CoTT 2 House of Cards

[Marty]

9 hours ago, Story Reader said:

Well tomorrow will be! lol at least here in the states and Canada! lol

Yes,  but @Bucket1 lives in Australia, so is ahead of us in time.  

[Marty]

9 hours ago, Drew Espinosa said:

Heading to bed now! Goodnight y'all!  

Sleep well, young Drew.

[Marty]

4 hours ago, Bucket1 said:

Plus we have flying cars and all that other future stuff  

And noses that keep growing and growing...

[Marty]

4 hours ago, Bucket1 said:

Happy New Year everyone

Same to you, bro!

And many of them.  

Edited December 31, 2020 by Marty

[Sherye Story Reader]

4 hours ago, Bucket1 said:

Happy New Year everyone

Happy New Year to you too!

[Marty]

13 hours ago, Marty said:

Anybody else just seeing  circles with a line in each one, instead of real images, in Sherye's post?

 

13 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

Me to Marty

 

12 hours ago, Headstall said:

I just see letters-jibberish... no photo at all

 

12 hours ago, Story Reader said:

Oh wow! I see what you all mean about my pics. I just went on my phone and looked and the one that Marty showed was exactly like what shows on there on my pics. On my pc it actually shows my actual pics on this group, Weird!

I normally use my laptop for GA, running Windows 8.1...

I just tried using my Samsung smartphone, and still could only see the circles, each with a horizontal line inside instead of images.

I then booted up a fairy new Windows 10 laptop that actually belongs to a voluntary organisation that I am involved with, thinking that maybe whatever protocol was being used for the images may need a more up-to-date operating system than my own laptop has. On that one, I saw the letters-gibberish that Gary reported...

I suspect the problem lies somewhere else...

 

[clochette]

2 hours ago, dughlas said:

Howdy your Imperial Texyness. 

Have you been kidnapped and that's a coded for help? Cause otherwise why comfort him in his craziness?

[Sherye Story Reader]

It is bad when you wake up sleepy and just want to go back to bed but your brain says Noooooooooo! Even though your eyes say Yessssssss! I might take me a nap soon! lol

[Marty]

31 minutes ago, clochette said:

Have you been kidnapped and that's a coded for help? Cause otherwise why comfort him in his craziness?

Ah now, ma fée espiègle...

Stop making fun of your wee brother. He can't help being the way he is.  

Scorn not his simplicity:

(All joking aside, every time I listen to that song I finish up with tears in my eyes...)

[dughlas]

45 minutes ago, clochette said:

Have you been kidnapped and that's a coded for help? Cause otherwise why comfort him in his craziness?

I'm still holding out for a leniency commutation of my sentence of a lifetime ban on his momma's tamales but the clock is ticking down towards midnight.

[Marty]

So we're on page 2,013...

2013 was the year I reached retirement age here in Ireland, and was forced to give up my job in Community Development.

The position was paid for under a grant from a semi-governmental organisation, and one of the rules was that no salary could be paid to anyone that had passed the official retirement age. That was odd in a way as, for the last four years before I retired, the bulk of the funding was towards supporting the surrounding rural older community, and putting in supports to enable them to stay living independently in their own homes, instead of being transferred to old folks, or nursing homes.

But there was nothing I could do but accept the inevitable retirement with as much grace as I could muster.

My biggest worry when I did retire was that I would find myself with nothing to do all day, and perhaps just lie in bed late each morning, and then simply veg out on the settee when I finally did rise. Thankfully, that didn't happen, and I often finding myself complaining nowadays that there simply aren't enough hours in the day to do all the things I want to get done. I've my garden to tend, my old, new house to get into shape, my voluntary work (much, but not all, of it involving organisations providing support to the LGBT+ community), wonderful scenery around me to explore and photograph (although that has been curtailed somewhat recently due to Covid), and... and... and the list goes on and on.

I'm enjoying life that much since I retired that whenever anybody asks me how I'm finding retirement I usually respond with: "It's the best thing I've ever done. I should have done it years earlier!"

(Of course, having the financial security of a couple of pensions certainly helps.)

[Headstall]

4 hours ago, dughlas said:

 

He has a purpose and focus ... he wants his boy back home ...

  Hey, bro and Mum.  

[Headstall]

7 minutes ago, Marty said:

So we're on page 2,013...

2013 was the year I reached retirement age here in Ireland, and was forced to give up my job in Community Development.

The position was paid for under a grant from a semi-governmental organisation, and one of the rules was that no salary could be paid to anyone that had passed the official retirement age. That was odd in a way as, for the last four years before I retired, the bulk of the funding was towards supporting the surrounding rural older community, and putting in supports to enable them to stay living independently in their own homes, instead of being transferred to old folks, or nursing homes.

But there was nothing I could do but accept the inevitable retirement with as much grace as I could muster.

My biggest worry when I did retire was that I would find myself with nothing to do all day, and perhaps just lie in bed late each morning, and then simply veg out on the settee when I finally did rise. Thankfully, that didn't happen, and I often finding myself complaining nowadays that there simply aren't enough hours in the day to do all the things I want to get done. I've my garden to tend, my old, new house to get into shape, my voluntary work (much, but not all, of it involving organisations providing support to the LGBT+ community), wonderful scenery around me to explore and photograph (although that has been curtailed somewhat recently due to Covid), and... and... and the list goes on and on.

I'm enjoying life that much since I retired that whenever anybody asks me how I'm finding retirement I usually respond with: "It's the best thing I've ever done. I should have done it years earlier!"

(Of course, having the financial security of a couple of pensions certainly helps.)

I retired at 58, so 2013 as well... I saw no reason to keep working, and I haven't regretted it either.  

[Headstall]

[clochette]

23 minutes ago, Headstall said:

I retired at 58, so 2013 as well... I saw no reason to keep working, and I haven't regretted it either.  

What job did you do? I remember you were a model, an underwear one if I remember correctly, when you were young(er) but later? Not all canadians are Lumberjacks, right?  

Edited December 31, 2020 by clochette

[Drew Espinosa]

9 hours ago, Page Scrawler said:

Hey, Drewbear! 

Hey Pagey! Just know, had the world ended in 2012, I would have blamed every single 2012 high school graduate.

6 hours ago, Bucket1 said:

We live in the future

How does it feel to say goodbye to the crazy year of 2020, B?

4 hours ago, dughlas said:

Howdy your Imperial Texyness. 

Howdy Sexy!

2 hours ago, Marty said:

Hey, Drew!

Happy New Year's eve.

Hey Marty! Happy New Year's Eve! 

1 hour ago, clochette said:

Have you been kidnapped and that's a coded for help? Cause otherwise why comfort him in his craziness?

Craziness? That's the pot calling the kettle black.

47 minutes ago, dughlas said:

I'm still holding out for a leniency commutation of my sentence of a lifetime ban on his momma's tamales but the clock is ticking down towards midnight.

To celebrate the New Year, I hereby pardon you, Sexy!

[Headstall]

1 minute ago, clochette said:

What job did you do? I remember you were a model, an underwear one if I remember correctly, when you were young(er) but later? Not all canadians are Lumberjacks, right?  

Underwear model?   No, we're not all lumberjacks.  

[Sherye Story Reader]

Hope you can see this pic!

[Albert1434]

2 hours ago, Marty said:

 

 

 

I normally use my laptop for GA, running Windows 8.1...

I just tried using my Samsung smartphone, and still could only see the circles, each with a horizontal line inside instead of images.

I then booted up a fairy new Windows 10 laptop that actually belongs to a voluntary organisation that I am involved with, thinking that maybe whatever protocol was being used for the images may need a more up-to-date operating system than my own laptop has. On that one, I saw the letters-gibberish that Gary reported...

I suspect the problem lies somewhere else...

 

I have windows 10 and its up todate and I cant see it!

[dughlas]

43 minutes ago, Headstall said:

  Hey, bro and Mum.  

Hi.

[dughlas]

47 minutes ago, Marty said:

So we're on page 2,013...

2013 was the year I reached retirement age here in Ireland, and was forced to give up my job in Community Development.

 

40 minutes ago, Headstall said:

I retired at 58, so 2013 as well... I saw no reason to keep working, and I haven't regretted it either.  

2013 was the year I turned 55 and that birthday was the date for my disability to be officially declared though I'd been forced to quit working about 19 months earlier.

[clochette]

19 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Underwear model?   No, we're not all lumberjacks.  

You were not? Might have dreamt that then... Hmmm that's not answering my question... a secret agent then? I don't see you working in the army/navy or locked up in an office... 🤔

Edited December 31, 2020 by clochette

[dughlas]

19 minutes ago, Drew Espinosa said:

To celebrate the New Year, I hereby pardon you, Sexy!

🎉

[dughlas]

28 minutes ago, clochette said:

What job did you do? I remember you were a model, an underwear one if I remember correctly, when you were young(er) but later? Not all canadians are Lumberjacks, right?  

Canadian underwear model for lumberjacks ... unionsuits and longjohns

 

Edited December 31, 2020 by dughlas

[dughlas]

For Brother B