OT - What are you doing now? (2024)

Campbell2N

Legume said:

I guess what I need to do right now is replan for retirement.

I’ve been retired since the day I started working. It’s a mindset, not a lifestyle. 

Ozzie_Isaac

Legume said:

I guess what I need to do right now is replan for retirement.

Unions, workers rights, Sullivan-Hoey Fire Prevention Law, etc all waste good money too.  Not sure why we companies shouldn't be making money off the backs of people who are still mobile.  Even if they aren't mobile, they can answer phones.  Put'em to work!!  Free Market!!

GrateEggspectations

Shaving related….

We have an electrician in right now doing lots of work in our (old) house. He is fantastic. In anticipation of him doing some wiring in the bedroom among many other jobs, I opened the bottom drawer of my nightstand and was making some space for books when, lo and behold, I found something I had been searching for since moving to this house four years ago….

A brand new, never used Rockwell 6S. Truly exceptional, all stainless steel DESR at a great price - especially when on sale. This one was intended as a backup, but I just couldn’t find it the last few years. I had recently been looking for it because I sometimes shave in the downstairs bathroom rather than upstairs, so I thought it would be easier to keep one in each bathroom than to move a single razor around the house - especially since my choice of bathroom is often predicated on not wanting to wake the family. 

I have one more brand new 6S hidden in the house. That one, the set for which includes many other goodies, goes to my son when he turns 16 - over a decade from now. I was thinking ahead when I ordered it a few years back. 

I think it was @weberwho and I exchanging about the heartache we felt over lost items. Consider this mystery solved. 

lousubcap

Better to be lucky than good right there.  

WeberWho

GrateEggspectations said:

Shaving related….

We have an electrician in right now doing lots of work in our (old) house. He is fantastic. In anticipation of him doing some wiring in the bedroom among many other jobs, I opened the bottom drawer of my nightstand and was making some space for books when, lo and behold, I found something I had been searching for since moving to this house four years ago….

A brand new, never used Rockwell 6S. Truly exceptional, all stainless steel DESR at a great price - especially when on sale. This one was intended as a backup, but I just couldn’t find it the last few years. I had recently been looking for it because I sometimes shave in the downstairs bathroom rather than upstairs, so I thought it would be easier to keep one in each bathroom than to move a single razor around the house - especially since my choice of bathroom is often predicated on not wanting to wake the family. 

I have one more brand new 6S hidden in the house. That one, the set for which includes many other goodies, goes to my son when he turns 16 - over a decade from now. I was thinking ahead when I ordered it a few years back. 

I think it was @weberwho and I exchanging about the heartache we felt over lost items. Consider this mystery solved. 

Such a good feeling! Nicely done!

DoubleEgger

One of the last people I’d take advice from is Ben Shapiro. 

zaphod

CPFC1905 said:

zaphod said:

hah. no  - I'm only shaving one head so three uses per blade.

Splendid. Back to the Vogon poetry. 

But do you know why the answer is 42?  Genuine question, because I do know.

i'll let you share - your story

zaphod

Botch said:

Hitchhiker's Guide was one of the most disappointing books I've ever read (if that's even what you're talking about). 

yep, that's the one. I fell into the hole back in 1981 or so when the CBC played the original series. So yeah, off the radio is, IMHO the only way to have the story told. I have the books, the book of the commented scripts (Adams and Geoffrey Perkins), the BBC TV series (laserdisc), and of course a copy of the radio series which is the best. The movies were okay.

zaphod

hah - merry early Christmas to you @GrateEggspectations

Botch

zaphod said:

Botch said:

Hitchhiker's Guide was one of the most disappointing books I've ever read (if that's even what you're talking about). 

yep, that's the one. I fell into the hole back in 1981 or so when the CBC played the original series. So yeah, off the radio is, IMHO the only way to have the story told. I have the books, the book of the commented scripts (Adams and Geoffrey Perkins), the BBC TV series (laserdisc), and of course a copy of the radio series which is the best. The movies were okay.

Obviously you enjoyed it more than I did.    

CPFC1905

Botch said:

Hitchhiker's Guide was one of the most disappointing books I've ever read (if that's even what you're talking about).
Level 42 is one of my all-time favorite bands, on the other hand.  

Who, among several others - took their name from A Clockwork Orange.

CPFC1905

zaphod said:

Botch said:

Hitchhiker's Guide was one of the most disappointing books I've ever read (if that's even what you're talking about). 

yep, that's the one. I fell into the hole back in 1981 or so when the CBC played the original series. So yeah, off the radio is, IMHO the only way to have the story told. I have the books, the book of the commented scripts (Adams and Geoffrey Perkins), the BBC TV series (laserdisc), and of course a copy of the radio series which is the best. The movies were okay.

The original radio version, then the BBC series only for me.  The films were, shall we say - best not discussed? 

CPFC1905

zaphod said:

CPFC1905 said:

zaphod said:

hah. no  - I'm only shaving one head so three uses per blade.

Splendid. Back to the Vogon poetry. 

But do you know why the answer is 42?  Genuine question, because I do know.

i'll let you share - your story

DA was a huge cricket fan, and most of all MCC member - along with being a close friend of Stephen Fry and the Mac early adopter.

Cricket has no rules.  It has laws. There are 42 of them. 

Ozzie_Isaac

lousubcap

Hopefully the venue in Lockhart as that is the real deal.  She has got her priorities right.  

Ozzie_Isaac

Mondo Duplantis, @JohnInCarolina ‘s cousin has done well in the Olympics.  The Swede also has his own color-way on the Omega catalogue for an Aqua-Terra Ultralight.  Pretty sweet!  He wore one while smashing his own WR.

Had a full titanium case, face, and movement!

JohnInCarolina

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Mondo Duplantis, @JohnInCarolina ‘s cousin has done well in the Olympics.  The Swede also has his own color-way on the Omega catalogue for an Aqua-Terra Ultralight.  Pretty sweet!  He wore one while smashing his own WR.

Had a full titanium case, face, and movement!

Mondo is incredible.  

I also really appreciated this story about him and Sha’Carri Richardson.  Apparently they came into LSU as freshmen together:

https://www.sportskeeda.com/us/olympics/news-sha-carri-richardson-reacts-mondo-duplantis-winning-gold-breaking-world-record-paris-olympics

JohnInCarolina

Nice win for gold by the US Women’s team!

Ozzie_Isaac

Playing with pancake.  When temp is removed from the equation, it is amazing how small details make a difference!

Playing with time, and the amount of butter in pan makes a huge difference.  Time to start taking notes when I cook things and get serious about details.

Ozzie_Isaac

I was so excited, my daughter called and asked if I could help her make beef tallow!  I said sure, what are you cooking with it?

she said it’s for a body lotion!?  lol.  I guess it is a thing.

Botch

Ozzie_Isaac said:

I was so excited, my daughter called and asked if I could help her make beef tallow!  I said sure, what are you cooking with it?

she said it’s for a body lotion!?  lol.  I guess it is a thing.

Hope she doesn't have a cat.  

Ozzie_Isaac

Botch said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

I was so excited, my daughter called and asked if I could help her make beef tallow!  I said sure, what are you cooking with it?

she said it’s for a body lotion!?  lol.  I guess it is a thing.

Hope she doesn't have a cat.  

Oh, we are not cat people.  We would all
doe from allergies.

Canugghead

JohnInCarolina said:

Nice win for gold by the US Women’s team!

Damn, I have it on PVR and you ruined it for me 

lousubcap

Canugghead said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Nice win for gold by the US Women’s team!

Damn, I have it on PVR and you ruined it for me 

@Canugghead - I DVR my regular TV viewing (primarily limited to news and sports).  Knowing when the match happened (start 11 AM EDT) and my schedule I did not access any TV or internet (including the forum) until I watched the match.  You've got time to practice as the next Olympics (Winter games) are in Italy (same time off-set) in 2026.  
The real bonus of DVR is eliminating all the commercials (granted limited to half-time in soccer/aka football, futbol) as you well know.  I do have to plan ahead for any special events that aren't on the auto record plan.  
BTW- F1 racing goes on w/o commercials as well but the DVR feature enables race viewing compression during the lulls.  

Canugghead

@lousubcap Lesson learned, skipping commercials is definitely a bonus. I have been MIA for a few days so I thought I'd check on the state of the union, lol. I'm not a F1 fan btw

Battleborn

Getting ready for the first day of school. Our youngest is going into the 8th grade. We decided to move her to a fully remote, online school after having problems last year at a traditional school. Hopefully it works out. 

Ozzie_Isaac

Battleborn said:

Getting ready for the first day of school. Our youngest is going into the 8th grade. We decided to move her to a fully remote, online school after having problems last year at a traditional school. Hopefully it works out. 

My son did full online school.  The programs have really gotten good and we found the actual education better.  Same with teacher/counselor time and attention.  My daughter did it too and we liked it.  She is now back at in person, and personally I would have preferred she stayed online.  We found it really helped if they have some in personal social activities.  What is nice is they get to choose their groups instead of randomly being assigned a class to spend all day in person with.

Canugghead

Toilet tank fill valve sprung a leak, filling non stop. Turned out the seal is fine, a piece of debris was the culpritl
Full disclosure: Due to neglect a faucet washer in another washroom literally disintegrated and I replaced it earlier in the day 

Battleborn

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Battleborn said:

Getting ready for the first day of school. Our youngest is going into the 8th grade. We decided to move her to a fully remote, online school after having problems last year at a traditional school. Hopefully it works out. 

My son did full online school.  The programs have really gotten good and we found the actual education better.  Same with teacher/counselor time and attention.  My daughter did it too and we liked it.  She is now back at in person, and personally I would have preferred she stayed online.  We found it really helped if they have some in personal social activities.  What is nice is they get to choose their groups instead of randomly being assigned a class to spend all day in person with.

We were sort of forced to go in this direction. She was attending a performing arts magnet school this last two years that totally changed who she was. We found out that she was getting bullied to the point that she was have suicidal ideations and was self harming. She had to go to an intensive in patient and then out patient program at the end of the last school year. Scary things to deal with. We certainly weren’t sending her back and she was happy to give the online school a try. She has the option to go back to in person next year for high school, but I think she will like staying home. 

WeberWho

Battleborn said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Battleborn said:

Getting ready for the first day of school. Our youngest is going into the 8th grade. We decided to move her to a fully remote, online school after having problems last year at a traditional school. Hopefully it works out. 

My son did full online school.  The programs have really gotten good and we found the actual education better.  Same with teacher/counselor time and attention.  My daughter did it too and we liked it.  She is now back at in person, and personally I would have preferred she stayed online.  We found it really helped if they have some in personal social activities.  What is nice is they get to choose their groups instead of randomly being assigned a class to spend all day in person with.

We were sort of forced to go in this direction. She was attending a performing arts magnet school this last two years that totally changed who she was. We found out that she was getting bullied to the point that she was have suicidal ideations and was self harming. She had to go to an intensive in patient and then out patient program at the end of the last school year. Scary things to deal with. We certainly weren’t sending her back and she was happy to give the online school a try. She has the option to go back to in person next year for high school, but I think she will like staying home. 

Sorry to hear about the trouble your daughter has gone through. Your daughter is lucky to have a family that cares for her and has her best interest. Wishing you and your family all the best.