Nebulous Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 A place to say good morning, good night or talk about whatever... Hello everyone! Just popping in before I go do some housework. How we doing today? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animedragon Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 Good morning. Ah, housework, I suppose I should do some of that but recently it's been too hot to think about doing much. I did do some dusting last week, but I notice that the dratted dust is back again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animedragon Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 Good evening. I've just found out another of those things I didn't know I didn't know, There's a Pencil Museum in Keswick. Who would have thought that there would be a museum dedicated to the humble pencil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 (edited) Good evening. Received a package in the mail earlier today containing some new pipe tobacco blends to try out. Will probably pack some in my Savinelli later and ponder the mysteries of the universe as my troubles all go up in smoke...... or do it just so I can say something like, "Elementary, my dear Watson." or "Riddles in the dark...... Precious..... Hmm......" in a knock-off English accent..... that might be fun too. Speaking of housework, I should do that sometime soon as well. Definitely going to have to mow the grass this week, some time. Just hope the humidity dials it back a bit before then. Edited July 25, 2022 by viruxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animedragon Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Good morning. Mowing the lawn isn't some thing I'll need to do for a while. With all this hot weather and little or no rain the grass isn't growing, it's not even green any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamsheikspare Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 15 hours ago, Animedragon said: Mowing the lawn isn't some thing I'll need to do for a while. I strongly agree with this statement. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 Good afternoon. Just finished mowing and edging the yard...... I picked a hot day to do it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animedragon Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Now the weather has cooled down a bit I thought I'd go into the garden and attack a few weeds. But the ground is so hard and dry that I might well have been trying to dig holes in concrete. So I sprayed a bit of weed killer on the weeds and went back indoors. I don't think the weed killer will do much, despite what it claims to do on the bottle I think it's more like weed fertiliser than weed killer !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Good evening. Decided I'd start digging into my father's family history. Began by searching for graves online, and I was able to find a lot of names and dates I didn't previously know about. There's a lot more I want to try finding, however. From what I've been told by my grandfather and my dad, we are mostly of English/Welsh decent, with an odd mix of Canadian and Swedish (I have no idea how that happened or if it's even true, but that's the supposed story). The Canadian and Swedish lineage is what I'm focused on tracing, but I certainly want to know whereabouts we came from in the British Isles, as well as finding out about my ancestors potential involvement in any major events during specific time periods (Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI/II, Vietnam, etc). Dunno if I'll actually find much, but it'll be interesting nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efaardvark Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 (edited) Just caught this trailer for Suzume no Tojimari.. Edited August 12, 2022 by efaardvark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efaardvark Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 (edited) On 8/3/2022 at 3:53 PM, viruxx said: Good evening. Decided I'd start digging into my father's family history. Began by searching for graves online, and I was able to find a lot of names and dates I didn't previously know about. There's a lot more I want to try finding, however. From what I've been told by my grandfather and my dad, we are mostly of English/Welsh decent, with an odd mix of Canadian and Swedish (I have no idea how that happened or if it's even true, but that's the supposed story). The Canadian and Swedish lineage is what I'm focused on tracing, but I certainly want to know whereabouts we came from in the British Isles, as well as finding out about my ancestors potential involvement in any major events during specific time periods (Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI/II, Vietnam, etc). Dunno if I'll actually find much, but it'll be interesting nonetheless. Genealogy is a fascinating subject. My mom used to be the family's genetic historian and according to her our family apparently has ancestors in the "British" Isles as well. Our family's verbal lore also mentions Scottish ancestry on my dad's side. My middle name is McLaurin (MacLaren) and there's a crest hanging in the hall with "Creag an Tuirc" (Gaelic for "Boar's Rock") on it that was brought out to California from my paternal grandparents' place when they died. My mom was able to trace official ancestry records (birth, death, census records, etc.) from S. Carolina where they lived to the Argyll region of Scotland and from there back to the Balquidder area in/near the highlands. Unfortunately I do not speak Gaelic. On my mom's side the records are a bit more sketchy. I know from first-hand discussions with them that my grandmother and great grandmother were from what used to be Czechoslovakia and they came here to the US when my grandmother was still a very young child. Unfortunately many official records from that area were destroyed in various wars and social upheavals so official confirmation is a bit more problematic there. Still, when I'm feeling mischevious I like to say that I'm both Bohemian and Highlander in ancestry, just to see what kind of reaction I get. Edited August 6, 2022 by efaardvark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 58 minutes ago, efaardvark said: Genealogy is a fascinating subject. My mom used to be the family's genetic historian and according to her our family apparently has ancestors in the "British" Isles as well. Our family's verbal lore also mentions Scottish ancestry on my dad's side. My middle name is McLaurin (MacLaren) and there's a crest hanging in the hall with "Creag an Tuirc" (Gaelic for "Boar's Rock") on it that was brought out to California from my paternal grandparents' place when they died. My mom was able to trace official ancestry records (birth, death, census records, etc.) from S. Carolina where they lived to the Argyll region of Scotland and from there back to the Balquidder area in/near the highlands. Unfortunately I do not speak Gaelic. On my mom's side the records are a bit more sketchy. I know from first-hand discussions with them that my grandmother and great grandmother were from what used to be Czechoslovakia and they came here to the US when my grandmother was still a very young child. Unfortunately many official records from that area were destroyed in various wars and social upheavals so official confirmation is a bit more problematic there. Still, when I'm feeling mischevious I like to say that I'm both Bohemian and Highlander in ancestry, just to see what kind of reaction I get. Indeed, it is. It's very interesting to see records from so far back, even the ones that might not pertain to the relative(s) in question. That's quite the history you have there. I can only imagine how fascinating it was to discover it. My family also probably has some ties to Scotland, but I'm not yet certain if we're Scottish or Scots-Irish. One of my relatives will tell me one thing when another says something completely different. None of them seem willing to properly research it, so I guess I'll have to take it all with a grain of salt, but it kinda gives me a starting point. And Scottish Gaelic seems like it would be interesting to learn. I took a stab at Irish Gaelic on Duolingo a couple of years back, but I totally bombed it. I struggle enough with German and Japanese. And I know what you mean about sketchy records. The aforementioned Swedish lineage I'm trying to pinpoint is difficult to find thus far. The relative in question was my great-great-grandmother, and the story is that she was a stow-away on a ship from Sweden. Don't know if the ship came directly from there, or if she traveled to another location and got on board then. If she was a stow-away, I'm guessing I'll have a difficult time finding where she came from unless there's documentation available from Sweden. She did have a daughter named Ola, so maybe? The search continues. Sadly, I don't think I can get away with telling folks that I'm a Canadian Viking. She and my great-great-grandfather lived in Canada for a time, but it seems he was born in Maine. So, guess I'm just a plain, old Viking from Sweden by the looks of it. Eh, might be fun to tell it anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animedragon Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Always trying to look on the bright side of things, I've found two advantages in the long hot dry spell we're having at the moment. 1. My garden pond which had been silted up for years has dried out so completely that I could shovel the now dry muck out easily. 2. I can leave my car unwashed and claim I'm being a responsible citizen and saving water instead of being accused of just being too lazy to wash it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metro Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 Recently moved a lot of my parents old cassettes into my room to keep them in better condition and also have an amazing selection of albums at hand, also got covid this week so hoping it goes by the time I go to France at the start of next week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efaardvark Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 On 8/10/2022 at 2:22 AM, Animedragon said: 2. I can leave my car unwashed and claim I'm being a responsible citizen and saving water instead of being accused of just being too lazy to wash it. Been there, done that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animedragon Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 8 hours ago, Metro said: Recently moved a lot of my parents old cassettes into my room to keep them in better condition and also have an amazing selection of albums at hand, also got covid this week so hoping it goes by the time I go to France at the start of next week. I hope you're clear of the covid in time for your trip to France. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otaking66lives Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 16 hours ago, Animedragon said: I hope you're clear of the covid in time for your trip to France. Ditto. The covid seems to be lasting less time than when I had it last year, so there's that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebulous Posted August 14, 2022 Author Share Posted August 14, 2022 Hello peeps! Half way through August already. 2022 is really flying by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animedragon Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 Not just August is flying by. It was two years ago in August 2020 the first covid lockdown was lifted in the UK. Where have those two years gone?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 When I was a teenager, I never thought time could move forward fast enough. An hour felt like an eternity sometimes. Now I'm only days away from turning 36 and sometimes thinking, "Wait a tick, did I just completely skip over my 20s?!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animedragon Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 3 minutes ago, viruxx said: When I was a teenager, I never thought time could move forward fast enough. An hour felt like an eternity sometimes. Tell me about it! When I was at school the six week summer holiday seemed to last forever. Now six weeks just fly by. 3 minutes ago, viruxx said: Now I'm only days away from turning 36 and sometimes thinking, "Wait a tick, did I just completely skip over my 20s?!" And you think you've got worries. I retired 5 years ago and it seems like only yesterday*. Now I'm just days away from turning 70 * Only Yesterday, hmm a good title for a film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 29 minutes ago, Animedragon said: * Only Yesterday, hmm a good title for a film. Not entitled Only Yesterday, but close enough, right? I still need to give this a watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takatofan1986 Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 13 minutes ago, viruxx said: Not entitled Only Yesterday, but close enough, right? I still need to give this a watch. I love this movie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animedragon Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 7 hours ago, viruxx said: Posted 7 hours ago 8 hours ago, Animedragon said: * Only Yesterday, hmm a good title for a film. Not entitled Only Yesterday, but close enough, right? I still need to give this a watch Close, but no cigar. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 9 hours ago, Animedragon said: Close, but no cigar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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