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We are just taking it easy. Leftover Texas BBQ for dinner. Beautiful day, have the doors and windows open. Got our second "jabs" yesterday. It was fun to watch the military precision of the National Guard and grass roots efforts to shephard hundreds of cars in the Washington County fairgrounds grass around through the maze of stations. Very efficient and a nice visual! The boys were excited about the macadamia nut triple chocolate chip cookies we baked them!
 

At the moment I'm having coffee...listening to music...and looking for Easter images to make into avatars for friends on another forum. Got some new video game stuff via an update so I gotta go in and get that stuff set up somewhere. I'm off so I'm just trying to keep busy and relax.
 
Feelslikefar said:
Woke up thinking I needed to go to RadioShack and get more solder
and just wander the store.
Then it hit me they don't exist anymore.:oops:
Must have been dreaming; sure do miss them.:mad:
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I miss them as well. The days when people like us actually built or repaired things ourselves are gone. I know that we can find specific parts on line, but when you need to accomplish something specific and you are standing looking at the components at Radio Shack and they don't have exactly what you need, you can generally come up with a "work around."

I miss Allied Radio for the same reason and I don't even remember how long they have been gone.
 
Pecos said:
I miss them as well. The days when people like us actually built or repaired things ourselves are gone. I know that we can find specific parts on line, but when you need to accomplish something specific and you are standing looking at the components at Radio Shack and they don't have exactly what you need, you can generally come up with a "work around."

I miss Allied Radio for the same reason and I don't even remember how long they have been gone.
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I never had a need to go in there much.
 
MarciKS said:
I never had a need to go in there much.
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Their customer base never really got settled down, and I think that they lost their mission.

Over the years it morphed from a parts store into one that sold all kinds of stuff. The parts that guys like me needed wound up way in back largely hidden from view. Those of us who were the nerdy type were often frustrated with the change.
 
There is not much on the agenda today but a couple of indoor house chores. It's still rainy and gray on the Oregon coast. I even forgot what day of the week it was. I don't know if that is good or bad as I ease into my second month of retirement.
 
Washed the kitchen floor--I can't recall the last time I did that! It just slipped my mind for some time now. Also cut up the veggies I got yesterday from the organic place. Took doggo out and boy did she go a lot. I think she was backed up a little! :LOL: Sat and watched some good youtube videos.
 
hollydolly said:
I also washed the kitchen floor today but then I do that every other day...difference today was I washed it with a mop, and I usually get down on my hands and knees to do it, but my knees are too painful now...
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My knees are always too painful to wash it on them so I always use a mop. The mop I have works pretty good, too. It's one of those that has a little plastic bottle that sprays the formula and then you just push it around.
 
Aneeda72 said:
😂 that we were not LDS, but took a couple years for it to sink in. We had neighbors that didn’t speak to us for 20 years. It’s a strange place. People still assume you are LDS, and you have to correct them. But more and more non LDS are moving here because our economy is really good.

But we can drive to Washington state in one day on a major highway, but it has few stopping places. And it’s a one day drive to Denver as well. There are still a few places that are cheaper to live in the state. But it’s a 5 hour drive to Las Vegas, which is still pretty closed down according to husbands friend who went there last week.
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I can relate to this, growing up in Idaho, although I know Utah has even more Mormons.
 
So far today with the help of hubs I've finally managed to get the radiators apart and vac the dust out of them. Had to find a youtube video to find out how to remove them, but at last they're done.

Cooked vegan sausages and onions for hubs, and bacon sarnie for myself...

Did all the laundry and put it away...

Been out in the garden anc cleaned down the underneath of the mower which still had dried grass on from last Autumn, and hubs is about to mow the lawn....
 
hollydolly said:
So far today with the help of hubs I've finally managed to get the radiators apart and vac the dust out of them. Had to find a youtube video to find out how to remove them, but at last they're done.

Cooked vegan sausages and onions for hubs, and bacon sarnie for myself...

Did all the laundry and put it away...

Been out in the garden anc cleaned down the underneath of the mower which still had dried grass on from last Autumn, and hubs is about to mow the lawn....
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Nice to see you taking a relaxation day 🤣
 
I'm back..got some gardening done, left hubs mowing the lawn... and made our Sunday Roast..

I had a traditional roast and hubs just had parsnips, red onions and Sprouts.. he can't taste anything anyway so he just has food that's nutritious and that does for him...

He's back out in the garden now, it's be dark in about an hour or so.. sunsets at about 5.40pm.. and I've come here to make sure you're all taking it easy today... :ROFLMAO:...
 

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