What I did today -instead- of Rocketry.

shop deals on amazon
rocket sok
the rocketry show
The Rocketry Forum

Help Support The Rocketry Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
Joekeyo said:
I hope the outcome is that you opted for retirement with penalties. After having already selected my retirement date, I realized that I made a miscalculation based on my assumption that a certain calculation was based on a prorate of months rather than days, and that I would have to work another month to get the calculated retirement pay, otherwise I would get less. I said "screw it, I'm retiring today." Took the loss, never looked back. No regrets, Some things are more important than money. I liked my job, I like retirement more than my job.
Click to expand...
Considering what my former colleagues are going through right now, with the hassle of switching over to online instruction, I'm extremely glad that I retired when I did.

Online instruction is fine for some things, but when it comes to chemistry labs---especially analytical "wet" chemistry---it's all about 'technique'. Attempting to teach a student online how to deliver half a drop for a titration, or what to look for on a proper endpoint, is an exercise in futility. Then, of course, there are the other disciplines:

"Doctor, have you done this procedure before?" "Oh yes, dozens of times. Well...I was running 'Qbert Does Cholecystectomy, Unit 1', but I got a score of at least 83 each time." :eek:

Best -- Terry
 
Cleaned the north gutter. Raked the leaves out of the raised beds in the front of the house... Things I hate doing. Mowing lawn is right up there too. If I was able to, I'd kill my whole lawn and put in green pea gravel. Think how easy it would be to pick up the dog doo!
Tomorrow, the south gutter. yea!!!
 
jd2cylman said:
Mowing lawn is right up there too. If I was able to, I'd kill my whole lawn and put in green pea gravel. Think how easy it would be to pick up the dog doo!
Click to expand...
Hey, Adrian, you may just have to launch a startup! Go out and get funding--the Litter Box Lawn!!!
 
had fall #36 this morning.
finished reading a ham radio book on digital modes.
ate a meatball sub for lunch.
sat out on the patio since it was 74 today.
got depressed about being in debt...again.
 
Started moving back into our house. We were out for 7 weeks due to the installation of 10 internal foundation piers, and the subsequent remodel since every floor was trashed. Had the water lines all routed above the slab to ensure all the new stuff isn’t destroyed by a slab leak down the road...North Texas soil is evil, house ravaging demon dirt.

Should be done early next week sometime...going to be slow with no one to help.
 
On the non-rocketry side, I filled the bird feeders, sanitized some groceries that were “resting” in the garage, brought the trash cans in, and did a load of laundry.

Living the exciting daily life of a retired geezer during the Great Lockdown of 2020.
 
Dug up about a 100' of irrigation lines to rework the system tomorrow. If front yard gets enough water to stay green, the side yard turns into a swamp, whoever designed and install the system put half the front and half the side yard sprinklers on each zone, now I get to add two additonal zone to split the front and side yards into their own zones. A bit tired this evening.
 
prfesser said:
Considering what my former colleagues are going through right now, with the hassle of switching over to online instruction, I'm extremely glad that I retired when I did.

Online instruction is fine for some things, but when it comes to chemistry labs---especially analytical "wet" chemistry---it's all about 'technique'. Attempting to teach a student online how to deliver half a drop for a titration, or what to look for on a proper endpoint, is an exercise in futility. Then, of course, there are the other disciplines:

"Doctor, have you done this procedure before?" "Oh yes, dozens of times. Well...I was running 'Qbert Does Cholecystectomy, Unit 1', but I got a score of at least 83 each time." :eek:

Best -- Terry
Click to expand...

I became an associate dean in the fall, which had its own set of stressful issues. But this is my first semester without a teaching assignment.

I think I timed that pretty well.
 
Last edited:
prfesser said:
Attempting to teach a student online how to deliver half a drop for a titration, or what to look for on a proper endpoint, is an exercise in futility. Then, of course, there are the other disciplines:
Click to expand...

BDB said:
I became an associate dean in the fall, which had its own set of stressful issues. But this is my first semester without a teaching assignment.

I think I timed that pretty well.
Click to expand...

Today I continue revising lab assignments to turn them into lab-like work-at-home assignments. Fortunately my classes this term are all general education. If I was teaching majors physics, or engineering mechanics, or circuits, or materials science ... the sh!t would be over my head, instead of just up to my chin.

I also read through a mess of stuff about security (or the lack thereof) on Zoom.

https://www.theguardian.com/technol...ology-security-coronavirus-video-conferencing

This is going to suck so bad.
 
Cleaned the south side gutters... yea! Went shopping at the local grocery store. Hardly any paper products at all... Again... And no Spanish rice for Taco night. :( I'll have to try again Tuesday night.
 
Sanitized/disinfected a few bags of groceries that I had delivered out to my car.

E-cart is the grocery purchase system my local chain uses for delivered or pick up purchases.

Placed another order today for soonest pick up available which was Wednesday next week...5 days out!
 
More work on the irrigation for my yard, it took 4 hours and 4 locations to get 1" Sch 40 PVC pipe and a few fittings (Lowes), then a irrigation supplier to get the majority of the fittings, then a trip to the other Lowes in town to get some more parts, a trip to the lumber yard to get 5/4 Cedar decking to build the valve box from. Lowes was insanity today, they were limiting people in the irrigation supply aisle to like 10. When I looked at the 1" pvc fitting I was worried my project was doomed as EVERYTHING except a bag of 5 tees, a couple of caps and a 7 unions were all that was left (thank goodness I only needed 7 unions) as well as 13 sticks of 1" sch 40.
 
kuririn said:
Mmmm. Everything is better with bacon.
Thanks for sharing.
Click to expand...
@kuririn No problem. Actually you started me on this. Remember the pic of something you made with the egg on top? Then people responded talking about Loco Moco. I had no clue what that was so I Googled it. I ran across this recipe which I'll be trying soon.
 
Actually met the next door neighbors for the first time (at the proper social distance, of course). They've only been living in the house west of me for a year now...
Nice young couple. Good people is my first impression. Friendly. The neighbor that lived there prior was a little less outgoing. Introduced myself and he just said hi and walked away, no name or small talk... Oh well, I'm not home much either. But now with nice neighbors, the possibility of new friends is interesting/fun.
 
Last edited:
High Desert Rocketry said:
Still making masks (that's me modeling one) for health care workers and friends.

Wear a mask and help save lives...plus social distancing, washing hands and other measures :)

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/coronavirus/_documents/INF2003076_VW_Hand-Sewn Mask instructions-1.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1C8eGIQcRp9K5t4bHFzlLOyicJsJtRgfn7LBhzaXw3dk_6xIErcoq-_XM

View attachment 411437
Click to expand...
Cool rocket themed pattern.

I’d wear that as often as possible.

Thanks for the link. Gonna turn my daughter loose on that.
 
jd2cylman said:
Cleaned the north gutter. Raked the leaves out of the raised beds in the front of the house... Things I hate doing. Mowing lawn is right up there too. If I was able to, I'd kill my whole lawn and put in green pea gravel. Think how easy it would be to pick up the dog doo!
Tomorrow, the south gutter. yea!!!
Click to expand...
A gravel yard is no silver bullet. My yard is gravel underlain with black plastic. Weeds appear that need to pulled or sprayed. If there are trees around leaves need to be raked. If you choose not to do this your gravel yard will look pretty bad. Based on my experience, the gravel yard requires less maintenance but it is not a free pass.
 
Cursed my (textbook) publisher a blue streak. A royalty payment, which I was assured on 25 March would arrive by the end of March...hasn't. And apparently I'm not the only one. They could say "COVID-19"...but the sales for this royalty took place between July and December 2019. Three months they've held that money, and I still haven't got it! I was hoping to buy a (small, used) camper for rocket trips. Ain't agonna happen now.

Of course, with COVID-19 about, I'd bet there will be a lot more people selling campers than there are buying them, for the next few months at least, because (1) people don't have the money, since so many are unemployed, and (2) fear of getting the virus from a used camper (or vehicle, for that matter).
 

Similar threads

Wayco
Wayco and Hardline's Northern exposure
Replies
13
Views
464
Wayco
Wayco
DAllen
Show me your multi-tools!
2
Replies
33
Views
2K
woferry
W
MarsLander
Did I somehow let the smoke out of my featherweight mag switch?
Replies
2
Views
156
MarsLander
MarsLander
StreuB1
30th Anniversary
Replies
1
Views
359
Hobie1dog
Hobie1dog
B
anybody use pinstripe tape?
Replies
19
Views
685
lr64
L

Latest posts

Back
Top