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You're a winner!
I will _never_ win the lottery. I know this because the type of luck I have attracts late-night drunks to stand in front of my hotel room door at 2:15 in the morning shouting jokes at one another.
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Some times good enough is good enough! 😃
(When the age on stage starts with 5 for many of us 😊)
#circus #acrobatics #oldpeopleofmastodon -
Some times good enough is good enough! 😃
(When the age on stage starts with 5 for many of us 😊)
#circus #acrobatics #oldpeopleofmastodon -
Some times good enough is good enough! 😃
(When the age on stage starts with 5 for many of us 😊)
#circus #acrobatics #oldpeopleofmastodon -
Some times good enough is good enough! 😃
(When the age on stage starts with 5 for many of us 😊)
#circus #acrobatics #oldpeopleofmastodon -
Some times good enough is good enough! 😃
(When the age on stage starts with 5 for many of us 😊)
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Softer books.
I love reading a good book while lying in bed - I just wish it wouldn't hurt and startle me awake as I fall asleep and it hits me in the face.
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Ugh.
Up at 3:30 to take the Miasma Mother-in-law to the airport for her flight out this morning.
I hope the flight crew is awake. I shouldn't be the only one made to suffer in this situation.
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Payment due.
Me to my body: "We're going to have to get up earlier than usual so we can get the car serviced. Can I count on you?"
My body to me: "Sure. But, later today I'm going to take a series of micro-naps while you're trying to do something that requires focus and concentration."
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@farah When I was a kid learning big numbers I figured out how old I'd be in 2000. It seemed utterly unbelievable yet here we are. #oldpeopleofmastodon
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Caffeinated edge.
I was going to post "Can you spot the rogue coffee bean that refused to enter my coffee grinder this morning?" and then something pithy like "Yeah, neither can I."
But then I uploaded the image to my computer and there, bold as brass, the little bastard sat mocking me.
Still, it's kind of a low energy word search if you need a distraction.
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Sound the charge.
The first campaign for year five of the northern Wyoming grass wars was undertaken today.
Jean-Michel does not like wet, heavy grass and faltered on a couple of the up-hill charges (clogged grass-catcher tube to the bags in the rear.) Also, his turning radius was crap (kept slipping on the wet grass.)
Still, he started after being stabled for almost 7 months and for that, I am grateful.
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Losing my 'muchness'.
Younger Miasma: "Road trip?! Sweet! how exciting. I get to eat junk food and sleep on the floor. When do we leave?"
Older Miasma: " Road trip? Shit. I hope our house doesn't burn down or flood while we're gone. Gotta pre-pay those bills and I hope there's at least one restaurant with decent food on this junket. Don't even get me started on sleeping in hotel beds..._mumble mumble..._"
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Black is a slimming color.
Mrs Miasma and I just joined a subversive organization.
I'm a little disappointed AARP doesn't sell the kind of branded merch we currently need here in America but the travel discounts are nice.
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Black is a slimming color.
Mrs Miasma and I just joined a subversive organization.
I'm a little disappointed AARP doesn't sell the kind of branded merch we currently need here in America but the travel discounts are nice.
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Black is a slimming color.
Mrs Miasma and I just joined a subversive organization.
I'm a little disappointed AARP doesn't sell the kind of branded merch we currently need here in America but the travel discounts are nice.
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Black is a slimming color.
Mrs Miasma and I just joined a subversive organization.
I'm a little disappointed AARP doesn't sell the kind of branded merch we currently need here in America but the travel discounts are nice.
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Black is a slimming color.
Mrs Miasma and I just joined a subversive organization.
I'm a little disappointed AARP doesn't sell the kind of branded merch we currently need here in America but the travel discounts are nice.
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Snowflakes.
Woke up to discover a light dusting of snow. The roads are wet but otherwise clear. Still, I took the precaution of declaring today a snow day just to be sure.
We'll be staying in with coffee and books today.
Don't tell me we don't know how to find the fun in life.
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Ssssh.
Sometimes when I first wake up and before my mouth gets warmed up, my fricatives don't uhm... fricate.
* Bet you never thought you'd see that word in a casual sentence.
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Annual ophthalmology visit: retinas still holding steady, no worsening of posterior vitreous detachment, "that's a really big floater in your left eye!," reading glasses holding steady at +2, "see you next year." Annual physical/wellness visit: looking good, get your thyroid levels checked again, it's been a while; see you next year. 2 down, 3 other annual specialists to go, currently scheduled for June, July, August.
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Sleep come free me.
Some friends who are still working 9-5 jobs asked me if not having a set bedtime was something to look forward to. 😆
I felt bad telling them that yes, it's nice to go to bed and not have to worry about getting up to an alarm clock but often these days, I wake myself up at ridiculously early times with no alarm needed.
I didn't have the heart to tell them about the unscheduled naps they can expect anytime they sit down for more than twenty minutes.
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Thanks #NHS The hearing aid was provided by Specsavers under NHS contract so free to me. Only 2 small issues: they are not rechargeable but Specsavers gave me enough batteries for at least a year, the control app won't work on my phone, apparently it's too old* but manual control via buttons on the devices is fine.
* I think it's about 5 years old? Android 12. As far as I'm concerned it's too old when it stops working. #OldPeopleOfMastodon -
Just got my first hearing aids. Isn't the world noisy? #OldPeopleOfMastodon
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The results are in.
Got a NHS referral for hearing tests
Medications approved for another year on repeat.
Dietician trying to get me to snack more and reinforce dishes with dried milk powder for extra protein.
OMF check was fine. No recurrence. 🤞
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Homewrecker.
Myself, Mrs Miasma and gravity must each accept our share of blame for this tragedy.
"First time home builders fail to secure HOA approval. Dream of home ends in tears."
-- The imaginary newspaper headline I wrote in my head just nowRobins are supposedly good nest-builders but to try and build on our spindly porch light was just foolish optimism. They must be new here.
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@tiggy Media do love an over-simplification. If anything I've got more radical as it seems all the centre/right governments we've had for decades (in the UK and elsewhere) have royally fucked things up. #OldPeopleOfMastodon
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Trust issues.
Just like with cloud computing, I'm struggling with the 'Uber' concept.
Let's get in a stranger's car and hope they don't drive like me when I was a teenager.
*Also, what if neither of us knows how to get where I'm going?
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Routinely safe.
Mrs Miasma expressed some concern about how routine our lives are becoming.
"What if someone wants to do us harm and they know our schedule?" she argues.
I counter with "I'm pretty sure an elite squad of assassins rolling into our small town would probably be noticed."
"Also, let's cut down on your action/espionage movie intake."
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Here. I'm from here.
Small town conversations eventually include the question "Where are you from?"
I awkwardly launch into my outline of what brought us here and when but it always sounds like an excuse.
Mrs Miasma whispers in my ear "Just say we're from here."
Six years with lots of practice and I still can't say it right.
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Here. I'm from here.
Small town conversations eventually include the question "Where are you from?"
I awkwardly launch into my outline of what brought us here and when but it always sounds like an excuse.
Mrs Miasma whispers in my ear "Just say we're from here."
Six years with lots of practice and I still can't say it right.
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Here. I'm from here.
Small town conversations eventually include the question "Where are you from?"
I awkwardly launch into my outline of what brought us here and when but it always sounds like an excuse.
Mrs Miasma whispers in my ear "Just say we're from here."
Six years with lots of practice and I still can't say it right.
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Here. I'm from here.
Small town conversations eventually include the question "Where are you from?"
I awkwardly launch into my outline of what brought us here and when but it always sounds like an excuse.
Mrs Miasma whispers in my ear "Just say we're from here."
Six years with lots of practice and I still can't say it right.
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Here. I'm from here.
Small town conversations eventually include the question "Where are you from?"
I awkwardly launch into my outline of what brought us here and when but it always sounds like an excuse.
Mrs Miasma whispers in my ear "Just say we're from here."
Six years with lots of practice and I still can't say it right.
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Tech Support.
I like to help where I can.
Me: "So what are you up to today?"
Wigwam Jones: "Playing with new audio gear. It's being a stinker."
Me: "Remember to wear the packaging on your head to unlock the product's secret knowledge levels!"
Wigwam Jones: "Damn I forgot"
Me: "I'm here for you."
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Anticipation.
Off to volunteer our help for a friend who owns the local bookstore. She needs some bookshelves and their contents moved.
You know you're old when you start taking aspirin in anticipation of the day you're about to have.
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Low expectations.
I've now been asked on three separate occasions if I'd like a job here.
My current working theory (yes I did that on purpose) is that they think I'll work cheap. What they don't realize is, I'd also work poorly.
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No wonder there were pirates.
I'm trying to remember which bar I wandered into that left me addled and confused enough to wake press-ganged, and serving aboard the dumbest of timelines.
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Flexible in our caution.
The receptionist at our optometrist gave my wife a piece of chocolate when we stopped by to get her bottle of eyeglass cleaner refilled.
Me: "I thought we didn't accept candy from strangers."
Mrs. Miasma: "I've seen her around."
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Flexible in our caution.
The receptionist at our optometrist gave my wife a piece of chocolate when we stopped by to get her bottle of eyeglass cleaner refilled.
Me: "I thought we didn't accept candy from strangers."
Mrs. Miasma: "I've seen her around."
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Flexible in our caution.
The receptionist at our optometrist gave my wife a piece of chocolate when we stopped by to get her bottle of eyeglass cleaner refilled.
Me: "I thought we didn't accept candy from strangers."
Mrs. Miasma: "I've seen her around."
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Flexible in our caution.
The receptionist at our optometrist gave my wife a piece of chocolate when we stopped by to get her bottle of eyeglass cleaner refilled.
Me: "I thought we didn't accept candy from strangers."
Mrs. Miasma: "I've seen her around."
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Flexible in our caution.
The receptionist at our optometrist gave my wife a piece of chocolate when we stopped by to get her bottle of eyeglass cleaner refilled.
Me: "I thought we didn't accept candy from strangers."
Mrs. Miasma: "I've seen her around."
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So Elon's going to market crypto-currency to the demographic that can't figure out the camera on their smart phones?
I feel like I should be investing heavily in the anti-depressants market for the next four years.
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So Elon's going to market crypto-currency to the demographic that can't figure out the camera on their smart phones?
I feel like I should be investing heavily in the anti-depressants market for the next four years.
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So Elon's going to market crypto-currency to the demographic that can't figure out the camera on their smart phones?
I feel like I should be investing heavily in the anti-depressants market for the next four years.
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So Elon's going to market crypto-currency to the demographic that can't figure out the camera on their smart phones?
I feel like I should be investing heavily in the anti-depressants market for the next four years.
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So Elon's going to market crypto-currency to the demographic that can't figure out the camera on their smart phones?
I feel like I should be investing heavily in the anti-depressants market for the next four years.
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Anybody else going with the "Whiz-bang" hairdo for Saturday morning chores?
No? Okay, just me then.
* Yes, of course I know there's a towel-dinosaur behind me...
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Defiant nuns flee Austrian care home for their abandoned convent in the Alps https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y8r2gk0vyo
<<Three Austrian nuns in their 80s have run away from the retirement home where they were placed and gone back to their former convent.
Sister Bernadette, 88, Sister Regina, 86, and Sister Rita, 82, are the last three nuns at the Kloster Goldenstein convent in Elsbethen, just outside Salzburg.
They regained access with the help of former students and a locksmith.>>