Summer Hols time but it's Old Skool Weekenders 28-30th July *
 

* with apologies to anyone in the southern hemisphere although I guess that for some of the hotter areas midwinter is also the best time to get outside.

Let me begin by saying I am feeling a lot better than I have been over the last couple of days which have been given over to regrets about all the years I wasted on alcohol and I would like to extend my thanks for all the support you have given me.

A big (YUGE!) bonus from quitting drinks/drugs is that you get your weekends back. As an adolescent and as a young man the weekend always seemed full of promise and potential along with the pleasure of not having all my time accounted for.

Of course as adults we now have duties and responsibilities that consume some of this time although in truth I personally do not have that many lol!

We still have time to pursue things that are of interest to us. So much better than the alcohol years which would find me at all points along the spectrum of hungover to blacked out between Friday evening and Monday morning and beyond. I have very few memories of any of those weekends and even fewer good ones.

I hope this will resonate with some of you as the countdown to this weekend begins. Have a grrreat weekend!

shotgun

Thanks Sao

Hope you're feeling better today; I can totally relate.

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Wow! That was super quick Lunar. You are the Usain Bolt of Weekenders.

Cool gif too!

It's a simple matter of earth curvature divided by the cosine squared,
of the current ionospheric factor.
On Thursdays; that is.

Hope everyone has a great weekend. It is so great to know that at the end of it you will remember what you have done with it. Best to all.

This weekend is the annual Winnipeg Beach 'Board Walk Days' celebration. We've been here every year with the kids for the past 20 years. Both my adult children still want to come out this weekend (I'll be heading back to the city on Friday to pick them up). This will probably be my first ever sober Board Walk Days weekend.

I'm in for the weekend too. Got no plans as of yet so I'd better get planning X

Ah yes, good old Planck's Constant:lmao

The original Kilogram, cast in 1889, is kept under lock and key in Paris might be replaced after 2020 as it has gained weight (a few micrograms). Cool object, it is made out of Platinum-Irridium.

Here is a repro of it. Is is only an inch and a half tall (<4cms) so very dense.

In real life no one is allowed to touch it.

Ok. How did it gain weight?

In.

It ate too many electron chips.

I'm in for the weekend. My plans are to somehow finish my workweek in an acceptable fashion, then go to another state for family assistance/business. I will be over there all weekend and next week. I'd thought I would travel today, but work is NOT gliding in for a soft landing, and with this and that, I think I must stay put another day or two. Will go Saturday at latest.

Count me in!

I'm in, too.

And count me in, also, among those who want to know how the kilogram gained weight!

Have a great time on the Boardwalk, Dragon!

I'm in!
Taking tomorrow off from work in order to see the big jam at the end of my son's Rock Band Camp, where he has been since Sunday. His dad (my ex) will meet us there (hour and a half north of here) and bring him back home, so that I can proceed further north to meet my friend at his cabin. Saturday we will mow the grass, do some other puttering, and possibly tube down the river, weather permitting. Should be a nice time. The cabin is my happy place, so I'm excited. I don't get to go up there that often.

Have a great weekend in your happy place, MLD! Sounds really nice.

OOO-- and the big jam with your talented son! So cool. Enjoy!! Know you will!!

Hola weekenders.

Hi biminiblue great to see you.

I am not sure why the kilo thingy is gaining weight, not least because some articles say it is losing mass. I suspect it is lazy or poor reporting.

So happy I am on my time til Saturday morning.

Then one more week before I am FREE FREE FREE for a month..

That sounds good BC. Great Uncle Sao says be on your guard when that month arrives as lots of free time can be dangerous to the likes of us. I'm sure you will have a really good time.

It will not stop raining here, it had better be stopped by the weekend or else.

I'm just worn out. There is so much I could go on about but I won't bother. My consultant was trying to bring in a patient for emergency surgery. After all the stress and the threats by him to quit the patient got a bed today for surgery tomorrow. I worked late this evening and I was dragging a cart of charts for reviews into his office at about 5:30 this evening. He was in his chair dressed in gym shorts and a jacket. I just made some comment about the rain and how bad it was and I had hoped to go to town but I changed my mind and these charts were for reviews. He told me "I've just been to the gym and now I'm going to another gym in town if you want a lift?" Keep in mind he is 65. I smiled and thanked him but I had decided to go home. If only I had a fraction of that energy.

Anyway I texted my brother tonight to plan my holiday to Philadelphia in October. He said "you are more than welcome any time. Actually I'll be home at the beginning of September for a week". My parents will be so pleased. I can foresee my mother going mad cleaning the house so remind me to avoid going home the week before.

Anyway I could write loads more but I'm too exasperated.

Hi all, I am in!

Thanks for the opener Sao, yes indeed, I didn't realize weekend mornings existed until I quit drinking.

Congrats on shotgun Lunar!

I have been a busy bee so haven't been around much lately. I guess that's a good thing, at least I am certainly staying out of trouble. A little work, a little play, and early bedtime make for a very short day!

Hope everyone is doing well, stay on the bus!

:lmao

and probably your best too :)

Thanks Sao for the new thread! Yes, too many lost weekends....my car would literally sit downtown all weekend because I would get drunk, get a ride to wherever the party was, get a ride back to my car the next day & instead of going home, I'd go back into the pub and repeat. Shoot, I even got a part time weekend job to help keep me out of trouble, but even that barely slowed me down. Whew! I get exhausted just thinking about it.

I'd much rather be here with you all ~ I am in! :tyou

Morning guys. Had a week off work but been ill in bed for most of it. Off to have another blood test later.
Hugs to you all. Xx

Put me down for a sober weekend.

Morning troopers,

Tetra, it might be worth accepting that lift as you can sometimes pick up some useful information and/or build an improved rapport even for a short lift, it gives him a little snapshot of your life and so he will think of you more of a person rather than someone who does the administration.

petals that's bad news about being ill, good luck on the blood test

I have only been in work for less than ten minutes and I see that we have received a substantial order from a very upmarket Paris hotel.. Good stuff.

Morning