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So I finished remodeling the kitchen yesterday... officially. My last chore was to build a spice rack for inside a cabinet door. I'm sad. There were no harps playing. No grand finale music. Just the last wine of the screw motor. I feel accomplished. I guess that's all I get for my ten...

I wear a mask, despite having been vaccinated. I'm not concerned about myself. I've proven to be resilient, having never had the flue for more than hours rather than days. I wear it because children are at the mercy of the people around them. I have a very soft nerve when it comes to...

Why is there no normal smile when you like a post? I feel strange when I want to smile at a post and my only choice is hearted love-struck oogley eyes. I like plenty of people here, but none of you titter my twitter. I'd just like to smile. You know, like this one. :)

Sitting here watching a documentary series on disasters of engineering. The current episode covers a train wreck. A survivor was interviewed to say he saw all the dead, "people, children, and old persons." I had a thought that I'd had long ago. The old people that died. My thought was...

Just wanted to say that highlight reply feature is awesome. I've not seen that before. I recall this forum operating on MyBB. Is this new software, or another incarnation of MyBB?

I've seen a lot of threads where people describe their pain from tragedy, or loss of someone they cared for. Mine would fill a book. I was thinking about things today and realized my wife has never had to cope with anything like that. She lost her dad a few years back, but it was to ill...

I have a project coming up. I'm going to need help. I can do all the mechanical stuff myself. It's the abstracts and the meetings that I'll need help with. Other things, but mostly just rudimentary tasks. The question: Men and women do not think the same. As such I'd like to partner with...

My son's dog busted into his patio door screen and broke the lock— a cheap plastic thing... the lock, not the dog. So I fixed it. Not a big deal. I added a screw where a plastic nub broke off so the catch would swing again. But you know, removal, consideration, alteration, beautification...

When people rely on you, if you fail them, who do you let down? Them or yourself?

I've been married forty years. We've been little more than room mates for the last 15 years. We share bills but little else. She went out of town for a few days. I don't miss her, not in that pining sense like when we were kids, but I feel lost with the routines disrupted. I'm a little...

I've been remodeling a house for two years. A new shed took all last summer. Two baths took the winter (oh the things I had to fix just to do my work) The kitchen has taken this spring and summer (working alone). My wife wanted a few custom cabinets to match the store bought cabinets. Not to...

Here before and thought I had a relationship (platonic) with another member. We started conversations off site. I said or did something that apparently offended her. I don't know what it was. She just stopped. It depressed me enough that I just stopped coming here. It's a sad thing when...

I just flipped all the little black dots to little gray dots.  It should be easier to keep up. ETA: A little bored now. It sort of makes lonely a little lonelier when there is no where to go.

Hello. Okay, there is more to me than that.  I'm not so good at writing, sketching, inventing...most things creative, but I try.  I recently moved to the most boring part of the east coast.  There doesn't seem to be anything for me here...or anyone.  Not that I've found in six months...