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Fingolfin269

Fingolfin269

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werepossum said:
As to what I SHOULD be doing, well, Riverbend Music Festival is going on right now and as I was leaving, holy crap, the legs!
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What a crazy week here. Riverbend Music Fest, Bonnaroo, CMA Fest. Avoid I-24 between Chattanooga and Nashville at all cost!
 
KeithTalent

KeithTalent

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Who the fuck knows, I sure as hell don't.

KT
 
Scarpozzi

Scarpozzi

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I was always so angry because whenever I asked people what the meaning of life was, they always said, "42".... Asking the question is important because it means you've not given up yet. I do exactly what you're doing and ask that question from time to time...it can actually help slow time for you somewhat.

You've got to cover your bases financially. Sometimes you have to work in the trenches to come out on top later... Just remember to set goals and timelines so you don't get lost on the big picture of things.
 
werepossum

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JamesV

JamesV

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I'm trying to figure out where I want to live this fine night.

My charge - my great aunt - passed away two weeks ago, at the ripe old age of 96. I should have been working and networking and saving and exercising and learning and planning and preparing. But, I found that to be impossible while worrying and cooking and cleaning and shopping and dealing with never-ending medical issues.

I'm liking the area around Colorado, since I love to walk/hike/camp/kayak, and there are so many parks around there. Seems a central shot to everything in the west. Pueblo sounded nice until 'higher than average crime rate'; Denver might be too expensive for my Midwestern Cleveland sensibilities.

Trying to figure out road trips to see as much of this country as I can, to figure out where I'd like to stay, before the house is sold. Or maybe I'll just buy a small RV trailer, and move around for a few years?
 
lxskllr

lxskllr

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JamesV said:
Trying to figure out road trips to see as much of this country as I can, to figure out where I'd like to stay, before the house is sold. Or maybe I'll just buy a small RV trailer, and move around for a few years?
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There seems to be a group of people that semi permanently live in state parks in RVs. I always thought that was an attractive way to live. Get a nice spot in the woods, and stay until you want to see something else.
 
Muse

Muse

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lxskllr said:
There seems to be a group of people that semi permanently live in state parks in RVs. I always thought that was an attractive way to live. Get a nice spot in the woods, and stay until you want to see something else.
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I'm considering something like that. My thought wasn't to make it a way of life but to hunt for a great place to buy a house. I think I should consider making it a way of life, though. A lot would depend on the quality of the lifestyle that this would support, naturally.
 
Muse

Muse

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Elevenpog, that is some OP!

Uh, OK, so what did I do today? I got up, fixed a cup of coffee (obligatory start), opened the newspaper and determined that Golden State Warriors had won last night's game, which entitled me to watch it. I'd recorded it, having decided I would only watch it if they won. I never do that kind of thing but I was bummed when they lost previous games and just decided to refuse to watch them lose. I watched it this morning, I was OK with this. Then I erased the recording.

I prepared stir-fried vegetables and refrigerated them. They will last me for a week in my nightly burritos.

I watered my vegetables in the yard.

I took the first shower in 3 days (CA drought), shaved, dressed and went to the gym for my 2 hour workout (skating both ways, what a thrill that is!). Came home, had a snack and then a nap (I didn't sleep much last night). Got up, fixed coffee and read some, fixed dinner, did some record reviewing for my volunteer gig at college radio station.

Checked out some stuff on my laptop I have in bed with me and discovered that it was infected with some nasty intrusive spyware (ad blaster), eventually purged the machine of a few things, also installed Malwarebytes Free and Superantispyware Free, ran both, removing tracking cookies and a cloaked toolbar.

Checked email and wound up here.
 
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Muse

Muse

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Kaido said:
I think that always boils down to the trap of staying up too late. Then you're a just a little bit too tired to push the next day to do what you really want to do. Lightbulbs are both a blessing & curse to mankind. And the Internet. And Netflix. Because otherwise we'd all go to bed when the sun went down & have more energy the next day to overcome our monotonous situations :p
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I discovered the term for this, "going primal," just the other day. I've actually been that way pretty much for quite a few years. My melatonin levels kick in when it gets dark and I wake up when it starts getting light. I was like that as a kid, I was the first to get up in my house except for my father, who got up around then because he had to drive to work early. The seasons make primal a little tricky because the days are a lot longer at the end of spring/beginning of summer than they are at the end of fall/beginning of winter. However, I still am pretty much like that, in the winter I just get up before it gets light and get to sleep a ways after it gets dark.
 
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Muse

Muse

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werepossum said:
Yep - and apparently very short shorts are once again in fashion. Life is good.
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Where I live the girls all wear skin tight from the waist down, especially the young ones. It's disconcerting, actually.
 
Ns1

Ns1

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Muse said:
Where I live the girls all wear skin tight from the waist down, especially the young ones. It's disconcerting, actually.
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Where do you live and how are housing prices out there?
 
Muse

Muse

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Ns1 said:
Where do you live and how are housing prices out there?
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I live in Berkeley, CA and the housing prices are very high and getting higher. It's totally a seller's market. I think that housing is maybe 4x as expensive as a lot of other places in the USA, maybe much more. I hear that rents are really high and getting higher too, naturally.

Edit: I think median home prices in Berkeley would be around $650k, based on what I've seen in the newspapers in recent years.
 
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TridenT

TridenT

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No idea. Went to an interview today. It didn't go well. Told work I was sick. Kind of saddening that the interview didn't go well but I know why. I also know that I didn't really want to work at the place, so there's that.

I keep wondering how much longer my life will be on hold. I think a lot about this video since it relates to me a bit. (Although, I think there's a brick wall in my way) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9VBpbnXhWk
 
ultimatebob

ultimatebob

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TridenT said:
No idea. Went to an interview today. It didn't go well. Told work I was sick. Kind of saddening that the interview didn't go well but I know why. I also know that I didn't really want to work at the place, so there's that.

I keep wondering how much longer my life will be on hold. I think a lot about this video since it relates to me a bit. (Although, I think there's a brick wall in my way) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9VBpbnXhWk
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Sounds like a rough day. Maybe you should give your $85 trash can a hug to make yourself feel better.
 
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