Notices tagged with daddya

Sent #Daddy_A a box full of toys for the grandkids with instructions to put them away for about a month. The oldest kid got some card games, so I guess I sent homework.

I think I got in line behind the #PR equivalent of the woman known as "coupin lady" at the store that #sonTwo and #Daddy_A worked at. 45 minutes and counting.

#Daddy_A is putting the GT 1030 card I sent in the kids’ computer. He has RX 590 in one computer and GTX 1060 in his other computer.

I sent a #blue_pawprint to #Daddy_A ... he’s asking questions and trying to get me to reveal too much.

#lazyNephew: “There are so many projects I want to do with this Raspberry Pi. I think I’m going to end up with ten of them.”

(I sent him a !RasPi 0 W after he heard about the things #sonOne and #Daddy_A were doing.)

Sent an inexpensive camcorder to #Daddy_A, but I still don’t have any grandkids video. Asked #sonTwo to explain how this works.

#Daddy_A gets a !RasPi Zero W and an !Arduino, because he is excitedly planning projects with his other three SBC boards.

#LazyNephew also gets a #Raspberry_Pi Zero W, and is starting to look up projects now.

About to peel off the cover. I’m going to walk down to CVS and Walgreens to get more. If I find enough, #sonOne, #sonTwo, #Daddy_A, @amic will all have these in about ten days. https://nu.federati.net/attachment/198203

Me, discussing the computer build project that has consumed much of the last few months (and a big chunk of my budget): It all started when #lazyNephew found a “gaming” laptop on #GnawLeg ( #NewEgg ) for three hundred and something dollars and asked me to buy it for him after he lost his job.

So, that and getting #sonOne, #sonTwo, and #Daddy_A all living in the same part of the country again (for the first time since 2009) describe my “accomplishments” for 2018. Well, the second one really is an accomplishment, because it took me three years to start dispersing them from our economically dying part of !SoCal (nine years to complete that), and then three years to get them to consolidate in the middle of the country.

Mostly finished getting stuff for my next shipment to #Daddy_A’s kids, even though the shipment isn’t due for a few weeks. This one is completely backwards. Usually, I see something the five year old will like and then have to search to find things for the younger ones. This time, the oldest was the last one that I found anything for. https://nu.federati.net/attachment/197873

I awakened a monster. By sending #Daddy_A the parts to build two computers, I’ve now given him the desire to upgrade them. He bought a used liquid cooling system and is now looking at monitors.

On the other hand, due to several back surgeries over the past five years, he had stopped expecting any improvement in his life. Now, he’s excited and looking forward again.

I asked #sonOne whether the kids enjoyed their gifts. When I awoke, I had multiple Wire and SMS messages from #GS1, #GD1, #GD2. Also asked #Daddy_A and received a message saying his kids liked theirs. Still no pics.

I’m going to order our #SSDs today. We won’t complete these PCs by year’s end, but both #lazyNephew and #Daddy_A are thrilled with them already. (Ryzen 2200, GTX 1060, 16GiB of RAM should be decent.)

I accidentally bought an extra-wide display monitor when I was in #Louisiana. Too short and too wide for my needs, so I sent it to #Daddy_A.

I should find out what parts are still needed. #Daddy_A, #lazyNephew, myself each getting new computers. I’m getting the parts, they are assembling.

Am I baa-d for occasionally calling #Daddy_A by his somewhat embarrassing childhood nickname? I get so much joy out of calling him that (mostly because I still see the twelve year old that was so shy that his science teacher started putting him in one-to-one situations with other students where he had to speak).

Got something for #Baby_A3. Also, her dad, #Daddy_A, received a monitor in the mail. #TGCGM https://nu.federati.net/attachment/193778

Also, #Daddy_A‘s replacement #PS4 is en route to #NE. #sonTwo handed it to a family member.

#Daddy_A to me, after I sent him the parts to build his own gaming computer: You’ve created a monster now. I want to buy so many parts now that I have a PC that is worth the upgrades.

He seems to be more excited now that I’ve seen in a long time.