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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
March 7, 2025 at 6:24 pm
Looks like I'll be starting the new gig mid month. Imma grow nine million trees this year for my earth day goals.
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
March 8, 2025 at 12:33 pm
Waiting for The Bail to show up with the boyfriend of one year. I guess now I have to make good on my promise to make a quilt for him...I had said he had to be part of the family for a year.
Found out that The Bail is not a Sophomore in college. With the dual credit courses she took in high school and the heavy courseload she has been taking, she is considered to be a Junior. Guess there will be a college graduation on the schedule for next summer (2026). Then she hopes to go to Austin to get her masters degree.
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
March 8, 2025 at 2:48 pm
(March 6, 2025 at 9:30 pm)brewer Wrote: ![[Image: sheepmobile-rides-highway-ai-generated-s...288730.jpg]](https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/sheepmobile-rides-highway-ai-generated-sheepmobile-rides-highway-ai-generated-270288730.jpg)
Isn't that the official family vehicle of the Trumpeteer?!?
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
March 8, 2025 at 5:43 pm
Just got back from UPS. I ordered two shirts for husband for work. Package delivered today contained...not two shirts, but two cordless drill battery packs and some spools of wire.
Yeah, that's not gonna work.
I have had some minor hiccups with Amazon orders but nothing quite like this.
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
March 8, 2025 at 6:12 pm
(March 8, 2025 at 5:43 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Just got back from UPS. I ordered two shirts for husband for work. Package delivered today contained...not two shirts, but two cordless drill battery packs and some spools of wire.
Yeah, that's not gonna work.
I have had some minor hiccups with Amazon orders but nothing quite like this.
A mate of mine once ordered a laptop. He got a portable cooktop.
Both useful items, but hardly interchangeable.
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
March 8, 2025 at 6:35 pm
(March 8, 2025 at 5:43 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Just got back from UPS. I ordered two shirts for husband for work. Package delivered today contained...not two shirts, but two cordless drill battery packs and some spools of wire.
Yeah, that's not gonna work.
I have had some minor hiccups with Amazon orders but nothing quite like this.
I ordered a cheap guitar stand once and received a considerably less cheap acoustic electric guitar. Gifted it anonymously to a local school.
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
March 8, 2025 at 6:37 pm
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Found a iPhone 14 in the bay this morning. Someone apparently oopsied it over the side, probably a few weeks ago. Scraped off the barnacles, now it's in a fresh water bath. Later I'll put it in rice and see I can resuscitate it.
E: I checked, it's rated for 6 meters / 30 minutes of fresh water. I don't have high hopes.
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
March 8, 2025 at 6:51 pm
(March 8, 2025 at 6:35 pm)Jackalope Wrote: (March 8, 2025 at 5:43 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Just got back from UPS. I ordered two shirts for husband for work. Package delivered today contained...not two shirts, but two cordless drill battery packs and some spools of wire.
Yeah, that's not gonna work.
I have had some minor hiccups with Amazon orders but nothing quite like this.
I ordered a cheap guitar stand once and received a considerably less cheap acoustic electric guitar. Gifted it anonymously to a local school.
The best upgrade I ever got was when I ordered a cheapodelux plastic 25’ garden hose and got a 75’ stainless steel one. I thought about sending it back, but I reckoned whoever got my cheap hose would either send that one back or get a refund. Everybody wins.
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
March 10, 2025 at 1:45 am
Barre chords. The bane of my old man hands. After learning the so-called "cowboy chords" (A, C, D, E, G, Am, Dm, Em) i hit a plateau, and had some contentment in the array of songs available to me. Finding that "Rocky Mountain High" requires barre chords, specifically B, F#, F#m, and F#m7, has pushed me to learn these chord shapes and practice them (among others, as long as I'm at it) until I can play songs using them. I can not yet switch to and from barre chords quickly enough, but 4 months ago I could't switch between A, D, and E quickly enough to play Marley's "Three Little Birds."
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
March 10, 2025 at 1:40 pm
Putting the snow blower up for the season. Hope nature doesn't bite me in the ass.
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