that stuff at all. We liked it a lot. Obviously.
Home - Piccolo Wine Room
A (https://piccolowineroom.com/) funny historical note, it's in the old building where the second Kroger once was, a long time back.
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It's a "wine bar", a classy place, doesn't need that stuff at all. We liked it a lot. Obviously.
Meh,gimme a dimly lit smoky tavern with a pool table and a good choice of draft beers....and the game on
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tough to find'em smoky any longer - it's a damn shame
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Obviously, there are bars for beer drinkers out there aplenty. Wine bars are much more rare, as I think wine drinkers are fewer in number, though they often spend a lot more on less volume.
We have a pretty neat "beer bar" not far from here where my stepson went a while back and noted Charles Barkley sitting in the back by his lonesome. The bar tender said he comes there when in town and prefers to be left to himself.
We 've had lunch there a few times, the food is better than a typical sports bar. There was a large water main break just outside a few months ago that caused quite a bit of damage to the place, they were closed for a couple months.
Midtown Atlanta pub destroyed in water main break reopens | FOX 5 Atlanta (https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/55-days-after-water-main-break-midtown-atlanta-pub-reopens)
Eleventh Street Pub (https://www.eleventhstreetpubatl.com/)
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Obviously, there are bars for beer drinkers out there aplenty. Wine bars are much more rare, as I think wine drinkers are fewer in number, though they often spend a lot more on less volume.
We have a pretty neat "beer bar" not far from here where my stepson went a while back and noted Charles Barkley sitting in the back by his lonesome. The bar tender said he comes there when in town and prefers to be left to himself.
We 've had lunch there a few times, the food is better than a typical sports bar. There was a large water main break just outside a few months ago that caused quite a bit of damage to the place, they were closed for a couple months.
Midtown Atlanta pub destroyed in water main break reopens | FOX 5 Atlanta (https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/55-days-after-water-main-break-midtown-atlanta-pub-reopens)
Eleventh Street Pub (https://www.eleventhstreetpubatl.com/)
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you see the problem?
I'd have to swing by just to see if Sir Charles was holding court
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I'm usually the last guy in the neighborhood to mow........ not this spring, beat my neighbors on both sides, across the street and across the alley
they are probably all going to mow today or Sunday, I've got tee times so had to Git'r done Friday afternoon
I mowed for the fourth time Tuesday.
Played 18 on Thursday; four 3-putts and made one outside four feet all day. A candidate for a "What Made You Sad Today?" thread.
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I mowed for the fourth time Tuesday.
Played 18 on Thursday; four 3-putts and made one outside four feet all day. A candidate for a "What Made You Sad Today?" thread.
We've already got one of those (https://www.cfb51.com/big-ten/in-other-news-18271/).
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As usual on Saturdays we strolled through the local pop up market. The crowds are down today because of weather, but it's fun. I noticed a new flower shop in an ancient filling station that turned into a bike shop then some solar energy company and has been vacant for a long time, with various an sundry plans announced that fell through. We stopped by and chatted with the couple there, it was very pleasant, bought a vase. She does arrangements mostly on order, the one she was doing for some graduation she said was $200, so not cheap. Duh.
I really admire the folks who start up their own businesses like this, the small ones, the market has several who grow vegetables to sell.
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Sheesh. Been mowin' since February, when it got close to 90 deg here, or at least seemed like it.
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tough to find'em smoky any longer - it's a damn shame
I'm being repressed, I blame the damn,dirty,Demo,Russians
https://youtu.be/YAA-G947ofg
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I mowed for the fourth time Tuesday.
Played 18 on Thursday; four 3-putts and made one outside four feet all day. A candidate for a "What Made You Sad Today?" thread.
what course, I'd like to avoid it if the greens are that treacherous??
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Sheesh. Been mowin' since February, when it got close to 90 deg here, or at least seemed like it.
don't move to Texas
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Many of you don't seem to be getting the point of this thread...
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well, it's pretty early to be happy
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well, it's pretty early to be happy
I'm happy, pretty much, drinking my morning coffee and reading stuff here is good. My wife is still asleep, I think, I usually take her tea in the AM. We had a line of storms pass through last night while we were at the symphony, could hear thunder at times, it had pretty much ended when we got out, just some light sprinkle which was good as we had walked, it's less than a mile.
The concert was ... interesting? It featured a Pagaini violin concerto with a young soloist who played like crazy, Paganini of course wrote silliness so hard few can play his mess. I wasn't crazy about the entire program but is was ... OK I guess.
The weather today should be very nice, a bit cool, we may go for brunch at this Persian restaurant we live that has nice outside seating.
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what course, I'd like to avoid it if the greens are that treacherous??
No, no. All operator error!
I played 9 yesterday and shot a 37, so I'm happy again.
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Today is my wife’s birthday. A happy birthday day.
Immediate family, and a few friends coming by to celebrate. Nothing too elaborate.
Steak, chicken, shrimp, and veggie skewers on the grill, cold beer, and cornhole.
Over/under on May the 4th be with you knee slappers? 8.5
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My wife got me some new shorts, and so I guess I'm finally moving on from cargo shorts. Hopefully the dad police doesn't make me give up my New Balance or Ford Flex too :57:
Then we went through and cleared out a BUNCH of clothes... So I finally have some room in the closet.
And I told her that we should have a moratorium on any new clothes for a while...
And she's in the process of cleaning out her closet too.
Goodwill is going to get QUITE the haul from us.
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My wife got me some new shorts, and so I guess I'm finally moving on from cargo shorts.
One step away from becoming fanny-pack guy, in order to make up for all that lost pocket space.
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One step away from becoming fanny-pack guy, in order to make up for all that lost pocket space.
Oh, I don't actually USE the pockets. If I did, I wouldn't be getting ride of them!
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No, no. All operator error!
I played 9 yesterday and shot a 37, so I'm happy again.
played in a 5-man scramble today, great weather - tied for first - 2nd place on tie braker - drank plenty - good food - I'm happy to be home
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I was offered and have accepted a new job as a principal at a charter school in Indy. 27K raise, commute time cut by 66%, an opportunity to make a difference for kids who need it.
Also, I get to play golf tomorrow morning in what should be great weather.
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Perfect weather here today, I went running and did double what I hoped to do (my legs are tired). I'm happy I'm not running now.
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I was offered and have accepted a new job as a principal at a charter school in Indy. 27K raise, commute time cut by 66%, an opportunity to make a difference for kids who need it.
Also, I get to play golf tomorrow morning in what should be great weather.
Congrats! 27K a year will buy a lot of beer!
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I was offered and have accepted a new job as a principal at a charter school in Indy. 27K raise, commute time cut by 66%, an opportunity to make a difference for kids who need it.
Also, I get to play golf tomorrow morning in what should be great weather.
This made me happy today.
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We're doing a crawfish boil tomorrow and I just bought a couple cases of beer. That made me happy.
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I was offered and have accepted a new job as a principal at a charter school in Indy. 27K raise, commute time cut by 66%, an opportunity to make a difference for kids who need it.
Also, I get to play golf tomorrow morning in what should be great weather.
Congrats!
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We're doing a crawfish boil tomorrow and I just bought a couple cases of beer. That made me happy.
1 or 2 go to the crawfish or you're doing it wrong.
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SFIrish did her annual mothers' day-related show at our local dive bar, which is always a good time. Got to hang out with SFGopher's girlfriends' parents (who came to the show) for longer than I have before, and they are cool people.
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Woke up really sick this morning. Headache, no energy, nausia, can’t keep food down, can’t get out of bed. What makes me happy today is how much the pets appreciate my few sick days. After getting their dishes filled for their usual 6am breakfast, the dog and the cat took over the other side of the bed and, nearly 10 hours later, haven’t left my side since.
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I made coffee, the weather is rainy/stormy, no running today, probably go to the gym. My wife is up getting ready to go to her pilates which she really likes.
She keeps claiming it's the greatest thing and I should go back to it.
Something that is great for one person may not be for another. I think folks like to have confirmation that something is great by getting another opinion, which suggests they aren't convinced.
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Got my official approval from DHHS to be my sister's Personal Assistant/caregiver and just in time -- got my sister home from the hospital this weekend after her knee replacement surgery. After working out a schedule, today was the first day I got to actually get paid for all the personal care work I have done for her for years, lol. Took a little doing and quite a bit of time for the state to get around to approving me as her personal care assistant/caregiver. I did discover that is in a pain in the patoot to figure out a workable schedule around her needs and other family duties I have (she lives with me and my hubby and my youngest son). Way too used to just doing what she needs on the spur of the moment compared to having to schedule everything, lol. I am doubly happy that even though she is 71 years, she is recovering nicely and still has a great sense of humor about all of her health issues. Not getting paid a whole lot, but she feels better about having me do stuff for her and for her pride's sake, I am not complaining, haha. Every little bit helps.
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very good news
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My wife has had three hip replacements, which is not nearly as rough as a knee, and rotator cuff surgery, which is a lot worse than a hip.
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My wife has had three hip replacements, which is not nearly as rough as a knee, and rotator cuff surgery, which is a lot worse than a hip.
Yeah, her knee has been pretty rough; she did really well in February when she had a total reversal of her shoulder (instead of rotator cuff) and bounced back really quickly. Hoping she does the same now so we can convince her to do the other knee sooner rather than later - she has been bone-on-bone with both knees for a decade or more.
and ouch - three hip replacements? I hope that when it comes time for me to have my hip replacement that it doesn't turn into that!
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There was an issue apparently with some early ball-socket joints, they started shedding iron particles, which obviously gets bad. So she had a "revision" they call it. She came back from them pretty quickly, but the rotator cuff thing was really bad for her, and in general.
The bad thing is I had shoulder surgery a week after hers, not nearly as complicated, but bad enough. We had some help for a couple weeks. The good thing is my shoulder no longer is unusually painful. I had hurt it at age 16 pitching, nobody back then had a clue what it was.
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Freakin’ knee has been killing me this week. For almost no reason. Just hurting. Got an appointment with the ortho doc on Monday.
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Well I'm not gonna complain about soreness or ailments. I earned my current soreness.
I've been slacking on the Peloton, so I rode 60 minutes Saturday, 45 Sunday, and 75 today (Monday). My hip is tight and my foot sore, but I'm happy to start pushing the minutes again.
Doing this so I'm capable 30-40 years from now. Or 80 years from now, like CD.
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Unfortunately for me, I really let myself go for quite a few midlife years. I'm paying for it now in terms of fat, though I'm fortunate my moving parts are mostly OK.
When you hit around 45 I think there can be a tendency to let it all go for some reason, the weight of "life" can get oppressive. Then I had a bout of depression I treated mostly with alcohol. Get up walk, he says, while posting here.
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I had hurt it at age 16 pitching, nobody back then had a clue what it was.
Called an ouchee - get back in there and play thru the pain. Well maybe not the amatuers
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Freakin’ knee has been killing me this week. For almost no reason. Just hurting. Got an appointment with the ortho doc on Monday.
a year or so ago my freakin knee was killin me for no reason - couldn't even squat down on my haunches to read a putt - told the Doc about it hopin for some help, he just smiled and said I was gettin old.
It's better today but I still can't squat all the way down
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ICE is your friend - not Bud Ice
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Called an ouchee - get back in there and play thru the pain. Well maybe not the amatuers
Yeah, I played and continued to play into my 40s, and started back again at 60. It was odd to me that on rare occasions I could still throw with a lot of zip, but most of the time my are felt dead. There is a sound the catcher's mitt makes when a pitcher throws about 80 or more that I found quite pleasing.
It got to the point I couldn't raise my arm without pain, so I had it checked out, torn labrum and miscellanous debris. Surgery fixed the pain by my arm is still quite dead. I can MAYBE throw 60, but probably more like 55.
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ICE is your friend - not Bud Ice
Bud Ice is a friend to no one.