A&R stay safe everyone

Retr0gamer · 01-09-2020 2:02pm

Congrats as well.

All I have to show for my quarantine time is an almost complete 1000 piece Pokemon jigsaw. I feel left out.

o1s1n · 01-09-2020 2:20pm

Jack burton wrote: »

Great news Steve!

Have a second one due October/November myself

Get as much gaming in now as you can! Haha

No way? Congrats! I imagine their formative years upbringing will be based primarily around 90s toys and videogames?

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Congrats as well.

All I have to show for my quarantine time is an almost complete 1000 piece Pokemon jigsaw. I feel left out.

My low point was thinking it would be a great idea to try and train my cats to walk in harnesses so I could 'bring them with me for walks' once the lock down was over.

There's that point where you're dragging a cat shaped potato around the living room, it's arse buffing the floor, thinking 'wtf have I become?'

Steve X2 · 01-09-2020 2:36pm

Jack burton wrote: »

Great news Steve!

Have a second one due October/November myself

Get as much gaming in now as you can! Haha

Yes very good news. This is number 2 for us as well.
You thinking Covid or Covinia for names?

Retr0gamer · 01-09-2020 2:37pm

Rona is a great name, as in 'She coughin', she got the Rona!'

Or to tie it into videogames, Rorona, like Atelier Rorona.

CiDeRmAn · 01-09-2020 3:10pm

Steve X2 wrote: »

Yes very good news. This is number 2 for us as well.
You thinking Covid or Covinia for names?

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 01-09-2020 5:22pm

Steve X2 wrote: »

Apart from that, new babi on the way for December/January.

Congratulations, always so glad to see bits of good news

Steve X2 wrote: »

Yes very good news. This is number 2 for us as well.
You thinking Covid or Covinia for names?

You're forgetting Quarantina

Jack burton wrote: »

Great news Steve!

Have a second one due October/November myself

Get as much gaming in now as you can! Haha

Wow! Congratulations! Did you eventually decide on on the wallpaper for your office space? I just remembered that now

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 01-09-2020 6:00pm

No news, same stuff going on down here since I saw anyone last.

Myself and Atavan were streaming once a week but taking a break for a bit.
Have a PC now so will have to learn to stream from that, Sparks and Dino helping on that but knowing me I'll need more :pac:

The Last Bandit · 01-09-2020 8:13pm

Must be something in the air... we’ve another rugrat due early next year as well &#55357;&#56834;

Congrats to the others too &#55357;&#56834;&#55357;&#56834;

CiDeRmAn · 01-09-2020 9:19pm

The Last Bandit wrote: »

Must be something in the air... we’ve another rugrat due early next year as well ��

Congrats to the others too ��

What on earth...

You lot will have to get an appointment for the vets as soon as possible!

Jack burton · 01-09-2020 10:18pm

We're pretty set on Covidicus "The Destructor"....that or Jim

Looks like he'll be here Halloween too so might just call him freddy krueger.

There was a baby boom expected alright, thank God we'll be in about 6 weeks before the rush!

Things have changed for me really, I used to que up for tickets for gigs and midnight launches of games....this Sunday I'll be at aldi at 7 in the morning to get a high chair, it's a very good high chair mind you. Normally it's €200 but aldi have it for €70 I think. Want any more info just PM me :P

Oh yeah that too........say goodbye to having money once you have kids too

eddhorse · 01-09-2020 10:43pm

Also Kildare Lockdown 2020 has produced bambino next Feb, might as well do something productive

Retr0gamer · 01-09-2020 11:06pm

eddhorse wrote: »

Also Kildare Lockdown 2020 has produced bambino next Feb, might as well do something productive

I think my socks are pregnant.

Tom Mann Centuria · 01-09-2020 11:19pm

Congratulations to you all! May i suggest some light reading.

https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2056282040/1

Jack burton · 01-09-2020 11:22pm

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

Congratulations to you all! May i suggest some light reading.

https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2056282040/1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dGh7p1tZmk

CiDeRmAn · 02-09-2020 8:44am

I'll have to arrange creche facilities for the next Beers in 2021...

bmorrissey · 02-09-2020 10:50am

New enough to this forum and only seen this thread recently. Glad everyone seemed to have gotten on relatively well during the last 6 months give or take. Everyone seems to be nice on this forum so I wish the best for all.

Also congrats to all who are expecting kids soon

The_B_Man · 02-09-2020 11:45am

Jack burton wrote: »

Things have changed for me really, I used to que up for tickets for gigs and midnight launches of games....this Sunday I'll be at aldi at 7 in the morning to get a high chair, it's a very good high chair mind you. Normally it's €200 but aldi have it for €70 I think. Want any more info just PM me :P

Oh yeah that too........say goodbye to having money once you have kids too

IKEA have a really good highchair. Pregnant women get in priority so no queuing. I'd go IKEA over Aldi tbh but I haven't seen the aldi chair. Mine is due end of Sept and we'll be reusing the IKEA chair from the first one.

Ps arcades, Taito, Namco...

CosmicSmash · 02-09-2020 12:35pm

Steve X2 wrote: »

Apart from that, new babi on the way for December/January.

Congratulations Steve, you do like to have two of everything.

Doge · 03-09-2020 1:38am

Things are going great for me apart from having a 26cm long genetic tumor removed from my neck last month that was wrapped around 2 arteries supplying the brain.
The surgery lasted 8 hours but went really well and although tests on the mass are ongoing im fairly sure its benign.
Just really glad to have that out of the way and managed to get in and out of hospital without catching Covid.
Will take a few months for my vocal chords to get back to normal so I'll be sounding like modern batman for a while. :Pac:

Steve X2 wrote: »

All good here, working from home since March so not sure what the real world is like anymore
Not playing a lot of retro games at the moment due to Flight Sim 2020 taking up a lot of time(100+ hours in the air over the last 2 weeks).

Apart from that, new babi on the way for December/January.

Congratulations on the new babi dude!

o1s1n · 03-09-2020 10:05am

Wow, that can't have been easy at all and must have been some shock - I hope you're doing okay?

Best of luck with the test results!

CosmicSmash · 03-09-2020 10:42am

Serious surgery there Doge, glad to hear you're on the mend. Hopefully we'll see you at a beers when things get back to normal.

Doge · 03-09-2020 12:16pm

It wasn't a fun experience for sure but I'm in good health now.

Thanks guys!

Jack burton · 03-09-2020 2:31pm

****! Hope youre feeling better soon man!

CiDeRmAn · 03-09-2020 4:04pm

Yeah Doge, hope this is the end of your woes, get well soon

eddhorse · 04-09-2020 9:16am

Get well soon Doge , that sounds like it went well. +1 for having Batman voice.

Inviere · 04-09-2020 3:53pm

Speedy recovery Doge! :cool:

CiDeRmAn · 28-01-2021 2:36pm

Hi everyone,

I'm just checking in with you all, to see how you are all faring.

I suppose the hopes that it would all over but the crying by Christmas didn't work out, and we are facing some tough weeks and months ahead.

From my end I have been working away for the past fortnight in a Covid positive location and it has certainly been tough, living out of a hotel too, with only a Chromebook and a Kindle for company!

Colonel Panic · 28-01-2021 2:57pm

My wife had her 20 week scan today and all is well.

Saw someone all alone getting into the car beside me who'd had bad news and that was tough to see, we know how she feels. Then as I drive off I see terrified looking couples with brand new babies. All sorts happening.

Thankfully no one I know has had Covid, let alone got sick from it. My Mum and Dad are high on the list for vaccination, so as long as they're okay, I can cope with everything else on pause, it could be a lot worse.

CiDeRmAn · 28-01-2021 3:12pm

Colonel Panic wrote: »

Thankfully no one I know has had Covid, let alone got sick from it. My Mum and Dad are high on the list for vaccination, so as long as they're okay, I can cope with everything else on pause, it could be a lot worse.

We had a very bad day here, the other day, with two of what they call poor outcomes.
It's hit all the staff here very badly, but they are being the professionals I know them to be and working very hard still.
Lots of uncertainty about when the vaccines are to be started too, which is adding to the tension.

Colonel Panic · 28-01-2021 3:17pm

God that sounds tough. Hope you're doing alright.

o1s1n · 28-01-2021 3:44pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Hi everyone,

I'm just checking in with you all, to see how you are all faring.

I suppose the hopes that it would all over but the crying by Christmas didn't work out, and we are facing some tough weeks and months ahead.

From my end I have been working away for the past fortnight in a Covid positive location and it has certainly been tough, living out of a hotel too, with only a Chromebook and a Kindle for company!

Jaysus man, that's tough, take care of yourself!

Any sign of you getting a vaccine at this stage?

CiDeRmAn · 28-01-2021 4:02pm

Yes, I'm fine.
The staff here that I am working with are great.
The loss was terrible, but this isn't the place for such discussions, as you can understand.
Certainly, they did everything right and were incredible through the whole thing.
Vaccines, there is some word that the first doses are imminent, who is going to receive them I cannot say but, hopefully, they will focus upon the most vulnerable of the people here, and I will wait my turn like everyone else.
Fingers crossed we are all closer to the end of this thing than the beginning.

Retr0gamer · 28-01-2021 4:22pm

Sounds tough Ciderman. I didn't know anyone close to me that had covid but it's starting to hit home since Christmas, when my parents ring they are telling me about more and more people I know that have gotten it.

I knew from working in the field that Covid wasn't going to magically disappear like some kind of Orange bigot in the new year and we were far from through the worst but never expected to take off quite as much. Finding this lockdown tough, You try to stick to the rules and make sacrifices but you just end up back in lockdown. Totally isolating myself now where I live. I have to be in work and the house I rent is full of people and I can't avoid contact with them so all I can do is take as much precautions as I can and not chance visiting friends and family.

I've been pretty good with catching up with friends but zoom is only so good at that. Miss socialising, especially the drama group I'm part of here. My first part in a leading role has been cancelled 3 times at this stage. Someday I'll get to play the Dane.

Other than that I'm just trying to keep fit with running and walks at the weekend. Took back up trying to learn guitar and while I still can't play it I can see a lot of improvement. And discovering that triple A games are the least interesting part of my videogame hobby and ignoring them for indie and retro games has made me fall back in love with the hobby. That's basically how I keep myself sane but social interaction is lacking. At least I have a job and get a small amount of that in work.

o1s1n · 28-01-2021 4:31pm

Zoom socialising was a bit of a novelty at first, but it's definitely become an absolute pain in the face at this point alright. Just not the same.

I've a friend who works in a pharma company and has to get covid tests once a week, so sometimes meet up with him for a bit of a socially distanced stroll along the canal with a couple of beers.

Otherwise it's just the pair of us here in an apartment getting food shops delivered.

I noticed how physically inactive I've become today when the automatic watch I wear every day actually stopped and had to be manually wound to get it going again.

That hasn't happened once in 5 years of wearing it daily! Always stays constantly charged from all the walking and cycling I'd usually do.

CiDeRmAn · 29-01-2021 4:56pm

I got my first vaccine today, hoping that the 5G signal will now give me superpowers...

Retr0gamer · 29-01-2021 5:06pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I got my first vaccine today, hoping that the 5G signal will now give me superpowers...

I'd lick the vaccine out of Bill Gate's arse crack and down it with a packet of microchips if it gets me on Holiday in September.

Riesen_Meal · 29-01-2021 5:12pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I'd lick the vaccine out of Bill Gate's arse crack and down it with a packet of microchips if it gets me on Holiday in September.

Exactly what I said to my vaccine "skeptic" pal the other day on the phone, she was shocked...

If it gets me a holiday I am all for it...!

Hope all you guys are staying safe and healthy...

My mother had it back in March, it is not something you want, she ended up in Beaumont for nearly a week...

CiDeRmAn · 29-01-2021 6:16pm

Indeed, I've seen some people suffer horribly, but recover and still suffer consequences much later on.
It can't be overstressed how serious Covid is, and how inevitable worse the variants are going to be, each evolving and finding new purchase in the unprotected.

A&R stay safe everyone

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