Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

[yankees60]

Smithers, for a dedicated gym guy, you eat a lot of sweets, don’t you?
Or does it just seem like it

I will have you know that the big guy himself, The Rock, used to eat a Snickers every day before training!


https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertai ... 794620002/

For certain extreme exercisers ...they can "afford" more "junk" in their diet?

[Mountaineer]

A very Merry Christmas to you all as we remember the reason for the season.

…Mountaineer

[dualstow]

A very Merry Christmas to you all as we remember the reason for the season.

…Mountaineer

You too, man.

[Smith1776]

Merry Christmas everyone!!!

[Mountaineer]

You guys are awesome! I’m blessed to know you all, even if only virtually.

[Smith1776]

You guys are awesome! I’m blessed to know you all, even if only virtually.

I feel blessed as well to call you a friend, Mountaineer.

[Smith1776]

Is anyone headed out for sweet boxing day deals? My girlfriend is wanting to score a new laptop for her architecture software.

She has higher processing power/memory needs than I even I do. That's a first in any relationship I've been in!

[yankees60]

Is anyone headed out for sweet boxing day deals? My girlfriend is wanting to score a new laptop for her architecture software.

She has higher processing power/memory needs than I even I do. That's a first in any relationship I've been in!

Is this a Canada thing? Never have heard of it before.

[Smith1776]

Is anyone headed out for sweet boxing day deals? My girlfriend is wanting to score a new laptop for her architecture software.

She has higher processing power/memory needs than I even I do. That's a first in any relationship I've been in!

Is this a Canada thing? Never have heard of it before.

I’m sure you’re joking.

[Xan]

I've heard of Boxing Day, but only as a British/Canadian thing. We don't do it here.

It's also the second day of Christmas, and the feast day of St Stephen. As the first Christian martyr, with no idea from Scripture when he was killed, he was assigned December 26, the day after Christmas Day, by the church. So this is the day that Good King Wenceslaus looked out, on the feast of Stephen.

[yankees60]

Is anyone headed out for sweet boxing day deals? My girlfriend is wanting to score a new laptop for her architecture software.

She has higher processing power/memory needs than I even I do. That's a first in any relationship I've been in!

Is this a Canada thing? Never have heard of it before.

I’m sure you’re joking.

Unlike Biden who is constantly inanely saying "No joke!" ..... I had no idea what it was until I went to find this:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/w ... r-AA1m3YWp

What is Boxing Day? Inside the meaning of the controversial holiday
Story by Kamal Sultan For Dailymail.Com


Why would I otherwise have known about it?

Have never read it before today or heard anyone mention it before today.

[Smith1776]

Jokes on me I guess. I had no idea Boxing Day wasn’t a thing in America.

[dualstow]

Everything I learned about Canada, I learned from South Park.

[Mountaineer]

Smithers, how did you celebrate? Horse racing or football? Or something you’d rather not share in a public forum?

From USA Today:
“Just like how football has become a part of celebrating Thanksgiving in many American household, Boxing Day has its own sports traditions. Almanac reported that in recent years the sports of choice have been watching horse races and football matches between local rivals.”

[Mountaineer]

Happy Circumcision and Name of Jesus Day! (Happy New Year is soooo mundane).

[dualstow]

[Mountaineer]

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I thought this was an interesting discussion of New Year Resolutions.

https://issuesetc.org/2023/12/31/0161-n ... 1-16-23-2/

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[Mountaineer]

Thought I'd check in to say "Hi" and see if anyone else survived the New Year. Hope all is well with everyone. It's been mighty quiet around these parts lately.

[dualstow]

Thought I'd check in to say "Hi" and see if anyone else survived the New Year. Hope all is well with everyone. It's been mighty quiet around these parts lately.

Just back from out of town recently and it's been a rather crap winter to be honest
I'll try to post more (and then apologize to Maddy) later this month.

[Mountaineer]

Thought I'd check in to say "Hi" and see if anyone else survived the New Year. Hope all is well with everyone. It's been mighty quiet around these parts lately.

Just back from out of town recently and it's been a rather crap winter to be honest
I'll try to post more (and then apologize to Maddy) later this month.

Wow! Siberia or NK?

[dualstow]

Florida

[Mountaineer]

Florida

Now you are bragging you lucky canine! Next thing we will see you talking about your private jet and how much fuel has gone up since 1995.

[dualstow]

I always fly coach. Even when my parents visited me in Asia and we flew to Japan together, I only visited them briefly in Business Class.

[Smith1776]

Currently on a bus from Budapest to Ukraine to visit my fiancé’s parents. Using starlink internet no less!

If I don’t make it back, please delete my browser history.

And dualstow, you can have all my Bitcoin.

[dualstow]

Have a great trip! Be safe.
Hungary: jealous.