I need a new life...
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wife is binge watching the hurricane coming in, 88 yo father in law was doddering around, and somewhere in my recent past I thought I retired. Gin, I need gin.
Charlie Gilley “Microsoft is the virus..." "the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money"
Helene came through close to us and we have one heck of a mess to clean up. Yard looks like a bomb went off. Fortunately we just had a Generac unit put in so we have power.
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Charlie Gilley “Microsoft is the virus..." "the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money"
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wife is binge watching the hurricane coming in, 88 yo father in law was doddering around, and somewhere in my recent past I thought I retired. Gin, I need gin.
Charlie Gilley “Microsoft is the virus..." "the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money"
As I sat in my gloom, a voice came to me: "cheer up things could be worse" So, I cheered up. Things got worse. Successful retirement: wife does her thing, I do my thing. We give each other space.
>64 It’s weird being the same age as old people. Live every day like it is your last; one day, it will be.
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I couldn't watch that film
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Yes, the thing about communicating via text is that sarcasm doesn't come through. Even though I was being sarcastic, there is an element of legitimate concern that exists when I see a Wafflehouse closed. You probably already know this, but FEMA uses the number of closed Wafflehouses to partially gauge the severity of a natural disaster. I think it's referred to as the "Wafflehouse Index". It's been around for a long time and is still in use, so it must be a reliable indication to some extent.
charlieg wrote:
for what it's worth, I live 40 miles north of Atlanta, and the hurricane (which will be a tropical storm by the time it reaches us) will be here early am. I'm getting up early to sit on my front porch and watch and enjoy. If I get a spin up tornado, waaa hoo.
I would love to see a tornado in real life. Chasing any kind of storm intrigues me, so I can understand why you'd enjoy watching it. I've never been in a hurricane, or a tropical storm. That's something I'd want to experience as long as I was several floors up inside a concrete building.
charlieg wrote:
good grief, I am dark tonight.
You're having a rough time right now. I understand that. It's perfectly fine. Hang in there. :)
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I did watch it, but thought it was absolute rubbish. I still can't (be bothered to) figure out what it was all about.
Richard MacCutchan wrote:
I did watch it, but thought it was absolute rubbish.
What's a good psychological thriller then? I mean, something I could stream tonight based on your recommendations...I don't know of many movies falling into the horror genre that do much better in terms of IMDB rating.
Richard MacCutchan wrote:
I still can't (be bothered to) figure out what it was all about.
Figuring out what it's all about is what make Kubrick movies what they are. That's part of the fun of them. Every time I've watched it, I felt entertained.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote:
I did watch it, but thought it was absolute rubbish.
What's a good psychological thriller then? I mean, something I could stream tonight based on your recommendations...I don't know of many movies falling into the horror genre that do much better in terms of IMDB rating.
Richard MacCutchan wrote:
I still can't (be bothered to) figure out what it was all about.
Figuring out what it's all about is what make Kubrick movies what they are. That's part of the fun of them. Every time I've watched it, I felt entertained.
dandy72 wrote:
something I could stream tonight based on your recommendations
I have not made any recommendations, and I am not likely to. What appeals to me may not appeal to other people.
dandy72 wrote:
Every time I've watched it, I felt entertained.
Proves my point then.
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As I sat in my gloom, a voice came to me: "cheer up things could be worse" So, I cheered up. Things got worse. Successful retirement: wife does her thing, I do my thing. We give each other space.
>64 It’s weird being the same age as old people. Live every day like it is your last; one day, it will be.
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I have one more wedding to go through. Late October. I was so down in late June, I was contemplating hitting the road, Jack Reacher style. Sucked it up, then MIL broke her hip on 8.5 - my anniversary. There went my life. Looking real hard at the gin. Wife calls it angry juice. Somehow I need to learn some humility and accept my fate. I cannot even get my adult children who don't live at home anymore to remove their crap. Sure, I get it, it's an inconvenience for them. But when SWMBO defends them... sigh. Rapidly approaching the FI moment.
Charlie Gilley “Microsoft is the virus..." "the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money"
I can sympathise. I broke my hip (well, neck of femur) in March and my partner had to put her life on hold while I was recuperating, which was quite slow at first. As the hackneyed old saying goes, nil illegitimum carborundum.
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theoldfool wrote:
Successful retirement: wife does her thing, I do my thing. We give each other space.
Never married. I look forward to seeing how things will turn out for me. Does that mean I get all the space in the world?
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Never married.
disqualified!!
>64 It’s weird being the same age as old people. Live every day like it is your last; one day, it will be.
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I can sympathise. I broke my hip (well, neck of femur) in March and my partner had to put her life on hold while I was recuperating, which was quite slow at first. As the hackneyed old saying goes, nil illegitimum carborundum.
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Yes, the thing about communicating via text is that sarcasm doesn't come through. Even though I was being sarcastic, there is an element of legitimate concern that exists when I see a Wafflehouse closed. You probably already know this, but FEMA uses the number of closed Wafflehouses to partially gauge the severity of a natural disaster. I think it's referred to as the "Wafflehouse Index". It's been around for a long time and is still in use, so it must be a reliable indication to some extent.
charlieg wrote:
for what it's worth, I live 40 miles north of Atlanta, and the hurricane (which will be a tropical storm by the time it reaches us) will be here early am. I'm getting up early to sit on my front porch and watch and enjoy. If I get a spin up tornado, waaa hoo.
I would love to see a tornado in real life. Chasing any kind of storm intrigues me, so I can understand why you'd enjoy watching it. I've never been in a hurricane, or a tropical storm. That's something I'd want to experience as long as I was several floors up inside a concrete building.
charlieg wrote:
good grief, I am dark tonight.
You're having a rough time right now. I understand that. It's perfectly fine. Hang in there. :)
tornado chasing trip is on my bucket list. Mind you, I don't want to catch one... :) It's a better morning. I'm spinning up a new proposal, I am almost certainly coming out of retirement. It's just not going to work for me to putter around the house. I'm going insane.
Charlie Gilley “Microsoft is the virus..." "the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money"
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This might help I listen to the song when things get to me The sight of all those people with NO CELL phones is inspiring And besides Andy Kaufman was dam funny R.E.M. - Man on The Moon (Wiesbaden, Germany 2003) - YouTube[^]
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I just watched the movie Jerry & Marge Go Large (2022) - IMDb[^], which is about a retired man, and can recommend it. Although IMDB states that it is "Based on a true story" I find that hard to believe, but nevertheless a very enjoyable movie without the usual shooting and computer generated graphics :-\
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dandy72 wrote:
something I could stream tonight based on your recommendations
I have not made any recommendations, and I am not likely to. What appeals to me may not appeal to other people.
dandy72 wrote:
Every time I've watched it, I felt entertained.
Proves my point then.
Richard MacCutchan wrote:
I have not made any recommendations, and I am not likely to.
I knew from the get-go this is exactly the response I was gonna get.
Richard MacCutchan wrote:
What appeals to me may not appeal to other people.
Exactly. So with that, I'll leave you to...well, you didn't mention.
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Never married.
disqualified!!
>64 It’s weird being the same age as old people. Live every day like it is your last; one day, it will be.
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Helene came through close to us and we have one heck of a mess to clean up. Yard looks like a bomb went off. Fortunately we just had a Generac unit put in so we have power.
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are you in Florida? The bottom half of Georgia is 90%+ without power. Trying to chase down my mother-in-law of my son. No answer to texts yet. That part of the family is in south Georgia (Cecil, north of Valdosta).
Charlie Gilley “Microsoft is the virus..." "the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money"
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As I sat in my gloom, a voice came to me: "cheer up things could be worse" So, I cheered up. Things got worse. Successful retirement: wife does her thing, I do my thing. We give each other space.
>64 It’s weird being the same age as old people. Live every day like it is your last; one day, it will be.
"wife does her thing, I do my thing" Absolute truth, but I did not see the situation coming. I've spent my life herding children and working my butt off. I'm down to two in the house plus us, and what rankles me is this in-law thing. It's like I have an 88 yo toddler. Nothing, against him, it's just not what I had on my radar for this time in my life. I need to go see my son and his family (USARMY) on their way to Germany in the next 2 weeks. But, wife is afraid to leave the area, because we might get a call from the geriatric mental facility that MIL is in. She's in full mother mode for her dad. I get it, but I'm in the just wow mode.
Charlie Gilley “Microsoft is the virus..." "the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money"
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Richard MacCutchan wrote:
I have not made any recommendations, and I am not likely to.
I knew from the get-go this is exactly the response I was gonna get.
Richard MacCutchan wrote:
What appeals to me may not appeal to other people.
Exactly. So with that, I'll leave you to...well, you didn't mention.
