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Hey Jacque! Long time, no see!

Posted by Sia User icon on September 27, 2026, 1:47 am
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In a world where you can be anything, choose to be kind.

HELLO!

Posted by jacque User icon on September 28, 2026, 1:21 am, in reply to "Hey Jacque! Long time, no see!"

I was going to spend a little for the other board too. It wouldn't load for me. Maintenance? Maybe my browser?
Is it offline now?

Anyhoo
I know this one is used more So I dropped it here instead.

I've had a very eventful summer. Most of it very difficult. Summer handyman jobs are not so frequent. As winter settles in I'd rather visit and support this type of social media for all the common reasons and more.

Glad to see things are still active here.

BTW Trish! Belated Congrats! I don't remember if I said so via other platforms. I've been limiting my interactions there.

Today I went to the annual Renaissance Festival. I know performers there and enjoy the artisans and craftsman so much too. My old friend comped my family tickets to attend. It was such a gift in so many ways. My spirit really needed the laughs and wonder. My son in his new transformer chair was able to navigate the terrain he hadn't seen since he was 12-sh 20+ years ago the previous days rain made lots of mud puddles to navigate around today too. I needed the exercise too my cortisol has stored too much stress in my belly.
I now wear a t-shirt that says "It's not a Dad-Bod. It's a Father Figure"

It was so cool to see old friends from childhood make crowds laugh by escalating the crazy stunts and fun as kids with better humor and be able to earn a living doing it.
BTW They were on AGT and made it to finals about 10 yrs ago.

Speaking of AGT
Did anyone see Nene Royal sweep it this year? I followed her on IG for a long time. I got really moved by all her performances beyond her busking in Phuket.
I know its not everyones type of music but WOW just WOW!
Greenman? did you?

B-)_~

A Jack of all trades is master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one.

... And many thanks for the masters in skill for setting our standard of work to instill.

Now for the other stuff... Sorry to hear about the difficulties

Posted by Sia User icon on September 28, 2026, 12:50 pm, in reply to "HELLO! "

Everyone seems to be having them whether financial, medical, or personal. In that, you are not at all alone. Not that it actually helps to know others are suffering too, but it helps not to feel alone in it.

Glad you all got to enjoy the Renaissance festival. My daughters and I have gone to them in the past, and one continues to go yearly with her peeps. They can be so much fun!

Transformer chair? Do tell? Does it bring him upright?

"It's not a Dad-Bod. It's a Father Figure"
ROFL. How apropos for most Dad's of a certain age. **chuckle**

They were on AGT? Cool. It's not a show that I watch, but I'm familiar and see clips from it a lot on FB when I tune in.

"busking in Phuket." Uhhh, No clue what that even is??

In a world where you can be anything, choose to be kind.

an overdue reply

Posted by jacque User icon on October 11, 2026, 2:20 am, in reply to "Now for the other stuff... Sorry to hear about the difficulties"

Thanks for the update about the forum.

my replies

My boy Z has a power chair that is a transformer chair. He can raise seat height to sit at a high top, recline to prone, and raise to stand to belly up to the bar if he wants. (extra accessories for aid in different positions)
It handles mild off road trails. It Has legal traffic lights too for shared bike lanes. It's been life changing in so many ways. He's not sitting in a manual chair in one position for 12+hrs.
It sort of aids in PT for him.
Permobil is the maker.

As far as my friends on AGT.
It's been longer than I thought but here is Danger Committee AGT 2010. It should lead to more current and Ren Fest content. 2 of 3 are friends since childhood. The targets.

Busking.
Busking is practicing your craft and performance on the corner or festival or market for tips and exposure.
Nene Royal started in Phuket, Thailand.

It's amazing and profound how much American music has influenced the globe. I follow a lot of different artists of all kinds. I discovered Nene many years ago on IG first.
She's the real deal. Not many can be lead guitar and vocalist.
It's likely not everyones music
Here's her Audition for AGT
Zombie - the Cranberries (not exactly american song but the style is and the arrangement captures the energy of the song)

A Jack of all trades is master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one.

... And many thanks for the masters in skill for setting our standard of work to instill.

WOW! She was so unexpectedly GREAT!

Posted by Sia User icon on October 11, 2026, 6:17 am, in reply to "an overdue reply"

Glad to hear that your son has such an awesome wheelchair! Not many have access to those.

That balloon knife throwing was wild!

In a world where you can be anything, choose to be kind.

Boardhost deactivated all unpaid forums. ( So far, message boards remain free)

Posted by Sia User icon on September 28, 2026, 12:31 pm, in reply to "HELLO! "

I decided to continue paying for this board to keep it ad free and the extra goodies it brings, but not to pay for the forum.

For now, it's being held hostage for 30 days (like 20 more days now) unless I decide to go paid. It is all still there. I can see it as the admin but to everyone else it is unavailable. When the "grace period" is up, it will figuratively dissolve as if dumped into lye and be gone permanently.

The price was $45 a month at first, perhaps due to its size, but now it is $15 a month. However, I still don't think that I want to pay to keep a forum where so few posters use and predominantly outside peepers wasted inordinate amounts of time stalking, copying, and reading. Gawd knows why, but there it is.

If I took off the restricted admission of registration only, it might be hopping, who knows? But it's not worth paying for IMHO. I can't stand the type of posters who frequent the "sister boards" where there is no registration and literally, almost anything goes!

I would consider letting someone else have it because it already has SO many nosy eyeballs on it, but I'm not sure that I'd want to watch what it became.

In a world where you can be anything, choose to be kind.

Wow! Jacque dropped by, bought a 30 day addition of paid days for this board

Posted by Sia User icon on September 27, 2026, 4:37 am, in reply to "Hey Jacque! Long time, no see!"

And left the message, Jacque-says-hello, right about the same time I posted a hello to him when seeing his name as logged in.

Thank you Jacque!

I didn't see the purchase until waking up again a few minutes ago. It woulda been nice if he had stayed around for a chat or two. He's been off on adventures for some time now.

In a world where you can be anything, choose to be kind.

Much appreciated, Jacques

Posted by greenman User icon on September 27, 2026, 10:00 am, in reply to "Wow! Jacque dropped by, bought a 30 day addition of paid days for this board"
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SAY ‘NO’ TO WAR!
RESIST!

Yikes, I stand corrected, he bought two 30 paid day terms here!

Posted by Sia User icon on September 27, 2026, 4:47 am, in reply to "Wow! Jacque dropped by, bought a 30 day addition of paid days for this board"
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There was an earlier email notification for this first one. Very generous, Jacque, thank you!

I really should read all of my emails before responding to one.

In a world where you can be anything, choose to be kind.

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