The Drop in Centre

[Mikiesboy]

Laterz ...

[Brayon]

2 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

Laterz ...

Kick today's ass, my Brother.

 

 

I smell coffee... Back later too.

[Defiance19]

Got to get moving... 

Turn the day on its ear, friends..

[Starrynight22]

Good morning!!!!

[Backwoods Boy]

1 hour ago, Thorn Wilde said:

Morning, gang! So tired today. How are you lot doing?

 

1 hour ago, mollyhousemouse said:

morning Thorn!

sitting in the warm car, on a cold morning, waiting for Phil's car pool ride. going to be a cool sunny day here.

 

1 hour ago, Mikiesboy said:

i'm up ... having coffee.  i do not want to go out, cuz i hate cold, and its -11c.  my alarm went at 5:30am.. i told it to f off and went back to sleep for 45 minutes.  i'm semi-grumpy and i dont care.

 

1 hour ago, BHopper2 said:

Morning all three of Y'all.

I've been up and down all night. Bad night for me.

I hope everyone has a turnaround, and the day becomes better.

 

1 hour ago, Thorn Wilde said:

Apparently we're all having a crap day. At least we can commiserate! all around.

 

1 hour ago, Defiance19 said:

Seems there’s a severe case of ‘the morning’. 

 

Good morning, everyone!   I was up at 4:00 (it's 5:00 now) and I'm wide awake and smiling.    Having gone to bed at 8:00, I've had my eight hours.  I'm going to be the cheery morning person who annoys everyone else.    Seriously, I hope your Monday-Tuesday (that sounds like a religious celebration) improves. 

[Backwoods Boy]

9 hours ago, mollyhousemouse said:

 

Your night candle is a beautiful tradition.  I always smile when I see it.  🙂

[Brayon]

1 minute ago, Backwoods Boy said:

Good morning, everyone!   I was up at 4:00 (it's 5:00 now) and I'm wide awake and smiling.    Having gone to bed at 8:00, I've had my eight hours.  I'm going to be the cheery morning person who annoys everyone else.    Seriously, I hope your Monday-Tuesday (that sounds like a religious celebration) improves. 

Thanks, BB.

[Starrynight22]

1 minute ago, Backwoods Boy said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good morning, everyone!   I was up at 4:00 (it's 5:00 now) and I'm wide awake and smiling.    Having gone to bed at 8:00, I've had my eight hours.  I'm going to be the cheery morning person who annoys everyone else.    Seriously, I hope your Monday-Tuesday (that sounds like a religious celebration) improves. 

I Will be cheery with you.   I slept so well in that quiet hotel room

 

The margaritas helped lol

[Backwoods Boy]

2 minutes ago, Starrynight22 said:

I Will be cheery with you.   I slept so well in that quiet hotel room

The margaritas helped lol

A glass of wine with dinner helps the evening roll pleasantly into ...  OMG it's morning already!  

[Brayon]

Week 2 of my course starts today. Not much to do this week with readings and videos, but we have a full research paper due next Monday.

I figured out why I'm doing well in my courses. It's because they are one at a time. High School and my first try at college, left me struggling, because of all the classes at once. But with it being one course at a time, I'm doing a lot better than I did in the past.

 

Off to do stuff. Catch you all later.

[Kitt]

Morning peeps.

 

3 hours ago, Defiance19 said:

Morning, Thorn, molly, tim...

Good morning, DICsters!! 

 

It went from 56C yesterday, to 37C today... And the wind.. yup it’s going to be a chilly one.. my bed won’t stop whispering ‘come back’.. 

Stay warm.. 

 

It was only whispering? Mine was shouting "Its supposed to be your day off, get your ass back here!"

 

Of course day off didn't happen.  Had paperwork to catch up on but at least I can do that from home!

 

3 hours ago, Mikiesboy said:

It's my Wednesday. i think i just am not a winter person.. dark in the morning, dark when i come home.. i hate it.  i realize my thinking is flawed.. but whoever thought of that can f-off too.

 

Flawed hell!  I hate going in to work in the dark and coming home in the dark too!  And there is such a thing called Seasonal Affective Disorder, where you don't get enough sunlight and your body suffers.  A grow lamp over your computer helps!

[Mikiesboy]

After speaking to someone i love and respect...ive decided to Tame the Day!  🦁

[Thorn Wilde]

18 minutes ago, Kitt said:

Flawed hell!  I hate going in to work in the dark and coming home in the dark too!  And there is such a thing called Seasonal Affective Disorder, where you don't get enough sunlight and your body suffers.  A grow lamp over your computer helps!

 

Vitamin D supplements also helps, @Mikiesboy. We get vitamin D from sunlight, and without it we grow lethargic.

[Kitt]

1 minute ago, Mikiesboy said:

After speaking to someone i love and respect...ive decided to Tame the Day!  🦁

 

Hands tim a whip and a chair.  I am sure Mike can teach you how to handle the whip from a giving standpoint.

[Backwoods Boy]

35 minutes ago, BHopper2 said:

Week 2 of my course starts today. Not much to do this week with readings and videos, but we have a full research paper due next Monday.

I figured out why I'm doing well in my courses. It's because they are one at a time. High School and my first try at college, left me struggling, because of all the classes at once. But with it being one course at a time, I'm doing a lot better than I did in the past.

 

Off to do stuff. Catch you all later.

I relate to the "one class at a time" issue.  I managed multiple classes when I was in college (both times), but I couldn't these days.  "I don't multi-process" is something folks hear from me frequently these days.

[Thorn Wilde]

46 minutes ago, BHopper2 said:

Week 2 of my course starts today. Not much to do this week with readings and videos, but we have a full research paper due next Monday.

I figured out why I'm doing well in my courses. It's because they are one at a time. High School and my first try at college, left me struggling, because of all the classes at once. But with it being one course at a time, I'm doing a lot better than I did in the past.

 

Off to do stuff. Catch you all later.

 

4 minutes ago, Backwoods Boy said:

I relate to the "one class at a time" issue.  I managed multiple classes when I was in college (both times), but I couldn't these days.  "I don't multi-process" is something folks hear from me frequently these days.

 

I'm struggling a lot cause of that now, too. Unfortunately, I don't have much choice; it's just how my school works. I'm seriously concerned I won't graduate.

[Backwoods Boy]

5 minutes ago, Thorn Wilde said:

 

 

I'm struggling a lot cause of that now, too. Unfortunately, I don't have much choice; it's just how my school works. I'm seriously concerned I won't graduate.

My best wishes on your academic challenges.  It's especially problematic when you're trying to stay afloat financially at the same time.  I'll share the mock-Latin advice that I just learned came from Margaret Atwood's Handmaid's Tale:  "Nolite te bastardes carborundum."  

[Thorn Wilde]

5 minutes ago, Backwoods Boy said:

My best wishes on your academic challenges.  It's especially problematic when you're trying to stay afloat financially at the same time.  I'll share the mock-Latin advice that I just learned came from Margaret Atwood's Handmaid's Tale:  "Nolite te bastardes carborundum."  

 

Such a good book. And thank you. Finances are a concern as I am incapable of working and studying at once because of my bipolar disorder. I get by right now, though.

[Kitt]

2 hours ago, Backwoods Boy said:

My best wishes on your academic challenges.  It's especially problematic when you're trying to stay afloat financially at the same time.  I'll share the mock-Latin advice that I just learned came from Margaret Atwood's Handmaid's Tale:  "Nolite te bastardes carborundum."  

 

I learned that as illigitme non carborundum   loosely translated don't let the bastards wear you down.

[Backwoods Boy]

1 hour ago, Kitt said:

 

I learned that as illigitme non carborundum   loosely translated don't let the bastards wear you down.

Indeed.  The fake Latin expression seems to exist in various forms.  I had learned noli illegitimi carborundum.  I used the other this morning because it seems to be the predecessor to the rest, and the literary reference seemed very appropriate for this community.  🙂

Edited December 4, 2018 by Backwoods Boy

[Reader1810]

Feeling quite impressed with myself, I am.

 

I was changing a burnt out bulb last night and discovered the new one wouldn’t screw in for some reason. Well damn, the end of the old one broke away from the bulb and was stuck in the socket. What to do, what to do? Why ask Mr. Google, of course, because surely he knew what to do. 

 

Sure enough. he did. Cut the power to be safe than used pliers (they need to be open and pressed against the sides of the silver piece ( no idea what it’s called) and turned the pliers to unscrew it. Lo and behold, the silver piece came loose and I was able to get it out, so I could put in a new bulb. 

 

It may may just be me, but I found I had to use two hands, because I couldn’t keep the pliers open doing it one-handed. 

 

I know I’m probably preaching to the choir for at least some of you, but hey, I learned some new and helpful (no need to purchase a bulb extractor tool) so I thought I’d share it with you all. 

 

 

 

 

[Mikiesboy]

2 minutes ago, Reader1810 said:

Feeling quite impressed with myself, I am.

 

I was changing a burnt out bulb last night and discovered the new one wouldn’t screw in for some reason. Well damn, the end of the old one broke away from the bulb and was stuck in the socket. What to do, what to do? Why ask Mr. Google, of course, because surely he knew what to do. 

 

Sure enough. he did. Cut the power to be safe than used pliers (they need to be open and pressed against the sides of the silver piece ( no idea what it’s called) and turned the pliers to unscrew it. Lo and behold, the silver piece came loose and I was able to get it out, so I could put in a new bulb. 

 

It may may just be me, but I found I had to use two hands, because I couldn’t keep the pliers open doing it one-handed. 

 

I know I’m probably preaching to the choir for at least some of you, but hey, I learned some new and helpful (no need to purchase a bulb extractor tool) so I thought I’d share it with you all. 

 

 

 

 

that's cool Reader!!  you should be happy with yourself!! 

[Brayon]

8 minutes ago, Reader1810 said:

Sure enough. he did. Cut the power to be safe than used pliers (they need to be open and pressed against the sides of the silver piece ( no idea what it’s called) and turned the pliers to unscrew it. Lo and behold, the silver piece came loose and I was able to get it out, so I could put in a new bulb. 

Hadn't heard of this version, but it makes sense. I've heard of people using a potato to do it.

[Reader1810]

22 minutes ago, BHopper2 said:

Hadn't heard of this version, but it makes sense. I've heard of people using a potato to do it.

I’ve heard about that method, but it sounds messy to me. I can just picture bits of potato stuck on the socket - with my luck, anyway - and just thinking about trying to clean that out? No, just no...

[Defiance19]

36 minutes ago, Reader1810 said:

Feeling quite impressed with myself, I am.

 

I was changing a burnt out bulb last night and discovered the new one wouldn’t screw in for some reason. Well damn, the end of the old one broke away from the bulb and was stuck in the socket. What to do, what to do? Why ask Mr. Google, of course, because surely he knew what to do. 

 

Sure enough. he did. Cut the power to be safe than used pliers (they need to be open and pressed against the sides of the silver piece ( no idea what it’s called) and turned the pliers to unscrew it. Lo and behold, the silver piece came loose and I was able to get it out, so I could put in a new bulb. 

 

It may may just be me, but I found I had to use two hands, because I couldn’t keep the pliers open doing it one-handed. 

 

I know I’m probably preaching to the choir for at least some of you, but hey, I learned some new and helpful (no need to purchase a bulb extractor tool) so I thought I’d share it with you all. 

 

 

 

 

Yay you!! You should be happy. That Mr Google.. always comes through in a pinch!