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Notices tagged with sontwo, page 19

  1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 09-Aug-2020 01:13:58 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    #sonTwo and I had just watched #StarWars Episode One at the theater. Heading home, we stopped at Walmart. We passed the toy aisle and I noticed toy light sabers. I grabbed one, accused my child of being a Sith, and started swinging it at him. He ran, saying "stop, you're embarrassing me", while I gave chase.

    Many years later, when he left for college, he told some other students this and other stories and they voted me "most embarrassing dad".
    In conversation Sunday, 09-Aug-2020 01:13:58 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
  2. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 06-Aug-2020 18:39:36 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    People refer to "Zeon" ... which I assume is a TV show. It always reminds me of PR:Zeo ( Power Rangers Zeo ).

    By the time #PR:Zeo aired, #sonTwo and my nephews had all abandoned #Power_Rangers, so I honestly do not think I ever saw an episode. I think PR:IS ( Power Rangers In Space ) was the last one I saw any episodes of.
    In conversation Thursday, 06-Aug-2020 18:39:36 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
  3. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Aug-2020 18:41:34 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    Sent #sonTwo, #Daddy_A, and my friends Mark and S each a photo of the outside and inside of #GD1's birthday card. Mark just called back to ask me if I knew what I bought.

    Yes. She'll be 13. That's probably the tamest card she'll get.
    In conversation Wednesday, 05-Aug-2020 18:41:34 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
  4. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 03-Aug-2020 20:24:20 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    • clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’›
    @clacke Contrasts #Hong_Kong in 2003 responding to #SARS with #Sweden in 2020 responding to #COVID-19.

    Admittedly, I was barely even aware of SARS at the time (and completely missed MERS a few years later). But at the time, I was working full time, attending a college and a university, teaching a class at church, and trying to work out custody of #sonTwo. I was running full tilt for around 20 hours a day, drinking around 4 twelve-cup pots of coffee each day.

    I'm really surprised I remember those years at all.
    In conversation Monday, 03-Aug-2020 20:24:20 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
  5. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 02-Aug-2020 13:21:30 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    I want a smoker. And a nice, large grill with a charcoal side and a propane side. If I ever bought them, though, I'd have them delivered to #sonTwo's place. I think they are too expensive for my level of utilization. Better to put it where we can jointly use it.
    In conversation Sunday, 02-Aug-2020 13:21:30 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
  6. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jul-2020 23:13:42 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    Ordered a replacement for #sonTwo's rice cooker / pressure cooker. The old one died after three years of frequent use.
    In conversation Sunday, 26-Jul-2020 23:13:42 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
  7. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 23-Jul-2020 15:21:59 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    I'm pretty low in motivation and making plans for the future right now, but I am starting to think that whatever I do next should involve starting and building a business together with #sonTwo, so that when I cannot work any longer or I pass away, he can carry it forward.

    I'd love to see the older and younger boys also assist, but the middle child is the one I trust to make decisions that are closest to my own values, so he's the one I'd want to leave in control.

    Anyway, that's all great, but doing what? How would I prepare (skill up, get funding, acquire necessary tools and equipment)?

    I don't have any answers or even any leanings that I could use for guidance, which stinks, because I have never been the person that did not know what I wanted to achieve and how I wanted to proceed to make that happen.
    In conversation Thursday, 23-Jul-2020 15:21:59 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
  8. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 20-Jul-2020 12:48:11 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    Daughter-in-law sent a side view photo of #sonTwo and #GS3. The main differences are their ears and that one has a beard. Otherwise, they look as alike as two of the same model of car.
    In conversation Monday, 20-Jul-2020 12:48:11 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
  9. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 16-Jul-2020 12:40:25 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    I'm a permanent vote-by-mail voter. Compared to in-person voting, I don't have to worry about lines, breakdowns, or running out of receipt paper for the machines.

    (One time, I dropped #sonTwo off to vote. There were long lines, and while he was voting, they announced that because of the lack of receipt paper, most of their machines were inoperable. A couple of hundred people were unable to vote.)
    In conversation Thursday, 16-Jul-2020 12:40:25 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
  10. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 12-Jul-2020 16:36:51 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    in reply to
    • lnxw48a1
    When #sonTwo was in 4th? grade, he had to study the missions, so the plan was to visit every one of them in the Southern half of the state. My work schedule and finances were such that I never took him to a single one. (IIRC, his mother took him to 2-3 one weekend; thatโ€™s as far as it ever went.)
    In conversation Sunday, 12-Jul-2020 16:36:51 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
  11. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jul-2020 13:28:57 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    #sonTwoโ€™s wife had a medical appointment. The doctor said her job is too stressful ... so now sheโ€™s got the added stress of trying to find a less-stressful job or the stress of them trying to stay afloat without her income.
    In conversation Thursday, 09-Jul-2020 13:28:57 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
  12. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Jul-2020 15:11:00 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    • lnxw48a1
    I remember when #sonTwo and #Daddy_A decided that my Shrek character was the donkey ... claiming that I was as annoying as him.
    In conversation Tuesday, 07-Jul-2020 15:11:00 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
  13. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 06-Jul-2020 23:18:50 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    #sonTwo got DisneyPlus for a month because he wanted to watch "Hamilton". They can't afford to keep the service, so he plans to watch the show again at least weekly while they still have it.
    In conversation Monday, 06-Jul-2020 23:18:50 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
  14. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 05-Jul-2020 21:57:59 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    It is about 21:00 in #KCMO, so I'm not expecting a return call from #sonOne. #sonTwo is off-work around now, so I may get to talk with him for a little while.
    In conversation Sunday, 05-Jul-2020 21:57:59 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
  15. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 05-Jul-2020 01:16:37 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    The city's #Independence_Day #fireworks show was unimpressive because there were at least three other directions with equal or better fireworks. The muni show also lacked pacing, so there would be 3-4 in rapid succession, then a longish delay before the next little batch. I gave up on it and went back inside. The finale sounded impressive, but it was over before I got back outside to try to see it.

    But it was a good reminder:

    "And the rockets' red glare
    The bombs bursting in air
    Gave proof through the night
    That our flag was still there"

    In other news, #Daddy_A sent me a little video of his neighborhood's fireworks. It sounded like two SWAT teams playing "full contact" capture the flag. #SonTwo said his area is also "crazy" with fireworks, but he was hoping everyone burned through their supplies quickly, so that #GS3 could get to sleep at a reasonable time.
    In conversation Sunday, 05-Jul-2020 01:16:37 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
  16. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jul-2020 18:59:27 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    #sonTwo tells me that #GS3 is playing with the granddoggy's new ball more than she is. I guess he like hers better than the ball I sent for him.
    In conversation Thursday, 02-Jul-2020 18:59:27 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
  17. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 18-May-2020 01:42:53 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    During today's #videochat with #sonOne, we talked about network stuff (CLNS, IS-IS, OSPF, token ring, FDDI, the OSI protocol stack, TCP/IP, IPX/SPX), job-hunting, updates on #sonTwo's work status and #Daddy_A's birthday ( did I mention that "we" ordered his NAS box? ), vehicle repairs, Star Wars/Mandalorian, imported Japanese-market Transformers toys, and idiotic people whose behaviors are putting other people at risk for #COVID-19. Oh, and fried chicken places.

    What did not happen:
    Usually, #GD1 and #GD2 join us for 10-30 minutes; occasionally his wife joins us. Today, none of them joined.
    In conversation Monday, 18-May-2020 01:42:53 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
  18. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 13-May-2020 19:02:14 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    https://www.amazon.com/Synology-bay-DiskStation-DS218-Diskless/dp/B077PJX8TH Wondering whether I can get #sonOne and #sonTwo to contribute toward getting this for #Daddy_A. Either way, he'll have to come up with his own HDDs / SSDs. For me, the NAS is more of an irritant than anything else, because I really only want remote storage / backup ... a network file system, not an app platform atop remote storage. But I'm one of the few who feel this way.
    In conversation Wednesday, 13-May-2020 19:02:14 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
  19. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 12-May-2020 22:20:09 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    #GS3 experienced an ancestral treasure today. He had his first grilled cheese sandwich. (Used to be #sonTwo's favorite food, until he discovered quesadillas.)
    In conversation Tuesday, 12-May-2020 22:20:09 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
  20. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Apr-2020 18:13:52 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    #sonTwo is now working two part-time jobs, found out that unemployment + COVID unemployment would have been more than he's making. Leave it to the government to punish the person who got (lower paying) work instead of sitting at home awaiting a check.
    In conversation Wednesday, 15-Apr-2020 18:13:52 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
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