OT - What are you doing now? (2025)

JohnInCarolina

@GrateEggspectations @CPFC1905

Canugghead

Honest, after a work team meeting years ago, the clown in me cut out the letters to play Scrabble and came up with IBM***S 

zaphod

Ozzie_Isaac said:

lkapigian said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

DoubleEgger said:

Divorced life seems to be treating you well @Ozzie_Isaac. Glad you are enjoying life. 

Thank you, and absolutely zero complaints.  Best thing that could have ever happened to me.  Down 50 lbs, and back to all the hobbies and things I set aside years ago.  Feel like I’m 20 again and just doing things because they make me happy without worrying about helping someone else emotionally regulate - super freeing.

Do didn’t know you went through that @Ozzie_Isaac , can be rough can be good … I went through it around 25 years ago….we still own our company together after all these years , we split nothing ( we sold our rentals years after the divorce) I just loaded a couple things in my truck and started fresh, easy peasy 

Wish ours went that way, I loaded up my cooking gear, my hobby stuff, and some clothes.  She is at the primary house as this drags on.  Businesses are still moving along, but I won’t stay in them long term.  We do well when working business together, but I am looking forward to a fresh start.

sorry to hear about that Ozzie. Many of us have been there.  

Canugghead

JohnInCarolina said:

Some pics from Madrid - first stop before Porto

Amateur, in downtown Calcutta I saw them parked with bumpers kissing each other.
How? Drivers are expected to park in neutral, the territorial collectors/attendants would push the cars to make room for arrivals or departures 

Botch

JohnInCarolina said:

@GrateEggspectations @CPFC1905

If yer cruisin' Walmart for a GF, here we call that "bait".  

GrateEggspectations

Botch said:

JohnInCarolina said:

@GrateEggspectations @CPFC1905

If yer cruisin' Walmart for a GF, here we call that "bait".  

“Donut holes” has never made any sense to me at all. The only hole is in the product they left behind. They’re complete spheres. “Donut wholes” is actually a lot more apt. 

CPFC1905

JohnInCarolina said:

@GrateEggspectations @CPFC1905

No idea,  they look an absolute abomination of epic calorific proportion though.  You have these and coffee????  Do you ever sleep? 

zaphod

up here in Canada they are Tim bits.

JohnInCarolina

Botch said:

JohnInCarolina said:

@GrateEggspectations @CPFC1905

If yer cruisin' Walmart for a GF, here we call that "bait".  

Have to say I’ve not heard of people cruising Walmarts for girlfriends.  That seems ill-advised at best.

JohnInCarolina

CPFC1905 said:

JohnInCarolina said:

@GrateEggspectations @CPFC1905

No idea,  they look an absolute abomination of epic calorific proportion though.  You have these and coffee????  Do you ever sleep? 

Americans don’t sleep.  That’s how we saved y’all from the Nazis.

JohnInCarolina

GrateEggspectations said:

Botch said:

JohnInCarolina said:

@GrateEggspectations @CPFC1905

If yer cruisin' Walmart for a GF, here we call that "bait".  

“Donut holes” has never made any sense to me at all. The only hole is in the product they left behind. They’re complete spheres. “Donut wholes” is actually a lot more apt. 

My family will always refer to them as “Munchkins” since they were introduced with that name at Dunkin’ donuts.  

ColbyLang

JohnInCarolina said:

Botch said:

JohnInCarolina said:

@GrateEggspectations @CPFC1905

If yer cruisin' Walmart for a GF, here we call that "bait".  

Have to say I’ve not heard of people cruising Walmarts for girlfriends.  That seems ill-advised at best.

He was giving @o@Ozzie_Isaac tips

fishlessman

zaphod said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

lkapigian said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

DoubleEgger said:

Divorced life seems to be treating you well @Ozzie_Isaac. Glad you are enjoying life. 

Thank you, and absolutely zero complaints.  Best thing that could have ever happened to me.  Down 50 lbs, and back to all the hobbies and things I set aside years ago.  Feel like I’m 20 again and just doing things because they make me happy without worrying about helping someone else emotionally regulate - super freeing.

Do didn’t know you went through that @Ozzie_Isaac , can be rough can be good … I went through it around 25 years ago….we still own our company together after all these years , we split nothing ( we sold our rentals years after the divorce) I just loaded a couple things in my truck and started fresh, easy peasy 

Wish ours went that way, I loaded up my cooking gear, my hobby stuff, and some clothes.  She is at the primary house as this drags on.  Businesses are still moving along, but I won’t stay in them long term.  We do well when working business together, but I am looking forward to a fresh start.

sorry to hear about that Ozzie. Many of us have been there.  

my neighbors been there 5 times, the exwives would meetup for breakfast at the diner down the street before picking up there alimony....... then the kids would show up with their hands out he literally lost 5 big houses, lives or is that hides on a sofa in his shop now

Canugghead

JohnInCarolina said:

@GrateEggspectations @CPFC1905

Baby Bullocks

lkapigian

The Traction that Doughnut Holes Get 

GrateEggspectations

Canugghead said:

JohnInCarolina said:

@GrateEggspectations @CPFC1905

Baby Bullocks

Yours are bigger? 😂

zaphod

I believe you might mean "bollocks"

never mind, here's the Sex Pistols.

Canugghead

zaphod said:

I believe you might mean "bollocks"

never mind, here's the Sex Pistols.

I did, just didn't want to make it too obviously British (nod @CPFC1905)

btw, did you miss the Timmy's IBM***S pic I posted last night 😂 

zaphod

yeah, i missed that one - had to scroll back. LOL. Lord I have IBM stories to tell. In person. Over beer. IBM is an interesting ride.

TheFishWhisperer

fishlessman said:

zaphod said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

lkapigian said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

DoubleEgger said:

Divorced life seems to be treating you well @Ozzie_Isaac. Glad you are enjoying life. 

Thank you, and absolutely zero complaints.  Best thing that could have ever happened to me.  Down 50 lbs, and back to all the hobbies and things I set aside years ago.  Feel like I’m 20 again and just doing things because they make me happy without worrying about helping someone else emotionally regulate - super freeing.

Do didn’t know you went through that @Ozzie_Isaac , can be rough can be good … I went through it around 25 years ago….we still own our company together after all these years , we split nothing ( we sold our rentals years after the divorce) I just loaded a couple things in my truck and started fresh, easy peasy 

Wish ours went that way, I loaded up my cooking gear, my hobby stuff, and some clothes.  She is at the primary house as this drags on.  Businesses are still moving along, but I won’t stay in them long term.  We do well when working business together, but I am looking forward to a fresh start.

sorry to hear about that Ozzie. Many of us have been there.  

my neighbors been there 5 times, the exwives would meetup for breakfast at the diner down the street before picking up there alimony....... then the kids would show up with their hands out he literally lost 5 big houses, lives or is that hides on a sofa in his shop now

Most men would have learned after wife number three or four, but this is my neighbor we’re talking about. I live and breathe among a colony of imbeciles.

Ozzie_Isaac

lkapigian said:

The Traction that Doughnut Holes Get 

I hate doughnut holes on principal.  They should be doughnut fill or something else, the hole is nothing!

what, business opportunity, going to ritzy part of town and selling bags of zero calorie doughnut holes …. Just an empty bag for like $30.

zaphod

Ozzie_Isaac said:

lkapigian said:

The Traction that Doughnut Holes Get 

I hate doughnut holes on principal.  They should be doughnut fill or something else, the hole is nothing!

what, business opportunity, going to ritzy part of town and selling bags of zero calorie doughnut holes …. Just an empty bag for like $30.

damn, i paid $40. Before exchange rate!

DoubleEgger

Retirement planning 

kl8ton

DoubleEgger said:

Retirement planning 

Yes!

kl8ton

kl8ton said:

DoubleEgger said:

Retirement planning 

Yes!

Also it must be a really good book if the 2024 edition won the 2023 book of the year award!

Corv

Doing that would be fascinating. 

Personally, if it's reasonable, I'd favor anchoring out rather than docking. 

Still, I've had my boating experience. I quit keeping track of the cost after four years - it was roughly $1k a month, every darn month. After 11 years, I sold the boat.

lousubcap

@DoubleEgger - Great if your situation enables you to make that happen.  Getting buy-in will be your major hurdle.  Clear that and then it's time to get underway with the macro plan.  Details to follow!  🛥️ 
Better to be lucky than good wishes on the water ahead!

DoubleEgger

lousubcap said:

@DoubleEgger - Great if your situation enables you to make that happen.  Getting buy-in will be your major hurdle.  Clear that and then it's time to get underway with the macro plan.  Details to follow!  🛥️ 
Better to be lucky than good wishes on the water ahead!

It’s happening and buy-in was taken care of a long time ago. Just a matter of timing at this point. 

lousubcap

You are pursuing the dream right there.  Congratulations on a well executed prep work plan, clearly aided by the enjoyment brought by your boat on the lake. The marina lifestyle also is a powerful draw as you well know.
As Leroy "Satchel" Paige said, "don't look back, somethin' might be gainin" on ya!"  I envy you and your adventure ahead.  
What a great vision and transition.  

Botch

For those of us land-locked losers who are at a loss of what a looper is, apparently it involved sailing a boat up the MS River, navigating thru the Great Lakes (Canadian side included), the Canal, then down the eastern coast, around the FL coast, then back up thru Nawlins to either finish or do it again.  
I read the book review on amazoid, was afraid MacOS would tell me Looper is a Cajun/Creole boy band.