Don't hold back, just go ahead and say it!

grahamg · Oct 2, 2022

Aunt Mavis said:
Mom. Oh, and Dad.

Hello "Aunt", (you seem somewhat familiar!

)?!

palides2021 · Oct 2, 2022

Have to get up early tomorrow to do my presentation on Zoom in front of academia. It is a research colloquium located in England. So they are 5 hours ahead, I believe. Feeling anxious. Printed my speech at least 3 x. Did last minute changes so my speech is within the 25 minute time limit. Hope I don't mess up. Tried to record myself a least 5 x on Zoom to make sure the power point was working. Fumbled a couple of times. Take a deep breath. I can do this. Looking forward to when this is finished.

Shalimar · Oct 2, 2022

palides2021 said:
Have to get up early tomorrow to do my presentation on Zoom in front of academia. It is a research colloquium located in England. So they are 5 hours ahead, I believe. Feeling anxious. Printed my speech at least 3 x. Did last minute changes so my speech is within the 25 minute time limit. Hope I don't mess up. Tried to record myself a least 5 x on Zoom to make sure the power point was working. Fumbled a couple of times. Take a deep breath. I can do this. Looking forward to when this is finished.

Holding you in my thoughts, sending positive energy your way. Doctor, you can do this!

Warrigal · Oct 2, 2022

I'm thinking how much I hate the changeover to daylight saving.
I've changed all the clocks but still feel dischronulated.
(I made up that last word)

officerripley · Oct 2, 2022

Warrigal said:
I'm thinking how much I hate the changeover to daylight saving.
I've changed all the clocks but still feel dischronulated.
(I made up that last word)

Good word!

NorthernLight · Oct 2, 2022

Warrigal said:
I'm thinking how much I hate the changeover to daylight saving.
I've changed all the clocks but still feel dischronulated.
(I made up that last word)

Where have they changed the clocks already?

PS. I hate it too.

Nathan · Oct 2, 2022

palides2021 said:
Have to get up early tomorrow to do my presentation on Zoom in front of academia. It is a research colloquium located in England. So they are 5 hours ahead, I believe. Feeling anxious. Printed my speech at least 3 x. Did last minute changes so my speech is within the 25 minute time limit. Hope I don't mess up. Tried to record myself a least 5 x on Zoom to make sure the power point was working. Fumbled a couple of times. Take a deep breath. I can do this. Looking forward to when this is finished.

I can relate to the "live" online anxious feeling, used to live stream my Taichi practice and other fitness classes to Facebook. Once you get started you'll feel better and relax. Breathe!

Jules · Oct 2, 2022

Warrigal said:
feel dischronulated.
(I made up that last word)

I sat here looking that word for a few seconds before reading the next sentence. It should be added to the dictionary.

Warrigal · Oct 3, 2022

NorthernLight said:
Where have they changed the clocks already?

PS. I hate it too.

I am in Sydney, NSW Australia.
Not every state adopts daylight saving; from three time zones we now have 5.
They vary east to west and north to south.

grahamg · Oct 3, 2022

"Can't say how I feel", (have felt better, though sometimes a good bit worse!

).

Aunt Mavis · Oct 3, 2022

grahamg said:
Hello "Aunt", (you seem somewhat familiar! )?!

I get that a lot.

grahamg · Oct 3, 2022

Aunt Mavis said:
I get that a lot.

Are you androgynous?, (+ do you get that question a lot too "auntie"?).

Ruthanne · Oct 4, 2022

If I were a carpenter and you were my lady... I'd marry you anyway, would you have my baby?

hollydolly · Oct 4, 2022

palides2021 said:
Have to get up early tomorrow to do my presentation on Zoom in front of academia. It is a research colloquium located in England. So they are 5 hours ahead, I believe. Feeling anxious. Printed my speech at least 3 x. Did last minute changes so my speech is within the 25 minute time limit. Hope I don't mess up. Tried to record myself a least 5 x on Zoom to make sure the power point was working. Fumbled a couple of times. Take a deep breath. I can do this. Looking forward to when this is finished.

How did it go ?.... I have a zoom meeting this morning myself.. but fortunately it's in this country... so no panicking about time zones..

Georgiagranny · Oct 4, 2022

I didn't hold back. I said it, and I'm glad I did. So there.

Pinky · Oct 4, 2022

Life is grand!!

hollydolly · Oct 4, 2022

Poor postman.. ( mailman ) he's Got Covid..

palides2021 · Oct 4, 2022

hollydolly said:
How did it go ?.... I have a zoom meeting this morning myself.. but fortunately it's in this country... so no panicking about time zones..

Thanks for asking @hollydolly ! Hope your Zoom meeting went well!

My Zoom meeting/presentation went quite well. Better than I thought. So many things went wrong just before the meeting - my Word and Power Point stopped working because they had to be upgraded, but I couldn't get them upgraded until my Mac was upgraded. But the new Mac upgrade needed a lot of time (3 hours) and storage space. Didn't have enough storage space, so I spent a lot of time moving files and deleting uneccessary ones. This caused me much anxiety. I decided to forgo that and used another computer to work from. Woke up 6:00 am and attended part of the conference in my pj's. They couldn't see me because I didn't have my video on. Then, when they had their short break, I ran and got dressed and was there in time to present at 8:15 with my Power Point presentation. Afterward, they asked me questions. Then I remained there to watch the other speakers. So most of my day was spent in front of the computer. I had to turn the video off to eat lunch, but it was quite interesting.

hollydolly · Oct 4, 2022

palides2021 said:
Thanks for asking @hollydolly ! Hope your Zoom meeting went well!

My Zoom meeting/presentation went quite well. Better than I thought. So many things went wrong just before the meeting - my Word and Power Point stopped working because they had to be upgraded, but I couldn't get them upgraded until my Mac was upgraded. But the new Mac upgrade needed a lot of time (3 hours) and storage space. Didn't have enough storage space, so I spent a lot of time moving files and deleting uneccessary ones. This caused me much anxiety. I decided to forgo that and used another computer to work from. Woke up 6:00 am and attended part of the conference in my pj's. They couldn't see me because I didn't have my video on. Then, when they had their short break, I ran and got dressed and was there in time to present at 8:15 with my Power Point presentation. Afterward, they asked me questions. Then I remained there to watch the other speakers. So most of my day was spent in front of the computer. I had to turn the video off to eat lunch, but it was quite interesting.

OMG.. I have been in that very position myself in the past.. right from having to make storage space on the Mac.. to panicking in case nothing was ready in time.. to having a zoom meeting with the video off

.... see it's like a driving test sometimes isn't it ?.. if the last lesson all goes wrong you'll do marvelously well in the test..

grahamg · Oct 5, 2022

Here is a joke that sums up my views on pop nowadays quite accurately:

JustDave · Oct 5, 2022