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[steph]

Yay, Friday. Wifee is out for the weekend so I have the house to myself. Silence is really nice.

Normally, that would mean a mandatory night out. Even if nothing happens, having good times with old friends beats any night home. But then again, it depends :lol:

 

[orb]

Meanwhile I snatched Sub Command @-85%

Also got it today within the Classic Naval Combat Pack (I already had Dangerous Waters on Steam, hence not Complete Naval Combat Pack).

 

[C3PO]

I have to try tinkering a bit more to see if I can get the speech thing working. The voice recognition was quite good for the time. Have you tried it yet?

 

[jedidia]

Normally, that would mean a mandatory night out.

Why would you spend the night out when you can have the place to yourself? Plenty of opportunities for nights out when it's full house.

 

[mojoey]

I have to try tinkering a bit more to see if I can get the speech thing working. The voice recognition was quite good for the time. Have you tried it yet?

'Launch authorization code Nine Five Wictor Wictor Two.'

 

[Thunder Chicken]

Normally, that would mean a mandatory night out. Even if nothing happens, having good times with old friends beats any night home. But then again, it depends :lol:

Nope. For me, it means being able to think consecutively in my own house without my wife bombarding me with lots of useless information requests. Love her dearly, but she is a high-energy detail-oriented planner and wants to schedule things months in advance. I try to live in the moment; what I am going to be having for dinner three days from now is not a major issue in my mind. I haven't starved yet, I know where the store is, and I have money in my pocket. Not much advance planning needed really. She also likes to think out loud, and she tells me things about what she is going to do that don't affect me in the slightest, except she can't not tell me about it. It's really not as horrible as it sounds, but it is nice to take a day step by step instead of trying to plan everything a day in advance.

So my big night and day at home alone I just rummaged around the fridge and discovered I had all of the makings for a pizza, so I made a pizza. Pepperoni and mushroom and olives, made the crust myself. Had some wine and listened to some music while putting it all together. Slept in the next day, enjoyed a quiet cup of coffee in the morning, and just checked out my gardens and did a little weeding and watering.

 

[PhantomCruiser]

Sounds like you are married to one of the wifey's sisters. Always has to have a plan.
She's annoyed that I don't like to vacation with them for that same reason. She asks "What's the plan" or worse makes the plans. My plan is that I'm on vacation!

 

[steph]

Nope. For me, it means being able to think consecutively in my own house without my wife bombarding me with lots of useless information requests. Love her dearly, but she is a high-energy detail-oriented planner and wants to schedule things months in advance. I try to live in the moment; what I am going to be having for dinner three days from now is not a major issue in my mind. I haven't starved yet, I know where the store is, and I have money in my pocket. Not much advance planning needed really. She also likes to think out loud, and she tells me things about what she is going to do that don't affect me in the slightest, except she can't not tell me about it. It's really not as horrible as it sounds, but it is nice to take a day step by step instead of trying to plan everything a day in advance.

So my big night and day at home alone I just rummaged around the fridge and discovered I had all of the makings for a pizza, so I made a pizza. Pepperoni and mushroom and olives, made the crust myself. Had some wine and listened to some music while putting it all together. Slept in the next day, enjoyed a quiet cup of coffee in the morning, and just checked out my gardens and did a little weeding and watering.

I know what you mean. Had a girlfriend once who wanted to be together every minute of every day and do everything together. Was fun for the first month or so, then it quickly got excruciating. Not to mention that I started losing my friends (couldn't go out alone, she always came along and wouldn't really socialize). Not one to go too much into details, but I finally set the thrusters to 100% and took off :lol: . Not that I didn't like her, but I was worried what a life of living with her would do to my sanity :lol:

 

[Urwumpe]

I know what you mean. Had a girlfriend once who wanted to be together every minute of every day and do everything together. Was fun for the first month or so, then it quickly got excruciating. Not to mention that I started losing my friends (couldn't go out alone, she always came along and wouldn't really socialize). Not one to go too much into details, but I finally set the thrusters to 100% and took off :lol: . Not that I didn't like her, but I was worried what a life of living with her would do to my sanity :lol:

Well, no problem if it is that way for the first month. :lol:

Much worse in my eyes is it, when the girlfriend turns into a jealous dictator.... had it once, never again. I know where my sanity was at the end of that relationship, and it must have been a very distance place. Never felt as much freedom as on the day after we decided to break up. Needed some years then and the few remaining friends shocking me from time to time, to finally reboot again and get a new perspective on life..... OK, and discover Orbiter eventually. :tiphat:

Its all fine, if you want to spend as much time together as possible. But it is much better if you also have something to tell each other when you are together, because you are not two people living one minimal compromise of a life, but two people trying to get the best of both distinct lives together.

 

[Thunder Chicken]

She's annoyed that I don't like to vacation with them for that same reason. She asks "What's the plan" or worse makes the plans. My plan is that I'm on vacation!

Same here. If it's planned, it isn't a vacation. Schedules and checklists are great if you need to get a job done, but vacation is when you get to live on your own time.

My wife and I have a variant of this conversation at least once a day:

Wife: "What do you want for dinner Thursday?" [note: this is Sunday]
Me: "Food."
Wife:"I'm serious."
Me:"So am I. Food is my favorite."
Wife: " What kind of food?"
Me: "Good food."
Wife: " What is 'good' food?"
Me: "I'll decide on Thursday."
Wife: "What if nothing is in the refrigerator?"
Me: "Oooh, I'll probably starve to death!" [shakes ample fat belly with both hands]
Wife: ""

 

[Notebook]

Gosh, you like to live dangerously!

N.

 

[Urwumpe]

Same here. If it's planned, it isn't a vacation. Schedules and checklists are great if you need to get a job done, but vacation is when you get to live on your own time.

My wife and I have a variant of this conversation at least once a day:

Wife: "What do you want for dinner Thursday?" [note: this is Sunday]
Me: "Food."
Wife:"I'm serious."
Me:"So am I. Food is my favorite."
Wife: " What kind of food?"
Me: "Good food."
Wife: " What is 'good' food?"
Me: "I'll decide on Thursday."
Wife: "What if nothing is in the refrigerator?"
Me: "Oooh, I'll probably starve to death!" [shakes ample fat belly with both hands]
Wife: ""

:lol: My girlfriend has no drivers license and used to live extremely rural, so she isn't used to the concept of "just stopping at one of the 20 supermarkets on the way back from work and buying what is lacking". Thus she also requests decisions on the menu days ahead, while I am used to decide what I want to cook only minutes earlier...

 

[jedidia]

I gave my wife the permission to run the household on autopilot... :lol:

 

[Thunder Chicken]

I gave my wife the permission to run the household on autopilot... :lol:

Positive exchange of control; I like it!

Husband: "You have the household."
Wife: "Roger, I have the household."
Husband: "Roger, you have the household."

 

[steph]

It's much better to leave the house on her autopilot. Then again, you can always cook whatever junk food you like when she's not around

Much worse in my eyes is it, when the girlfriend turns into a jealous dictator.... had it once, never again. I know where my sanity was at the end of that relationship, and it must have been a very distance place. Never felt as much freedom as on the day after we decided to break up. Needed some years then and the few remaining friends shocking me from time to time, to finally reboot again and get a new perspective on life..... OK, and discover Orbiter eventually. :tiphat:

Its all fine, if you want to spend as much time together as possible. But it is much better if you also have something to tell each other when you are together, because you are not two people living one minimal compromise of a life, but two people trying to get the best of both distinct lives together.

I used to have George Michael's Freedom blaring in my headphones after it ended :thumbup:

Mine used to get all sobby and crying, and that would soften me up and I would give in to whatever she wanted :lol: . I actually wished for her to have a dictator mode , just enough to trigger the "oh, what the hell" reflex :lol: . Would have been waaay easier. When we first split up, I had to get hammered just to be numb enough to not backtrack when the crying started, and I still felt like a killer of puppies.

A friend of mine has that kind of relationship , though...he once managed to g o out without her knowing (he's not allowed to go out without her :facepalm: ), she found out and now he has to send her selfies of him at his house every night just to prove that he's not out. He once showed me the kind of text messages she sends him when she's mad (often). I wouldn't believe a relationship could withstand that kind of offensive slurs being hurled around Edit: the funny thing is , he really isn't the cheater type. In fact, he's waaay too loyal. We tried corrupting him, but the one time he had the chance, he openly told that chick that he had a girlfriend and that was it.

 

[Notebook]

Positive exchange of control; I like it!

Husband: "You have the household."
Wife: "Roger, I have the household."
Husband: "Roger, you have the household."

This must be some sort of fantasy exchange....?

 

[steph]

Positive exchange of control; I like it!

Husband: "You have the household."
Wife: "Roger, I have the household."
Husband: "Roger, you have the household."

This must be some sort of fantasy exchange....?

But why does it have to be made over the radio ?:lol:

 

[Thunder Chicken]

But why does it have to be made over the radio ?:lol:

So she can't crack your skull with a frying pan for being a smart aleck all the time. "Pan-pan, pan-pan, pan-pan"! :sos:

"Maintaining visual separation" is important for safety.

Damn, I need a GUMPS checklist for my wife. :huh:

EDIT: Or maybe an UG-PMS checklist would be more appropriate? :stirpot:

 

[Quick_Nick]

Met Apollo 13 astronaut Fred Haise today.

There was an event at Saint Arnold Brewing Company in Houston celebrating 50 Years of Human Spaceflight. Free snacks and beer, only $10 entry to the event!

I just recently received my B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Oklahoma, fifty-seven years after Haise.

Leroy Chiao, shuttle astronaut with 230 days in space and 36 hours EVA, also spoke.
And Apollo 7 astronaut Walt Cunningham and his wife showed up unannounced but didn't speak.

 

[Urwumpe]

Bud Spencer and Schimanski dead ... growing up really sucks. :dry:

Anybody else here who already hates 2016?