slothian Posted July 7, 2019 Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 I am currently staying with my (and Pandy's) grandmother, who turned 99 6 weeks ago, had a pacemaker fitted on Friday and still lives independently - I know, she's awesome. Anyway, in between the fact that she consumes all manner of Freeview evening programming from the US (CSI, NCIS, Big Bang Theory, Bones etc), she casually mentioned that she watched Star Trek contemporaneously, when she would have been mid-late 40s. After a little prying, it turns out she also would watch The Avengers, the Man from U.N.C.L.E., and The Prisoner (which she found too surreal). Whilst it shouldn't surprise me that someone alive at the time would watch populist programming, it's weird to think both Granny and Grandpa Wilson watched them. Specifically Grandpa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted July 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 to Granny Wilson! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted July 8, 2019 Report Share Posted July 8, 2019 17 hours ago, The Master said: to Granny Wilson! Damn straight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted August 8, 2019 Report Share Posted August 8, 2019 Today, Killer Frost asked Twitter what their favourite Bond films are. How random. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donomark Posted August 8, 2019 Report Share Posted August 8, 2019 4 hours ago, slothian said: Today, Killer Frost asked Twitter what their favourite Bond films are. How random. Without naming on herself even! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-T Posted August 9, 2019 Report Share Posted August 9, 2019 I will echo the for Granny Wilson. That's awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted August 11, 2019 Report Share Posted August 11, 2019 With the seemingly endless hate some people have for pineapple on pizza (I am not one of them), why is it universally accepted that black olives go on pizza? Because they don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James D. Posted August 16, 2019 Report Share Posted August 16, 2019 I think both are awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted August 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2019 It took me ~25 years to appreciate olives on pizza. Especially green olives. Now I love it, but I absolutely understand the hate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-T Posted August 17, 2019 Report Share Posted August 17, 2019 I love black olives on pizza. Always have. When we had an abundance of fresh veggies from a delivery service years ago (local farms did this through a co-op) I even put collard greens on pizza. I ate a LOT of fresh veggies that summer. They had to be used before they went bad. It was surprisingly good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-T Posted August 22, 2019 Report Share Posted August 22, 2019 Nano the Beagle / Rat Terrier was having a panic attack last night because there was thunder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-T Posted August 24, 2019 Report Share Posted August 24, 2019 Nano was crying because the hamper was too close to his favorite blanket and he could not get by. Even though there are approximately 100 other places he can sleep, including two dog beds. Naturally I went upstairs to fix it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 Spending a quiet weekend at home crossing off many things on the mile long 'to-do' list is greatly satisfying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-T Posted March 6, 2020 Report Share Posted March 6, 2020 A year or so ago, I observed as someone's phone rang, and she answered it on her watch. I knew that was something that is possible, but it really made me think: We really are living in a future that used to be science fiction in movies or TV shows. Many of our gadgets now are MORE advanced than what was on Star Trek 25 years ago! Plus, the price of technology is way down compared to what it would have been back then. We live in an amazing time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted March 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2020 The Apple Watch has really progressed since it's debut. Initially, if I recall, your iPhone needed to be near you for the watch to work. But the latest version seems to work, no matter the distance, so long as both devices are on the same wireless network. I work in a 10 story building, and one of VPs left her phone on her desk, yet was able to use the watch many floors above her office. Eventually Apple will find a way to untether the devices, making the watch a phone all by itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-T Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Avoiding commentary on COVID-19 on this forum other than this: I hope everyone at Earth-2 stays safe and doesn't get sick. Same for your families and loved ones. Best wishes to all of y'all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-T Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 On 7/13/2018 at 7:57 AM, S-T said: OK. My Beagle was recently at the vet. She will be 15 in November. Among other things, she has arthritis, so we have a pill we give her each day to help with pain and inflammation. She has more energy now, is able to play a bit more, and doesn't seem as tender and stiff in the morning. So I'm glad to pay for the medicine. The problem is getting her to take the pill. Nano (a Beagle / Rat Terrier mix) is on the same medicine Tera was the last 8 months of her life. He was having trouble taking stairs, and doesn't get up on his hind legs any more. Went to the vet one week ago today, and unlike his "sister" he loves taking his pill. (At least the first eight days anyway.) He appears to be a lot more comfortable now. He will be 16 in May. Yes, I named my dogs after mathematical prefixes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 Falling into a YouTube wormhole of 'people seeing color for the first time' really makes me want to get a pair of the glasses. But, then I wonder why? See normally would be the answer, but I'm not gonna wear them 24/7. Thus, I fail to see the allure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-T Posted August 17, 2020 Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 Brought home a Milton Bradley Starbird spaceship toy I had as a child for my boys. (It was in storage.) Plugged in a 9 volt battery. The LED lights still light up and the speaker still works, and pushing the button still makes the laser cannon sounds. Pretty freaking impressive for a toy that is over 40 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-T Posted January 30, 2021 Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 I am still getting a weekly notice on my Outlook calendar at work reminding me to empty the trash can at my desk. I have not had to do that in ten months. However, I am keeping the calendar notification as it represents a sense of normalcy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-T Posted April 10, 2021 Report Share Posted April 10, 2021 Lost my other dog this week. He was a Beagle/Rat Terrier mix. Born May 2004, so he would have been 17 next month. He had been declining faster since the start of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted March 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2023 Recently I discovered the law firm I work for has a client who used to own the pool hall I frequented from 1995-1997. The client sold it in 1999, so it's long been out of his hands, but it gave me one of those "Whoa! Small world!" moments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted March 11, 2023 Report Share Posted March 11, 2023 19 hours ago, Missy said: Recently I discovered the law firm I work for has a client who used to own the pool hall I frequented from 1995-1997. The client sold it in 1999, so it's long been out of his hands, but it gave me one of those "Whoa! Small world!" moments. I had something similar in my previous job to do with a dental practice in the suburb of Derby where the previous Fort Wilson was situated - I would pass it frequently when going to the pub or buying cans for home. Given that job of mine was based in my current city of Newcastle over 200 miles away, that was a surprise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pan-dub Posted March 13, 2023 Report Share Posted March 13, 2023 Similar 'Small World' vibes - two mums from the class next door went to the same Secondary School as I. Both from cohorts a few years lower than I so, needless to say, I don't remember them. You wouldn't give the time of day to anyone much younger than you when you're at school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted April 22, 2023 Report Share Posted April 22, 2023 I'm getting ready to move in the next couple of months. Today, as part of that, was going through all my Single Issues and deciding what to keep, what to pitch, and what to see if any of my friends might want. I'm down to Two Longboxes I'm keeping, two I'm going to try to get rid of, and one or so that I have pitched. I came to have some thought. I found it incredible how often I stuck with runs I didn't like for much too long. In particular, Buffy Season 8 and Angel Season 6. I think I kept reading out of loyalty than anything else. Fables is the big one. I'm ready to finally admit that while the series started strong, it needed to end much sooner and didn't need spin-offs. Apathy. I can see around when I actually cared about collecting and around when I was just drifting along out of habit. Main way is seeing when I stopped bagging and boarding new stuff. Most of the older stuff, I bought at cons and it was already. I can kind of see where I really stopped buying floppies which is around the New 52. This wasn't entirely by design. The friends I would buy comics with left the area, it was harder and harder to justify going to the area of town where my LCS was, and this is around when I just financially couldn't buy comics anymore. Even now, I am almost entirely digital with the occasional single issue. I have no real illusions that anything I'm keeping is worth anything. I enjoy 52 but I also know I'm keeping it for the novelty. Honestly, a fair chunk of what I'm keeping is stuff I bought at cons rather than what I read as it was coming out. So yeah, this is a weird feeling but ehh. It is what it is. I'm hoping that, moving forward, I actually have more of a reason to read what I own since I don't need to sort through quite as much junk to find it. Or maybe in the next move years from now, I get down to one box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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