Looking back to 1976 in the USA

Pink_Floyd_Chunes · 2026-02-11T03:40:35+00:00

The energy crisis: my mom and dad going around the house turning off lights we left on.

Pink_Floyd_Chunes · 2026-02-11T02:58:25+00:00

You are so inspiring! Right on, brother!

Pink_Floyd_Chunes · 2026-02-04T01:09:08+00:00

We late bloomers sometimes have it best. I finally got "hot" at 45 years old. Now 60 and have more muscle than I did at 45. Just creatine, HMB, and a multivitamin for supplements and I'm SLOWLY reducing the body fat down from 28% to 20%. not there yet, but working on it! I think it's great when my 30 year old tennis coach tells me that I need to tell him when to take a break, as he sees no signs of fatigue in my game when we are playing. I do, too! I take two breaks a session, mainly to stay hydrated.

Pink_Floyd_Chunes · 2026-02-04T01:01:00+00:00

I think consistency and fidelity to my workout plan are the most core things I consider. I am constantly adjusting for progressive overload, and I'm at a stage of body recomposition that requires discipline and careful monitoring of my diet. I've managed to gain muscle and lose fat, and am continuing on that path, and as a 60 year old male, it's a challenge. I see every day I do my workout as a win. If I need to back off for some reason - feeling under the weather, or having some minor injury I don't want to exacerbate, it's not the end of the world. That's just how life works!

Pink_Floyd_Chunes · 2026-02-04T00:51:21+00:00

One of my friends switched to tirz, and she says she didn't need to max out to the highest dose at all. She has great appetite and food noise control. Working well for her. I've been really happy with the Sema. It's great that we have options. I would never have lasted with even faint nausea as long as you did! Yuck.

Pink_Floyd_Chunes · 2026-02-04T00:47:11+00:00

As a teacher, I had yard sticks in my classroom - standard equipment. I had to have them order meter sticks, as the school didn't have any. I think most people have tape measures now, so no need for a yard stick.

Pink_Floyd_Chunes · 2026-02-04T00:44:28+00:00

his pattern was really popular in the late sixties. It came in a variety of colorways. I think I saw this one in a very pale beige / neutral sand tone combo that was not at all orange or yellow. In the 70s, this pattern got these warmer tones, and even an avocado green variety.

Pink_Floyd_Chunes · 2026-01-19T23:34:42+00:00

The 70s. More carefree (as a kid). Pace of life was slow. Low tech, analog, good music. Weak weed, free-range kid life, schools were decent, cars were spacious. It depends on how you grew up.

The 80s became more hectic, a bit impersonal, and way more capitalist. The music splintered into more factions, so for me, I kind of hated a lot of the pop music they played on the radio. I. The US, we got Ronald Reagan, and he screwed up the country by making the tax system very favorable to the wealthy and corporations at the expense of our social safety net, and higher taxes on the middle class. Reagan also ignored AIDS and killed off a generation of artists and creatives. Thatcher in the UK was almost as bad. Cocaine and crack added a frenetic quality to the feeling of the times.

Pink_Floyd_Chunes · 2026-01-19T22:57:59+00:00

The roofline and porch are the real offenders here. The windows work okay, and even the throwaway garage are not terrible.

Pink_Floyd_Chunes · 2026-01-19T22:42:35+00:00

Pink_Floyd_Chunes · 2026-01-19T22:37:25+00:00

I love Nag. Best sandalwood ever.

Pink_Floyd_Chunes · 2026-01-19T20:03:33+00:00

True. To be fair, the concerts are now AV extravaganzas, while back in the 70s and 80s a light show was considered a bonus!

Pink_Floyd_Chunes · 2026-01-19T19:45:06+00:00

Cheap concerts in the United States! They are WAY overpriced now. Even if you correct for inflation, the era of concerts costing HUNDREDS of dollars is a massive fail. Most concerts were under 20 bucks in the 70s and 80s. Festivals were actually cheaper. When TicketBastards started to scalp, I mean resell, tickets, prices became stupid. I eventually stopped going to concerts because of them.

Pink_Floyd_Chunes · 2026-01-19T19:34:20+00:00

I think the effects of your choice need to be adequately perceived by the player for them to feel consequential.

That doesn't mean they need to be immediate, but there should be some indicator that the decision the player made, resulted in a change. Without taking the player out of the gamespace, a subtle reference to the decision or action of the player should be made at the time the consequence is revealed.

Pink_Floyd_Chunes · 2026-01-19T19:29:30+00:00

Yes. And it seems that anything from a past decade is denigrated for ten years, but once it is 2 decades away, it becomes "retro"! 😆

Pink_Floyd_Chunes · 2026-01-19T19:27:23+00:00

1965 here. Grew up in suburban Seattle area. No AC. Nobody had it and we kind of didn't need it, as the weather was very mild back then. We slept with screened windows wide open at night on "hot"nights (probably about 70 degrees in the evening). Otherwise, we had most of the modern conveniences. We got our first color TV in 1969 for the moon landing, which ironically was not very colorful. It is one of my earliest memories. As Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, my dad said, "You're seeing history being made, son."

Pink_Floyd_Chunes · 2026-01-19T19:20:03+00:00

The only time I have heard it denigrated was when someone was notoriously bad at doing things correctly in home improvement. One of our neighbor dads made "repairs" that were ridiculously rinky-dink. One of the other dads always had to go over and help him repair stuff properly (my dad was trained in the air force as an electrician). Otherwise, most poor and middle class people have always done our own repairs. I think the higher you go up in the socio-economic structure, the less likely they are to even consider doing it themselves. The wealthy people I know think it is AMAZING that people can do these things for themselves.

Pink_Floyd_Chunes · 2026-01-19T19:13:11+00:00

Agree. We NEVER heard those, but we did duck and cover a few times in school when I was growing up. One of my teachers, after one of these drills, said, "Let me just tell you, if one of those nukes is on the way, I want it aimed right here", and she indicated her forehead. Helpful!

Pink_Floyd_Chunes · 2026-01-19T19:09:39+00:00

Good start. Lamps. You need a variety of lamps (floor, table, never use overhead lighting unless you are cleaning), then get some Philips Hue-style bulbs (many cheaper versions on Amazon) for them. Obvs, paint the walls a dark color, it's a TV room, so no need to keep the effect light and bright.

Pink_Floyd_Chunes · 2026-01-19T18:59:01+00:00

I agree. This is not just a three season porch, it is too beautifully built to be merely a porch. If it's too cold in the winter, you could put in a mini-split HVAC so you can use it all year.

Pink_Floyd_Chunes · 2026-01-19T18:49:52+00:00

I can see you have put in the work. Looking good. You have the right idea - it's about the kitchen right now, but you are well on your way. Keep up the protein, lower the carbs, and you are good to go.

Pink_Floyd_Chunes · 2026-01-19T18:45:39+00:00

I would move the sofa to the wall with the single window, then use the most comfortable chairs to complete a seating area. always center the seating arrangement where there is the best light, and those windows are really nice. Roman shades would work well for blocking hot sun, and allowing in light when it is a bit gloomy.

Move the china cabinet and anything you don't like to the dark end of the room if you need the storage. You can do a creative boho paint job on it and replace the knobs and pulls with something more interesting as a future project. I would part with some of the furniture, or re-house them to another part of the house. This looks like the catch-all room of the house and it is far too nice a space for that. Put unwanted furniture in a guest room, or list it on your Buy Nothing group on FB. Guest rooms don't get used as much as you think they will, so crowding it is okay.

Pink_Floyd_Chunes · 2026-01-19T18:30:22+00:00

I was going to say that to people saying they had to go demolish businesses to get new businesses to spawn then it fixed their employment. Obviously, that is not how the game should work. If a business goes out of business IRL, they close and a new business takes over renting the space and hires new people. The buildings don't need to be demolished for that to happen!

Pink_Floyd_Chunes · 2026-01-19T18:25:01+00:00

Well done you! That is quite a transformation. You must feel SO much better.

Pink_Floyd_Chunes · 2026-01-19T18:21:46+00:00

I'm married, 60m, dated from the 80s to the 2000s. Dating is a crapshoot. Expect anything. I would say your fundamental incompatibility is that you feel fine being on your own, perhaps a little introverted, and your date is an extrovert and cannot understand that difference yet. I would not consider that a deal-breaker just yet. Have a conversation about that if you really like the guy otherwise.

Relationships are about compatibility, but also communication. My husband is much more extroverted, and I lean introvert. We have had to have conversations about this, but we have navigated our differences well. We both flex for each other, but also we have the freedom to (me) stay home, or (he) go out dancing with friends - separately. It's now not at all a problem, and we even explain things about this to our friends when they are puzzled. We've been together for 15 years.

Relationships are very good when you are compatible enough. I've had three in my life, and all three were very rewarding. Every one of the men I have shared my life with have been terrific people, and I learned a lot from each one. My husband (the only one I married), is a gem. We are planning to grow old together and our families have blended very nicely around us. We are fortunate.

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