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[hunter_le five]

Morning.

@m00ps

 

[Ridire]

I think I blew an opportunity for a hump day humping by being all SADJockey at home this morning.

On this note, does anyone else have a certain time of the year in which they just kind of lose it? I have come to expect it at this time of the year (and it's here this week) where I am pissed off about nothing, feel like things are all screwed up and life is going the wrong way...despite the fact that I know things are fine and I'll feel differently in a week or two. I have no explanation for it.

 

[BGBC]

If you want to, try to calibrate it by sticking it into a cup of water, ice and salt. See what it reads...for science

Pretty sure the ones I have don't go down to freezing temps

 

[Psylocide]

If you want to, try to calibrate it by sticking it into a cup of water, ice and salt. See what it reads...for science

Pretty sure the ones I have don't go down to freezing temps

This.

Also, if you attempt to take them off... they are destroyed.

I'm just talking about the stick-on temp strips that are like $3.

 

[BeerMeDuffMan]

Pretty sure the ones I have don't go down to freezing temps

The goal would be to see if the bottoms out, or if it gives a false reading.

 

[BeerMeDuffMan]

This.

Also, if you attempt to take them off... they are destroyed.

I'm just talking about the stick-on temp strips that are like $3.

Crap. I think I have an extra one at home...I may give it a shot tonight while rummaging around the garage.

 

[BGBC]

On this note, does anyone else have a certain time of the year in which they just kind of lose it? I have come to expect it at this time of the year (and it's here this week) where I am pissed off about nothing, feel like things are all screwed up and life is going the wrong way...despite the fact that I know things are fine and I'll feel differently in a week or two. I have no explanation for it.

SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)? Go get some sun, or buy one those happy lights.

 

[sompls]

On this note, does anyone else have a certain time of the year in which they just kind of lose it? I have come to expect it at this time of the year (and it's here this week) where I am pissed off about nothing, feel like things are all screwed up and life is going the wrong way...despite the fact that I know things are fine and I'll feel differently in a week or two. I have no explanation for it.

I could have written this exact thing this morning. I think it's the winter and being cooped up inside and the lack of vitamin d. I tend to get like this every year about this time.

Spring is right around the corner though! Probably not, but a guy can hope right?!

Morning all, coffee

 

[Psylocide]

Crap. I think I have an extra one at home...I may give it a shot tonight while rummaging around the garage.

Yeah, I still think they only go down to the low 40s though.

 

[BeerMeDuffMan]

On this note, does anyone else have a certain time of the year in which they just kind of lose it? I have come to expect it at this time of the year (and it's here this week) where I am pissed off about nothing, feel like things are all screwed up and life is going the wrong way...despite the fact that I know things are fine and I'll feel differently in a week or two. I have no explanation for it.

SAD is a real thing man. It mostly happens in the winter months and gets worse right around the equinox and into the colder months.
https://www.google.com/#q=SAD+treatment+lamps
These work pretty well as treatment.
Or you can use the ultraviolet lamps elsewhere and still get a similar treatment
https://www.google.com/#q=grow+lights

 

[Ridire]

I could have written this exact thing this morning. I think it's the winter and being cooped up inside and the lack of vitamin d. I tend to get like this every year about this time.

Spring is right around the corner though! Probably not, but a guy can hope right?!

Morning all, coffee

I take a week and a half off when the kids are on spring break and head to Florida. When that trip is within 2 weeks of happening, I usually break out of it and start getting **** done. I always fear that I will leave loose ends and be stressed out over that vacation. Funny thing is that busting ass to get stuff done is what I believe really fixes the "problem".

 

[Psylocide]

SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)? Go get some sun, or buy one those happy lights.

I used to work for a company that sold those happy lights and bought thousands of them from China.

Go get yourself a lamp and enough bulbs for 10,000 lux @ 1.2 meters.

The markup is stupid.

 

[Helly]

This post was accompanied by a picture, then it wasn't. User error for sure.View attachment 341080

Everything is bigger in Texas. That bucket is 32 gallons.

 

[TheCADJockey]

Those are tattoos on his hands and neck?

No. I'd get them as tattoo's, all I'm saying.

It's getting super icy outside and I nearly spilled earlier. Pretty sure tomorrow's commute is gonna suck.

I didn't know we were getting that ice storm, likely because of my disdain for the news. It was a pretty nasty drive home late last night. I did the usual slippery dance down the driveway but the poor puppy... excitedly ran to the edge of the deck and flew right off the stairs. Everything was completely frozen over this morning. The commute did in fact suck.

swamp cooler

Good. Good for you.

On this note, does anyone else have a certain time of the year in which they just kind of lose it?

Only on days of the week that end in "Y". I get that a lot, for other reasons. It is extraordinarily bad in the winter though. Vitamin D3 supplement helps me a lot. It's hard feeling that way, if you need to talk to someone.. ya know, feel free to PM.

 

[BeerMeDuffMan]

I may just buy in on this:
https://www.kickstarter.com/project...l-cthluhu-you-cannot-win-only-hope-to-survive

 

[Ridire]

No. I'd get them as tattoo's, all I'm saying.



I didn't know we were getting that ice storm, likely because of my disdain for the news. It was a pretty nasty drive home late last night. I did the usual slippery dance down the driveway but the poor puppy... excitedly ran to the edge of the deck and flew right off the stairs. Everything was completely frozen over this morning. The commute did in fact suck.



Good. Good for you.



Only on days of the week that end in "Y". I get that a lot, for other reasons. It is extraordinarily bad in the winter though. Vitamin D3 supplement helps me a lot. It's hard feeling that way, if you need to talk to someone.. ya know, feel free to PM.

Thanks, man, but it is never that bad. I think I do a good job of putting things in perspective and understanding that this is not depression, this is a very temporary rut that I go through every year. But if this were a recurring thing that happened for more than a week or two a year, I'd absolutely go see someone about it. That would be tough to deal with.

EDIT: and now you're making me feel bad for the eyeore pictures. I just found that really funny after someone else called you "SADjockey". My father in law is a hypochondriac. Whenever he hears that someone is sick with something, he is convinced he has it. I'm sure he's showing signs of Zika virus right now. I always call him Eyeore.

 

[drainbamage]

On this note, does anyone else have a certain time of the year in which they just kind of lose it? I have come to expect it at this time of the year (and it's here this week) where I am pissed off about nothing, feel like things are all screwed up and life is going the wrong way...despite the fact that I know things are fine and I'll feel differently in a week or two. I have no explanation for it.

I get it here and there throughout the year, but winter is definitely worse. SAD is real.

 

[TheCADJockey]

I'd absolutely go see someone about it. That would be tough to deal with.

It is tough. Oh, also just realized you're in Detroit. That probably doesn't help. Love the Redwings new uni's though. Funking sharp.

 

[Psylocide]

I may just buy in on this:
https://www.kickstarter.com/project...l-cthluhu-you-cannot-win-only-hope-to-survive

Looks kind of fun... but I would rather play Arkham Horror. Which I never get to play. Because no one wants to play with me.

#foreveraloneboardgamegeek

This looks much more accessible though.

 

[TheCADJockey]

#foreveraloneboardgamegeek

If there was board game talk, I missed it. Please tell me someone here played Hero Quest when they were younger. That game was the awesomest. D&D lite. I actually ended up using the board and miniatures from HQ for D&D, after I lost the HQ books and items/furniture.

 

[BeerMeDuffMan]

Looks kind of fun... but I would rather play Arkham Horror. Which I never get to play. Because no one wants to play with me.

#foreveraloneboardgamegeek

This looks much more accessible though.

We try to do atleast 1 board game night a month with the boys, but as they get further and further into the teen years its getting harder to keep that kind of attention for something that. Maybe something with a little edge to it like this will help.
The baby is still a bit young to appreciate this, but by 6 she should be ready.

 

[Psylocide]

If there was board game talk, I missed it. Please tell me someone here played Hero Quest when they were younger. That game was the awesomest. D&D lite. I actually ended up using the board and miniatures from HQ for D&D, after I lost the HQ books and items/furniture.

Never owned it but played with my older cousins a few times... fun game.

It's about $100 for a full used set in ok condition.

 

[Ridire]

It is tough. Oh, also just realized you're in Detroit. That probably doesn't help. Love the Redwings new uni's though. Funking sharp.

I honestly could not name you one player on the Wings right now...and I'm a huge sports fan. Just cannot get into hockey.

I do not really live IN Detroit. I am in the metro Detroit area but I am fairly close to a county line that, once crossed, is questionable as to whether you are still in the "metro Detroit" area.

 

[TheCADJockey]

It's about $100 for a full used set in ok condition.

Wow last time I looked, I couldn't find it anywhere. That is tempting.. I absolutely adored that game. Guess I wouldn't have anyone to play it with now but would put it away for kids, if that ever happens. I still have the board and I think a few of the skeletons with scythes. So fun.

 

[Psylocide]

We try to do atleast 1 board game night a month with the boys, but as they get further and further into the teen years its getting harder to keep that kind of attention for something that. Maybe something with a little edge to it like this will help.
The baby is still a bit young to appreciate this, but by 6 she should be ready.

If you have teens, maybe you need something with even more strategy/edge.

Pandemic is a great game and can be bought at Walmart off the shelf.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/30549/pandemic

Cash and Guns is a great party-type game. 4 is an ok number, more is better.

https://boardgamegeek.com/image/2286092/cah-n-guns-second-edition

Elder Sign is set in the Lovecraft mythos... and just awesome. More involved, but a great game.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/100423/elder-sign

And one of my favorite quick-play games, Forbidden Island. Everyone that has played it has really liked it. The ~30 min play time is nice and the rules are fairly simple... but there is a lot of strategy and tension. And it's cheap.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/65244/forbidden-island

 

[BeerMeDuffMan]

If you have teens, maybe you need something with even more strategy/edge.

Pandemic is a great game and can be bought at Walmart off the shelf.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/30549/pandemic

Cash and Guns is a great party-type game. 4 is an ok number, more is better.

https://boardgamegeek.com/image/2286092/cah-n-guns-second-edition

Elder Sign is set in the Lovecraft mythos... and just awesome. More involved, but a great game.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/100423/elder-sign

And one of my favorite quick-play games, Forbidden Island. Everyone that has played it has really liked it. The ~30 min play time is nice and the rules are fairly simple... but there is a lot of strategy and tension. And it's cheap.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/65244/forbidden-island

Outstanding. time to do some shopping

 

[Ridire]

If you have teens, maybe you need something with even more strategy/edge.

Pandemic is a great game and can be bought at Walmart off the shelf.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/30549/pandemic

Cash and Guns is a great party-type game. 4 is an ok number, more is better.

https://boardgamegeek.com/image/2286092/cah-n-guns-second-edition

Elder Sign is set in the Lovecraft mythos... and just awesome. More involved, but a great game.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/100423/elder-sign

And one of my favorite quick-play games, Forbidden Island. Everyone that has played it has really liked it. The ~30 min play time is nice and the rules are fairly simple... but there is a lot of strategy and tension. And it's cheap.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/65244/forbidden-island

At Christmas, one of my brother's kids got a game that was like Chess, only the pieces had mirrors on them and one piece on each side shot a little laser when you press down on it. The idea was that you capture pieces by pivoting the mirrors to position the laser to hit a piece on a side without a mirror...you then captured that piece. At least I think that is how it was played. It looked pretty cool...but I'm a huge Chess fan.

 

[BeerMeDuffMan]

I honestly could not name you one player on the Wings right now...and I'm a huge sports fan. Just cannot get into hockey.

I do not really live IN Detroit. I am in the metro Detroit area but I am fairly close to a county line that, once crossed, is questionable as to whether you are still in the "metro Detroit" area.

Do you do Disney or Universal when you go to Florida? Thinking about doing a day or two in Universal this summer with the boys while my wife takes our daughter to Disney. I've never been to Universal and was looking for some insider tips. If you ever need any info on Disney, I'll bomb your inbox with info.

 

[Rhetorik]

French Press dark roast. Mmmmm

As for board games, Ticket to Ride is a lot of fun.

 

[1977Brewer]

When did you brew that up? Gravity readings? I'm scared to check mine after loosing 1/2 gallon in blowoff.

Four weeks ago. OG 1.092, FG 1.024. It's a tasty mofo.

Everything is bigger in Texas. That bucket is 32 gallons.

And my dinner table is 12 feet tall.