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I got it from this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LLTsSnGWMI it's pretty old

That was both funny and stressful at the same time

Brings back old memories doesn't it

I got it from this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LLTsSnGWMI it's pretty old

That was both funny and stressful at the same time

I don't think I've ever heard that label before but I instantly knew what you meant!

I got it from this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LLTsSnGWMI it's pretty old

I've been pretty active, at least I've been trying to actively level. I'm getting close to 50 which I should hit sometime soon.

I kind of want to do the next ascension (I've completed 1 & 2 (didn't even know they had a 4)) but that takes time and IRL money...

I've been pretty active, at least I've been trying to actively level. I'm getting close to 50 which I should hit sometime soon. I left the PUG! fleet as they were looking to slim down and have more war fighters. I was never much for war fighting as I find it a waste of resources. I do kind of miss the fleet bosses . Was surprised to see a fleet invite thrown my way today. I'm not sure if I'll take it, or if I'll just let it sit there. I'm busy enough with trying to get 50

Yeah, I was never fan of wars either, when I lived in VA I was more active and participated in quite a few. I've a few fleet invites hanging out as well (don't even know who from lol), I don't see a point in being in one though.

We had the very typical, eating Fondue with the kids, and watching Dinner for One which is a yearly thing on German TV. It's pretty funny especially since it is nearly all done in English. It's been around since the mid to late 60's. It's a German tradition and the kids like it

I believe you posted a link here back in 07 or 08, that is a quirky tradition lol.

Nope it just has a big hopper to dump beans into and they get shaken down into the grinder, which makes things good for me. I only have to worry about cleaning out the basket every so often.

Ah, so it only grinds what it needs at the time, that sounds awesome!

Well good luck on updating your skill set. I've been pretty lax about that too, but I've been given some work at the office where I have to learn Node.js and Angular. This opens a bit of new stuff for me. The mostly how the languages are used. Javascript as a server side language? Crazy

Thanks, I think my first step will be C#, which should be an easy enough transition since it's the same ide and whatnot. So far I've been doing some "challenges" on microsoft.com but since I'm starting at the beginning, it's too easy (like, I already know the difference in declaring variables between the two languages). After that I plan to look into Angular & React, since I see those two pop up in a lot of job postings. I looked at Node.js when I was in VA, it was really new, and my server guys were unsure about being able to run it, so I didn't go much further.
I need to figure out git too... I do have an actual work project in mind that I can use C# for, it's just an internal log reader (vs me running queries in the database directly) so nothing too fancy though.

So all our kids are in home school for the next couple of weeks in an attempt to bring the Corona infections down. So we've spent plenty of money on cameras, and headphones. My wife will have to start giving classes online too, so that means she also needs a new camera as the one built into her laptop is pretty weak, only 420p which makes it very grainy. We tested it tonight. So she'll probably need a camera like the one our sons are using which will give her a 1080p video. It's all just getting confusing.

heh, so glad I don't have to deal with all of that!

It's also pretty bad that my eldest (only 16) is getting better than I am with technology. I'm beginning to feel like a 12 o'clock flasher in my own home

I don't think I've ever heard that label before but I instantly knew what you meant!

Thanks! They finally added more commissions (I think they're called) in the 50+ range so I was looking forward to that next ding so I could do some. Going to make the journey to lvl 55 feel longer though. I mostly just pop in to do my dailies, and research/belt when I think about it these days.

I've been pretty active, at least I've been trying to actively level. I'm getting close to 50 which I should hit sometime soon. I left the PUG! fleet as they were looking to slim down and have more war fighters. I was never much for war fighting as I find it a waste of resources. I do kind of miss the fleet bosses . Was surprised to see a fleet invite thrown my way today. I'm not sure if I'll take it, or if I'll just let it sit there. I'm busy enough with trying to get 50

Nothing exciting here, but I typically don't go out for NYE anyway.

We had the very typical, eating Fondue with the kids, and watching Dinner for One which is a yearly thing on German TV. It's pretty funny especially since it is nearly all done in English. It's been around since the mid to late 60's. It's a German tradition and the kids like it

That sounds pretty awesome! I have a separate grinder and can never seem to get the amt of beans to equal the amt of scoops (at this point I quit trying, I just put the excess in a container each morning and once or twice a week I use that instead of grinding), does your machine require you to be accurate on the bean count?

Nope it just has a big hopper to dump beans into and they get shaken down into the grinder, which makes things good for me. I only have to worry about cleaning out the basket every so often.

Nothing new here... did have the first rehearsal since catching the rona last week, I still remember how to play

I signed up for linked in the other day, haven't added anyone to my network though. My initial intention was to find two developers I worked with (at different times/companies) but that's proven more difficult than I thought it would be (granted, I didn't try that hard ). I am realizing that if I do want to find work elsewhere I need to update my skillset...  

Well good luck on updating your skill set. I've been pretty lax about that too, but I've been given some work at the office where I have to learn Node.js and Angular. This opens a bit of new stuff for me. The mostly how the languages are used. Javascript as a server side language? Crazy

So all our kids are in home school for the next couple of weeks in an attempt to bring the Corona infections down. So we've spent plenty of money on cameras, and headphones. My wife will have to start giving classes online too, so that means she also needs a new camera as the one built into her laptop is pretty weak, only 420p which makes it very grainy. We tested it tonight. So she'll probably need a camera like the one our sons are using which will give her a 1080p video. It's all just getting confusing. It's also pretty bad that my eldest (only 16) is getting better than I am with technology. I'm beginning to feel like a 12 o'clock flasher in my own home

Hey we made it through the new year, then insanity happened

Par for the course.
 

Congrats on your level 54 in StarPirates. I'm working my way to 50 hope to be there soon.

Thanks! They finally added more commissions (I think they're called) in the 50+ range so I was looking forward to that next ding so I could do some. Going to make the journey to lvl 55 feel longer though. I mostly just pop in to do my dailies, and research/belt when I think about it these days.

How did everything go for you over the new year?

Nothing exciting here, but I typically don't go out for NYE anyway.

We did our usual, and it went well enough. For Christmas I got a new Coffee Maker. A fully automatic one, I just dump beans in and fill the tank, push a couple of buttons and boom. Coffee, or espresso. It even has a milk steamer which is nice when I want a capaccino.

That sounds pretty awesome! I have a separate grinder and can never seem to get the amt of beans to equal the amt of scoops (at this point I quit trying, I just put the excess in a container each morning and once or twice a week I use that instead of grinding), does your machine require you to be accurate on the bean count?

Nothing new here... did have the first rehearsal since catching the rona last week, I still remember how to play

I signed up for linked in the other day, haven't added anyone to my network though. My initial intention was to find two developers I worked with (at different times/companies) but that's proven more difficult than I thought it would be (granted, I didn't try that hard ). I am realizing that if I do want to find work elsewhere I need to update my skillset... 

Hey we made it through the new year, then insanity happened

Congrats on your level 54 in StarPirates. I'm working my way to 50 hope to be there soon.

How did everything go for you over the new year? We did our usual, and it went well enough. For Christmas I got a new Coffee Maker. A fully automatic one, I just dump beans in and fill the tank, push a couple of buttons and boom. Coffee, or espresso. It even has a milk steamer which is nice when I want a capaccino.

DUDE!

Glad to hear you made it through without serious damage. Seriously the US needs a tracking system like we have here in Germany. All app based, with privacy type things. If you test positive you are given a code to enter and your uuid is placed in the database, and when others download the database, the app checks against its internal database of contacts you've been near enough to catch it from and if the uuid on the central database matches an entry in your local apps database then you are given a warning that you should go get tested. Basically it dominoes through everyone in the chain.

Yeah, I notified the people (like my vet & dentist) that I came in contact with, but there are others (like fastfood workers and laundry dropoff/pickup) that I couldn't. Except the people mentioned in the previous post, everyone was masked and distanced.

I hope you don't get it again. Research has found that people who had a mild case are susceptible to catch it again and the second time is worse.

dang! I thought this meant I was free to go party! (joking of course)

Well heal up and hopefully ol' dude didn't kill his business

thanks and yes!

Well my life had some excitement since my last post :o

Regarding the client with the host, his outlook started prompting for a password (live site & email still on my servers) and he kinda flipped out and took took the site down (I have a "maintenance mode" ability built into his site)... Technically it's not my business (no pun intended) but I really felt that was the wrong thing to do. I'm 99% certain the issue is/was on his end, especially being that webmail, and all my emails (including one under his domain) worked fine for me, but "it's all ducked!!" was pretty much where I left it. I suggested he move his email elsewhere since I obviously can't help with that.

Then... I got the rona...

I thought I was feeling like crap from having a restless night (stressing about someone tanking their own business for no good reason) but when I kept feeling worse I took my temp and... 101.7

That was Friday the 4th, Saturday & Sunday my temp was between 100-101, and then all last week it would be ok during the day, but get to 100.5. Sat & Sun stayed below 99. I didn't have any shortness of breath (I didn't do anything very strenuous) nor did i lose my sense of smell or taste, in fact, I would have assumed it was flu or really sinus infection, since my symptoms were really just aches and headache but... one of my bandmates reported that he got a positive test...
He's the one that's been pretty adamant about not catching it, so I assume he's been pretty safe... but so had I! I hadn't seen my other band in close to a month so I could rule that out. A few family members met for Thanksgiving, but we were in a very well ventilated, open, garage with masks and fairly distanced (we didn't eat together, my niece cooked and packaged to go containers). None of them had/have any symptoms. So the only other person I was around was my lady friend (who I hadn't seen since the day before my last band rehearsal) and she tested negative... so my thought is I either got it from aforementioned bandmate (who I'm pretty sure is blaming me) or from getting fast food at a drive through the night before last rehearsal (or we both got it from the rehearsal space).

But today I feel much better, first time drinking coffee in 10 days! Kinda feel like I have a head cold, but otherwise not bad at all.

DUDE!

Glad to hear you made it through without serious damage. Seriously the US needs a tracking system like we have here in Germany. All app based, with privacy type things. If you test positive you are given a code to enter and your uuid is placed in the database, and when others download the database, the app checks against its internal database of contacts you've been near enough to catch it from and if the uuid on the central database matches an entry in your local apps database then you are given a warning that you should go get tested. Basically it dominoes through everyone in the chain.

I hope you don't get it again. Research has found that people who had a mild case are susceptible to catch it again and the second time is worse. Well heal up and hopefully ol' dude didn't kill his business
 

Well my life had some excitement since my last post :o

Regarding the client with the host, his outlook started prompting for a password (live site & email still on my servers) and he kinda flipped out and took took the site down (I have a "maintenance mode" ability built into his site)... Technically it's not my business (no pun intended) but I really felt that was the wrong thing to do. I'm 99% certain the issue is/was on his end, especially being that webmail, and all my emails (including one under his domain) worked fine for me, but "it's all ducked!!" was pretty much where I left it. I suggested he move his email elsewhere since I obviously can't help with that.

Then... I got the rona...

I thought I was feeling like crap from having a restless night (stressing about someone tanking their own business for no good reason) but when I kept feeling worse I took my temp and... 101.7

That was Friday the 4th, Saturday & Sunday my temp was between 100-101, and then all last week it would be ok during the day, but get to 100.5. Sat & Sun stayed below 99. I didn't have any shortness of breath (I didn't do anything very strenuous) nor did i lose my sense of smell or taste, in fact, I would have assumed it was flu or really sinus infection, since my symptoms were really just aches and headache but... one of my bandmates reported that he got a positive test...
He's the one that's been pretty adamant about not catching it, so I assume he's been pretty safe... but so had I! I hadn't seen my other band in close to a month so I could rule that out. A few family members met for Thanksgiving, but we were in a very well ventilated, open, garage with masks and fairly distanced (we didn't eat together, my niece cooked and packaged to go containers). None of them had/have any symptoms. So the only other person I was around was my lady friend (who I hadn't seen since the day before my last band rehearsal) and she tested negative... so my thought is I either got it from aforementioned bandmate (who I'm pretty sure is blaming me) or from getting fast food at a drive through the night before last rehearsal (or we both got it from the rehearsal space).

But today I feel much better, first time drinking coffee in 10 days! Kinda feel like I have a head cold, but otherwise not bad at all.