[Nicodimas]

Tools! I found a cherry 100+ year old Hay-budden anvil @ 250 pounds with 90%+ rebound. You sit here looking at a tool built literally at the height of the industrial age that's pock marked and scarred and just wonder it's true story...What it's seen and what was made on it... The face is amazing.

This thing has centuries left of use and that really really speaks volumes about the the industrial age.

[Mezla PigDog]

On my way for my 3rd night out since last April! Watch out London.

[EmperorMagus]

Attended my first ever session of Judo tonight. I expected to be put off by the competitive mindset of the martial art, but it was actually quite fun.

I'm sure I made a fool of myself more than once - my brain totally shuts off as soon as blood starts to flow to my muscles and I get stupid - but I had a lot of fun and my body hurts the good way.

Also applied for a really interesting research assistant volunteer position (those are almost as competitive as actual jobs in the department to which I applied) and had an interview today. Hopefully I'll hear back from them.

This post has been edited by EmperorMagus: 27 January 2017 - 08:35 AM

[amphibian]

Judo hurts, but it is very much fun. Try to use your grips like a steering wheel to drive your uke to one side or the other in tandem.

Good luck with the position.

[Andorion]

Had an awesome day - great food, excellent presents and hanging out with people I love!

[QuickTidal]

Andorion, on 27 January 2017 - 05:36 PM, said:

Had an awesome day - great food, excellent presents and hanging out with people I love!

Happy Birthday man! Sound alike you had a great one!

[Mentalist]

Sometime last year, I convinced my manager that I need a secure flash drive for when I take work home, so that in case I lose it, no confidential info can get in the wrong hands.

She agreed, and ordered a Kanguru Defender 2000. Once it arrived, I could not get it to work. I spent about a month corresponding back and forth with tech support, trying various things. I even had a remote service session where they took remote access of my laptop to try to fix it.

In the end, I had to ship it back to them.
They took a look and figured out it was defective.
So they sent me a more expensive Defender 3000, which I've set up and it works now. Making me quite happy.

[EmperorMagus]

amphibian, on 27 January 2017 - 03:13 PM, said:

Judo hurts, but it is very much fun. Try to use your grips like a steering wheel to drive your uke to one side or the other in tandem.

Good luck with the position.

I had my full range of motion in every joint when I woke up this morning! Stretching before going to bed does wonders.

The class I was in had seven people with black belts, one person with a brown belt, and four or five other with lower belts. One of the black belts practiced with me yesterday to show me the ropes and I had neither the agility nor the physical strength to do anything to him that he didn't want me to do. The guy is old enough to be my father- and possibly my grandfather - and he could throw me around like a rag doll.

Then I practiced randori (I think?) with another black belt - a woman I outweighed by at least 40 lbs and she'd done two consecutive rounds of it with other black belts before practicing with me - and got taught a thing or two about agility (and humility).

It was great fun, can't wait until the next session on Tuesday.

I also need to find a way to get lighter on my feet, I felt old and sluggish yesterday.

[Mezla PigDog]

Had such a funny night last night. I've only ever seen this on tv. My friend is really rather attractive and the waitress was sent over by an admirer to ask for her number. My friend is in a relationship so politely declined. We forgot to ask which man in the restaurant it was but he wasn't to be deterred and sent over his number. My friend again said no thank you and we decided to drink up and move on. Then the waitress was sent over with new drinks for the table. Eventually the admirer came over to join us and he was really rather unattractive and old. Soooo funny. Also quite creepy but the hilarity outweighed that. And I got a free drink.

[WinterPhoenix]

Mezla PigDog, on 27 January 2017 - 07:40 PM, said:

Had such a funny night last night. I've only ever seen this on tv. My friend is really rather attractive and the waitress was sent over by an admirer to ask for her number. My friend is in a relationship so politely declined. We forgot to ask which man in the restaurant it was but he wasn't to be deterred and sent over his number. My friend again said no thank you and we decided to drink up and move on. Then the waitress was sent over with new drinks for the table. Eventually the admirer came over to join us and he was really rather unattractive and old. Soooo funny. Also quite creepy but the hilarity outweighed that. And I got a free drink.

Tough to beat free alcohol! Course for me free drinks rarely come at the expense of dealing with creepy old men, not sure I'd still feel it was so worth it in that case.

This post has been edited by WinterPhoenix: 27 January 2017 - 09:16 PM

[amphibian]

EmperorMagus, on 27 January 2017 - 07:14 PM, said:

I had my full range of motion in every joint when I woke up this morning! Stretching before going to bed does wonders.

The class I was in had seven people with black belts, one person with a brown belt, and four or five other with lower belts. One of the black belts practiced with me yesterday to show me the ropes and I had neither the agility nor the physical strength to do anything to him that he didn't want me to do. The guy is old enough to be my father- and possibly my grandfather - and he could throw me around like a rag doll.

Then I practiced randori (I think?) with another black belt - a woman I outweighed by at least 40 lbs and she'd done two consecutive rounds of it with other black belts before practicing with me - and got taught a thing or two about agility (and humility).

It was great fun, can't wait until the next session on Tuesday.

I also need to find a way to get lighter on my feet, I felt old and sluggish yesterday.

Try to eat after class, rather than before it. "Sloshing" is not the best thing to experience during reps of throws.

But maybe two hours before, have a light snack that will pep you up for this.

The rest is stuff that will come with time and expertise accumulated.

[Lady Bliss]

So my mom stayed at a hotel last week, and came home with all of this "free stuff" that she said was in a basket in her room. The contents included:

1. a bottle of fiji water
2. a bottle of san peligrino
3. a full sized bag of goldfish crackers
4. a bag of trail mix
5. a bag of pretzels
6. multiple bags if chips/crisps
7. two granola bars
8. maybe more? She keeps whipping out other items

So.... I stay in a lot of hotels, and the one she was at wasn't that great. I'm pretty sure she bought at least a hundred bucks worth of snacks, but I don't want to break it to her.

[EmperorMagus]

Lady Bliss, on 28 January 2017 - 01:52 AM, said:

So my mom stayed at a hotel last week, and came home with all of this "free stuff" that she said was in a basket in her room. The contents included:

1. a bottle of fiji water
2. a bottle of san peligrino
3. a full sized bag of goldfish crackers
4. a bag of trail mix
5. a bag of pretzels
6. multiple bags if chips/crisps
7. two granola bars
8. maybe more? She keeps whipping out other items

So.... I stay in a lot of hotels, and the one she was at wasn't that great. I'm pretty sure she bought at least a hundred bucks worth of snacks, but I don't want to break it to her.

That is simply hilarious.

I hope she never sees the bill.

"Free stuff", heh.

[Andorion]

EmperorMagus, on 28 January 2017 - 01:54 AM, said:

Lady Bliss, on 28 January 2017 - 01:52 AM, said:

So my mom stayed at a hotel last week, and came home with all of this "free stuff" that she said was in a basket in her room. The contents included:

1. a bottle of fiji water
2. a bottle of san peligrino
3. a full sized bag of goldfish crackers
4. a bag of trail mix
5. a bag of pretzels
6. multiple bags if chips/crisps
7. two granola bars
8. maybe more? She keeps whipping out other items

So.... I stay in a lot of hotels, and the one she was at wasn't that great. I'm pretty sure she bought at least a hundred bucks worth of snacks, but I don't want to break it to her.

That is simply hilarious.

I hope she never sees the bill.

"Free stuff", heh.

goldfish crackers?

[worry]

They're goldfish-shaped cheese crackers, similar to Cheez-Its.

[Andorion]

death rattle, on 28 January 2017 - 02:05 AM, said:

They're goldfish-shaped cheese crackers, similar to Cheez-Its.

Oh!
I thought they were a type of fish food and was very confused why hotels would have them!

[Raymond Luxury Yacht]

I'm at a airport protest. Viva la revolution!

[MTS]

Just reached the 10,000 word mark in my thesis, and my first chapter done. Only 90,000 more words to go!

This post has been edited by MTS: 29 January 2017 - 07:06 AM

[amphibian]

Cheesewiz, on 30 January 2017 - 01:01 AM, said:

My childhood game of spot the 50 states plates has been finished as of today. Spotted Hawaii plate in front of me today!

That's so fucking hard to find if you're not in San Diego or some other place closer to Hawaii. Well done.

I did the quarters thing. That was fun too.

[EmperorMagus]

Raymond Luxury Yacht, on 29 January 2017 - 05:12 AM, said:

I'm at a airport protest. Viva la revolution!

http://youtu.be/pCn...8QQ5sWydijLsGjz

This post has been edited by EmperorMagus: 30 January 2017 - 02:36 AM