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The original poster is sexy and I wish she would post more. Just saying.
@chessturd saidAnd you chose your handle quite accurately.
... although her chess is atrocious.
Just saying.
@chessturd saidYou’re absolutely right about my chess...it’s really terrible. Years ago I started on this site and made the mistake of playing others extremely over my ability...my rating plummeted and i’ve never seemed to overcome my bad chess...
... although her chess is atrocious.
Just saying.
@lemondrop saidI love this idea! You get to know where you live and stay in shape.
I started my project of walking the length of every street in my city of roughly 100.000 population some 20 years ago
I've lost interest a number of times but what I've seen renews my interest now and again
I have many more miles to go
@mudfinger saidThe number 63? - Besides, wetsuits provide warmth, extra buoyancy and are safer as surfboard fins can cut.
That's impressive. The veggies that is. As far as surfing goes, what's wrong with a slinky little bikini? 😉
@hakima saidProject staying alive.
I've undertaken (for the past three years now) writing an historical novel. The research is deliciously horrendous and involves a massive translating task from a language I know superficially.
Next year, I plan a solo trip to Germany to invoke my primary characters, know their locale, more research, and intensive writing.
What projects (outside work and this site) occupy your time?
@drewnogal saidIt all depends on the quality of life one has!
There’s no better motivator than that!
@chessturd saidI use coin collecting as an alternative to a bank account. It is all about mintage and condition. Bank accounts don't pay much these days. Four years ago I sold my coin collection for a nice profit and bought a nice car. The look on the car salesman's face was priceless when I told him I would write him a check instead of financing.
Is coin collecting a project?
I do know it is an expensive investment.
Very rewarding to have a hobby/interest that essentially saves your money.
I guess finding key dates could be a project.
Other than chess and coins I've got nothing but my rigged good lucks. 😉
@caissad4 saidI never did get into coin collecting.
I use coin collecting as an alternative to a bank account. It is all about mintage and condition. Bank accounts don't pay much these days. Four years ago I sold my coin collection for a nice profit and bought a nice car. The look on the car salesman's face was priceless when I told him I would write him a check instead of financing.
I have an even better coin collection now ...[text shortened]... tion left deposits on the amber. It is difficult to work with, but rewarding.
Oh, and I play chess.
@caissad4 saidThe black amber interests me. Wondered if it was also known as Jet which I found it is. It became popular here in UK during the Victorian era. A friend has a beautiful collage of a butterfly made with large jet pieces. I also had a long jet necklace left by a late in-law who told me of it’s connection with Charles Dickens but was coerced into returning it during an acrimonious legal wrangle. After the dust had settled I discovered a tiny length of it strewn among filth and rubbish on a garage floor. Such a waste of a meaningful piece of jewellery which had been passed along the generations and which I occasionally wore.
I use coin collecting as an alternative to a bank account. It is all about mintage and condition. Bank accounts don't pay much these days. Four years ago I sold my coin collection for a nice profit and bought a nice car. The look on the car salesman's face was priceless when I told him I would write him a check instead of financing.
I have an even better coin collection now ...[text shortened]... tion left deposits on the amber. It is difficult to work with, but rewarding.
Oh, and I play chess.
@drewnogal saidMany people think Jet is black amber, but it is not. True Black Amber is the result of very hot volcanic ash falling on already formed amber and , due to heat exceeding 350 degrees, bonds to the surface of the amber. I removed all black ash from several pieces and it was just red, gold, gray, or white opaque beneath.
The black amber interests me. Wondered if it was also known as Jet which I found it is. It became popular here in UK during the Victorian era. A friend has a beautiful collage of a butterfly made with large jet pieces. I also had a long jet necklace left by a late in-law who told me of it’s connection with Charles Dickens but was coerced into returning it during an acrimon ...[text shortened]... ingful piece of jewellery which had been passed along the generations and which I occasionally wore.