HDN

First day of work today! It went amazing!

Congrats...

@socrates63, an elderly neighbor (about a mile away from my house) needs help around his house doing things like raking leaves and shoveling and things like that. Seems like a nice guy. 

@socrates63, an elderly neighbor (about a mile away from my house) needs help around his house doing things like raking leaves and shoveling and things like that. Seems like a nice guy. 

Woot! Congratulations 🎉 what’s the job?

Congrats to you!
 

I was afraid that might happen...
Best of luck to you, Lee!

You call yourself a noon but you have more knowledge about the "retro" games than most people in my own generation.  I think that classifies you as a veteran gamer 😉

A belated thanks, @HDN and @RickR.
It was pretty uneventful, but I did get some gift cards, so I have a mini shopping spree in my future.

I really, really, really like mine (it's not a Traeger brand, but same design).  It's so easy to use (just plug it in).  No more messing with lighting.  And it's just about impossible to burn any food.  Once you get it set up, let me know what you think.  Or if you need any help or have questions.
Chicken, especially, comes out perfect every time.  I always had trouble on our gas grill.  Chicken would come out dry.  But not on the pellet grill. 
$500 is a great deal on that brand!
 
 

@RickR I sent in my doctor's note and HR approved it a few weeks ago. The legal term is "accommodate." I just got reimbursed yesterday. It's an Uplift desk. Yep, bonus severance! 
Yes, I got a pellet smoker by Traeger. My Weber charcoal grill was on its last legs, and I was planning to replace it next year. Recently, my wife and I were at Costco and Traeger reps were there with a couple of additional models that Costco normally doesn't carry. She gave the thumbs up, so we walked out with one ($500), and multiple people in the store commented to me that I would not regret the purchase. I'm planning to cook this year's turkey with it.

You have an option to toggle between the two. I guess we can take turns.
”Here, Dad, you can play Spinout! for five seconds and then it’s my turn!”
 

Clearly you downloaded the Odyssey1 emulator. 
 

Best of luck to you, Young. Take care. You’ll find a way out.
Best wishes. God bless.

Thanks, Rick. It’ll be interesting to see where this leads. I certainly never expected to land in HBO when I did, and it was a fun ride working for an entertainment media company. It’s not that anymore since AT&T bought it, so I don’t have much sentiment about leaving. 

I'm sorry to hear it.  But it sounds like you have the right attitude.  I'm sure you'll find a perfect fit. 
 

Aliens stole your hair!!!  Lol.  Looks good, man.  And that picture of you and your wife is just priceless.  But seriously you've been playing too much Space Invaders man.  Those little aliens stole all you hair.  Just Messina with ya man.

Looks good! 
 

I’ll take a very sad HDN for $500, Alex.

😮 totally forgot about those

There are automated tools that will bid at the last second. 

I thought sniping was coming in at the last minute to put in a winning bid. How do you snipe an auction if you forgot to check in when it was ending, Rick? 🤔

I’ll take a very sad HDN for $500, Alex.

Just woke up to this, sad, but he did announce back in March 2019 he was suffering stage 4 pancreatic cancer, that and he was 80 when he passed so not unexpected. RIP a great Canadian! 😢

Thanks so much!  And a happy birthday to Lee.

It has been an interesting year, but I'm thankful for all the friends here on the Atari.io forums.