RenFengge

Also If any of you guys or gals have exotic pets and need any info don't hesitate to message me I'm always happy to help.

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My avenue into this line of work was a strange path, I started working with animals purely for the love of them at first but quickly found out that they can also be very therapeutic to others. I also work with disabled children which makes this even better because of the sensory work. Difference textures for blind kids and simply put most of the children never get a chance to interact with any animal so I provide a secure safe environment for them to do so. I also train vet students with safe handling practises and identification of behavioural disorders.

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Nothing I truly want comes out immediately at launch.
 
If I were to score a PS5 at or around launch, I would probably get:
 
Godfall
Spider Man: Miles Morales
 
Obviously, I would be on Destiny 2 as well.. but that's not a new thing.

Nothing I truly want comes out immediately at launch.
 
If I were to score a PS5 at or around launch, I would probably get:
 
Godfall
Spider Man: Miles Morales
 
Obviously, I would be on Destiny 2 as well.. but that's not a new thing.

I think this is a great start to figuring out how we move forward. Thanks for really thinking about this. 

So this monstrosity of an update for the PS4 has utterly balls'd up all the party chats you could have or see. On the face of it, it looks like you can't have chats on your own, or see any of the other chats going on so its extremely hard to just pop in and say hi or see whos available to jump in to a game with. I'm more frustrated because at a time we're all struggling with very little social contact these days, this only further restricts. Don't get me wrong, if I want to talk to someone, like say @phil bottle, i'd create a group between me and him and then connect to voice chat. No one else though would see i'm in a chat - fine if sometimes you don't want to be disturbed - but not cool if you're happy for people to pop in and say hi, check hows things are, oh and maybe join the game that we're playing?
 
I have an idea though until they patch the silly system (we hope).
 
I'm going to throw out a number of Groups that will show that i might've added you to it. In doing so, its not to spam you with messages (I can do that many other ways already 😏) but more to try and help find ways to group up with people. From what I can see it looks similar to discord where you create a Group or 'Channel', only thing you need to be on the list to access it, either for text or voice chat, otherwise you won't know you're missing out.
 
I was gonna make a few on the lines of....:
 
FG Fridays FG Chat 1 FG Chat 2 FG Chat 3 FG Destiny Room 1 FG Destiny Room 2 etc  
If you want to not feel on your own and happy to be in a chat where some/all of us can join in and say hi let me know your thoughts. As I don't want it to be forced, you can always remove yourself from it the chats yourselves. Before you do though just ask yourself - how much you genuinely rely on the chat service on being able to just pop in and say hi? You might not realise it but you're probably making someone's day by just doing that.
 
Any thoughts ASAP would be great to have below. Cheers.

Yeah @RenFengge , i'm now forcing myself to find time to get the dogs for a walk to keep them happy but also get me some very needed steps an activity - unfortunately i've noticed a slight down turn in my health somewhat (mainly stomach/digestion problems) so I think getting back outside should help getting the blood moving and also slightly tuning my food intake. Wife thinks I should take an intolerance test but I hope a little kick up the arse for myself should see a natural change in my health.
 
 
UK culture was starting to change but I think many companies have trust issues with WFH in the main. Its helped here in a way because companies have realised people in the UK really do want to still work and can make get the same or better output in their home environment. Main issues for me are twofold 1) has this been enough for them to see it can work and 2) mental wellbeing has took a huge knock because of everything so that could actually mean we still have some form of office based working e.g. 2-3 days in the office. Thats just my opinion on what I see though.

Those walks around the office... man.... those were a majority of my steps every day. Now, I'm lucky if I break 5k steps a day lol.
 
As for going back in full-time... I wish I could say I was optimistic and say it won't happen, but I'm not. Remote working won't be mainstream until those who run the companies stop valuing physical face time and seat time. Just because they can't handle messaging apps like Slack or Teams, they can't understand how collaboration works without people in an office.
 
I will tell you that the leadership in my company went from thinking during COVID "hey, remote work is great... we can hire people not in our immediate area" to "employee X moved to a random state? I guess they aren't our employee anymore".
 
How about it in your area?

Mabuti!
 
No. I was born in the US (NYC). Went every summer to Manila (sometimes with a stop in Hong Kong) until I was 16. I lived in Manila for about a year in 2002 to take care of family. Came back to the States and now live in Connecticut.
 
Hope to see you around!

Thought I would pop in...
 
Back at the working out and trying to not stuff my face with delicious breads every day. Sore from Friday's HIIT, so I'm continuing my "rest" while Pew-pewing. 😄 Just in time for tomorrow's HIIT...
 
If I'm going to have to be upset about waking up early to start commuting back into the office by the end of the month, then I might as well start getting used to it by going to the gym...

Still losing weight since this post, currently sitting at 204lbs now 🙂

Hello!
 
I am itching to get glowy armor after seeing @TurboR56Mini 's glowy armor last year, which is much cooler than this year's.
 
Anyone up for being our third in running a Pit, a Nightmare Hunt, and suffering through a Master Nightfall Ordeal?
 
Not even going to try Trials... maybe when I feel like punishing myself more.
 
We're on PS4 and in the NYC (ET) time zone...

Need to finish the Legend of Acarius quest too, Collier. It's just sitting in my quests taking up space...

Its been a while since I did an FG update. So bear with (with who? where is he! I can't see it!? ffs, Lee)
 
I'm sure everyone's days are blending into one these days. 2020 has been one of those years for the history books and we could've said that in March, let alone December which is still just over 5 months away. Isolation has been a double-edged sword in some respect; its been great to see so many chances to spend more time with your immediate family at home but what comes with permanent home comforts is the lethargic lack of routine, loneliness, depression, anxiety which we've also seen impact so many of us. I imagine you all can relate to some degree?
 
For a week or two I've wanted to write something but I've hesitated because I know I have to be ready to 'Walk the Walk' not just 'Talk the Talk' when I really want to make the most of this place for everyone and makes sense to pick up the things we've talked about over the past few years. Who knows if i'm ready, but i'm willing to give it my best shot and there's no better time to dust ourselves off in the midst of some soul searching in isolation. It'd be ace to start creating some of that Legacy i talked about in the article I did back in January.
 
I think the best way to keep everyone in the loop is being open and letting you know a few pressing items I want to see progress with over the coming weeks and months - and I would love to get as many of you involved which I'm working on ways to get to that. Please keep reading!
 
Merchandise Shop - this requires me to purchase and install a whole new section for FG which i'm hoping you'll all enjoy FG Points/Gamerscore - A way to have a meaningful way that gives everyone here an added bonus for being around FG where possible Creating new sections New entire page spaces for games - we can make as many as we'd like providing we can maintain support New homepage - to remind everyone of everything we do. We aren't just a Forum any more, we are far more awesome than that Expanding existing areas Guides & Tips section - the fairly new section needs some love and there's some amazing people here that do great info tips for you all that can easily get lost Re-engaging with old FGers - life's too short to miss everyone and its great seeing so many faces come back, lets do things to get other ones back too. For me its the case of, Why Not, you have nothing to lose seeing old faces and friends. Open our doors to new FGers - we should make more people aware of what we do best - they can have a home here and we can all help them in whatever problems they have. The PPR section just shows how much we have all done to help each other and long may that continue. Regular gaming nights schedule - to help people to keep themselves free, get involved and most importantly make sure the right game is updated and downloaded! Finding more ways to help others Picking up and driving some real charity fundraisers starting with charity streams Try to get a regular pattern on sending out Feel Good Fund parcels to caring FGers  
I'd hope you all agree whilst there's more we can always find to do, most importantly this is a ton to look forward to as a group/family.
 
Other posts to follow but if you have any burning thoughts please shout up below - a poll will go alongside this post to ask absolutely anyone here if they want to get involved in any specific stuff in the coming weeks and months.
 
Thank you for the last few months everyone; here's to having a better second half to 2020 for all of us 👊😎
 
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