The "What's on your mind?" thread

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Originally Posted by civiclx

Nice. Can you stop at just three slices or do you have to have them all

Well, I make two. I eat the one and the other later.

[Batman1980]

The fact that there was no table or reservation at Olive Garden. So I just left and ate at Sonic, will do the carb loading for the marathon tomorrow after we go to El Paso.

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Originally Posted by Batman1980

The fact that there was no table or reservation at Olive Garden. So I just left and ate at Sonic, will do the carb loading for the marathon tomorrow after we go to El Paso.

Ew, Sonic. I worked there for about 3 and a half years.

[Jett Rink]

Found out my dad has Cancer. It is not an aggressive cancer but he is no spring chicken either so things are probably going to go downhill over the next few years.

[sk33tr]

Originally Posted by Jett Rink

Found out my dad has Cancer. It is not an aggressive cancer but he is no spring chicken either so things are probably going to go downhill over the next few years.

sorry to hear that, Jett.

hope he can beat it or at least fend it off for a long time. either way, cherish the time you have.

[headphones]

A thread got closed bc of that guy

[Jett Rink]

Originally Posted by sk33tr

sorry to hear that, Jett.

hope he can beat it or at least fend it off for a long time. either way, cherish the time you have.

Thanks sk33tr. I haven't gone to see him because I find the whole situation depressing. I know I should go see him but I just can't pull myself to do it.

headphones: What guy?

[Blu Titan]

Originally Posted by Jett Rink

Thanks sk33tr. I haven't gone to see him because I find the whole situation depressing. I know I should go see him but I just can't pull myself to do it.

A lot of people get cured from cancer Jett..gotta be supportive and positive .

[civiclx]

Sorry to hear that Jett. Will hope for the best for your father.

[Batman1980]

Well I suck at most of these NES Classic games now, I was better at them when I was 7! Jeez, this is definitely sobering.

[Scarriere]

I'm also sad to hear about your Dad, Jett. I also agree with Blu Titan.

OT, my cousin finally got the truck he ordered some time ago and came by to pick me up. It's pretty fricken nice!
We ended up having a few brews and I bbq'd some steaks.
I just came back from getting coffee from Tim's and his truck is still in the driveway. I like that a lot!

[Batman1980]

The fact that I caused a minor incident this morning by accidentally overheating the egg pan while I was microwaving my oatmeal. Somehow the trip to the marathon expo got moved to 3, which gives me time to get all my usual Saturday stuff done before I have to leave. Still going to bed super early, don't want to be wiped for the big day tomorrow!

[hagios]

Originally Posted by Blu Titan

A lot of people get cured from cancer Jett..gotta be supportive and positive .

Yes Blue Titan my wife is cancer-free(10+yrs now) from stage-4 cervical cancer!

Edit: My wife told me it was 17 yrs. ago!

[sk33tr]

thinking about my youngest niece.

my sister and brother-in-law went out today and bought her, her first car. she turns 16 tomorrow.

all i can think about is how i hope she stays safe and doesn't let her friends talk her into anything stupid. but i have faith that she won't because she's very strong-willed and not easily talked into doing things she doesn't want to do.

but i guess i'm more worried about the other people on the road.....

[Batman1980]

Thinking about how I'm going to bed since I've been falling asleep for awhile now.

[Erzengel]

Originally Posted by Erzengel

I did a DNA test to figure out my ancestry. What I wasn't aware of is they take your DNA and connect it to other people you may be related to.

I never knew my grandfather but I had a name and I was connected to his nephew who seems to have done a significant family tree with dates and other ancestry gathering information.

I contacted him and introduced myself hoping to find out a little bit more about my grandfather. I wasn't looking to be embraced as a long lost relative, but the guy hasn't message me back after I told him how we were related. Note, he did respond to my first message when I said I was looking up information on a relative.

At first I was annoyed, but in the end, I have a family and wasn't necessarily looking to extend my current one. At least, I got to see pictures and know a little bit more than when I started.

I wrote him again and he actually did respond and apologized for not getting back to me.

Hopefully we can keep responding and he lets me know more things about my heritage.

[civiclx]

Originally Posted by Erzengel

I wrote him again and he actually did respond and apologized for not getting back to me.

Hopefully we can keep responding and he lets me know more things about my heritage.

See, I told you...I tooold you Be interesting to hear what you find out if you want to share it with us

[Scarface32]

How come if I actually go to the bank and deposit a check, the funds are available that very moment; but if I do a digital deposit via a smartphone app, it takes 3 business days for the funds to become available?

[Batman1980]

I just can't believe a $100 training program for 10ks is a thing, is it really that hard to find one yourself?

[Samus Aran]

Originally Posted by Batman1980

Well I suck at most of these NES Classic games now, I was better at them when I was 7! Jeez, this is definitely sobering.

It's how they were designed back then. Limited lives, no saves, levels becoming impossibly hard for no reason. Plus a lot of games were ports of arcade versions, and the purpose of an arcade game is to eat as many of your quarters as possible. Best example is to play the NES version of Gauntlet, and then take a look at the arcade version.