The person below me

[Eric]

Nope - I work almost every Saturday night, so going anywhere on the weekends is difficult.

(oh - tip for starting over: give yourself the right to freak-out, scream, or cry when you're stressed. I had to start over a few years ago, and trying to be "tough" the first year wore me down, once I allowed myself to deal with the fear and the unknown - and unknowable - I was able to get through it much better. We have emotions for a reason)


tpbm had to start over once, and it turned out to be one of the best things ever for them

[Simon of the Playa]

you bet your bippy.

you are not free until you have lost everything.


TPBM thinks this is madness, and still clings to the contents of their Khakis...

[southern crone]

No, been there done that, job shutdown, divorce, placing child's needs first, etc.

TPBM know that most choices in life are based on a matter of one's priorities, money, free time, location, relationship, social status, live in the moment fun, etc.

[Ratty]

Yes all that and A.D.D.
TPBM wants to find better snacks in the kitchen cabinet

[AntiM]

My snacks are on top of the fridge, I have to stretch to get them. It counts as exercise.

TPBM has a cool new toy.

[Eric]

Yes, a cute little "trip" camera ... that I discovered on it's first trip needs an actual computer to recharge. Grrrrr....



tpbm has a new toy that isn't disappointing

[southern crone]

Yes, I have an electric quilling tool. It spins those little paper strips into tight coils in no time. It puts a smile on my face each time I use it.

TPBM wonders what Quilling art is.

[BeeWeeDee]

er... Native Americans used porcupine quills to amazing effect in adornments.

TPBM has a penchant for bats

[robbidobbs]

I have a few living in my basement, kinda sweet.
TPBM is getting sick of staring at their phone.

[Eric]

Luckily I don't have to stare at it today, so it's just sitting there peacefully.



tpbm has an enviable perk at their job, and will tell us what it is

[Thecatman]

Just shy 750 hours of sick time and still accumulating it . I've exceeded the maximum amount of annual leave of 240 hours for this year and still accumulating it. Which is the only reason I stay working where I'm at, is for the time off because I'd probably never see that in the private sector. Plus operating or being trained to operate various types of equipment: loaders, dozers, graders/blade, vactor truck, crack filler, snowplow/wing plow/tow plow and more as well as training new employees to operate the same.



TPBM is thinking tortas for dinner tonight

[ranger magnum]

Close...nachos.

Tpbm thinks bagels make a fine dinner

[southern crone]

No, never really cared for bagels. I will make a meal out of a homemade fried biscuit and brown sausage gravy, deer gravy, chicken gravy.

TPBM likes red gravy or white gravy best.

[gaminwench]

White gravy. on anything.

TPBM is more concerned about texture than taste (or color)...

[Eric]

They're almost equal. Taste is first & foremost, but a bad texture ("mouth-feel" if we want to be industrial about it) can ruin food for me. I love eggplant, but it has to be prepared right. If it's too slimy I can't eat it, even though I love the flavor. Color rarely bugs me.



tpbm has a guilty pleasure favorite song they want to share with us

[ranger magnum]

Not so much a song, but a band. Heatwave is their name, and they are a 70's funk band. Like Kool and the Gang. So when it's been kinda a difficult day, I listen to them while I shower.

Tpbm will share what they do to get them through a tough day.

[robbidobbs]

I found that emotional weight can be counterbalanced with physical energy. So I whack weeds, collate signs, do dishes. Anything that has a perceivable goal and result. Repetition is good and can be meditative. Intellectual pursuits just aren't the same for the real bad days. Once my mind is quieted down, then I can pursue intellectual endeavors.

TPBM has a favorite snobbery they'd like to share with us.

[tamarakay]

I am burnier than Lonesomebri

TPBM thinks Bailey's Irish Creme in coffee in the morning is really just cream and sugar.

[Elorrum]

That's not my road, you know. My conscious state varies in clarity even when sober. I tend to wallow and don't toy with that source of comfort anymore. Really good coffee with real cream and sugar is a rare treat, normally it's just with nf milk.

Tpbm wonders, as I do, what super powers a totally ordered domecile would unlock.

[ygmir]

That's not my road, you know. My conscious state varies in clarity even when sober. I tend to wallow and don't toy with that source of comfort anymore. Really good coffee with real cream and sugar is a rare treat, normally it's just with nf milk.

Tpbm wonders, as I do, what super powers a totally ordered domecile would unlock.

indeed I do! or work shop, or life in general. I fear, though, I'd find out from Nurse Mildred Ratched.

TPBM can see up my skirt.

[lucky420]

yes I can! Now go put some pants on. Wait, never mind...

Tpbm takes their pants off as soon as they get home from work

[Elorrum]

Nope. Sometimes I even still have my id badge and safety vest on when I get ready for bed.

Tpbm doesn't put their keys in thexsame place each time they come home.

[FIGJAM]

You've left me with nothing to do!!!
TPBM feels the same.

[ranger magnum]

I do. I have a mantra I speak every time I leave the house: "Spectacles, Testicles, Wallet and Watch"
It is a punchline to a joke I no longer remember, but basically it reminds me to have my keys, phone, wallet and glasses with me before I leave.

Tpbm has a morning ritual.

[Dr Helix]

I sure do. It's called pooping. I am like a clock on that issue. Every morning. By 7am. Without a doubt I'm headed to the bathroom. And there you are.

TPBM never knows when a poop is coming

[Jovankat]

I never used to but I'm on medication now that has the side effect of making me quite regular which is kinda nice.

TPBM is a little put off by this poop talk.

[robbidobbs]

Not at all! I get in the middle of this conversation with surprising...ahem... Regularity.
Nothing shocks me anymore.

TPBM has an odd song that popped into their head they'd like to share with us

[Oldguy]

First Marine goes over the fence, Par Le Vois,

Second Marine goes over the fence, Par Le Vois,

Third Marine goes through the gate, gets shot in the nuts with an 88,

Inky Dinky, Par Le Vois.

- a WWI tune for all the vets.

TPBM knows combat movement tactics. ( We are still at war you know, we are a warrior nation. )

[Eric]

I don't, but The Wife just spent 3 months in Texas plotting to take over the state getting updated officers training (that's useless to her in her field)



tpbm owns a tank

[tatonka]

Never owned one , but got to drive one at Ft Hood tx when I was in the 2nd Amoured Div , 65 tons .

tpbm going to the 2015 M&G @Burningman