Bikeguy

Have you ever watched 'The Big Bang Theory'? Some people are book smart and have nearly zero commence sense. Good job...

Looks like 22 miles total. So... your a pro rider now. https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/gabfk67 Pro ride participant This registers the participant for the 22-mile pro ride to the Youngstown Warren Regional Airport from Downtown Youngstown and back. This registration includes a post-ride lunch at the B&O Station

No... an old supper club / restaurant. WoBG knows the owner. https://www.starvedrockcountry.com/2022/03/22/the-pines-supper-club-serves-up-retro-charm/ Today was a trip to Menards for another load of mulch and we stopped for pizza and beer at another ma/pa restaurant. https://www.perupizzahouse.net/

Happy anniversary And OMG... great minds must think a like. Our 42nd anniversary is tomorrow. We will go out to dinner on Friday. WoBG.... LOVES to use coupons.

The interstates here in rural IL are 2 lanes. So the trucks are in the left lane a lot. In the Chicago area most interstates are 3 lanes, The trucks can't use the far left lane. Every once in a while... a truck STILL takes the far left lane.

Sorry for you loss. Yeah... I live in rural IL. There are more than a few blind hills on the country roads here. During planting and harvest we avoid the country roads. I we don't, you need to pull to the right and slow down a LOT on a blind hill. I learned this once the hard way when I crested a hill, and a farmer was pulling a planter and it was wider than the entire road. I was glad I was gong slow enough to stop.

So... is this something you and/or your wife don't want to see? Maybe too traumatic to remember?

Maybe this will help. https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/easter

Same day, no. Same date, yes.

https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/determining-easter-date.html

I was born in 1955.

Except for the late 70s when I had my first apartment, I never wanted anybody's stuff. I had my second apartment when I stared dating WoBG. She made a comment about my decoration skills. I told it wasn't bad for 'Early American Poverty'. I remember a trip to Arkansas for my grandmothers funeral. My dad told me I could take whatever I wanted from their home. I took one picture. My dad is in a memory care nursing home. We (bother and sisters) are cleaning out the his home to sell. I took 2 pictures. I know our daughter and grandson will never want our stuff. Why did my mother (who passed a few years ago) keep this my old chemistry set? This had to be from the late 60s or early 70s.

Our definitions of t-shirt and shorts weather is probably different too.

This... I never expected my parents or (or any other family members) to provide any inheritance to me. Yeah you can spend more than you make, regardless of your income. That's what we told our daughter after we built our home. For years now... we don't buy anything if we don't already have the money to pay for it.

And yet you can't remove an old paper towel dispenser hanger. This.. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9704507/

This is us... except for the reasonable property taxes. IL is #2 on the list for the highest property taxes. If our governor has his way... soon we will be #1. This.. Yeah we have a big house... but we won't be moving anytime soon.

Last year one of our smoke / CO detectors died. I searched for a replacement and the kind we used was discontinued and on sale. We have 8 interconnected detectors and I was concerned that in the future if another detector dies will the new one still work with the other 7. Since they were on sale purchased what they had. If I recall, I have 5 for the future. Just a few days ago one of our LED recessed ceiling lights (can light) died in the kitchen. It was maybe 6 years old. So much for LED bulbs lasting 20 years. We went to Menards and I found the recessed light I needed but.... the manufacture changed the appearance. We use 21 of these lights. The kitchen has 5 of these lights and the family room has 9, Of course the all match. I purchsed 24 of them (all they had). I'll install the new light in a bathroom, and move the bathroom light to the kitchen. The lights in the kitchen match again. I hope I have more than enough lights for the next several years, or more.

In June of 2003 we visited Oregon and Northern California. We hiked in several trails in the redwoods. It was an awesome place to hike.

Nope. I've never had that issue, before of after retirement. There is always something being demanded from you. You just need to determine if you care, and if you do then what are you going to do.

This... Thinking about before I retired, I don't know how I found the time to work.

This ^ is way more compassion for others than many would think about. You will get thru this... You are stronger than you know.

Before you leave that area, stop at King's Island and ride The Beast. Still one of my favorite wooden rollercoasters. https://www.visitkingsisland.com/rides-experiences/the-beast Have a good trip.

Yeah.. I've been right, but management above me did NOT want to know and/or look bad. There is politics everywhere. I learned you my win the battle, but loose the war. Some times a battle is not worth the results. One guy I knew quit back in 1979 because of the company politics. About a year later I remember talking to the guy. He was even more upset about company politics at his new job. I asked him where he was working. He tells me IBM. So he leaves a large company and works for a bigger company and didn't expect company politics to exist there?

This applies too... When you have a hammer everything looks like a nail.

I met WoBG where we worked. For many years that was a major concern. We both could have been let go during the many reductions in the workforce. That is when we learned to live well below our means. Been there done that. Sometimes rocking the boat too much doesn't help. I learned that slowly... Most who I knew that were eliminated did better with their next job. Don't loose sight of you life goals. You will get through this.