You're most welcome here :-)

Fingers crossed then that they will offer some help. Sorry to hear you are having trouble concentrating. I know how that is, my mind is all over the place recently. I keep trying to do a little short story for Crew's giveaway and I can't even manage that, which just gets me a little annoyed at myself.

I am doing okay today, nothing to complain about. Well, there is, but I won't. :-)
I have just been resting for most of the day, and chatting on here. I don't seem to be as tired as I was, but that could be due to me cutting the painkillers as they never really helped anyway, and I find that once you get used to the pain you can block it out better anyway. It doesn't always work, but I prefer being more awake than always drowsy.

Thank you. I am sure I will be fine, I just don't seem to be having the best of luck at the moment.

I am glad to hear you are doing okay. Is your medication still causing you some trouble?

That would be fine with me if you would like to pass on the key. I can see if I can send it to her in a message now, and failing that I can give it to her once she is back online.

Thanks, the hugs are appreciated. Kind of a rough work week, one of those that is devoted more to fixing problems than making new progress. But such things must be. :)

The avatar change is in promotion/celebration of this.


Smongo, thanks again!

I admit it was not the best moment to nominate owl, but I didn't expect her namechange to result in such a mess :)
I think we'll get her covered :D

Sorry to hear things are a big hectic for you. I hope things will get better very soon, and that your lovely wife and pup will be feeling better soon.

*big hug*

No problem at all, you are always welcome. And sorry to hear you are having a rough week at work. Fingers crossed things will get better. Also, I have no idea what Smongo means. :-)

*big hug*

Edit: And a very big thank you for the lovely gift. You are very sweet. *big thank you hug*

It will be a lovely surprise for her when she returns though ;-)

(Whenever that may be...) *sniff* ... *sniff* ... :'-|

Much ta, the key has been sent, along with a little something else. That'll teach you to leave your wishlist in plain sight. ;)

"Smongo" I picked up from the old radio comedy geniuses Firesign Theatre. Specifically from their gaming-themed album "Eat Or Be Eaten". The world shall not see their like again.

I noticed the little something, thank you very much. And I have to leave my wishlist in plain sight, sadly, or others have threatened to hide theirs. I blame Hyper, it was all his fault I got the wishlist to begin with. He has a lot to answer for. :-)

And thank you for the Smongo explanation, and the link. I will have a look once I am feeling a bit less fuzzy headed. I enjoy some old time radio shows now and then.

You've probably been exposed to them without knowing it. They were a huge counterculture influence, as well as a direct influence on Joel Hodgson and his creation of MST3K. Their ensemble audio performances are incredibly layered, as well as being subversively funny.

Sounds interesting. I think most of the old time radio I have heard is British stuff, although there has been some American shows, but none that I can remember off the top of my head. I used to like the old anthology shows on the radio, kind of like the Twilight Zone type thing. I was never really big on the dramas or crime shows, but the sci-fi and comedy shows were often quite entertaining. I don't really listen to them much these days, but I still do now and then when the mood takes me. My grandmother used to really enjoy them, which is probably where I picked it up from.

I'm pretty passionate about old time radio shows and have a large collection. Recently I've been listening my way through the old British series The Goon Show. I like the old suspense/horror shows as well. I think the best of those is from Canada, with [url=https://archive.org/details/LightsOutOTR]Lights Out Everybody a close second.

My dad always liked things like the Goon show and things like that. The BBC has a radio station that plays a lot of the older radio comedies and shows, and of course there are places like archive.org and other online radios that showcase a lot of the forgotten gems. Of course, I do tend to get a few funny looks when I mention I like older shows given that I am not that old myself. But I blame my parents and grandparents, we often like what we grow up with, not that I mind liking what I like. :-)

final day

hi,
what's that now?

Thank you, I appreciate it! Things will be fine, just regular life craziness. :)
*big return hug*
Just saying hello, Sinistar! I don't see you in this thread too often (and I've kind of gone into hiding on the rest of the forums, for the most part.) I hope you are well!