What's on your mind?

[DragonFox91]

I hate how technology ruined everything. No one thought of the consequences computers & the Internet would have. & I'm not talking it's affect on dating, which it's completely destroyed. I'm talking everything.

 

[bèlla]

I hate how technology ruined everything. No one thought of the consequences computers & the Internet would have. & I'm not talking it's affect on dating, which it's completely destroyed. I'm talking everything.

Maybe you need to move to a place where traditional values and family rank high. Somewhere church suppers and picnics still occur. Cities are less homogenous. Everyone does their own thing.

 

[bèlla]

Bloomberg: The Cities with the Most Singles
US News: 25 Best Places to Live with Families

 

[public hermit]

@public hermit

What’s for dinner? Whatcha grilling?

No grilling tonight. It's stir fry...again, which does not hurt my feelings one bit. And I'm grateful for that since I'm the one making it, lol.

 

[DragonFox91]

Maybe you need to move to a place where traditional values and family rank high. Somewhere church suppers and picnics still occur. Cities are less homogenous. Everyone does their own thing.

My friend's suggested the UP. It's just so rural there, he says when people see other people, it's rare so it's exciting. He also claims the women-to-men ratio is very favorable.

The churches I attend still have those values so that's good. It's why I attend even tho it's useless in regards to dating.

The city is a good city. It's your standard Midwest city, your Middle America. People work during the day & are at home in the evenings, running errands, or exercising. Parents rush children to extra-cirruculars. There's a few bars downtown, but there's nothing too touristy about it. Suburbia is too sprawling.

But I was talking for everything about tech destroying everything. Like work, for example. What used to be a 'work family' is now gone. Now you got co-workers moving to other states, still employed, but working from home. I understand there's other ways to socialize other than work, but it's just sad. I don't like change. Streaming replacing traditional TV. Everyone gets their own device. Etc.

It wasn't always like that. They originally marketed computers so 'each family gets one they can all share & use.' Now everyone has a palm-sized computer. Computers were also originally marketed 'to aid, not replace' traditional work items.

Even home video game systems were simple 'to pass the time for an hour' & not '50+ hours just to complete the basic story.'

My co-worker bought her new house in MS just touring it off Skype. Has never stepped foot in the neighborhood. Going down next month to close. (I guess something like this isn't new, buying property having never seen it. But it does seem so strange to me)

Do people still make craftbooks?

I didn't get a smartphone till 2013. That was very late for my generation. Sometimes I'm at the store & see flipphones & get the urge to change back.

I still go to the library to rent movies, books, & now CDs.

 

[DragonFox91]

Bloomberg: The Cities with the Most Singles
US News: 25 Best Places to Live with Families

Oh look Atlanta for heterosexual men, plus it's in the South, & where I have family. What do you know.

 

[public hermit]

My friend's suggested the UP

That sounds super cold. Upside? Snuggle weather.

 

[public hermit]

Oh look Atlanta for heterosexual men, plus it's in the South, & where I have family. What do you know.

Yeah but your time with the beloved is cut by 40% due to traffic. Serious.

 

[DragonFox91]

That sounds super cold. Upside? Snuggle weather.

It is super cold there.

That's okay tho. I get jealous when it's October here & 70 degrees, & they have 3 feet of snow already

 

[bèlla]

No grilling tonight. It's stir fry...again, which does not hurt my feelings one bit. And I'm grateful for that since I'm the one making it, lol.

Now you’re hurting me. I’m expecting char from you by the weekend! *lol*

 

[DragonFox91]

Yeah but your time with the beloved is cut by 40% due to traffic. Serious.

I hear it's bad there. I'm definitely not used to 12 lanes of traffic each way either!

Well, my cousins met in a couple of the smaller cities. As long as Atlanta's nearby, that still counts, right?

 

[public hermit]

Now you’re hurting me. I’m expecting char from you by the weekend! *lol*

The weekend has just begun.

We're slowly going back into the office, and today was my day. I'm not a fast food kind of person, so fast home cooked today.

 

[DragonFox91]

My county for my age range is apparently 'heavy male.' Huh, interesting.

 

[public hermit]

I hear it's bad there. I'm definitely not used to 12 lanes of traffic each way either!

Well, my cousins met in a couple of the smaller cities. As long as Atlanta's nearby, that still counts, right?

Absolutely, it counts. Yeah, the traffic there is frightening. It will make you get right with your Maker, as they say.

 

[bèlla]

I don't like change.

That’s going to be problematic. You’re living in an era defined by change and technology. And it’s going to get worse.

Do people still make craftbooks?

Yep. We’re making a stitch book in my sewing class.

I didn't get a smartphone till 2013. That was very late for my generation. Sometimes I'm at the store & see flipphones & get the urge to change back.

I still go to the library to rent movies, books, & now CDs.

You’re an iconoclast. Add that to your profile.

 

[bèlla]

The weekend has just begun.

We're slowly going back into the office, and today was my day. I'm not a fast food kind of person, so fast home cooked today.

That’s why you didn’t grill! You had to work.

I forgive you. The weekend is young.

PS. Do you yell at drivers?

 

[public hermit]

Do you yell at drivers?

In my case, the question is, "Did you yell at the deer?" Thankfully, no. Back roads have their advantages and disadvantages. I'll take it, though.

 

[bèlla]

In my case, the question is, "Did you yell at the deer?" Thankfully, no. Back roads have their advantages and disadvantages. I'll take it, though.

They’re dangerous! Lots of accidents. Best to yell.

 

[bèlla]

@Miles That’s quite a house! The footprint and outbuildings are nice. Is that what you have in mind?

It would be a serious undertaking. But the end result would be beautiful.

 

[SarahsKnight]

What an unexpected (and delightful) surprise! I got to work with her again for the first time in probably three or four months last night! I think we got along well. ^-^


And sure enough, as the song came on my radio from my newly reformed phone playlist since seeing He Knows You're Alone the other day, likely because of Erin's added presence in the next room (and where she could easily hear the music ), I started singing along with it to myself.

It is a love song, after all. ^-^

Pretty sure Matt - the other guy who works in the "main lab" with others in the same position as Erin - heard me too as he was walking by my area on his way outside to dump glass waste.