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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Seattle
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I got a call from the resident social worker where my Mom lives. I'd sent my Mom a card for Easter and included a couple little treats inside. I sent it c/o the social worker, knowing that the social worker has a good relationship with my Mom and that the social worker also knows how to get and deliver mail, is ambulatory, etc. When the social worker, J, called me she told me she'd given the card I sent to my Mom, she was all smiles and hugged the card to her heart. This was before she'd even opened the card.
Anyhow J told me how happy it made her and how my Mom reached out to J for a hug, how happy she was. This makes me happy too. And a little wistful, it's been months now since I've seen my Mom. The place is on lockdown, has been for months (it seems, time's weird now). The phone sucks for my Mom since the stroke gave her aphasia as a nice little fuck you gift on the way out the door. *sigh* Still it was nice to hear from a good person helping my Mom tell me how happy she was. Yeah. Happy, we were talking about what makes us happy. ![]()
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Arlington, VA
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My son, the barber, just finished his application to request a gap year before enrolling in the University of Vermont.
I was worried it wouldn’t be approved, because with the uncertainty around Covid, literally every high school senior should be taking a gap year. But they responded within a couple hours approving his request. He’s going to do forestry work at Philmont Scout Ranch in NM for most of the gap year. It’s perfect for him. |
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#12483 |
UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 20,012
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Nice! So many people underestimate the value of work experience as a teen, plus you can't beat good clean outdoor work.
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#12484 |
still says videotape
Join Date: Feb 2001
Posts: 26,813
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SMRT
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#12485 |
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Seattle
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SonofV has been cleared to return to work!
He is back on the schedule for Sunday morning, 9am. He has a serious case of cabin fever and being back at work will be much better overall, even factoring in the increased risk of exposure to the public.
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Southern California
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The wife and I may swap haircuts with our Wahl and its graduated rakes.
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#12487 |
still says videotape
Join Date: Feb 2001
Posts: 26,813
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Productive afternoon.
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#12488 |
still says videotape
Join Date: Feb 2001
Posts: 26,813
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#12489 |
I hear them call the tide
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Perpetual Chaos
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That is beyond impressive to a foreign city-ish chick like me.
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#12490 |
The future is unwritten
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 71,105
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It's impressive for natives too, well done sir.
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#12491 |
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Seattle
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That's some good wood, sir!
SonofV reported a successful return to work, albeit "odd".
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#12492 |
still says videotape
Join Date: Feb 2001
Posts: 26,813
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I'm pretty chuffed.
Getting back to work is gonna be weird for everyone, glad he survived.
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#12493 |
The future is unwritten
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 71,105
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Are all those trees going to be planks or some for posts and beams?
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#12494 |
still says videotape
Join Date: Feb 2001
Posts: 26,813
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Right now, I’m guessing what I’m going to need for a not yet designed table for Pete. I will probably turn the rest into sizes more typically useful. I have a lot of projects in my head that probably should be on a drawing table but sometimes you just need to make chips fly
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To shreds, you say?
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet!
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Groovy UV. One of my alma maters. Took dendrology 101 there. Great course in 1984. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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