I've only been here a little bit today and I'm already stirring the pot in politics. I can't resist the siren song of argument, and even that little participation is already bringing me down.Do you think you'll ever return to the forum (as a participant and not a lurker) on a more permanent or semi-permanent basis?
Things are going well. I'm enjoying my job and they seem inclined to keep me around, so there's a reasonable bit of job security at the moment.How you been?
Nope! This time I'm the one bringing up the idea of getting the snip, and she's still unsure about permanent measures. The risks rise rapidly at our age, though. We're using birth control, and will probably not settle on a decision for another few months.Any more babies?
I've not been to the Mesa Arizona Temple, but I have to tell you I'm not a big fan of heat. We have a smaller temple about an hour's drive from home, so there's no particular pull towards that temple, but it is on our list of temples my wife and I would like to visit at some point. It's a beautiful temple inside and out: https://www.mormonwiki.com/Mesa_Arizona_TempleHow much would you want to move to my wonderful city, considering what's here?
(Google "101 S Lesueur, Mesa, AZ" if you don't know.)
- It amuses me.Been out of town all day, we'll see if I make it under the wire.
-Why the name change?
-Did you ever replace the thermometer?
-Have you gotten a new projector yet?
-Did your remote Internet situation get solved, and if so, how?
-Were you expecting Gas' hackneyed question?
--Patrick
Nope! This time I'm the one bringing up the idea of getting the snip, and she's still unsure about permanent measures. The risks rise rapidly at our age, though. We're using birth control, and will probably not settle on a decision for another few months.
I meant the Galileo thermometer.- Probably, but I still don't trust it. The ear thermometer is more accurate than the forehead thermometer.
Ah, yeah, that was a mess!I meant the Galileo thermometer.
--Patrick
Yes.Welcome back! Did I miss you?
What’s your biggest challenge with having a large family? My mother is one of nine kids and they love having so many of them.
Did I already ask you my super serious, personality defining questions?
Coke v Pepsi?
Aniston v Jolie?
(I am totally planning to ask the soft drink one as an icebreaker in an interview next week lol)
Everything good with family, job(s) etc.?Yo, sup? Tell me what's happened in your life, and AMA before I run off again.
So far, so good. My oldest two are out of the house, and the youngest recently celebrated her 3rd birthday. We put an Emporia energy monitor on our house, changed some habits based on what we found, and added some solar, cutting our grid energy usage significantly, but not quite in half - about 1.5MWH per month now.Everything good with family, job(s) etc.?
And stomping my ass in Words With Friends.So far, so good. My oldest two are out of the house, and the youngest recently celebrated her 3rd birthday. We put an Emporia energy monitor on our house, changed some habits based on what we found, and added some solar, cutting our grid energy usage significantly, but not quite in half - about 1.5MWH per month now.
I've been tinkering with digital currency, and have a few thousand dollars tied up in it, both mining and "investing" (read: gambling), and it's been interesting. I should have taken the advice I gave on the previous forum, though - just grab $10 of each digital coin and see what happens. If it dies or only gains a little, no big deal, if it goes exponential you'll be glad you had it. If anyone is keen on seeing what it's like these days, check out "invest answers" on youtube.
No one in my immediate family has suffered COVID, those who have had it in my extended family never had to go to the hospital. I'm vaccinated but disappointed that Bill Gate's microchip doesn't give me HBO.
I've got two barn cats now, and since COVID had me spending all my remote work in my workshop they have grown quite attached to me, and me them.
I 3D printed a few thousand face shield parts in the early days of the pandemic, when masks were unavailable except to emergency workers. I worked a little on the ventilator shortage problem, but determined it wasn't viable for a number of reasons, and investigated making masks but glad I didn't pursue that - mass production has solved that problem and then some.
Pft! I wish. You're ranked third among my friends, with an 89% win rate, average word score of 24, and average game score of 373. I'm sitting at 8th place with an average word score of 22 and average game score of 327.And stomping my ass in Words With Friends.
I forget who else I was playing with from here that curb stomped me every single game. I was hitting 300+ points, and they were hitting high 400 point games. Ah, here we go, Animatogre I think was from here, but maybe not. At any rate, I don't think I ever won a game against him, almost every word he submitted was minimum 30 points, generally 50 points, and often 70+.
Good to see you, missed you on my own return back here! Glad things are going well with the fam, and COVID gave you and yours a miss!Pft! I wish. You're ranked third among my friends, with an 89% win rate, average word score of 24, and average game score of 373. I'm sitting at 8th place with an average word score of 22 and average game score of 327.
I forget who else I was playing with from here that curb stomped me every single game. I was hitting 300+ points, and they were hitting high 400 point games. Ah, here we go, Animatogre I think was from here, but maybe not. At any rate, I don't think I ever won a game against him, almost every word he submitted was minimum 30 points, generally 50 points, and often 70+.
@MindDetective always handily beat me as well. I don't think I ever won a game against him.
I really enjoy our game(s) though, thanks for sticking with it all these years!