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^ Possible hobby for your Dad - family tree, with whatever he can remember about each person.
Possibly make a real book at Amazon? Kindle? Especially his earliest childhood - stuff we've never
heard of that he thinks is boring.

^LOL hahaha!! Already done, seven generations deep! Compiled by him and his siblings, with pictures in digital format. Got it on my computer. But I did suggest to him he ought to find things to do if he's bored. I actually yelled it at him for several minutes.... it made some impression. I've had trouble standing up for my needs with people I am emotionally connected to, especially when they are my literal lifeline.

*the book idea might be good though. he could write down memories. he might like something like that.

WOW!! That's terrific - your family tree! 7 generations!
Um, how would your father like to take up writing to politicians?
LOL I can't even find a hobby for myself.

^ That is the one thing that keeps him busy. Writing letters(when he's smart he lets me edit them), city council meetings, diversity board meetings(i hope he's remembering to be sensitive... ), chamber of commerce, rotary. He has trouble seeing outside his needs. I am the 'parallel play' type, even in adulthood. My need for connection is met by doing different or similar, non-conflicting activities in the same general area as another person. Direct interaction is better kept to a minimum, or I sort of forget which person I am. He's somewhat the same really, but he's trying to be me vicariously. He's afraid of getting old and frail too, which is inevitable. I think he's jealous of my youth and physical fitness as well. He tries to lift heavy things in front of me that common sense says I ought to lift for his safety, or that I would not lift alone, cause I know better(I did a lot of labor jobs for years: Use lifting technique!).

Sounds like your father is a very intelligent man.

If you look in your phonebook (do they still make them) and there's a listing for R. Lionheart, that's the number for a group of people who don't believe Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare. (Just sayin' lol)

How about things from your own childhood that still don't make sense, and your father can figure them out?

I am not quite clear on this question. ??? Can you specify what you are asking?

*and yes, very intelligent and 'quirky'. Everything is a pun or word game. Maybe I should steer him to the games section of Wrong Planet. Or maybe I'll keep this just for me.

I'm glad I went to bed early last night. I couldn't keep from falling asleep, anyway. After watching the first attempt at the big pour, I felt too anxious to continue watching. There were five more tries to get it right. Five.

It looks good so far. Apparently, mission critical equipment failed en masse for the first time. Multiple pieces simply did not work the way that they had on earlier pours. I have some ideas to offer at the debriefing, which had occurred to me last night, but which I didn't have the energy to convey. In any case, they wouldn't have made much sense after just one part failed. My early thoughts seem more plausible, now that I know there were five instances of equipment trouble.

I'm a bit floored by the amount of stress I slept through.

There are things from my childhood that seemed normal until I grew up and looked at them again. Like why did Uncle Eddie jiggle all the coins in his pocket when he sat on the sofa? Answer: he was giving us money but Mom was too proud to accept.

Maybe you and you father will both be happy here, just so long as you don't find each other.

I understand your question now. I don't want to talk about him anymore though. Or to him.

Meep.

meh?
what's it with peeps proposing you to do things for 75% of what it used to be?
"are they crazy?" no, trying to be smartass, what's next?

i didn't see that coming (again)

I hate that the girl at work and i return home with the same ferry. I feel so awkward so i always made excuses to not return with her but now i feel like i've been so rude. She's always been nice to me but she probably thinks i'm a ret*d but too kind to show it. I feel so out of place near her so I just don't want to spend time with her 20 minutes making small talk every single day. It would be awkward as hell..

I am such a horrible person, I should just die.

^ Nay, nay, please stay.

I really need a drink! or at least a liter of liquor or something to calm my nerves

Have a work out session in 45 minutes. That will help. Still it's gonna be tough to get going on that one

Everything I want to rant about right now will very likely just get me suspended from WP -again- and there is no one else I can talk to about it. So the anger and frustration will just continue to boil inside my brain.