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Cheese Buldak. The rice cakes were sticks and looked like marshmallows poking out under the charred cheese. Divine, if I do say so myself.

Lunch update: postponed due to animal emergency on the side of the main dude; I was completely understanding and told him to take care of the pupperz and we'd reschedule. Should be rescheduled for later in the week, or early next week. For now, drinking.

I just mentioned your posts to Dorothy and her first thought was that you should take him to someplace in the Castro because he needs introduction to the community, not to the TICE. OK she didn't say the last part. 😂

I dunno. Steve it's kind of you to be considerate of the experience and potential power imbalance, but I gotta say aren't you assuming a little about pseudo fathers and fragility and how it applies in his case? Maybe it's true, but maybe he just kinda likes specifically you. And you wouldn't be you at a more matched age. Also maybe some protective "not good at relationships" stuff to get past too? Tread caring and carefully and see where it leads?

Okay, my jokes don’t always land.

Advice from an old man is suspect, and I am older than you 😇. I generally counsel against workplace dating or romance. However, trust YOUR instincts. They have served you well. I've been nurse sitting my SO. She had knee replacement a week ago. Doing well and can begin using a cane part time instead of the walker full time.

Campsite Rule

^Sorry, I had my "Mr. Literal" hat on this afternoon 😔

Hasn't Leica been doing cameras with monochrome-only sensors since the M9 Monochrome?

Surely you meant to say ...

Dusty want. (Being lactose intolerant, I need to find a nice replacement for the cheese, while still retaining a bed for the green onions and the complimentary mellowing effect of the cheese...because that looks divine, and I ain't even hungry...)

Steve, you don't want my advice. I have a lifetime of evidence that points to the fact that my choices have been sus (as the kids say). Tough situation, but I'm sure it's exciting too. That's usually where I would be an emotional wreck, wishing my life would go back to being simple. You're a good, considerate dude, with moral character, so I think you'll make the right choices if and when things develop. Try to just enjoy the date, and you'll figure out the rest.

Well that's very restrictive of you.

At first I thought this might be a Milo & Otis thing. But, I can say that any workplace relationship can be tricky and everyone needs to tread lightly, but in the end you are two humans being humans. As long as everyone's eyes are open (within reason), follow the feelings. cheers

I have no good advice to give....but my gut tells me YOUR gut instinct is a good one. If there's a way to be a "Gay Mentor" I'd say maybe try to do that.... But that's just a random thought. Wishing you - and him - the best!

I guess that I should elaborate more. I don't have any intentions of a sexual relationship with this boy. I know that even if I wanted to, a romantic relationship is not my strong suit. Given that this young man is so young, that's really a recipe for messing up a young mind. My feelings of guilt before anything at all has even happened are another reason I know that would be a very bad idea. What I would like to achieve Friday, is way of explaining the situation to him in a way that leaves him feeling OK with the fact that our relationship will stay professional and friendly. He was rejected by his biological Father early in his life, and has not had a strong influence from a man in his life. The last thing that I want to do is make him feel rejected one more time. This is a delicate thing to achieve, but I want to believe that it's possible.

first grilling of the new year. prime tomahawk

Grabbed a 100$ haircut + beard trim for my first "meet the team" lunch with a very interesting prospect job wise. I've never had a "lunch interview" before, but this would be a job that would interface somewhat with my old job, except I'd be leading the account for one company instead of low-person on the totem pole for the old company. Restaurant https://stanfords.com/locations/northgate/ Menu https://stanfords.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Stanfords-Main-Menu_Web.pdf Depending on what the head guy orders, that 12oz cut of rock salted roasted prime rib looks great, or perhaps the smaller rib eye. I guess we'll see what's up in the morning, but the goal is to walk away on a good track to make more than my previous boss/grand boss, which would be just fantastic. It was a pretty good sign where two former co-workers sent me that same job listing, and one of them had reached out. I went from the initial "hey, we got your name and want to put you in the pool, send your resume" to, after receiving resume, "that's a STRONG resume. I have a few people out at the show [ISC West in Vegas a couple weeks ago] I'd like you to try to meet up with. If not, we'll get together in the next couple weeks." Looks like it'd be a really good match, and I have a LOT of good recommendations from inside that company, so gonna grab a drink, take a nap, and then try to figure out the ideal etiquette to handle a job interview in a restaurant. Come to think of it, the last time I had a job interview in a restaurant was in the 90s at either DQ or Hardee's. Man, now I want a biscuit...

the idea is to make the environment for the stupidly expensive tubes as friendly as possible. there are rumors of 300b in one or more amplifier companies with an average tube life of 8 months. For something that should be 10,000 hour tubes. my circuit limits the start current to 1.5 amps for 30 seconds.

was saving that for the xxl version ok, fine

that section runs on 300 volts. ksa1156 is in stock at mouser now. would work fine. i think the pinout is backwards from 2sa1968 so just rotate it around. the emission labs tube with the octal base and the center tap filament would make things much easier but would limit the amp to those tubes. so its the standard 4 pin socket.

mini T2 with Emission Labs Directly Heated Triodes. It didn’t blow up. Left channel offset servo didn’t work so I replaced its ksc2690 with a 1K trimmer. GLAD PÅSK! written on the copper clad is Swedish for Happy Easter!