Heya!

[xSilverPhinx]

It seems I found my way back, and am so glad to see you all again!

Tell me stuff, tell me everything

[Asmodean]

Welcome back!

Well, the world is still circling the proverbial drain in "every" way it can, SpaceX finally managed not to make a complete mess out of their ""Star""ship launch, The Asmo is still God of all that is grumpy... Tank has been to Amsterdam and witnessed vehicular heresy such that The Asmo ought to bring His Smite Hammer on it immediately...

...Yeah. That's about it, methinks.

[Tank]

It seems I found my way back, and am so glad to see you all again!

Tell me stuff, tell me everything

I nearly died from sepsis. Spent a month in hospital on intravenous antibiotics. Got Covid when in hospital hardly any symptoms other than a runny nose. Now dogless both Sally and Katie went to the rainbow bridge. Now have a granddaughter. Pam published a book and has finished a second one now in publisher proof stage. What have you been up to?

[Dark Lightning]

Hi-yo, Silver!

[Recusant]

It's so nice to see you stopping by, xSilverPhinx.  Been noting the heavy weather that hit your part of the world, and I hope all your family there are doing OK. 

[hermes2015]

What a lovely surprise, xSilverPhinx. Please tell us what you've been up to.

[xSilverPhinx]

Welcome back!

Well, the world is still circling the proverbial drain in "every" way it can, SpaceX finally managed not to make a complete mess out of their ""Star""ship launch, The Asmo is still God of all that is grumpy... Tank has been to Amsterdam and witnessed vehicular heresy such that The Asmo ought to bring His Smite Hammer on it immediately...

...Yeah. That's about it, methinks.

Vehicular heresy, you say? 

[xSilverPhinx]

It seems I found my way back, and am so glad to see you all again!

Tell me stuff, tell me everything

I nearly died from sepsis. Spent a month in hospital on intravenous antibiotics. Got Covid when in hospital hardly any symptoms other than a runny nose. Now dogless both Sally and Katie went to the rainbow bridge. Now have a granddaughter. Pam published a book and has finished a second one now in publisher proof stage. What have you been up to?

Damm, that's a lot of stuff happening, good and bad! Congrats on the new granddaughter! Congrats to Pam, too! Sorry to hear about your dog (I remember you posting about your terriers passing some time ago). I'm sure both had great lives with you. 
That's quite a scary hospital experience, not one I want to have myself    Good to hear everything turned out OK...after all, you have a new granddaughter to spoil now.

[xSilverPhinx]

Hi-yo, Silver!

   Hi, DL!

[xSilverPhinx]

It's so nice to see you stopping by, xSilverPhinx.  Been noting the heavy weather that hit your part of the world, and I hope all your family there are doing OK. 

Recusant! Yeah, we were hit pretty hard, like the first day raining more than the month's average hard. Water rose fast. Luckily since I live on elevated  ground with independent drinking water supply I was not affected in any way besides minor inconveniences. My siblings who live near the river suffered more with power  water and kitchen gas shortages, but still a far cry from the thousands who had to relocate to shelters and lost their homes and cars.

It was all very surreal. Entire towns located near river banks were swept away.

[xSilverPhinx]

What a lovely surprise, xSilverPhinx. Please tell us what you've been up to.

Hey, Hermes!

Not much, not much! Biggest thing that happened was I spent 6 months in Houston last year trying to learn how to use a miniscope (really cool stuff, I got to see individual neurons shine) but now I'm back trying to finish my PhD on time (insert excessively nervous laughter here).

[Tank]

What a lovely surprise, xSilverPhinx. Please tell us what you've been up to.

Hey, Hermes!

Not much, not much! Biggest thing that happened was I spent 6 months in Houston last year trying to learn how to use a miniscope (really cool stuff, I got to see individual neurons shine) but now I'm back trying to finish my PhD on time (insert excessively nervous laughter here).

Bloody well done on the PhD front! Would any of us understand any of it?

[Recusant]

Yeah, we were hit pretty hard, like the first day raining more than the month's average hard. Water rose fast. Luckily since I live on elevated  ground with independent drinking water supply I was not affected in any way besides minor inconveniences. My siblings who live near the river suffered more with power  water and kitchen gas shortages, but still a far cry from the thousands who had to relocate to shelters and lost their homes and cars.

It was all very surreal. Entire towns located near river banks were swept away.

It's a genuine pleasure to hear that you and yours came through that in good to not so bad circumstances. It was a bit worrying to read about; got mention in Current Events. Living by the water can be pleasant, but there's a lot to be said for higher ground!

[hermes2015]

What a lovely surprise, xSilverPhinx. Please tell us what you've been up to.

Hey, Hermes!

Not much, not much! Biggest thing that happened was I spent 6 months in Houston last year trying to learn how to use a miniscope (really cool stuff, I got to see individual neurons shine) but now I'm back trying to finish my PhD on time (insert excessively nervous laughter here).

Good to hear that your Houston stay was productive. As for the PhD, are they weighty tomes in your field? I guess word processors are a great help these days.

[Icarus]

May the saints preserve us... I/we have sorely missed Silver for a long time now. 

Please visit when ever you can, dear lady.