Attention What are you doing at the moment? 2024-25

[NotHardUp1]

About to go get the chainsaw running so I can cut up fallen limbs on my place and a neighbor's. They accumulated. Taking vacation days today and Monday to try to make headway to get ready for contractors so I can sell this place come fall.

Just watched Rams while doing two loads of laundry in the wee hours. The acting was good enough, but the story daft, the screenplay silly, and the script false. I was surprised to find it had majority good reviews online. Wondering if it is just an Aussie pride thing, as it was not deserving.

 

[Harke the Boeotarch]

Pruning a yew bush.

(No Autocorrect! Not pruning Jeb Bush!)

 

[Peloso]

Pruning a yew bush.

(No Autocorrect! Not pruning Jeb Bush!)

Did you mean: I'm Jewish and my pubes need a trim?

 

[Harke the Boeotarch]

Did you mean: I'm Jewish and my pubes need a trim?

No. They're bushes that grow well here, and will kill a horse if she eats it.

A.k.a horse-kill.

(Happened to ponies at my mother's stable (in the 50's ?)when she was a child. There were some yew bushes some unfortunate decorated the hurdles with and it seems the ponies grazed them. Mom's friend still has the newspaper story).

 

[me203]

The autocorrect talk reminds me of a game I saw at Goodwill that is based on autocorrect changing messages. One would IIRC get a changed message and have to figure out what it actually was supposed to say.

I'm not sure, but a quick DuckDuckGo search turned this game up, which I think is what I saw:

Autocorrect | University Games

Texting gone rogue! You've just crafted a fantastic text message and hit send, only to find your smart phone has changed the words! In this hilarious party game of humans versus machines, players race to decode and correct autocorrected messages. Decode the most messages to win!

www.universitygames.com

On the game website, it says: "The game for people who are ducking* over Siri"

 

[Araucaria]

 

[me203]

I'd hoped to get Things Done today, which happened, but not to the extent I'd hoped... This included a bit of cleaning and doing some laundry. And I did cook some dry beans for the chili I made for dinner.

 

[Harke the Boeotarch]

On a bench in the garden near the pool.

 

[rareboy]

yay. our sink is fixed.

We have waited weeks for the cylinders (Chicago Faucets) because it is an institutional grade set of taps and take for fucking ever to come into Canadastan.

 

[The Loner]

Watching the Wimbledon final match between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner...

 

[bencock]

Sunbathing in my bedroom with Maple.

Yummy

 

[Vannie]

My brother who I haven't spoken with in 30 years just called out of the blue. I guess my wonderful sister gave him my number.

Debating if I should call back. I might need to sleep on it. Yikes.

 

[Harke the Boeotarch]

On a bench in the garden near the pool.

Same bench, same pool.

yay. our sink is fixed.

We have waited weeks for the cylinders (Chicago Faucets) because it is an institutional grade set of taps and take for fucking ever to come into Canadastan.

The upstairs shower here has needed a new tap forever. However, first the kitchen needs to be finished.

My brother who I haven't spoken with in 30 years just called out of the blue. I guess my wonderful sister gave him my number.

Debating if I should call back. I might need to sleep on it. Yikes.

Call him, you Sissy!

 

[Diego Latin]

Just chilling at home

 

[fredroy]

Why haven't you talked for 30 years? Younger or older? Whatever, let it go, he's your brother. Even if he is a retarded asshole jerk.

 

[rareboy]

Enjoying the soc media tributes to my 100 year+ old aunt who died this week.

She was so fucking amazing and my sister and I and our families were so lucky to have been as close to her as her own children and families.

We even had this thing where we would ask ourselves in difficult situations...'What would she do' and then be guided by that.

We are now truly orphaned from my paternal side of the family...she was my father's only sibling.

And, I suspect the only link between us and so many of our cousins because she was the reason for all of our family gatherins.

 

[Vannie]

Call him, you Sissy!

I'm NO sissy!

Although this morning there was a small black bug in my roll of paper towels and I screamed and ran out of the house to my neighbors.

 

[rareboy]

I'm NO sissy!

Although this morning there was a small black bug in my roll of paper towels and I screamed and ran out of the house to my neighbors.

I agree. Whether you think you should or shouldn't...call him and then you'll at least know.

And you can always count on us if you need to vent or for support.

 

[me203]

Although this morning there was a small black bug in my roll of paper towels and I screamed and ran out of the house to my neighbors.

I hope before you ran that you remembered to set fire to the kitchen. You just can't fool around and take risks when you see a small black bug.

 

[Alistair]

My brother who I haven't spoken with in 30 years just called out of the blue. I guess my wonderful sister gave him my number.

Debating if I should call back. I might need to sleep on it. Yikes.

I’m going against everyone else. You don’t need to do anything you don’t want to or you feel will negatively affect you. You don’t owe anyone anything, including your family.

Call your sister and see what he wanted, he probably told her, and go from there.