In the garden, and RAIN!!! (2)
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UPDATED: Monday, September 7, 2026 11:50
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You don't know how bad I want to go out and start the car now... But the tests must be done.
Still got to wait at least 12 hours before I fire it up with the new battery.
Going to clean the house today, get started on a couple of projects I've been wanting to do and get my tools and stuff organized again.
First thing is first though... Got to set the thermostat a bit higher so it's not so cold. As long as I'm getting stuff accomplished I don't mind doing it.
Sorry to hear about Mah Jong, Brenda. You'll get 'em next time.
Rain around here really doesn't even matter right now. It's been cold and wet and we haven't seen the sun in 3 weeks, so even when it gets warm enough to evaporate anything there's really no evap even taking place. So weird to have my sump pump going off every hour or so in the first week of January. Strange winter so far.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
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Sorry to hear about the car troubles again SIX.
House cleaning is a good thing. I'm trying to do that in bits and pieces around me.
It happens at mah jong. 4 people to a table and it can get hard getting the tiles you need.
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Out for my walk. Need my umbrella the weather people are calling for more rain. Oh, how I wish in some way Summer would hurry up. 
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Back from my walk and I had to get a little more groceries today. Nothing heavy.
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Originally posted by Brenda:
Sorry to hear about the car troubles again SIX.
I think I might actually be okay... FINALLY!
Nearly 1.5 days after the last start and it didn't give me any trouble at all. Not even a hint that it would misfire or struggle. Fingers crossed.
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House cleaning is a good thing. I'm trying to do that in bits and pieces around me.
Good for you. I didn't get much done myself. Did a little bit of work on one of the two projects, and a little tidying up, but no deep cleaning before I took a nap.
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It happens at mah jong. 4 people to a table and it can get hard getting the tiles you need.
Yeah. The closest I know to that is Spades, which I used to play a ton back in the days of Yahoo! Games. Nothing worse than finding a really good partner (totally randomly) and winning a bunch of games, but then getting really bad cards a few games in a row and one of you quit out and then you never get to play with them again. I should try to see what online spades is available to play these days. I bet it's way easier to reconnect with good partners with the platforms out there today.
It turns out that I'm actually good at pool. Like, potentially really good. I'm in need of some practice, but now that we've got a pool table to play on regularly and my friend is hyped about it, I think I'm going to get quite a bit of it.
I think I've played about 40 games now since a 15 to 20 year hiatus on pool, and I'm playing with a couple of guys that never quit playing and play on leagues every week, and if I didn't win half of my games against them tonight it was damn near close to it.
I'm making difficult cuts. I'm leaving myself positioned for the next shot or leaving good safetys if there isn't any shot more often than not, and when I'm missing my bank shots I'm seriously close to making them. After only 40 or so games I'm like 10 times better than I was back in my early 20's when we played 3 to 5 nights a week.
It probably helps that they're letting me use their $500 cue sticks compared to the crappy house cues that I used to play with too.
Who knows? Maybe one day I can make some money doing this?
It ain't gambling when you know you're going to win, right?
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
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Originally posted by Brenda:
Sorry to hear about the car troubles again SIX.
I think I might actually be okay... FINALLY!
Nearly 1.5 days after the last start and it didn't give me any trouble at all. Not even a hint that it would misfire or struggle. Fingers crossed.Quote:
House cleaning is a good thing. I'm trying to do that in bits and pieces around me.
Good for you. I didn't get much done myself. Did a little bit of work on one of the two projects, and a little tidying up, but no deep cleaning before I took a nap.Quote:
It happens at mah jong. 4 people to a table and it can get hard getting the tiles you need.
Yeah. The closest I know to that is Spades, which I used to play a ton back in the days of Yahoo! Games. Nothing worse than finding a really good partner (totally randomly) and winning a bunch of games, but then getting really bad cards a few games in a row and one of you quit out and then you never get to play with them again. I should try to see what online spades is available to play these days. I bet it's way easier to reconnect with good partners with the platforms out there today.
It turns out that I'm actually good at pool. Like, potentially really good. I'm in need of some practice, but now that we've got a pool table to play on regularly and my friend is hyped about it, I think I'm going to get quite a bit of it.
I think I've played about 40 games now since a 15 to 20 year hiatus on pool, and I'm playing with a couple of guys that never quit playing and play on leagues every week, and if I didn't win half of my games against them tonight it was damn near close to it.
I'm making difficult cuts. I'm leaving myself positioned for the next shot or leaving good safetys if there isn't any shot more often than not, and when I'm missing my bank shots I'm seriously close to making them. After only 40 or so games I'm like 10 times better than I was back in my early 20's when we played 3 to 5 nights a week.
It probably helps that they're letting me use their $500 cue sticks compared to the crappy house cues that I used to play with too.
Who knows? Maybe one day I can make some money doing this?
It ain't gambling when you know you're going to win, right?
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
I hope so SIX.
Yeah, I'm starting with my kitchen table. It's just finding places for the things that are there.
I have to do some vacuuming as I am bringing in dust with me.Mah jong you are playing by yourself but if everyone is picks up pairs of the same tiles then they all might decide to collect those. Then you are in a pickle which is what happened to me on Thursday.
Cool. Think I have attempted to play pool a couple of times when I was in my 20s. Old boyfriend liked to play so he was teaching me the game but we weren't together long enough for me to get anywhere with it.
That is true and that is also why they call it gambling.
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First laundry day of the new year then a walk in the rain most like.
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I used to enjoy playing pool. I can't say that I ever got good at it, but I have made a few "make it or lose it" difficult shots in tight games. That's sweet!
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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Yesterday was crystal clear, a bright sunny day with snow on the mountains.
Today high clouds in advance of a weather change (more rain, I hope) but still veiled sunshine and warm with snow on the mountains.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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