I'm finally managing to get back into shape after about 7 years of slowing getting out of shape. So that is my focus for the foreseeable future.
Due to "pandemic", I get to continue working at home another 4 months, and then after that, every other week I will get to work at home "forever."
Buying a completely over the top truck that I don't really need. (F-350 diesel dualie, when I could probably get away with an F-250 gas engine single wheel rear).
Typical American wrote:
jamin wrote:
Everything gonna be cancelled
Democrats cancelling Christmas
Why are you like this Jamin?
Because he's right. Sadly.
xegunnogo wrote:
That sounds amazing! What do you do for work that you’re able to work remotely like that?
I'm a software engineer. It's pretty chill, I definitely have to work hard and stress for a few days at a time before releases.
A bit monotonous, but in the grand scheme of things I guess most people's jobs are.
Hopefully I can keep this remote thing going after covid ends. Although I think most people are gonna try for that and there's gonna be a pushback... like "if your boss is in, you gotta be in!"
jamin wrote:
Post in here
Racing is one thing. I race on the trails and a lot of the trail races where I live have been happening since the end of May.
Travel and camping is another. No reason to not continue to get off the grid and enjoy the outdoors.
That you finally accept coach js to give you some magic training for free.I want to see how fast he can make you.
jamin wrote:
Everything gonna be cancelled
Democrats cancelling Christmas
Drama queen alert?
Cool story chicken little.
Pedant 69 wrote:And of course there is no God.
There is a God... and He loves you.
priorities wrote:
Banana Bread wrote:
London 2020 and seeing Bekele run a WR next month
Trump sending the Democrats home devastated in November
Only 2 outcomes are possible: Biden W / Bekele W + WR, Trump Win / Bekele DNF
Choose 1 Banana Bread
I would see Bekele win and get the WR. Biden get elected and impeached a few days later, exposing yet again how bad the Democrats are. Then Trump will replace him.
Adventures are better now wrote:
Pedant 69 wrote:
Hunting is a horrible pastime. Killing for sport? I’ll pass.
Halloween is fun when you’re ages 4-13 or have kids aged 3-10, not so much otherwise.
Thanksgiving? No thanks. It can be fun when you have extended family who are excited to see each other—lord knows that I don’t.
Stouts and porters are tasty but I am an alcoholic, 4+ years off the booze.
Stews, soups, hearty meals and “seasonal flavors”—who am I, Martha Stewart? Eating food to sustain bodily functions is a whole to-do.
Skiing is awful—throwing yourself down a frozen mountainside with your feet affixed to two narrow rails is just a bad idea; if you’re lucky you’ll wind up freezing cold and if you’re not you’ll wind up in the hospital.
Christmas, like Halloween, is only fun if you’re a child or have a young child through which to enjoy it vicariously. Otherwise, it’s a depressing commercialized sham that would leave Jesus perpetually vomiting in disgust. And of course there is no God.
New Year’s Eve was exciting when I was a young alcoholic, but waking up in a stranger’s house that I’d apparently wandered into uninvited was a rocky way to start the new year. These days it’s iffy if I’ll stay up till midnight.
I do like running though...
Pendant 69, maybe you need to expand your horizons a bit. Your replies make you seem like sort of a downer, and can make any potentially fun experience a drag.
1) I hunt not for sport, but for food and a connection with nature. The meat found at a local grocer is typically factory farmed and is therefore harvested in an environmentally damaging and inhumane way, which is why I prefer wild game vs. grocery meat. If you are vegan or vegetarian - fair, I understand your point.
2) Halloween is fun for many reasons, changing of the seasons, the nostalgia, the decorations and festivity of it all. The Mountain Town I live in has a neat festival thats usually pretty fun and ties in the community.
3) I have a family I love, get along with and care about. So, yeah, Thanksgiving is fun. Sorry that is not the case for you. Again, cooking is fun for me.
4) You don't have to be Martha Stewart, as you said to enjoy good food. Cooking is a hobby of mine, making stews and soups isn't appealing food in the summer as it's too warm to enjoy. I eat lighter in the summer for this reason, nice to enjoy foods that fit the weather.
5) Sorry you are bad at skiing. For those of us who are good at it, (or anything other outdoor activity) AT Skiing, downhill skiing (whether frontside, side country, or backcountry) can be a thrilling experience and once again bring you closer to nature.
6) Not religious and not into the superficiality of it, but I do enjoy family and traditional aspects of it. It's also typically a time we visit my wife's family out of country so that's an added bonus.
7) Sorry you struggle with alcohol, but for me that's not a problem. Typically NYE includes camping and having a big fire, good food and somewhere with my family. Under the stars and bundled in a tent.
Glad you enjoy running. It seems like without it most of your life experience have been soured.
Nah, I'm with Pedant69 on this one.
DownerObserver wrote:
Nah, I'm with Pedant69 on this one.
Hey, I'm sorry that you struggle with looking forward to new seasons, the changing weather and the positive impact it can have on activities as the weather cools. Aside from running, ( I assume that you're into running as you're posting on Letsrun) What else are you into? Do you live in a city or in a more wilderness surrounded area? Do you get outdoors in nature much aside from running?
I can see someone disagreeing withe me if they prefer city life, and non-outdoor activities, prefers eating the same basic stuff year round and not meals based on what is in season, or don't have ties to family or community. That's fair, if that's your thing. I hope there are things that you do enjoy about life though - even if different than mine.
I guess I just didn't realize how some people don't take the time to enjoy changes in seasons and how that can bring a different perspective to every day things such as outdoor activities, food or community.
I look forward to every day. They are all blessings. Politics, the COVID, and all the negativity on the social media can not take them away from me.
Adventures are better now wrote:
DownerObserver wrote:
Nah, I'm with Pedant69 on this one.
Hey, I'm sorry that you struggle with looking forward to new seasons, the changing weather and the positive impact it can have on activities as the weather cools. Aside from running, ( I assume that you're into running as you're posting on Letsrun) What else are you into? Do you live in a city or in a more wilderness surrounded area? Do you get outdoors in nature much aside from running?
I can see someone disagreeing withe me if they prefer city life, and non-outdoor activities, prefers eating the same basic stuff year round and not meals based on what is in season, or don't have ties to family or community. That's fair, if that's your thing. I hope there are things that you do enjoy about life though - even if different than mine.
I guess I just didn't realize how some people don't take the time to enjoy changes in seasons and how that can bring a different perspective to every day things such as outdoor activities, food or community.
Thanks for taking the time to reply. I live in Oregon so right now, due to the forest fires, we are all looking forward to cooler temps and rain. As far as other aspects of life, nothing really gets me out of bed except doing the bare minimum at work to not get written up. Lol.