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Friday, January 27, 2023 6:28 PM

BRENDA


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I wish you luck with your book, Brenda.

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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.



Thanks but it's still a couple of months away from any serious publisher hunting.



Before I blame my self-involvement for not knowing, have you shared what your book is about Brenda? If you don't want to share I understand, but I don't recall what it is you're writing about.

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You know something SIX. I don't remember if I have or not. I can talk about it. It's a murder mystery and it happens at a rodeo. The owner of the rodeo is murdered.




JEEZ!!!! SPOILER ALERT!!!!!

J/K... I'm sure the mystery is whodunnit!

I wish the muse be with you.

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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.





No worries. It is. That's why I kept my statement to a minimum.

Thanks. I can sure use the muse's help on my next project. I am soooo close to why my main character is doing what she's doing. But having a tough time getting there.

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Friday, January 27, 2023 6:34 PM

BRENDA


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Out for my walk on a dry day with the sun trying to shine. Couple of small things to do. Found out that I didn't do all the grocery shopping I needed yesterday. So have to finish doing that today.




We're having parallel days!

I realized that I bought 20lbs of screws yesterday that were all one size when there were two sizes that were free after rebate so I had to return half of them today and get 10lbs of both sizes.



Not a bad deal. $0.28 tax on each box instead of the $5.25 per box it would have been full price and without the rebates.

I did really great on that one. After taxes and the couple of bucks I had to pay for some cheap levels, I got just over $100 of stuff for less than 7 bucks. I think that's the best percentage I've had yet.


Took that opportunity to pick up a few other things I skipped last trip up there. I got 3 carpet knives with 2 blades each for a buck a piece (when a 5 pack of carpet blades alone costs $2.98 anyhow... so 1 free blade and 3 free knives!), and a few scraper sets and 125 sheets of various grit sandpaper. Didn't do nearly as well on that one, but after the rebates clear I'll have paid about $14 for $35 worth of stuff.




Don't know if I'll get to the post office to send them in today like I wanted to though. That was the only thing I planned to do errand wise today, but it started snowing hard on my way back and all that fresh salt is going to be out on the streets. Until I get the other two break lines replaced, I don't think I want to make them any more rusty than they already are.



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It happens for me sometimes. I think I have everything then I get back and start unbagging things and realize I forgot something. That's what happened to me.

I think I just missed some rain today while I was out as when I left the local mall to come home everything looked wet out. So far no snow but it is cold out.

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Friday, January 27, 2023 6:35 PM

BRENDA


Well, when I got back from my errands I saw some time to do some book work on the clock. So chapter 19 is finished and I am half way through chapter 20.

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Friday, January 27, 2023 6:46 PM

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I wish you luck with your book, Brenda.

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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.



Thanks but it's still a couple of months away from any serious publisher hunting.



Before I blame my self-involvement for not knowing, have you shared what your book is about Brenda? If you don't want to share I understand, but I don't recall what it is you're writing about.

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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.



You know something SIX. I don't remember if I have or not. I can talk about it. It's a murder mystery and it happens at a rodeo. The owner of the rodeo is murdered.




JEEZ!!!! SPOILER ALERT!!!!!

J/K... I'm sure the mystery is whodunnit!

I wish the muse be with you.

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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.





No worries. It is. That's why I kept my statement to a minimum.

Thanks. I can sure use the muse's help on my next project. I am soooo close to why my main character is doing what she's doing. But having a tough time getting there.




I envy your ability to do it at all. Like REALLY envy you.

I've had ideas for stories floating around in my mind from time to time, but I find it impossible to
write anything resembling good dialogue. It's truly a gift. It's nice that you're using it.



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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.

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Friday, January 27, 2023 6:52 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK


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It happens for me sometimes. I think I have everything then I get back and start unbagging things and realize I forgot something. That's what happened to me.

I think I just missed some rain today while I was out as when I left the local mall to come home everything looked wet out. So far no snow but it is cold out.



I don't usually do that, but that's because I write a LOT of stuff down and have a car route planned out so I'm not making any left turns and hitting as many places as possible when I do need to go out for something.

These rebates have gotten me a few times in the recent months though. They'll only advertise one product in the fliers but there sometimes can be two or three or more in actuality, and sometimes I catch it. I'm sure I've gotten more of one thing and missed out on the other thing(s) because of this without catching it too.

I just have to be more careful when checking everything out in the future.



Do you write lists for yourself? I'd be absolutely lost if I went shopping without them. I never impulse buy or buy anything that isn't on sale.

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Friday, January 27, 2023 11:35 PM

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I wish you luck with your book, Brenda.

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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.



Thanks but it's still a couple of months away from any serious publisher hunting.



Before I blame my self-involvement for not knowing, have you shared what your book is about Brenda? If you don't want to share I understand, but I don't recall what it is you're writing about.

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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.



You know something SIX. I don't remember if I have or not. I can talk about it. It's a murder mystery and it happens at a rodeo. The owner of the rodeo is murdered.




JEEZ!!!! SPOILER ALERT!!!!!

J/K... I'm sure the mystery is whodunnit!

I wish the muse be with you.

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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.





No worries. It is. That's why I kept my statement to a minimum.

Thanks. I can sure use the muse's help on my next project. I am soooo close to why my main character is doing what she's doing. But having a tough time getting there.




I envy your ability to do it at all. Like REALLY envy you.

I've had ideas for stories floating around in my mind from time to time, but I find it impossible to
write anything resembling good dialogue. It's truly a gift. It's nice that you're using it.



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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.



Thank you.

This first book all came about by accident. I sat down years ago with a pad of paper and just started writing. One character came first then that character brought a long all the others and the setting which includes what he and the other characters do.

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Friday, January 27, 2023 11:40 PM

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It happens for me sometimes. I think I have everything then I get back and start unbagging things and realize I forgot something. That's what happened to me.

I think I just missed some rain today while I was out as when I left the local mall to come home everything looked wet out. So far no snow but it is cold out.



I don't usually do that, but that's because I write a LOT of stuff down and have a car route planned out so I'm not making any left turns and hitting as many places as possible when I do need to go out for something.

These rebates have gotten me a few times in the recent months though. They'll only advertise one product in the fliers but there sometimes can be two or three or more in actuality, and sometimes I catch it. I'm sure I've gotten more of one thing and missed out on the other thing(s) because of this without catching it too.

I just have to be more careful when checking everything out in the future.



Do you write lists for yourself? I'd be absolutely lost if I went shopping without them. I never impulse buy or buy anything that isn't on sale.

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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.



I do write grocery lists for myself but I have been known to forget the lists. Also I write reminder notes when I have to pick up something specific and I'm not sure I'll remember it.

But since I am on foot there is only so much that I can carry in one trip, so sometimes I have do things over a couple of days.

I have to admit that I do a little bit of impulse buying. Especially when it comes to ice cream that I like and is on sale. *L*

Though I do buy things like dish soap out of a dollar store here and sometimes cereal if they have something that I like. Also shampoo.

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Saturday, January 28, 2023 12:18 AM

6IXSTRINGJACK


Yeah. If you write a list, it doesn't do you no good not to remember it. I did almost walk out without mine today.

The only time I buy something not on the list is if there is something I catch on sale or clearance out of the corner of my eye that wasn't in the advertisement. A few months back I bought a whole bunch of filters for my furnace that were super cheap at about $1.25 each that just happened to be on an endcap so you couldn't miss it. And the other day while walking by the front aisle I saw a 2 pack of pumice stones with handles on clearance for $2.00 that will be good for cleaning out that one rust stain from my toilet bowl that no amount of cleaner or scrubbing seems to get out.

Dollar Tree is a different story. I'll hit that place pretty frequently since it's almost always in route home from anywhere I'm going and not a big deal to go in even if I can only think of one thing to get. I get my hair bands, cheap disposable DIY stuff, shampoo/conditioner and the occasional bag of chips if I want to treat myself from there. No need for a list or looking out for sale prices when everything is the same price and the store is so small you've pretty much memorized their entire inventory after you go there a dozen times.





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Saturday, January 28, 2023 12:25 AM

6IXSTRINGJACK


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I envy your ability to do it at all. Like REALLY envy you.

I've had ideas for stories floating around in my mind from time to time, but I find it impossible to
write anything resembling good dialogue. It's truly a gift. It's nice that you're using it.



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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.



Thank you.

This first book all came about by accident. I sat down years ago with a pad of paper and just started writing. One character came first then that character brought a long all the others and the setting which includes what he and the other characters do.



Accidents are how a lot of great works of art begin.


Maybe one day I will be able to write something. I haven't tried since I was around my mid-20's and didn't really have much life experience yet. And unlike your style, characters were always an afterthought for me... basically window dressing for a concept. And how are you supposed to write good dialogue between 2 people if you don't really have interesting people talking to each other in the first place?

I think maybe my concepts would be better in somebody else's hands who knows how to write, and maybe has a more outgoing personality and has had a lot more real life dialogue with other people. My writing is more analytical and better suited for office missives than for short stories or novels that anybody would pay to read.



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Saturday, January 28, 2023 1:15 PM

BRENDA


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Yeah. If you write a list, it doesn't do you no good not to remember it. I did almost walk out without mine today.

The only time I buy something not on the list is if there is something I catch on sale or clearance out of the corner of my eye that wasn't in the advertisement. A few months back I bought a whole bunch of filters for my furnace that were super cheap at about $1.25 each that just happened to be on an endcap so you couldn't miss it. And the other day while walking by the front aisle I saw a 2 pack of pumice stones with handles on clearance for $2.00 that will be good for cleaning out that one rust stain from my toilet bowl that no amount of cleaner or scrubbing seems to get out.

Dollar Tree is a different story. I'll hit that place pretty frequently since it's almost always in route home from anywhere I'm going and not a big deal to go in even if I can only think of one thing to get. I get my hair bands, cheap disposable DIY stuff, shampoo/conditioner and the occasional bag of chips if I want to treat myself from there. No need for a list or looking out for sale prices when everything is the same price and the store is so small you've pretty much memorized their entire inventory after you go there a dozen times.





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Too true. I don't use a list when I am going into a thrift store because I am usually shopping for pants and t-shirts as well as regular shirts.

Yeah, there is a dollar store in my local mall. I also buy pop out of there. And I get my hair ties there too. The store I go to also sells comic books, so I pick up the odd one. *L*

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Saturday, January 28, 2023 1:17 PM

BRENDA


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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
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Originally posted by Brenda:
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
I envy your ability to do it at all. Like REALLY envy you.

I've had ideas for stories floating around in my mind from time to time, but I find it impossible to
write anything resembling good dialogue. It's truly a gift. It's nice that you're using it.



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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.



Thank you.

This first book all came about by accident. I sat down years ago with a pad of paper and just started writing. One character came first then that character brought a long all the others and the setting which includes what he and the other characters do.



Accidents are how a lot of great works of art begin.


Maybe one day I will be able to write something. I haven't tried since I was around my mid-20's and didn't really have much life experience yet. And unlike your style, characters were always an afterthought for me... basically window dressing for a concept. And how are you supposed to write good dialogue between 2 people if you don't really have interesting people talking to each other in the first place?

I think maybe my concepts would be better in somebody else's hands who knows how to write, and maybe has a more outgoing personality and has had a lot more real life dialogue with other people. My writing is more analytical and better suited for office missives than for short stories or novels that anybody would pay to read.



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You never know until you try. I hated writing in high school.

But this started easy enough. Once I had the general premise as I said everything just seemed to flow.

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Saturday, January 28, 2023 1:17 PM

BRENDA


Out for my walk. Decided I need some veg.

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Saturday, January 28, 2023 6:02 PM

BRENDA


Got back from my walk after one with the veg I wanted. Dishes done then sat down to do more book work. Ch. 20 finished and Ch. 21 as well. Started on Ch. 22.

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Saturday, January 28, 2023 10:27 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK


I'm beat!

Me and my friend were going to get some supplies to fix a few things around his house and maybe shoot some pool and watch a movie when we were done getting the fridge to my house, but when I realized that his wife and her step-sister were clearing out the house we stayed to help.

First off, the fridge is AMAZING. Huge upgrade to my kitchen once I swap them out and tap a copper line into it for the ice maker.

But I ended up getting a LOT of other stuff. So much I don't even remember what I got at this point. I don't think I'll keep it all and I'll be going to goodwill, but there are some really good finds there.

Top of the list that I do remember is a brand new hiking backpack (one of the PRICEY ones that I'd never actually buy for myself). A SONY cube alarm clock that looks to have a ton of bells and whistles on it. A beautiful end table. Lots of food and some paper towel and toilet paper. A few unopened gallons of Clorox bleach. A printer/copier/fax machine with extra ink cartridges. Sharpie markers unopened, both fat and fine. 6 filters for my furnace. A giant spool of blank CDs and a small spool of blank DVDs. Two unopened bags of "rich people" coffee beans and a grinder. A marble paper towel holder.

And probably my favorite thing that's going to need some work... One of those really nice wooden caddies with 4 folding tables so people can have something to put their food on. I'm going to sand down the tops, match the stain and throw about 3 coats of poly and they'll be brand new.


Once I've got all the stuff here, I'm going to do an inventory of everything, decide what I'm giving away to Goodwill and let my buddy know that I've got some more work to do for them in trade for this unexpected bounty.



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Saturday, January 28, 2023 11:14 PM

BRENDA


Wow! Six. You had quite the day for sure.

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Sunday, January 29, 2023 12:23 AM

6IXSTRINGJACK


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Wow! Six. You had quite the day for sure.



Oh boy, was it.

Her step-sister apologized to me too and said she forgot to think of me earlier to come by and see what I wanted before some other non-family came out and grabbed stuff. I told her don't sweat it since all I thought I was going there for was to help bring the fridge back to my place. But I can only imagine what types of things were there before if the stuff I got was what was left after all the vultures took what they wanted. I heard he had a 90" TV that one of their friends took! I don't think that would reasonably fit anywhere in my house.

This was a HUGE house. One of those McMansions that must cost about $500 a month right now for heat and electricity. It was funny though because there wasn't as much "room" space as you would imagine there would be from outside because the ceiling from the first floor on 3/4 of the house was about 20 feet high with a cool staircase going up to only 3 rooms and a bathroom upstairs. Super wide open and really interesting layout, but as much as I love painting I would never try painting a house like that. I'm afraid of heights. If god wanted me to paint 20 foot ceilings he would have given me 12 foot legs.




That set of folding tables is going to be really nice when my aunt and Grams come by for lunch. I'm always bringing down these two high back wooden chairs for them to eat off of since I've yet to put together a proper dining area in my small kitchen.




The only bad part of the day? Both me and my buddy jacked up our backs. And as the night goes on I'm a little concerned that this could turn into one of the BAD ones. I'm hoping it feels better tomorrow when I wake up.


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Sunday, January 29, 2023 1:50 PM

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Wow! Six. You had quite the day for sure.



Oh boy, was it.

Her step-sister apologized to me too and said she forgot to think of me earlier to come by and see what I wanted before some other non-family came out and grabbed stuff. I told her don't sweat it since all I thought I was going there for was to help bring the fridge back to my place. But I can only imagine what types of things were there before if the stuff I got was what was left after all the vultures took what they wanted. I heard he had a 90" TV that one of their friends took! I don't think that would reasonably fit anywhere in my house.

This was a HUGE house. One of those McMansions that must cost about $500 a month right now for heat and electricity. It was funny though because there wasn't as much "room" space as you would imagine there would be from outside because the ceiling from the first floor on 3/4 of the house was about 20 feet high with a cool staircase going up to only 3 rooms and a bathroom upstairs. Super wide open and really interesting layout, but as much as I love painting I would never try painting a house like that. I'm afraid of heights. If god wanted me to paint 20 foot ceilings he would have given me 12 foot legs.




That set of folding tables is going to be really nice when my aunt and Grams come by for lunch. I'm always bringing down these two high back wooden chairs for them to eat off of since I've yet to put together a proper dining area in my small kitchen.




The only bad part of the day? Both me and my buddy jacked up our backs. And as the night goes on I'm a little concerned that this could turn into one of the BAD ones. I'm hoping it feels better tomorrow when I wake up.


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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.



You've gotta be more careful when you are doing heavy stuff like that. That's how I wrenched my right shoulder last year. The first time I did that was over 10 years ago when I was looking after my mom.

I am hoping to make it to a thrift store tomorrow and see if they have an actual cloth tablecloth for my kitchen table. Got a plastic thing on it right now and in certain areas it is starting to stick to the table inspite of the flannel backing on it.

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Sunday, January 29, 2023 1:51 PM

BRENDA


More book work for me once I get up and do a couple of other things.

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Sunday, January 29, 2023 5:33 PM

BRENDA


A little music and Ch.22 finished as well as Ch.23. I also started Ch.24.

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Monday, January 30, 2023 1:54 AM

6IXSTRINGJACK


You're on a roll Brenda!



Have you ever tried making something work that for the life of you, you couldn't get working, only to have it accidentally start working for you after messing around with it for hours and you have no explanation why it did?

That's where I'm at right now, regarding something I'm making for my friend and his daughter with an old, crappy laptop that I got from the old man now that he has a speedy new one that was gifted to him for Christmas.

We're in this in-between time with old and new tech again, and for whatever reason I could not get this ancient BIOS on the right settings to read a Linux distro from the internal hard drive (Somewhat similar to a problem I was talking about YEARS ago when I tried installing an SSD to an old all in one PC that wouldn't read any OS from the newer tech).

I was just about to resign myself to buying a USB nub drive and running it from that (which would be slower, but should still have worked for the purpose), but then all of the sudden on a reboot it worked just fine.

What the heck did I do right this time? It's not as if that old BIOS had a lot of options to try out.

Oh well. I won't look a gift horse in the mouth. I'm just going to make sure I lock it down so they can't screw it up and press on with the stuff I thought I might actually have finished before I went to bed tonight. I think I have one more hurdle to jump through because I'm not super familiar with Linux, but I should be able to figure it out from here, and it's always good learning new things.



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Monday, January 30, 2023 1:14 PM

BRENDA


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You're on a roll Brenda!



Have you ever tried making something work that for the life of you, you couldn't get working, only to have it accidentally start working for you after messing around with it for hours and you have no explanation why it did?

That's where I'm at right now, regarding something I'm making for my friend and his daughter with an old, crappy laptop that I got from the old man now that he has a speedy new one that was gifted to him for Christmas.

We're in this in-between time with old and new tech again, and for whatever reason I could not get this ancient BIOS on the right settings to read a Linux distro from the internal hard drive (Somewhat similar to a problem I was talking about YEARS ago when I tried installing an SSD to an old all in one PC that wouldn't read any OS from the newer tech).

I was just about to resign myself to buying a USB nub drive and running it from that (which would be slower, but should still have worked for the purpose), but then all of the sudden on a reboot it worked just fine.

What the heck did I do right this time? It's not as if that old BIOS had a lot of options to try out.

Oh well. I won't look a gift horse in the mouth. I'm just going to make sure I lock it down so they can't screw it up and press on with the stuff I thought I might actually have finished before I went to bed tonight. I think I have one more hurdle to jump through because I'm not super familiar with Linux, but I should be able to figure it out from here, and it's always good learning new things.



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I am. I'm just hoping to get it finished by the weekend.

Not anything that technical.

No, don't look a gift horse in the mouth. Just be glad you got it working for sure.

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Monday, January 30, 2023 1:14 PM

BRENDA


Out for my walk in the cold in a bit. Stuff to do.

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Monday, January 30, 2023 5:45 PM

BRENDA


Walk in and then dishes done when I got back. I also put in an hour's worth of book work.

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Monday, January 30, 2023 7:00 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK


NICE!

Been working on that project more or less all day. It's going to work, but it's going to be a lot more work than I thought it would. That's okay. My time is cheap right now.

It is so cold outside right now, and windy too so it's sucking the heat out of the house. I broke down and turned the heat up to 53, but I think I'm going to have to go higher overnight so the pipes don't freeze.

Glad it's only 3 days of this crap this week instead of the 10 days of it we were supposed to get.

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Tuesday, January 31, 2023 1:02 PM

BRENDA


Out for my walk and my errands in the cold and snow. The snow arrived over night and it's not much. But boots and cane needed.

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Tuesday, January 31, 2023 5:47 PM

BRENDA


Back from my errands and all is dry now. It had been trying to snow while I was out. Managed to get Ch. 24 finished and start Ch. 25.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2023 12:08 AM

BRENDA


Got a call about a pick up game of mah jong for tomorrow then got another call from the head saying that it was cancelled. Probably people leery of the snow the weather people are calling for tomorrow.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2023 12:21 AM

6IXSTRINGJACK


Looks like we're both making progress today Brenda.

Unfortunately it looks like I'm so behind now with what I'm doing that in order to make it work with the new software I have a LOT of manual things I need to do to get it all working right.

Not the end of the world, but even though I know what I'm doing after a deep dive inside the software it's not going to be a fast process to make this work unless I learn some coding tricks or just keep brute forcing away at it.

So do I spend what could be a few days learning something and possibly wasting that time getting nothing done, or do I keep doing it the stupid way manually and at least feel like I'm accomplishing something?



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Wednesday, February 1, 2023 1:21 AM

BRENDA


Yeah, I am SIX.

That's difficult question you have to answer there. But I'm sure you'll figure some thig out.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2023 1:11 PM

BRENDA


Out for my walk in a bit. Got things to do including a birthday card to post that I have been forgetting about.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2023 4:08 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK


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Yeah, I am SIX.





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That's difficult question you have to answer there. But I'm sure you'll figure some thig out.



There was a third option...

Got a little help from some old online friends.

It's still not a completely automatic process, but I've reduced my workload by dozens of hours at least just by asking for a little help!

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Wednesday, February 1, 2023 5:38 PM

BRENDA


Quote:

Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Quote:

Originally posted by Brenda:
Yeah, I am SIX.





Quote:

That's difficult question you have to answer there. But I'm sure you'll figure some thig out.



There was a third option...

Got a little help from some old online friends.

It's still not a completely automatic process, but I've reduced my workload by dozens of hours at least just by asking for a little help!

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Help from friends is good.

Same thing will happen with my book. I know someone who is a published author though she's poet. But we know some of the same people so she's agreed to help me.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2023 5:40 PM

BRENDA


Back from my walk and a lot of the snow is gone. So, that's good.

Dishes done, an inch or so trimmed from my hair and over an hour of book work done. Ch. 25 finished and started on Ch. 26.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2023 6:46 PM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.


I had to scroll waaaay up to catch up with what you guys are up to!

SIX, I can't imagine tackling anything that deep into software/firmware/hardware!
And I would never attempt anything as ambitious as writing a book, BRENDA!


Been busy just keeping up with things. Where does the time go???

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Wednesday, February 1, 2023 11:13 PM

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Quote:

Originally posted by Brenda:
Help from friends is good.

Same thing will happen with my book. I know someone who is a published author though she's poet. But we know some of the same people so she's agreed to help me.



Sure is good.

Most my life I was living like an island. My step-dad told me that "No man is an island", but I didn't really listen to that advice until about 10 years later and way after I sobered up.

And at first when I was helping people, a large part of it was about planting obligations on them, and a lot of times I never cashed in on them because it put me at an advantageous position. But you start doing it enough and you realize that you get a lot of satisfaction and purpose doing it, then you're not so worried about when you're going to get paid back.



That's awesome that you know somebody to help you get published. I wouldn't even know where to begin on that myself if I didn't know anybody.

Seems you're still plugging along. The muse must be with you.



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Wednesday, February 1, 2023 11:17 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK


Quote:

Originally posted by SIGNYM:
I had to scroll waaaay up to catch up with what you guys are up to!

SIX, I can't imagine tackling anything that deep into software/firmware/hardware!
And I would never attempt anything as ambitious as writing a book, BRENDA!


Been busy just keeping up with things. Where does the time go???



Being stuck in a damn cold house makes it easy to work on. Unless I grow un-stubborn and turn the heat up, there's not a whole lot to do around here other than keep the place tidy and veg out all day. That's boring. I only want to do that at night when things are winding down.

I'm really on a roll now. That help I got from the old online buddy just made the world of difference. It's amazing what about 50 typewritten characters arranged in the correct order can do. I actually couldn't even guess how much time he saved me and how many computer restarts too.



Hope you're getting your stuff done too!


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Wednesday, February 1, 2023 11:20 PM

BRENDA


Quote:

Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Quote:

Originally posted by Brenda:
Help from friends is good.

Same thing will happen with my book. I know someone who is a published author though she's poet. But we know some of the same people so she's agreed to help me.



Sure is good.

Most my life I was living like an island. My step-dad told me that "No man is an island", but I didn't really listen to that advice until about 10 years later and way after I sobered up.

And at first when I was helping people, a large part of it was about planting obligations on them, and a lot of times I never cashed in on them because it put me at an advantageous position. But you start doing it enough and you realize that you get a lot of satisfaction and purpose doing it, then you're not so worried about when you're going to get paid back.



That's awesome that you know somebody to help you get published. I wouldn't even know where to begin on that myself if I didn't know anybody.

Seems you're still plugging along. The muse must be with you.



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My problem is I can have a big problem with asking for help. I can get so stuck on trying to do everything on my own then when I need help it's hard.

Well, she's going to help me write a proposal. You have to do that first. I learned that through research.

I am. I've never gave up on my writing but this is the first time in years that I've actually been able to get things done with it. Well, the momentum for getting ready for someone else to read and help me is certainly with me.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2023 11:21 PM

BRENDA


I'm off to mah jong in the morning then some errands after.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2023 11:22 PM

BRENDA


Been watching "Jurassic Park: World Domination" and I'm not so sure I like it. So, it will be heading back to the library tomorrow.

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Thursday, February 2, 2023 1:49 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK


Quote:

Originally posted by Brenda:
My problem is I can have a big problem with asking for help. I can get so stuck on trying to do everything on my own then when I need help it's hard.



I hear ya, and I do the same. But I've found that going out of my way to help others first makes it pretty easy to get favors returned, and makes it easier for me to ask for help when I need it too. I can't really offer any direct help to the two people who helped me online the other day, but I have done things for a greater community in the past and they're happy to spend a few minutes whipping up something for me when I do ask.

But yeah... I wasted about 8 to 10 hours doing something manually that could have been done in about 1 hour with their help. And there's a lot more to be done that will be really quick now.



Quote:

Well, she's going to help me write a proposal. You have to do that first. I learned that through research.

I am. I've never gave up on my writing but this is the first time in years that I've actually been able to get things done with it. Well, the momentum for getting ready for someone else to read and help me is certainly with me.



I can tell. I've heard you talk about writing from time to time, but never seen you on fire like this before.



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Thursday, February 2, 2023 1:53 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK


Warm enough today to run some errands, so I'll probably do that. Need to get some milk since I'm out, so I'll pick up a few things while I'm there.

Another semi-decent rebate sale happening, but I'm not going to do nearly as well as the last few hauls percentage-wise since they have Buy1-Get1 on folding saw horses, and I plan on picking up a few pairs for myself and one for the old man.

Still won't be bad though. And they've got some fuel cleaner additive that's free after rebate, so I'm going to pick a bunch of them up and start running them through the car 1 tank at a time now that everything FINALLY seems to be in working order.



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Thursday, February 2, 2023 3:55 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK


Did that. Good stuff.

Wrapped up a few things on the project this morning before I went out, but I'm feeling a little "off" today. Think I might take a nap. Hopefully I'm not coming down with anything. I want to get over to my friend's house and help him wrap up his man cave and clear out his crawl space this weekend.

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Thursday, February 2, 2023 6:16 PM

BRENDA


Quote:

Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Quote:

Originally posted by Brenda:
My problem is I can have a big problem with asking for help. I can get so stuck on trying to do everything on my own then when I need help it's hard.



I hear ya, and I do the same. But I've found that going out of my way to help others first makes it pretty easy to get favors returned, and makes it easier for me to ask for help when I need it too. I can't really offer any direct help to the two people who helped me online the other day, but I have done things for a greater community in the past and they're happy to spend a few minutes whipping up something for me when I do ask.

But yeah... I wasted about 8 to 10 hours doing something manually that could have been done in about 1 hour with their help. And there's a lot more to be done that will be really quick now.



Quote:

Well, she's going to help me write a proposal. You have to do that first. I learned that through research.

I am. I've never gave up on my writing but this is the first time in years that I've actually been able to get things done with it. Well, the momentum for getting ready for someone else to read and help me is certainly with me.



I can tell. I've heard you talk about writing from time to time, but never seen you on fire like this before.



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Well, my other problem is that with no transport of my own. I can't really offer people I know help. Oh, well.

It's been a looooong time since I've been this on fire with it. But I am hopeful.

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Thursday, February 2, 2023 6:18 PM

BRENDA


Back from mah jong and other stuff. No luck today. 1 decent hand and I went out 2 times. Another lady I was playing with could do no wrong. Oh well.

Other things after mah jong took a little longer than planned, so no book work today. But that's okay. I will get back to it tomorrow.

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Thursday, February 2, 2023 11:55 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK


Quote:

Originally posted by Brenda:
Well, my other problem is that with no transport of my own. I can't really offer people I know help. Oh, well.

It's been a looooong time since I've been this on fire with it. But I am hopeful.



With the car problems I've had keeping me homebound more often than not in 2022 going into 2023, I actually can empathize a bit with you on that one. I mean, not really though... My brother who also doesn't drive would know exactly how that feels, and I've only just had a little taste.

Honestly though, back in my drinking days I don't even know what I would have done. I would have had nobody to help me get around and not enough sense to even work on the car.

I tried to take as little advantage as I could over the last year, but I did have friends, family and neighbors that helped me out while I got through that, but that's only because I stopped being a worthless POS.



I know that you probably don't want to do that much inside your apartment because I think you hold boundaries in high regard as I do. When I did rent, I usually had as little to do as possible with neighbors because they could just come to your door and knock on it whenever they felt like if you get too close to them. Maybe it's different with houses, or maybe I've just got good neighbors, but without me having to state it we've got a "phone first" policy if we need anything.

Quote:

Originally posted by Brenda:
Back from mah jong and other stuff. No luck today. 1 decent hand and I went out 2 times. Another lady I was playing with could do no wrong. Oh well.

Other things after mah jong took a little longer than planned, so no book work today. But that's okay. I will get back to it tomorrow.



It's cool taking a break. I'm sure your mind is still working though... Keep that pad of paper and a pencil on the ready if you brainstorm something that you might lose in your sleep.



I had a little nap and feel better than I did this afternoon, but now I'm going to be up for a few hours anyhow so I'm going to get a little bit more done on my project.



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Friday, February 3, 2023 12:50 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK


I hit a little speedbump last night that wasted a few hours. At first I thought it was some code that I had written that was bad, but after verifying twice that this wasn't the case, I began to think maybe it was a memory issue by the behavior pattern. Nope... That wasn't it. And even with this old machine there is plenty of RAM to spare.

Unfortunately, this newer system doesn't have a large community behind it with a reams of easily searchable documentation to go to when oddities happen, so I'm kind of flying blind here. And this issue was so vaguely unspecific that there was no way I was going to be able to get my smarter online friends to figure it out for me without sitting right next to them and plopping the laptop on their desk.

So I finally went into the developer options to fiddle around a bit and found a "clear cache" option, similar to what is found in a Fire Stick/TV. With nothing to lose I tried it, and wouldn't you know it... it cleared everything up.

Apparently, while setting this thing up, that's a thing I have to do semi-regularly.

I didn't have to do that with the outdated system from 5 years ago, and if I just used that system this wouldn't have taken a fraction of the time. But that old system was developed with ARM architecture in mind. It was ported to X86_64 and worked on a standard PC, but was far from optimized back then. This new system is optimized for X86_64, so my task is rebuilding my stuff from behind the scenes in as few steps as possible, and then testing that the setup is good.


And speaking of testing, I'm glad that as I've gotten past certain landmarks I've been backing everything up. 3 out of 4 important code documents by the end of last night had been altered from the backups after doing this. Not by much... In fact they're still the same size in KB, but my FTP compare shows them as different now when matching file size. So I'm going to have to compare both documents in a program that compares the differences in txt files.



Maybe I should see if ChatGPT could do all of this for me?



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Friday, February 3, 2023 12:52 PM

BRENDA


Quote:

Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Quote:

Originally posted by Brenda:
Well, my other problem is that with no transport of my own. I can't really offer people I know help. Oh, well.

It's been a looooong time since I've been this on fire with it. But I am hopeful.



With the car problems I've had keeping me homebound more often than not in 2022 going into 2023, I actually can empathize a bit with you on that one. I mean, not really though... My brother who also doesn't drive would know exactly how that feels, and I've only just had a little taste.

Honestly though, back in my drinking days I don't even know what I would have done. I would have had nobody to help me get around and not enough sense to even work on the car.

I tried to take as little advantage as I could over the last year, but I did have friends, family and neighbors that helped me out while I got through that, but that's only because I stopped being a worthless POS.



I know that you probably don't want to do that much inside your apartment because I think you hold boundaries in high regard as I do. When I did rent, I usually had as little to do as possible with neighbors because they could just come to your door and knock on it whenever they felt like if you get too close to them. Maybe it's different with houses, or maybe I've just got good neighbors, but without me having to state it we've got a "phone first" policy if we need anything.

Quote:

Originally posted by Brenda:
Back from mah jong and other stuff. No luck today. 1 decent hand and I went out 2 times. Another lady I was playing with could do no wrong. Oh well.

Other things after mah jong took a little longer than planned, so no book work today. But that's okay. I will get back to it tomorrow.



It's cool taking a break. I'm sure your mind is still working though... Keep that pad of paper and a pencil on the ready if you brainstorm something that you might lose in your sleep.



I had a little nap and feel better than I did this afternoon, but now I'm going to be up for a few hours anyhow so I'm going to get a little bit more done on my project.



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I have been finding that being unable to drive as I get a little older is sucking. Because I am now limited in what at times I can do for myself.

Yeah, you right. I've heard people down in the lobby arguing over stuff and I just don't want to get involved in whatever it is. I just mind my own business. If I see someone I will say hello and maybe talk about the weather or some such thing but that is it.

My hands need a break. I was stressing them out and they need a rest and a stretch in a different way.

I always have a pen and paper on me when I go out, so I can maybe grab a cup of coffee and do some writing.

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Friday, February 3, 2023 12:52 PM

BRENDA


Out for my walk but suppose to rain even though the sun is out a bit now.

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Friday, February 3, 2023 5:44 PM

BRENDA


Back and in around 1pm. Dishes done and about an hour and a bit of book work. Ch.26 is long. There is a wind coming up now.

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Friday, February 3, 2023 11:06 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK


Nope... It wasn't the cache clear that fixed the problem. That was just a coincidence.

It wasn't an issue with my code either.

It seems that under a certain condition, the system will bastardize part of my code upon a refresh. I haven't pinpointed exactly why yet, but I have managed to work around this problem twice now, confident that it won't happen again now in these two instances.

I'll get one more opportunity to perhaps figure out exactly what is going on, because there is going to be one more instance where this condition is met.

Otherwise... things are going well.

I didn't get it done before the cold temperature were over, but there's nothing saying I can't keep working on it when it's 40 degrees outside.




ETA: Just one step away from finishing a major part... probably the biggest part. I'm going to have to deal with that bug to gt past it. Hopefully it doesn't keep me up too late tonight and I can get to the rest of it over the weekend. I'm really hoping that the rest is pretty plug-n-play.

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