2014 - Personal year in review

[lunatic59]

The first few months of 2014 were consumed by the "polar vortex" in the northeast U.S. We had record cold and loads of snow. Gave the ol' snowblower a good workout.

In February, my son and his fiance moved in with us to save for their wedding.

April I put together our last (probably) exhibit in Atlantic City ... now what all the casinos are closing, who knows.

May we had a freak hailstorm that tore up everyone's cars and roofs.

June, new roof from the hailstorm.

July, Son and Fiance move to new apartment. The bride's father and I rented a truck and moved the kids .... for the last time. Two words ... professional movers!

August. Son's wedding.

In October, I put together an open house/trade show for my employer for our 10th year anniversary. Spent about $100k of their money on that one.

Last month had my genes mapped in a study on heart disease. Both my brothers have inherited the bad heart gene and I apparently got the good one. They are trying to figure out what got turned on or off that keeps my cholesterol and blood pressure low when my brothers are ringing the bell.

And we can't forget AF's big move to Xenforo.

Let's hope the New Year is peaceful, quiet and happy.

 

[argedion]

It sucked and I hope to put it behind me.

 

[Kaat72]

The danger of looking back is that you can just fall back in the future.

 

[psionandy]

Things I learnt this year*....

Whisper on the phone if the other person starts to shout
Leonard Cohen is actually worth listening to
Colin is the shortened form of Nicholas
Know the change interval on your Cambelt
How to make Pies
Having a TV means I watch less TV
Community may be the greatest Sitcom in the history of TV
Windows 7 actually better than XP
Air-fryers are a fantastic way to make chips
Anyone can use Linux
How to use semicolons to join clauses together or use a subordinating conjunction
The Great Beer flood of London killed more people than the great fire of London
That I actually had an account on androidforums that I'd forgotten about





*well a selection of them anyway, in no particular order

 

[lunatic59]

I've got to add one more very important item to the 2014 list, even though it won't actually happen until the middle of 2015 ... I'm going to be a Grandpa!

 

[mikedt]

Things I learnt this year:-

That Aeroflot is actually a reasonable airline.
Miley Cyrus is not really worth listening to.
Semicolons have other uses, outside the realms of C, C++ and Java, but they're not used in Chinese.