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BBP - 1-7-2016 at 21:23

Little squirrel visited our squirrel feeder!

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aquagoat - 2-7-2016 at 05:27

It's cute. I like squirrels, we've got a few of them where I live, they're really fast and fun to watch.

BBP - 2-7-2016 at 16:17

Aren't they sweet? And so clever!

It's another day to get soaked, but at least my vacation starts on the 6th. I'll be back on the 7th.

polydigm - 3-7-2016 at 16:42

Exams are now finished and I'm coming up for air. Hope all is well with you guys.

BBP - 3-7-2016 at 22:05

I'm OK, looking forward to my holiday... But I just smashed my finger in the door... ouch!

BBP - 5-7-2016 at 18:07

Spent most of the day in the kitchen, baking bread and muffins.

aquagoat - 6-7-2016 at 07:34

In the kitchen? It's good to know some women still know where their place is....:-P :lol:

I'm just kidding.

BBP - 7-7-2016 at 13:45

(swat)
Just got back! It was unfortunately cut short because bf wasn't feeling well, but we had fun!

polydigm - 10-7-2016 at 04:44

Bonny, I hope your finger is feeling better.

I've got one of my marks back and I'm pretty happy with it but I still have to wait until the end of next week for the other one. The other one is this complicatedly organised double physics subject, which is actually three subjects crammed into two and inevitably ends up being harder than two single subjects. So I've got three exam marks which will all be rolled into one, which is irritating. Anyway, I've finished my degree and next year it's onto physics honours. I'll be spending the rest of this year winding up to it. It will be a punishing year, but I'm still looking forward to it.

Bonny, I missed the fact that you had a boyfriend, is that something you mentioned recently? I hope he's a good bloke.

BBP - 10-7-2016 at 09:17

Congratulations on your progress! I hope all goes well for you!

Well, I've known him for years from the Sierra forum, last year I met him in person when I'd won two tickets to Patatje Metal and my sister was on holiday, I just asked him, never thinking he'd come since he lives very far away by Dutch standards. But he came and we had a lovely day.
And yes, he's wonderful!

polydigm - 12-7-2016 at 02:23

I got my other mark and it was pretty much as I expected. It wasn't bad, but not my usual standard. I've had a few difficulties this last semester, which seem to be partly sorted out, but I'm still not pushing myself because of the run of migraines I've had during the last six months. I'm just off to the doctor now to get my results on lactose intolerance. If it's positive, it'll explain a few things, but I'm kind of hoping it's negative because there are some dairy products I'd rather not have to give up.

aquagoat - 12-7-2016 at 07:30

I couldn't be lactose intolerant, cheese represents 33% of diet, lol.

BBP - 12-7-2016 at 10:48

From what I understand, lactose intolerance does mean you can have a glass of milk a day... cheese is usually low in lactose.

I hope your migraines will blow over though, they really suck...

BBP - 13-7-2016 at 23:00

I still can't get over actually having a boyfriend - a year and a half ago I asked you for tips for "total losers", and lo and behold, I find somebody!

aquagoat - 14-7-2016 at 07:34

I'm glad for you, Bonny, I wish you the best in your relationship.:grin:

BBP - 14-7-2016 at 16:54

Thank you! He's absolutely wonderful!

polydigm - 15-7-2016 at 11:00

So, according to the test, I'm not lactose intolerant. The funny thing though, is that every time I give up milk, I have to get used to the taste of fresh milk when I take it up again. This time I'm just not going to bother with fresh milk. I was still eating cheese, as many types of cheese have almost no lactose and I love cheese of most types, but now I don't have to worry about how much lactose they might contain. I was a bit sad about not eating yoghurt, but now I can eat that. The taste of fresh milk makes me feel a little nauseous. I haven't found out why that is. Anyway, I can now eat any dairy product I want, I'm just having soy milk instead of fresh milk.

BBP - 15-7-2016 at 11:57

Oddly I'm not that good with milk either. But hey!

BBP - 20-7-2016 at 16:12

Whew, it's hot here today!

aquagoat - 21-7-2016 at 06:46

aquagoat - 21-7-2016 at 20:26

Just bought 4 of these:

+ this:

BBP - 21-7-2016 at 23:05

Hey I still have some dumbbells! Should do more with them but I got RSI from them...

The music video to Dir en grey's new single Utafumi has popped up. In it, 10 artworks are being used, so I set myself up for another picture hunt like I did for Lotus and GK3 - then I was linked to Pinterest and found most of the paintings on one page.

PV:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUbKFrPkxRI

BB post:
http://bbp4bonnzai.tumblr.com/

aquagoat - 22-7-2016 at 06:25

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

Hey I still have some dumbbells! Should do more with them but I got RSI from them...

Yes, it can happen if you don't do the exercises correctly or do it too much or if the weights are too heavy.

BBP - 22-7-2016 at 13:25

Okay... I'll guess they were too heavy, 2 kgs.

polydigm - 23-7-2016 at 02:51

aquagoat - 23-7-2016 at 08:10

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

Okay... I'll guess they were too heavy, 2 kgs.

hahaha, well, I don' know what to say.

aquagoat - 23-7-2016 at 08:19

Quote: Originally posted by polydigm

Thursday I had a tooth extracted. That seems to have gone pretty well and is settling down okay. Friday my wife and I met up with my brother in the city and we checked out a couple of interesting art exhibitions. Had a break for coffee/tea and the cake I ate gave me problems later in the evening, but other than that we had a nice day. Just now, Saturday morning, I'm trying to get back into the study of French.

All in all, good news.

BBP - 23-7-2016 at 11:53

Glad to hear your tooth extraction went OK! {hug}

BBP - 26-7-2016 at 09:13

Meeting up with my bf again next week... :biggrin:

BBP - 27-7-2016 at 21:38

Not much to report... I gave my room a good airing and now I'm hunting mosquitoes.

aquagoat - 28-7-2016 at 07:10

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

Meeting up with my bf again next week... :biggrin:

Good news, have fun!

BBP - 28-7-2016 at 09:29

Thanks!

I'm a member of Tumblr, which I use to keep up to date with the latest news of Dir En Grey. It does have its drawbacks - you get all the fan-shipping, fans fantasizing about and creating photoshops and animations about their favourite two band members in a relationship.

You don't see that with Frank, do you?

aquagoat - 29-7-2016 at 07:59

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

Thanks!

I'm a member of Tumblr, which I use to keep up to date with the latest news of Dir En Grey. It does have its drawbacks - you get all the fan-shipping, fans fantasizing about and creating photoshops and animations about their favourite two band members in a relationship.

You don't see that with Frank, do you?

Hahaha, that would be funny though.

BBP - 29-7-2016 at 09:57

To be honest I think he was more than usually enamored by Terry Bozzio - he has three songs written for him, more than any other band member, one of them about how cute he is, and Zappa only gay-bashed on albums with Terry Bozzio on them. Maybe Bozz made him uncomfortable...

Aaanyway, the Zappa forum is getting a massive overhaul to the extent that it's getting pruned (if you have something dear to you left there, save it).
So I'll post this here for now:
http://mentalfloss.com/article/79130/14-totally-free-things-...

I'm already doing the rice trivia thing!

BBP - 31-7-2016 at 14:33

Busy saving the last few bits off the Z forum... have problems with eye and nausea.

I'll be visiting my bf for a few days from Tuesday to Thursday, probably Friday, and I won't be posting in the mean time.

polydigm - 1-8-2016 at 10:44

I have recently technically finished another degree, this time with majors in theoretical physics and applied maths. I have one bureaucratic detail left to finish it off, which involves this communication skills course for which I'm tracking down employers from the last ten years to get proof that I have work experience that counts as prior learning. It's a tedious process, but will be worth it once I've finished.

BBP - 1-8-2016 at 22:08

Congratulations! :bouncing:

aquagoat - 2-8-2016 at 07:14

Congratulations, Poly!:bouncy:

BBP - 3-8-2016 at 10:08

I'm way up north right now... with my sweet one. Eating grapes even.

polydigm - 3-8-2016 at 10:35

Is he peeling the grapes for you?

Thanks for the congrats guys. I'm back at the pointy end next year as I'll be doing honours in theoretical physics and that will probably turn out to be the most difficult year of my life.

aquagoat - 4-8-2016 at 06:38

Enjoy, Bonny, Enjoy!

BBP - 4-8-2016 at 09:04

I am, Aqua, I am!

Best of luck to you Poly!

BBP - 5-8-2016 at 14:40

I'm just coming back now... using the train's WIFI. It was a great calm couple of days, no TV, healthy food, lots of love... He's absolutely wonderful!

BBP - 6-8-2016 at 23:31

One of the casualties of the weekend was my Blackberry 8250 - the letter A had stopped working. Yesterday I took it apart and found one of the little plastic pokes of the keyboard had broken off, the one from the A. Today I spent some time looking for another Berry to fix it, but decided to try to glue it myself.
Which I did, seems to be reasonably successful. My phone's still working and the A is holding up so far!

aquagoat - 8-8-2016 at 07:09

MacGyver style!

BBP - 8-8-2016 at 22:35

Taking it apart wasn't easy without instructions, but it's in one piece now!

polydigm - 10-8-2016 at 13:38

It's very satisfying fixing something for yourself.

We're a very small group here are we not?

Cheers.

BBP - 10-8-2016 at 19:51

Well yeah... I'd opened up registrations but it's really fighting against the bots...

BBP - 14-8-2016 at 09:43

Hi everybody,
This may sound like a surplus warning, but I reopened registration and end up deleting bots every day.

DO NOT VISIT ANY LINK THESE BOTS POST, EVER.

Huck_Phlem - 14-8-2016 at 22:04

I had a stroke. I am doing rehab now and am walking again and obviously typing.

It was nothing I expected it to be like. Afected my right side so I thought nothing of it. I just felt very weak and thought it was low blood sugar. My daughter was the one who noticed my symptoms and took me in.

BBP - 14-8-2016 at 22:34

Oh my god Huck! That's awful!

Good of your daughter to notice the symptoms!

polydigm - 14-8-2016 at 23:39

All the best Huck!!

aquagoat - 15-8-2016 at 07:10

Fuck! Huck, hope you're feeling better.

BBP - 16-8-2016 at 21:57

Wishing you all the best Huck...

BBP - 18-8-2016 at 11:25

In odd Zappa-forum news, JayPFunk is now banned.

BBP - 19-8-2016 at 06:33

Nother day of work for me...

aquagoat - 19-8-2016 at 07:14

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

In odd Zappa-forum news, JayPFunk is now banned.

wow, te guy's been on this forum for more than a decade.

BBP - 19-8-2016 at 15:45

He was getting really bad, making a lot of racist remarks... but he got banned by being disrespectful to admin.

BBP - 20-8-2016 at 23:05

Bf and I finished playing Space Quest and talked for a few hours on the phone.

aquagoat - 22-8-2016 at 07:50

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

He was getting really bad, making a lot of racist remarks... but he got banned by being disrespectful to admin.

Well, he always seemed a little crazy, imo.

polydigm - 22-8-2016 at 10:02

It's quite simple, JP asked for it and now he's in denial.

I got that credit I applied, so my degree is now finished. That was really stressing me, so I'm glad that's done now. The funny thing is that as a reaction to the guy that was really rude to me, I ended up supplying them with references from six different jobs and one of them ended up being enough to get the credit.

I'm back to studying French with earnest as we'll be visiting my relatives in Normandy again in January.

BBP - 22-8-2016 at 16:04

polydigm - 23-8-2016 at 02:08

aquagoat - 23-8-2016 at 06:57

BBP - 23-8-2016 at 10:10

polydigm - 23-8-2016 at 13:05

BBP - 23-8-2016 at 20:14

I don't think it's going to attract many more people than we have already no matter what language you speak.

polydigm - 24-8-2016 at 02:05

English speaking people from those countries where English is the dominant language - US, UK, Australia - are quite commonly monolingual and are often intimidated by other languages.

BBP - 24-8-2016 at 10:27

I only allow spiders to intimidate me, but that's not a conscious decision.

Had another mail from Huck, he's really up a creek... poor guy.

BBP - 24-8-2016 at 22:00

And Punky: this Sunday is the Brabantsedag!

polydigm - 26-8-2016 at 03:55

All my best to Huck.

There is a survey, that I'm not sure I trust because they only asked 3,000 people, that actually purports to show that multilingualism is seen as desirable by 71% of people in the UK and the US. Go figure. There are still plenty of parochial bigots to go around.

BBP - 26-8-2016 at 17:40

Does that mean that the 29% believe it's undesirable or that the 71% think it's dead sexy?

polydigm - 27-8-2016 at 02:09

In my original comment I was basing myself on anecdotal evidence of bigotry that I've come across throughout my life towards anything non English . My own father would not allow me to be brought up speaking French around the house. He deprived me of a very useful skill, which I'm now having to try and absorb as an adult.

BBP - 27-8-2016 at 22:05

^Sorry to hear that... It's very important to learn the base of other languages before you're 12, after that you'll have a hard time learning a new language.

My sister escaped death and destruction when she noticed the neighbor's barbecue'd gone on fire. She alerted the emergency line, alerted the neighbor and helped putting the fire out.

I on the other hand spent hours on the phone with my sweetheart.

Looks like the Zappa forum is finally moving. The new address will be forum.zappa.com.

polydigm - 28-8-2016 at 03:56

So life's not dull up there.

I tried the new link. It's a live site but a long way from functional. Just a bunch of links to Diva's knitwear.

aquagoat - 28-8-2016 at 07:27

Glad to hear your sister didn't end up as a khebab.

BBP - 28-8-2016 at 10:56

Punky: Brabantsedag live at 14:15 my time here:
http://www.omroepbrabant.nl/?program/1714342/Brabantsedag+LI...
In two hours 20 minutes from this post.

BBP - 28-8-2016 at 19:29

The Zappa chat still works:
http://www.zappa.com/messageboard/chat/

polydigm - 30-8-2016 at 10:27

Nobody is ever in chat when I try it out.

BBP - 30-8-2016 at 15:22

Sorry to hear that... I caught GG last night but that was really an inconvenient time.

I'm at my bf again. Unfortunately I forgot my laptop plug and adapter.

polydigm - 31-8-2016 at 11:34

Let's hope your bf's battery doesn't run out. (tee hee)

My dental difficulties are still dragging on. Another tooth that was supposedly fixed recently started to go bad again and I eventually lost it, but he couldn't get it all out so I then had to see a oral and maxillofacial surgeon to finish it off. That finally happened today, so I'm currently languishing under the influence of strong pain killers. So I now have a double vertical gap, both number sixes gone, top and bottom, on the right.

BBP - 31-8-2016 at 15:59

Ouch! Poor guy!

aquagoat - 1-9-2016 at 07:29

Poly, wouldn't it be simpler to get rid of all them teeth and replace them with metal teeth, Winslow Leach style?

BBP - 1-9-2016 at 13:29

Full extraction? Is going to be painful...

polydigm - 1-9-2016 at 23:57

Aqua, the short answer is no. The long answer is unrepeatable - what possesses someone to do crazy shit like that? While the surgeon was removing my tooth, after I'd already told him about various stupid exploits of my youth involving opening beer bottles with my teeth leading to some of the problems I'm now suffering later in life, he was telling me a story of someone who had dental implants shaped specially for opening beer bottles. That's just completely nuts.

Anyway, it seems to be healing very well. I had the surgery Wednesday morning and needed some pretty strong pain killers to get through the rest of the day, but from waking up Thursday morning I haven't needed to take anything.

aquagoat - 2-9-2016 at 07:25

Haha, opening beer bottles with teeth, I did that when I was younger, I quickly stopped after slightly breaking one tooth. I realized that teeth arte one of the most important parts of your body, I didn't want to destroy my teeth and have to et soup for the rest of my life.

BBP - 2-9-2016 at 23:18

Whoa, special dentures for that purpose? :duh:

Glad the pain has subsided enough to be off the painkillers!
Big hug to you!

BBP - 7-9-2016 at 10:20

Has it really been four days?
Sorry... got a temp cleaning job again, this one needs quite a bit of cycling to get there...

polydigm - 7-9-2016 at 23:13

The tooth gap is healing well. The next thing I have to look forward to is getting implants.

Spring is just starting here, so you guys are now into Autumn.

aquagoat - 8-9-2016 at 06:51

Not before September 22nd, Poly, let us have a bit more sun, please.

It's been a while since I bought clothes, so that's what I just did, bought 4 shirts, 4 t-shirts, 1 pair of jeans and a jacket.

BBP - 8-9-2016 at 08:31

BBP - 9-9-2016 at 19:40

Sore throat. Spent hours on the phone with BF yesterday.

polydigm - 10-9-2016 at 05:11

What I meant about autumn is that there is more than one system for determining what their boundaries are. The main factor is the tilt of the earth. June 22nd, Summer Solstice, is the longest day in the northern hemisphere, but that part of the Earth has already been warming up as the days have already been quite long for some time towards June 22nd and similarly with the Winter Solstice and the Autumn and Spring Equinoxes. Whatever their effect, they don't form weather change boundaries. The meteorological Autumn starts at the start of September. The astronomical Autumn starts on the autumn equinox, June 22nd. I've always based myself on meteorological seasons because it's the weather that determines seasons, not astronomical niceties.

Of course, there are other factors than just the tilt of the Earth and the weather doesn't always cooperate.

aquagoat - 10-9-2016 at 06:50

Haha, I didn't want to start a debate, lol. I actually find the official season dates pretty stupid cause most of the time it doesn't correspond to weather changes, we're still in summer here, but the weather changed a few days ago, by that I mean the way it "behaves", it's still hot, but the course of the day is more autumnal than summery, if you see what I mean.

BBP - 10-9-2016 at 17:15

Here it's a heatwave again. Not normal for this time of year!

polydigm - 13-9-2016 at 09:42

There are many variables that determine the weather, which is why any method for determining season boundaries will have its limits. Crops can be destroyed by uncooperative weather, for example too much rain at the wrong time. Freak weather can cause plants to think it's spring when it's not, they bud too early and everything goes to blazes.

We've just been dropped into a cold wave here, in contrast to your heat wave. Cold when it should be warm one place, hot when it should cool another place. Weather has not been straightforward my entire life, so I'm not expecting anything different.

BBP - 13-9-2016 at 10:29

Ah that's good.

Busy day for it, went to the 2nd hand shop inbetween jobs.

aquagoat - 13-9-2016 at 19:54

Spent a nice day at the beach with a friend.

Managed to stain my new shirt with wine. I got it last week and it's already good for the trash can. :swear:

BBP - 13-9-2016 at 20:41

Sorry to hear that...

Wine stains: be quick:
flush with cold water, use salt on it with water, then treat it with soap.

aquagoat - 14-9-2016 at 06:46

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