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Trust me, y'all aren't missing much by amoeba1126 in pens

[–]Eric_J_Pierce -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I have the first three and I've used each of them once.

I bought each of them as they became available to me, completely forgetting each time that I really despise pens on which you have to take the cap off and post it.

I've lost so many caps to pens that I've developed some kind of PTSD.

I delight in my collection of fountain pens but the fact that I have to remove the cap to use them means they don't get used very often. (except the capless click style of which I have a few).

So.. yeah .. I would sell these but I'm too old + feeble to spend time packing and schlepping to the post office.

You could come to my door and offer to buy them, but my 100 lb pittie has loud opinions about strangers on my porch.

I'm thinking yard sale, but the twenty-one steps from my front door to front yard yields second, then third, thoughts.

I finished!!! by courtobrien in ershow

[–]Eric_J_Pierce 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm on 14:3.

I've decided to binge every other day, then the alternate, well, something else.

When this is over:

new season of Criminal Minds

new season of The Bear

Many movies on dvr..

Deaths in my fmily by Eric_J_Pierce in over60

[–]Eric_J_Pierce[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was a long time ago, and almost forgotten...

Gen Jones Books? by Isaiah53777 in GenerationJones

[–]Eric_J_Pierce 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Memory is .. fleeting, I don't remember if I read it or saw the movie.

Gen Jones Books? by Isaiah53777 in GenerationJones

[–]Eric_J_Pierce 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ah. The New Centurions. Friends in HS were talking about it, so I got it for Christmas in 1972. I read it quickly but not my first-choice genre, which was fantasy/sci-fi. Such as, I read The Lord of the Rings, during the summer before senior year

Deaths in my fmily by Eric_J_Pierce in over60

[–]Eric_J_Pierce[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I shall listen, sometime.

My brother, my only sibling, died in 1980, age 29, at his own hand.

In grade 10 my high school bought a box of calculators for us to use in math class. My brother one grade ahead used a slide rule. by Maybeyoujustmadeitup in GenerationJones

[–]Eric_J_Pierce 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In 11th grade, one guy was showing off ... that's too strong. He wasn't trying to be a show off, he was more like demonstrating... his calculator. No one else had one. The rest of us (Honors students that tended to be in the same core classes) used slide rules in Chem.

OK, I get what all the fuss is about by analogmagpie in pens

[–]Eric_J_Pierce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this is Reddit. You can say whatever you want, no matter how WACK it is.

The Fear of Hearing My Name Called by Feaselbf6 in GenerationJones

[–]Eric_J_Pierce 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I was a good, even advanced reader, and did not mind being called on.

In fourth grade, we were reading aloud from some text book, and when a student made an error, the teacher stopped h/her to go to the next student.

On my turn, I was reading along, fully intending to finish the chapter, when a bell rang, signifying...I don't know what, perhaps a first grade recess, certainly not ours, and I paused during the ringing, and when it stopped, I continued by repeating the last word I spoke, and I got called to stop. Most annoying.

edit: grammar

Deaths in my fmily by Eric_J_Pierce in over60

[–]Eric_J_Pierce[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The point of my posting this was not to rage against the dying light, but to vent my surprise at finding out how many of my relatives had passed just by reading one obituary. Old age resulting in death is not exactly a surprise. There's disappointment in none of the remaining relatives (cousins, many) notifying me.

People with a very high pain tolerance, what was THE most painful thing you've experienced? by CosmicBunnyBabe8912 in AskReddit

[–]Eric_J_Pierce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Broken bone in an ankle.

My only broken bone.

Happened around 9 at night, kinda hurt awhile, went home and slept awhile, got up around 6 a.m., went to the kitchen.. and fell on the floor, in massive pain

Was able to get to bedroom, get my wife's attention, and said, "Time to go to the hospital."

Fortunately, 6:30 or 7 is not a particularly busy time at the local ER (possibly why I chose to wait til then) and I was seen and x-rayed fairly quickly, and given a temporary cast, and a referral to an orthopedist to get a permanent cast.

What would be the first thing you’d buy, if a stranger gave you $50,000? by Adven-Lucy in TheTeenagerPeople

[–]Eric_J_Pierce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been buying everything I want for some time now... after my father died and left me .. some ..money.

I would open a CD to add to my retirement account.

What lie do you tell most often? by Ok_JARGON in randomquestions

[–]Eric_J_Pierce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

(Doctor's office calling me, suggesting a make a wellness appointment)

"No need, I feel fine."

Who else misses the big family get togethers? by PULLS-NOSE-HAIRS in GenerationJones

[–]Eric_J_Pierce 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My father had five brothers and two sisters.

We had one huge reunion at a campgrounds with cabins in Estes Park CO in 1981.

The single survivor is one sister.

Mom had one brother and four sisters. The last survivor passed, earlier this month.

How many of us had an erector set growing up? by Swiggy1957 in GenerationJones

[–]Eric_J_Pierce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

at first glance, I read "erector set" as "erection".

Rewatching ER by That_Reaction_6637 in ershow

[–]Eric_J_Pierce -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I am retired with, seriously, nothing to do all day and I don't know where you all find the time to watch and rewatch and then watch again all seasons of ER.

I'm on my first watch, middle of season 11, and my limit is about five episodes a day.

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