3 Positive Things Part 7

[gooblax]

This one puzzled me. Why do they turn off the wi-fi at night?

Pretty sure it's about avoiding excess radiation when no one's using it. But not entirely sure that's the whole reason because it also gets turned off if everyone goes out. Either way it's not a discussion I'm going to get anything out of so I haven't bothered.

 

[gooblax]

1. My dad said he'd been taking the St John's Wort that was purchased for me back when I was a teenager (that I didn't want and plus I can't swallow pills so it wasn't a good idea to begin with... Because crushing up a disgusting pill with honey and trying to force that down does wonders for someone's mood.) and says that it's helping with his anxiety by making him less irritable. First time I've ever heard him acknowledge anxiety or irritability. Glad he feels like it's helping him.

2. Finished a Pokemon Go limited-time challenge yesterday.

3. Can still play barre chords on the guitar without hurting my thumb as long as I don't use it to help hold the neck at all and keep it well out of the way. Extra sloppy but only temporary.

 

[Daniel E.]

Because crushing up a disgusting pill with honey and trying to force that down does wonders for someone's mood.)

Reminds me of giving a pill to a chicken which is about 5 times as hard as giving a pill to a cat

 

[gooblax]

1. Saw my grandma, held her hand, told her I loved her.
2. We got Chinese food for lunch which wasn't bad, even if it was Aussie country-town Chinese food which is even more Westernised than Aussie city Chinese food.
3. There's a mosquito in my room which will be good for taking out any aggression later if it bugs me (pun intended) while I'm trying to sleep.

 

[David Baxter PhD]

2. We got Chinese food for lunch which wasn't bad, even if it was Aussie country-town Chinese food which is even more Westernised than Aussie city Chinese food.
3. There's a mosquito in my room which will be good

That's a free bonus from some Chinese takeout/takeaway stores, like fortune cookies.

 

[gooblax]

Ah of course, the old 'fortune mosquito'. Pity I didn't leave it at my aunt's house with the rest of the leftovers.

 

[gooblax]

1. New mosquito summoning record - about 20 seconds between laying down and knowing with 100% conviction that there's a mozzie near my head. I got the light on in time to see it and make a frantic clap but it got away... But stick to the positive record.
2. My brain hasn't run out of ways to make me slightly unsettled. Tonight's was: "you know how daddy long legs spiders are apparently actually very venomous but they just can't puncture the skin... What if they start evolving to be able to puncture skin and this spider in my shower is the first one of the evolution chain?" Thankfully, the very venomous premise is a myth.
3. I have plenty of lego model left to build if I get stressed out and need to calm down tomorrow.

 

[David Baxter PhD]

New mosquito summoning record - about 20 seconds between laying down and knowing with 100% conviction that there's a mozzie near my head.

Some people claim success with communicating with them and just asking them nicely to go into mom's room instead. I can't vouch for them.

There are two methods that mosquito whisperers recommend:

1. Use a Ouija board but replace the normal wand with a cordless electric razor or vibrator, something that makes a buzzing sound.

2. Speaking to them aloud with a high tiny voice like Vincent Price at the end of The Fly when he was a fly caught in a spider's web.

 

[gooblax]

1. Got a good couple of hours work done before starting to feel miserable.
2. I know exactly why I'm feeling that way and can say that it's a pretty valid reason.
3. A few other parts of Australia don't consider my current local area to be a COVID hotspot. Bet QLD won't agree but at least it's something.

 

[gooblax]

1. Got the week extension regarding my work situation.
2. I've picked the laptop and will buy it tomorrow WITHOUT second guessing myself during the composition of this post and deciding to look at just a few more. If it's a bad choice, it's only money and doesn't matter in the scheme of things.
3. I am feeling super stressed with everything at the moment but right now all I have to do is complete one page of the lego model instructions and breathe slowly so I can relax and fall asleep.

 

[Daniel E.]

will buy it tomorrow WITHOUT second guessing myself

I'm sure it will be much better than my first computer

IBM Personal System/2 - Wikipedia

My parents bought it for me at a Florida department store chain (Burdines), which had a third-party partnership with IBM at the time:

IBM, BURDINES TEAM UP TO TEST SALES OF PCS
November 28, 1988

...Computerbanc is one of those advanced dealers, but it will only sell the low- end IBM machines in its Burdines locations. The PS/2 model 25s and 30s run on the same DOS operationg system found on predecessors, machines meaning that the software is fully compatible. The IBM PS/2s possessing the so-called Micro Channel architecture were left out because they are less likely to be bought by potential home computer buyers shopping for clothes and home furnishings.

 

[Daniel E.]

BONUS: Felt like going back in time in a time machine when I went inside a Barnes & Noble today. Last time I was in a big bookstore was about five years ago. (Like the Canadian Chapters).

 

[Daniel E.]

BONUS #2: Just realized a local, independent bookstore is (still) hosting bookclubs/events/authors online due to COVID-19.

BONUS #3: Husband is still smoking only a fraction of pot compared to his previous last year. (Has CT of his lungs soon as a routine cancer screening.)

 

[gooblax]

1. My dad's friend brought over a jar of fresh honey.
2. There are fans in a few rooms of the house to keep cool (although I'm not near one of them now).
3. I've put the pie crusts in the oven.

 

[Daniel E.]

What is the deal with the air conditioning? They don't have it, or is it like the router?

When I visit my sister in law in Phoenix in the summer, they have the thermostat so high sometimes, the A/C is just there to keep people comfortable enough not to die Fortunately, my husband lowers the thermostat himself while he tells her what he thinks about the situation

 

[gooblax]

They just don't have one. Whereas I have one at my place but have never used it - it's in the bedroom so what good is it doing there (also it would be a sign of weakness for me to use it lol - when I was a kid, on days where it was cool enough to need a jumper indoors but hot enough outdoors that you probably shouldn't wear one, I'd run around on the oval still wearing my jumper and would want to keep it on to train for hot conditions. One of my teachers was routinely telling me to take it off and hang it in the fence til the end of lunch.).

 

[David Baxter PhD]

My dad's friend brought over a jar of fresh honey.

Wow. Why back in my day, the only thing people brought over was stale honey. Best before January 10, 1847. We ate it anyway. And we liked it. You kids today have it easy. Fresh honey. Huh. In my day, the bees kept the fresh stuff and they gave away the stale stuff. Bastards. No wonder I don't like bees.

 

[Daniel E.]

Best before January 10, 1847

And everything else started going downhill after that, like people using Bell's telephone instead of talking to each other in person :telephone_smiley: eek: :telephone_smiley:

 

[gooblax]

Wow. Why back in my day, the only thing people brought over was stale honey. Best before January 10, 1847. We ate it anyway. And we liked it. You kids today have it easy. Fresh honey. Huh. In my day, the bees kept the fresh stuff and they gave away the stale stuff. Bastards. No wonder I don't like bees.

If it's any consolation, my jar of vegemite probably originated in 1847 but they don't put a best before date on it.

And everything else started going downhill after that, like people using Bell's telephone instead of talking to each other in person :telephone_smiley: eek: :telephone_smiley:

Not to mention the discovery of DNA.

 

[David Baxter PhD]

I think Vegemite doesn't have a Best Before date because really there is no best. They make it. It doesn't taste good. And that's as good as it gets. Maybe it should have a "Worse After" date? But I suspect it's one of those things that doesn't ever actually "go bad", like gravel.