Orange Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 On 10/17/2020 at 10:19 AM, KUGRDON said: I’ve been thinking about Kris Kristofferson’s life story for a few days now. That story embodies the choice to reject more easily attained success to pursue dreams. It highlights the sometimes haunting and regret inducing choices that I made. (I’m not implying that Kristofferson’s military career or that my career in business and law was easy, just that it offered more certain success). When I was young I had dreams of being a coach, an educator, a journalist or even a public servant. For a young person, these choices required sacrificing, at least temporarily and perhaps permanently, economic rewards for less certain rewards. I adopted the “make money doing what you can easily do and use that money to pursue your dreams and support your family” approach. The problem was that such work and familial concerns consumed more and more of my time and energy as my career and family developed. Dreams died. In one sense my choices paid off. We faced little economic stress, I am comfortably retired and am rewarded daily with the love of an extended family. I will always wonder whether I could’ve achieved those things pursuing dreams. Have you faced similar choices? Thoughts? I probably made the right choices. I clearly don’t have an ounce of the creativity that Kristofferson has and that would have been more necessary to success in those other career endeavors. I was clearly more adept at recognizing, adopting, tweaking and executing strategies and designs of others, sometimes in fields totally different than mine, than developing them myself. Being honest, while my relative lack of creativity would have been an obstacle, I also lacked the courage to launch into fields that might have been more gratifying but which were more difficult, at least for me, or had a less certain progression. Lol what a goofball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KUGRDON Posted November 27, 2020 Author Share Posted November 27, 2020 Org, Did you wish your mom and dad a happy Thanksgiving? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Orange Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 On 12/14/2020 at 11:47 AM, KUGRDON said: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMJbftjMg/ Cool TV clip from 2016. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUGRDON Posted December 16, 2020 Author Share Posted December 16, 2020 For gamers, is ps5 worth it? A significant upgrade or an evolution like between iphone iterations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PAC MAN Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 On 12/16/2020 at 1:31 PM, KUGRDON said: For gamers, is ps5 worth it? A significant upgrade or an evolution like between iphone iterations. I don't have a PS5 or Xbox Series S/X but I can tell you that those systems are worth the upgrades because those things are using the much faster M.2 NVME SSD drives which really helps with boot up times and loading times. I have been using Google Stadia and Amazon Luna which are two cloud gaming platforms that use SSDs in their server and the faster boot up and load times are apparent on those platforms. It's a worthy upgrade if you can get your hands on one for that alone. And EA Sports College Football will launch on those systems as well when it comes back as soon as next year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mano Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 On 12/16/2020 at 1:31 PM, KUGRDON said: For gamers, is ps5 worth it? A significant upgrade or an evolution like between iphone iterations. Upgrades to tech are fairly significant, but whether or not to upgrade depends on what you plan to run. There are some games which will only run on the latest platforms, if these are must haves, the choice is obvious. Most new games for the next several years will run on ps4 or ps5. Having ps5 may allow you to run at a higher resolution like 4k, or may have some enhanced features, while others will be virtually identical. My 13 yo son mostly plays sports games, and really isn't too interested in getting a nextgen system at the moment. If you are into the latest shooters, or need to have the very highest resolution or fastest startup, you might want to spring for a new system. Personally, I wouldn't pay a premium ( over msrp) to get a nextgen machine earlier unless there were an exclusive title I felt I had to have. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUGRDON Posted March 1, 2021 Author Share Posted March 1, 2021 Thanks guys, I don’t play and was wondering if I should buy the upgrade for some nephews. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAC MAN Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Regarding Mano's comments: EA Sports College Football (the new college football game on its way as soon as next year) is the only reason I'm getting a next gen console. I'm also going with a Xbox Series X because with my PS4 Pro, I can replace that system's HDD with a faster SSD to improve boot times (cannot do this with the XB1 console family), loading times (can do on XB1 with eternal SSD with USB connection), and a small performance boost or more stable framerates if possible and hold on to it longer. It does not take much out of the system to run sports games as it would compared to first person shooters & open world games so getting early versions of those consoles is a doable option. I believe the PS4 & XB1 will continue to get sports games for three to four more seasons if you are going with the same timeline for when they stopped making sports games for the older PS3 & 360. It also appears that the next gen versions of Madden and likely FIFA will be more like live service games where you only have to buy one copy of the game and then pay for annual updates or something like that with Destiny 2. The Madden games on the PS4/XB1 is probably going into legacy status starting this year where they are not going to improve the game much and sell them as annual upgrades perhaps up to Madden 24. (already a Madden 25 so I think they'll stop at 24 to avoid confusion LOL). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Anyone recognize this meme? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUGRDON Posted March 2, 2021 Author Share Posted March 2, 2021 Got the second Pfizer shot today. I have superpowers now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakedmolerat Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 13 hours ago, KUGRDON said: Got the second Pfizer shot today. I have superpowers now. Congrats! You're not quite out of the woods, as the full effects take about two weeks. As best as those pesky scientists know is that you can still spread too. You got your second before a school teacher I know. She's in-person teaching. But, congrats. I'm glad for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUGRDON Posted March 3, 2021 Author Share Posted March 3, 2021 11 hours ago, Nakedmolerat said: Congrats! You're not quite out of the woods, as the full effects take about two weeks. As best as those pesky scientists know is that you can still spread too. You got your second before a school teacher I know. She's in-person teaching. But, congrats. I'm glad for you! Thanks, I wish it was available to all now. Hope everyone follows the science until it is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 On 3/3/2021 at 1:14 AM, Nakedmolerat said: Congrats! You're not quite out of the woods, as the full effects take about two weeks. As best as those pesky scientists know is that you can still spread too. You got your second before a school teacher I know. She's in-person teaching. But, congrats. I'm glad for you! We should've vaccinated all teachers along with medical providers FIRST. Our priorities in this country are fucked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KUGRDON Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 I can’t imagine getting dime’s worth more value by sitting in the presence of a professor. Just me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUGRDON Posted March 28, 2021 Author Share Posted March 28, 2021 I like the Satan shoes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 On 3/24/2021 at 9:45 AM, KUGRDON said: I can’t imagine getting dime’s worth more value by sitting in the presence of a professor. Just me? Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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