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So, this is the OT section of the OT section. The scene of the Great Battle of shoutbox vs. posting. The partybox! And everything else. :lol:
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Shares steaming tea
Well, it isn't an easy workday indeed... Where were we, Kris? You said that you are going to sign the new work contract tomorrow? Do you already know anything about it?
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Thank You a lot for the tea :)
Yes, I already know what will be my worktime - 6 hours always from 12 - 18:00. When the new academical year beginns we will solve it with the schedule - now these 2 and half months they simply will give me some shifts.
My salary will be 70 CZK per hour netto - which is already more then I had in bookshop but unlike there - I will have only 6 hour shift instead of 11. But it should slowly grow up after months until 90 CZK netto :) which is definitely more symphatic :lol:
Let's say that I would had 12 shifts on 6 hours - that's 72 x 90 - that's 6480,- that's only 72 hours per month - now I have to spend 100 hours at work to get 6600. That's nice.
Now in the beginning it won't be so nice but still, better than nothing. :)
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That sounds much better. And you won't have to wake up early! Tell us about it tomorrow, please. :)
Here we have plenty of customers, a lot of work, but now I'm going to drink another tea.
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I hope You will have Your worktime soon after :)
I am already drinking another coffee :)
Now I am on a question n. 7 Religion of ancient Iran. 5 more left :( until this evening.
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Hold on! :wink2: It sounds really interesting. If you feel like sharing some notes about it, I would be glad to read, and maybe it would help you to learn too. :)
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I was already thinking about that... but actually I have not much time to think about the translations, writing in here and to the notebook of mine etc...
But I think that later after the exam - done or not- I will make some extract from that.
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That's a great idea, Miri! We would surely enjoy reading it. And it would help you to learn because in order to post a short abstract here you have to understand your topic thoroughly and think it through once more. :) Good luck with your exams mainly but also with your new job!
This thread is a good idea, too. Something tells me this is going to grow into the longest NTSMS-thread ever. :afaid:
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ABSTRACT! This is the word I've been looking for. :lol:
The idea is yours, Markus. :bow: But what does make you think that this thread is going to be looong? Do you really think that after a huge coffee tsunami, collective Eurovision watchings, football waves all over the world, thousands and thousand of "Good mornings" and "Good nights", hectolitres of different kinds of tea and coffee sharings, meteorological announcements, simple 'I'm bored as hell'-s something NEW can still happen to NTSMS? :afaid: :afaid:
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You forgot mountains of food, streams of wine and beer, cocktail lakes, the Boozagara falls and endless hours of :cht: - :bow: as well as smiley wars.
And yes: Every day for us something new!
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I just e-mailed to the professor if he couldn't pick me later - haha, already asked him once ... appologized that I didn't have enough time. I simply cannot put everything into my head in 3 days. It's so much of it.
I simply don't have balls for that.
Well - maybe he won't answer (usually he does), or tells me to at least try it, or no - still, I must look like an absolute idiot
but I feel I don't know anything!
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I wish that he understands and answer kindly! :)
YAWN
Shares mango yoghurt and goes to bed
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He didn't answer yet :(
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Shares hot Earl Grey How come I can never get enough of this? :)
Great to hear, Miri, that the professor is so understanding. Maybe he is used to students - I can see that my sister too often leaves some exams for later.
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Yes, he is understanding. I told him that I am really greatful for his patience with me. :)
This is a subject I don't want to fail or have bad. I want 1 :D
Thank You so much for the Earl Grey. That's exactly what I need right now.
Yesterday evening we had a blackout :D All electricity shut down - only houses and blocks of flats. I was so praying it will stay until morning but unfortunatelly it been back on in 10 minutes :/
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It was like some extra "10 minutes of the Earth"? :D
Oh, I'll never get used to "1". I know exactly that that's the best mark in your country, still I was wondering for a while why on earth do you want to get a 1? :lol3:
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Yeah, it was :D I was enjoying that "all shut down" no electric noise (cause the stuff makes noise even when it's turned off but still in the plug), it was fantastic :D I love that. I wished once again to live amongs shamans of Lapland.
Oh, is that Your country where the 5 is the best? :D I knew it's in Bulgaria, but forgot about Hungary. :lol3:
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Yes, 5 is the best... which is strange because 1 is the first, so it should be the best one. We had the same system like yours, I think it was changed after WWII.
In Italy it's even funny, it goes from 1 to 10, and in the university from 1 to 30. Passed from 18. Maybe this is why they have 17 as a bad, unlucky number. :D
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Haha, that's really weird - 1 to 30. But still, it gives You better way how to fail :roll:
Today I am still going to the university... and then I will meet my new boss again :afaid:
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I'm glad to hear that, Miri! Now use the extra time well. :)
Good luck with your new boss! She won't be that bad. :wink2:
Cheers!
Markus
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Wow, this topic is getting pretty long already.
Oh BTW, think those grading systems are funny? I'm graded in two ways... In percentages. And in the IB scale from 1 to 7 (7 being the best mark).
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Is there a possibility to earn more than 100%? In the bank we are always forced to over-produce the "numbers". Nothing has changed since the last regime, really. :lol:
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Well, it is possible to do extra credit, but really, it's pretty much impossible to get above 100%. :fish:
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Haha, we should tell to our bosses. :D
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I've just came home :(
I've been there and they told me that cause I couldn't go this weekend (so in June instead of July instead of August) when they called me on Friday asking if I come on Saturday and Sunday... They had to hire someone else for these months so I will start in August.
Which does not really make me happy. I am happy, that I will have free time but at the same time all our living will by on my bf :(
And the lady (not the boss) was very unpleasant :(
She behaved like if I were just some cockroach :( I see that it's all the same everywhere... :(
In August I have only 4 shifts planned now :( but she said it will probably grow up. I hope so, cause I need to earn at least for my regular bills.
This is just a bad day. :)
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Oh, this is bad news, Miri! I understand they had to hire someone, but firstly they could have said it nicely and respectfully and secondly it's still hard for you.
Well, the more time for your studies and more time for yourself - this is perhaps the only good thing about it.
Cheers!
Markus
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Next time she'll be more nice! Probably she had some other problem so she just threw her anger at you... They needed to organize a lot to find someone for the weekend, but you are not the one to blame.
Shares office coffee with cocoa and cinnamon
Who says that one can't have a great time at work? 8)
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Who says that one can't have a great time at work? 8)
I do! :mad3:
Nah, that would be a lie! :biggrin:
Cheers!
Markus Laborphilus
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Two hundred corporate assistants are going to be fired today. 200 people again. :(
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Two hundred corporate assistants are going to be fired today. 200 people again. :(
That's sad :(
Did a neo-Stalin take control of the bank or something? :blink:
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Hahaha, yes, long ago. :)
They say to spare money, to make the structure more reasonable etc. etc. blabla... :)
I guess this is what's going on all over the world. Problems are everywhere, and the bosses feel the urge of doing "something".
2012 is approaching! :evil:
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Ow, ouch :unsure: Those are bad news, Lucy :unsure:
Miri: don't let yourself get sad (bad treatment or not) and catch up with some studies, spend more time with your boyfriend, and generally... enjoy yourself till you start working. You'll pull it out somehow! ^_^
@ topic: I have to study... it's a very cool subject (morphopathology), but I'm pretty tired already, and the weather only makes it worse - I feel like going out to the park, and eat ice cream and... you get the point.
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Lucy, I am very sorry to hear that :( This is so unpleasant - and yes, You are right, this is now everywhere - even such "wealthy" company like that one where my bf works, already frozen their salaries last year since then they still have the same amount and they don't get any bonuses. And now, worst things are happening in there... unpleasant boss of their boss is new and makes so many nonsense stuff - just cause he new and needs to show something. And they get more and more services to do than before with the same amount of people. He's getting tired. I can see that :(
Livi: Oh, how much I understand You. Had this all for last month. I hope the exams will be soon behind You too :) And let Yourself to have a little pause in park with ice cream. Little snack can make You concentrate better in next hours :)
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That's sad, Lucy! Is your own job in immediate danger?
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No, no, luckily. And our colleague remains with us. :)
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Now I just want to make sure that everybody's aware that we had 64 posts yesterday and at least 65 today. :nana:
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That's what I call a PROGRESS! :wOOt:
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Really? Right now we're exceeding 70!
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Shares popcorn :biggrin:
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Takes a huge cup of vanilla flavoured cocoa and sits down in front of the tv screen
Soon there will be a vuvuzela concert to make me sleep better. But I can't understand why are they playing football too in the meantime? :blink:
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I am going to watch a movie which I dld hour ago. It's called The Secret Diaries (or Diary) of Miss Anne Lister.
No vuvuzelas -_- :lol:
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Enjoy your film, Kris! :) Shares cocoa
I've just had a fantastic dance lesson again. We were only two plus teacher, so we started to practise a duo, creating a coreography for a very nice song, this one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPIwRekDUsA). It was fun! And in the end of the lesson we couldn't stop dancing, we were listening to more "meditative" songs and danced away all tension. :)
P. S.: T. A. T. U.? :lol:
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Thank You for the cocoa Lucy ;D
shares Porto
Meditative songs? That sounds great :) I am glad You are happy in those lessons! I was myself thinking of something similar, but I rather do something alone and this is group stuff. :/ Anyway, I will find my way ;)
P. S. - yeah, they are nice girls!
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Good morning! Did you sleep better tonight? :)
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Pretty well, yeah. How about you? ^_^ Now I'm trying to get a grip and tidy up a bit... I've still got papers, books, pens, notes etc scattered around the place :lol:
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I slept much better tonight :)
Haha, watch this out... Israeli troop on shift in Hebron :lol3: Good guys x) :wub:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0inNhBOZ0bk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0inNhBOZ0bk)
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I'll watch it at home, thanks! :)
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How are You today, Lucy? :) Are You at work?
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Yes, at work. I'm not in the cassa this week (and maybe next week also) because we have to organise a LOT of documents, so I can help my colleague. I like it here, we are laughing a lot, even if the work is a bit... very boring.
What about you? :)
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Haha, watch this out... Israeli troop on shift in Hebron :lol3: Good guys x) :wub:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0inNhBOZ0bk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0inNhBOZ0bk)
"Hold Position." -Yes sir!
"Check your fire." -Return fire only!
"Start to dance." -...Alright!
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I am just wasting my time :D
My bf just left to our friends' apartment - they are all away at some festival for 10 days or so - so one of them asked us to water his chillies :D
I was watching a fairytale so far but now I will make a coffee and start to read, or write or translate.
Mmh, I liked the yesterday's movie a lot... may I send You it too? I think I will join some more movies which I plan to watch yet.
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I would be grateful, thank you a lot! :bow:
What does a chili plantation look like? :D
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My bf has a picture in his cell phone so when he comes I will upload it :)
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So here are the chilli plants:
(http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/1112/dsc01057do.th.jpg) (http://img80.imageshack.us/i/dsc01057do.jpg/)
and here are some pics from yesterday's storm over here :)
(http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/8567/dsc01058g.th.jpg) (http://img692.imageshack.us/i/dsc01058g.jpg/) (http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/5154/obraz003qn.th.jpg) (http://img197.imageshack.us/i/obraz003qn.jpg/) (http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/7863/obraz004y.th.jpg) (http://img149.imageshack.us/i/obraz004y.jpg/) (http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/2530/obraz006x.th.jpg) (http://img203.imageshack.us/i/obraz006x.jpg/)
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But wow, that chili looks fantastic! :wOOt:
Uh-oh, then that storm of yours will arrive here tomorrow. :unsure:
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Haha, watch this out... Israeli troop on shift in Hebron :lol3: Good guys x) :wub:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0inNhBOZ0bk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0inNhBOZ0bk)
:roll: Everyone deserves a break while working! :lol3:
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Actually I think it came somewhere from Slovakia :lol: and comes more to the west.
The chilli really looks fantastic and I am very curious how will the "berry"? will look like. As far as I know, he bought the chilliest chillies in the world known :ninja: I wanna try :ninja: :afaid: :cht2:
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Watch out, Markus, then you are the next on the storm's way! :unsure: :lol:
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Nice storm and nice plants, Miri!
No rain in sight over here, it will remain dry and hot for at least another week or so.
What varieties of chillis do cou have, Miri? The chilliest chillis would be of the Habanero-type (Capsicum chinense). What are your varieties called?
Cheers!
Markus
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It is Capsicum chinese as far as I know but not that Habanera particular one. Read here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhut_Jolokia_pepper) :ninja:
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3008/2852420097_7bb5f1820f.jpg)
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It looks fantastic! :wOOt:
Goes to sleep I'm so sleepy. Good night, guys! :bye:
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It tastes absolutely fantastic! It's my favourite chocolate now!
(and I just ordered organic raw cocoa beans from England :biggrin:)
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Haha, just found my old novel. I think I'll translate it for the NTSMS :)
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Haha, just found my old novel. I think I'll translate it for the NTSMS :)
Weeeeee waaaant Miiiiriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii's noveeeeeeeeeeeeel!!! :wOOt:
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:wOOt: :wOOt: :wOOt:
Weeeeee waaaant Miiiiriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii's noveeeeeeeeeeeeel!!!
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Weeeeee waaaant Miiiiriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii's noveeeeeeeeeeeeel!!!
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Peace men! :D It will take some time!
:roll:
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Well, reading your novel might convince me to share one or two of my one or two short stories. :ninja: :cht:
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Weeeeee waaaant High Priest's noveeeeeeeeeeeeel!!!
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We want to read Markus' novel! We want to read Markus' novel! :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja:
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:sofa:
Not a novel, just two pages of a stupid little short story I have finished, a second one still being written. And then I need to translate them for you - which will take some time...
Cheers!
Markus
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Hey folks,
some animal observations from the past few days I'd like to share:
On my roof-deck they were some tiny black aphids on my vermouth. They didn't thrive all too well, as if the plant had some effective defense. Then a lady-bug came, and the aphids did something I had never seen before: They jerked synchronously, about once per second. :blink: Presumably that was an attempt to scare away the predator. Didn't help them much, they're all gone now...
On a short walk in my break I discovered a tiny lizard. First I thought it was a weirdly moving grasshopper, but then I saw it was a lizard in fact. I carefully picked it up and had it walking on my hand and arm for a while. It was so tiny and fragile - not longer than 2 cm from nose to tail-tip. What does such a tiny reptile eat? :unsure:
Today my parents and me took a walk through the forest with Maggie, and we encountered a couple of other dog owners. You should have seen the dogs playing! I hope my parents will go there more often, because Maggie enjoyed it greatly, and it really did her good.
One of the dogs looked much like a supermassive German Shepherd. Despite his great strength he was so calm and gentle and trustful! When he came closer to me I stroked his head and caressed him behind his ear. Strategic mistake: Soon the huge beast pressed its heavy body against my legs and wanted more. If the owner spoke the truth I was playing with a hybrid who's 3/4 wolf! :wOOt:
Cheers!
Markus
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Wonderful animal stories, Markus, thanks for sharing! :wOOt: I've heard that wolves in reality aren't ferocious but very tame.
I've visited my future cat and its four sisters and brothers, all incredibly small, cute, playing, sleeping, biting, very kind and friendly kitties. The parents are the most friendly cats I've ever seen. :wub:
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Hi Markus, thank You for the stories, as Lucy said - I missed Your post before :blush:
I am impressed by the storry with the aphids :blink:
About the wolf dog... I met in the tram here in Prague a woman who had with her a huge (yes, supermassive) pure white dog who partially looked like a German Shepherd. The dog seemed very kind to me - it was she :)
So after 10 or more minutes I couldn't help myself and asked the lady what is that for race and if I can cuddle her... The dog was really a Snowhite x)
And I discovered something like You did, Markus :lol:
She told me it's special - not yet "confirmed" kind of a dog race which comes from mixture of German Shepherd and Canadian White Wolf. She told me that these dogs were almost all killed in some time period but then some lady in Canada came and saved some of them so the breeding started over again...
The dog was sooo wonderful and so friendly x) I was suprised by that and she told me that basically the wolfes are not bad at behaviour as they keep staying in groups caring about their youngsters etc... so the dogs are more family like for keeping children safe or such.
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We needed a grinning cat smiley sooo badly on this forum. :biggrin: :hop:
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:lol3:
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Lucy, I just wanted to share this wallpaper with You :)
Sorry Luthy and Markus, it's rather big :-[
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qZF49nlY7yw/S8InfR-bfcI/AAAAAAAAAEM/xkgZbVb--dU/s1600/CosmicDance.jpg)
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Thank you, it's beutiful! :) :bow: Where did you find it?
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I always wanted to have a sculpture of Shiva's cosmic dance.... as I found some nice but they were too expensive I started to search at least on the web :)
So I put "dancing Shiva" into Google image search and when it found, I clicked only on Large - to see only pics available to become wallpaper. :) and on 2nd, 3rd or 4th page I found it (don't know exactly which page was that) so for now it's my nice wallpaper x)
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How was your first day at work, Kris? :)
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It's busy work. I can't even stop... so all the 8,5 hour I'm running round and round. The salary is not that nice as I expected but at least it's not worse than the last one. It's exactly the same with one or two exceptions - it's "black" job. I mean, no offices know about that and thanks to it the part time jobbers get their hard earned wages every Friday, which I also kinda like :)
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It sounds enough good, that's great. How are the colleagues? :)
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Hey folks,
Miri, I haven't seen the image of Shiva yet. Beautiful!
There is a pretty well-known sculpture of it, and I might order it sooner or later. But for the time being a good friend of mine gave me a statuette of Set for my birthday. :wOOt:
Admittedly I'm not so fond of illicit employment, but for a student... oh well... :whistle: And of course my lips are so very sealed! Most important is that you enjoy the work a little and that it helps you to pay your bills. :)
Cheers!
Markus
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Hey folks,
I just bought my first hokkaido for this year. :yeha: Saw them in a shop where I was buying some fruit for my office hours and just couldn't resist... I guess I'll do it simplistic, just with pepper, salt and some oil in the oven. It's from Spain, btw.
Cheers!
Markus
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Is that the Halloween kind of pumpkin? Enjoy it, Markus! :)
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Nah, Lucy,
it's a rather small one, and quite tasty. The peel is so thin that you needn't remove it, it just boils / fries / bakes as soft as the flesh. The flesh itself is of an intense colour and much more aromatic than ordinary pumpkin. Highly recommendable, even if you're not a fan of pumpkins. :)
To me the first hokkaidos count as a sign of the approach of late summer, a season I enjoy very much.
Cheers!
Markus
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Approach of late summer... :afaid:
I don't really like pumpkins. But sometimes I bake a long kind of pumpkin in the oven, cut into pieces, very vivid orange coloured, and sweet flesh. I eat two bites, then give all the rest to my family... but I definitely need those two bites. :lol:
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Hey folks,
that sounds like an interesting recipe, although the effort may a bit too big for just two slices. :wink2: But I guess your main enjoyment is in the enjoyment of your family. :)
I've just donated blood once more. Some of you have done this much more often than me, so it's no big deal for you; but for me it is. This was my second successful donation and my third altogether. They had screwed up no. 2 so that one couldn't be used. (I wanted to make vegetarian blood-sausage from it but they wouldn't let me take it home. :mad3: Umm... not really.) So now I have donated one litre. Next levels are:
- 2 litres (almost one coffee-can at the office)
- 2,5 litres (some more than one office-coffee-can)
- 5 litres (small bucket)
- 7 litres (all I got)
- 10 litres (big bucket)
- 11 litres (Bloodiverse B / World Domination)
Cheers!
Markus
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Yummy!
My dad brought me fresh fruit from our cottage. Among them were some tiny "wild" plums. Well, there are no wild plums really - plums are known only as domestic plants, apparently wild plums are only feral cultured varieties. Whatever, my dad knows how fond I am of new and uncommon fruits and brought me a bowl of small, cherry-sized, sunny-yellow plums from a shrub he had discovered at the fence. :wOOt:
To the biologists: I suppose they belong to a sub-species named "Spilling" in German (Prunus domestica subsp. pomariorum). :lol3:
I could have made a photo of those amazingly yellow spherules for you, but... :unsure: They had a fine scent and tasted fruity and medium sweet. :whistle:
Cheers!
Markus
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Nice stories, Markus! :) I've just eaten a whole fresh ananas, a birthday present. :wOOt: Shares
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Yummy ^_^
Thank You x)
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Yummy! More fruit! :yeha:
Lucy, if you still have the green top of the ananas and if you haven't cut across it you can pot it if you want to. Leave all the leaves on and remove the flesh and peel so that only the woody stem in the middle remains. Put that into soil, keep moist and watch it grow. Or look here (http://www.rickswoodshopcreations.com/Pineapple/pineapple.htm) - a site where I've just learned how I could force my plant to bloom. :ninja:
Well, somehow these plums brought to my mind very directly how much we depend on nature and how richly we are gifted, actually. Mostly I get my fruit from the supermarket, but this one has some history at a place I love... Its ancestors must have been grown in gardens nearby or by farmers between the fields decades ago, perhaps even centuries. Then some birdie must have, umm..., planted the seed in our garden where it grew undisturbed for years. This spring it must have opened snow-white scented blossoms which fed bees and bumblebees. The fruit ripened until they were yellow enough for my dad to discover them. Wow! :lol3:
Cheers and nighty night!
Markus
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P.S.: To make a long story short: It's many years of tiny, unimportant history cumulating in a moment of joy. That's it! That's its poetry. That's why I'm so enthusiastic about a small bowl of fruit. :)
Now I'm really off. Nighty night and cheers!
Markus
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It seems dry to me, but anyway, I'll give it a try. :)
Thank you, Markus, you've made something clear to me. I've just had a long talk with mom about life, that... well... that it's hard and it doesn't bring what we expect. We also talked about these moments of joy, short but intense, that need looong boring or even painful stages of personal history. I'm not that giving-up kind, but sometimes I feel lost and stuck. But her and your words make me once again, again, give it a try. Thank you and good night! :)
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Oh I am so tired... my new job is very physically exhausting. Every day I come home nad just wanna sleep.
How are You all? :)
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Mostly the same, I'm at home only for sleep. I have dance workshops after work, and I'm going to leave to Debrecen for the weekend, to see an exhibition. :)
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Wow :) I like Your avatar so very much! :wOOt:
Then I wish You to have a very nice weekend :wink2:
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Yes, it's nice:
(http://edesszomorufuzike2.freeblog.hu/files/2010/03/Fodor%C3%81kost%C5%B1z....jpg)
I wish you too a restful weekend - will you be working?
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What's the meaning of the pic? It reminded me of my favourite pics in childhood. (I know, they are kinda "Kitsch", but I still like many of them).
No, in this one people don't use to work in the weekend, this happens only in some very important cases. :)
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It reminds me of flames, and she holds an oil lamp on a staff - we are dancing with a staff this week.
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Will You have some more videos? :wOOt:
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Omg, I forgot to past the link for my childhood pics. :) I am really not feeling well today. Just woke up after 5 hours.
So here: http://www.google.cz/images?q=reon%20argondian&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:cs:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=cs&tab=wi&biw=1024&bih=630 (http://www.google.cz/images?q=reon%20argondian&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:cs:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=cs&tab=wi&biw=1024&bih=630)
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Fantastic, Miri!
But isn't this a bit too scary for a child? How did you feel about them back then?
And Lucy, your new avatar is beautiful and suits you very well, and I like your new signature, too.
Cheers!
Markus
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Actually not :) I don't know, I simply loved them. I forced my mom to go into the gallery of his pics at least 2 times a year.
I absolutely forgot about them but now when Lucy reminded me of it... I see that I should visit the Magic Cave again soon. :)
I loved them so much that I wanted to be one of the persons in the paintings. The Magical World seemed to me very peaceful. I used to relax deeply in the gallery.
Pitty there are no proper big paintings on the internet - then You could have noticed that all the people in there have eyes painted so well that it seems they are live and watching You, and also on many paintings are the hourglass (sand glass) without sand :) So they are empty which makes it - eternity :)
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Well, Miri, then go ahead and visit the old paintings again! :)
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Those beautiful paintings... :thumbup:
It's 2:37pm, and I just woke up around an hour ago. This is the results of finally being reunited with all the band members and being on a Ramadan schedule... I came back home at 3am, exhausted.
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Wow... weird times, Jorge! Hope you're enjoying these days, anyway!
Cheers!
Markus
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Kris, this isn't a performance but a series of workshops, so I won't have any videos, sorry.
The paintings are very nice, not exactly my favourite, but I admire the painter's creativity, and rich imagination. :bow:
I hope you are feeling better now.
Thank you, Markus, my new signature is Castaneda- and Inception-inspired. :lol: Dreams are beginning to play an important role in my life once again.
Jorge, was it a rehearsal, or more like a party? :wink2:
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Inception everywhere. :lol3: Seems like I'll really have to watch it.
Cheers!
Markus
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Absolutely, Markus. I'm curious to hear your opinion.
Shares fresh avocado cream with smoked cheese and tomato Yummy! :wOOt:
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It was a jam that started really late. Since we decided to get together after Iftar (the meal eaten when the fast is broken during Ramadan), we began somewhere at around 8pm and ended packing at 3am. :whistle:
Jesus, everyone's talking about Inception. I guess I'm going to have to watch it too. :lol3:
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Gosh, I got the same problem like some time ago. Cervical backbone part blockage. Had to go to the hospital tonight :bawl:
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Oh crap, Miri. That sounds painful. :(
Get better soon!
Markus
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Thank You Markus, I hope it will :(
Yes, it is very painful... haven't ever experienced anything so terrible. Cause of that I can't go to work for maybe whole next week :(
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Get well!!! :hug2:
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Ouch Miri :-(
Get well soon :hug2:
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Are you okay now, Kris?
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It's bit better now... still when I am not lying I feel very tired of the pain very quickly... Thank You :)
How was Your weekend? :hop:
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It was great. I've met my personal death and had out of body experiences. I've been lying in the grass, breathing, had a lot of talk and I've left there lots of unuseful things that I don't need anymore. I've been walking in the forest by night, and I was and I am continuously "hunting" myself to look for other things and qualities I have no need of. And I didn't take anything serious - we've been laughing all day about ourselves. :D
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Wow, that's wonderful! :)
How was meeting with Your death? I like mine a lot, "he's a very nice guy".
So You had some lectured weekend? I'd need that too for sure :)
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I didn't want to come back, it wasn't my decision. I asked him a personal question, and he answered. He's a cool guy too. :lol:
Lecture? No. :) It was a weekend that I've spent with some friends with similar intentions.
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Oh, that's nice :) I wish You more of such great experiences.
I am bit envious cause I am not able to do such practics already for a longer time and I miss it.
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Actually I have been already thinking if the neck backbone part problems does not come from something like that. From unsolved things or such - as there is the throat chakra...
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Well, ask yourself "What is blocking me, what's keeping me away from telling the truth, to live my life?" Listen to yourself, answer honestly, and change. Act in another way. It's this simple. :)
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I'm booooooooooooooored! :D
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shares red oPorto with Lucy and others
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Oh thank you. :)
I realised that I almost never drink alcohol, just because I don't like it. But well, after refusing Hungarian brandy and fine Tokaji in the weekend, I drank half of my father's gf's beer. :D
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:lol3:
I usually do not drink too, You know me... but sometimes I like 2dcl of Porto or Campari with orange juice. And even beer I drink seldom when we go to the pub.
I am probably going to have a new cell phone this week. My got broken and that one which my mom borrowed also starts to do problems (does not wants to accept the right pin code so it again and again blocks my SIM and it's expensive to unblock that :/ )
All my money will go for that ¬¬ But at least I chose a nice one with good camera - so it can serve a bit because we don't have any camera.
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It should be this one: (SE W995) if possible red version :)
(http://images.bidorbuy.co.za/user_images/149/1223149_090629225818_sony-ericsson-w995-hikaru-walkmanphone-goes-live.jpg)
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This is mine (W580i)... they're very similar! And I have to say that I like it a lot! :wOOt:
(http://www.vidadigitalradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/sony-ericsson-w580i.jpg)
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Great, I am happy for Your review :)
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Small review :fish:
A best review, if you wish: I have the phone for almost 2 years, I think... and it's almost a record :biggrin: It only had some few problems because of the card, but I got a duplicate and problems no more. I never use the "walkman" function, but it has a good sound. The radio is not a bad feature, either! Normal camera... not a fantastic one (my phone, I don't know the future-yours), but good enough. Really good long-life battery. Nice. I like the colour a lot.
Anything else? :biggrin:
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Mine is 8 Megapixel :) I wanted a better camera for already presented reasons and also I like that it's walkman cause in case my mp3 goes wrecked, I will have not money for a new one quickly, so I can use the cell phone as a player in the meantime.
Another great feature I wanted from it is the wi-fi and GPS :)
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I see... Mine is only 2 Megapixels. Yours' better, no doubt! :roll:
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Check please this topic I created today: Some of You might be interested. :)
http://www.megatherion.com/forum/index.php?topic=3957.msg128720#new (http://www.megatherion.com/forum/index.php?topic=3957.msg128720#new)
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Shares hot white tea without sugar
My colleague brought amarettos and chocolate dipped cookies from her holiday in Italy! :yahoo:
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Thank You :) takes one cup of the tea.
Lucky lady! : ))
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It's not better with my ear.. I feel the same, it hurts me all the time (I don't want to take a painkiller 4 times a day). It's decided that I'm taking a day off from work tomorrow and going to Puławy again. (why not in Warsaw?) - to hospital or a typical doctor here I need to pay at least 50 PLN, in Puławy I receive help for free(I pay less than 40 PLN only for train tickets), no queues and a cheaper pharmacy..
I'm tired, was sleeping only 3 hours last night (from 5am to 8am) :(
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the doc should help You... please keep us informed and take care about the wind - not let it go into Your ears, it makes mess when there's inflamation
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Oh dear,
please go see a doctor very soon, get an antibiotic and bomb those critters away! An infection that lasts this long can do serious damage to your ear, and you don't want that. So it's a smart decision to do that tomorrow.
Get better soon and cheers!
Markus
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Keep your ears warm, and tell us how it went, please! :)
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Shares...
(http://www.zehrer.at/images/rapchil_200.gif)
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Shares her first kosher cake (well not really cause the fruit was cut on the same wooden stuff like meat and I do not have two ovens to separate cooking... but the ingredients are fully kosher):
(it's bit too much brown but with our old stupid gas oven it's not possible to have it baked inside and at the same time not burnt on outside :bawl: )
(http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/1180/dsc00036ui.th.jpg) (http://img72.imageshack.us/i/dsc00036ui.jpg/)
The stuff inside are dried figs and apricots plus sliced almonds.
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Pretty please, think of your sister and her two cats, and send some by DHL. :lol3:
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:lol3:
I will surely make this recipe better and better and one day I can bake it just for You in Budapest :)
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I'll have my new amp today, I'll be listening to music whole evening and night! :yahoo: Hm... maybe I'll start with SA... :evil: Laptop's speakers are... well... you know. :)
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terrible :sick: yes
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Today is my "after-surgery" check at the doc... we'll see what she says.
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Keeps fingers crossed tightly
Keep us updated, please. :)
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Thank You :) I will when I come home in the evening. Cause then I go to school and I have lessons until 18:00 :) Have a nice day dear Lucy! :hop:
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You can still send me an sms, will you? :)
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Sorry again for late reply... we had lessons of... Mishna readings, Jewish mystical and ethical texts, Chasidic texts... Then synagogal lithurgy and Special lesson for synagogal lithurgy and lessons with this teacher are very intenstive and without pauses mainly. :)
So I am supposed to be fine :) But I have to go for another check after 14 days or so.
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Dear Kris,
I'm glad that the results are good and that everything seems to heal out fine. :)
Cheers!
Markus
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Oh, btw: I had my third successful blood donation today, so now I'm at 1,5 liters. :biggrin:
Cheers!
Markus
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Congratulations! :D
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just came from school, goes to take a shower and put the pizza into the oven
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We had a bit of London's Great Smog of 1952 - I am forced to buy filtration mask :-\ from America. Here people do not care about the pollution but I always get fever when it's in the air but as here no one cares in shops are not proper anti-smog masks so I found some in America. Quite good price.
I will look stupid on the streets but I will die later :lol:
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Shares her second try for kosher cake (almonds, figs and dried aprikosen inside) - this time I fought the gas oven well with some know how I found on the web so it's finally not burnt from outside to make it baked inside too.
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs388.ash2/66687_1639632668029_1153153870_1764011_1656847_n.jpg)
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs056.ash2/36171_1639632908035_1153153870_1764013_1925653_n.jpg)
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:wOOt:
Jumps on the top of the cake
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I'd like to share the recipe with You's :)
(http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/9632/cake039.th.jpg) (http://img690.imageshack.us/i/cake039.jpg/)
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When I saw "New post" by "Guinan" I thought... who is she? Of course, who can be! :lol3:
And thanks for sharing! Perhaps I try it someday... If you don't know it, I'm better "cook killing" than "English killer" :innocent:
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or cooker killing? :roll:
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Am I not the English killer? :biggrin:
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Nah, not better than me captain Luthien
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Negative, dear Guinan.
As the captain, I must be better than you at that! :ninja:
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Make it so. ^_^
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I hardly speak.. Got sick with my throat..
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Take care Agnes, I am sure I do not need to tell You the advices of our grandmas - hot tea with lemon and honey :)
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just got milk with honey from my bf :) weeeeeeeee
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I saw a doctor, got an antibiotic (again... :/) and tabs for my cough..
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Try Echinacea? You should have Your immunity system tested...
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or maybe just change a place of living. Poland to Italy or sth ;)
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Barcelona? ;)
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why not :) I've never been to Spain :wOOt:
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You still have time to see it November 12th ... :biggrin:
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maybe maybe ;)
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I'm huuuuungryy...... but pizza is in the oven... will be ready in 10 minutes :yeha: anyone wanna a piece? :) shares
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I had oven pizza today too :lol:
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I've bought my new winter shoes today!
(http://www.etrampki.pl/files/foto/2009/Puma2009Foto1/Q4/buty-Puma-301865_01.jpg)
They are great! :yeha:
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: ))
(http://www.lowbird.com/data/images/2010/10/new-box.png)
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mmmm....lovely! I miss my cats! :wub: gonna visit them in 2 weeks.
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I gave my cats a shoe-box few days ago. They like it a lot! One is sitting in there, trying to defend the "castle" from the other one. :lol:
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http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/animals/invertebrates-animals/other-invertebrates/plankton_jelly.html (http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/animals/invertebrates-animals/other-invertebrates/plankton_jelly.html)
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:wave:
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That are really fascinating creatures. And the video was just the right length for a short digression in between. Thanks for the hint, Kris!
Cheers!
Markus Nontranslucenticus
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The Centophores or how they are called are so :wOOt: :blink: :blink: :blink: You know, the way they are luminating...
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Hey, especially to Markus - I think You'd like this article. It's very interesting.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-20023112-247.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 (http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-20023112-247.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20)
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Interesting article, Kris! :wOOt:
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My synapses totally agree that it's interesting, and they would like to thank you, Kris, for pointing this out to us.
Cheers!
Markus
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My synapses totally agree that it's interesting, and they would like to thank you, Kris, for pointing this out to us.
Cheers!
Markus
Which one of them? :ninja:
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All of us.
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I smell consipracy Luth :ninja: Markus is more minds :afaid: :ninja: :afaid: Markus must be a Borg :afaid:
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Not a Borg, I can assure you. But sometimes I argue with myself and sometimes I'm angry with myself - sometimes so badly that I don't even talk to myself anymore until I apologise. :insane:
:roll:
Cheers!
Markus
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I know that so badly :lol:
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my graphics card is dead.. I need to buy a new one.. Until I get the new one, I have to work on built-in card.. Can you imagine the difference??
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:roll: My bf just sent me this comic strip... I have to post it...
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ifEZfENNQOQ/TPKVCq17pOI/AAAAAAAAAFc/si1F-LthzL4/s1600/ko%C4%8Di%C4%8Dka+a+smrt.jpg)
Translation:
- Death: So what do we have here?
- (on the list: Kitty cat) - Death: Aha.... (like I see)
- Miaw, Haf, Vrrr
- Death: Greetings kitty cat, Your time has come. (Vrr, Miau)
- As far as I know today You are supposed to be clawed to pieces by the kennel.
... and that's why came here to....
OH NO! NO! You try this face anytime I come for You! It takes already 250 years! And understand - it can't be done like that!....
OH MY GOD...
GO AWAY YOU F-CKING DOGS!
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Love how you translated "Vrr, miau" (http://www.koalicija.net/hamsterz/Smileys/koulishn/rofl.gif)
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I'm struggling between my morals, my complexes and my dirty mind. :ninja:
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The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it. (Oscar Wilde)
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How true!
But I'm way too complicated for that, my opinions change every minute. :insane: Call me the avatar of indecisiveness! :nosweat:
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These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. (Groucho Marx)
(http://www.koalicija.net/hamsterz/Smileys/koulishn/zubo.gif)
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It seems that I've found a new band to sing in! :yeha:
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It seems that I've found a new band to sing in! :yeha:
Congratulation! :hop:
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Congrats, Lasse! :wOOt: Please tell us more! In 500 characters, of course. :D
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Congrats, Lasse! :wOOt: Please tell us more! In 500 characters, of course. :D
+ 1 :thumbup:
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+1
Of course we also want a video or a recording. :wOOt:
Cheers!
Markus
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Guess what, Summernight City is one of the audition songs from this weird Swedish metal band... :spock:
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So wait, which band are we talking about? :spock:
What band are you auditioning for, Lasse? :biggrin:
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(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__XCWUd8FFjQ/SoxLxfFhyOI/AAAAAAAAHqs/qtIAw8Zf5Bw/s1600/StMatthew.jpg)
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:lol:
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hahaha Feeling proud as I say that although I'm brazilian I don't feel any offended by this image. Actually, it's really funny. lol
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Since this ad was made of a church, I don't think that it was made for mocking him... :unsure: Just some kind of catching attention, and make people think instead of accepting things without reasoning. Was it for mocking, I wouldn't have posted that. :)
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Really? Well, it's a little ambiguous. Anyway, already showed it to my friends, as it's still a funny image. :P
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:roll:
Pretty provocative for a church. Like it! :thumbup:
Cheers!
Markus 8,7
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So wait, which band are we talking about? :spock:
What band are you auditioning for, Lasse? :biggrin:
It's a thrasy symphonic kinda thing. :) So yep, a metal band, probably exactly what I was looking for. :yeha:
We're all memorizing some cover songs these days to get familiar with each other, I hope we'll be a creative bunch of people for own material as well.
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Any concerts in the near future? :ninja:
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We're not even "together" as a band yet! :lol3:
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But I can already provide at least three persons of a crowd! :wOOt:
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:blush: :hug:
Who are the other 2 persons?
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Me and the two cats, natürlich! :lol3: :hop: :hop:
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How are the cats Lucy? :)
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Thank you, they are fine! :D Maci was neutered on Wednesday, and he's fine already. He was sooo sleepy the day after, and he couldn't coordinate his movements because of the sedative injection. But all was over soon. Now he is worse than ever. :D They are still so cuddly and friendly, they demand attention and lots of caresses. Futi loves water taps and washbasins. :lol: They are HUGE now, and Maci is VERY heavy. They are still growing. :afaid: They got salmon for Christmas, they also like cheese, grass, and they have to taste everything we eat. :D
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I didn't know where to post this, really...
I'm :blink: :wOOt: :unsure: :wacko: :huh: :huh: :huh: all at same time. I've found the most weird thing to find on the street. It was in a little wall next to some grass, in the street, near my work. It is... a Holy Bible, from 1870 :blink: :blink: :blink: It was (is still) humit, perhaps because of the irrigation for the grass. The front cover was besides the book, really crumpled and dirty, but in one piece. It still has the back cover and the loin, although dirty and crumpled, of course. But pages are well enough...
From 1870. What a :unsure: :unsure: :unsure:
When I saw it, I wondered what to do... Leave it there? Bring it back home? I finally got it home, but I'll try to find where I can give it. A place where they make some use of it, of course, like a library or similar. I like old books, I love books in general, but I can't have home a crumpled, massive book that I can't even put in the shelves (too big, too dirty :insane: ).
It's weird. That's all :spock:
PS. Near the place where I found it, in the outdoors of the train station, there is a small market where you can find a lot of things. I've seen old books there, so perhaps somebody bought it there, and then s/he lost it someway... That's my guess... :cht:
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That's what I call a find, Luthy! :lol:
Actually, I have found a very old book too, just like that, on the street. I kept that. :blush: Now my sister has it, because she understands Latin and she seemed to be interested.
I would say, if you like the book, keep it, if you don't find any use of it, find a good owner for it. :wink2:
Does it show any library stamp, owner name, signature, side note about its origin? :unsure:
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As far as I can see, there are two signatures, but I can't say antyhing from them. Nothing else... :ninja:
So, did you find a book in Latin in the street? Did you know how old it was? Is Notessomes sending to her followers old books in order to start the revolution or the World Domination? :wOOt:
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Perhaps the author is giving away some old copies for free, because a new edition is coming up?
But seriously, this is an amazing find - a book that's 140 years old! Don't you think you can have it restored and keep it? Or give it to a public place where you can visit it every now and then. "Donated by the Evil Queen Foundation" - how does that sound?
Cheers!
Markus
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Perhaps the author is giving away some old copies for free, because a new edition is coming up?
:roll: It may well be :roll:
But seriously, this is an amazing find - a book that's 140 years old! Don't you think you can have it restored and keep it? Or give it to a public place where you can visit it every now and then. "Donated by the Evil Queen Foundation" - how does that sound?
I'm not sure what I'll do... I already have my little comfy flat full of books, and this one is NOT small. Perhaps I'll ask in a radio programme where people ask where to find this or that, or where or who give this or that to... I don't think the public library of my city has so antique books, but a library would be an option... if the book was better. At least the covers are very bad, and pages are right now stil humit, and they have humidity spots...
Who wants to buy it? :evil2:
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I think that public place - like museum is very great idea... :thumbup:
In case You wanted to sell it... I would love too :biggrin:
This is so amazing huh? I would be also like this :unsure: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :unsure:
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The Holy Bible (http://www.turismodeamerica.com/?&n=la-santa-biblia-de-cipriano-de-valera-edicion-1870-encu&modulo=anuncios&seccion=ficha_anuncio&id=116026) :pop:
I've seen this page, and the book is exactly the same, with a few differences: mine do has humidity spots, specially in the firsts pages, it has the front cover separated (and, although in one piece, it's very crumpled), and it has two signatures in the paper cover. For the rest, it's my book.
What have I to do with that :blink: :wOOt: :disgust:
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Wow!
Are there any illustrations in it?
Cheers!
Markus
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Nope, not illustrations as far as I've seen :bawl:
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You can sell it :D in the link there's price 650 Euro for the bible :blink:
Keep it ;) It's great treasure
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Yup, 650 euros, but this one is a lot in better state than mine :bawl: Although mine is not so badly damaged... It only lacks the front cover (which I have, apart), and has some humidity marks... and the rest of the cover, a little crumpled and dirt :fish:
I still am like :blink: :blink: :blink:
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Oh Luthy, this is so fantastic. You should keep it. ;)
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Nice find Luth! :thumbup:
Today I was one of the official translators in a conference between Kuwaiti and Argentine businessmen. I skipped school, but the experience was good... And I'm getting paid too. :biggrin:
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Wow, that's important Jorge, and it's a great responsability!!! :wOOt:
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Oh, that's so great! :wOOt:
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Whoa, congratulations! :wOOt: I guess you had to translate between English and Spanish?
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Yep, it was translating from English to Spanish and vice versa. Pretty fun. :)
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Congrats, Jorge!
Yeah, that's a big responsibility. And it means using your skills, using what you've learnt, for the benefit of others as well as of yourself. This is what a job should be for. :)
Was that your first job? Did you start a war accidentally by mistranslating something? Did you start purposefully by mistranslating something? World domination is easier to gain if the world is busy fighting itself. :ninja: How did you get you get this job? Are you going to do that again?
Cheers!
Markus
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I got my laptop back from the repair center and it got f :censored: ed up on the following day (which appeared to be a Friday, after closing time). It's really getting seriously annoying, this goddamn machine spent 3 months there already in the past two years. I'll print some of my rights as a customer for them basterds. :mad3:
I want my money back.
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Lasse: :hug2:
Jorge: :thumbup:
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Aw Lasse, that's terrible. Maybe the laptop feels hurt by your Loyal name? :unsure:
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You should get a new one... we have a law here that if it's repaired 3 times - You have to get a completely new one or back all Your money.
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I'm back! :biggrin: Sorry for disappearing, but the past
weeks months have been quite hysterical... But it seems I'm back on the track again. :yeha:
My compy is fine (:P), I sent many applications to universities (to study English) and also going to take an advanced exam on history later in the spring/summer to get into a state financed course. :)
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Welcome back, Lasse!
Well, you've got a lot of things done - no wonder that you were super busy. I'm glad to hear that things are running well for you now. I hope you'll get the results and answers you want!
Cheers!
Markus
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Now just how cool is that? (http://www.ceskapozice.cz/en/news/society/krtek-hitch-ride-space-shuttle-endeavour) Especially recommended for Kris. :lol:
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:lol3: And I thought it's just a rumour!
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not a rumour - I've just read the same in the paper. :)
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Just few spring photos for a better mood x)
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=112059&id=1153153870&l=2f74f2479c (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=112059&id=1153153870&l=2f74f2479c)
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Oh my.... this was really a fucking stupid hell of a week. :)
So we made a little trip today with my bf :)
All pics taken in Prague:
Celtic menhir in small Prague village "Dolní Chabry". It's being called "Stone servant". Behind the fence You can see other one - it's supposed to be a "brother" of Stone servant... It was stolen (few centuries back I think) but few years ago it was found and placed there - in 2006. :) The tests showed that the stone absolutely sure cannot be from anywhere around the area so it was taken far from and brought to this place... As usual with Celts, we do not know why :lol:
(http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/207897_1954756665932_1153153870_2336770_1859088_n.jpg)
(http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/208556_1954755505903_1153153870_2336769_6563491_n.jpg)
The stone is silicit and this pic is from 1914 :) Compare!
(http://www.pooh.cz/100/pics/5-e.jpg)
Just some bush near house blossoming nicely :)
(http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/208479_1954754065867_1153153870_2336767_478045_n.jpg)
The narrowest street in Prague! It is about 50 cm wide only and You have to use traffic ligths for passing thru :lol:
(http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/206328_1954759906013_1153153870_2336774_3350466_n.jpg) (http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/207193_1954757385950_1153153870_2336771_1609684_n.jpg)
(http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/217603_1954758305973_1153153870_2336772_4900766_n.jpg)
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I MUST walk trhough this street!!!! I think all NTSMSers must do... at the same time! :biggrin: :ninja:
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Very nice pictures, Kris!
The menhirs are fascinating, of course, and the blossoms are beautiful. Yeah, spring is bursting forth with might now! and about the street, oh my... That'll be a bit of a challenge. :lol3:
BTW, I went to donate blood on Wednesday again, so now they have three liters from me. :biggrin:
Cheers!
Markus
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Congratulations Markus :) Can You do also autotransfusion in Deutschland? Here we can "make one or few packages" of our own blood to be stored in case we need it (car accident etc) - of course - because we are sure it will be "on stock" :lol: and also Your own blood fits You best :)
If You can, I recommend You to do so. :wink2:
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Thank you for the hint, Kris!
I think they offer these auto-transfusions here for pending surgery but not for accidents. Should I ever need blood then I won't be worried, anyway, because the blood conserves are checked very thoroughly for infections, so the risk to catch anything nasty is very low. And luckily there are still enough donors so that they always have a few drops in stock - even though it's a close shave sometimes.
Cheers!
Markus
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Shares:
Bio Fair-trade spiced milk chocolate :)
(http://static05.allesanna.de/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/600x500/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/4/0/4013320185766-AA/allesanna.de-Gepa-Bio-Schokolade-Kardamom.jpg)
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Uoá! :wOOt: Thanks, Kris! The menhir looks really funny with that fence.
:shares some fresh home-made strawberry jam with dark bread:
I can't donate blood because of some stupid law discriminating a certain minority. Not that they didn't check the blood for diseases and stuff, but that law still exists, and I've decided I won't try again until I have to lie.
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I see what you mean, Lasse. Yeah, there are some questions I find just plain stupid. :fish:
Anyway, after a long weekend I'll soon be off for a new work-week. :yeha: :unsure:
Cheers!
Markus
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Had the same problem, Lasse :( Now I cannot donate cause of pills - back then I could not donate cause of discrimination... It's non-sense now - when they have to check the blood. I don't really know why does it still exist.
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I didn't know that such a law exists. :blink: But I think that the certain minority takes better care about their health than the majority now. :ninja:
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It's cause of that prejudice that homos carry around the H.I.V. Which is not truth long time ago (if it ever was).... Still - it's only up to You if You say - oh yes, I am homo or no. Who can tell that You are lying... I do not like this about donating a lot...
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It's so sad that in so many countries there are still those stupid prejudices :mad3:
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Some years ago I would have said the same, Lasse... that I would never lie. Actually, lately I have "updated" my definition of lying. My own pride and some ideas would set me back from doing what I really want - so why don't call it outsmarting everyone? :wink2: I think that the people doesn't really care, only if they can make a victim out of someone. :(
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Guess what! :wOOt:
We have neighbour and she has a cat. Today we finally met at the door. (I wanted to get to know our neighbour already few weeks ago - guess why :lol3: ). Now when we met we had a short chat and she's leaving for the Easter time. So she had possibility to give Cica (the cat) to her father's place or ask some of neighbours to take care of Cica.
I will be feeding Cica for 3 days :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub:
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Hey Kris,
so you have an Easter kitty? How cute - I bet you'll enjoy this task greatly. I suppose the cat stays at their apartment and you have a key to look after Cica?
Cheers!
Markus
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That's so cute, cica means kitty in Hungarian. :lol3:
Is this the same in Czech?
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Yes :) I have a key, Markus :)
Actually in Czech it would be "číča" but "cica is in Slovakian - so - not far from Hungarian :) She told me she got a Slovakian name (dunno why).
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I'm happy for you! :wOOt: Enjoy the nice cat-company, and please post photos if possible. :)
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She's incredibly cuddly! :D She loves to be pet. She almost fell from the kitchen table how much she enjoys being pet :hop:
It's almost impossible to do a good pic of her. Cause she's still pushing her head against my hand with the cell phone :D
(http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/217530_1989377051420_1153153870_2382276_5417503_n.jpg)
(http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/224406_1989377291426_1153153870_2382277_1525668_n.jpg)
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So she likes you, Kris! :) That's nothing you can take for granted, so congrats!
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What a cute Cica! :wOOt:
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How cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute!! :wOOt:
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Hey folks,
I hereby declare the summer 2011 officially opened!
Because my eyes are beginning to burn and itch a little, so I bought an antiallergic today on my to the office. :lol3:
Cheers!
Markus Allergicus
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I still need to write 8 exam papers, go through graduation procedures and all that until I can say that my summer started.
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I still need to write 8 exam papers, go through graduation procedures and all that until I can say that my summer started.
Wish your work to be over as soon as it's possible!
My university is so useless and stupid that I already don't remember what is to write 8 papers! And it sound to me very :afaid: :afaid: :afaid: :lol3:
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Promises a goat to Notessomes if she gives a good mark in each of the eight exams One has to pass. :pop:
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Well, it's actually 13 papers altogether. However, at this point, I've already written 5. :biggrin:
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Promises a goat to Notessomes :pop:
This is so :roll: !
Get better, Markus! How is it possible for such a great friend of plants to have an allergy? :unsure:
And Jorge: you have all of my fingers crossed, though I'm sure you don't really need it. :D
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That' a good question, Lucy! :unsure: Well, it's not really a problem, just a bit annoying - and as my season is about to start I fetched something from the drugstore.
Jorge, the best of luck to you! That's quite a lot of stuff to do... how much time do you have left? Are you well on time? Anyway, you know my fingers are crossed, too. :)
Cheers!
Markus
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Thanks guys :)
Well, it's all on schedule so far. Six papers left to write. And a whole visa application to fill out as well. :P :cht:
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Excuse the stupid question, Jorge,
but have you already decided where exactly the visum should take you? :unsure:
Cheers!
Markus
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Not a stupid question at all...
I opted for Texas A&M for a handful of reasons. Cheaper, better credit from my IB classes (I could potentially enter as a second-year student) and because it's a well-ranked science/engineering university. And familiarity too. I've been in Texas before - not in College Station, but in Houston, which is relatively close.
And no, didn't see any racist bigots around there. :lol3:
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Hey folks,
lo and behold, the world is still here! :lol3:
Lucy, your cats were scared of the thunderstorm? Poor them, but I'm sure you gave them some comfort. On the other handside I was scared of a cat last night... I was at a small party at a lady friend's place who has two cats - one is a really cuddly animal, the other one a real attack cat. Too bad they both had to spend the evening in the bathroom, lest they vanish through the open patio door.
Well, when I needed to take a leak the attack cat was sitting on the toilet lid, hissing and showing her teeth to me in a most aggressive way. :afaid: :lol3: I had to shoo her away somehow... (Later one she was more peaceful again, just sleeping.)
Cheers!
Markus
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Hey folks,
I've just watched a documentary about the intelligence of birds. OMCD, that was impressive! You know those puzzles for little children - put the same colours together or put little building bricks of different shapes into the hole of the same shape? They had parrots who could solve these. They also had crows who were not only using tools but even making them. Nothing really new, but still it keeps amazing me to see other species doing that especially birds who were considered pretty simple-minded (i.e. dumb) for so long. :wOOt:
Cheers!
Markus
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Once I saw a documentary about a certain type of bird in somewhere (South America?) that made tools too: they had a kind of big stones, like big tables, with some holes in it: then, they carried their food, a certain very heavy grain, and put it in the hole. With something (I don't remember (the beak?) they were able to break the grain and eat its interior. It seems that the same type of birds was flying from really long away to that place, like "the place where the tool to be able to break the grain is".
Sorry for the bad memory :unsure:
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I also watched something similar like this. It was pretty interesting.
Also saw a documentary of birds copying sounds from neighbourhood. That was very funny actually. The camera guy was recording that bird in his nest and suddenly he heard the camera reporting of low battery - so he checked it and it was full! This happend few more times. He even changed the batteries... still the same sound so they thought it is broken and short time after they realized that the bird is making the sound of the camera reporting low battery :roll: It must heard it back then when he was changing the batteries few hours ago and now it repeated it. :lol:
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Prom's tomorrow. :ninja:
Oh gods, oh gods... I just hope they don't mess up my beard or hair when I go to the barber today. :afaid:
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Hey folks,
yeah, there are lots of surprising examples of clever birds. The sound copiers don't actually belong there, but they are so incredibly funny! Must have been fun to watch that camera man while the bird was pretending to be a low-battery-camera. :roll:
Luth, what you describe is the use of tools and hence something incredibly smart that nobody would have expected from birds several years ago. the stone is there and they use it. What they showed yesterday was the actual making of tools: Crows making hooks from sticks or tearing out pieces from certain thorny leaves. They made their own tools, which is even another level of intelligence. Really amazing!
Jorge, they won't screw up. :) They won't dare to! :ninja: But... you're aware that we want to see photos, now that you've mentioned it? :ninja: :ninja: Enjoy the proms so very much!
Cheers!
Markus
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Hey folks,
I'm enjoying a day off. :) It's Ascension, a Christian holiday. In Germany it's also Father's Day, reformed to Men's Day - an excuse to get drunk all day long. Since I'm not a Christian and prefer to get drunk according to my own schedule I just enjoy a day off and the chance to get some stuff done. :)
Cheers!
Markus
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That's so great, enjoy! :wOOt: I hope you don't have to work on Saturday either. :)
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No work this weekend, Lucy. :)
And I'll be on late shift on Monday, so tomorrow I'm hopefully going off for two whole days at our cottage, returning only Sunday evening. :biggrin:
Cheers!
Markus
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So it's time for you to ascend into holidays, finally... :innocent:
...or should I say "submerge"? :evil2: :D
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Is there any difference between those? :pop:
Anyway, it's just a single day off - tomorrow I'll be in the office. In the early morning. :afaid: But then it's weekend! :yeha:
Cheers!
Markus
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Oh no, I forgot about working Friday! :unsure: It's because that's going to be a free day for me! :wOOt:
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Free today? :mad3:
Free Friday? :ninja:
No way!!!! ¬¬
Not for me... unless you count as a "free day" having to work for 3 hours, and then run to the English oral exam. And then, of course, having no time to going work again, going to have dinner with Xiquet and end our "working day" :innocent:
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Best of luck, Luthy Queen! :wOOt: Show them the right way to spoken English! :thumbup:
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Best of luck, my queen! Let us know how it went, will you? :)
Crosses his fingers
Cheers!
Markus
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Thank you very much, my dear friends! Be sure that whatever the marks, I'll be able to speak more fluently than ever thanks to your company... It's very unlucky that so many months have passed and I've lost so much of my fluency :ninja:
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:huglove: Let's reach the next level together again in Prg. :)
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Which makes me wonder: What is "Que?!" in Czech? :biggrin:
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Que?
Que?
What?
What did You say?
Que?
:roll:
it would be: Co?!
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Greetings from Bonn, folks! :biggrin:
I'm on a business trip once more, going for an educational workshop. Company pays the journey, the workshop and the hotel. :wOOt:
Cheers!
Markus Viator
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Haha, enjoy the trip, High Priest! :wOOt: When are you going to return home? :)
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lucky you! I wish I had a payed workshop and everything else..
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Hell yeah, I do count myself lucky! I mean, the company is really spending money on this and that's a good sign. But chiefly these workshops are really useful, and, of course, fun.
Now I'm at home again. :)
Cheers!
Markus
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Yesterday I got back from MetalCamp festival! I have a day off to restore my energy and stamina :P I had a nice time, even thou this year only 3 days (last year I went there for the whole week! I didn't take camera with me, as to avoid breaking it, loosing it or spilling it with beer :fish: On this connection you can see some photos, the article is in Slovenian, on our national radio-television station/web page!
http://www.rtvslo.si/zabava/druzabna-kronika/foto-in-video-metalski-poljub-zivljenja-v-dolini-tolmina/262094
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That looks like it was big fun, Saphi! :thumbup: Are you on one of those pics?
Would be great to read a concert review or two, regarding your favourite show of those.
Cheers!
Markus
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No sorry, I'm not on those pics, I will get some photos this weekend. Will do a review, but I'll post it under Concert reviews topic :)
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Enjoying what is probably the last hot, sunny day of the year on my roofdeck. 8) There will be sun in the days to come but much lower temperatures, so I'm bathing in heat und UV-radiation. :biggrin:
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I visited a geological websites today and found an awesome joke :roll:
Planet meets planet and says:
Oh my, You look terrible my dear!
- Nah, I catched the Homo Sapiens...
Don't worry, this disease will pass soon!
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Good one :)
btw, check it out, the video was done in Puławy! - local park :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b4Gg0eK948&feature=share
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Can't watch it from Germany due to some copyright-thingy. :bawl:
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that's weird, the video was uploaded by the band.. try to find another video called: CLOSTERKELLER - Ogród półcieni (2010) but not live version :)
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Nice band. They've even got a song with your name. :)
But the other video ("Ogród półcieni" non-live) leads to the same stupid result. I don't think the band has so much to say in that matter. It has to do with the GEMA, a large organisation in Germany that administrates copyrights for the artists. Thanks to them, many youtube-videos are unaccessible from here.
Cheers!
Markus
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oh :( what a pity! if you want I can download it and upload on megaupload or rapidshare. hmm? :)
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Oh Gods, in plural, I have about another two hours before I leave to the airport :ninja:
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Good flight then, Jorge! Hope you arrived well. Let us know how you're doing. :)
Cheers!
Markus
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let as know how you're doing. everything, remember about the pics ;)
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Tomorrow I have and appointment at Manufaktura (the shop I wanted to work)... at 9AM. Wish me luck :ninja:
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*crosses her fingers*
Good luck, Delenn :thumbup:
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All fingers and toes crossed... I'm even tangling and twisting my hair to wish you luck :ninja:
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Thanks a lot! :-)
Luthy, isn't Your hair twisting on its own anyway? :roll:
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What do you mean? I have a Japanese-straight hair, as you very well know :whistle:
Anyway, it's twisting even more :cht:
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Fingers are crossed very tightly! Tell me when I can uncross them again. :)
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It was nice meeting with fine lady - she's going to call me next Tuesday.
She told me that she likes me and that it's obvious my mind goes the same way like the company's intention but that they have already lot of half-time employees so there's possibility there may not be space for another half-time anymore...
I wish very much it went well, cause it's not badly paid and they have still some meetings - lessons - about new stuff, about the things we sell - like how are they made... So I would be able to explain to the tourist single details of how the wooden toy was exactly producted and so... that's quite wonderful!
She told me she feels I would do very good manager one day :blush:
I wish so much to work there!!!
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I keep my fingers crossed then :)
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Sounds good so far. :thumbup: Fingers stay crossed, then. :)
It always speaks for a company when they give their employees a thorough education on their topic. :)
Cheers!
Markus
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Good luck Kris!
@Topic: I love my university's campus. Large, but nothing a good pair of feet can't handle. And there's squirrels running around! :biggrin:
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Aw :wub: I'm so envious! You know I always wanted to try how is it ... to live at the campus... not at home... simply being at school all the time, only with friends - no parents etc... :D
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Joins to the envious group! :ninja:
I'm happy all went well till now... But now... now... that's a totally different matter! Now you must study hard, sleep few, work a lot... -_-
AND PARTY, AND BE WITH FRIENDS, AND DRINK AND EAT WITH THEM AND ENJOY YOUR STUDENT LIFE!!!!! :yeha:
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I totally agree with Our Queen :) But I'd like to add ATTENDING THE CONCERTS :) e.g. of Devin Townsend ;)
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Delenn, I can't be there but I strongly recommend you to be there ;)
(http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l609/ContinentalConcerts/OOTDFlyernew.jpg)
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Thank You for the info Agnes :-) I didn't know. But I actually would like to see possibly only Van Canto. I was more likely thinking of saving some money for Finntroll show in October in Budapest... They are not coming to Prague :(
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SQUIRRELS! :wOOt:
I was more likely thinking of saving some money for Finntroll show in October in Budapest...
:wOOt:
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Lucy, can You please search the web for me? I would like to know the price of the ticket for the show. I don't think I will be able to attend but even though I'd like to consider the price etc. :-) In case I managed to get some money and also take my bf with me. He loves one of the other bands - Alestorm :-)
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Jegyár:
Elővételben: 5999Ft
Jegyrendszereken (Ticketportal, Ticket Express, Tikit.hu): 6499Ft
Helyszínen: 6999Ft
I just got it :-) Helyszínen means "at the place"?
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Yes dear :thumbup:
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Hey folks,
as planned, I went to donate some blood again. This was my eighth successful donation, so now I have given a total of four liters. :biggrin:
Cheers!
Markus
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I think the hospitals and blood-donate companies employ vampires. :ninja:
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Possible... yet none of the people or beings I saw had difficulties with the daylight, nor did anybody look especially greedy. :lol3:
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They must be genetically modified -_- :lol3:
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I'm sick :(
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Strained muscles, strained ligaments... in pain but happy :shifty:
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Hey folks,
I hope you're better in the meantime? Agnes, what did you have? Is it over or still troubling you?
Vlad, I suppose that was due to sports? Probably you have regenerated well in the past few days and are capable of the next achievements now. :)
Cheers!
Markus
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Hey folks,
as I hinted in the shoutbox they found a bomb from WWII here last week. That was quite a big deal... it was found during construction works right in front of a hospital, near the city center. First thing I noticed was that the tram had to go a wide way around the center, just when I was trying to get to the main station in order to go to work. :mad3: Later on they had to evacuate not only the hospital and a kindergarten right next to the bomb but a range of 800 meters! 20.000 people had to get away...
Luckily the experts managed to defuse the bomb, easily as they told the newspaper. Still it was a big deal.
Cheers!
Markus
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Wow, so did some crazynuts set it up or it was hidden there all time long?
Well, important is that the explosives were disarmed with no problem! :)
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Hey there,
it was really a remnant from the war bombings. A bomb that didn't explode when it crashed into the ground, got buried back then and reappeared when a hole was dug for some construction works. That kind of things happen quite frequently, even now after 66 years.
Cheers, anyway!
Markus
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Would You like to have a pancake with Icelandic president? ;D :wOOt:
http://invitations.inspiredbyiceland.com/invitation/87008?ref=list (http://invitations.inspiredbyiceland.com/invitation/87008?ref=list)
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Packs his warmest clothes and travels to the Northwest
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Hey folks,
when I was getting out of the tram today, someone was literally dragging a blind woman towards the door - before anybody could get out. :shifty: Well, he was eager to help - until the woman shouted: "But that's not where I want to go!" :blink: :lol3: :unsure:
Cheers!
Markus
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:roll:
It reminds me of another anecdote from a friend of mine. She was in the metro, and ready to arrive to the station. An old woman wanted to leave too, and she kindly pushed to button to open the door, but it didn't. She pushed and pushed, eager to help the old woman to leave... until she realized (or somebody told her, I don't remember what she explained) that she was pushing the wrong the button: it was the "force the door closing" one! :roll:
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Finally I've found a good, warm and relatively cheap winter jacket. I'm prepared for a snow now ;)
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That's cool, Agnes! I'm looking for a winter leather coat still. One guy I know has promised me one.
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Where's Loke? He hasn't been here for a long time.
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indeed... Loke, where are you??
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Hey folks,
I donated some more blood today. Got some sweets, a certificate and the golden badge of honour because it was my tenth donation. :wOOt: Well, it was the ninth successful one, so we're at 4,5 liters now.
Funny thing: The badge is literally called "Ehrennadel", i.e. "needle of honour". :lol3:
Cheers!
Markus
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Congrats, oh Great Donor Priest!
Will you wear the badge next meeting? :ninja:
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Oh god. "Needle of honour" - Give me creeps :D
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About 1,5 hour ago my notebook was "attacked" by Window f*cking Genuine Advantage. And guess what! Suddenly my browsers does not work and such. I really wonder how it got in there cause it must have happend today... But I wasn't downloading any programmes or such.
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Ouch, Kris, that really sucks. Hope you're getting your system clean and working again!
I'm enjoying two days off. :nosweat: Not that I'd be lazy, I'm ultra-busy preparing stuff for my dad's birthday, tidying up my flat, making the first Christmas-cookies... yesterday I also took a looong walk with Maggie and then did some shopping where I bought some new energy-saving lamps for my apartment (even trying LED light :wOOt:) and where I finally got a ticket for the second Ring-opera. How strange - a couple of weeks ago they sold me tickets for "Siegfried", which is played in April as the third opera from the Ring while they couldn't give me a ticket for "Die Walküre", which is number 2 and performed in March. :wacko:
Anyway, I got a lot of things done and I'll be a busy bee today as well. :)
Cheers!
Markus
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Hahah! I like the little LED Christmas lights! Last year we bought a chain of these but unfortunatelly they did not have the colourful or blue ones anymore :( - we were too late... I am used to have colourful ones since childhood and now we have only plain white ones :( Still bettet than nothing :)
And are You trying to get the ticket for the Walküre somewhere? Is it possible or You just have to wait for another months?
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Hey Kris,
yeah, those are cute! Perhaps you can get some colourful ones this year? I've never tried LED for real room lighting and I'm quite convinced now. :)
Yeah, I got a ticket for "Die Walküre". The very best ones were sold out already :mad3: so I had to take one of the best ones. :wOOt:
Cheers!
Markus
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The best ones are still cool ;D
Oh, I am afraid that we won't be buying any unnecessary things now.. so even though I'd like to get the colourful ones it's to expensive for a couple with only one salary :)
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My notebook is fixed for now :-) WGA cracked and also lots of "running on behind" programmes were shut down - most of them I even didn't know.
My PC is kinda quicker now :) Good! Cthulhu approved! :cht:
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Well done! :thumbup:
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I will have a job interview on Saturday.. I'm kinda nervous. It is a position of a receptionist in this School: http://www.en.music-school.pl/
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Congrats, Agnes! Being invited for an interview means you've taken the first hurdle. :thumbup: Fingers are crossed for the next step, of course - letb us know how it went!
Cheers!
Markus
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Our 40 fingers and toes are tightly crossed too! :thumbup: (I enjoy so much saying this. :nosweat:)
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Thank you! I can't wait :)
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I'll be thinking of You, dear :-) I know very well how hard it is to find a job. Not even talking about good job :-)
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Today I'm going with my friend to National Technical Museum (been there this Thursday with my bf - pics here: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2663498184027.143731.1153153870&type=1&l=a3d67fd55c (http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2663498184027.143731.1153153870&type=1&l=a3d67fd55c) ) - there's a workshop in connection with Parker pens exhibition - it's with Japanese calligraphist Harumi Yamada, we are going to make New Year's cards with Dragon sign and such. Of course, in case we push in :ninja: I hope it's not going to be too full :(
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no news yet but to be honest, when I went there I realised that I don't want to work there ;] Imagine 9 PLN (2 EUROS) netto per hour (and you work 9 hours a day) - a lot of work and small remuneration... Hope they won't call ;)
btw: I will buy (today probably) a TV Samsung LE40C630 and blue-ray player set (with speakers) Sony BDV-E370 :)
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Hey that's really almost like here... we use to get 2 - 2,5 Euro per hour (but brutto) - in case of such jobs. :(
I definitely wish You to get something better paid!
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yea, with my experience (a month in Chancellery of President of Poland) + English School (year) - I deserve something better!
btw. No tv yet or blue-ray player - we need to find something else, the ones we choose are almost sold (we would have to go to another city to buy it) and after an exposition..
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hey! some news from me
1. Got a job in Music School. I decided to accept the offer, any money welcome before x-mas ;) Probably I will start on Thursday with a training (also paid me 9 PLN per hour).
2. Got a fellowship from the uni. I will get 200 PLN (almost 50€) a month till September 2012. They will give me 600 PLN before Christmas as a fellowship for October + November + December.
3. We bought a TV: LG 42LV375S
Sum up: It was a great day :yeha:
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Great news Agnes! Congratulations! :yeha:
River, that sounds like fun :-o really! Man, I wish we had that type of exhibitions here :-(. Show us what you did :-)
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I join Eresh, show us what you did at the Museum :)
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That's what I made (amateur work of course!):
(http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/384588_2682579661052_1153153870_3082739_477960357_n.jpg)
And this is me with my friend Bára and Ms. Harumi Yamado:
(http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/392824_2682578501023_1153153870_3082736_1297182185_n.jpg)
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thanks for the photos! I really like the cards :)
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Great news, miladies! Congrats, Agnes, and Kris - good to see you again, and good work!
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well, Markus, I changed my mind. I will not accept the job. I would be home only on Sunday..that's non-acceptable. I need some life. And it's not worth less than 1000 PLN in December.. I will call the lady from Music School today that I can't accept her offer.
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Your decision, Agnes. :thumbup: Still it's worth a "congrats!" that you have the choice. :)
Cheers!
Markus
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Oh, BTW: Thou shalt not pee on your neighbour's house, nor on his car nor on any thing that is thy neighbour's.
And BTW: Glowing wooden vagina.
(No, I did not take anything, I'm utterly sober. :wacko:)
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Then, dear Markus, what's the explanation? :-)
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There are two, Kris:
Last night I visited my parents. Dad and Maggie accompanied me for a bit of my way home. As we passed a stair across a doorway, two Mormon missionaries went past us in the opposite direction. One of them came from the right side of the stairs, where there's nothing but a house wall, still closing his trousers. :fish: That's when a voice said those first words inside my head.
The second is directly from an open fire DVD I keep seeing in a nearby supermarket. Its menu offers a movie called "Glühende Holzscheide". Probably they were trying to write "Glühende Holzscheite" ("glowing pieces of wood"), but they misspelled it and gave it a whole new and creepy meaning. :fish: :fish:
Cheers!
Markus
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Markus, are you sure you're not on anything?
Last time I said anything along the lines of "glowing wooden vagina", I was drunk. Like really drunk. So drunk I woke up drunk the next morning. :ninja:
EDIT: Sweet Jesus Rollerblading Monkey Christ on a Pogo Stick! That explains a lot...
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You see? Reality... worst drug of them all.
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Oh reality... You are such a horrible thing.
That's why I tend to enjoy replacing it with alternate realities where I can slay dragons or travel back in time.
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I see. Pity You did not take a pick of that "vagina" :roll:
There's a Lonely Planet web where they collect these "lost in translations" :lol:
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Hey folks,
I took another long doggie walk this afternoon which took us about 90 minutes. The park I like to use for these walks is close to the city forest, and sometimes I enter that forest with Maggie. Today I managed something I had wanted to do just for the fun - and the pun! of it: I took her to the wolf's ravine. :lol3: We went through that and I even managed to find a neolithic burial mound which I had been to with friends occasionally but never been able to find it on my own.
Cheers!
Markus
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Hello everyone! It's been a long time since I last posted. How is everyone? Hope I am still welcome here... :unsure:
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Saphi! :yeha: Welcome back! :wOOt:
Well, I'm fine. Stressed to the max, but that's just my common state - and all in all I'm fine. How about you?
Cheers!
Markus
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Markus- how are you doing now? Having some time off for holidays? :)
I'm fine, perhaps just eating too much sweets :) You know holidays!
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Yeah, I'm fine - thank you for asking. I had Monday off and been working the rest of the week. Now New Year's Eve is approaching. :wOOt: Gonna burn off some fireworks and have a party with some friends of mine at a pub. We've got the poolroom to ourselves. :biggrin:
Cheers!
Markus
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Back in Canada. It's freaking January 3rd and I have class tomorrow morning. :ninja:
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I'm now an administrator of Polish Therion Website. :blush:
Thor don't have much time, IMO running the website is very important, I offered myself to help with removing spam, posting news and other things.
What do you think about it? :)
thor.megatherion.com
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Congrats, Admin Agnes! :thumbup: I'm sure you're a good choice for the job. Bad times for spammers. :biggrin:
Cheers!
Markus
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Markus: Nice! Hope you enjoyed very much!
Agnes: I agree with Markus! :thumbup:
The One: heh.. well on 3 Jan it was a normal working day after all.. I had to get up at 6 because of work.. and I'd rather go to class... :ninja:
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I am hoarse... Wait, no.. I lost my voice, can't speak. :shutup:
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I am hoarse... Wait, no.. I lost my voice, can't speak. :shutup:
Ouch, how nasty! Well, then you should grant your voice the rest it needs. Get better soon! I want you to talk and sing and shout along on concerts again.
Saphi, I did enjoy the party. Too bad that the lady whose birthday it was got sick, but she's fine again and we'll celebrate her birthday separately next weekend.
Cheers!
Markus
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Hey folks,
yesterday I made use of my Christmas present and did a simulator flight at the airport Leipzig (http://www.flugsimulator-leipzig.de/). :wOOt:
It simulates a flight with a Piper Seneca, i.e. a very small plane. Unlike the weather outside, which was quite stormy, we had calm and sunny weather for our flight from Leipzig with a stop at Riesa to Dresden. I flew along the Elbe valley for a while to practice steering.
Oh my, it wasn't easy to keep track of all the variables - speed, direction, elevation - at the same time. :insane: But with the aid of my instructor I did reasonably well. :) And it was big fun!
Now I'm thinking about taking real flight lessons. Especially for gliding these are not as expensive as you might think...
Cheers!
Markus
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Sounds very good :) And You have my all support about the real flight lessons. At least You can give it a try and find out if You really want that and if You do - You got a wonderful new interest! :)
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Two cold days coming up... they'll switch off warm water and heating from tomorrow in the early morning (very early for me, as I'm on late shift) until Thursday evening. :yeha: :fish:
Cheers, anyway!
Markus
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Hey folks,
well, the real flight lessons were another April Fool's joke... but tonight - no kidding! - Wagner's Siegfried is coming up for me. :wOOt:
Notung! Notung! See you and cheers!
Markus
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Oh, have a great time! :D
For me - it's Shelley's arrival tomorrow and Nightwish show :)
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OMCD - Shelley's visiting?! :wOOt: Will you have a bit more time than last time? But even if it's just a short trip - have a wonderful time together, and perhaps tell us a little of what you did. :)
The opera was fine, but it really took all the evening. Four hours plus breaks... :nosweat: Think I'll post a short report later.
Cheers!
Markus
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Only 25 hours stay again :( But still I am so amazed we will meet again. I really miss her all the time :) It's great to have a friend in real, not just net and letters.
Oh yes.... that's one thing I sometimes hate about Wagner... :unsure: everything so long :nosweat:
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So it'll be short but memorable. :) Make good use of your time together and say hello to her from us!
Oh well - at least now I know what they mean by "It's not over until the fat lady sings". :roll:
Cheers!
Markus
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:lol3:
Ok. I will surely tell her! :)
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I have to tell You some greetings from her too :)
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Thank you, Kris! I do hope that you had a great time together with lots of sightseeing, chatting, serious talking and just plain fun. :thumbup:
Cheers!
Markus
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Hey there guys! How is everyone? I hope things are all ok :) As for myself I just watched too many tv shows and I have work to do lined up until next two months.. I can't help it, I am always lazy on Friday evening! ::)
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Hi! Nice to see you around! ^_^
Today I have a very busy day: I'm going to Girona to make photos a flower arrangements through all over the old part of the city, and at night... QUEEN SYMPHONIC RHAPSODY at Barcelona! With certain singers like Thomas Vickström and Mats Léven (I think I know them from somewhere...) and a guitar player like Christian Vidal.
SHOW MUST GO OOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!!! :yeha:
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Has anyone seen new Nightwish lately? I'm gonna see them on 2th June during Ursynalia..
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I did. And it was awesome. One annoying thing - loooooong waiting for the band. (I mean really long). But that might been just problem of the particular show.
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What about the setlist? I would like to hear something more that Imaginaerium (or what is the title of their new album) - I want to look at Tuomas and Marco.. And I really prefer their OLD songs (to be honest, all with Tarja, I can accept some songs from Dark Passion Play (I have 2 copies of that album, strange) ;]
I think we won't wait long for them.
Here you can see some info about Ursynalia: http://www.ursynalia.pl/en/index.php
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I've checked the setlists from the EU tour they're doing right now and it seems its centered around Dark Passion Play and Imaginaerum. I'm hoping that when they tour North America (They'll be in Toronto Sept 20th, I'm totally going to that show) they'll play a couple of older tracks. And that they keep "The Islander" in there, because it's such an awesome song.
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I don't really remember the setlist. But actually there were much fewer songs from Imaginaerum than I expected. Few from Dark Passion Play and for my taste far too much from the times with Tarja :D
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I hope they will play more old songs.. :)
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Hey folks,
today we made a sightseeing flight over my home town and its surroundings. :wOOt: We had quite sunny and rather calm weather for that flight, which was an Easter present to my Dad and me. I'm so happy that - despite her fragile health - my Mum came along and enjoyed the flight a lot.
A second plane had started just before us and we could see it from above for a while as we were heading for our first site of interest.
On that flight we saw the famous five towers at our marketplace and the new stadium where the local team had just made an important match - a large crowd, all in red and white, was visible just outside the stadium, celebrating the rise into lowest professional league. But what I enjoyed most was seeing so many places that are important to me: Our beloved little cottage, even the table on the terrace clearly visible. The hill where I watched the solar eclipse in May 2003. Our city forest, the look-out in its middle. The place where I often enter the forest with Maggie and the park we're going through. The house where my parents live today - we even identified their balcony. My house must have been in sight, too (might find it on the pics later on) but my gaze was drawn to the artificial lakes nearby and its island and tiny islets I've seen so often from the shore. Another site where I've spent some wonderful evenings with good friends.
That was really a wonderful hour!
Cheers!
Markus
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Hey guys, so tomorrow I'm leaving to the hospital.
I hope I will be able to write when being there but I guess the whole Tuesday I'll be off.
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Oh dear - the best of luck, then! Our fingers are crossed for you to have everything going well. May you recover quickly!
A big hug!
Markus
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Markus has said everything.
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I wish you all the best, Kris! :)
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Good luck, and take care! We're with you, remember!
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Best of luck Kris! :hug2: Fingers (and toes) crossed here for you.
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Thank You :) I'll try to let You know when I am awake again.
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How are you doing, Kris? I hope everything went fine, without complications and successful!
What a nice surprise that you have internet access in there. I didn't expect us to stay in touch like this when you're in hospital.
Cheers!
Markus
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I've just watched the last episode of House M.D "Everybody dies". I want more House... :(
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I had the cell phone with me so I had the internet connection, Markus :)
Now I am at home.
The only complication was the reaction for the narcosis. I really could not walk whole day after and anytime I tried to sit or needed to go to toilett the nurses had to carry me and I threw up everything (still don't know what I did, cause I did not eat and drink anything!).
So they cut the adhesions and found those marks of the endometriosis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endometriosis) :( They sent the tissue for tests but they are almost sure it's this :(
For now I suffer from ugly pain caused by the gas they pump into body during the laparoscopy (to make them able see everything fine). It stays in the body afterwards and this little devil sits around my chest pushes on the lungs but mainyl on clavicle bones and backbone. That causes a lot of pain during breathing and every single move. I really wish it already went away. Last time I did not have this problem - but back then I had much bigger belly paint than now.
Well, simply typical after surgery stuff. But really the gas is my main problem now.
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So you're back home already? That was fast.
I'm glad that there were no major complications at least. And I do hope you'll recover quickly and that you'll be fine from here on!
Another big hug!
Markus
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Thank You :)
Well, they have a lot of patients there waiting for surgery so they try to get rid of You asap :)
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Hey folks,
I had a wonderful day off on Monday!
Last Saturday was the last Saturday that I had to work, and Monday I had a day off for that. Actually, a lady-friend of mine and me wanted to go to the museum but that's closed on Mondays. We met, anyway, and went for a coffee, where we met another lady-friend of ours. After the coffee we decided to go for a walk on the river and hired a pedal boat spontaneously. Oh, that was so wonderful! A bit hard when we had to pedal upstream, but still highly enjoyable.
After that we went to a small ropes course nearby. The second lady stayed down but the first one did everything there was to do - so she dared more than me. Still I was proud of what little climbing I achieved there - and depressed when I saw how easily the little kids managed all that. Next was the big double swing, i.e. two swings connected by ropes. Big fun. Biiiig, misbeehiving fun! :roll:
Finally we went to a park with some beautiful trees and even climbed them a little.
I hope to get a couple of photos of our afternoon soon. :ninja:
Cheers!
Markus
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That sounds good :) I am glad You had such a nice day! :)
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I really did. :)
And today I made a funny observation in the gym: There was a guy standing around, playing the big sports critic. For all competitions in the Olympic games and elsewhere he could tell you exactly what the athletes had done wrong, i.e. why they're all such incapable losers. What made the scene so funny was his belly-fat, the size of a medicine ball. :fish: Why didn't start his counselling with himself?
Cheers!
Markus
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Indeed, it must have been a wonderful day :) I'm so glad to hear that, Markus!!
I have been at the gym too (going there 2 times a week), I've bought a ticket for 8 entrances for the gym and swimming pool :).
I wish I had a nice day (lately I'm only sitting at home or doing the shopping, except of course going to the gym). I miss it all, meeting other people. Unfortunately, one friend is pregnant, another one is on vacation, and another one is at Woodstock festival seeing Sabaton and The Darkness.. Anyone would like to play ANY game with me online? May be Diablo 2, Heroes 3, Magic: The Gathering, Worms Reloaded..
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Well, that's not so great, Agnes. When will your friends return? Or is there anything you could do on your own, something you haven't taken the time for recently?
I'm not an online gamer, so I can't be much help here...
Cheers, anyway!
Markus
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I don't know. We don't meet so often (except with the one who is on vacation now, we are in the same group at university, but she doesn't live in Warsaw, she lives in Wołomin (quite far from me ;)).
Anyway. Today I'm going to Puławy to my mum.
At the weekends and in the evenings I watch movies with my bf. During the week I try to do some cleaning.. I can't find a job. And probably I won't come back to English School in September. Why? I want to see my bf ;) (he finishes his work at 4.30pm and I would start mine at 4pm..). I wouldn't continue the job because from October I will be on the last year of the univeristy (Which means I have to write my master's degree disertation). I don't have to add that there is Therion concert in October ;)
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Hehe, I meet this kind of people anytime there is some sports event... They all know so well, sitting in front of the box how to do it better and what an idiot is the guy in the dress running on the green grass! I always tell them that if they are so good and smart why it isn't them running on the green rectangle :D They hate me :lol:
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They may hate you, but they deserve that. :nana:
I'm up for an amazingly wonderful Saturday night: Swimming at the lake and a nightly picnic with my friends, and the cuddly predator will be with us. :wOOt:
But alas, so much to take with us - I think I'll go twice... :roll-eyes:
Cheers!
Markus
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But that sounds great! :-) I am just a little envious and I wish You had a wonderful weather so You could enjoy such a nice evening!
Don't forget to take some "anti-mosquito" protection :cht:
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Thank you, Kris. :)
Just been over there and deposited >12 kilograms of stuff. Now I'm having lunch, then a shower, and then I'm off with the rest. :biggrin:
We'll have some campfire-smoke against the little blood-suckers. :ninja:
Cheers!
Markus
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Never worked for me :ninja: But as much as I do have allergy for the insect bite or sting - it seems that I especially seem sweet to them =D
How are You today, friends?
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Hey folks,
yesterday I was visited by a Eurasian collared dove (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_Collared_Dove). It had landed on the little stretch of roof that's covering the balconies below my roof-deck and didn't look scared of me at all. It even flew up to the outer sill, right into the middle of my pots. It was at arm's length!
That's when I hurried to the kitchen and fetched some of my muesli which I offered to the birdie. I put the muesli on the sill, and the dove started pecking it up. :) It didn't really like the raisins (sorry, oh Beachiest of Queens!) and the other dried fruit but it pecked the cereal. How cute! :wOOt:
Cheers!
Markus
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Oh how very cute! :wOOt: So you are having birdseed for breakfast indeed. :lol:
I wanted to ask how was your weekend? I'd bet it's been fun. :)
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Awww :-) That's cute!
A week before I moved out of the flat where I lived with V. - a pair of these made a nest just in front of our balcony on quite a high tree.
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@German-NTSMS-Minions:
I didn't know where to write that, so I suppose the chit-chat thread is as good as any other :nosweat:
This week it has been in the news a tv program made in Germany in a private channel. It's a kind of Big Brother where 8 youngsters lived in a luxury house in Lloret de Mar (not very far from my town). During the day, it seems nothing important happened, apart from hangover, but at night, they'd go to party and party, and drink and have sex and be noisy in the city. Lloret is known by its "drunken tourism", although the city is trying to change that and look for a more quality tourism. But it seems that program didn't help to that effort... There is a German living and working (and owner of a discoteque there) in Lloret, Don Francis, who is the one who promoted the show, and he's going to be declared "persona non grata" in Lloret. I've heard part of the main song of the show, and it says something like "Lloret is noisy, is dirty, I love Lloret!". Not a good promotion, really :ninja:
Ok, the question is: have you heard about the show? Is it popular? Depending on the source, I've heard it's quite popular or quite unpopular; I've read it has been very criticized, or that the song is heard everywhere... I can't make up my mind about that. :blink:
Any German there to help me understand it? :cht:
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Any German there to help me understand it? :cht:
Unfortunately not, oh Regina Mea Mala Hispanica!
I'm so very much not into that kind of TV that I haven't noticed that show yet. So all I can tell you is that this show is obviously not big enough for me to hear about it - which is probably good!
Cheers!
Markus Germanicus
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Indeed, those are good news!! :innocent:
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Oh Luthy, You are right this definitely sabotages the effort of the city :-/
I hope they will be able to give the the status of persona-non-grata.
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János has just saved Futi from the halo (Lichthof), he helped her to get in. :unsure: What a relief!
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Is it the inner part of the building? Poor her, she got accidentally closed in there?
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Was it very difficult to save her?
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Yes, she has found an accidentally open door and window, and made an excursion. We heard the meaowing, and couldn't find her anywhere. János has let down a long wide furniture board so she could walk up to the window. :) She was so scared!
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Whew - that must have been quite an adventure! :nosweat:
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Oh, poor little cuttie! I am glad that nothing happend to her :)
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1. I'm losing lots of hair. It's normal, due to the hormonal re-formation, still, it's scary to have a handful of hairs fallen out after every washing. :(
2. We've been to our future homestead today! :wOOt: I didn't want to return at all.
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I hope this will return back to normal soon :-) Trust me - even without experience of being a mommy - I know how it feels everytime I get stressed.
Sounds great! :) How is it going with the buying?
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Everything is going fine, thank you! :) We will have a lot of work, but we can't wait to start. I'm longing for that peace and silence... only a few kilometers from the city. :wink2: Eating our own vegetables and fruits, and producing honey... You know, I feel like I will start my first work in my life that makes sense. :)
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Then You got a great gift :-) I am very happy You found Your way thru this world! I will keep all my fingers crossed for You!
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Wow, Lucy! :wOOt: That sounds like a dream coming true. You must be so happy. :)
I hope you'll keep us all updated when there are news or when you have photos of your new place.
Yesterday I spent a nice evening at the Lampion Festival ("Laternenfest"), our largest local fair. Friends, drinks, fireworks - oh, and I did a ride on a mobile crane! It had a platform for the visitors to stand on. We all had to put climbing harnesses on and then the platform went up to 40 m height. The view was splendid, but admittedly I had weak knees... :nosweat:
Cheers!
Markus
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Haha, I'm happy that you had a nice evening, Markus! :wOOt:
Oh yes :) finally I'm leaving for a life that looks much live-able to me. Wish my family would understand too... they only accentuate the negative sides and they are driving me crazy. I have to say that they are more interested in the flat than in me, and they are angry because I sold that. :( I really wish that they understand one day why I'm doing this. :'(
Of course I'll update you! :wink2: I'd like to share everything with you.
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Markus, that sounds very good. Surely it had to be a nice evening! :) A mobile crane! :wOOt: :blink:
Dear Lucy, they reaction is not that unexpected for me. I think that lately they watch You growing up very quickly. A year ago You were their child... and now, You have child on Your own :) They became grandparents which is very a big change for every parent. And You continue with all these big changes, You know what You want, You head to that point very straightly and quickly and I guess in their point of view it partially feels like losing You, like if You pushed them away (even if You do not). I also believe that the fact You sold the flat hurts them - as far as I know, they bought it orignally for You? I think that for them it might feel like if You - rejected such a gift? In the short term they might consider it from You as ungrateful behaviour. Cause yet they don't see the bigger picture, I think. Also they will have to get used to a fact You are not living "next door" anymore...
Of course, I do not know all what's going on, so I might be wrong.
Anyway, I belive it won't last long :) As soon as all the big changes become less "new" and You settle down in new place, they will see You are doing well and being happy, they will understand - eventually :)
BIG HUGS :huglove:
It will all be better with them, with time :)
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I also believe that the fact You sold the flat hurts them - as far as I know, they bought it orignally for You? I think that for them it might feel like if You - rejected such a gift?
Actually, they believe that it's (was) theirs. They are angry because there are too many flats on sale, so it can be sold for less money. And money won't be theirs either. Sorry but this is what I see.
Thank you for your words! :hug:
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That's quite sad, Lucy. But I hope that with time everybody will start to cope with the new situation. :)
I'm having quite a fine weekend. Yesterday I went to a small airfield in a nearby town with my parents; they had an airfield festival there. We did helicopter flights and my parents also flew with an AN-2, a large double-decker. They were even in the plane when three parachute jumpers left it. :blink:
I'm especially happy that my Mum joined us. For many months she's been too ill to do anything but now at last she's beginning to do some activities again. :yeha:
Over night, the cuddly predator stayed with me. In the late morning I had a loong walk with her and tried to lure her into the water. But alas, I had to swim on my own because the doggy didn't dare to go in deeper than her belly...
Cheers!
Markus
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Thanks, Markus! :) Well, I do believe that little Jácint's pure existence will be a great help here. :wink2: After all, everything will be his when we are gone. :)
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Hy there everone! I'm sorry I was absent for so long. Time really flies.. I thout it was just two or three weeks since I last visited, but it was like.. ages :afaid: How are you guys? Is everything ok? I hope you are all alright and that you can forgive me my absence. I feel really bad not being here more often, I don't like loosing contact with my friends. :bawl:
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As I said in the other thread, Saphi: Welcome back! Of course you're still welcome and of course we'd be glad to read more from you again. :)
Yesterday I had a fast-paced walk of two hours through park and forest with the cuddly predator. :wOOt: Finally I've rediscovered two ancient burial mounds which I had visited with friends before but never found on my own so far. :nosweat: I knew they had to be in that general vicinity and roamed it whenever I was there. So yesterday I finally found the way again.
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Thank you again :) I'm so tired and so lazy, had a long day, even thou we finished working way earlier than I thought we will..
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Hey folks,
I was donating blood again. :ninja: The doc took my blood pressure and was enthusiastic about it: "That's a blood pressure money can't buy! :wOOt:" which made me quite proud - as this is something I've been working for. :biggrin:
So this was my 13th successful donation - 6.5 liters altogether.
Cheers!
Markus
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Congratulations!
That's one hell of a step for healthier body! :-)
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Congrats dear Markus! :thumbup:
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I had an awesome afternoon today! :wOOt:
At work, it was very tough today (yeah, I got a job... but let's see how long does it last - I have some stuff to add to the Changes topic, I know, then You will understand). Then I went to the Old Town Square to check about something and there was a flock of birds flying over my head and I was jsut thinking: Oh God, please don't make them to shit on me! :D
And guess what happend! :nosweat: My wonderful new t-shirt got the hit! Just about few seconds I had that thought!
And then I told to myself - goddamnit! Let's go to my fav pub and have a pint of Guinness! Alone! Who cares!
And there - it was awesome. :-) I remember the pub since I was at high school. Acutally I had there beer few times even though I was still under the permitted age. :D
That's about 10 years ago! I loved that place back then and I love it still. Today I finally met the owner (the newer one - there was trouble years ago so the pub got a new owner but that is already also years ago) and had a little chat and he also brought me a beer.
They are such a nice people!
Also one awkward situation happend there :roll: with my first girlfriend.
And also my ex bf - V. came there to meet me.
But it was simply awesome there. It is a long time since I felt so great in some place.
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I'm glad, that you had a great day, Kris :)
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:hop: thanks!
I hope You had a nice day too :-)
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Yes :) It was ok :) Nothing special :)
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Very well done, Kris! :thumbup: I'm glad you have a job, at least for the time being. And I'm very glad that you had such an unexpectedly fine day. :yeha:
Now I'm curious about your next posting in "Changes"...
Cheers!
Markus
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Great, you have a job! I hope it lasts long and that you will like working it :)
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I'm happy to read this, Kris, congratulations! I'm looking forward to reading more about your new job. :)
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Oh and I've just realised that I have registered here exactly 6 years before my son was born. :D
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But that's amazing! :wOOt:
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Really, Lucy? How cute is that?! :wOOt:
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Dog Keeper's Tips #57
Use the Invisible Leash (tm) when walking your dog through a heavily mouse-infested area. That will get your dog some exercise and also save you a lot of money on animal food.
BTW, when following that tip this morning a car stopped next to me on my way towards the river. They asked me for the way to the boat race course; there's a race there today and they were taking a girl of about twelve years as a contestant there. On the way back I happened to see them again.
Then I happened to meet an employee from my team. We greeted each other, talked about the doggies (he has one but had left him at home) and he told me that his nice is participating in the race. Next thing you know, that nice came to her uncle - and of course it was the girl I'd seen twice before. :roll:
Cheers!
Markus
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Dog Keeper's Tips #57
Use the Invisible Leash (tm) when walking your dog through a heavily mouse-infested area. That will get your dog some exercise and also save you a lot of money on animal food.
BTW, when following that tip this morning a car stopped next to me on my way towards the river. They asked me for the way to the boat race course; there's a race there today and they were taking a girl of about twelve years as a contestant there. On the way back I happened to see them again.
Then I happened to meet an employee from my team. We greeted each other, talked about the doggies (he has one but had left him at home) and he told me that his nice is participating in the race. Next thing you know, that nice came to her uncle - and of course it was the girl I'd seen twice before. :roll:
Cheers!
Markus
A mouse-infected area is something Shaitan would like to visit...
http://s2.ipicture.ru/uploads/20121009/WH7tKZ66.jpg (http://s2.ipicture.ru/uploads/20121009/WH7tKZ66.jpg)
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How cute! Does he play the bass or only sit behind it?
Oh, and welcome back! Let us know how you are. :)
Cheers!
Markus
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How cute! Does he play the bass or only sit behind it?
Oh, and welcome back! Let us know how you are. :)
Cheers!
Markus
Of course, it's he who plays bass ))...
I'm okey, thank you )). I graduated from the university several months ago and entered a college... I've been extremely busy since January. ))
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And you? ))))
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Hey folks,
today Amazon has offered me "the new album by Richard Wagner". I wasn't aware that he's still writing stuff. :blink:
Cheers!
Markus
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I think it means a newly made record of his stuff :-) I mean, some orchestra recorded their version. The computer just does not recognize such stuff so it was represented as new work from Richard Wagner while it was meant as a new record of his old work :-)
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Yup, that's probably what they meant to say. You're surely right. But their software isn't programmed optimally when it sends mails like that.
Cheers!
Markus
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Not opened yet, but I have this nice German wine on my fridge (btw... Markus, who said that Spanish wines have more alcohol than the German ones? This one is 13º... not bad for a white wine)
(http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/Luthien32/IMG-20121121-WA0000.jpg)
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Nice one, Luthy! :thumbup:
That's really quite strong for a white wine, and for a German one, and for a white German wine.
Is that a part of your language education? :wOOt:
Cheers!
Markus
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Is that a part of your language education? :wOOt:
Nope, it's part of the fact that Xiquet had to travel to Ingelheim again, and him staying in a hotel called "Wasem Weinhotel" :innocent:
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I see, oh Regina Mea Mala.
Well, wine is always a good tribu souvenir. Enjoy it - and remember that white wine is better drank cooler than red wine.
Cheers!
Markus
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Hey folks,
I've done quite a lot of economic promotion today - i.e. spent quite a lot of money. My old washing-machine is about to go down the way of all earthly things, so I've spent a few bucks on a new one. Plus I've bought a ticket for public transportation for a whole year. That's much cheaper than buying twelve monthly tickets, but it's gonna be another hard blow to my bank account. :nosweat:
On the bright side, the washing machine is to be delivered on Saturday already. They're gonna carry it up to the 6th floor, plug everything in and take the old, broken one out.
Cheers!
Markus
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that's great. Markus! In Warsaw I can buy a ticket for 3 months (the longest term one), and on my travel card I can register 2 tickets of the same type, which means, in the end on December (new tarriff comes with 1st of January 2013), I will buy 2 tickets for 3 months - that gives us 6 months. And I will save some money. A ticket for a year (and veeeery cheap is available only for people with age 65-70. For older people it's free to travel in Warsaw. I wish I was old now ;)
Buying a washing machine is coming soon, I hope it will happen in May 2014 :P
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They're gonna carry it up to the 6th floor
Jesus! erm... Unholy Cthulhu! :nosweat:
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Oh yeah, they're gonna have fun this Saturday. :evil2: But after all, that's where High Priests live - otherwise I'd be a mere ground-floor priest. :lol3:
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:lol3:
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It is coming... just a bit more and... so excited.. ^_^ :wub:
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What is coming? I've missed something? :unsure:
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Ummm, yeah, Saphi - excuse the dumb question, but what is coming? :unsure:
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:unsure: I'm confused as well!
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Hehehe, :lol: no you are not confused or missed anything... we (me + Aljaž) are gonna have our 3rd anniversary in a week :btfly:
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But...
CONGRATULATIONS!!! :wOOt:
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Congrats indeed! Three years, that's quite a lot of time. :thumbup: Well done, you two, and all the best for your future!
Do you have any plans how to celebrate that date?
Cheers!
Markus
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cogratulations Saphi!! I recommend a good wine for 2 :)
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:yeha: :yahoo: :yeha: :btfly: MACI IS FOUND AND HE IS BACK HOME WITH US!!! :hop: :yeha: :yahoo: :yeha:
He's been wandering for 13 days in the wild, and finally entered a house 5 km far, :blink: where they fed him and they could read the phone number on his collar.
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Congrats Saphi! :nosweat:
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that's great Lucy!!
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5 kilometers - that's next door out there, isn't it?
Anyway, stupid him to leave your place and to put you in such worry. But smart you to give him your phone number!
Cheers!
Markus
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I am so happy to hear that, dear Lucy! :-) I hope he will never do the same thing again!
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Thank you dears :) It's actually next Monday, but we decided to celebrate a bit sooner, since Monday is already a work day.. we are going to Vienna for a day and perhaps some dinner on Monday :)
Lucy, I'm glad he is back and safe :) :thumbup:
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That sounds lovely, Saphi! Enjoy your trip a lot. :)
Cheers!
Markus
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guys, I bet you will recognise the riff in the beginning in this song of a Greek singer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaktH4aD8Rw
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Yes indeed, Agnes! Thank you for sharing this. How did you discover it? Do you know whether this is coincidence or a conscious sampling?
Cheers!
Markus
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One polish fan posted it on TMP Forum facebook group. We are wondering why we can hear this riff in the song. I don't know what it is, coincidence or sampling.. Maybe we should ask Chris?
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Yesterday, in the evening, me and my bf decided to exchange gifts for X-Mas. I've got Diablo 3 :D yaaaay!
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Christmas presents, Agnes? Isn't that a bit early? But what the heck - gives you more time to play with it. :biggrin: Have you started already?
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well, we only exchanged 1 gift ;) more to come :P I started to play, I'm on 18th level now, in Kaldeum, killed Mahda and saved Adria. I like it. But I shouldn't play Torchlight before... my sister has bought Diablo 3 2 weeks ago, we can play together ;)
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So you're enjoying it. :biggrin: That's how it should be - obviously he found a good present for you. :)
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I find it quite funny! :fish:
(http://sphotos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/12618_311071608992314_1848610289_n.jpg)
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I've met similar one already :D I find it quite funny too!
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Wonderful! :roll: Just my kind of humour. :thumbup:
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Best thing I've read today on the Internet:
"Friendly reminder that the Mayan calendar ends on Friday. If you have any Mayan friends, a new calendar would make a stellar Christmas gift."
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Good one! :roll:
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:roll:
I don't know any Mayas, but the daughter of my best friend is called Maja. :biggrin:
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:lol3: :lol3: :lol3:
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Hey folks,
so I went to the small nearby mall that had opened today as a special event. I was just going on a small errand for my mom. I came in, and on the stage, singing Christmas carols in front of little children and their grandparents, was the moderator of the fight-night two days ago. :blink: :lol3:
Cheers!
Markus
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NO kiddin' :D
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That's exactly what I was thinking when I looked a second and third time, but I did recognise his unbearable smirk. :roll:
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Hahaha this is great! :roll:
Speaking of which, how was the fight-night? :)
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I'm enjoying that we can burn the crust of the walnuts, pistachios, peanuts we eat, in the stove. :D
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Oh, I can imagine, Lucy! You can guess how much I'd enjoy that, too - little pyromaniac that I am. Have you ever noticed how funnily walnut-shells burn? Those little jets of fire shooting out of the shells? Also I always find it amazing how much heat a single shell gives.
Do you have a walnut-tree of your own out there?
Anyway, enjoy the winter-nights by the stove! :)
Cheers!
Markus
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Hm, I am bit envious about the stove! :-) I'd love to have that too!
It's great to use everything from the food without wasting anything - isn't it? :)
I myself would like to wish you all Happy New Year! :-) I hope year 2013 will be much better than the 2012, it seemed quite disaster-like to me - and I am not counting only myself but to all of my friends were happening very bad things too.
I wish you all a lot of health - cause that's the most important, love and success (cause that is important too even though people do not like to hear or admit it :-) Simply all the best! :hug: :hug: :hug:
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Haha Markus, when you come to visit us, we will make a three-storey bonfire in your honour! :lol3:
There are more walnut trees out there, one in the courtyard is especially huge and nice. This year they didn't have any fruits because of a late frost. :( We'll see next year! :)
It's great to use everything from the food without wasting anything - isn't it? :)
Exactly! :wOOt: Whenever we have leftovers, cats are more than happy that they can eat it. :D Next year we are planning to have one or two dogs too!
Thank you very much for the wishes, Kris, I wish you the same! Happy 2013 to you all! :huglove:
Pops alcohol free rosé champagne
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yummy! :wOOt:
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:wOOt: What an offer, Lucy! :wOOt: :fireevil:
So can have your own walnuts? But the pistachios and peanuts must be bought, I suppose.
Thank you for your good wishes, miladies! I'll join you and wish you all an enjoyable New Year's Eve and a Happy New Year! I wish you all the best. If 2012 was a bad year for you, may 2013 be a much better one. If 2012 was a good one, may 2013 be at least just as good.
Cheers!
Markus
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To all my NTSMS friends, I wish you a very good year 2013. For those who had a bad year, definitively, have a better one! If it had been good... well, next year must be better!
Usually people thinks that number 13 is the bad luck one... I tend to think the contrary. I like number 13, and a lot of good things in my life have that number. So, I strongly wish that number (20)13 brings you all the good things and throws far, far away, all bad things.
:pop:
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I can only join all the wishes and wish all good things happening to you/us all. I wish you all HEALTH, if you are healthy, everything else won't be such a problem anymore.
Cheers! :cheers:
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Well folks, in my current timezone, there's only about 45 minutes left of 2012. It's been a crazy year, with lots of ups and downs, tons of amazing shows, quite a lot of miles covered and lots of good friends; and that last part includes all of you guys.
May 2013 be a year of happiness and greatness. Cheers! :fish:
...Dammit, that was the wrong bottle. There. :cheers: That's better. Cheers!
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Thank you dear Jorge! I wish you all the best and loads of love! :thumbup:
I hope all of you will have a great year 2013 filled will more good than bad, more sun than rain and more love :) :wink2:
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Hey folks,
so yesterday I went to donate blood again. They have 7 liters from me now. :wOOt: I got a cute little pin for my loyalty as a blood donor - but the meal afterwards was counted. Two half buns for each donor plus a piece of cake. :blink: They've never done that before and actually I don't quite like that. In fact I had hoped for a special meal because the blood donation took place in a big hotel, but alas!
Anyway... today I found a notice that UPS tried to deliver a small parcel to me. I have no idea where it's from. :blink: All I've ordered recently were a few tomato seeds, so what could be in that parcel? :unsure: I'll try to have it delivered to my office because they'll never catch me at home. :lol3:
Cheers!
Markus
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It wasn't me, I swear, this time. :unsure:
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Nah, really not, Lucy. :lol3:
It was a valuable shopping-voucher that I had ordered and that wasn't sent by regular mail. I asked them to deliver it to my office, where it arrived today. :)
Cheers!
Markus
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I passed almost all my exams at the uni :) (max note is 5.0)
History of administration, economy and blahblahblah - 4.5
Creative thinking - 5.0
Intellectual property - Results on Wednesday
Seminar - I still have to write the first chapter of my dissertation..
Land management - results of Thursday
Building code - 5.0
Social policy - 4.5
Projects to EU - 5.0
Human Resources - test tomorrow :)
Keep fingers crossed :)
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Congratulations Agnes! :-)
I will keep my fingers crossed for you then!
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Congratulations from me as well, Agnes! And of course I'm crossing my fingers for the remaining exams to end as successful, too. :)
Cheers!
Markus
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Human Resources - passed on 5.0 :yeha:
tomorrow I should have more results :)
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:yeha: :bow: :yeha:
Congrats, Agnes! This is wonderful news! :biggrin: Seems your hard work is paying off now. :thumbup:
Any more exams coming up or have you taken them all now?
Cheers!
Markus
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I've written them all. Waiting for the results of Land management and Intellectual property. What is left to do: write a first chapter of my dissertation ;)
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So I'm crossing my fingers for that! :thumbup:
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Well done, Agnes! Congratulations! :thumbup:
What will you write your dissertation about? :)
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European Monetary Integration - so summing up - euro zone - history, effects, future :P
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Good luck with that! :-) So after that You'll be miss Mgr. Agnes :biggrin:
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yup ;)
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Hey Agnes,
that's surely an interesting topic - controversial and current, when you follow the news. :thumbup:
Keep us updated and give us some insights, please!
Cheers!
Markus
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I will try ;) Ps. No results from Intellectual Property.. The lady is sick and cancelled her, how to call it... duty? I have to wait another week to get info what I've got and get my note in the matricula.. Ehh...
Anyway, I should know today or tomorrow what I've got on Land management.
UPDATE:
Land management - I got 4.0 on a test. But I've written an extra essay - it will add 0.5 to my grade - I will have 4.5 - not bad :wink2:
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So we went bowling yesterday in the afternoon as a little team-event. I didn't do so bad, considering that I don't have any practice as I never go bowling. Among nine players I had the third-best score. :biggrin:
Cheers!
Markus
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I love bowling! :D sounds great!
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Congrats, High Priest! :thumbup:
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Thank you, Lucy! :)
Indeed, Kris, it was fun. Not OMCD-I-want-that-again-ASAP-fun but indeed-that-was-fun-fun. :lol3:
So we'll have to go bowling when I get to Praha again?
Cheers!
markus
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I have never tried bowling..
Ps. got the results today - Intellectual Property - 5.0 ^^
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Congratulations, dear Agnes! ;) You're amazing!
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Wow, Agnes, all those great marks! :bow: Congrats, really!
Time for the companies to apply for you... :biggrin:
Cheers!
Markus
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I wish they apply for me, Markus.. It's so hard to get a job :/
But now I have to write a first chapter of my dissertation until the 15th Feb. I'm too lazy!
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Go, go, go, goooooooo! :thumbup:
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I have started.. uff!
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:yeha: :bow: :yeha: :bow:
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This would save A LOT of time..
(http://i1.kwejk.pl/site_media/obrazki/2013/02/ea0b3b374b4971804ff8b90fb4369d44_original.jpeg)
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Sorry, Agnes, but what would save a lot of time? :unsure:
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this: http://kwejk.pl/obrazek/1656529 ;)
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Hell, yeah, that would be so useful! Where can I get that?
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Hey, happy Valentine's Day everyone! :-) I found this wonderful old postcard pic at NRAO websites on facebook and loved it, it is a Valentine's Day card but so unusual, so I picked it - better than the usual ones...
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/426529_10150617546702969_1732310667_n.jpg)
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Hey Markus :)
Have you heard of the "mission" Mars One? What do you think about it?
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Hey Kris,
do you mean the one-way-mission? Difficult... of course it's easier to get up there when you don't have to care about the way back, but then again this means sending these people into certain death. I'm not sure what to think of this.
Cheers!
Markus
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When I read that, I thought "is it April's fool, or is it the future?". Now, I think it's perhaps an insanity, but we'll see...
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You know, Luth,
the point is that anyone flying to Mars is risking their life. So did all the astronauts so far, all the discoverers of old times. Uneasy as it feels - if we accept that fact, then how can we argue against this latest idea?
Cheers!
Markus
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I am still myself not sure if this isn't just some kind of joke. But so far it seems those guys are serious :)
About the "certain death". Well, when writing my question, I realized that if this happens - we are living a sci-fi book :) All the tales about these first tries I read so many times and they seemed so... unreal, impossible. And now someone comes with this plan.
I'd have to read more further what plans do they have exactly. But I have to tell you. There was a moment when I was thinking - hm, do I want to participate? Do I want to give it a try? :) Isn't that what I always dreamed of?
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/164899_10151551243954826_1978180343_n.jpg)
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Oh Kris - only if they put up a decent internet connection and if you invite us all for the first extraterrestrial NTSMS gathering! :wOOt:
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Umm... something else: Jorge, you've hidden the fact very well in a side-remark in the weather-topic, but you had an exam a week ago? How did it go? I hope you were successful!
Cheers!
Markus
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I had an amazing experience tonight! :)
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Did you, Kris? :wOOt: What happened? Now you've made us curious, you know...
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What happened, Kris? :hop:
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Yeah, Kris, what happened? :w00t_jump:
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I was in a cinema yesterday. It is one of the group of independent cinemas here in Prague. :-) There was a projection of a new Icelandic movie by a famous (maybe not to everyone) director Baltasar Kormákur. He made movies like 101 Reykjavík, Contraband (Hollywood movie) and Jar City (Mýrin in Icelandic). The Jar City was quite famous. In my country on the Karlovy Vary movie festival it even won 2 awards.
The new movie is called The Deep/Djúpið (http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/tiff/2012/deep). It is based on real story.
The projection was special because the director stopped by to introduce the movie himself :) He was on his way from Berlin to Budapest and he decided to stop by (it was planned). After the movie there was a discussion too. I was too shy to ask anything in front of the whole room full of people. But when the discussion ended I decided to ask him for an autograph and asked him then. He was very nice and funny the whole time. I got the autograph and the answer, handshake and that's the end of the fairytale! :D
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/390664_10200895670891377_2073972692_n.jpg)
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It's so lovely, Kris, I'm so happy that you could live this! :wub: I like his autograph. :D
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Thank you. I am very happy too. I am still living from it :D It was a precious moment for the rest of my life.
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I see, Kris. :)
Yeah, that must have been a great evening for you. I'm so glad for you! Did you know that Kormákur would drop in or was that a surprise to you?
Cheers!
Markus
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No, I knew that. The cinema had it planned so it is even written on the ticket :-)
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I see. Well, congrats again - I'm glad that you had such a great evening. :thumbup: :) Would you like to tell us what you asked him and what he replied?
My last night out was less spectacular. I joined a buddy's party after I was done with work and had a few hours of talking, laughing, music and a few beers. On that occasion I finally learned how to open a bottle of beer with a lighter. :wOOt: :ninja: :lol3:
Cheers!
Markus
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That is still a well spent evening, in my opinion ;) Was that a b-day party? Did you know the rest of the people or not?
I never knew that people tend to open beer bottles with lighters :blink: How exactly is this being done? :)
Hm, I asked him what happend to the ship, Breki. Kormákur bought the ship himself so they could sink it for the purpose of the movie (they actually had to sink it twice). He did not mention during the discussion what happend to her and you know how tightly I am connected to such things. :) He told me that they scrapped it. He said it was very expensive.
I can imagine Breki was of no use anymore, after two sinkings but still, the ship was very nice! I am sorry for her. But she's very famous now :D The movie was Oscar nominated.
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They had to sink the ship twice? :blink: That sounds weird... But that was a very interesting question you asked him! :thumbup:
Right you are, that was a well spent evening. :biggrin: It wasn't a birthday party but an early Männertag (mens' day - the German tradition of getting drunk on Ascension Day). I knew Drushka very well, the friend who invited me, and some of the other folks remotely - and the actual host I hadn't met before.
Opening beer bottles with a lighter is useful when no opener is at hand, but actually is more about fun and showing off. :lol3: There are different techniques. The one I learnt is to hold the bottle tight on the top end and hold one finger off a little bit so you can insert the bottom end of the lighter between the finger and the crown cork. Then you lever the cork off with the lighter. Difficult to explain, but actually quite easy to do. You can find some videos here (http://www.google.de/search?client=opera&q=bierflasche+feuerzeug+%C3%B6ffnen+video).
Cheers!
Markus
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I see, interesting. We have nothing like Ascension Day traditions here. I even did not know it is being "celebrated" somewhere. :-) I guess Christian feasts are really not my topic :nosweat: How bad with a student of theological faculty.
Thank you for the videos :-))
Did you drink beer only? Is there any drink you do not drink at all for some reasons?
If I got it right, he said: "so we sank it second time and this time we did not forget to turn on the cameras" :lol3:
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Haha - that's a very good reason to sink the ship a second time. :lol3:
I drank almost beer only. I do prefer red wine for classier parties, beer for more casual occasions - but there is no beverage I reject on principle.
Cheers!
Markus
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Our precious little one has his first birthday today! :wub:
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OH MY GOD!? No. That can't be truth!
The time flies so quickly, I cannot even comprehend that. Big congratulations to the lil' Jácint! :wub: And all the hugs in the world!
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Happy b-day to Jácint!
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Really?? Already one year old!! CONGRATULATIONS! Hug him on my behalf, please... :bzz: :hug: :bzz:
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Time sure does fly, doesn't it?
Regardless, wish the little one a happy first birthday from me :thumbup:
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Happy birthday from me as well! Give him another big hug, please. :)
Well, I hope he'll be successful with all the learning and discovering he's up to. I hope he won't stress his mommy too much. Also I hope that he'll have a hell of a party tonight! (He can sleep late tomorrow, can't he? :unsure:)
Cheers!
Markus
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Thank you guys! :wub:
I'm a lucky mommy! He's used to sleep about from 9 pm until 9 am. :thumbup:
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Wow, that's such a good boy :bzz:
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Hello friends,
so I am on holidays too. For one week. Since Monday to Friday I am with my schoolmate at village very near to Znojmo city. On Friday me and her will meet our other friend in Brno and then I will go with this other friend to his city and stay there till Sunday.
So far we had a wonderful time!
The only bad thing is that my grandfather died yesterday. I did expect that so I am very glad I went to see him on Sunday in the hospice. I did not tell you but I knew for some time that he's terminally ill and in last 2 weeks it looked really bad with him. So I knew he is going to die soon.
I am myself ok - but I am glad I am not all alone at Prague in the dark depressing flat but here with my dear friend.
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Dear Kris,
I'm very sorry to hear about your grandfather. Even though you were expecting this, still it's sad news. But I'm glad that you managed to see him once more and that you are with good friends of yours right now.
A big hug and best regards!
Markus
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I'm so sorry to hear this. Here, have a hug! :hug2:
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Thank you.
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Oh Kris, I'm sorry! Hugs her :hug2:
And I'm happy you're with your friend! I've seen some of the pictures you posted on FB... Them bring me some good memories :ninja:
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Aw Kris :hug2: Sorry to hear these sad news.
But well, life goes on doesn't it?
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Thank you, really.
You know, I am glad it is over. He suffered a lot in last days and he wished for death himself.
Yes, I am very happy here. I am quite enjoying the holidays despite this. I finally have some good rest.
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I'm sorry to hear that, Kris. Let me hug you :hug2: I bet he got in a better place.
I'm glad that you enjoy your holidays :) I've back from mine, soon I will post here some photos :) Be patient :)
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Today is the burial.
I just wish it was already over. I do not like burials. I do not like to expose myself so openly... so emotional, vulnerable. I so much don't like this.
And I am so sorry for my grandma. It will be so hard for her... I'll have to look after my sister during the burial, which scares me too cause she's a little ADHD and... it is really hard to keep her silent and still. More - if she does not really understand, I think.
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I'll keep thinking of you, Kris! :hug2: May this day pass very fast for you.
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Sorry to hear that you're about to have such a hard and difficult and sad day, Kris! I hope you'll get through this quickly and well. :hug2:
A big hug and best regards!
Markus
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:hug2:
I wish all pass as fast and well as possible. I can't help much... but remember we're with you!
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I am sorry to hear about this, Kris.
I also lost my grandparents in similar situations. In a weird way, when one sees them suffering, death is like a relief, for me in a way it was.
Glad you have a friend there to support you! *hugs*
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Thank you, I am glad it is over.
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My dear folks,
on a lighter topic: I went to donate blood today. That was my 17th donation, i.e. 8,5 liters in total. Not bad, is it?
Cheers!
Markus
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Hey dear Markus!
That's great! I'm just a weeeee bit envious :D I am very much looking forward to the beginning of September when I can go to the hospital again too :)
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Yeah, I'm glad that I finally found a date and place for me to donate again - actually I could have done this as long as three weeks ago but found no reasonable occasion. Now I'm proud and feeling strong and healthy; also this was my good deed of the week. :nana:
Kris, September will come sooner than you think and then you'll be a proud blood donor once more. :thumbup:
Cheers!
Markus
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I hope so... I hope they won't send me away. And I would finally find out my blood type :)
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I'm crossing my fingers for that, Kris!
BTW, yesterday I saw how large the gap between a good deed and good guy may be: There was a young blood donor there who received a bar of chocolate like every other donor and gave it to a little girl some other lady had with her. What a good person, you might think! However, curious as I am, I googled for the meaning of his tattoo, which said "14 words".
That's a racist credo. :yuck: :vomit:
Cheers to you!
Markus
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It's causing so mixed emotions in me. I'm trying to see it as "bad guys also have good deeds" but I feel something like adviceless... :)
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I see it the other way around, Lucy: An apparently good deed may come from a foul source. Would he have donated blood if it wasn't for the precious white people in our country? (The organisation states that the blood is used in our vicinity mainly.) Would he have given the chocolate to a dark-skinned child? I think he wasn't set on helping humans but on helping white humans only, which takes a lot of value from those deeds in my eyes.
Cheers to you!
Markus
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I do not dare to judge him as I did not see him. The tattoo might had been a mistake of stupid young mind and now he might already regret. You never know. It is not so easy to get rid of the tattoo either.
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That's a good point, Kris. I was being too fast. Of course, these few impressions were all I had to get, and if I had anything to do with him I wouldn't base a serious judgement on this little information - I'd just try to talk to him in that case. Still I was too fast - and yet I can't get that thought out of my head that good deeds can come from - and conceal - very nasty ideas.
Thank you all for your interesting thoughts! :)
Cheers!
Markus
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Interesting thoughts, all of them! You've made me to remember something from my Secondary School days: there was a guy who had some ideas totally wrong to me. Not exactly racist, but what we call "fascist"... or centralist in the worst way. Hard to explain, but very "Spain is a unity and Catalans and other nationalities are an invention; the only valid thing is Spain and who thinks the contrary is a separatist and stupid and deserves to be crushed down". I might say, ideas I think are simple-minded, and usually come from people near to Franco regime (or its evolution). Ok, the thing that amazed me the most was he was such a good person: always ready to help anyone, a really kind person. It was really upsetting to me.
I suppose some people have a natural tendencies, towards kindness or towards cruelty... and family, environment, etc., can fill their head with some (in my opinion) wrong and nasty ideas. I don't know if that's the case you're telling us, Markus. Perhaps it's as Kris said... an error from young age. Or perhaps it's that he has a natural tendency to kindness, but he's been involved with wrong people, and still is... Who knows? :blink:
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Another interesting thought, Luth! But I daresay that it only offers an explanation - it doesn't change anything about his responsibility. It's everybody's own choice whether to follow one's natural tendencies and the views of one's environment - or to try to find out what's right and what's wrong and to act accordingly.
BTW, those "14 words" are about securing a future for our white children... That makes it easier to understand why the situation disgusted me so much, doesn't it?
Cheers!
Markus
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Of course, nothing justifies them... I was only trying to imagine what can make a terrible person of a good person :bawl:
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This evening Xiquet and I wanted to leave our flat... and a black cat was in front of the door! It's the neighbour's cat, so I walked the stairs up, knocked the door... and nothing. The cat slipped out of home without the neighbours notizing when they left the flat.
I bribed the cat with some jam, he entered our flat, and I wrote a note to be put in front of my neighbour's door: "Hello, I'm Luth and Xiquet ( :ninja: ), from the flat below yours. We've invited a nice black cat who apparently had scaped home to our flat. He'll be with us when you come back".
They lasted more or less one hour before arriving, so the cat hat plenty of time to investigate our home: smell every corner, try to eat our indoor plants, try to sharpen his nails on our sofa, lay in the middle of the corridor, let me cuddle him while leaving a lot of black fur into the floor... When the neighbours arrived, the cat was just discovering the back-upper part of our sofa, and had no intention to run to them. *sigh* He was already making our home HIS home :ninja: .
That's the story, and so I've told you :fish: .
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/1146508_10201750150623535_845525369_n.jpg)
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Oh what a beauty! And what a story! You should borrow him sometimes. :wink2:
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I looooove cats! And it's a beautiful cat, Luth! And the story :)
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Here is a pic taken by someone 2 days ago - that's how our block looks like (and I've drawn you which windows are ours) :)
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/54636429/9wfu.jpg
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So it stands already? :thumbup: When it's going to be ready?
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the main engineer says he wants to finish the whole estate (our block is the last) with the end of the year. But even if it all won't go so quickly, we have a date of the end of March in our act as the end of the building.
Probably, if we have enough money for furniture, etc., we will move in during next holidays :) We will see. We get the flat completely empty (except the sockets :P)
ps. it's 37,1°C in the shadow - it seems to be the HOTTEST day of the year. I'm meltiiiiiiing..
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Throws some ice over Agnes.
I wish for the first photos from the inside :biggrin:
Btw... just realized that today there's an anniversary: 6 years living with Xiquet, in our flat :wub: .
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Miladies Luth and Agnes,
congrats to both of you! It's great to see how your apartment is taking shape, Agnes. And Luth, congrats for the anniversary - and also for your temporary cat. Perhaps you can really invite him over from time to time?
Cheers!
Markus
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That's good news Agnes :) I am glad that the construction did not stop, like it happens very often here in Prague. So it seems that developers in Poland are more reliable.
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Congratulations, Luthy and Xiquet! :yeha:
I keep watching the photo of your guest black cat, and I'm wondering: he's a black cat, and our Futi is a black cat too, but they are sooo different! :)
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Oh, now I see I totally missed the story about the cat! Wasn't it great?! :wOOt: Cats are so... calming. You know who he reminds me of?
(http://www.troll.me/images/monocle-guy/like-a-connoisseur.jpg)
:roll:
Big congratulations to you anniversary! :) That's a long time already.
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Congratulations, Luth! Today I'm celebrating 57 months together with my bf :)
Thank you for throwing some ICE :)
@Kris, this developer must be, it's his first investment! 2 of 4 buildings are ready, people got their appartments, live in them and have signed the proper acts :) So far everything is going well :)
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That's really good news, Agnes!
This morning, I almost would have been late for the office (although I was just on time eventually). The suburban railway would leave about 15 minutes late due to an emergency doctor's operation. Then, as we left (just a few minutes late) they told us the true reason: A child had been born on the train!
Can you think of any better reason to be late for work?
Cheers!
Markus
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Wow.
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Markus! That's nice news!! :biggrin:
Here, when trains have problems (quite often), of not something broken in the line, the reason use to be more sad (a lot of the railways are outside and people cross them when no train passes).
For once, a medical reason is a happy reason! :biggrin:
PS. The black cat is happily in his home. The neighbours joked saying we could adopt him from time to time, but it was only a joke :whistle: :spock:
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This is so lovely! Lucky mom to have a so fast delivery! :)
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So I was half nude when the Lord Mayor shook my hand earlier this afternoon. :ninja:
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What an experience :D
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Indeed, Kris. :lol3:
I spent lots of time this weekend at the Laternenfest (Lampion Festival), the biggest folk festival of my home town. Today I went there just to take part in the "Saaleschwimmen": Swim across the river Saale and back. Every participant received a certificate which was signed and handed out by our Lord Mayor right after the swimming. Therefore many were still in their swimming clothes at that time.
Cheers!
Markus
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Hello,
so after today I know what's my blood type :) it's A+
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That's a good thing to know! You're the same blood type as me! :ninja:
(although for long time I though I was Negative... not, I'm Positive). :evil2:
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Congrats, Kris! I know you've been looking forward to this for quite some time. So everything went well?
Cheers!
Markus
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Hi five, girls! I'm A+ too! :) :hop:
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Yes Markus, everything went well. Only the doctor told me I've got slightly elevated white blood cells. I was really worried that they would send me away but luckily they did not.
Markus, can you help with something?
After both donations, I entered a state of total exhaustion. I even slept for 2 hours when I arrived home. And I am still very exhausted. Does the same happen to you?
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Dear Kris,
I've never experienced anything like that... Did you drink plenty after the donation? Are you feeling better the next day? I can imagine that the drop in blood pressure due to the donation makes you feel feeble and exhausted. Perhaps you'd like to mention that to the doctors next time?
Cheers!
Markus
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Eya Kris! I've donated too, and never happened what you explain. I do felt dizzy twice, I suppose because of the drop of blood pressure, so I must be very carefull when getting up after the donation (very slowly, sitting down for a while, drinking something with sugar...). As Markus, I guess the blood pressure drop is the cause, and I don't think you have to worry. I also know you must wait 24 hours before doing hard exercice, so it makes a little sense...
Btw... Next Friday (not this one, but the folloing) there's a "blood donation marathon" in my city, and I intend to participate, again! :ninja:
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Kris, you could ask them to take your blood pressure after the next donation. :)
Luth, I know about the exercise. But as far as I know that is not about the blood pressure; they always told me that I'd risk a painful hematoma if I stressed the arm too soon.
Blood donation marathon? Does that mean they want 42,195 liters from each participant? :afaid:
Cheers!
Markus
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Naaah, I think it's about the number of participants, no the quantity of litres of each one of them... But I'll ask, just in case :insane:
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My pressure is fine, I have never been dizzy or so.
I just am so very tired few hours after the donation. And feeble. Maybe I am not the ideal donor... after all even though my levels are fine, most of the women in our family suffer from anemia. Anyway, Next time I will try plazma :)
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Anemia? Not very likely, is it? Don't they check your iron values before the donation? Besides that, the blood cells don't regenerate that quickly - if anemia was the reason you'd feel that feeble for days or even weeks. It has to be something that improves quickly after the donation, and blood pressure is the only such thing that comes to my mind.
Anyway, we can only speculate - the doctors will be able to give you qualified advice. :)
Cheers!
Markus
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I had problems with hemoglobine for years, but since I take some supplements for months I am fine now, that's why they let me donate... But if I do not take them my hemoglobine level is low, because we (women in our family) have problem with processing iron from the food.
So it's not that I would have anemia, but maybe thanks to the fact that my hemoglobine is fine just cause of supplements, it might influence me stronger when I do lose some blood? I have no idea.
Anyway, I feel better now. After few hours of sleep and some food.
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Oooops! I wanted to donate blood next Friday, but just tomorrow I start taking some pillls wich are antibiotic (for my gums), and I think I can't do both... I'll have to wait to next time! :bawl:
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Oooh, I am sorry. Well, just call them and ask when is the soonest possibility to donate blood after you are off the ATBs :) :hug2:
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Sorry to hear that, oh Regina Mala Mea! I hope you're not feeling too sick and that the medicine will help quickly. Kris has already given you the best advice regarding the donation.
Get well soon and cheers!
Markus
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Ooops, somehow I managed to forget answering Kris' adivise... and now I've to answer two posts!! :ninja:
Kris: I think I'll wait until next time a "blood donor bus" stops by my city. They do quite frequently (two or three times every year). Next time, only wish I'm not taking anything that prevents me from having my blood taken! :ninja:
Markus: Naaah, I'm taking the pills because of gengivitis, nothing serious (at the moment... but it have to be treated, as it's been too long I've had it). I don't feel anything bad, only that I can't drink my usual cup of red wine at some dinners... :roll-eyes:
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But that, milady,
is a very serious constriction. I am deeply grieved to hear of it and promise to drink an extra glass to compensate for your temporary inability.
Cheers!
Markus
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I am so exhausted today. Classes almost all afternoon today plus coming back home from work at 4am last night... Not the best combination....
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Ouch, Jorge,
that's nasty! Will you have such a tight schedule regularly or was it just an exception this time?
Cheers!
Markus
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Hey folks,
I've done my 18th successful blood donation this afternoon. :wOOt: I'm quite proud of this - but I'm very glum about the food. I donate to the Red Cross, which does not pay anything and I don't want any money for my blood. But I want a nice little meal afterwards, and they had nothing veggie except for some yoghurt and fruits. Nah, thanks, if you don't take me serious I'll rather go home hungry and have my own food there. :tongue:
Cheers, anyway!
Markus
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Have anyone of you seen The Doors Alive alive? :) Going to their concert tomorrow! :) Good old The Doors songs live in Warsaw!
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Hey Agnes,
never seen them or even heard of them. But I can imagine that it's gonna be fun. Enjoy the show a lot!
Cheers!
Markus
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This band is known as the best The Doors tribute band.
I will see them with my sister (he loves The Doors (and Nick Cave :P) and my mum :)
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Whoa, a family concert! So you share this piece of musical taste with your mum?
Once more: Enjoy the show a lot!
Cheers!
Markus
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Sometimes I'm surprised that my mum goes to the concerts with us. But I think she likes The Doors :)
Thank you, Markus :)
I will!
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It's nice to share musical taste and concerts with the family! Better that than quarrel about it!! :lol3: :yeha:
Enjoy a lot!
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Hey folks,
the apartment right next to mine is being renovated before the next lodger moves in. OK, that's better than leaving it empty. This makes some noise, which I understand.
But why the f***ing hell do they have to come every morning at eight to drill and hammer and shout for half an hour and then fall silent again for the rest of the day?! :mad3: :mad3: :mad3: :mad3: :tongue:
Cheers, anyway!
Markus
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That sounds very unpleasant. :unsure: Do you have any priestly curses for them? :lol: :pop:
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Perhaps you can decide making some improvements in your own home? Like... changing all the furniture while playing the loudest and deathiest music you have, and singing all along? :ninja:
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Great ideas, miladies! :thumbup:
However, counter-noising would hit my innocent neighbours and leave the noisy construction workers next door unharmed, so this is not the way to go. And cursing? I like the idea of some bizarre accidents happening to them who disturbed the priestly sleep, but then again I usually curse for worse crimes only.
By the way, they're finished for the time being and I'm on morning shift next week, so the situation is solved. :)
Cheers!
Markus
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Hey folks,
what a cute little episode I had yesterday: At the tram station a young mother - apparently Muslim, obviously foreign - asked me for help with the ticket machine. Well, I pushed all the right buttons for her and then she wanted to pay. She didn't have enough coins, though, and the next biggest cash she had was a 50-Euros-note. So I performed my good deed of the day and inserted the missing 50 Cents into the machine. She didn't quite know how to make up for that but it was ok for me because I had the impression that she really hadn't been planning that.
Two minutes later she gave some chocolate bars to her kids and suddenly had an idea: She gave me a chocolate bar, too. That was really a sweet gesture! :)
Cheers!
Markus
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Wie süß! :)
Markus, that's a nice story! One of those that, if it happens to me, I would be smiling for, at least, the next hour. You're a nice person, and you receive... a chocolate bar in exchange! :wOOt: :biggrin:
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Hehe - you should have the seen broad smile on my face when she surprised me with that! :biggrin:
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What a lovely story! :D
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Just wanted to say for Team17 games lovers. Here (if you pay at least 1$): https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly you can buy Superfrog HD and Worms Armageddon (and other games) for Steam :)
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Hey! Yesterday I've got 2 tickets to Peter Gabriel concert in Łódź in May 2014! Gonna be there with my bf! :yeha:
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/54636429/So.jpg)
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Hey guys! We had a call from the developer today! Acceptance of the premises will take place probably on 10th January :yeha:
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This is great news, Agnes! Is the acceptance sure already or do you still need some crossed fingers?
Cheers!
Markus
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Seems to be sure - other people who bought the flat there got their calls yesterday as well (at least some people). Also, I know from the dev, that we can't enter the flat now because there are inspections (medical, of the clerk of works, fire service etc).
Ps. It would be better if we get the flat later (when we get the flat, we must pay rent, while we still don't have enough money for the renovation and furniture etc).
Ps. As you maybe remember, I'm on the internship in the chambers till the end of the year. From the 7th Jan. I will work there in the secretariat with 3 other ladies (one is pregnant). Till the end of May I will work as a contractor (It was my choice, I won't have to give almost 1000 PLN back to ZUS - National Insurence System (I still get pension and I can't earn that much money, but with this contract, I won't ;)). From June I will work normally on a labour contract till the end of the year, from 2015 I should get a labour contract for an indefinite period of time :yeha:
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So I'll keep my fingers crossed a little, Agnes! :)
BTW, when I came home just now I felt an unpleasant heat in my pocket. It turned out to come from my credit card, which was glowing. :afaid:
Cheers!
Markus
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Ok, guys.
Today we've got the keys to our flat :hop: :hop:
Now it's time to find someone who will do the kitchen, bathroom, etc.
Did I mention that we need to find a lot of money? :insane: How about lotto? :unsure:
I think, that If we are lucky, we will move in just before Easter!
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You've got the keys, Agnes? What a great step forwards! Best of luck with all the installations to be done!
Best of luck with the lottery, too! ;)
Cheers!
Markus
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Hey folks,
so indeed my weekend began last afternoon: With a ring on Thursday, a birthday today, another ring on Sunday and perhaps a bit of a ring on Monday morning, before work.
The ring on Thursday was some exercise, of course. Not long this time, but fun and exciting. Today is my Mum's birthday - I'll go over to my parents in the early afternoon. I suppose the cuddly predator is going to sleep at my place, because she's staying here while we celebrate at a nearby café.
The ring on Sunday was forged by a Nibelung. I've got tickets for the "Götterdämmerung" which I will visit with my dad. :wOOt:
And finally, on Monday morning I intend to go for another workout. So there's quite a bit of fun coming up for me. :biggrin:
I hope your weekend will be just as fine.
Cheers!
Markus
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How are you, folks? Especially Agnes und Luth - are you feeling better?
I'm afraid I'm the next one who's sick. Not seriously, just a small infection with a sneeze and a running nose and a little bit of a cough - but annoying enough. I skipped all the gym sessions this week :bawl: and I'm not doing much else, just going to bed early. Frankfurt, however is not in danger.
Cheers!
Markus
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I'm still sick - running nose and tickling throat right now.. :wacko:
Ps. The renovating crew did their job - we've got the bathroom and the tiles in the corridor and kitchen :)
On Saturday the crew doing the kitchen (cupboards, installing the oven etc) is coming in :) On Monday - the crew is putting the wooden floor :)
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Heya!
I'm fine... apart from the same day of the farewell to my wisdom tooth, I've had no pain and nothing to annoy me...
Markus, you don't need to be sick to be like us... you must remain the healthy one!! Whatever... take care and kill any infection you might have!
Agnes: kill any infection/virus/whatever too!! And... your new home is getting ready pretty fast! That's good! :evil2:
Frankfurt is coming... :ninja: :ninja: :ninja:
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Get better, dear ones! :)
And Agnes: I'm glad to hear that the works are going on so well! :wOOt:
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Thank you, miladies!
Agnes, there's quite a lot going on in your new apartment. :wOOt: :thumbup: That's great news and I bet you must be quite happy about that. Besides that, get fully well soon. :)
Myself, I'm sure this infection will soon be over. A couple of days... I'm feeling only slightly sick, have no fever - it's annoying but not really hindering me. Especially it's not keeping me from going to Frankfurt.
Cheers!
Markus
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I'm very happy :) Of course a lot of stuff needs to be done, bought etc (we've got the bathroom so far and the tiles ;) )
But I hope that we move in before Easter.
Ps. 2 people in our building already moved in!
I really hope for killing the virus in me, however it will be very difficult, cause Grzegorz is becoming sick too :huh:
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Friends, get well, all those who are ill these days! I had a cold last week, too... But it was even good - I had this time to myself and my work. In fact, the text I've been translating is very interesting. It's on the history of German and French operas. The order was very cheap and I agreed to take it only because I was sorry for the girl who needed it (she's a poor musician living with her disabled husband), but the article is so interesting that I've never felt sorry for taking this work.
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Hey folks,
I hope all of you are healthy again. I'm almost fine, I can tell you. :)
Agnes, that must be so exciting for you! Your new apartment, your own, taking shape, the first neighbours already living at the place. :wOOt:
Lady Sa'iltu, I'm glad you had some fine reading while you were sick but I hope that the cold is all over now? I didn't quite understand the story about that article and the other girl... :unsure:
Cheers!
Markus
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Lady Sa'iltu, I'm glad you had some fine reading while you were sick but I hope that the cold is all over now? I didn't quite understand the story about that article and the other girl... :unsure:
Markus
Glad to hear you're better now ).
My cold is gone now, but I'm still depressed...
Well, it's just that this girl asked me to translate this article into Russian and paid only $100. It's extremely cheap, but I felt sorry for her as she lived with a disabled husband and had no money... The aryicle was very nice and I liked it so I didn't waste my time ))
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Aaah, now I understand. So were not taking anything away from her but even helping her - and while you didn't get nearly the money you'd usually get for this amount of work, a part of your reward was in the reading itself.
So you even performed a good deed and were enjoying yourself at the same time. :wOOt: :thumbup:
Cheers!
Markus
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Hey folks,
I've done my 21st blood donation this morning - starting the second bucket. :yeha:
Cheers!
Markus
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Oh my... you must be bloodless by now! :afaid:
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Yeah, 10.5 liters in total sounds quite a lot, eh? :biggrin:
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I am moving to the new flat on next Saturday! :yeha:
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And because of the fact mentioned above, I've ordered 2 sets (each for 6 people) of the dishes and cups!
(http://swiat-agd.com.pl/files/fotob/product-16782.jpg)
ps. Some bathroom and new doors photos!
Doors to the bedroom: https://copy.com/UP3pVpTPsaYTN6dW
Doors to the bathroom: https://copy.com/vprxkU1VQtgmcFD2
And the bathroom:
Panoramic view: https://copy.com/hzP9WYJYRrSnOebh
View to the left: https://copy.com/UQFqZgh7EFaxh0yS
View - centre:
https://copy.com/29tIGBRzodVZYnjB
https://copy.com/7UWIJT7dWeienDkE
View to the right (we still need to buy the washing machine, but we are out of money :P): https://copy.com/J9zW0gF2gmmGLrLN
How do you like it?
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It's warming my heart how nicely you are building your nest. :)
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Lucy's right. She got the words perfectly fitting :)
I wish you all the best to your new living! :)
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Thank you! Today the furniture: table, chairs, tv table arrived! And the vacuum cleaner. I've washed the dishes :) Tomorrow we get the new locks in the front door and the tv/Internet connection. On Saturday the bed and rest of the stuff like boxes and we're there! I promise to upload some new pics after the weekend!
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We are also planning to move to a new flat soon ))), but my congratulations :drunk:
I'd really love to see the pictures )
Thank you! Today the furniture: table, chairs, tv table arrived! And the vacuum cleaner. I've washed the dishes :) Tomorrow we get the new locks in the front door and the tv/Internet connection. On Saturday the bed and rest of the stuff like boxes and we're there! I promise to upload some new pics after the weekend!
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Well.. Most of the stuff is taken to the flat. The bed is almost ready :) Unfortunately many things (like books, clothes) will be in the boxes or vacuum bags because we don't have money for the wardrobe or a bookcase ;)
When we clean up after the moving, I will upload some pics :)
Also, we need to buy the desks, until this mome nt, the computers will be on the table ;)
I'm so glad because we have 7 times better Internet connection that we used to have in our previous home :) and it's very cheap (when you sign the agreement for 2 years ;) ). TV works great!
I will keep you updated, if you want :)
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moved to the loyal section
Ehhhh...
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Ouch!
Well, usually, when you start taking drugs for thyroids, it's forever... That's the reason I'm crossing fingers to keep my values normal for. But, as far as I know, if you're in your doctor's hands, there must be no problem. I even know one colleage of mine who has no thyroid, as it had to be removed. And I know because I was told of, as I've never seen any problem with her.
That's terrible if the higher rate of problems with hormones have to do with Chernobyl. Of course I know the consequences of the accident are terrible and long lasting... but having those in several generations is, at least, unfair :disgust:
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Sometimes the thyroid must be removed because of the changes in it (some tumors inside etc.) I guess that your colleage must take hormones..
Lucky me, so far I take the smallest doze of the hormone, another bright side is that this medicine is veeery cheap here - ~6 PLN for the box of 50 pills (1,5€).
Btw. Do you know that when you are pregnant (or want to get pregnant) you MUST control the thyroid hormones' values? I've got informed that unhealed thyroid problems might cause e.g. problems with getting pregnant or abortion, or the baby may have thyroid problems too, or if the baby is born healthy, might in have the problems with concentration and learning in the future. It is VERY IMPORANT TO CONTROL OUR THYROID HORMONES..
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Yes, I suppose she might take the subsitute for the thyroid. And I know a lot of people who is taking pills because they've hipo or hiperthyroidism. In fact, as I say, I cross my fingers I last to have to, as I've been told I'll eventually have some problem (probably hipo).
And yes, I know it's important to control it at pregnancy. The real problem is when you don't know you have problems and don't medicate yourself... being pregnant. But if you know, your doctor knows, and you are well controlled, there might be no problem so far :wink2:
It's weird, how a huge amount of people I know have some type of thyroid problems... and I don't think Chernobyl reached so much here. I suppose the polution, our way of life, what we eat... everything is changing us in all levels, and thyroids might be very sensitive to it all... :disgust:
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Maybe you are right, Luth.
In my case it's rather hipo. I hope you won't have the problems with thyroid.
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Hello dear Agnes,
I am sorry to read about your health problems :-/ I myself am supposed to go to the endocrynologist every year for check up too. Because my thyroid seems to be rather lazy. Also we have this problem in family - my grandmother had her thyroid removed and had to take some pills still.
Yes, it has to be checked during the pregnancy. It may get crazy even with a person who never had problems with thyroid before.
So the doctor already told you that you will have to take the pills in longtermed view?
Hm, I also worry for getting pregnant cause of my endometriosis and few other problems. Just yesterday I found a new doctor for myself. Was sent for few tests and on July 14th there are some more.
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Haven't seen the doctor after the last blood tests, he told me to take all the pills he wrote (100 pills, today I took 50th). When I will finish the second box of Euthyrox (the med), I will contact him and show the test results.
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Good luck with that, Agnes :) :huglove:
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Hi Agnes, I have to sincerely admit I do not much understand the thing about the thyroid hormones. Is it good or bad? I would say that if you would not need to take the meds anymore, it is alright? But the test should approve it?
About the breast lump. Hm, I had a problem some time ago (last year) with it too. All of a sudden a breast lump appeared in my left one and I immediately had to go to the specialized mammo center where they did an ultrasound and the doctor did not like it at all so they scheduled me right for next day for a biopsy. It was not anything pleasant, I have to say but it wasn't anything horrible (definitely less horrible then yesterday's two urological tests - quite painful). Fortunately it was benign too but the doctor said she does not like it at all anyway - mainly the speed in which it grew etc. So I have to recheck every 6 months. I try to take it as an advantage - because unlike other girls I have far bigger chance to find out about possible problem right early - not late. (In my country only after you are 50 you can have the breast checks covered by insurance. Otherwise it costs few thousands. Unless it is required from your gynecologist but that does not happen often).
Please do not worry much. I can fully understand your worries for myself, and imagine - my mom gets such lumps from time to time, they form and then they disappear slowly again.
Big hugs!!!
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We waited if it melts. And it really disappeared after some time.
Because I have this little problem for quite a long time. I have to use toilet like 2 times in one hour, which is clearly not normal. Also after the first and second surgery on my belly, I have quite huge pains and unfortunately quite often. And well, urology and gynecology are connected so my new doctor is trying to find out what is the problem.
Good luck! I will be thinking about you and will keep my fingers crossed :)
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Your urological problem sounds serious :unsure: I keep my fingers crossed for you and your new doctor to find out what is the problem. Please keep me updated, Kris. Maybe, if you want I can ask my gyno about your problem?
I think of you too!
My second gyno told me to do not worry about the lump :) It happens to women taking hormones.
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I am glad to hear that, dear Agnes. That is great news! :wOOt:
It's ok. I think it must be some kind of residue problem after the first surgery (I had an emergency surgery cause a cyst on my ovary ruptured and torn the ovary in a bad place, damaged it to its half and caused internal bleeding). Something had to go wrong during the healing or something.
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Damn!
:mad3:
There is a leak in our pipes near the bath in our bathroom. We have to remove the bath and check what and where is broken. We are moving out for some days :bawl:
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we found the leak and hopefully fixed it. Unfortunately the wall is wet and we have to wait when it's dry to put the bath and the tiles into their places.
We called the insurance company. The loss adjuster will come probably next week so until that moment we can't do anything in the bathroom.
So, we moved to my bf's parents (they are in the countryside).
Who knows, maybe we will be on + after this incident?
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The flat is new... and you start having this kind of problems? :afaid:
Luckily it will be soon fixed! :ninja:
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It looks like the guy who was doing our bathroom hasn't done it well :hit:
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Oh, that's sad. Well, it is not an uncommon thing with the new buildings :( Especially if the buildings are being done fast. I hope the insurance will cover the repairs fully and that you will have no more problems like that! :pop:
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the building is done well - no other neighbour is having that kind of problem. My bf's uncle who is fixing our bathroom said that the previous guy didn't put this adapter well, that's why we had the leak. He put it well, the other guy did the water pressure test and no leak!
But as I said, the insurance guy has to come and check/do the photos if the insurance may cover it (no single word about the guy who was doing the bathroom - we had no agreement with him, no proof..) - so we say that it has happened itself :P (ps. that's what the consultant in the insurance company told me to say) :D
Now better news: In 3 hours I'm going to Puławy to do the hair cut (I don't know, maybe I will have shorter hair?), do the blood tests (thyroid). On Monday - biopsy.
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I am thinking about you, Agnes :)
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Thank your Kris :wub:
I'm back with some news!
1. We are waiting for the contact from the insurance guy - we don't want to wait for him, we want to move back into our flat. If he won't show up tomorrow, we start doing the bathroom on Wednesday. I'm not sure but in the terms of insurance I've read that long-lasting water action (which I think is having place in our case, for 5 months) and its effects are not covered by insurance.
2. Had the biopsy today. I should have the results on 20th August (or near this date).
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4. I cut my hair but not that much ;)
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Kris - how is your health now? I hope that your urological problems are gone :hug2:
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I hope things fall into their place for you soon :unsure:
but I do like the hair :)
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I also like your haircut :wOOt:
I am sorry to read about the thyroid problems :( I hoped so much that the values would be fine!
I am to find out the results of the urological tests on 26th August, so only few days after you get yours. I hope both of us are happy with the results then.
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Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that! Does it mean that you may have to eat gluten free food?
I keep my fingers crossed for the good test results.
My biopsy results should be on Friday.
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Ey Agnes! This Friday? That's the day after tomorrow! Please, tell us the results of the biopsy!
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Might we open the "Red Cross Subforum", or something? :disgust:
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or first aid subforum ;-) but red cross sounds cool too! I called the place where I had the biopsy on Monday and they told me to call again on Friday. I can't wait to see the results.. 2 or rather 1,5 days left :hop:
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I keep my fingers crossed for all of you, dear ones! :unsure:
Luth, changing to gluten free meals is less bad than it seems. I can experience that it affects my health in a very positive way! :)
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I will have the results tomorrow. They came to the place where I did the biopsy very late and I'm unable to get there now in 30 minutes.
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I was waiting for your words... well, tomorrow tell us, please! :fish:
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I'm so happy for you! Please, tell us what the gyno says. Even so, it's always good to know there are no atypical cells! :wink2:
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Yup! I will see my main gyno on Tuesday and the second (the one I need to contact because of the health insurance) on Wednesday :)
I'm happy too! :)
ps. I want to say that our Lady Sa'iltu rlz! :pop: She knows why :)
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It seems you too, Agnes! :biggrin:
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endoscopy :tongue: I keep my fingers crossed for you!
tomorrow I will do the thyroid hormones test again.
Luth, I think you're right :blush:
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Congrats Agnes! :) For both! The good result and the child topic. I thought so for some time that it's the next step for you and your man.
I wish you good luck with the endoscopy Luth. :pop:
For me, I got my results from the urological tests. Well, I go to pee every now and then simply because my bladder is really small. Which is a good result - better than if I were sick. Now everyone looking bad at me because I go too often to the toilet, can kiss my ass. That's the way my body is. I am not avoiding work, you creeps.
But then I hoped that if there will be something with my bladder (like chronological inflammation) it would be a reason why my belly aches so much most of the time. Unfortunately as my bladder and other stuff is fine, it is again a great suspicion for the endometriosis being back in place. For now, they gave me another 3 month hormonal treatment. We'll see if the belly aches stop during the process or after the process, that would most likely confirm the endometriosis is back and also that it heals by the hormonal treatment.
But if it does not help or the pain comes back soon after finishing the treatment the doctor said the best way would be opening my belly again and check what is the problem really.
So it might be another surgery in December :(
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Kris - I'm glad that the urological situation is your natural one. But I'm so sorry to hear that your endometriosis might be back. I hope that the hormones will help you, the doctor will cure you and if you want, you can have a baby in the future.
I keep my fingers crossed for you, girls.
@Luth, I think that the Red Cross subforum would be useful :blush: Maybe somewhere in the loyal section - so no bots or unregistered people, or people we don't trust here could read about our personal and private health problems.
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Done! :biggrin:
Agnes, I think it's quite difficult to move the health posts to the subforum because they are not only health posts: in the same post we talk about health, motherhood, worries, etc. But we can do something: each of us who wish to have their health topic in the Loyal part can open a thread, summarizing or copy-pasting their previous posts, and then modify their own post in the Chit-chat part.
What do you think? :wink2:
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hey guys!
I'm resurrecting the topic :)
Since I can't return the tickets I guess it's official and confirmed.
Many thanks to Kris, who is so nice and offered her place to stay, during my trip to Prague in August :hop: :wub:
On Wednesday I've bought plane tickets to Prague and back :)
Kris - :hug: you are the best!
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Oh how great! Wish I could be there too! :wOOt: Enjoy your time!
P. S.: Resurrecting ancient topics (with a good reason) has always been considered cool in NTSMS. 8)
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Wow!! Congratulations Agnes!! A little new NTSMS meeting, that's cool! I wish I could be there too... perhaps later in the future! :nosweat:
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I guess that I've got too much sun on my head, cause I've just bought plane tickets to Stockholm for a weekend 29th-31st July :yeha:
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Ha ha :) I am looking forward to meet Agnes!
How are you? All of you :D
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Fine Kris, thank you! Wishing summer holiday to be over. It's not easy to take care of all three. :lol:
What about you? :)