WYFP: Again?
So your’s truly has gotten out of the habit of Kosmailing people mid-week about their obligations to host WYFP. Ah, well. To err is human, to really screw up requires a computer. And what is the `Web,...
View ArticleWYFP: Oh, great...
So, if you wondered where old Uncle Jeff was last Saturday, wonder no more.I was in the hospital.But first:WYFP is our community's Saturday evening gathering to talk about our problems, empathize with...
View ArticleWYFP: Inching Back
WYFP is our community's Saturday evening gathering to talk about our problems, empathize with one another, and share advice, pootie pictures, favorite adult beverages, and anything else that we think...
View ArticleWYFP: Yet another Open Thread
Many things are FP’s to me these days. The election and it’s aftermath, the Electoral College, my surgery and its putting the brakes on our move to the new house, and the lack of participation around...
View ArticleWYFP: not getting the word
Looks like I’m host tonight. I wonder if Trix is back?Our neighbors in Chicago to the west have had many problems. He developed liver disease and died earlier this year. She has be fighting cancer, and...
View ArticleWhither Night Owls
I don’t pretend to be the sharpest pencil in the drafting table drawer, and I haven’t been staying up late because I’m still healing from my heart surgery, but it’s 6 days since Open Thread for Night...
View ArticleWYFP: Multidimensional Open Thread
I had this dream a while back. For some reason, we had enough money available to own a one-bedroom condo in Chicago, on the Nort’ Side, as well as the dome out in Stephenson County. We also had a...
View ArticleWYFP: Misc. Stuff Open Thread
WYFP is our community's Saturday evening gathering to talk about our problems, empathize with one another, and share advice, pootie pictures, favorite adult beverages, and anything else that we think...
View ArticleWYFP: The Illinois Lottery and me.
I started playing the Lotto game back in 1984. My boss followed the Fifth Rule of Plumbing and I was looking to speed up my retirement, and the Illinois Lottery Authority was putting in...
View ArticleWYFP: Gettin' Around, Again
Ok, so you’ve heard my sad tale of woe about my Focus in it’s dog-years dotage. Things in it are starting to go south, and the cost of dealing with them is going up. I’d like to get a newer...
View ArticleWYFP: Open Thread
Nobody volunteered for tonight, and Calamity Jean and I just got back from an overnighter in Stephenson County. Therefore, I declare this an Open Thread.I can’t even handle the boilerplate...
View ArticleWYFP: Another F****** Open Thread
Out on the farm tonight. Seems like it’s taking forever to move, but my doctor said not to overdo it. My main FP after that? Well…July 8: Richard CraniumJuly 15: BlueoregonJuly 22:July 29:Other than...
View ArticleWYFP: Looking Ahead
Join me now for a fantasy (so far) look ahead:It was before the second anniversary of my heart valve surgery that we managed to get moved in to the new house. Cleaning up the bird poop meant that we...
View ArticleWYFP: Yet Another Open Thread
So we’re still cleaning, tweaking, etc. , at the dome. And I’m getting no volunteers.Thank d-G for Open Threads.Oh, and then there’s this:October 7:October 14:October 21: ScottyUrbOctober 28:...
View ArticleWYFP: Really Late Open Thread
We are out at the farm, having gotten a late start today due to the weather.And since I had no volunteers for tonight, well, y`know…I declare this an Open Thread.
View ArticleWYFP: Yet Another Open Thread
Not out at the farm this weekend, due to a family get-together.My FP’s are the same as usual. What’s your’s?I declare this an Open Thread.
View ArticleWYFP: The Board, and other things
Whenever I get a volunteer for a diary, you may have noticed that I tell them their name is on The Board, which conjures up visions of controls and instruments lined up on panels in a brightly lit...
View ArticleWYFP: For Want of a Washer
So here we are again, and I am posting tonight's diary.It's been another expensive week here in our old crumbling bungalow. The kitchen faucet had need of a new washer, letting us know by leaking a...
View ArticleDell laptop problem...
This would be appropriate for a WYFP diary, but we already have a volunteer for tomorrow night.Calamity Jean has a Dell e6500 running Win 10, and today it suddenly started acting up. As in the...
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