Red Mosquito

protect those knees!

doug rr wrote:I somehow found myself on a tennis court this morning at 645 hitting balls with my wife..first time in over 5 years..I'm out of shape

Retirement…

Just took some benadryl so I can't wait to fall asleep in the middle of writing an email for work in about an hour.

96583UP wrote:protect those knees!

they've hurt since the mid 90s

doug rr wrote:

96583UP wrote:protect those knees!

they've hurt since the mid 90s

xi jinping can hook you up with a transplant

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Just took some benadryl so I can't wait to fall asleep in the middle of writing an email for work in about an hour.

I wish Benadryl hit me like that.

wease wrote:

doug rr wrote:I somehow found myself on a tennis court this morning at 645 hitting balls with my wife..first time in over 5 years..I'm out of shape

Retirement…

yep..its gonna kill me

doug rr wrote:

wease wrote:

doug rr wrote:I somehow found myself on a tennis court this morning at 645 hitting balls with my wife..first time in over 5 years..I'm out of shape

Retirement…

yep..its gonna kill me

It wires me up. Like, bouncing off the walls.

wease wrote:

doug rr wrote:

wease wrote:

doug rr wrote:I somehow found myself on a tennis court this morning at 645 hitting balls with my wife..first time in over 5 years..I'm out of shape

Retirement…

yep..its gonna kill me

It wires me up. Like, bouncing off the walls.

i've never heard retirement described in this manner. interesting.

spike wrote:

wease wrote:

doug rr wrote:

wease wrote:

doug rr wrote:I somehow found myself on a tennis court this morning at 645 hitting balls with my wife..first time in over 5 years..I'm out of shape

Retirement…

yep..its gonna kill me

It wires me up. Like, bouncing off the walls.

i've never heard retirement described in this manner. interesting.

Haha. I thought I was responding to a nonexistent Ruddo response to my Benadryl comment.

Parents visiting for a long weekend starting tomorrow, along with my 16-year-old brother. Hoping like hell for a good visit but these often wear out quickly. I really wish only my parents would come without my brother, but they always bring him and it's always a downer.

good luck with that...

today we get to go tour an old folks home near our place..then heading to Costco to get a bunch of stuff..come home, get drunk today and tomorrow, sep 11 and then we're off of booze again for awhile..except for sunday football...

LoathedVermin72 wrote:Parents visiting for a long weekend starting tomorrow, along with my 16-year-old brother. Hoping like hell for a good visit but these often wear out quickly. I really wish only my parents would come without my brother, but they always bring him and it's always a downer.

Is that just because you don't get along? Or just don't have anything in common with him? I feel like you talked about him before, but sorry I can't remember exactly.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:Parents visiting for a long weekend starting tomorrow, along with my 16-year-old brother. Hoping like hell for a good visit but these often wear out quickly. I really wish only my parents would come without my brother, but they always bring him and it's always a downer.

Is that just because you don't get along? Or just don't have anything in common with him? I feel like you talked about him before, but sorry I can't remember exactly.

He barely ever speaks. Has been that way since I've known him, though I almost never see him. He acts like a 10-year-old still. Seeing him around my parents also stirs up complicated feelings from my own upbringing. It's just a drag and I wish I could hang out with my parents without all the weirdness it brings.

My relationships with both of my brothers are a mess. Had to go no-contact with my 32-year-old brother earlier this year when enough was finally enough. I doubt we'll ever speak to each other again (him threatening to murder me pretty much sealed the deal).

i have a slightly different but somewhat similar familial scenario and pursue one of two options depending on the circumstances:

1) extreme sobriety, and avoidance - remaining active, jumping quickly out of unwanted conversations to go 'tend to something', having unexpected errands to run, etc. overall you can attempt to shrink the amount of time of actual interaction and communication to like 15 minutes, and load up your schedule with anything that comes to mind that suddenly becomes time-sensitive (and then the clock expires) - downside: you won't get to spend as much time with your parents. upside: you avoid having others world view / latest sorrow story / leaching hands stuffed all up in your business

2) extreme drunkenness, and indifference - begin the interaction already at least 6-8 beers deep. seek a steady continued pace such that by nightfall you have reached about 14-16 beers. nothing anyone does will really matter, you can just tune them out to their faces, nodding and saying occasional platitudes here and there, and just focusing on drinking. downside: probably a hangover the next day. upside: you drank 14 beers and dgaf about other people's stupid shit

My building's superintendent and I got in a weird debate today about the notices they posted about how the water was gonna be shut off "from 10 AM to 12 AM" for repairs.

Me: "So no water all day?"
Super: "Read the notice! It'll be back at noon."
Me: "Oh! There's a typo in the notice, I guess. Should say 12 PM"
Super: "There's no typo. 12 PM would be midnight. 12 AM is noon."
Me: "That's incorrect, but thanks for the info."
Super: (very annoyed) "How is it incorrect?!"
Me: "You have it backwards. 12 PM means noon, 12 AM is midnight."
Super: "How can it be midnight if it's in the morning?"
Me: (struggling to find the words to explain) "Well because... I mean, it's... uhh"
Super: "Ah, you see? OK, I have things to do now." (leaves)

I would need to find someone else to tell him to prove my point. Not sure how you can sleep until you know he knows you were right

Jorge wrote:My building's superintendent and I got in a weird debate today about the notices they posted about how the water was gonna be shut off "from 10 AM to 12 AM" for repairs.

Me: "So no water all day?"
Super: "Read the notice! It'll be back at noon."
Me: "Oh! There's a typo in the notice, I guess. Should say 12 PM"
Super: "There's no typo. 12 PM would be midnight. 12 AM is noon."
Me: "That's incorrect, but thanks for the info."
Super: (very annoyed) "How is it incorrect?!"
Me: "You have it backwards. 12 PM means noon, 12 AM is midnight."
Super: "How can it be midnight if it's in the morning?"
Me: (struggling to find the words to explain) "Well because... I mean, it's... uhh"
Super: "Ah, you see? OK, I have things to do now." (leaves)

To avoid these sort of misunderstandings I will always go with 12:01pm. Added advantage is it makes me look ridiculously efficient.

Jorge’s super is straight out of central casting.

i picture him having a very large bushy mustache