u/Steveasifyoucare

At one point in my life, I had a lot of potential. I was just good at certain things. I was fortunate that I converted that potential into a happy comfortable life.

But for so much of my life, I viewed life through the lens of moving up or improving on things. Of course I’m talking careerwise.

So now I’m on the end of my career. The next job that I take actually be a lower position than the one that I left, (which was not my idea). In a way, it really doesn’t matter much because I’m reasonably set for retirement and I just need to get from here there (to build on a pension). On the other hand, it’s weird to step down a bit, even if I think I will enjoy the lower level of responsibility. But like I say, it bugs me that all of my potential is gone. And at some point, none of it’s gonna matter much at all.

I’m in a situation where I can take a four day weekend to go camping. But I have to do it sometime within the next few weeks or so. I don’t live in Georgia, but since I have more time to travel, I’m considering camping in Georgia. Perhaps North Georgia.

What campgrounds do you recommend that I look at? I really enjoy state parks.

So compared to most of you I guess I’m not that good at chess. If I have lots of time to make my moves, I’m probably somewhere in the 800 to 900 range but it’s hard to tell because I only play a few people on the app.

But when I play faster games, I figured out that if I lose a few, then my opponents are a lot easier, and I quickly climb the ladder back again. The way the system is set up if you win too many then you’re in over your head and you start losing. So it’s like you win half and you lose half on average unless you’re slowly improving which I guess I am.

But here’s the thing: I was a standout in mathematics in high school, but there are people who can calculate huge numbers in their head and are way better than me. Maybe I could beat my next-door neighbor in Chess, but there are people who can play multiple games blindfolded. I feel like I could spend my life pursuing the game of chess and maybe attain some high rating, but realistically, there are children who out of the gate can visualize the game much better than I ever will be able to. So I don’t stress about it. I wasn’t born a Savant at chess nor was I born a Savant at mathematics or music or any of those things.

So in conclusion, whether my rating is X, or 1000+ X, or 2000+ X, in the scheme of things what does it really matter and if I suddenly had a rating of 2000. I would systematically lose it game by game until I reach the level that I really play at. If my rating dropped to half of what it is, I would probably win every game for a while until I found that level again.

Enjoy the game. I think it’s one of the best games there is. Don’t stress over it.

Like my poorly worded, subject title tries to say: I’m wondering if it’s possible to drive across country and only stay in state parks along the way. I’m asking this because they seem to be fairly priced, and typically the lot sizes are a little bit more generous than they’re a little bit more wooded which I like.

Has anybody tried this? I’m wondering if the state parks are too far apart to make this feasible…. like if you were trying take interstate 10 West all the way across the United States would many of the state parks be just too far off the road to make this feasible? Or maybe enough of them are close enough to the interstate that if you’re not picky about when you stop driving for the day, it’s doable? Especially if I’m willing to Boondock in a parking lot once in a while Or maybe I’d find they are too booked up.

I live in Florida and they have enough state parks in this state to make me believe that such a thing is possible. But maybe Florida State parks are more common than other states?

Any feedback is appreciated.

https://uscampgrounds.info/

Re-doing my backyard. I plan to rent a dump trailer over the weekend and load up the remains of a cut up tree and yard waste. Where can I dump it on a weekend?

I also want to buy a load of soil and a load of rock …ideally the. seller must have a loader to drop it into the trailer. Any place selling soil and/it rock on a Saturday or Sunday?

Thanks for any recommendations.

I’ve been looking at pictures of a TT I hope to buy this weekend. I think I noticed in the pix that the bottom of the slide sticks out a little bit. It’s a shwintek (spelling?) and I know about how you can seat a side to side misalignment.

I also know that 1/2 inch of difference is acceptable as long as the bulb seals are compressed.

And I even know how to figure out if the gear is stripped or skipping.

What I don’t know is how much imperfection is considered normal. I tried to ind pictures of closed slide outs on the internet but all the photos show them open or the photo is taken from 1/2 a mile away.

Anyone care to share a photo of their closed slide out? Is it a little wonky?

OK, I know that a glass window filters out UVA and UVB light. I was wondering if anyone here has ever tried setting up their “suitcase” solar panel kit inside their trailer up against one of the windows?

(This might be useful in a high crime area or perhaps for battery maintenance during Storage.)