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Make that three of us who have absolutely no idea of what that particular post meant.
Social media can be incredibly instructive; I love the fact that I an look up anything I want further information on or about - online, rather than waiting until Monday and using a public library or a university library to satisfy my curiosity.
Likewise.
The top part, is a reference to Kidde smoke detectors (I've __never__ heard them called "smokes", WTH ...
)FWIW, we're using First Alert, 10 year, battery backup, they use both photoelectric and ionization sensors (all wired in series throughout the homestead).
Yah I don't think it's just about luck either. I like this little piece and video from NASA about the dancing that a couple moons of Neptune do to keep from extinguishing themselves and taking god knows what else out of the picture too. Every action has a consequence, and the avoidance of certain collisions certainly does seem like a good thing... at least from perspective of those who survived or whose very creation depended on some other set of collisions a lot farther back into the past lol
NASA Finds Neptune Moons Locked in ‘Dance of Avoidance’
Naiad and Thalassa race around the ice giant in odd orbits seemingly to avoid each other.
I only use Twitter as it was required for school and my Shaw Brothers writing contributions.
Speaking of Shaws, narrowed down the name for my incoming MBP to either Hei Mo Le or Zhao Wuji. I love both characters (Hei Mo Le is one of David Chiang's most fun wuxia rascals, and Zhao Wuji is among Ti Lung's coolest brooding swordsmen), so I am not sure what to name it. MBP will arrive either this Tuesday or Wednesday. Early! 🥳
And I told work I will make up time for Tues & Wed if I have to take both days. I intend to offer working extra hours next week due to the holidays anyway.
I think of this now instead of my faux pas in telling negative eldest sis the date of mom's hip surgery. Mom has to have the hip and knee done separately. I am grateful she has a great surgeon, he'll perform both surgeries.
Speaking of Shaws, narrowed down the name for my incoming MBP to either Hei Mo Le or Zhao Wuji. I love both characters (Hei Mo Le is one of David Chiang's most fun wuxia rascals, and Zhao Wuji is among Ti Lung's coolest brooding swordsmen), so I am not sure what to name it. MBP will arrive either this Tuesday or Wednesday. Early! 🥳
And I told work I will make up time for Tues & Wed if I have to take both days. I intend to offer working extra hours next week due to the holidays anyway.
I think of this now instead of my faux pas in telling negative eldest sis the date of mom's hip surgery.
Mom has to have the hip and knee done separately. I am grateful she has a great surgeon, he'll perform both surgeries.
Hope they go well.I only use Twitter as it was required for school and my Shaw Brothers writing contributions.
Speaking of Shaws, narrowed down the name for my incoming MBP to either Hei Mo Le or Zhao Wuji. I love both characters (Hei Mo Le is one of David Chiang's most fun wuxia rascals, and Zhao Wuji is among Ti Lung's coolest brooding swordsmen), so I am not sure what to name it. MBP will arrive either this Tuesday or Wednesday. Early! 🥳
And I told work I will make up time for Tues & Wed if I have to take both days. I intend to offer working extra hours next week due to the holidays anyway.
I think of this now instead of my faux pas in telling negative eldest sis the date of mom's hip surgery.
Thanks. Had to stop for the day. Too much emotion stuff for Mrs AFB to deal with.
^^ Hah, its about the competition...
I try to resist stuff like this but I caved on this one. Keep yer UFOs lol.
I try to resist stuff like this but I caved on this one. Keep yer UFOs lol.
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I only use Twitter as it was required for school and my Shaw Brothers writing contributions.
Speaking of Shaws, narrowed down the name for my incoming MBP to either Hei Mo Le or Zhao Wuji. I love both characters (Hei Mo Le is one of David Chiang's most fun wuxia rascals, and Zhao Wuji is among Ti Lung's coolest brooding swordsmen), so I am not sure what to name it. MBP will arrive either this Tuesday or Wednesday. Early! 🥳
And I told work I will make up time for Tues & Wed if I have to take both days. I intend to offer working extra hours next week due to the holidays anyway.
I think of this now instead of my faux pas in telling negative eldest sis the date of mom's hip surgery.
Best of luck with both surgeries for your mother, (and for the stress for you) and do enjoy your new computer when you manage to take delivery of it.
Good luck with it all.
This time last year, my Sundays tended to be about Minding Mother, playing ABBA non-stop for her, and ensuring that she was in good form and happy until the carer returned.
How things can change over the course of a year.
It’s been nearly four years for us since our lives changed forever.
In some ways it gets easier. In others (like birthdays etc) it doesn’t.
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Roll on February that’s what I say.
Well, these days, I try to focus on remembering the good times, my mother's laughter, her wit and wisdom, and her cheerful enjoyment of the good things of life.
The coming month - Christmas, which I never much cared for, for I always disliked winter, the cold, the dark, the short days and poor light - along with the first anniversary of her passing - will, I know, present particular challenges, especially this year.
Japan is a country I would very much like to visit at some stage.
I can't imagine - I mean, a parent (certainly a grandparent), that's the circle of life, it happens, you move on (I would hope they'd want you to), but your situation is certainly different. I find your general positivity absolutely amazing - I really do hope you're able to find moments of joy
Thank you. We try. But some days are just harder than others. Today was certainly one of those. Packing away some of our daughters old things hasn’t really helped. But hopefully the move will (eventually) be a positive thing. Right now it’s just a source of extra stress we could both do without.I can't imagine - I mean, a parent (certainly a grandparent), that's the circle of life, it happens, you move on (I would hope they'd want you to), but your situation is certainly different. I find your general positivity absolutely amazing - I really do hope you're able to find moments of joy
Same here, particularly in the spring to see the apple & cherry blossoms.
And explore their culture and cuisine.
😂 Mom and her friend are comparing broken bones as if they were agreeing about what to eat for dinner.
Friend: “I’ve had my skull cut open twice... my nose was broken...”
Mom: “My nose was broken too...”
They said it so casually, so this struck me as 😂
I would also love to visit Japan, but my impatience means I’ll never get there. So cuisine and culture it will remain.
@Apple fanboy sending you and Mrs. AFB virtual hugs 🤗
Those Neptune moons have the right idea: No collision or collusion.😛
Friend: “I’ve had my skull cut open twice... my nose was broken...”
Mom: “My nose was broken too...”
They said it so casually, so this struck me as 😂
I would also love to visit Japan, but my impatience means I’ll never get there. So cuisine and culture it will remain.
@Apple fanboy sending you and Mrs. AFB virtual hugs 🤗
Those Neptune moons have the right idea: No collision or collusion.😛
Having lived in the Land of the Rising Sun for a year was wonderful. Although I didn't get the full immersion of the Japanese culture since I was on active duty in the US Marines during that time. But, the people, the culture and the landscape were and are quite splendid. The architecture (the older to ancient stuff, that is) of the Far East is, to me, some of the most beautiful in the world.
Architectural design in the United States is so boring, so dull and so perpendicular. There are so little art and passion in the buildings in this country and when I look at the Far East, there is so much to see, study and admire everywhere you look.
Architectural design in the United States is so boring, so dull and so perpendicular. There are so little art and passion in the buildings in this country and when I look at the Far East, there is so much to see, study and admire everywhere you look.
Japanese art, culture (and cuisine) are all things I find fascinating.
And I have long been intrigued by societies and cultures which design the "small things" - tea pots, knives, TVs - for example, things that people use in everyday life - beautifully and exceptionally well, as an expression of that fusion of form and function.
In Europe, you find the same attention to exquisite detail in design (and art) in Italy and Scandinavia - how the ordinary can be rendered both beautiful, and yet fully functional; I love those societies, where the ordinary is deemed worthy of the attention to detail of high art.
It suggests a respect for ordinary people in a way of living life that I find highly attractive; and, it is probably no coincidence that the cuisines of Japan, and Italy (and some fish dishes from Scandinavia) are also well worth exploring.
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