What You've Done Today - But you… have elected… the way of… pain!

[Guard Dog]

On 12/1/2021 at 8:26 AM, Gromnir said:

tell her you are a traditionalist and you are insisting on an actual peppercorn.

 

HA! Good Fun!

I hate to admit it but this reference was a bit obscure even for me. I had to google this one. I'd never heard of peppercorn rent. You learn something new everyday. I am definitely going to tell her that!

But I agree cash would be better off not spending too much time as cash. What to do with is is the question. Gold is around $1700 US. That is overvalued but not by that much. Nowhere near historic ceiling. What worries me actually is why isn't that trending higher faster? Inflation chases gold upwards. And the US has shown little interest (no pun intended ) in doing what needs to be done to rein it in. The answer might be crypto but I don't really know. Most of that trash is trending down. I've spun the wheel in the crypto casino once and really don't want to press my luck. 

[ShadySands]

Tree shopping. Ended up with a 7 foot nordmann

[Amentep]

3 hours ago, ShadySands said:

Tree shopping. Ended up with a 7 foot nordmann

Is the Nord man going to cut the tree for you, then?

[LadyCrimson]

Is it weird when you want to be warm-ish but hate the overall house to be warm and just want constant spot heating like heating pads on your feet/lap?

...older I get the more I mentally dislike "cold" but I also still can't stand feeling like my face is too warm/I'm breathing heated air. Like when ppl run a car heater at high blast the whole way, or ppl who have the house air-forced heater jacked to 80F constantly where when you stand up you feel like the top half of the house is awash with hot air. It's not so hot you're sweating or anything but the face/air ... can't take it. My face has to be "cold." But the rest of me wants to be "comfy/mildly warm/don't need extra clothes."

Edited December 6, 2021 by LadyCrimson

[LadyCrimson]

Hubby's left for the other house and I'm not going (nothing for me to do up there now, atm, since I'm not a handyman type, so I'd just be sitting around bored). So that means I'll be alone for a few days. PARTY!

...or more likely, just fluffing around like usual and feeling a little lonely at night. Days are fine but nights w/out hubby's snores are weird. Maybe I'll order some fave comfort foods that hubby doesn't like.

[ShadySands]

I was letting the dogs in from the backyard and my wife asked me why I never say anything when I bring them inside. I told her I have to be careful in case it's really some supernatural critter pretending to be our dogs that needs to be invited in. She thinks I might be crazy, I'm still on the fence.

[BruceVC]

3 hours ago, ShadySands said:

I was letting the dogs in from the backyard and my wife asked me why I never say anything when I bring them inside. I told her I have to be careful in case it's really some supernatural critter pretending to be our dogs that needs to be invited in. She thinks I might be crazy, I'm still on the fence.

And well done for being aware of this potential risk, you never know when supernatural beings can influence our pets 

Rather err on the side of caution 

[BruceVC]

10 hours ago, LadyCrimson said:

Hubby's left for the other house and I'm not going (nothing for me to do up there now, atm, since I'm not a handyman type, so I'd just be sitting around bored). So that means I'll be alone for a few days. PARTY!

...or more likely, just fluffing around like usual and feeling a little lonely at night. Days are fine but nights w/out hubby's snores are weird. Maybe I'll order some fave comfort foods that hubby doesn't like.

This is the ideal time for a house party, maybe arrange a techno or deep house DJ and charge people $20 entry fee?

You know what they say " when the cat is away, the mouse will play  " 

[CAIN]

I just got quotes back for remodeling our bathroom. They range from $20,000 to $27,000. This for a 7.5" x 4.5" with mid range  materials. I thinking nobody wants to do the job so they quote high. I going to have rethink what to do. I'm handy and the tile work would be no

problem but all the other stuff i just know enough to get myself in trouble.

[LadyCrimson]

51 minutes ago, CAIN said:

I just got quotes back for remodeling our bathroom. They range from $20,000 to $27,000. This for a 7.5" x 4.5" with mid range  materials. I thinking nobody wants to do the job so they quote high. I going to have rethink what to do. I'm handy and the tile work would be no

problem but all the other stuff i just know enough to get myself in trouble.

I bet if we quote for a project like that it'd be more like $40k. I mean yeah, depends what company you're talking to etc but still...
People try to rip us off all the time because we're from the SFBay Area/Peninsula, therefore we must be billionaires. There was this Sacramento chimney inspector, and he said ours was not safe (too many flue cracks, smoke would back up into the house). He said he could fix it directly or via putting in an insert sleeve for $30,000 or so. Hubby lul'd.

[Tale]

I got a promotion a couple of months ago at work. Barely a pay upgrade (partially due to the fact that I was already being paid more than people who were above me due to experience), but the work load...

I've heard people talk about getting promoted and finding themselves having less to do, but I never thought I'd see it. I've spent the last decade of my life feeling overworked or anticipating regular crises and now I fear I may only feel that way two months out of the year.

I enjoy the work, too. It's payroll data entry, but there's just enough playing with poorly designed computer systems and basic algebra to keep me from falling asleep when there's actual work to do.

[BruceVC]

1 hour ago, Tale said:

I got a promotion a couple of months ago at work. Barely a pay upgrade (partially due to the fact that I was already being paid more than people who were above me due to experience), but the work load...

I've heard people talk about getting promoted and finding themselves having less to do, but I never thought I'd see it. I've spent the last decade of my life feeling overworked or anticipating regular crises and now I fear I may only feel that way two months out of the year.

I enjoy the work, too. It's payroll data entry, but there's just enough playing with poorly designed computer systems and basic algebra to keep me from falling asleep when there's actual work to do.

That kind of promotion is never a good thing because how do you motivate further advancement if you doing less work? You should look for another job because this is not something that I would consider progressive for your career 

[Gromnir]

On 12/8/2021 at 7:03 PM, ShadySands said:

I was letting the dogs in from the backyard and my wife asked me why I never say anything when I bring them inside. I told her I have to be careful in case it's really some supernatural critter pretending to be our dogs that needs to be invited in. She thinks I might be crazy, I'm still on the fence.

if the supernatural critters would wipe their feet before coming inside during wet winter months, and perhaps manage to eat & drink w/o creating a mess in a .5 meter circumference 'round their bowls, we might consider the swap a trade up and a welcome change.

HA! Good Fun!

 

[LadyCrimson]

The best thing about winter - even "sea-level California winter" - is that your GPU temp while playing video games stays below 60C all the time without any effort. Assuming one hasn't jacked up house-heating ofc.

Anyway ... it's a crisp cool morning, hubby should be driving home this afternoon and I am currently puttering about in 7 Days to Die, generate map after map, just because I can/it passes the time. Oh and it's more fun than doing something productive, like ... cleaning or packing.

[Azdeus]

49 minutes ago, LadyCrimson said:

The best thing about winter - even "sea-level California winter" - is that your GPU temp while playing video games stays below 60C all the time without any effort. Assuming one hasn't jacked up house-heating ofc.

The best thing about a 320 Watt TDP gpu is that winter means you don't have to feel cold, aslong as you remember to put a load on it. I've been running folding at home at max load every night to keep warm.

[Gorth]

7 hours ago, Azdeus said:

The best thing about a 320 Watt TDP gpu is that winter means you don't have to feel cold, aslong as you remember to put a load on it. I've been running folding at home at max load every night to keep warm.

That brings back fond memories of cold winter days back in Denmark... resting first one foot, then other etc. on the Commodore 64 power supply on the floor

[Azdeus]

2 hours ago, Gorth said:

That brings back fond memories of cold winter days back in Denmark... resting first one foot, then other etc. on the Commodore 64 power supply on the floor

I remember when the fan on my Voodoo 2 died in the middle of winter. It had to have some cooling so I used a desk fan, but it wasn't enough so I had to put the desk fan in the window and blow cold air directly on the gpu for it to work

 

 

[Guard Dog]

I watched Navy beat Army today. Great game all the way around. I took G out to dinner and we had a great time. Tomorrow I'm diving down to TN. I'm staying in Dyersburg but visiting  the house to make sure no damage from storm. I already asked my neighbor from down the road and he said no real weather out that way. So that's good. What happened in KY & IL is just heartbreaking. Closing is on Tuesday. I'm sort of emotional about it but objectively speaking it's the right move. 

 

[Katphood]

This little lady is growing up to be a fine women:

She puts her cheek bones next to my face and wraps her arms around my neck. I can feel it when she has a dream and her face twitches! 

 

Edit:

Here we are:

Edited December 12, 2021 by Katphood

[Gorth]

Todays weather forecast for Australia (pictures from yesterday I think). Unchanged from the the stuff I posted in the weird and random thread a few days ago, it looks like it's going to follow this pattern for most of the summer (which is the other half of the year down here compared to you people up north):

Warm weather in the west:

And a lot of humidity in the east:

 

Unless some yet unknown border restriction comes into place between now and the day after tomorrow, a friend of mine will arrive from Melbourne and stay at my place for a month. Really looking forward to it. Haven't seen her for almost two years, since the on and off lockdowns started. I better get used to not leaving the shower and the kitchen a mess when I'm done

 

 

 

[Gfted1]

Is she an ex of yours?

[Gorth]

1 hour ago, Gfted1 said:

Is she an ex of yours?

It's a long and  complicated story

 

No. We were never "partners". Nor "friends with benefits". She's the best friend I ever had though. The one you can share everything with and vice versa, you get to know inside out. She sort of dragged me out of a deep, dark place I was in about 5-6 years ago. She's half my age and could be my daughter, so no, never an "ex", just a really good friend.

[Deadly_Nightshade]

I ended-up spending most of the weekend dealing with Log4j reclamation (that's the last time I complain that a Friday is going too slow). Luckily it looks like we were able to secure everything that is public-facing and quarantine it until vendors update their software.

[Maedhros]

I had corona and my 5 days of isolation recently ended. No symptoms at all, and I only took the test because there was an outbreak in my son's kindergarten and he had to get tested (so I randomly took the test too since I was at the test station in the first place). Didn't infect anyone (as far as I know), everyone I've hung out with are testing negative, including my girlfriend.

[Malcador]

16 hours ago, Deadly_Nightshade said:

I ended-up spending most of the weekend dealing with Log4j reclamation (that's the last time I complain that a Friday is going too slow). Luckily it looks like we were able to secure everything that is public-facing and quarantine it until vendors update their software.

I had Friday off so missed out on that excitement.  Sure beats debugging missing $0.02 from balance statements...