I can't think of a situation where either of you would be annoying, unless you are stealing my gin (java), or rum (beth).

Hey, is that a gin rummy joke?

Anyone ever play Dutch Blitz?

Nope! What is it?

Someday, java, someday. But I might steal gin...

But I might steal gin...

Just don't steal the Fever-Tree!!

It's an Amish card game [link] that moves lightning fast. I played it with grad school friends and it always cracked me up that this was the game that made us swear like sailors.

Oooh that looks cool! Have you ever played Milles Bornes?

I have played Backgammon with Steve about 342 times and I've beat him ONCE.

We'd probably both end up drunk and telling outrageous lies and forgetting the game entirely.

It's probably best we never play. I think the only time I got really and truly mad playing board games with friends was once when a few of them got drunk during the early course of the game and then just could not stay in it. I was beyond appropriately upset and might have been yelling things like "but if you are going to play a game then fucking stay sober enough to play it". SInce I had no interest in getting drunk at that particular point and only wanted to play the game I was full up with rage.

My apartment is weird. It gets cold inside, and then the radiators come on, causing it to get hot inside. I just checked - the temp was 70 degrees before the radiators came on, and 77.5 degrees after. A pretty big swing in temperature.

tommy, that's sorta my experience with radiators (all of a couple months!) It really depends, I think, on the latency of your thermostat and what your boiler putting out. The top warming up comes after the radiator pumping shuts off. I've got it set at around 70 (therm downstairs) and it veers between 68 (it's drafty down here) and 73, up to 75 upstairs ( I think. Need to change batteries on my thermometer. Feels about right, though.) Which is a bit warm for me, but I think (*think*) the key to radiator heat is consistency and I can't cope with less than 68, so am leaving it alone. My gas bill is basically what it was in my forced air apt, and this is twice the heating space, plus another third of the basement that gets heat from the pipes running to the other floors and exhaust vent. Your boiler may need servicing if it's varying that much. Or it may just be a smaller space, I dunno. New to this.

Radiators, I guess, are all about an average. And they can be pretty consistent, as long as you have a decent thermo. And it's really lovely to leave your coats/clothes/pjs/gloves/socks draped over them and put on warm toasty stuff.

It's probably best we never play.

I coulda predicted that long ago! In that, we're not gonna meet.

Hey, is that a gin rummy joke?

I'm not that bright.

I was just thinking about recent predilections I may or may not be responsible for.

Have you ever played Milles Bornes?

Nope.

I wish my temp range was more like yours, tommyrot. I've recorded temps ranging from 58 to 67 over the last few weeks. I don't think it's been above 65 at all this week.