Rante Macabre

[NikLR 13,230]

2 hours ago, SAT said:

Oh yeah, sorry I meant to get back to you. It was a cool clip....

For many years, I woke up having something to do. 

I don't know what I'm feeling. 

I always did understand why some people, like Warren Buffet, don't retire. 

Old timers always told me that retirement is a happy time. 

Here there's no celebration. No fanfare. 

As word trickled around, I have several offers. 

But I'm going to wait and see if I can get used to this. 

This is the longest amount of time I've taken off since leaving the Marines. 

Just over a month. 

I feel like I can write a memoir to my kids. 

1 Gulf war, 2 excursions, 1 ground zero, many disasters, 3 businesses.

All worked out pretty good...

 

It has. Maybe you should!

[NikLR 13,230]

Edited May 10, 2020 by NikLR

[SAT 9,609]

Oh yeah, happy mother's day.

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,093]

8 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

If we never see another snowflake, we won't care, no DA man!

I still have extended family in Cleveland-ish, a brother and sister and niece and nephew in Colorado, a sister who's still in Syracuse, and PRG's family in Russia, so it takes a bit of fortunate timing to avoid snow entirely ...

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,093]

1 hour ago, SAT said:

Oh yeah, happy mother's day.

Had to get something for PRG and mom this year 🤣

[TBoneTX 45,663]

Forgotten part of Saturday report, don't forget to see man:

 

Stopped at favorite resale shop, open again man.

Almost everything Many% off, half-price man.

Got ourself a shirt (Dillards' casa brand) for $2 + half a buck + tax, steal man.

Total = $2 + half a buck + tax

[TBoneTX 45,663]

Partial Mother's Day report, see man:

 

Left M.'s Day cards for Mrs. T-B. & Mama-Mrs.-T-B., one English one Spanish man.

Mini-B. gave cards to Mama T-B. & Mama-Mrs.-T-B., one English one Spanish man.

All Many (2+2) cards half a buck each at Dollar Tree, why spend more man.

 

Took Mini-B. to Office Despot to get something for Mama T-B., we & wee get for senior she man.

Went to Mama T-B.'s independent-living prison, see imprisoned senior she man.

Mama T-B. and several other senior mommies were waiting by perimeter prison gate, wait they man.

Gave Mama T-B. cards & small gifts from us/Mini-B./Cat T-B., give we & wee & miu to senior she man.

All Many (2+1) cards half a buck each at Dollar Tree, why spend more man.

 

Lunch = Mexican for Mrs. T-B. & Mama-Mrs.-T-B., ingest ethnically they man.

Lunch = pizza for we & Mini-B., ingest Major Food Group we & wee man.

Cat T-B. tried to make Many- (2+2)-point landing squarely into pizza box, ravenous miu man.

 

Napped for >hour without Cat T-B. until miu head-bumped us for early din-din, ravenous miu man.

 

Laundry Load #1 warshered/baked/folded, Thread Laundress report man.

LL #2 baking and LL #Many warshering, Thread Laundress report continued man.

Going to watch AFV (if on) with Mini-B., family tradition man.

[TBoneTX 45,663]

Partial Mother's Day #2, see man:

Only Eh ma'am (and weakly at that) has upvoted any of our recent posts, get with it ma'ams!

 

Apology to all Poland, forgetting our manners man:

Happy Father's Day today, oj tak.

Happy Columbus Day starting tomorrow and for the rest of the month, oj tak.

[TBoneTX 45,663]

 

Here is convenient ordering information for your Pre-Owned Toilet Seat on this week's National Days, order today man:

 

Mon., May Many'th

National Eat What You Want Day = do this, then sit atop your new POTS

 

Tues., May Many'th

Native American Rights Day = it is your native right as an American to order a POTS

 

Wed., May Many'th

National Night Shift Workers Day = buy every Many'rd-shift worker a POTS today

 

Thurs., May Many'th

National Decency Day = be nationally decent and buy a new POTS today

 

Fri., May Many'th

International Day of Families = buy every family in the world a POTS

 

Sat., May Many'th

International Day of Light = see the light and buy a POTS for the world today

 

Sun., May Many'th

World Hypertension Day = calm your blood pressure by buying a POTS today

 

The first Many (only!) customers to mention this ad when ordering will receive a handsome 0.0000001% discount off full retail, $i man.  Get your POTS today, whee man!

[Russ&Caro 1,549]

22 hours ago, NikLR said:

It has. Maybe you should!

I concur. Your kids will appreciate it some day. I'm a bit of an amateur writer. Had I had kids I would do the autobiography thing and my life isn't half as interesting as yours. That said I did start two businesses in my life and help La Colombia start a part time one.

 

Edit: and don't forget to include the juicy bits involving spousal immigration!

Edited May 11, 2020 by Russ&Caro

[TBoneTX 45,663]

7 hours ago, Russ&Caro said:

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Welcome back if only for a cameo visit, si R man!

[TBoneTX 45,663]

Rant, see and grrrr man:[/b]

 

Mrs. T-B. has surgery tomorrow, no Fallopian chat allowed so no further details man.

First, we need to have her there by half-past Many (2+2+1) a.m., ungodly hour man.

#2, the infernal hospital won't allow us in at all, no enter we man.

We must drop off Mrs. T-B. and go straight from there to the rubias, Covid-Many protocol man.

 

Except for the highly appealing "go straight from there to the rubias part, we are so mad that we are strongly inclined to have our crack team of POTS stormtroopers invade the hospital and forcibly remove every one of their pre-owned toilet seats*, supplied earlier by us man.

       *buy yours today, si man

[TBoneTX 45,663]

We have to get up at o'dark-Many for the hospital run, why even go to bed at this point man.

 

Cat T-B. is rejecting almost all miu-food, begging for something that we're not giving her, jumping on the dinner table to inspect the people-food, and still trying to rip into bread and cake, destructive miu man.  She will eat treats, but we can't find where Mrs. T-B. put the spare bags of them, frustrated miu man.

[cdneh 3,112]

I hope Mrs TB is okay.

[Scottish Mernymph 514]

Hoping all went well for Missus Teebs surgery & wishing her a speedy recovery ❤️
Poor baby meow-meow, sending hugs to your kitteh ❤️

Well despite technology's best attempts to screw me over(technology hates me with a passion-Ryan wouldn't believe it until he witessed it for himself!) the exam went reasonably well...actually it was hella stressful-only because the system kept kicking me out each time I attempted to answer a question & I had to keep relogging in over & over-sometimes a number of times for one quesstion....I ended up with a score of 39  
...out of 40 😁  I'll take it!

I just finished my powerpoint presentation 'The Benefits of Sports Massage for Special Olympics Athletes' so that's done & dusted too-phew!
There's a week before the start of the next semester(online of course).....time to reorganise my books....tidy my desk....& prep for more learnings yay!!