DTF Chat Thread v.thespicemustflow

[Stadler]

Hording the leftovers again.

Do you have containers I can borrow?

Funny enough, I had a dream last night and I pulled a ziplock bag of hot dogs out of the freezer.  Trouble was, the bag was about five FEET square, and the hot dogs were five feet long.   

[TAC]

Funny enough, I had a dream last night and I pulled a ziplock bag of hot dogs out of the freezer.  Trouble was, the bag was about five FEET square, and the hot dogs were five feet long.

WOW! 

[Metro]

Last night I dreamed I was at the movie theater watching Dune 2. Halfway through the movie, someone very calmly walks into the theater and says "There's a fire, everyone get out."
I said, "Can we finish the movie first?"
They said no.

[pg1067]

Continuing a discussion from the Celebrity Death Thread:

That's interesting. Other than my brother, I don't know of any people whose parents were that old and still having kids. My dad was 50 and my mom was 42 when my brother was born. 41 & 34 respectively when Herrick hatched.

As I mentioned in the other thread, three of my four grandparents were born in the 1880s (the other was born in the 1870s):

Paternal grandfather:  1880-1953
Paternal grandmother:  1883-1967 (she died 7 months before I was born)
Maternal grandfather:  1875-1945
Maternal grandmother:  1885-1975 (I'm told we travelled back east to visit her when I was very young, and I think she came to CA to visit us, but I have no recollection of her)

My father was born in 1921 when his parents were 40 and 38.  He was the youngest of four and there was an 11 year gap between child #2 and child #3.

My mother was born in 1923.  She was the younger (by slightly less than 3 years) of two.  Their parents were 45 and 35, so there's a family history of having kids later in life.

I'm the youngest of five.  My brother was the oldest and was born in September 1945.  My next closest sibling was born in April 1956 (a 10 year, 7 month gap).  I didn't come along until October 1967 (11 1/2 years later).  Safe to assume I was a complete accident.

The story I was told was that my mother was giving my middle sister a driving lesson and picked that time to tell my sister that she was pregnant.  My sister used to say that she almost drove off the road in surprise.  I once had a girlfriend theorize that my middle sister was actually my mother and that, in order to avoid the "shame" of having a 16yo knocked up, they decided to pretend that her mother was my mother.  It made sense from the standpoint that I was emotionally closest to this sister.  It obviously made no sense otherwise, but we got a laugh out of it nonetheless.

Although my wife and I had our kids in our early/mid-30s, they too never got to know their grandparents since both grandfathers died before my kids were born.  My kids vaguely remember my mother (who died when the kids were 5 and 3), but neither remember their maternal grandmother (who died a couple years earlier).

[HOF]

That is amazing. My grandparents on my mom's side had "accidental" kids later in life, and I have a cousin who is about 20 years younger than me and another who is about 20 years older than me (I'm guessing at the exact years).

People are having kids later and later in life these days (like starting out in their 40s), so I guess this sort of thing will be a bit more common in the coming decades.

[King Postwhore]

All 4 of my Grandparents were born between 1900 and 1908.

My Dad's Dad, passed away 3 weeks before my parent's wedding.  My Mom's Dad, passed away in 1977 when I was 9 years old.  Both my Grandmothers lived until they were in the 90's.

Both my parents were born on 1946.  They had me, the first born in 1968.  They were 21 when I was born.  My brother 6 years later.

Here they are in 1969. My dad had a shark suit. Lol

[El Barto]

The grandfather thing is interesting. I only knew one of my actual grandparents, but I had step grandparents which, as far as I'm concerned are the same thing.

What I find interesting is an idea that James Burke brought up in one of his [rather uninspired] Connections sequels. He used grandparents as a reference point in time. That is to say, referring to eras that your grandparents and their grandparents lived in. In his case he referred to stories that his grandfather told him about his grandfather. This would be a fascinating thing to hear, but is usually going to be lost on people too young to understand it. When I saw that I immediately lamented that my "grandfather" had died a few years earlier. Had he still be alive I'd have been on the phone with him the next day asking about what his grandfather was like, and what had been passed down.

My family tended to be on the younger side of childbearing years, so Marvin would have been born circa 1924 (based on enlisting after Pearl Harbour). Still interesting, but not too far removed. On the flip side, PG might have had the opportunity to hear firsthand from his grandfather about what it was like to grow up in the 1890s. He'd have been of voting age and remember well the presidency of Teddy Roosevelt. How cool would that be? Just as interesting, it's entirely possible that his grandfather had good knowledge from his grandfather about growing up in the early 1800s. When America only went as far as Missouri, and Mexico owned more of the country than we did. When people were just as disgusted by Andrew Jackson's sleazy ass as Americans are now of Donald Trump.

I suppose that kids today are much like I was, "who cares what things were like when you were my age--sounds terrible." Nevertheless, people probably should be making a concerted effort to tell their grandkids about the past. There's great knowledge of experience in there. Maybe someday their grandfather's grandfather's story might be a fascinating thing.

[Stadler]

Continuing a discussion from the Celebrity Death Thread:

As I mentioned in the other thread, three of my four grandparents were born in the 1880s (the other was born in the 1870s):

Paternal grandfather:  1880-1953
Paternal grandmother:  1883-1967 (she died 7 months before I was born)
Maternal grandfather:  1875-1945
Maternal grandmother:  1885-1975 (I'm told we travelled back east to visit her when I was very young, and I think she came to CA to visit us, but I have no recollection of her)

My father was born in 1921 when his parents were 40 and 38.  He was the youngest of four and there was an 11 year gap between child #2 and child #3.

My mother was born in 1923.  She was the younger (by slightly less than 3 years) of two.  Their parents were 45 and 35, so there's a family history of having kids later in life.

I'm the youngest of five.  My brother was the oldest and was born in September 1945.  My next closest sibling was born in April 1956 (a 10 year, 7 month gap).  I didn't come along until October 1967 (11 1/2 years later).  Safe to assume I was a complete accident.

The story I was told was that my mother was giving my middle sister a driving lesson and picked that time to tell my sister that she was pregnant.  My sister used to say that she almost drove off the road in surprise.  I once had a girlfriend theorize that my middle sister was actually my mother and that, in order to avoid the "shame" of having a 16yo knocked up, they decided to pretend that her mother was my mother.  It made sense from the standpoint that I was emotionally closest to this sister.  It obviously made no sense otherwise, but we got a laugh out of it nonetheless.

Although my wife and I had our kids in our early/mid-30s, they too never got to know their grandparents since both grandfathers died before my kids were born.  My kids vaguely remember my mother (who died when the kids were 5 and 3), but neither remember their maternal grandmother (who died a couple years earlier).

That's actually kind of common.  Jack Nicholson grew up thinking his mom (17 at the time of Jack's birth) was his sister, and his aunt was his other sister.

[Stadler]

The grandfather thing is interesting. I only knew one of my actual grandparents, but I had step grandparents which, as far as I'm concerned are the same thing.

What I find interesting is an idea that James Burke brought up in one of his [rather uninspired] Connections sequels. He used grandparents as a reference point in time. That is to say, referring to eras that your grandparents and their grandparents lived in. In his case he referred to stories that his grandfather told him about his grandfather. This would be a fascinating thing to hear, but is usually going to be lost on people too young to understand it. When I saw that I immediately lamented that my "grandfather" had died a few years earlier. Had he still be alive I'd have been on the phone with him the next day asking about what his grandfather was like, and what had been passed down.

My family tended to be on the younger side of childbearing years, so Marvin would have been born circa 1924 (based on enlisting after Pearl Harbour). Still interesting, but not too far removed. On the flip side, PG might have had the opportunity to hear firsthand from his grandfather about what it was like to grow up in the 1890s. He'd have been of voting age and remember well the presidency of Teddy Roosevelt. How cool would that be? Just as interesting, it's entirely possible that his grandfather had good knowledge from his grandfather about growing up in the early 1800s. When America only went as far as Missouri, and Mexico owned more of the country than we did. When people were just as disgusted by Andrew Jackson's sleazy ass as Americans are now of Donald Trump.

I suppose that kids today are much like I was, "who cares what things were like when you were my age--sounds terrible." Nevertheless, people probably should be making a concerted effort to tell their grandkids about the past. There's great knowledge of experience in there. Maybe someday their grandfather's grandfather's story might be a fascinating thing.

You all know I lost my dad two years ago (almost to the day: June 15).  I miss him terribly, but this is the most obvious aspect.  There are rarely days that go by when I don't think "I'll just call my dad and ask him".  And so many of those questions are about the time and the history.  I had a great uncle (and my namesake) that graduated the Naval Academy in the same class as Jimmy Carter, our former President.  I was talking to a friend last week and it turns out they might have been stationed together.  I have no one to ask and it really bummed me out (still does). 

I feel like such a lame-0 walking meme telling my kid to "ask questions NOW!" (thought all her biological grandparents are passed on now) but it's true.

[pg1067]

My family tended to be on the younger side of childbearing years, so Marvin would have been born circa 1924 (based on enlisting after Pearl Harbour). Still interesting, but not too far removed. On the flip side, PG might have had the opportunity to hear firsthand from his grandfather about what it was like to grow up in the 1890s. He'd have been of voting age and remember well the presidency of Teddy Roosevelt. How cool would that be? Just as interesting, it's entirely possible that his grandfather had good knowledge from his grandfather about growing up in the early 1800s. When America only went as far as Missouri, and Mexico owned more of the country than we did. When people were just as disgusted by Andrew Jackson's sleazy ass as Americans are now of Donald Trump.

That would have been very cool.  Coincidentally, I was going through some boxes of stuff last night and came across a few birthday cards/notes from my maternal grandmother - the only one of my four grandparents who was alive when I was born.  Nothing of substance, unfortunately.

Somewhere, I have a long, handwritten story written by my mother about the cross-country trip she made in 1945, while pregnant, to visit my father in San Francisco.  My father was on a layover after the ship on which he was deployed was hit by a kamikaze:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Terror_(CM-5)#Kamikaze_attack,_1_May_1945  Unfortunately, since he died when I was 7, I never got to hear about that from him.

The earlier generations of my family had their kids much younger than my grandparents and parents.  The oldest of my 16 great-great-grandparents was born in 1810 (although I have no information about four of them who were born in Denmark), and only three of the 16 were born in the U.S.  One of these days, it would be nice to visit some locations in Ireland, Italy and Denmark where they came from.

[Lonk]

I really thought we were done but tested positive for Covid lol feel like a giant pile of shit 

[jingle.boy]

Apparently some places in Europe are getting hammered.

Hope it's a quick and mild case, Vic.

[TAC]

Hope it's a quick and mild case, Vic.

This.

[Lonk]

Apparently some places in Europe are getting hammered.

Hope it's a quick and mild case, Vic.

Thanks, I just came back from London so that checks out. Even though I had a mask for most of the flight, the lady behind me was coughing up a storm.most of the flight, that's probably where I got it

[MirrorMask]

Don't know where else to put it, but reminiscing about the good ol' days of the internet when the world wide web was young and ripe for exploring, I suddenly remembered I managed to exchange several e-mails with Jordan Rudess 

It was 1999, I found his e-mail address on who knows which page (back then social media were not existing and the number of people on the web was not that high, so having your e-mail address online was not a death sentence for spam and harassment), I wrote him some general compliment asking him please to write back, and he actually did!

I remember writing him my thoughts about SFAM and the 2000 summer concert they held in Italy, alas the mail I was using was on a provider that fell out of favor and at a certain point with the rise of Gmail, I lost all my archives because I did not access to my mail for more than 30 days, so I no longer have those mails. I remember he was pleasant enough in acknowledging my comments, and at a time he even wrote "Please keep in touch".

Eventually I stopped writing but who knows, if I had kept my correspondence without crossing any boundaries (not writing too much, not getting too personal etc), I might have been one of his e-pen pals to this day  but I guess with more and more people using the internet and eventually the arrival of social media, he would have had no longer the time or the will to personally write to everyone.

So I guess that's my story - I am not-young enough to have lived in a time where it was reasonable to have a personal correspondence through this "new thing" called e-mail with a famous musician 

[Stadler]

I really thought we were done but tested positive for Covid lol feel like a giant pile of shit 

Oh no!  Here's hoping it's a quick rebound....

[Lonk]

Oh no!  Here's hoping it's a quick rebound....

Thanks, feeling much better than yesterday, still congestion and runny nose though.

The good news is that I get another week off of work 

[Jamesman42]

I bought $120 of ribeye to grill for my family and people coming over and hopefully have leftovers like last time.

[MetalJunkie]

I made a proof of concept bare bones digital map in my free time just for the hell of it, but management from our local festival venue approached me about making an interactive map of our ren faire. I'm meeting with them Monday.

This is an unfinished, primitive version. Most of the pubs, the chessboard, and the arena are currently clickable.
http://okcastlemap.000webhostapp.com/

What would be a reasonable rate/price for something like this?

[Stadler]

I bought $120 of ribeye to grill for my family and people coming over and hopefully have leftovers like last time.

We had steaks Saturday, and Sunday I got up and made myself a nice steak and eggs breakfast.   Best part of the day!

[Jamesman42]

Ooh, I still have some leftover steak and might make that.

[Stadler]

Ooh, I still have some leftover steak and might make that.

It's a running joke in my family (since I do 99% of the cooking): "I'll make a hash out of it."   I LOVE leftovers, and often just take the bowls out of the fridge and make a "hash" out of them.  I had some diced roasted ptotatoes the other morning, the kids had some leftover chicken nuggets, I had a bowl of diced onions left over, I had a half of a home-grown tomato, and some sautéed broccoli.  BOOM: all in a pan (I add the ingredients at different times, based on whether they have to cook or just be heated) with some olive oil, salt, pepper and paprika (makes a nice crust), and (not in this recipe, but sometimes, a splash of marsala wine) and boom.   Sometimes, though not often, I'll fry an egg over easy/over medium and put that over top of it. 

[Jamesman42]

My wife loves doing that, and I have grown to do the same in the last few years, especially with two small children


Jamming some Alice in Chains today, it's been one year since my brother died and he loved AiC.

[King Postwhore]

He's right next to you listening as well.

[Jamesman42]

His ashes are right next to me listening, actually!

[Stadler]

His ashes are right next to me listening, actually!

Didn't see that coming.... 

I kid, with love.  I'm sorry for your loss, and I certainly hope you can find some peace in that listening.

[Jamesman42]

I did, I could see why he loved this band. Very raw.

[King Postwhore]

All this warms my heart. Love you James.

[Jamesman42]

Love you guys! We've all been suffering with loss it seems.

[Cool Chris]

So apparently there is a thing called Power Slap, which is a completion between two people slapping the hell out of each other.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YFuO0cYTlo

[hefdaddy42]

Yeah, Power Slap is crazy.

[wolfking]

I've seen that too, fucking nuts.

[Lonk]

We are back?

[King Postwhore]

My work stress is through the roof. It's honestly the first time I thought I just don't want to do this anymore. Ironically it's on my 13-year anniversary of working for this company.

[Lonk]

My work stress is through the roof. It's honestly the first time I thought I just don't want to do this anymore. Ironically it's on my 13-year anniversary of working for this company.

Sorry to hear that, hope things ease up for you.