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I vote for the fire...
all by itself.
Got it... eom
'Night folks... eom
Get your mail yet ola-kins??? eom
Clingin' to 54 are ye, pre???
Believe you are what they call a short-timer at this point...
April 1st is it...
then kiss that 54-year-old behind bye-bye...
ksquared
Evening Walnut young bud... eom
Hey trkyhntr... still dry as a bone
in this neck of the woods... will go to sleep praying for precipitation, but not holding my breath... watched the weather.com maps all day long... moisture was coming at us full tilt boogie... then breaking up as it hit the Poconos... major bummer.
30 years in a career... and teaching no less... God bless Doris... my hat is off to her... come to think of it... it is a surprise and a blessing that the mass murderers who target the high schools are students and not the teachers... dang those good folks are under supreme self-control...
Hear you vis a vis getting older... lost a beloved friend about 6 years ago... he was dying as I was starting my new life out here... kept me running back to Manhattan to visit... first time in my life I experienced chest pains... gut-wrenchingly sad... don't look forward to losing people... so far I have been blessed...
And as far as the physical deterioration... I hear you there as well and I fight it... believe it is even more important now to keep up with things... a childhood girlfriend's mother fell last week... shattered her hip, broke her shoulder, and lay where she fell for 24 hours before her daughter who makes a daily pilgrimage found her... she will be in rehab for a long, long time...
Makes me more determined than ever to keep walking, mowing the lawn, stacking wood... anything physical to be the best I possibly can be... I must live alone and unassisted... when I can't do that anymore... I know it is time for me to die... not an appealing thought at this juncture...
So trkyhntr... cuddle your beloved Doris as a warmup exercise to cuddling those grandkids... have a safe and uneventful trip to NC... hope to talk to you before you head south...
Prayers for LOTS of rain continue... may it let up only for your drive...
ksquared
Thanks Paule... raincheck???
Been on this and the office machine since before the dawn's early light and I have "mouse shoulder"... about to adjourn to the living room for a little afternoon blaze...
Later young friend.
ksquared
Thanks Paule...
just noticed that the last post was a year ago... hmmm
potential...
ksquared
ola... YHM... eom
Hiya Walnut... eom
Gotta agree with you there ONEBGG! eom
Thanks Mags... feels like old home week...
Noticed that the Magic2 alias has a very recent birthday...
Weather is dry as a bone... if it is icy tomorrow, I will stay home... lots I can do from here and I get so much more done than I do with all those dang people buzzing around me... shouldn't be a problem as it has been an easy winter and I have a great "attendance record"... needed today... driving 450 miles a week gets to me after a while...
Hope the taxes went well... I still have to do mine... ugh... despise the paperwork... and now I get to deal with itemized deductions as a new homeowner... 50 years old... took me a while... my life is better than it has ever been... but DANG... there is something to be said for filling out the 1040IDIOT form...
Take care,
rested.ksquared.productive
Thanks ONEBGG...
You're a prince among men... just hit the magic button and VOILA!!! easy navigation when I go back to the message list!
happynow.ksquared
trkyhntr... that was beautiful...
and if you posted it before... I don't remember it ... though I can't imagine I'll forget it now... feeling a little wrung out with sadness... what a lovely tribute to a dear friend.
Was your day as dry as ours... Think I counted 20 flakes... at about 10:15 it looked like it was kicking in then by 11:30... nothing... giggle giggle... they are still predicting freezing rain over night... yeah yeah yeah. we'll see... though I am praying for it... sun is peeking out now.
Glad I stayed home... got twice as much done as I would have in the office... no distractions and no jumping up every 5 minutes to see how the weather was doing... could just look up and out the window... even "dressed up"... wore jeans... in my sweatpants now... DISCIPLINE!
My heart goes out to Doris... how do these parents expect their kids to survive in the world if they aren't allowed to learn from failure... I see what is coming into the work force with college degrees and with a few notable exceptions... they are pathetic... yo kids... spelling and grammar count... as does being able to do simple addition in your head... oh well... she'll be out of there soon and it is the system's loss...
Reminded me of my young Manhattan friend... I taught him how to play cribbage... I was never easy on him though I wouldn't take the points he missed... showed him where he blew it and let him use them... still won... he would get so aggravated... at one point his mother "yelled" at me to let him win once in a while... LOL... uh uh... eventually he caught on and started winning his share of games... he knew he really won and I had a worthy opponent...
So it goes.
Also thought about your early brush with COBOL as I was debugging away today... love those endless loops... the bane of cut and paste coding... yo bonehead change the go to exit to the routine you're in and not the one you copied the code from... found it though
Bet you were dealing with punch cards... they are a thing of the past... all the coding is done on screen... each line of code equals a card... much, much easier than in the beginning... my hat is off to anyone who had to program that way... glad I took it up relatively recently.
Anyway... I'll pray for rain for you folks.. please offer a prayer for us.
ksquared
Yepper, ola old bean...
4:00 a.m. is the weekday rise and shine time...
AND IT'S SNOWING... WITH DIRE DRIVING PREDICTIONS...
The Iceman cometh by the evening...
guess who's working from home today... tomorrow???
YIPPEE!
Gotta switch machines...
Later,
ksquared.telecommuter
Roads dry as a bone... dang... later. eom
One small one perhaps...
takes too long to get down to the messages...
ksquared.twocents
That's very sweet of you Paule...
Just skimmed the names... think I'd better stay off that one... I don't relish any kind of contact... usually didn't bother reading most of what he wrote at rb... I stayed there as long as I did because the coast was finally clear... now it looks like I'm back where I started...
Dang depressing.
live.ksquared.andlearn
Ola... what is PMed...
you're not talking pre-menstrual are you??? Silly boy.
and yes... YHM...
you're right... as always...
lightening fast.
Time for this chick to throw one more log on the coals... listen to more music... then tuck herself in praying for impassable roads in the morning... or the semblance thereof so she can work from home...
Pray with me and sweet dreams my friend...
ksquared.nighty.night.time
ONEBGG... thanks to you...
Will learn as I go... story of my life...
good talking to you mister...
getting ready to go play with the evening blaze before falling asleep to the Law & Order marathon on A&E...
Tomorrow neighbor...
ksquared.winding.down
Ola... is there a GOV here...
or are you talking about the RB GOV?
political.ksquared
ola...
Will do via email... don't tell him you got it from me... though he is a smart kid and will probably figure it out... please remember... his parents are dear friends of mine...
Protect me.
grateful.ksquared
Dang, you're a sweetheart ONEBGG...
and you're right...
This is hard for me as I have an incredible memory that pushes me to cling to the past... got to get over that... quickly.
Drifting...
Winter is at war with spring in the hills of NJ... we're going back and forth right now... true March Madness... winter finally woke up and realized he missed his chance... spring is moving in and winter is attempting a feeble swan song...
Weather.com is predicting rain into freezing rain and possibly snow for hazardous driving tomorrow... please let it start by 4:00 a.m tomorrow so I can telecommute.
Playingit.ksquared.by.ear
Thanks Ola... will make note of all...
Any political boards... miss the rip-roaring days of GOV before Jackie-sphincteropening-North started spamming it.
ksquared.readyforcontroversy
I'm with you trkyhntr...
I did write dear Rusty a Dear John email though...
wistful.ksquared.out50bucks
ONEBGG...
Thanks and ach du Lieber...
one day at a time I guess.
newbee.ksquared
Thanks ONEBGG...
"the boards here all have a Chairmen and two Directors"
Would the first name listed as creator qualify as chairman?
If so... why do I think I am dead meat on this board?
There goes my 50 bucks... sigh.
Hope you're well and still shedding the L.B.S.es...
ksquared
Welcome fellow defector...
Hope this is worth the $50...
Oh well... what's an RB refugee to do?
defectette.ksquared
Thanks ola...
Never have been good at lying... I'll leave that up to you.
So what other boards in this venue do you heartily recommend?
ksquared
Thanks, Castle...
we'll see how this one plays out.
Morning ola... eom
Hey Paule... I'm here...
there goes the neighborhood...
ksquared.convert
Okay, Ola... I did it. eom