As threatened, I uploaded a second Mashinky railway excursion video overnight. It is now available for view. I'll not link it here, as I've already done so in our What Are You Playing? thread.

Surprised myself by finishing voicing what will be a third Mashinky excursion video first thing this morning. I don't plan to upload it until sometime next week.

As might be imagined, playing and recording Mashinky have kept me too occupied for much of anything else. I definitely need to visit a laundromat soon. Gads I hate going to those. I miss those long gone days when my little town had its own. It doesn't help that I hold out as long as possible. When I do go, I've a good six or more loads worth of dirty clothes and bed linen.

For awhile, there was only one laundromat in the large town / small city nearby, where my brother lives in. It left much to be desired. Not well taken care of. Outrageous machine prices. No staff on duty to make change. Change dispensing machines usually broke. Was afraid I'd have to buy my own washer and drier. Luckily, an old laundromat reopened under new management. It's cleaner, normally has someone on duty, and its machines are reasonable.

This post has been edited by Decrepit: Mar 4 2018, 07:41 PM

My "sleep on my back in my bed" project failed. I'm back to side sleep on my ancient sofa. Had a strange sleep last night. Became super groggy not long after supper. Kept nodding off at the PC. Decided to lie down on the sofa a bit. Did so. Next thing I know it's midnight on the nose. The alarm on my little Atomic Clock, which stays on the sofa with me, apparently got pushed into the back cushion and turned itself on. (It's happened before.) By then I'd already gotten in at least four hours sleep, more than I often get overnight. Turned off the alarm, visited the PC long enough to check a few emails and shut everything down, returned to the sofa, and almost immediately fell asleep!!!!! Woke again at 0439! Or rather what I thought was 0439. Not until sometime later did I realize the Atomic Clock had bumped itself up an hour. I actually woke at 0339. No biggie, except I ate breakfast an hour early before noticing the error. Even taking into account the time mistake I got in way more sleep than normal. Maybe double. Not sure if that's good or bad.

Been able to walk daily since it became warm enough, except day before yesterday when I walked only a third my normal route due to cold and wind.

No other active projects. Well, not that's I'm actually working on. Made a tentative start voicing a fourth Mashinky video, but just couldn't get into it. (I've not yet uploaded the third video, which has been "in the can" for days.)

This post has been edited by Decrepit: Mar 9 2018, 02:49 PM

I bought a new mattress today. I am going to take the day off Thursday to have it delivered. W00T!

Yeah? What kind? This is something Khajiit is afraid he is going to have to bite the bullet and do soon.

It is a Eureka Lux Firm Mattress. Queen-sized, since that is what my bed is. I liked it the most of the mattresses they had. They gave me a new bamboo pillow too. I have one from the last time I bought a mattress, and I love them.

You’ll have to let us know how it sleeps.

Sigh...wish I could afford a new, high quality mattress. The couch will have to do for me, I'm afraid. Even could I afford one, a problem I have is that I can sleep on a mattress for hours/days before my body acclimates itself to it, Lying down in a showroom 15-30min does no good whatsoever. Certainly not enough so to form a trustworthy opinion. Looked yours up online. It seems very nice...and very expensive. Hope it works out for you.

I decided to go shopping at ToysRUs for the last time so I got the largest playset I could find so I got this beast. It took an hour an half to assemble it. Now this thing if 4 feet tall, I'm 5'11.

You went to ToysRUs? If the picture is to go by you already live there


Cool, and big, addition to the collection!

Well I'm about to be evicted from WeeBee's* so looks like I'll have to go to Wally World or Target .





*
WeeBees=ToysRUs
Wally World=Walmart.

My bro was supposed to be here now doing his taxes on my primary PC via TurboTax. He called an hour or so ago to inform me that he is unexpectedly swamped with work so will prepare his return tomorrow. Which reminded me I ought to check on the status of my Federal return. On the other hand, I get back so little this year it's not that big a deal.

Checked with 23andMe yesterday evening. My saliva sample is still being analyzed. Sure is taking a lot of time. But then they advertise it as a potentially months long process.

Been able to exercise-walk every day. Possibly won't tomorrow due to bro visit and potential rains. Likewise Monday might be too rainy/stormy. We shall see.

I have started up two new projects.

The first is creating to-do lists for each week, particularly for my classes and jobs. While I have gotten my work done that I need to do, I feel that I have not been as productive with my time as I could and should be. I am hoping that creating to-do lists will help me in that cause. As I go along I will figure out how best to lay it out and get the most out of my time. Hopefully it will lead me to finally setting aside time for other side projects I have wanted to do.

The second is a very personal one: tonight, I finally began writing a journal. Without going into too much detail, it is something that I have come to realize that I very much need to do. I started it for several reasons, particularly for clarification of things I am dealing with and trying to look at certain things as objectively as possible. Perhaps as I go on I will feel a bit more comfortable sharing some more things about it.

That sounds serious there Rader. Here’s hoping this brings you some clarity.

Thanks, Khajiit. I appreciate that a lot.

I don't mean to cause worry, though. Just a bunch of stressful stuff going on that I'm trying to work through.

Best wishes, Rader, and I hope the journal helps.

Thanks, Acadian. Much appreciated.

This post has been edited by RaderOfTheLostArk: Mar 20 2018, 10:23 PM

I hope to find out the status of my popped out crown today. As luck would have it, the dental office I use was closed all last week. It was bogged down with appointment yesterday so couldn't see me. Was told I'm luck they are able to squeeze me in today. Be that as it may, I'm hoping (against hope?) the existing crown can be reattached.

Checked with 23andMe this morning. They are one step away from providing me with results.

As to other projects, most everything is on hold until I get a better handle on my crown situation.

ADDENDUM:
The dental office called. My appointment is bumped up several hours. Hurrah.

This post has been edited by Decrepit: Mar 27 2018, 03:10 PM

Dental Appointment:
The old crown is toast. Can't be reattached. They're gonna add an artificial tooth to take its place to my current upper partial. Along with that they will obviously extract what little remains of my actual tooth. (Basically, nothing above the gum line.) They're also gonna fill a small cavity discovered on a tooth next to where the crown was. Surprisingly, to me, they say adding the extra tooth to my partial is super easy, and not overly expensive. I'll be without the partial only a day. For good or ill, that day will be NEXT Monday, as they can't get to me sooner.

Was prescribed pain killer to see me through until then. Once home I noticed they're Opioids. You can bet I won't take any unless pain becomes excruciatingly severe. So far what little pain I notice is very mild (and sporadic).

Ancestry / DNA / etc:
My results are in. And boring they are, for the most part. Ancestry wise, they are exactly what I expected. I'm 99% European, of which 97.1% is Northwestern European. Of that 97.1%, 60.3% is English / Irish, 26.5% German / French (my maternal grandmother accounts for German ancestry), 2.4% Scandinavian, 7.9% "broadly Northwestern European." There is also 1.1% Iberian (Southern European). Everything else is below 1%, comfortably within margin of error territory. The only other thing worth mentioning is sub-Saharan African, which 23andMe shows as 0.8%, all from West Africa.

I have 281 Neanderthal DNA variants. That's more than 56% of 23andMe customers.

23andMe measures the Carrier Status of 43 health concerns that I don't currently have but might be passed to my children. This is my one shining area, as I goose-egged it. The irony is that I have no children, want none, and at this stage of life will almost assuredly have none.

As to Genetic Health Risks, I have an ever so slightly increased risk of contracting Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease. More people than not in my category DON'T get it, but the possibility is there. Otherwise, this category too gives me a clean bill of health.

Wellness wise I'm told...
...I'm likely to consume more caffeine than most, assuming I consume caffeine at all. I don't consume caffeine.
...my genes predispose me to weigh more than average. 23andMe shows the average 67yr old 5'6" male as weighing 173lb. I weigh a good 30lb less than that. But...I am indeed predisposed to weight gain. I just control it via diet and a little exercise (when able).
...related, the amount of saturated fat in my diet has little to no bearing on weight loss or gain.
...in the TRAITS section, 23andMe goofs in saying I'm unlikely to have a bold spot. Couldn't be further from the truth, sad to say.
...lots more in the TRAITS section, most of it spot on, or close enough to not matter.
...lots of other stuff too.

Wouldn't ya know it? I was gonna print out most of the results, but my printer now warns me I'm low on toner.

This post has been edited by Decrepit: Mar 27 2018, 08:39 PM

We now have a lot of info about Decrepit we can sell to Facebook - ka-CHING!


Sounded like good news though overall

This post has been edited by mirocu: Mar 27 2018, 08:51 PM

Wow. I mean WOW. Was it really expensive to get that information? If it doesn't cost an arm and a leg I'd be very tempted to try that myself...