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Gerontius

Gerontius

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  • Gerontius
    I hope that today is the last of my less productive days for awhile. Hoping for this spring weather to keep sticking around.
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    Luca
    Same here… I’ve been pretty lazy. And I wish it would stay above 50 degrees here but it’s supposed to go up to 60 the next two days and then go back down to freezing. I hate late winter/early spring. Especially here.
    Gerontius
    In the interest of Computing for Broke Technophobes, LibreOffice 7.2.5 goes on my "new" Hewlett Packard notebook running Windows 7.
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    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    The laptop itself is old & fragile, and too bulky to fit in my satchel, so I leave it at home...I really am not sold on computers. Don't like 'em. I've fixed them before but now it's time to overhaul the guts of this one.
    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    OK it works pretty great after the first few minutes where it crashed a few times. I think I have something that might work better than Word.
    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    Its a love hate relationship. My ex stole my notebook. I loved it for it's ease and it was easy to reboot should something go wrong.
    Gerontius
    I have been struck by the Masked Upgrader. Have no idea who did this, but thank you very much whoever you are.
    Streetwise
    Streetwise
    I have a superpower also the power to never be anonymously upgraded
    Streetwise
    Streetwise
    Your term reminded me of the British comedy skit the phantom raspberry blower (portrayed by Ronnie Barker)
    Gerontius
    Springlike weather yesterday, snow shower today, a moment of warm, then again snow. New England weather is something else.
    Gerontius
    The buttonhole attachment might be the best sewing machine accessory invented. I think I could try making clothes next.
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    Luca
    If you can make clothes, that might be a profitable business venture too. I would not ask you to make me clothes because you would have to make them out of a tent, or a boat sail. ;p Or at least very stretchy…
    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    Well, that's a thought which never occurred to me, but I am going to have to practice a ton first.
    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    As for tents or sails, my dad and I used a huge canvas tarp once to copy a shirt he wanted... pretty rugged shirt.
    Roxiee
    Hey! Thank you for the comment, it's made me smile!
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    Luca
    @Gerontius ‘s comments often make me smile too :) Or laugh!
    Hope most of us on here can continue to make you smile :)
    Roxiee
    Roxiee
    Shhh you made me smile, I'm not anything but ugly aha!
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    Luca
    Aww, that’s not true! I always think I’m ugly too but some people on here don’t think so lol
    Gerontius
    Don't leave the headlights on while you're changing the oil in the car. I've got a bit of a walk coming up.
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    oregano
    oregano
    Lots of people in cold areas use battery maintainers to keep the battery from getting too low. Learned this the hard way when the Jefferson winter killed my 2 yr old Napa battery dead. My uncle gave me a jump & I had to get a new battery in Yreka. Think you're in rural CT so yeah, look into a battery maintainer.
    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    Small town CT and I do have a "Battery Tender" brand trickle-charger. Not that it's as good as I thought. There's no electricity where I park the car.
    I wish it was rural CT, though.
    oregano
    oregano
    I bought one of those Battery Tender brand chargers in Yreka after my battery died, the guy recommended it. However it doesn't work well without electricity to power it. I've heard of maintainers that use a solar panel and plug into the cigarette lighter socket.
    Gerontius
    It's midnight & I am making soup & drinking tea. One could do worse! Time to wind the clock and turn the heater on for the night.
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    Luca
    That sounds awesome! :) I just put the heater on too. I think it's going to be in the single digits in the morning...
    Streetwise
    Streetwise
    Nice :)
    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    I didn't check the temperature waking up this morning but it's mighty cold!
    Gerontius
    Maybe if this works out I will be able to connect my old landline phone to Bluetooth and make calls through it by cell.
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    watersprite
    watersprite
    Mine is a heavy rotary dial desk phone that someone saved from an office. All the cloth covered wire is frayed, but the handset and base are fine. Rotary dial clicking is so cool.
    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    Those like that are amazing, and there are new cloth wires available to fix it--very easy to install with a screwdriver. Rotary phones are made to last forever, and they stay cold while you talk on them too!
    watersprite
    watersprite
    Cool in 2 ways then.
    Thanks for the tips.
    Gerontius
    Stayed quiet yet busy this evening: maybe I will get groceries tomorrow if that old car starts. (If not, I get a battery for it! lol)
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    Luca
    It was a quiet/busy evening here too. Got my hair done in the afternoon and got some takeout and came home and accidentally went to sleep while watching tv lol. Now cleaning the kitchen. A good day :)
    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    That sounds like that was a good day. I might have to go fix soup--it is late but I am somewhat nocturnal.
    I hope you like how your hair turned out!
    L
    Luca
    I’m trying to be less nocturnal… I’ll probably head to bed soon. Soup sounds good!
    I do like my new hair, thank you! :)
    Gerontius
    One of my friends messaged me--she's ok, not missing! She was only in hospital.
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    Luca
    @Streetwise Did Roxie message you? I haven’t heard from her for a while either. I was worried.
    @Gerontius I’m glad she’s ok. Being in the hospital can be very scary.
    Roxiee
    Roxiee
    I'm not doing great unfortunately
    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    hello @Roxiee -- If you need to talk to people there's a bunch of us here. I have been a bit worried about you & hope that things improve quickly
    Gerontius
    So happy spring is coming. Winter is lovely and I enjoy it, but I am also looking forward to nature waking up again. Saw some robins!
    Gerontius
    I am enjoying winter but definitely looking forward to spring at this point. It's freezing!
    tree
    tree
    Looking forward to it warming up to freezing a day or two this coming week. One drawback to such a warm up, though, is making the roads slippery, ice forming at night when it's in the teens again. Or lower.
    Gerontius
    Planning for after college is tricky...
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    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    Thanks @watersprite and the best of luck to your friend.
    I'd like to shoot for a doctorate someday but looking at the academic world, all I can say is thank goodness for the trades...got half a mind to go into the brass factory.
    watersprite
    watersprite
    Thank you - there are valid paths all over the map. Just stay out of creeks in winter…
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    Luca
    I was unsure about my future too until I discovered that I can make decent money putting in more hours working with dogs, on my own :) I haven’t figured out the college piece yet either, though. I keep trying to graduate and running into social roadblocks. And I’m 27.
    Gerontius
    It's raining here & doing a good job melting the remaining snow on the ground--the rain, snow, and fog combined for a bit; very pretty.
    Gerontius
    This might be my lucky day; I think I found a new top to replace the one missing from my 1890s reed organ. Exact same model & everything.
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    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    I am doing this to keep them around a few more decades as pump organs are all but extinct if people keep making them into bars
    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    If I spend 300 on old organs I am saving about an 1879 Sterling that is intact but a bit leaky.
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    Luca
    I think it’s awesome that you’re keeping them alive :) We need more people like you in the world.
    Gerontius
    Warming up today, appropriate for Groundhog Day. A happy Candlemas to those who are still celebrating Christmas. We can stop now.
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    Luca
    “We can stop now” made me lol.
    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    Hey, what can I say--You give me the holiday season & I'm going to celebrate the WHOLE holiday season. Religious, secular, you name it. I love the holidays. Something almost--perfect about it.
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