Happy 4th of July... what's going on

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in your world today.... we are enjoying a cookout.. Thank you veteran's
 
We are at the beach with our daughters, son in law and graddkids.
Thankful to live in America, have a Godly family heritage and have the opportunity to help pass it on to the next generation!

Hope you all have a great holiday!
 
Spending this day at our in-laws.
Caffeinated kids with frappes from McDonalds
Hiking in Governor Dodge State Park, Dodgeville, WI
Steak for dinner
Fireworks in Mineral Point, WI
 
Cleaning the house!! Oldest son's girlfriend is flying in from south Carolina. First time to meet her! Already been to the pool early this morning. On the way back from Ft. lauderdale we will watch fireworks at downtown at Flagler. Traffic will be horrible...but will be with family.
 
Don't drive downtown and you will miss the traffic ...kaba you made me homesick.
 
Sherryh said:
Don't drive downtown and you will miss the traffic ...kaba you made me homesick.
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You mean in Crown Point????
 
We've had a heatwave, an advisory warning. It's been about 108 degrees.

We went to the Goodwill 1/2 off sale, but otherwise, we are staying home watching movies.
 
Celebrate our well-won independence by waving at the sky, or offering a great big "hello" to big brother on your cell phone.
 
Spent the afternoon with our surrogate family,  cooking some steak for supper (breaking in a sweet new grill someone donated to the church before our church cookout Sunday)
 
BALAAM said:
Sherryh said:
Don't drive downtown and you will miss the traffic ...kaba you made me homesick.
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You mean in Crown Point????
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. No....in south Florida where we live
 
brianb said:
Marvin Gaye "What's Going On" (1971)
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Great song.  Eerie, mournful.  1971.  Came out In the waning years of the Viet Nam conflict when the public was becoming more and more disillusioned with the war.  Racial tensions and drug use were on the rise in the U.S. Army.  Widespread civil unrest.  A dark and dismal time in many ways.

"Mother, Mother:  There's too many of you crying."

"Brother, Brother, Brother:  There's far too many of you dying."

"Father, Father:  We don't need to escalate.  War is not the answer.  Only love can conquer hate."

"What's going on?"  Indeed. 

 
Cookout at our house, s'mores in the evening as well as fireworks at our place.  Skipped the community fireworks since a few of our group have to be out super early in the morning to go to the Greenbrier Golf Classic. 

Today would have been my dad's 97th birthday.
 
I stayed home and played Fallout 3. I fired off an enormous quantity of guns and explosives, mostly at raiders and super mutants. I think they don't like me very much. ;D
 
Shot off AWESOME fireworks in North Dakota. No city restrictions! The kids are already clamoring to go there again next year. . .our city is so dry we can hardly light sparklers. So, it was a nice and FUN change.
 
Izdaari said:
I stayed home and played Fallout 3. I fired off an enormous quantity of guns and explosives, mostly at raiders and super mutants. I think they don't like me very much. ;D
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I played that and the Las Vegas expansion.  It was fun.  You play on PC or console?  I played on the PC.
 
Castor Muscular said:
Izdaari said:
I stayed home and played Fallout 3. I fired off an enormous quantity of guns and explosives, mostly at raiders and super mutants. I think they don't like me very much. ;D
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I played that and the Las Vegas expansion.  It was fun.  You play on PC or console?  I played on the PC.
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I only game on the PC. Don't own a console, don't want one. There are two main reasons:

* The games I love are mostly roleplaying, whether single-player or MMO. And that's a genre where PC dominates.
* I love modding games. Consoles don't allow for that much, if at all.

PC does require good hardware, but I got that covered. I build my own and I'm good at it. I could do it for a living, but it's a low profit margin business and I suck at marketing.

 
 
Izdaari said:
I stayed home and played Fallout 3. I fired off an enormous quantity of guns and explosives, mostly at raiders and super mutants. I think they don't like me very much. ;D
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By the way, doesn't the game start out by having you take a test, which is supposed to determine your career (although you can override the game's decision)? 

Just for fun, I answered all the questions with the worst possible moral response.  For example:

Old Mr. Abernathy has locked himself in his quarters again, and you've been ordered to get him out. How do you proceed?

1. Use a bobby pin to pick the lock on the door
2. Trade a Vault hoodlum for his cherry bomb and blow open the lock.
3. Go to the armory, retrieve a laser pistol, and blow the lock off.
4. Walk away, and let the old coot rot.

I picked #4, and all similar immoral answers. 

The teacher reviewed my answers and told me I was perfect for the job of Marriage Counselor.
 
Izdaari said:
I only game on the PC. Don't own a console, don't want one. There are two main reasons:

* The games I love are mostly roleplaying, whether single-player or MMO. And that's a genre where PC dominates.
* I love modding games. Consoles don't allow for that much, if at all.

PC does require good hardware, but I got that covered. I build my own and I'm good at it. I could do it for a living, but it's a low profit margin business and I suck at marketing.
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Yeah, I with you on all of the above.  I build my own, too.  The PC I have now is a quad-core that's 7 years old.  I built it for the "Ultimate Linux Box" for a magazine article.  I'm losing patience with it, so I'll probably build a replacement soon. 

I not only like modding games, but I like to cheat.  Some games come with cheat codes.  For others I simply modify the contents of the save file with a hex editor.  Why?  Because I like exploring more than I like fighting, unless fighting really takes strategy, in which case I don't boost my character(s). 

 
Castor Muscular said:
Izdaari said:
I stayed home and played Fallout 3. I fired off an enormous quantity of guns and explosives, mostly at raiders and super mutants. I think they don't like me very much. ;D
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By the way, doesn't the game start out by having you take a test, which is supposed to determine your career (although you can override the game's decision)? 

Just for fun, I answered all the questions with the worst possible moral response.  For example:

Old Mr. Abernathy has locked himself in his quarters again, and you've been ordered to get him out. How do you proceed?

1. Use a bobby pin to pick the lock on the door
2. Trade a Vault hoodlum for his cherry bomb and blow open the lock.
3. Go to the armory, retrieve a laser pistol, and blow the lock off.
4. Walk away, and let the old coot rot.

I picked #4, and all similar immoral answers. 

The teacher reviewed my answers and told me I was perfect for the job of Marriage Counselor.
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LOL! I was the vault loyalty officer. 8)

And what he tells you is just for laughs anyway. What the test really does is determine your three Tag skills. But you can still pick them yourself by talking to him, and you can change them again as you exit the vault.

But once I get out in the wasteland, I'm a natural goody two shoes, trying to help everyone who doesn't shoot at me. My karma has stayed Very Good the whole game.
 
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