Jim's (drneutron's) Awesome Reading: Book 1

I'm Jim, 62, husband of 38 years, father of a son gainfully employed creating our robot overlords, who reads pretty much anything. We're in central Maryland with roots in Louisiana. I like to read (obviously), cook, trail bike ride/kayak with mrsdrneutron, and want to learn to fly fish and sail. There's probably bourbon somewhere in there too. Of course, LT is a big time sink, but mrsdrneutron seems to have come to terms with my LT addiction...

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Happy New Thread, Jim. Looking forward to another year of the mighty 75. Glad to see we are still going strong. Thanks for all you do, my friend.

My pleasure, Mark! Can't believe we're almost at the 20 year mark.

What Mark said, Jim. I owe so much happiness in my life to you for what you do in keeping this wonderful virtual community going.

Happy new thread, buddy.

Thanks, Paul!

Ah, I saw your post about being lonely. That should never happen! As it is, I was looking for an announcement, and even looked for the group name yesterday.

Now I just have to face the new year!

Hi Jim, starred you again. Thanks for setting up the new group and all the work you put in, looking forward to a great 2025.

Hi Jim, thanks for setting up this group again for 2025.

Happy New Year Jim. Thanks for all you do.

Hey, gang, glad you made it over!

Happy New Year Jim. Thanks for all the work you do here for our group.

Welcome back, Kerry!

Happy New Thread!

Hey there, thanks for starting us up for 2025. I'll probably ramp up my thread in the next couple days.

Thanks for keeping us going and setting up 2025!

Jim, I've relied on you so very often for technical assistance, and always you are willing to assist. A mere thank you does not seem to suffice. I hope you know how appreciated you are by this group!!!

>14 SilverWolf28: welcome back, Silver!

>15 mahsdad: sounds good, Jeff. See you there!

>16 SuziQoregon: my pleasure, Juli!

>17 Whisper1: I do! You folks are great with encouragement. 😀

Happy New Thread Jim and thank you so much for all the hard work you put in.

Happy 1st new thread of 2025! Thanks for getting the ball rolling. It's always so exciting to start again with a new slate.

I wish you a happy 2025, Jim! And thank you for putting our challenge together once again!

I'm up and ready for the new year to start. Thank you for making all of this possible, Jim!! (and a very happy new year to you too)

>19 SandDune: Thanks, Rhian

>20 Carmenere: yes, it is! Thanks, Lynda.

>21 mstrust: Thanks, Jennifer!

>22 RebaRelishesReading: Happy 2025, Reba!

And in other news, Parker made it through the first of its closest approaches to the Sun! We had contact this morning and everything was in normal operations. Culmination of 17 years of work!

>24 drneutron: Whoohooo!!! For Parker...and for our new 2025 thread! Thanks for all you do. : ) Here's to a wonderful 2025.

>24 drneutron: Wow! That's fantastic - congrats!!

>24 drneutron: I saw Parker on the news the other night. So fantastic.

>25 Berly:, >26 scaifea: We’re pretty pumped, though honestly, the spacecraft has been working so well, we were pretty confident. 😀

>27 avatiakh: Yeah, the coverage has been really fun!

>24 drneutron: Wow! Unbelievable...and amazing! Congratulations to you and your whole team!

>24 drneutron: That is fantastic Jim and something truly to be proud of. I think it is in order for the members of the group to share the pride we feel in our main man!

What a service, Jim. Providing a home for all the the 75er's every single year. Thank you for doing it. I appreciate you even though I no longer participate much.

>24 drneutron: Congratulations! That must feel so good!! I thought of you when I saw the news coverage.

Hi! I didn't keep up with your thread last year and no promises for this year but I am here now. Happy 2025!

>24 drneutron: Congrats, Jim. I've been following the news.

Happy New Year, and thanks for setting up our group and keeping us going.

Hi, Jim. Congratulations on the Parker project; that is amazing.

Thank you for all your years of work with the 75’ers. You are deeply appreciated.

Happy new year, Jim. And happy new thread!

Great accomplishment, I saw the news about the Parker Solar Probe.

And thanks for setting the new group up again.

Happy new thread Jim!

>24 drneutron: That's great news! Congratulations!

>29 SqueakyChu: Thanks, Madeline!

>30 PaulCranswick: it was fun to share the build and launch of the spacecraft with you folks! One highlight was getting to do a FaceTime interview with Amber’s Charlie and his class in school - stuff like that is the best part of the job.

>31 mckait: It’s my pleasure! You’re welcome here at whatever level you’re able to join in.

>32 RebaRelishesReading: 😀 Thanks Reba!

>33 elorin: Glad you’re back no matter how often you visit!

>34 BLBera: Thanks, Beth! And welcome back to the madness!

>35 Matke: Thanks, Matke! It was a lifetime’s worth of work, but well worth it. I think there’s more than 1500 scientific papers that have been published using the data so far, and more to come.

>36 EllaTim: My pleasure, Ella! I love getting us going every year.

>37 quondame: Thanks, Susan!