Notices tagged with sonone
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Just got word that #sonOne finished his Master’s Degree. He’s now working on getting a few more certs. His $EMPLOYER is expected to make some staff cuts this year or next, and he’s trying to make sure he’s not on the chopping block.
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#sonOne was teaching his boys ( #GS1 and #GS2 ) the national capitals of various countries. They didn't grasp it until the funny one (Bangkok). They learned that one quickly. Junior High minds.
They're now in their twenties. I don't know if they remember Paris or Moscow, but I'm sure they still know Bangkok.
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Remembering that I once bought a device, thinking it would share a HDD over my network. When I got it home, I discovered it wanted to to create an account, so I could share files anywhere in the world. I shipped the device to #sonOne. He used it for a class he was in, then shut it down. A few years later, he was about to give it to one of his friends and discovered that the site on the other end was gone.
Nope. I don't want your cloud service (or cloud-backed service).
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I posted this elsewhere this morning.
#sonTwo used to put father-son days on my calendar, so he and his younger brother #Daddy_A could get focused time.
#sonOne used to call me at work to ask "When am I going to see you again?" ... needless to say, I still think productivity is important, but give the people in your life some regular time that is not shared with work of any kind.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUwjNBjqR-c
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I bought a Garmin watch years ago, then gave it to #sonOne when I found out it would do nothing without me creating an account. He loved it.
There's a lot of things that family members got because I bought something and then balked at the information gathering required.
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Security keys (yubikeys) are starting to spread in my family. I bought one for my mom, one for each of my kids ( #sonOne, #sonTwo, #Daddy_A ), one for nephew #Papaya, one for #faveNephew. #lazyNephew is buying his own. Nephews #Honshu and #PizzaMan are waiting to see what their brother does with his.
This is a multi-year project, but interest has picked up considerably in the past month or so.
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#sonOne just learned that one of his friends from late teens & early twenties passed away recently. This is the one friend that still lived here in $HOMETOWN, but I had heard nothing.
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A few years ago, I was on a walk and suddenly felt weak, so I stopped at a nearby fast food place. #sonOne's old high school girlfriend was there and tried to talk to me. I'm fine with her, and was happy to see her, but I was really focused on getting something in my stomach.
She introduced her oldest child (other than hair color, a clone of her younger brother) and conspicuously avoided discussion the child's father.
Later on, in conversation with my son:
Me: Guess who I saw today?
S1: (some friend of his who still lives locally, but whom I haven't seen since the 1990s)
Me: No, $GF and her oldest son.
S1: Don't bring her up. I have bad memories of her.
I was kind of happy to see what had become of her when she more than doubled her age.
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Since #sonTwo’s father-in-law is trying to get them started in #cryptocurrencies, I guess I need to do some reading.
I’m sure he’s looking at the $CRYPTOCOIN value in US dollars charts and thinking of it like the stock market. However, stock markets are regulated (even though I still think they are sometimes manipulated), and cryptocurrency exchanges are not.
I told my son (again) to concentrate on coins which are actually used to buy and sell goods and services rather than being led by upward curves on charts. I know the youngest ( #Daddy_A ) isn’t doing any cryptocurrency stuff, but I should ask the oldest ( #sonOne ) whether he’s doing it. If he’s doing it and can give his brother the same advice (but from the perspective of having done it), then it is more likely to be followed.
I should probably try to buy some cryptocurrency on “LocalBitcoins”:{https://localbitcoins.com/}, so I’ll have some skin in the game. That way, my conversations about the topic will be from the standpoint of someone who has some risk of losing money.
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Missed today's scheduled #videochat with #sonOne, #GD1, #GD2. Tried to have one with #sonTwo and his wife and #GS3, but it didn't happen either.
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@geniusmusing It was funny. When I took #sonOne to see the 2nd one, I asked him if it was the same actor ... other than the first one, I hadn't seen anything with Macaulay Culkin in it, and didn't even know his name.
Too busy working, I guess.
I haven't watched the third one, but I think I have all three on DVD.
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Well, #Daddy_A and I spent yesterday and today trying to get together for a #videochat, but it didn’t happen.
#sonOne is still on the 16 hours, 6 days per week schedule, so that one didn’t happen either.
#sonTwo and I talked for about an hour during that one.
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A while back, I bought Catan (The Settlers of Catan) to send to #sonTwo. The other day, I mentioned that I had it, and he said that they have it already. #sonOne plays games, but they seem to be of the Cards Against Humanity type. So I contacted #Daddy_A and he was excited about it ... he's been wanting to buy it for some time.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZl69yk5lEY
I remember seeing this movie at the dollar movies with my best friend. We’d gone to visit his parents, and I’d offered to pay $1 so his younger brother could see it with us, but my friend was not having it.
We watched the Mask (very good at the time; might stop by SPC’s movie night to see whether it retains that impression). The next day, I took #sonOne to see Dumb & Dumber, so we picked up my friend’s youngest brother at 06:00 on a Saturday. The two high school kids loved D&D, but I thought the name was a description of anyone who paid to see that film.
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Ordered some clothing for #Little_Boy_A and #Little_Boy_A2. The 7 year old and the 4 year old have the same waist size, so ordering pants is sort of questionable. Will the legs be long enough for the older child? Will this shirt fit the younger child without dragging the floor?
I often try to avoid #Amazon, but this time, I ordered from there. One of the things I dislike about Amazon is when I order items for multiple children in the same house, and they spread the delivery over a month's time. It's really a lot easier if everyone gets their stuff at the same time, even if they have to collect everything at one warehouse (ship it to that warehouse) and then ship it all together to the customer.
In this case, besides my order, #sonOne purchased clothing and shoes for #Little_Girl_A3. All of her things have arrived already, but for the boys, only a pair of t-shirts have arrived. The rest will arrive in (what looks like) 4 more shipments between now and the end of November.
I still haven't ordered their shoes. And I don't know whether #sonTwo ordered their socks yet.
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@mangeurdenuage
> > Best Buy's Geek Squad
> I believe these guys aren't only not reasonable with their prices but also do a shit job.
Well, yes, they likely do. Like a lot of places ( $EMPLOYER included ), I think they need to complete a certain number of repair jobs per day to justify their jobs. So if the repair is going to take longer, they might resort to halfway jobs that meet the time constraint.
Also, their workers vary in their level of skills (even though I'm pretty sure they have a standard procedure of what to do and how to do it). When #sonOne worked there, he was soon put in charge of teaching new employees the ropes, because he was top-notch even before he got hired there.
I don't know enough about their prices to comment, but I am aware of competing local repair shops who failed partly because (IMO) their prices were too low.
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I'm not sure I'd ever use a 3D headset. Just a few minutes of 3D on the #3DS and I turned that completely off.
Maybe I'll change my mind when I can get to KC and try the 3D lightsaber game that #sonOne and #GD1 play.
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Trying to recall which of the Highlander movies I saw with #sonOne when we had our weekly movie during his high school years.
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I awoke to see a screenshot of #sonOne's order of clothing for #Daddy_A's daughter #Little_Girl_A3. He got everything: shoes, socks, pants, panties, shirts. There's even one item that might be a jacket. Now grandpa needs to put in an order for clothing for #Little_Boy_A and #Little_Boy_A2.
I also have a list of items to order for #GS3.
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#sonOne received a “Libre Computer” “Tritium” SBC, with a similar form factor to the !RasPi 3B as a birthday present. It was only $15, but he was still very appreciative, as he’s aware that I’m currently on unemployment benefits.
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