Thanx guys. Well, it seems I already have better luck, since the mofo started again this morning. I'm gonna do backups of everything on other
drives, just in case. And, thanks to that unexpected event, I managed to change the password for one of my mail accounts.BBP - 7-7-2019 at 20:52
Good to hear! Good luck with the backups!polydigm - 8-7-2019 at 05:50
BBP - 8-7-2019 at 06:37
Enjoy your trip Poly!BBP - 10-7-2019 at 18:55
Will have to be doing a lot of baking soon... aquagoat - 11-7-2019 at 17:47
Enjoy your trip, Poly.
Huuuuum, baking!!!!:bouncy:BBP - 11-7-2019 at 18:37
Settled on 1 cake instead of two, since it was getting a bit much. It'll be apple pie!BBP - 15-7-2019 at 13:47
Met Polydigm on Saturday!polydigm - 15-7-2019 at 18:18
Met Bonny on Saturday!BBP - 16-7-2019 at 18:51
Sunday's boating trip was exhausting and personally I hope we never have to do that again. Too tiny and with over-excited kids in a cramped space
is a bad idea.polydigm - 16-7-2019 at 20:54
Indeed. A little earlier on this evening, I had to tell the parents on the pitch next to ours to stop their kids running around our van as a short
cut. The first time they did it, the Mother went with them, then on the way back, the kids were chasing each other around our van. I let the parents
know I wasn't happy about it when they returned soon after.BBP - 17-7-2019 at 16:35
How did the photos turn out Poly?polydigm - 18-7-2019 at 00:07
The links are in a U2U. They're low resolution, and for some reason, displaying upside down in the U2U.BBP - 18-7-2019 at 10:27
They're pretty decent! I'll send them to my BF and ask if he's OK with publishing.
Say hi to Mrs Poly from me!polydigm - 20-7-2019 at 08:46
Will do.BBP - 20-7-2019 at 19:18
BF's okay with publishing, but only at the Goose. Meaning I can lure more people to the Goose!
Having bad teethache since my last dentist appointment.BBP - 22-7-2019 at 15:57
Went to the dentist again, got some icky stuff smeared on it to stop me from waking up with toothache in the middle of the night. Hope it helps...polydigm - 23-7-2019 at 20:56
I have had some tooth troubles in recent years, but things seem to have settled down.BBP - 24-7-2019 at 15:18
How are you coping with the heat wave, Poly? We broke records here.polydigm - 24-7-2019 at 16:07
Not an unfamiliar experience for an Aussie.BBP - 25-7-2019 at 19:12
Until two days ago, the record highest temperature measured in The Netherlands was in Summer 1944, 37,8C. Yesterday Eindhoven became the hottest ever
measured at 38,9 and today that record was broken again, is now 40,7 in Gilze-Rijen (half an hour drive from here).
The heat brought on a lot of smog. Walking outside is intense. I've never experienced such heat, not even on holiday in Portugal. And I hope
I'll never experience it again. '
Good thing DED bought a fan a few weeks ago!polydigm - 28-7-2019 at 20:48
BBP - 29-7-2019 at 06:39
Clever!
The worst heat has fortunately subsided. The heatwave coincided with the biggest, best-known and most expensive funfair in The Netherlands. They lost
a lot of business over it.polydigm - 30-7-2019 at 17:44
BBP - 31-7-2019 at 17:23
Oh that's a shame, I'd love to see it myself...polydigm - 31-7-2019 at 20:56
We have seen it before, but that time it was heavily overcast, damp and freezing. We had been hoping to get some summery pictures this time.BBP - 4-8-2019 at 21:07
Went to the funfair but didn't enjoy myself.
Perhaps I'm getting old...polydigm - 6-8-2019 at 06:21
BBP - 6-8-2019 at 07:17
Yes, but what gives you the fun?
When did the noble hammock turn from "fun" into "a sure way to embarrass yourself" for me?polydigm - 7-8-2019 at 08:04
What gives me fun? Music, family and travel. I haven't been into fun fairs since I was about eighteen, but I enjoyed taking my kids.
What is the noble hammock and what does it have to do with a fun fair?BBP - 7-8-2019 at 20:13
At last year's funfair they'd installed a number of hammocks. I was tempted to try one but with my weight I didn't dare to do it. Where
where the days when I leapt in carefree?polydigm - 13-8-2019 at 17:51
Have you cheered up since?BBP - 13-8-2019 at 19:41
Well yes, went to visit my boyfriend, which was great fun!BBP - 14-8-2019 at 18:47
Had a rough moment today - one of our clients was on holiday with his wife, when, in the holiday home they'd booked with us, she suffered a heart
attack on top of the stairs. She fell down and laid in her own blood for some time.
The trauma helicopter ushered her to the hospital, where she was stabilized, but she unfortunately passed away during the night.
A colleague was set to write a condolance card, she asked me for help and I ended up writing most of it. We both had to brush away tears a couple of
times.BBP - 22-8-2019 at 09:37
First visit to the GP in over a year. Got some meds but it became a wild goose chase to get them. I hope they'll be there this afternoon.BBP - 27-8-2019 at 08:54
BF's here! polydigm - 27-8-2019 at 21:00
BBP - 28-8-2019 at 22:19
Me too...
BF was great. We went on a walk at dusk and saw a lot of bats!BBP - 1-9-2019 at 19:27
Sister went on holiday - she booked a holiday at Belvilla, where I work. Guess I take my work home!
Still waiting to see how my medical issue pans out. Getting me nervous.
polydigm - 7-9-2019 at 17:57
BBP - 8-9-2019 at 22:13
Good luck with the works!
So far my health seems to be OK. Just got back from BF's which was great. In two weeks I have a short vacation so I can spend more time with him.
I spent my free minutes knitting and crocheting for the nephew/niece that's due this month.BBP - 9-9-2019 at 22:28
Pfff... crocheted a panda baby shoe. Just putting the little parts together took me three hours.polydigm - 11-9-2019 at 15:37
That's very patient.
Glad to hear your health is okay.BBP - 12-9-2019 at 18:44
BBP - 15-9-2019 at 11:16
Still crocheting for the baby. I'm making a puzzle ball now.
And on present hunt...BBP - 18-9-2019 at 09:23
Not much new going on here...polydigm - 20-9-2019 at 17:38
BBP - 23-9-2019 at 08:41
No idea. Never been to Dortmund either.
Two nights sounds fun and it appears there's room in their schedule but Diru doesn't typically add dates. I'm happy they announced a
new tour so recently after the last one (possibly it had to do with the technical issues. They work with computerized images and the keyboard sounds
are also added by computer, but the sync-ing failed - in London it was so bad it couldn't be fixed and they had to build a setlist of songs they
could play without computer - while doing a show. )
I'm currently at BFs. His sister had a baby yesterday, which was wonderful. So cute!BBP - 24-9-2019 at 09:48
And yesterday I had the news that my old boss Henk passed away. That's the one who was left blind and legless by diabetes and whose apartment
burnt down last year.BBP - 27-9-2019 at 21:51
Attended the funeral today - that is, the church mass, not the burial. Henk is now buried at 200m from my house, which is a bit strange.
They went all out for the church mass - Henk was brought to the church by hearse drawn by four horses, massive amount of people, packed church - a
beautiful church with colourful interior (piccies here) , a professional live singer with professional sound system, a lengthy service with much Dutch schlager, pigeon release and standing
ovation. Exhausted...aquagoat - 28-9-2019 at 07:08
I'm sorry to hear about that loss Bonny. It seems your old boss had quite a good and attended funeral. People seemed to appreciate him.BBP - 28-9-2019 at 17:57
Aqua! (hug) How's your computer?aquagoat - 28-9-2019 at 22:46
Haha, it died a few weeks ago, I just bought another one last weekend. In the meantime, I lost my job, my girlfriend, my workmate retired and my super
friendly black neighbour went to China. So the last month was pretty mentally hard to deal with,reason why I was a bit away, but I'm feeling
better now.BBP - 29-9-2019 at 10:29
Sorry to hear about all that, Aqua... (hug)aquagoat - 29-9-2019 at 17:45
Well, it's ok. That's life. Thanks for the hug, though.BBP - 1-10-2019 at 06:40
BF's B-day today!aquagoat - 1-10-2019 at 17:14
Hope it's gonna be a good one.BBP - 1-10-2019 at 20:38
It's his big 40. I bought him the new Zelda game, which I mockingly call "lawn mowing simulator" since there's so much cutting
grass to get rubies.
He used to cut the grass, he was a very nice boy...aquagoat - 2-10-2019 at 17:27
Hahaha we all know how it ended... Lol.BBP - 2-10-2019 at 20:14
Haha he's happy now...
Dad found that a lot of media regarding the funeral had been published - there was a professional photographer. He made 2 films that he put on Youtube
and a couple of hundred photos that I already browsed. Quite a few are of poor quality - bad lighting, unsharp or really bad timing.aquagoat - 3-10-2019 at 17:49
Professionalism at its best. lol.BBP - 3-10-2019 at 18:03
Haha
Will be visiting BF tomorrow, hope I can shake off the cobwebs. It was rougher on me than I thought to have birth and death so close to each other.
It'd been some time since I last saw Henk and since he was a blind and legless diabetic kidney patient you know it isn't going to be all
that long, but still... he was a good guy. And much loved. BBP - 6-10-2019 at 10:49
Dropping in from Friesland to say a brief hello... Am baking apple pie for my BFś birthday party.BBP - 8-10-2019 at 22:50
Two days off in a row! Finally visiting my best friend on Thursday, it's been so long!polydigm - 9-10-2019 at 17:24
Hey Aqua! Good to hear from you. Sorry you've been having a bad time, but good to hear you're bouncing back.
Sorry about your loss Bonny.polydigm - 9-10-2019 at 17:26
I've got a bit of news. The latest Andrew Greenaway/Cordelia Records Frank Zappa tribute, Lost Meat, has been published and I have a track on it.
I'm Turbulator and the track is No More Mr Nice Girl.aquagoat - 11-10-2019 at 16:51
Hey Aqua! Good to hear from you. Sorry you've been having a bad time, but good to hear you're bouncing back.
Thanks, poly.
:bouncing:BBP - 11-10-2019 at 17:49
That's great Poly!
Had a great time with my friend, wish I saw her more often!BBP - 19-10-2019 at 18:05
It's been a long time, sorry... work suddenly decided to hit me today. Tomorrow however I'll be visiting my other friend.
I've had a lot of trouble with flat tires - my previous tire kept getting leaks at the same spot on the side of the tube that would be
"inside" the wheel - it was due to a sharp spoke screw. The screw's been sanded down and I got a replacement tire...
which got flat within three days. I repaired it myself and replaced it, it was going well and I was happy I succeeded in replacing it...
And two days ago, on my free day, I went to the second-hand shop and halfway... yep. Walked back home, spent the remainder of my free day watching
Donald Duck cartoons trying to cheer up.
Thing was - the initial leak was at the height of the valve, exactly on the fold on one side. The leak from two days ago was at the height of the
valve - exactly on the fold on the other side.
I'm seriously doubting the quality of the tire in this case.BBP - 20-10-2019 at 21:52
Went to visit my best friend again, was a bit of a shock. He told me on the phone that he suffered a fracture and was at present with his parents.
Today he told me that while trimming the hedge at his parents' place last July, he fell off the stepladder and broke his right wrist and right
ankle. He had surgery to have a plate installed. Unfortunately he had a resistant bacterial infection from the surgery and spent a few weeks in
hospital - he's lucky that they could stop it in time!
He's lucky to be alive. polydigm - 24-10-2019 at 15:00
There's definitely something not right with your bike Bonny. You shouldn't get that many flats. I find that puncture proof tyres are worth
the initial expense due to the money and trouble they save down the line. Sorry to hear about your friend. Resistant bacterial infections - scary
stuff.BBP - 24-10-2019 at 20:23
I used to have those leak proof things. In my newspaper round days I lasted 3 months with a regular tire and 1 year with a leak-free one.BBP - 24-10-2019 at 20:24
Just heard the book fair I used to work for has gone bankrupt three months ago. Sad...BBP - 27-10-2019 at 14:35
Enjoying the weekend!polydigm - 28-10-2019 at 05:31
Yep, that bicycle definitely must be posessed, or somehing, I don' see any other explanation. You shouldn't have so many problems with it.
Nice little piano piece, Poly. Keep 'em coming.
As for me, work is really becoming special. I'm now working with a guy called Erdin. He's very nice. He's from Kossovo. Practically
doesn't speak french. And he's a mason. My boss doesn't seem to remember we work in the roofing business. Lol. I think I'm gonna
finish my week, call it quit and work elsewhere. This year, I've worked with two masons, two plumbers, and a few other things. I'm fed up
with this management.BBP - 28-10-2019 at 22:16
Nice work Poly!
Possessed! That must be it!polydigm - 30-10-2019 at 15:06
Thanks guys. I'm hard at work practicing the drum part for what follows the piano intro.polydigm - 30-10-2019 at 15:08
So, Aqua, are any of these guys any good at roofing or do they just hold you back?aquagoat - 30-10-2019 at 19:11
Answer B Poly, I always have to keep an eye on them to check if they don't anything wrong, so it slows me down. But I won't happen again
cause I quit today. I'm gonna take a week off, and my temp agency will find me another job next week.BBP - 1-11-2019 at 08:36
Sounds rough Aqua... good luck!
I'll be off to BF's again.One of my late-night (ahem) road trips...aquagoat - 2-11-2019 at 08:29
Well, as planned, I quit on thursday. I'm gonna take a week off, then my temp agency will find me another job.
Have a good week-end with BF, Bonny.polydigm - 6-11-2019 at 18:16
aquagoat - 6-11-2019 at 19:50
Week is going pretty well, doing sports, rebuilding a guitar of mine, reading, etc... Just ordered a few books, a few records, food for the mind, you
know? What about you, Poly, how is your life going?BBP - 6-11-2019 at 20:38
BBP - 13-11-2019 at 00:04
Efteling was good fun! Next time I think I'll go alone again though. BF was so enamoured by the love-it-or-hate-it (and my vote's hate)
darkride Carnaval Festival he dragged me into it three times. It is a merrier version of It's A Small World - and with a tune that is even more
of an earwurm. Been trying to get that infernal brass out of my head for the past week.
Don't look it up for the sake of your sanity.polydigm - 13-11-2019 at 13:37
I've finished that piece and put it on SoundCloud.
Nice! I can tell your Zappa influence!polydigm - 18-11-2019 at 13:48
Thanks Bonny!BBP - 24-11-2019 at 11:58
aquagoat - 24-11-2019 at 18:49
aquagoat - 24-11-2019 at 18:54
Wow, that pattern is great indeed, Bonny.
Learning new languages is something I'm very intereted in. One of these days, I'm gonna learn German.BBP - 25-11-2019 at 00:01
Haha! We could talk sometime! I speak German all day long at work!
I speak French pretty decently but I'm out of practice - I don't speak it on the phone however since I got a panic attack with every French
caller. Like with German, I learnt it the school way at my secondary school but there are so many accents... If I have somenody from Austria,
Switzerland or around Munich on the line, I do have to try my best. With French it's the same thing but French doesn't have the advantage of
being similar to Dutch the way German is.polydigm - 25-11-2019 at 14:53
My French has continued to be poor. I spend time with my relatives in France, with every intention to work on my French when I get home, but
there's not enough time in the day for the things I ordinarily do, let alone study French. I'm torn, because I would really love to be able
to speak French.BBP - 26-11-2019 at 11:24
Unfortunately the odds of me speaking French at work will diminish over time.
Fortunately that's because I've been promoted to HomeOwner Service. aquagoat - 26-11-2019 at 18:17
Congratulations, Bonny. That's so cool.polydigm - 27-11-2019 at 13:10
Off to hospital in the morning for major surgery. See you on the other side.aquagoat - 27-11-2019 at 18:48
Arf, whatr's wrong, Poly?polydigm - 28-11-2019 at 19:34
Meaning I can lure more people to the Goose!
