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I thought 2020/21 were pretty much peak crap but '22 took the cake. I shudder to think what '23 has prepared for us.

Stock up on booze, guys. CU next year.

I'm still alive so... could be worse? Don't think there are any other redeeming features to the year!

Pdf27 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:43 pm I'm still alive so... could be worse? Don't think there are any other redeeming features to the year!

Amen.

I woke up to a leak from the ceiling after having to replace a sink faucet and garbage disposal. Not in a good mood.

Johnnie Lyle wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:52 pm

Pdf27 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:43 pm I'm still alive so... could be worse? Don't think there are any other redeeming features to the year!

Amen.

I woke up to a leak from the ceiling after having to replace a sink faucet and garbage disposal. Not in a good mood.

Join my gang: Get drunk and watch a good movie. Deal with reality later.

Merry New Year guys!

Best wishes for a Happy new year to everyone that reads this.

Micael wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 7:24 pm

Johnnie Lyle wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:52 pm

Pdf27 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:43 pm I'm still alive so... could be worse? Don't think there are any other redeeming features to the year!

Amen.

I woke up to a leak from the ceiling after having to replace a sink faucet and garbage disposal. Not in a good mood.

Join my gang: Get drunk and watch a good movie. Deal with reality later.

I at least can get maintenance to look at it today, so yay there.

Johnnie Lyle wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 7:55 pm

Micael wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 7:24 pm

Johnnie Lyle wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:52 pm
Amen.

I woke up to a leak from the ceiling after having to replace a sink faucet and garbage disposal. Not in a good mood.

Join my gang: Get drunk and watch a good movie. Deal with reality later.

I at least can get maintenance to look at it today, so yay there.

Greet them drunk? Just saying!

Micael wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 8:55 pm

Johnnie Lyle wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 7:55 pm

Micael wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 7:24 pm

Join my gang: Get drunk and watch a good movie. Deal with reality later.

I at least can get maintenance to look at it today, so yay there.

Greet them drunk? Just saying!

Costs too much :p

Johnnie Lyle wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:52 pm

Pdf27 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:43 pm I'm still alive so... could be worse? Don't think there are any other redeeming features to the year!

Amen.

I woke up to a leak from the ceiling after having to replace a sink faucet and garbage disposal. Not in a good mood.

My sister's family woke up Christmas to no hot water. Elbow joint in the tankless water heater froze solid.

jemhouston wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 10:44 pm

Johnnie Lyle wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:52 pm

Pdf27 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:43 pm I'm still alive so... could be worse? Don't think there are any other redeeming features to the year!

Amen.

I woke up to a leak from the ceiling after having to replace a sink faucet and garbage disposal. Not in a good mood.

My sister's family woke up Christmas to no hot water. Elbow joint in the tankless water heater froze solid.

Also not good.

I am still waiting for the sprinkler guy, but the leak has stopped or at least slowed significantly and they have ascertained it’s not the roof.

What happened for me in 2022:

1. Realizing that this is the long good-bye for my wife. I'm still processing that.

2. A good friend lost her husband in June.

3. Another good friend is getting divorced, and it's an especially ugly one.

2023 PROBABLY can't be any more f***ed up.

Poohbah wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 11:56 pm What happened for me in 2022:

1. Realizing that this is the long good-bye for my wife. I'm still processing that.

2. A good friend lost her husband in June.

3. Another good friend is getting divorced, and it's an especially ugly one.

2023 PROBABLY can't be any more f***ed up.

Please don’t say that. 2023 will take it as a challenge.

'22 has certainly been an 'interesting' year, 'Chinese Curse' style...

We lost some good people in '22 but, as usual, not nearly enough of the bad ones...

And, I've a horrible feeling that some of the thankfully 'ousted' may yet make come-backs...

Had to celebrate my birthday by taking oldest cat to be vetted for last time.
She didn't like me, in fact she loathed men but, hey, she was family for 16 years...

I managed not to catch Covid or 'flu while shopping, get food poisoning or even serious indigestion from my home-cooking.
As much due care as dumb luck...

Managed to craft a couple of neat tales, laid ground-work for resuming editing of 'PfP', queued a bunch of notions for WIRS and several more...
Acquired some new CGI/CAD software, learned some new skills.

Sci/Tech: As usual, fusion retreats at a year per year, and looks like China has lost control of Covid, is about to loose yet-another wave of variants.

Remarkably, Webb, the much delayed space mega-telescope, got out to its beyond-Lunar station, beat 'hundreds of single-point failure modes' to deploy perfectly, soon discover wonders...

Sadly, still have no definitive orbital inclination for tau Ceti, so 'f', the sorta-Neptunian in its hab-zone still has real-loose constraints on its mass, Sin(i) from the Doppler allowing range of 4~~9 Earths...

Back here, to all at TBO, my Best Wishes for '23 !!

Pdf27 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:43 pm I'm still alive so... could be worse?

You didn't realize you are kept alive to get the answer to your question.

Johnnie Lyle wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 10:58 pm

jemhouston wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 10:44 pm

Johnnie Lyle wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:52 pm
Amen.

I woke up to a leak from the ceiling after having to replace a sink faucet and garbage disposal. Not in a good mood.

My sister's family woke up Christmas to no hot water. Elbow joint in the tankless water heater froze solid.

Also not good.

I am still waiting for the sprinkler guy, but the leak has stopped or at least slowed significantly and they have ascertained it’s not the roof.

Update.

Bad news: it is the roof.

Good news: exterior is the condo association’s responsibility, so I am out inconvenience but not megabucks. They’ve also been pretty helpful, getting repair people out on a weekend holiday.

Johnnie Lyle wrote: ↑Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:01 am

Poohbah wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 11:56 pm What happened for me in 2022:

1. Realizing that this is the long good-bye for my wife. I'm still processing that.

2. A good friend lost her husband in June.

3. Another good friend is getting divorced, and it's an especially ugly one.

2023 PROBABLY can't be any more f***ed up.

Please don’t say that. 2023 will take it as a challenge.

Before I go into 2023, I'm tossing a grenade ahead of me.

Poohbah wrote: ↑Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:26 am

Johnnie Lyle wrote: ↑Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:01 am

Poohbah wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 11:56 pm What happened for me in 2022:

1. Realizing that this is the long good-bye for my wife. I'm still processing that.

2. A good friend lost her husband in June.

3. Another good friend is getting divorced, and it's an especially ugly one.

2023 PROBABLY can't be any more f***ed up.

Please don’t say that. 2023 will take it as a challenge.

Before I go into 2023, I'm tossing a grenade ahead of me.

They certainly light up a lot of fireworks here.

Poohbah wrote: ↑Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:26 am

Johnnie Lyle wrote: ↑Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:01 am

Poohbah wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 11:56 pm What happened for me in 2022:

1. Realizing that this is the long good-bye for my wife. I'm still processing that.

2. A good friend lost her husband in June.

3. Another good friend is getting divorced, and it's an especially ugly one.

2023 PROBABLY can't be any more f***ed up.

Please don’t say that. 2023 will take it as a challenge.

Before I go into 2023, I'm tossing a grenade ahead of me.

Only one?

Conservative

Johnnie Lyle wrote: ↑Sun Jan 01, 2023 2:18 am

Poohbah wrote: ↑Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:26 am

Johnnie Lyle wrote: ↑Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:01 am
Please don’t say that. 2023 will take it as a challenge.

Before I go into 2023, I'm tossing a grenade ahead of me.

Only one?

Conservative

I'm trying to keep a low profile.