What are you doing right now?

[fighthefutureofhd]

Originally Posted by Vilya

They are available at other retailers and I am confident that you can afford it. I have seen how often you spend $$$ on far more expensive extravagances.

Yes, but I'm not about to spend $8.00 on frozen pizza. The other things I buy are things I actually want. I don't care about food. I look at food like I do gasoline for a car. Sure, you can buy the most expensive gasoline. It won't you do any better, though, than the cheap stuff. Why spend $8.00 on pizza when I can get the same thing for under $5.00? I go cheap because there are other things I'd rather be spending money. Food ain't one of them. I will go out and spend some money on a nice meal out. But that's the extent of my expensive food spending. I mostly eat the cheap shit because I don't care. I've always been that way. I know how to stretch a dollar food wise so I can get the things I really want to spend money on. Again, food just ain't one of them.

[sfmarine]

Originally Posted by Mike16

Yup. We weren't smart enough to be officers lol. My daughter on the other hand, I think could have a shot at West Point if she wanted to pursue it. Again she still has 7 years so I'm sure her interests will change a lot between now and then.

Hahah! Same..although I had a few teachers trying to get me into the Coast Guard Academy.

There is no greater honor than serving your country in uniform. Since you're in NY, maybe take her to West Point for a little tour. Perhaps take in a football game. It will help gauge her interest and she'll see other cadets.

Then ask her if she'd like to be saluted. Most will say yes. Solid motivator.

[Fors*]

Originally Posted by Mike16

Slumming it for a bit before I take a shower and get ready for work tonight. We had a system-wide outage last night so we finished at 8pm, that 5 hours is going to hurt my paycheck but I didn't mind leaving early one bit especially this week. I'm sure today and tomorrow will make up for it anyway, they've been installing new software for us for weeks now and even though I worked with it in Kentucky where it seemed to go fairly flawless it seems to be problematic up here for some reason. Oh well, they forced me to step down to a different position so I don't have to deal with micromanaged BS anymore.

My daughter and I talked all the way to school this morning, mostly about her future and her hopes and dreams, she wants to up start going to the gym again. We stopped because we found ourselves mainly only doing cardio which we could do at home for free. She wants to work on strength training now and has been talking about these boot camp-esque programs suddenly. I think she's starting to gain an interest in following her mom and my foot steps and joining the Army when she graduates (she still has 7 years so that's a long time coming).

Originally Posted by sfmarine

Hahah! Same..although I had a few teachers trying to get me into the Coast Guard Academy.

There is no greater honor than serving your country in uniform. Since you're in NY, maybe take her to West Point for a little tour. Perhaps take in a football game. It will help gauge her interest and she'll see other cadets.

Then ask her if she'd like to be saluted. Most will say yes. Solid motivator.

Go Army! I enlisted myself between 85-88 (I was an E-4) , could do three years back then. The plan was to enlist to get money for college, which is exactly what I did. I got out and used the GI Bill/College Fund plus some state grants (for being a veteran) to pay for college. But PA s*cks when going to a state school....expensive as all hell as an instate resident....so I still had to take out student loans totaling over $20,000. Eventually graduated from Penn State in 1993.....senior year was the best 2 years of my life!!

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by fighthefutureofhd

I don't care about food. I look at food like I do gasoline for a car. Sure, you can buy the most expensive gasoline. It won't you do any better, though, than the cheap stuff.

You should care and it most definitely matters. An unhealthy diet, and cheap processed food is among the most unhealthy, will catch up with you eventually. The body is supposed to be a temple, not a dumpster. You only get one body and it's worth taking care of.

Obviously, frozen pizza is not exactly a healthy food, but, like with most things in life, moderation is the key.

[fighthefutureofhd]

Originally Posted by Vilya

You should care and it most definitely matters. An unhealthy diet, and cheap processed food is among the most unhealthy, will catch up with you eventually. The body is supposed to be a temple, not a dumpster. You only get one body and it's worth taking care of.

Obviously, frozen pizza is not exactly a healthy food, but, like with most things in life, moderation is the key.

I've eaten this way all my life practically. I've had no issues, health wise, that were not already there from birth. I think I'll do just fine.

Originally Posted by Fors*

Go Army! I enlisted myself between 85-88 (I was an E-4) , could do three years back then. The plan was to enlist to get money for college, which is exactly what I did. I got out and used the GI Bill/College Fund plus some state grants (for being a veteran) to pay for college. But PA s*cks when going to a state school....expensive as all hell as an instate resident....so I still had to take out student loans totaling over $20,000. Eventually graduated from Penn State in 1993.....senior year was the best 2 years of my life!!

I never once thought about joining the military. But even if I did, I wouldn't be enlisted. I was too scrawny at 18. I barely even looked 10 when I was that age. Not to mention my hearing issues and that fact that I was all but legally blind. I couldn't be all that I could be. I could help military by supporting our boys and buying war bonds. Among other things. I always found it fascinating that one of the most requested items from our boys overseas is condoms.

[BizCat]

Creating a new report for work.

[sfmarine]

Criterion had me take some photos of my disc damage/scratches before they send out my replacements.

Now the wait begins. Paris, Texas looked amazing in 4K until it froze up!

[Lucy Diamond]

TUESDAY:

Lot's of traffic this morning.

I can't wait for NXT tomorrow.

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by fighthefutureofhd

I've eaten this way all my life practically. I've had no issues, health wise, that were not already there from birth. I think I'll do just fine.

I hope that you indeed do just fine, but many people learn the lessons, and consequences, of a poor diet the hard way.

You are healthy until you are not; a bad diet can hasten the latter. I will get off my now. Bon appetit.

[fighthefutureofhd]

I hear ya. I really do, but I don't have too many problems and I've got healthy genes. Besides, we're all going to go someday. Eating healthy won't change that. So, I say live life now while you can. Why spend it denying yourself things you love? Should I do half of what I do? No, but It won't stop me much. I really cannot afford to get new Suzanne Vega next week when it drops. But I love her and I will because of that. I also need my hair cut but I really cannot afford to do that either. I will though because I will feel better doing so. That's the other thing.

Suffering from depression and the things that come with it changes perspective. I have to sometimes do things to bring me some manufactured joy. There's very little in life these days that bring me happy. Do I need to do ALL that I do. No, and I'm working on that. Failing but still working on it. Life is a series of mistakes. We don't get it right the first time. We often it get wrong for a quite long while before we do get it right. Listening to Phish's Hoist, eating lunch, and skipping work. I'm feeling lyrical but it's all mushy. I don't like my writing much when being inspired by Phish. I love Phish, but I don't think they're lyrically great. And it doesn't really fit me.

Originally Posted by sfmarine

Criterion had me take some photos of my disc damage/scratches before they send out my replacements.

Now the wait begins. Paris, Texas looked amazing in 4K until it froze up!

That's a first. You know, I'm starting to wonder if you've got squirrels in your 4K player. I once had a cockroach in my old DVD/VHS player. I saw it go across the diplay area.

[sfmarine]

Originally Posted by fighthefutureofhd

I hear ya. I really do, but I don't have too many problems and I've got healthy genes. Besides, we're all going to go someday. Eating healthy won't change that. So, I say live life now while you can. Why spend it denying yourself things you love? Should I do half of what I do? No, but It won't stop me much. I really cannot afford to get new Suzanne Vega next week when it drops. But I love her and I will because of that. I also need my hair cut but I really cannot afford to do that either. I will though because I will feel better doing so. That's the other thing.

Suffering from depression and the things that come with it changes perspective. I have to sometimes do things to bring me some manufactured joy. There's very little in life these days that bring me happy. Do I need to do ALL that I do. No, and I'm working on that. Failing but still working on it. Life is a series of mistakes. We don't get it right the first time. We often it get wrong for a quite long while before we do get it right. Listening to Phish's Hoist, eating lunch, and skipping work. I'm feeling lyrical but it's all mushy. I don't like my writing much when being inspired by Phish. I love Phish, but I don't think they're lyrically great. And it doesn't really fit me.




That's a first. You know, I'm starting to wonder if you've got squirrels in your 4K player. I once had a cockroach in my old DVD/VHS player. I saw it go across the diplay area.

Little guy mustve liked it in there.

[fighthefutureofhd]

Perhaps, but I don't think so. That place ended up becoming infested with all sorts of things. My fault totally. I got sick two years in a row with the flu and just got VERY lazy.

[sfmarine]

Originally Posted by fighthefutureofhd

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder unless you are as fat as one. Or you are Clint Howard.
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Clint Howard is a national treasure!

[Waboman]

Vicki Vallencourt, yum.

[red_5ive]

Got this thing installed (finally arrived Saturday) and going through the initial setup.

But just a manual setup with an SPL for now as I'm not sure when I'll be able to get to the dirac calibration.

[Show spoiler]

[Fors*]

Originally Posted by red_5ive

Got this thing installed (finally arrived Saturday) and going through the initial setup.

But just a manual setup with an SPL for now as I'm not sure when I'll be able to get to the dirac calibration.

[Show spoiler]

Have fun......that's a really nice new toy you got there!

[sfmarine]

[red_5ive]

Originally Posted by Fors*

Have fun......that's a really nice new toy you got there!

Thanks. But you know, after digging through the menus, there really isn't a whole lot to it. And there isn't a full-screen OSD, either. Everything is configurable using the short-message pop-up, which is just 2 lines on the TV . It's taking some getting used to for sure.

The unit's large front display is where you see the bigger picture with menus/sub menus/settings, however it's all text. I almost feel jipped. But I am having fun and damn does it sound good! The things that matter.

Originally Posted by sfmarine

Ha... I still quote that line too after all these years.

[BizCat]

Originally Posted by Waboman

Vicki Vallencourt, yum.

I saw her boobies!!

[Mike16]

Originally Posted by BizCat

I saw her boobies!!

And I liked them too!


Drinking some coffee and watching a quick AT thru-hike video before I clean out my truck for my road trip back to Kentucky tonight/tomorrow. I plan on leaving the second I get out of work tonight, I'll be picking up the kiddo from Grandma's and getting on the road at around 1am.