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The comic is hundreds and hundreds of strips long. A good waste of at least a day :up:, but once you finally catch up the storyline slows to a mindnumbing crawl as you wait for the next update.
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http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/
The comic is hundreds and hundreds of strips long. A good waste of at least a day :up:, but once you finally catch up the storyline slows to a mindnumbing crawl as you wait for the next update.
Can be a bigger commitment than marriage.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lor
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If the relationship survives, awesome. If not, well at least we tried. Won't know until next year thats for sure!Quote:
Originally Posted by Timbuk2
I am really looking forward to this chapter though, at the moment my apartment doesn't feel like home because i can't decorate it or really add our personalities on it. Plus we don't have the things like Garden/Garage etc. Hopefully by the time we get a house (found one we want) it should be spring time next year which gives us a little more time to get the pennies together for the little things we'll need. :)
Well, living together, you know each other's foibles and quirks and irritations by now.
It makes a lot of financial sense; buying.
DINKs on a shared mortgage, for a property that in the long-term will only increase in value, you'll be in a great position.
I wasn't so bothered about buying until recently.
The missus wanted more space and a garden so we looked around the houses up for rent (private) in the area but they were totally crap if i'm completely honest. This and the fact they were asking to much PCM i felt perhaps it would be worth while seeing what other options we have available. It turns out that having a mortgage would increase our monthly outgoings by £20 to £30 PCM (This doesn't include any extra's such as life insurance/building insurance/increase in utilities) so i'd be a fool not to go for it.
I hope, if all goes well and the dust has settled to start a private pension scheme (a little late i know!) for both me and the lady. I feel it needs to be done but i can't evaluate my finances until the house stuff is sorted.
The Court in 's Hertogenbosch (NL) has ruled today that the government can no longer charge any fee for issuing ID-cards as the use of these cards is predominantly in the realm of fulfilling legal obligations that are imposed by the government.
Brilliant, so you will no longer have to pay for drivers licenses or various permits since the use of them is predominantly in the realm of fulfilling legal obligations that are imposed by the government.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hazir
Just for ID cards, or also passports and driver's licenses? And when will it become free?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hazir
Have some more for you ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ominous Gamer
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The full version of Megaman 8-Bit Deathmatch is out.
http://cutstuff.net/blog/
Got a letter from the police that they're transfering my report of internet fraud to the Amsterdam police, since that is where the suspect is. Means that they're actually doing something with it instead of just putting it in a big pile of reports that never gets looked at :) Not surprised they have to transfer it, the fraud happened while I was in province A, I filed the report in province B, and the suspect's bank account was in province C.
And I did the tedious task of checking the books of the charity I used to be treasurer for. The last treasurer was a rather useless, so it was a lot of work. But on the bright side, I found out they still owed me €280, which I now have. Yay! :)
Only for ID cards, the when depends on whether or not they appeal to the Hoge Raad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flixy
Lindeman's Framboise Lambic. What an incredible drink to have on a Tuesday night. :)
A bunch of stuff I ordered showed up today!:D
I wound up watching the miner rescues on MSNBC because they had their video set to autoplay (something that still annoys me greatly). It's very sweet.
Its almost done! After six months its almost done!
What? What is?
My presentation got the nod of approval from my manager, he's even stated he'd give up some time to help which is a massive boost (very nervous - don't like standing up in front of small/large gatherings of people).
Nice one. :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lor
Neither do I. Gets better with practice though.Quote:
(very nervous - don't like standing up in front of small/large gatherings of people).
The best thing to prepare yourself is; make sure you know the subject matter inside out. Be confident with what you know. Then you'll find the talking/presenting comes much easier.
There is nothing worse than trying to fill in gaps with words. That's when you stumble and struggle and feel yourself starting to look like an idiot. Done it many times.
Know your stuff.
I hope so, i just want to make myself look good and show I've got what it takes should they want me to be more involved with the business operation (which they do want I've been told but because I've been in the trade for just over 2 years i'm short of knowledge).Quote:
Originally Posted by Timbuk2
I'm not here to settle for a mediocre role, no chance in hell.
The subject matter is the analysis of our goods in procedures and also production floor management. It's not my department so as you say i'll have to know my stuff. A lot of it is common sense IMHO but it's the financial figures i need to get right.Quote:
The best thing to prepare yourself is; make sure you know the subject matter inside out. Be confident with what you know. Then you'll find the talking/presenting comes much easier.
There is nothing worse than trying to fill in gaps with words. That's when you stumble and struggle and feel yourself starting to look like an idiot. Done it many times.
Know your stuff.
Portfolio website, I shall reveal it soon when its at 100% show-off-able...Quote:
Originally Posted by Timbuk2
So very awesome.Quote:
Some clutched pillows or stuffed animals, others fought back giggles as they sought to take a siesta in public - all in the name of plugging a quintessential Spanish custom endangered by the demands of modern life.
Amid the bustle of a shopping mall, with babies wailing and pop music piped in overhead, clutches of people tried to snooze Thursday in what was billed as Spain's first siesta competition.
The goal - to promote Spain's cherished post-luncheon nap - is no joke, although the costumes of some who participated may be.
As the nine-day snooze Olympiad got under way, some competitors snuggled with giant stuffed animals or clutched pillows like babies with comforters. Others wore airplane eye masks to block the light. A young stern-faced judge with a T-shirt bearing the letters "ZZZ" monitored the proceedings perched high on a lifeguard's chair.
Contestants in groups of five were given 20 minutes to lie down on garish blue coaches and timed by a doctor with a pulse-measuring device to determine how long they spent snoozing. They could win extra points for snoring, adopting goofy sleep positions or wearing outlandish night wear in plain view of gawking shoppers.
Their sofas were lined up in parallel numbered lanes like those of a track and field meet, and eight rounds were being held per day.
The winner of the inaugural round was a portly and loquacious construction worker, 47-year-old Fermin Lominchar, who raised his arms in triumph as he mounted the podium. He was timed as having slept 18 minutes, much of it with his generous gut sticking out from an untucked plaid shirt.
"I just conked out. No problem whatsoever," he said, winning a euro30 ($42.30) gift certificate.
No snoring was detected among the first five contestants. Organizers have a machine to measure the decibels emitted if anyone does.
But Lominchar did give out a hardy snort to imitate what he thinks he sounds like when he actually snores.
The prize for best attire went to Carmen Lopez Valdeon, a 49-year-old housewife, who donned thick pink winter pajamas with violet daisies and fuzzy green socks. She finished second, with a sleeping time of 10 minutes, and was among those using the pillow-hugging technique.
"I was a little nervous at first," she said. "You know, it's like sleeping in a hotel. It takes some getting used to."
The contest was being run by the newly formed National Association of Friends of the Siesta and was sponsored by the Islazul shopping mall in Madrid's Carabanchel district. Each sleeper gets only one shot, and the top prize of euro1,000 ($1,400) goes to the person with the most points when the contest ends Oct. 23.
Angel Rodriguez, a 57-year-old onlooker, said when he was young the siesta was so ingrained in Spanish culture that parents would force their children to take them.
"Now, people do not know how to savor the siesta any more," he said, blaming jam-packed work schedules and trashy television shows.
"They put all the gossipy shows on right after lunch and people get hooked. They would rather watch than rest," he said.
Dr. Lili Chuecas, who was hired to measure the contestants' sleep times, said these days fewer and fewer Spaniards have long lunch breaks - a crucial ingredient for a decent siesta - and have more hectic lifestyles in general.
"People do not appreciate the value of rest," said Chuecas.
In Round No. 2, played as Sinead O'Connor boomed out "Nothing Compares to You" over the public sound system, 16-year-old Sandra Escribano giggled repeatedly as she tried but ultimately failed to fall asleep.
"I kept peeking out from under the eye mask. I couldn't sleep because I felt like I was being watched," said Escribano.
Waiting for his turn in Round No. 3 was 79-year-old retiree Pedro Martinez de las Mulas, who was not nervous at all about how he would fare.
"I might sleep the whole time, but I cannot guarantee it," he said. "Maybe I can win some extra points by faking that I am snoring."
So I was just having a conversation with my penguin, and he told me what he wants to give me for Christmas. He wants me to have my very own cylon that can cook, clean house, yell at children, and take over the world.
Hehe, went to Pink Istanbul yesterday with a bunch of friends. One of the first people I noticed there was this real buff Morroccan-Dutch guy. I thought he looked at me too but i wasn't too certain. Towards the end of the night he was next to me on the dancefloor and there it progressed to some heavy flirting and some friendly touching. That was the extent of it, but I felt real good when I walked home :)
No work, no family trips, nothing to clean.
Just me, and a free day of nothingness.
Show-off-able enough! Just minor tweaks now and adding stuff to it...Quote:
Originally Posted by Illusions
Link in signature if anyone wants to look at it. Warning, possibly bandwidth intensive...
Edit: Known Issue - Clicking Hide/Show will reload video players on pages that have them. Unknown as to why this is happening.
That Aortic Heart Valve Animation is impressive. :up:
Impressive work Illusions :up:
Picked up Sid Meier's Gettysburg, Majesty, and Civilization: Call to Power out of the library's donation bin today :up: