Notices tagged with sonone
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I was going to send this to #Daddy_A (age 29), but he's a seasoned pro at ignoring my provocations. #sonTwo (age 31) would point out that he's the one that got me started drinking #coffee. #sonOne (age 41) would point out that he drinks something that looks like coffee-flavored motor oil. So I'll just put this here instead.
"Boomers tend to drink coffee instead of energy drinks because at least coffee tastes good."
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(Not so) Fun fact: #sonOne used to live near a puppy mill. Strangely, elderly female dogs kept showing up at their door, as if the mill was ejecting spent breeders. But we all know they wouldn’t do that, right?
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It has been quite a while since I last did one of these.
#Introductions is superfluous when I've been in the #fediverse since 2009. This should be tagged #untroductions instead.
I work for $EMPLOYER, a government agency which remains unamed due to their fear of appearing to endorse the things I say.
I do not speak for them, and they do not speak for me. Nothing I say or write is endorsed by or an official statement of the agency.
I manage https://nu.federati.net/ and other Federati Networks sites. !fnetworks
I generally work too much (3000 - 3500 hours per year the last few years). I try to remain in touch with my kids and grandkids, having realized that I missed a lot by being at work all the time. ( I spent more time with #sonTwo than with #sonOne or #Daddy_A, partly because he came and hung out at my workplace at the time. ) I am actively attempting to reduce that to something more reasonable, so that the younger grandkids (currently 11 and younger) will know me as the granddad that is present and involved.
Politically, I'm a centrist. By this, I mean that I reject the overall viewpoints and the dangerous and harmful plans of both the left and the right. I also disagree with many others who call themselves centrists.
I reject the US Democrat and Republican twin parties, generally choosing to vote for candidates who are not part of either organization. I do not believe that either the federal government or any corporation is the savior of the people. (Nor do I believe in any form of anarchism.)
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@moonman #sonOne prefers reading sensors and turning motors with !Arduino to most of the common !RasPi projects, but he was thrilled when I sent a #BBB, two #BBGs (one wireless), and a micro sized !BBB.
Now that my grandson #GS2 is back home, I am hoping that the two of them work together on some projects.
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#sonOne's #PR souvenir mugs arrived yesterday. #Daddy_A's mugs arrived today. No word from #sonTwo yet, but AFAIK, the mugs I sent to #SoCal family members have not arrived yet.
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Shipments sent. Now, #sonOne and his wife will soon have a pair of large #PR mugs. I decided to get #sonTwo and his wife a pair of large PR mugs. Because #Daddy_A is different from the other two, I decided to get him and his wife a pair of large PR mugs.
(Yes, the store had one design [in two available colors: gray/purple, gray/lightblue], so everyone got the same pair.)
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Planning to ship stuff for #sonOne and #sonTwo tomorrow. #Daddy_A's shipment will be Thursday. https://nu.federati.net/attachment/206838
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#sonOne told me today that #GS2 is back in their home. He's been living about fifty miles from my #SoCal home for about four or five years. Now 20, he's been doing some projects with a #Raspberry_Pi (which is scheduled to be sent from #CA in the next week along with his other possessions). Naturally, I sent a Three B+ and a Zero W to #MO, so that my son and grandson have some stuff they can do together.
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#sonOne gave seven year old #GD2 his old cellphone. There’s no service, but she uses it on #Wi-Fi like a mini-tablet. I’m not sure whether she has the communication program that we use, because she hasn’t responded since 2019-01-27. I’ll try to ask my son when I call tomorrow.
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@rye Someone suggested I get a Cooking Mama game for my granddaughters, but I figured #sonOne would sh*t himself over reinforcing stereotypes, so I didn't.
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I have noticed that I am communicating less. It isn’t just here. I have not had an actual telephone call with #sonOne in about a month.
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@alpacaherder That is too bad. Guaynabo is right here in the San Juan metro. #sonOne’s employer has a facility in Bayamon (neighboring municipality), but he was not picked to rotate through #PR, so we haven’t seen each other face to face in a year.
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I did not try to call #sonOne today because he was busy with the power outage and its effects.
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#lazyNephew: “There are so many projects I want to do with this Raspberry Pi. I think I’m going to end up with ten of them.”
(I sent him a !RasPi 0 W after he heard about the things #sonOne and #Daddy_A were doing.)
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About to peel off the cover. I'm going to walk down to CVS and Walgreens to get more. If I find enough, #sonOne, #sonTwo, #Daddy_A, @amic will all have these in about ten days. https://nu.federati.net/attachment/198203
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Me, discussing the computer build project that has consumed much of the last few months (and a big chunk of my budget): It all started when #lazyNephew found a "gaming" laptop on #GnawLeg ( #NewEgg ) for three hundred and something dollars and asked me to buy it for him after he lost his job.
So, that and getting #sonOne, #sonTwo, and #Daddy_A all living in the same part of the country again (for the first time since 2009) describe my "accomplishments" for 2018. Well, the second one really is an accomplishment, because it took me three years to start dispersing them from our economically dying part of !SoCal (nine years to complete that), and then three years to get them to consolidate in the middle of the country.
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I was planning to call my mom, #sonOne, #sonTwo, and possibly @amic tonight, but S caught me before I dialed. I doubt I'll have time for other calls tonight.
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I asked #sonOne whether the kids enjoyed their gifts. When I awoke, I had multiple Wire and SMS messages from #GS1, #GD1, #GD2. Also asked #Daddy_A and received a message saying his kids liked theirs. Still no pics.
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@gamehawk Is it possible to have too many#ARM SBCs?
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(Speaking of which, I should order some more !RasPi Zeroes. There seems to always be a project at #sonOne's house that is waiting for a !RaspberryPi or !BBB.)
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@noyoushutthefuckupdad Fun Fact: I took #sonOne to see "Home Alone 2" and afterwards I asked if it was the same kid playing the role in both movies.
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