Whatcha doing with your isolation?

Griff · 03-16-2020, 03:43 PM

I'm going to do a mess of training tomorrow but today...

monster · 03-16-2020, 04:12 PM

Apparently I am spending it ranting

:

I was planning to and trying to do job applications but fell at the first hurdle because I can't get the stupid PDF to save once completed so I decided just to do a hard copy and then my printer broke. And I just spent a tone of $$ on ink. So now I'm being beyond pretty goddamn miserable

I did clear another elephant out of another room though. Same source as the last one, although this was a comparative baby. But my printer and unemployment woes are overshadowing any joy from that right now. Going to go for a walk to see if that helps, and double that with disposing of the last limb of the baby elephant. (dropping unused meds off for safe disposal)

I hate technology and its current inbuilt obsolescence. Have some fucking balls HP and stand by your products, even if they are a couple years old. printers should not expire.

oops sorry. now I guess I'm smiling a little at least after editing to add the first sentence

Griff · 03-16-2020, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

Apparently I am spending it ranting

:

There's our girl!

Clodfobble · 03-16-2020, 05:15 PM

I'm used to spending 8 hours a day alone in my house. I like it. I am accomplishing very little with all these interlopers.

monster · 03-16-2020, 05:45 PM

I also just walked around my neighborhood and picked up trash. And got stabbed to bleeding point through my gloves by a vicious buckthorn as I ventured into the nature area to extract a particularly obnoxious piece of plastic packaging. No good deed goes unpunished

xoxoxoBruce · 03-17-2020, 12:02 AM

Ranting is good, it's a healthy safety valve, and doing in the Cellar maintains more than an arm's length. Win, win.

Griff · 03-17-2020, 06:32 AM

We can get together for a St Paddy's Day concert.

http://www.dropkickmurphys.com/home/

Livestreaming at 7 pm

glatt · 03-17-2020, 08:26 AM

This house is small when four people are wandering around in it 24/7. Camping was good over the weekend. Really helped mental health, but all this being cooped up together, we have to be mindful of being kind to one another.

fargon · 03-17-2020, 05:10 PM

Today I'm smoking a corned beef brisket. Yay!

lumberjim · 03-17-2020, 06:13 PM

we're open, so I'm at work. me and about 20 other people watching tumbleweed blow through the showroom. This is getting scary.

I went to Total Wine and loaded up just in case they close that. Tomorrow morning, I'll hit Wegmans and get some foods. Then Home Despot to get the last pieces of molding I need to finish the hall project. Once that's done, I need to paint it. And then there's yard work...

I don't expect our store to close, but we might as well be if it's going to be like this.

Gravdigr · 03-17-2020, 09:10 PM

All the bars are closed. Restaurants are closed. Ain't no bread. Ain't no tp.

I ain't doing a goddamned thing with my isolation.

So I isolated myself at the river and got high as shit.

monster · 03-17-2020, 09:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fargon

Today I'm smoking a corned beef brisket. Yay!

What kind of paper did you use to roll that? and did you add some herbs?

monster · 03-17-2020, 09:30 PM

today I may have "mended" the (fake) marble threshold tile thing (what is the name of that?) across the step up into the en-suite bathroom. It was always cracked in two places, but when I hurriedly hauled by suitcase in there for a last minute weight check as I left for Florida last month, I lifted two of the pieces clean off

Today I cemented them back down and redid the surrounded grout, so it ain't perfect, but it's as good as it was. Will check if it's secure enough in the morning. And I ran 3 miles in a decent time.

And tried to fix my printer. Again. failed again. Beest fixed it before when this happened, but I don't know what he did and can't ask him. frustrating rather than sad, though, so maybe I'm making progress on that.... I do need a new printer most likely but I just bought and installed a new expensive on-brand cart so I'm fucked if I'll give up that easily...

And I tidied a small corned of clutter in my lair.

And I pruned the roses and a few other bits outside. took down some winter festive season lights.

pottering

failed on the job apps

limey · 03-18-2020, 11:32 AM

Working. One online provider of translation memory software has offered free temporary access to an online version of their software to assist more remote working. But most of us translators are isolated at home all the time anyway ...

fargon · 03-18-2020, 04:22 PM

Me: Today I'm smoking a corned beef brisket. Yay!
Monster: What kind of paper did you use to roll that? and did you add some herbs?
Not paper foil, with beef broth and a touch of Apple Cider Vinegar.
As far as seasoning, started with a slather of Wooster sauce and stupid yellow mustered. Then I applied a rub of pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder. I used a store bought Hormel corned beef. Smoked for three hours with Oak, then wrapped in foil with beef broth to an internal temperature of 205F.
We had Reubens for dinner.

03-16-2020, 03:43 PM	#1
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03-16-2020, 04:12 PM	#2
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Apparently I am spending it ranting : I was planning to and trying to do job applications but fell at the first hurdle because I can't get the stupid PDF to save once completed so I decided just to do a hard copy and then my printer broke. And I just spent a tone of $$ on ink. So now I'm being beyond pretty goddamn miserable I did clear another elephant out of another room though. Same source as the last one, although this was a comparative baby. But my printer and unemployment woes are overshadowing any joy from that right now. Going to go for a walk to see if that helps, and double that with disposing of the last limb of the baby elephant. (dropping unused meds off for safe disposal) I hate technology and its current inbuilt obsolescence. Have some fucking balls HP and stand by your products, even if they are a couple years old. printers should not expire. oops sorry. now I guess I'm smiling a little at least after editing to add the first sentence __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-16-2020, 05:15 PM	#4
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I'm used to spending 8 hours a day alone in my house. I like it. I am accomplishing very little with all these interlopers. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

03-16-2020, 05:45 PM	#5
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I also just walked around my neighborhood and picked up trash. And got stabbed to bleeding point through my gloves by a vicious buckthorn as I ventured into the nature area to extract a particularly obnoxious piece of plastic packaging. No good deed goes unpunished __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-17-2020, 12:02 AM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Ranting is good, it's a healthy safety valve, and doing in the Cellar maintains more than an arm's length. Win, win. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-17-2020, 06:32 AM	#7
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	We can get together for a St Paddy's Day concert. http://www.dropkickmurphys.com/home/ Livestreaming at 7 pm __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

03-17-2020, 08:26 AM	#8
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	This house is small when four people are wandering around in it 24/7. Camping was good over the weekend. Really helped mental health, but all this being cooped up together, we have to be mindful of being kind to one another.

03-17-2020, 05:10 PM	#9
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	Today I'm smoking a corned beef brisket. Yay! __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

03-17-2020, 06:13 PM	#10
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	we're open, so I'm at work. me and about 20 other people watching tumbleweed blow through the showroom. This is getting scary. I went to Total Wine and loaded up just in case they close that. Tomorrow morning, I'll hit Wegmans and get some foods. Then Home Despot to get the last pieces of molding I need to finish the hall project. Once that's done, I need to paint it. And then there's yard work... I don't expect our store to close, but we might as well be if it's going to be like this. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

03-17-2020, 09:10 PM	#11
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	All the bars are closed. Restaurants are closed. Ain't no bread. Ain't no tp. I ain't doing a goddamned thing with my isolation. So I isolated myself at the river and got high as shit. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

03-17-2020, 09:30 PM	#13
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	today I may have "mended" the (fake) marble threshold tile thing (what is the name of that?) across the step up into the en-suite bathroom. It was always cracked in two places, but when I hurriedly hauled by suitcase in there for a last minute weight check as I left for Florida last month, I lifted two of the pieces clean off Today I cemented them back down and redid the surrounded grout, so it ain't perfect, but it's as good as it was. Will check if it's secure enough in the morning. And I ran 3 miles in a decent time. And tried to fix my printer. Again. failed again. Beest fixed it before when this happened, but I don't know what he did and can't ask him. frustrating rather than sad, though, so maybe I'm making progress on that.... I do need a new printer most likely but I just bought and installed a new expensive on-brand cart so I'm fucked if I'll give up that easily... And I tidied a small corned of clutter in my lair. And I pruned the roses and a few other bits outside. took down some winter festive season lights. pottering failed on the job apps __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-18-2020, 11:32 AM	#14
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Working. One online provider of translation memory software has offered free temporary access to an online version of their software to assist more remote working. But most of us translators are isolated at home all the time anyway ... __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

03-18-2020, 04:22 PM	#15
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	Me: Today I'm smoking a corned beef brisket. Yay! Monster: What kind of paper did you use to roll that? and did you add some herbs? Not paper foil, with beef broth and a touch of Apple Cider Vinegar. As far as seasoning, started with a slather of Wooster sauce and stupid yellow mustered. Then I applied a rub of pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder. I used a store bought Hormel corned beef. Smoked for three hours with Oak, then wrapped in foil with beef broth to an internal temperature of 205F. We had Reubens for dinner. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

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