Random Ramblings

Staybrite wrote:

Normaniac wrote:

I'm having a TurboTax liaison call me back at 9:15 to hopefully straighten out my 1099-K tax mess! Yay!

We found an error in our corporate taxes (which had already been filed), so I've been waiting around for my amended K1 form so that I could complete filing myself.
Hope your "correction" won't be too painful.

Thanks, bro.  The most helpful lady walked me through this process.  Sent the amended version to DC and the snail-mail version to Jeff City, MO.  Glad the bro and I (my housemate) reverted to the old system of rental payment (check) and won't have to deal with this aggravation again.

Normaniac wrote:

Staybrite wrote:

Normaniac wrote:

I'm having a TurboTax liaison call me back at 9:15 to hopefully straighten out my 1099-K tax mess! Yay!

We found an error in our corporate taxes (which had already been filed), so I've been waiting around for my amended K1 form so that I could complete filing myself.
Hope your "correction" won't be too painful.

Thanks, bro.  The most helpful lady walked me through this process.  Sent the amended version to DC and the snail-mail version to Jeff City, MO.  Glad the bro and I (my housemate) reverted to the old system of rental payment (check) and won't have to deal with this aggravation again.

Great news!  Glad to hear you got it straightened out.  
Do you actually share an apartment/house with your biological brother?  My sons are so different I don't think they could do that for long-term.

Yep.  Lived with my younger bro (there are three of us; I am the oldest) for 19 years at our present address.

Normaniac wrote:

Yep.  Lived with my younger bro (there are three of us; I am the oldest) for 19 years at our present address.

Oh wow, it's impressive that you haven't killed each other. 

We've had our fair share of disagreements over the years, but we've soldiered on.

Almost done with Washington State for a while.  Mrs Staybrite and I will be packing up our car and driving to Arizona on April 6th (this coming Tuesday).  We will race through most of Oregon on the first day and should stay the night in the Southern Oregon town of Medford.  After that we will visit with some family in Central California (one short day) and then hit up one of my mother-in-laws resort condo places in Indio (southern California) before we head to central Arizona.  Should be about 5 or 6 days total.  I have to say I haven't made a road trip this long in about 30 years.

And I'm still envious.

Man, these three day work weeks are killing me!

Really missing my dog today--the puppy of my youth.  Cuddles the Wonder Dog.  

Black Rider wrote:

And I'm still envious.

You can come visit anytime.  Of course the weather won't be too much different in the summer, so you'll want to come in the Fall or Winter 

alldatndensum wrote:

Man, these three day work weeks are killing me!

Oh gosh I'll bet they are   

Normaniac wrote:

Really missing my dog today--the puppy of my youth.  Cuddles the Wonder Dog.  

The random stuff you find on YouTube late at night. A post-hardcore cover of Hillsong's "Oceans".

So our basement.flooded a week ago due to heavy rains.  It fried our water heater is it was under water.

I bought a new one this past Saturday from Home Depot.  We decided to let them do the install as I am very busy and suck at plumbing.  Until today, no one has called me about the install despite being guaranteed next-day service in the store.

Needless to say, I got mad and gave our local Home Depot a scathing review online.  Then, I decided to just do it myself.  I sliced my hand doing it, but I have hot water back in the house.

My broham got a new vehicle, a burgundy 2018 Jeep.  

Also, my all-mesh office chair arrived.  Plan on assembling it later, right after I make active my new Samsung s21 + 5G.

Ok , mind blown time!

I just found that Marty Mcflys older brother in Back to the Future was Jimmy Olsen in the Christopher Reece Superman films.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_McClure

My Dollar General is now a DG Market. Out of the 17 thousand plus Dollar General's, only 1 percent (about 170) are market stores. Mine now has produce and fresh meats. And yours truly is officially the perishables and frozen manager.

Cool. I work overnights in my emporium's frozen department too.

Hardkore wrote:

Ok , mind blown time!

I just found that Marty Mcflys older brother in Back to the Future was Jimmy Olsen in the Christopher Reece Superman films.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_McClure

You just now figured that out?!? I spotted it the first time I saw the film!

Samson wrote:

My Dollar General is now a DG Market. Out of the 17 thousand plus Dollar General's, only 1 percent (about 170) are market stores. Mine now has produce and fresh meats. And yours truly is officially the perishables and frozen manager.

Congratulations brother

Normaniac wrote:

Also, my all-mesh office chair arrived.  Plan on assembling it later, right after I make active my new Samsung s21 + 5G.

Ooo, new toys. I like new toys 

Staybrite wrote:

Almost done with Washington State for a while.  Mrs Staybrite and I will be packing up our car and driving to Arizona on April 6th (this coming Tuesday).  We will race through most of Oregon on the first day and should stay the night in the Southern Oregon town of Medford.  After that we will visit with some family in Central California (one short day) and then hit up one of my mother-in-laws resort condo places in Indio (southern California) before we head to central Arizona.  Should be about 5 or 6 days total.  I have to say I haven't made a road trip this long in about 30 years.

How was the trip, Gary? I hope you enjoyed yourselves.
Welcome to your new life brother 

Jen5 wrote:

Normaniac wrote:

Also, my all-mesh office chair arrived.  Plan on assembling it later, right after I make active my new Samsung s21 + 5G.

Ooo, new toys. I like new toys 

I have a new toy to use with the guys I am jammin' with each week.  Two of us sing, but the other guy really doesn't know how to do harmonies.  So, I bought a vocal harmonizer for the songs I sing.  It's pretty cool!

You can set it for several cool effects, but I really only use the 3rd above and 5th below settings.  You turn it on and off with a footswitch which is taking some getting used to.  You can set the key in the machine to match the song, or you can trust the onboard microphone.  So far, it is doing a good job for me!

Jen5 wrote:

Normaniac wrote:

Also, my all-mesh office chair arrived.  Plan on assembling it later, right after I make active my new Samsung s21 + 5G.

Ooo, new toys. I like new toys 

It's the last item on the docket, sis.  Yesterday was a veritable gauntlet of craziness.    A day filled with washing laundry and dishes, making my monthly doctor visit, canceling my old phone carrier service, starting the new phone's new service, sending off the old phone as part of the trade-in, and literally running myself ragged.  I promise I will attempt to pace myself better today.  

Jen5 wrote:

Staybrite wrote:

Almost done with Washington State for a while.  Mrs Staybrite and I will be packing up our car and driving to Arizona on April 6th (this coming Tuesday).  We will race through most of Oregon on the first day and should stay the night in the Southern Oregon town of Medford.  After that we will visit with some family in Central California (one short day) and then hit up one of my mother-in-laws resort condo places in Indio (southern California) before we head to central Arizona.  Should be about 5 or 6 days total.  I have to say I haven't made a road trip this long in about 30 years.

How was the trip, Gary? I hope you enjoyed yourselves.
Welcome to your new life brother 

It was a fun trip, but slightly more expensive than we estimated (that seems to happen with pretty much everything).  We are in Arizona in a rental house and "warmth" is taking a bit getting used to (we are drinking even more water, and getting tired earlier).  I did get my home office up, without my office internet phone (which is kind of a bummer), but at least now I can get to work and help my clients.  Seems odd to be happy about going back to work. 

alldatndensum wrote:

I have a new toy to use with the guys I am jammin' with each week.  Two of us sing, but the other guy really doesn't know how to do harmonies.  So, I bought a vocal harmonizer for the songs I sing.  It's pretty cool!

You can set it for several cool effects, but I really only use the 3rd above and 5th below settings.  You turn it on and off with a footswitch which is taking some getting used to.  You can set the key in the machine to match the song, or you can trust the onboard microphone.  So far, it is doing a good job for me!

I heard that in the video on bookface.  I was looking around to see who was singing with you....couldn't figure it out for the life of me because the guitarists weren't singing at all.  Very cool!