Razors Edge

I'm turning around at the new development and overpass about a mile west past the quarry. Ice for good stretches on both the paved and horse trail starting at the new overpass, so not worth walking over that mess. I think, though, I could loop back to at least Vienna and still get a longer ride if I wanted. Thirties isn't helping ice melt in the shade, though

I just worry that you'll miss a birthday!

Wait! Wut?!?!?!

Seriously? Jeebus, how many stories do you read about lost hikers? Or ice fisherman floating off? Or people driving & getting stuck in blizzards? Or riding out a hurricane & needing an evac? Or moving to Texas? It's what we do, man!

SO, they know what to do this time? We're NOT going to have a repeat of the last surgery? Be safe, LJ!

And unable to nod and/or wave?

You can't die in car crash if you never leave the house (unless it is truly an EPIC car crash)! Good on you for staying safe

APOLOGY TIME! At least, a partial one from me. The woman said HI to me today. I passed them going the other way, and she actually greeted me before I even had a chance to greet them. He was still quiet, but it's a half-win! I can't say they are both rude anymore.

BOOM! The hammer is DOWN! Take that, @ChrisL!!!

You are well positioned in the market - smart, funny, active, and a guy with a pulse! Tinder is where it is at, though!

I wonder if Lucius Annaeus Seneca went to any gladiator events?

It did. Made my wife cry like a baby, though.

I'd like someone to address the SoCal vs Florida weather debate.

So "permanent" is sort of the same as "a few more years"? I can get on board with that! Or your pawn. Let's not exaggerate here, please.

Sorry you had to do that ...but at least something good came out of an awful situation.

Costco always asks if you opened something, but they don't penalize you (not accept the return) if you did. There is always a ton of returns on shelves behind them, and I wonder how they decide what gets re-shelved vs sent back (somewhere?). As a kid working at the grocery store, "go backs" were an evening task - ie resolving stuff the front end manager had accumulated throughout the day. Not sure if she did any triage or if everything went back on the shelf.

HE'S BACK!!!!

We wrapped up After Life last night, and this had a funny tie in to it Wordle 219 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Maybe that's not how it works? Odd, eh?

I'd say it is all luck. Definitely not genius. And hard to imagine, assuming a truly random common five letter word is chosen, how it could be anything but luck. Some modicum of thought would come into play if it accepted any letter combinations, because then at least you would be required to know and spell.

Yeah - the hope is that these two are a bit more influential with their opinions and can craft some reasonable policy.

Me too! And if I pass in the same direction, I generally say "Howdy!" Roadies are a rude lot

You may improve, but what I learned early is that I can beat say 75-80% of people playing chess. But, I can only beat (more often than not) a "chess player" maybe 10-20% of the time (probably less). When you play on-line and establish a rating level, those are pretty close, so when you hit someone with a higher rating? You lose. Or, at least I did. If I went into a match with someone near my rating, I had a shot, but those with much higher ratings crushed me. You should consider an on-line chess group and/or playing the one on the computer and bumping up or down the difficulty. You'll get better and your hubby won't have as much insight into your style of play. You may learn a few cool moves from those random folks on-line. Maybe @MickinMD has a suggestion or two for online play - sites, apps, whatever.

When you talk to her this year, toss in a "BTW, how many crotch fruit do you have? I can't keep track and some azz in my drinking club keeps hassling me about it."

She didn't mind her bandana. This was meant to be sprayed with an anti-anxiety fragrance. That didn't do any good but she did like the scarf!