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What's Your Thing?

Edgy MD Mar 14 2020 12:29 PM

How are you replacing baseball in your life? Learning a new language? Catching up on your reading? Starting an affair? Crisis means "danger + opportunity," or something, right?

Double Switch Mar 14 2020 02:13 PM Re: What's Your Thing?

I had to cancel a baseball-centric trip during mid-April but I also have a dear friend about to undergo knee surgery who needs my assistance so that will be a big and essential time filler. It's not like sports rule my life. I'm just doing what I always do - take care of people who matter to me. Baseball always comes after that. Not meaning to sound all pious or whatnot but when we're in these unusual times, flexibility is essential. OK, I will admit I did one thing that was spurred by this present crisis. It's been on the back burner for a few years now but at my age, it was time to get my will drawn up. I saw my attorney a few days ago and have gotten the thing sketched out. In a couple of weeks I'll review and sign it with witnesses. The important thing was property and my accounts that needed beneficiaries designated and the percentages broken down. Now I have to live long enough for those investment accounts to recover from being heavily grenaded. That's my reason to live, not baseball returning. I have people depending on their inheritances.

Ceetar Mar 14 2020 03:42 PM Re: What's Your Thing?

truthfully, baseball has been much a multi-task activity lately with the kids and bedtimes and all that jazz. I'll probably just single-task things instead? although I'm thinking of buying a PS4.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 14 2020 04:47 PM Re: What's Your Thing?

I'm not starting an affair... Unfortunately I'm putting one on hold. My girlfriend of seven months has a compromised immune system, and so does her young daughter. So she's self quarantining for the time being, which may last for quite a while. So we've decided to conduct a long-distance relationship, even though she lives less than two miles away. I may spend my time writing a novel called [I]Love in the Time of Coronavirus[/I]

MFS62 Mar 14 2020 04:48 PM Re: What's Your Thing?

I just was asked to submit some of my writings to a friend's blog. I may take her up on that to fill the void. (The thing I miss most is reading spring training box scores every morning.) Later

Batty31 Mar 14 2020 05:26 PM Re: What's Your Thing?

I've been working on my radio show and podcast. Trying to catch up on all the TV shows I've missed. Missing my English football as well as the Mets :( Might go back to studying proper Italian as well (I know slang Italian lol)

kcmets Mar 14 2020 06:25 PM Re: What's Your Thing?

Gonna work on some highly top secret cranepoolcompanion ideas. I've said too much, this post will self destruct in five seconds...

Lefty Specialist Mar 14 2020 07:25 PM Re: What's Your Thing?

I'm still working from home, but we're binge-watching all 145 episodes of The West Wing.

Edgy MD Mar 14 2020 08:45 PM Re: What's Your Thing?

Gonna work on some highly top secret cranepoolcompanion ideas. I've said too much, this post will self destruct in five seconds... Ah yeah. Sometimes I want to click like on a post and realize the forum don't work like that. Can you redirect the link on the homepage link to the skeletal site we have now at http://companion.thecranepool.net/ ?

Fman99 Mar 14 2020 09:00 PM Re: What's Your Thing?

I'm going to build a low end Chromebook-style desktop for my daughter out of a Raspberry Pi and some extra stuff I have lying around, so that my daughter can use it to do any online-related assignments she'll be given after this week (her schools announced today they will close from March 23-April 14). I'm also still training for the Delaware Marathon on April 26th, which as of today has not yet been cancelled.

metsmarathon Mar 14 2020 09:50 PM Re: What's Your Thing?

uh, i'll be teleworking and homeschooling. and probably building lego. check that. definitely building lego.

Johnny Lunchbucket Mar 15 2020 08:35 AM Re: What's Your Thing?

We're re-streaming The Wire. Renovations to our house will begin at some point so that will keep us busy

kcmets Mar 15 2020 09:05 AM Re: What's Your Thing?

Edgy MD wrote: Can you redirect the link on the homepage link to the skeletal site we have now at http://companion.thecranepool.net/ ? I don't want to mess with Ben's page, I'm sure he'll do it for you when he sees this.

Frayed Knot Mar 15 2020 10:55 AM Re: What's Your Thing?

Because the season hasn't actually started yet it's not like I have to suddenly find a replacement routine, I merely have to wait longer than I expected for baseball season. This would have been a lot tougher had they kicked things off and then had to shut down. And the toughest part might be not knowing how long we're going to be waiting. So it's just continuing the winter routine but hoping that better weather allows me to get out on the bike more often. btw, I flicked on the TV late yesterday afternoon to see what the networks are showing instead of the sports they were scheduled to run - CBS, which was scheduled to have the BIG TEN hoops championship was showing last year's BIG TEN tourney - NBC, slated to be in the midst of THE PLAYER'S championship (golf's so-called 'fifth major') was also showing the 2019 version I don't think I want to know how many people were watching those offerings. And I never got as far as checking out what the cable channels were stooping to.

kcmets Mar 15 2020 11:41 AM Re: What's Your Thing?

I was flipping between WFAN and ESPN radio a few hours yesterday outdoors and there was at one point like a half hour discussion about whether or not Wrestlemania would take place in April. Nothing against fake wrestling, but that's radio rock bottom.

G-Fafif Mar 15 2020 12:02 PM Re: What's Your Thing?

Handwashing mostly.

Johnny Lunchbucket Mar 15 2020 03:17 PM Re: What's Your Thing?

I social-distanced on my bike this afternoon. Nice day to ride. Rolled by Big Shea to discover the Mikkeller brewery was shut down for at least 2 weeks. A Hispanic dude pulled into the lot in his car, and went in to the Casey entrance, looked like a coach of some sort, it wasn't Alfonzo but looked like him a little.

Frayed Knot Mar 15 2020 05:40 PM Re: What's Your Thing?

One change is that I was planning on getting rid of my current beard sometime around the end of March. But now, as a matter of protest against the loss of baseball, I think I need to keep it specifically until whatever day OD shows up. Now I just hope that date doesn't come too far into the summer as some odd looking tan lines emerge if you shave off a beard after you've begun to get some sun.

Lefty Specialist Mar 17 2020 05:21 AM Re: What's Your Thing?

SNY has gotten rid of SportsNite (because there's nothing to cover) and their annoying chat shows (because there's nothing to talk about) and is just running 2019 Met games and late-nite infomercials. Haven't figured out yet if they're only running the wins or if they're replaying the whole season. Watched a game against the Marlins last night that they just barely hung on to win. Hey, it's better than doom and gloom.

Ceetar Mar 17 2020 07:21 AM Re: What's Your Thing?

Lefty Specialist wrote: SNY has gotten rid of SportsNite (because there's nothing to cover) and their annoying chat shows (because there's nothing to talk about) and is just running 2019 Met games and late-nite infomercials. Haven't figured out yet if they're only running the wins or if they're replaying the whole season. Watched a game against the Marlins last night that they just barely hung on to win. Hey, it's better than doom and gloom. I guess people watch that first nonsense but I'd prefer this always! hell, even if they had the talking heads watching THAT game and just talking about baseball/it would be better than 4 hour debates about the fake rumor they created that Thor might get traded to the Yankees.

Willets Point Mar 17 2020 08:44 AM Re: What's Your Thing?

Can't they replay 2015 instead?

Frayed Knot Mar 17 2020 01:11 PM Re: What's Your Thing?

What they should really do is replay old games in front of talking heads (more like talking silhouettes) and have them mock the players and make jokes the entire time MST3K-style. Now THAT would be something I'd watch. Hell, that would be something I'd want to be on the panel for.

batmagadanleadoff Mar 17 2020 01:43 PM Re: What's Your Thing?

Willets Point wrote: Can't they replay 2015 instead? My vote is for the 1963 season.

LWFS Mar 18 2020 12:46 AM Re: What's Your Thing?

Running Dadschool and reading a bunch. My wife bought a lockpick set with transparent-casing lock, for lockdown gits and shiggles. So maybe, if I get good at my thing, my thing will be getting into your things?

Johnny Lunchbucket Mar 18 2020 07:48 AM Re: What's Your Thing?

Lol, that's a good skill for the future economy. Lunchpail is having his first virtual 8th grade class this morning. Not sure how the virtual school dance will go.

ashie62 Mar 19 2020 09:49 AM Re: What's Your Thing?

Caregiving my mom who is 82. She is aware. Draftkings Contests are offering DFS Esports for the "League of Legends" role playing game. Using my left over Hoops free tickets on it. I don't know even the basics of that game Only other thing to play is Turkish Soccer League action via contest or wager

Johnny Lunchbucket Mar 20 2020 08:16 AM Re: What's Your Thing?

The major case squad has swapped out Bodie's burner phone and discovered the existence of "Hamsterdam." Carcetti's political machinations step up. Avon resumes a war for corners, Poot narrowly avoids taking a bullet in a drive-by and Cutty withdraws from The Game. A burner phone shopping trip is compromised by oral sex. Oh, and Omar does a roundabout solid for Bunk. That was just last night's episode. What a goddamn roll this show was on

dgwphotography Mar 20 2020 09:18 AM Re: What's Your Thing?

Brushing up my photoshop skills online. Taking longer walks with the pups. Trying to keep as structured of a day as possible by making a project a day list.

Chad ochoseis Mar 21 2020 09:46 AM Re: What's Your Thing?

Trying to get fluent in French. I've been listening to French-Canadian podcasts (downloadable from the QUB radio app) and watching a women's prison drama called Unité 9 on YouTube. I used to attend a conversational French meetup group at a local bar on Tuesday nights back when bars were a thing. I've moved it to Skype, so if anyone wants to join in, I'm on Tuesday nights 7-9 under my real name with a desert landscape as an avatar.

Edgy MD Mar 21 2020 05:39 PM Re: What's Your Thing?

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kcmets Mar 21 2020 07:47 PM Re: What's Your Thing?

Started early on getting the vegetable garden plot ready yesterday. Wasn't so inspired to follow up today with the temperature swing and wind but feel one step ahead of things once spring decide to stay sprung. Low 20's tonight up here.

Edgy MD Mar 21 2020 08:23 PM Re: What's Your Thing?

Yeah, I'm taking the vegetable thing seriously this year.

kcmets Mar 21 2020 08:33 PM Re: What's Your Thing?

I imagine you can probably start some leafy stuff and beans down there pretty soon. We're still in the overnight frost belt until the day formerly known as tax day or so.

Johnny Lunchbucket Mar 21 2020 09:56 PM Re: What's Your Thing?

We got to work on our new yard today. Veggies will come

Ceetar Mar 22 2020 07:11 AM Re: What's Your Thing?

I guess I should get started on the veggies, but it'd require going to the garden center (open?) and/or Home Depot. Plus I actually have _less_ time. Was going to use sporadic work breaks to do yard work this spring, chop a bush, pull up a brick walkway, etc, but with the kids home and the wife mostly not that's gonna be tough. Spring kinda snuck on me this year.

Edgy MD Mar 22 2020 09:00 AM Re: What's Your Thing?

Seeds can be ordered online. Kids can kind of stay engaged futzing around in the mud during yardwork, or aping your raking with their own tools. Just watch that you don't swing a tool and hit them. Or run them down with an edger.

kcmets Mar 22 2020 10:58 AM Re: What's Your Thing?

Every time I open this thread I think of this: [YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqc_EhmL8-E[/YOUTUBE] Big song the year of The Miracle Mets!

Ceetar Mar 22 2020 01:39 PM Re: What's Your Thing?

Edgy MD wrote: Seeds can be ordered online. Kids can kind of stay engaged futzing around in the mud during yardwork, or aping your raking with their own tools. Just watch that you don't swing a tool and hit them. Or run them down with an edger. sure but like i'm not growing basil or..tomatoes? from seeds. And sure, the kids'll help, though that makes everything take much longer and no longer is a "okay, 20 minute work break to open a bag of dirt and sprinkle some seeds" went out today. realized both hose connections to my splitter are shot so no hose in the backyard. terrific.

kcmets Mar 22 2020 02:23 PM Re: What's Your Thing?

Growing veggies from seed will take some luck, practice and a warm sunny indoor place with small plenty of starter pots and good soil. It's a crapshoot, I've tried it without success. Hoses are evil, I think it was a theme in one of previous year home threads.

Chad ochoseis Mar 22 2020 03:36 PM Re: What's Your Thing?

Depends on what you're growing. For basil, dump seeds in ground in April, cover with dirt, wait for rain or water occasionally, eat more basil than you ever dreamed of by June. When I lived in a black vinyl pen in New Jersey, I grew it on my relatively light-deprived windowsill. You pretty much can't not grow basil. Cilantro, same thing. Heck, if you ignore the cilantro, it just re-seeds itself, and you can either plant the seeds or pick them (that's coriander). On the other hand, I still haven't figured out tomatoes. They have to be started in pots, somewhere warm. Then handled very delicately, like a newborn kitten except green and with roots. Then, once they're transplanted outside, you need to be sure just to give them the right amount of water and light, and also make sure they feel loved and cared for. Socialization with endives helps, I'm told. Best I've ever done from tomatoes is about five pounds from about ten plants, or enough to make a quart or two of sauce.

kcmets Mar 22 2020 06:00 PM Re: What's Your Thing?

Basil and cilantro, Et al are herbs (hybrid ancient weeds, probably) I think and not vegetables. And tomatoes are a fruit. Just saying lol... The only thing in my garden right now is my rosemary, she's a kicker.

Ceetar Mar 22 2020 08:52 PM Re: What's Your Thing?

that reminds me, I bought a $5 'beer kit' at Target of seeds to grow Barley, Hops, and Wheat.

LWFS Mar 23 2020 06:47 PM Re: What's Your Thing?

Hey! First day of Official, According-to-Bill NYC Remote Schoolin'! Turns out the professionals are slightly better at getting kids to do productive stuff productively than the amateurs-who-are-overly-emotionally-involved. Who'd a thunk? Before that, we spent the weekend doing small repairs and making hiking sorties to parks featuring waterfalls (weirdly enough), taking great pains to keep at several arms' length from any other hoomans, though many others seemed to be... not. A few were almost willfully crowding us at choke points like footbridges, like they were '90s Knicks directed in how to quarantine by '90s Pat Riley. I've also been nurturing my inner humanist, rewatching Curb Your Enthusiasm every night before bed. It's made my reactions to improperly-social-distancing folks in public parks pretty, pretty, prettaaaay good.

Edgy MD May 07 2020 03:15 PM Re: What's Your Thing?

In my quixotic quest to get my programming skillz into the 21th Century (or at least the 90s), I've been working at night on a JavaScript Partridge Family computer game. I'm hoping it'll measure up to the high standards of Circus Atari or Pitfall! There's a certain point in the 12 o'clock hour that my brain connections degrade, and I screw up all my logic statements and the dog gets thrown from the bus or something.

Johnny Lunchbucket May 07 2020 03:26 PM Re: What's Your Thing?

I would like a beta version your app thank you

Fman99 May 07 2020 06:13 PM Re: What's Your Thing?

My thing is girls with large breasts. But they're all staying home due to covid-19. Plus my wife gets testy when I invite big breasted women over here to hang out.

ashie62 May 07 2020 07:44 PM split

=Fman99 post_id=36534 time=1588896785 user_id=86] My thing is girls with large breasts. But they're all staying home due to covid-19. Plus my wife gets testy when I invite big breasted women over here to hang out.

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Fman99 Jan 17 2022 05:32 PM Re: What's Your Thing?

I've had like 8 things that were my thing since my post from 22 months ago. Except the big breasts thing. That will always be my thing.

Chad ochoseis Jan 22 2022 04:56 AM Re: What's Your Thing?

Chad ochoseis wrote: Trying to get fluent in French. Osti de câlisse, did I post this two years ago? Still working on it. Still not all that good, though better than I was. Now trying to learn to XC ski. Going down even a small hill on skis that are six feet long and three inches wide is...hard.