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Come one, come all, share your daily thoughts, conversational chit-chat, maybe a joke or two and all the little things that really don't need its own thread.

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Thank you Ana for the shiny new thread ... you are #1

Good morning everyone.

A sunny Sunday with sunshine.

Emergency kits available in the break room

19 Celsius outdoors.

And happy birthday to msMercury.

Good Morning Ana, Fogfighter and everyone! Welcome to the redorated Break Room!

Wishing Mary a Happy Birthday...homemade Birthday cake to share!

Wide Awake Double Dark brew is ready too.

Hope you all enjoy your day!

Gerry

Good morning Gerry Fogfighter Ana Connie Draclvr Hagatha OldBroad and everyone else who gets the chance to pop in.

Happy birthday Ms Mary!

What a great way to start our day wide awake double dark brew and cake!

Have a wonderful Sunday everyone

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Mart, Birthday Cupcakes in the Break room. Shopping is on he agenda. Enjoy the day and hug someone.

Good Sunday morning. Another toasty day ahead, but I think it's supposed to head back into the 80's this week with MAYBE some rain.

Did the chuck roast in the crockpot yesterday. Will clean it up and shred it this morning and put back into the broth for sandwiches. My god-daughter's boys are kinda picky, so I'm also making some smash burgers for them. A big pot of home made mac and cheese, a sour cream cucumber salad and a tomato salad with onions and balsamic vinegar and we are good to go! Yeah, here I am cooking again after I swore off it before my kids went back to Denver!

I'm sure the pool will get a workout today.

Good morning everyone!

Yet a day with 19 Celsius and some clouds. Pretty pleasant.

Emergency rations with instant coffee and knäckebröd available in the break room.

Happy Monday GameBoomers!

Good Morning Fogfighter, soot, connie, Draclvr and everyone! Wide Awake Double Dark Brew awaits!

Fogfighter any gaming on your agenda today? Soot I hope you have a good day for walking. Draclvr your salads sound delicious! My mom use to make a tomato and red onion salad with vinegar that I loved! I never got it to be as tasty as hers. I have not had homemade mac and cheese in years...that sounds so good too!

Enjoy your Monday everyone!

Gerry

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Enjoy the Day and hug someone.

Good Monday morning. A relief from the temps and a good inch of rain yesterday.

Although I won't have to start watering the tomatoes and peppers today, it put a huge damper on the visit from my god daughter and her family yesterday. Oh, well... we ate well, but the boys were bored! I was so happy that her mom, my very close friend from almost 60 years ago was able to come along. Her husband passed about 3 or 4 years ago and she sold their huge brownstone in the city of St. Louis and moved to an apartment. They have a gardening space and gave her a generous area to grow herbs. She brought me the most beautiful arrangement of herbs in a pretty glass vase. She told me what each of them is and I've never heard of some of them such as African Blue Basil! They are so pretty I can't imagine using them!

Good Monday morning everyone. Enjoyed my walk this morning with 'feels like' temps in the mid 80s, climbing to the 90s this afternoon and then in 100s later this week. Off to continue the day with chores and projects...but first a cup of WADDB and bagels.

Have a wonderful Monday everyone

Hi Boomers.

Having a very frustrating time with Dell. Twice they have returned my laptop without repairing it, claiming there is nothing wrong with it. However, twice a tech has gone into my laptop remotely wnd found the problem immediately.

The issue is that the keyboard doesn't talk to the computer. I can type all I want but nothing appears on the screen. No idea why a tech can't find that problem, but it seems Dell won't fix my computer. So frustrating. I rarely lose my temper on the phone but I flipped out completely. Wonder what my blood pressure is!

How maddening !! I sincerely hope you can get that sorted soon, hagatha 🤞

Sometimes flipping out is what it takes to get them to listen to you. You pay extra for them to fix this and then they refuse to fix it...

I have no idea what may be going on with your laptop, obviously. This is not exactly a fix but I can mention that I for years made my old Asus laptop stationary and attached a USB-Keyboard, because more user friendly keys. If you happen to have a USB-keyboard you can always try that one. More like a workaround but may be useful if in a pinch. Wireless keyboards might work as well but there is always that extra hazzle to make them connect. USB-Keyboards tend to be plug and play nowadays. If you can make do with a simple keyboard they are also really affordable nowadays. Though there are also fancy expensive ones. I personally use a decent Logitech keyboard with lit keys. Very user friendly. Office version. Not the gaming keyboard.

Good luck and be careful with the blood pressure.

The usual emergency kits are available in the Break room.

Over here yet a pleasant day with 19 Celsius. Mrs Sun is shining.

Not much gaming will be done today, I'm afraid. I recently bought new neat fanless computer. Now installing the latest Debian Linux version which was released this weekend. Almost like a puzzle adventure game. Figure out how to make it work in order to advance and continue to next challenge. Will hopefully work, eventually.



Happy Tuesday GameBoomers!

Good Morning Fogfighter, connie, soot, Draclvr, hagatha, Mad and everyone! Wide Awake Double Dark Brew is ready to start your day!

Draclvr what a thoughtful gift from your God daughter's mom...a very long time friend! Fogfighter that is good advice for Hagatha about using a USB keyboard...logitech are the best and compatible with most computers. I hope you get it fixed hagatha.

Soot enjoy your walk today...hopefully it is cooler. Connie what are you up to today? Mad always nice to see you pop in to the Break Room.

Enjoy your Day everyone!

Gerry

Good morning, Danish, Donuts, and Bagels in th4e Break Room. Gerry, I will be refiguring finances today. We went car shopping yesterday. We are now the proud owners of a new HYUNDAI ELANTRA. Our old car was a 2009 and was starting to cost too much in repairs. Not thrilled with car payments again, it's been 11 years. Enjoy the day and hug someone.

Good morning Gerry Fogfighter Draclvr Mad Hagatha and all who follow. I've used Fogfighter's technique for using a USB keyboard with my laptops over the years. However, with that said it's sad Dell computer cannot (will not) fix the issue with your laptop Hagatha. I did enjoy my walk this morning Gerry and got a peek of Jupiter and Venus closest approach to each other in the night sky. It's raining now and I'm enjoying it. Might have groceries on my docket today but for sure will enjoy a cup or two of wide awake double dark brew and bagels.

Have a wonderful day everyone.

Good Tuesday morning. Nicer temps in the 80's, but maybe thunderstorms later today.

Fogfighter, I just read an article about the new Debian release this morning... sounds interesting, so good luck with it!

Congratlations on the new vehicle, Connie! I would hate making payments too. I am still driving my trusty 2004 Dodge Dakata truck with a stick shift transmission. It has AC, heat and a radio and that's it. Other than maintenance, I haven't spent anything on it. Well, I did replace the driver's seat because the mechanism to recline or move the seat stopped working - and it was just a manual adjustment type. But they will pry the keys to my truck out of my cold dead hands!

Good Morning connie, soot, Draclvr, Fogfighter and everyone. Wide Awake Double Dark Brew is ready to start your day!

Connie I'm still driving my 2004 Subaru Forester same year as Draclvr's truck. I don't think I could master all the tech changes in a new car...especially the computer touch screen on the dash. I like just putting the key in the ignition and starting the car...don't think I could handle a dashboard that looks like you are flying a plane!

Soot I'll have to check out the morning sky and see if I can see the planets.

Lately I have observed a hawk hanging around my yard. His presents has kept the other birds away from using my birdbath. Well yesterday I watched the hawk fly and perch on the edge of the birdbath. I was able to get some pictures on my Ipad as he actually went into the birdbath and rolled on his side getting his wings went and bathing for several minutes! He was amazing to watch! For at least 10 minutes he was in the birdbath.

I will have to call it a hawk-bath if he keeps it up...it's a good thing it has a concrete top or he would tip it over!

Have a great day!

Gerry

Good morning everyone!

Pleasant 23 Celsius today. No hawk nearby. Would have been great to enjoy Gerry's Hawk Show. Please keep us updated.
Meanwhile I have to make do with WADDB and installing the Debian. Seems promising so far. New computer behaves well too.

Happy Wednesday GameBoomers.

Good morning, Danish, Donuts, and Bagels in the Break Room. Gerry, I would have loved to see your Hawk bathing in the birdbath. Music Bingo at the Eagles tonight. Enjoy the day and hug someone.

Good morning Connie, Fogfighter, Gerry, Draclvr and everyon who follows. What an awesome sight Gerry to watch the hawk in your birdbath. I have a large terracotta clay deep saucer for the birds to use as a birdbath and water source. But the chickadee's use my hummingbird ant moats for their baths and the squirrels use the same ant moats for their personal drinking fountains. Hope your install of Debian is smooth Fogfighter. I'll bet your new Elantra gets great gas mileage Connie. Grocery shopping is on my docket today with an errand or two. But first it's time to enjoy WADDB and donuts.

Have a great Hump Day everyone 🐫