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That's why I asked about a manual.
I decided to take risk by taking a page from her book: passive aggression.
Posted this, not to her, but where she can't miss finding it:
https://www.vbforums.com/showthread....=1#post5631740
Turn on the CC for the lyrics.
Awfully quiet around here. No one complaining, no one laughing, not even a love story.
I guess everyone is just content.
Or trying to stay out of trouble.
It gets weird. Phone call last night that ended feeling funny. Called back a while later, yep she was bummed. Reassurance, reassurance, decided to confide something. She'd been talking about ukelele lessons (?) a while ago. I'd looked into instruments to accompany uke and found that ocarinas often do. Told her I bought one and was starting to learn to play it. She had no idea what I was talking about, I said "You know: ocarina. Sweet Potato?"
She found that hilarious for some reason. Laughed and laughed almost to the point of tears. I threatened to call her that in front of her friends: "Please pass the peas, Sweet Potato?" LMAO "Don't... you... dare!"
We had a good laugh and both felt better.
It's a lot of work but I try to overcome a little of the distance. I suppose being a bit demented is a useful skill after all.
A lot of the time the demented part of a person is the most interesting and fun. As long as it doesn't get too dark.Quote:
I suppose being a bit demented is a useful skill after all.
I've always thought my families sense of humor was a little demented.
Well she must be warming up again. She's even thinking about sending me another picture to replace the evaporating one from the secure chat app. She's probably concerned that I've substituted another image in my mind for her. LOL
I'm not so paranoid, having posted several of myself all over that social forum site and in my avatar there. So far only one that's pretty old now and been around turns up in a Google of my name, so I see little to get in a twist over.
An evaporating image? Does she fade away slowly, or shrink in from the edges?
You can set an expiation and then messages, images, voice clips, video clips all go away after 5 minutes, half an hour, 8 hours, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
And then it evaporates like so, Shaggy:Quote:
Originally Posted by dilettanteYou can set an expiation and then messages, images, voice clips, video clips all go away after 5 minutes, half an hour, 8 hours, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
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Fade to white.
I have a 5 foot cudgel or staff. It's a straight length of young redbud tree trunk that had died and seasoned in-place out back. I sawed off both ends and barked it, and it had a lot of personality. Some deep cracks, an interesting grain of blonde and mahogany. Five feet long and about 1 1/2 inches at the small end, maybe 2 1/2 inches at the wide end after it cured in the shed for a year.
I soaked and rubbed in mineral oil, and it took most of 2 quarts minus some rag waste and a little left over. It "dried" well with no oily feel. Nice heft. I did a wrap of simple twine at the thick end.
I use it for working out. Somewhat like a heavy kendo shinai a little, but more something used for general free-form working out of the arms and shoulders, a ballast for twisting at the waist, hold it for standing forward bends and extensions, as a "lever" for back bends, etc.
Today:
Wasn't paying attention and knocked my noggin. Raised a bit of a forehead bump, and I sent her a picture of that. Sympathy? No, she laughed!
Can this relationship be saved?
Well, now you know how to make her laugh. I hope your body can handle it. lol
Maybe she'll forget about it if it evaporates. :eek2:
Did you set it's expiration?
Nah, I just sent it normally. Things are going pretty well lately.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Porter
Actually, it's a buck and a quarter, quarter staff, but don't tell her that.Quote:
Originally Posted by dilettante
That's the response I would expect. Sounds pretty good, to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by dilettante
I guess it was a daffy thing to do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
Yes, exactly. And good for a laugh.
Dil, as long as you don't do her laundry, you're still good. :bigyello:Quote:
Originally Posted by dilettante
There are certainly highs to the journey, but at times it can feel Sisyphean too.
Ohhhhh yeah!