If they want you to work from home they should provide you the computer!BBP - 12-3-2020 at 23:41
Guess what? Today they did! Well it does depend on how well my Wifi runs here...BBP - 13-3-2020 at 23:00
Cleared and cleaned the desk in my sister's bedroom. I find it a bit scary to be honest...Calvin - 14-3-2020 at 01:57
Your sister's desk or working at home?
I've been working at home for over 10 years now. While I don't feel part of the culture at work, I love being able to just sit there and do
my typing and listen to my stereo without distractions.
Oh, hello by the way. BBP - 14-3-2020 at 19:23
Hi Cal, great to see you!
I have a sore throat from all the talking. Work has been in-cre-di-bly busy, more than twice as busy as a high season Monday. I can't imagine how
that would be if all the seats in the office would be occupied.
I cleared my sister's desk for nothing since the WIFI wasn't good enough. Calvin - 15-3-2020 at 04:50
Darn. We just changed ISPs and got some really nice speeds for the internet.
My wife is still working because she's the manager, but with the school closed down here, her drivers can't work. (She manages a bus
company.)BBP - 16-3-2020 at 07:22
Tricky.
I'm off for day 2 of working from home... I hope I can use a USB mouse since working with the touchpad is a pain in the neckpolydigm - 19-3-2020 at 14:28
The touch pad on my Mac laptop is great. When I use an older computer with a mouse, it feels very hampered.
So, you did mean that working from home was scary?BBP - 19-3-2020 at 21:45
You're really on your own - so that if I need help or permission I can't put a client on hold and walk off, I need to use a chat programme
and hope that I get an answer in considerable time.
I'm quite accustomed to the touchpad on my laptop but this one's very different, I don't like the buttons yet. Also the shortcuts - F5
as refresh I need to use a lot when I work with our computer system since it often doesn't load properly - however I need to hold the function
button in order to activate F5. It took a frustrating day before I found out that just pressing F5 only turns the keyboard lighting on and off.
F5 is right next t F4, which turns the microphone on and off. On Saturday I could work, but on Monday I couldn't get the sound to work - I asked
help to three or four people on the chat but none of them could figure it out - it wasn't until I noticed a tiny LED next to a tiny microphone
mute symbol when I realized what was going on.polydigm - 20-3-2020 at 09:22
Talk about love hate relationships - computers are definitely the ultimate. I really love what they can do for me, but sheesh, can they be a pain in
the butt.BBP - 20-3-2020 at 20:36
BBP - 22-3-2020 at 20:38
I bought a USB keyboard, hope it helps... BBP - 25-3-2020 at 19:27
It does! My working station is coming along now... am thinking of a few extra books to put the laptop at a nice height but for now the
"Bulgarische Volkskunst" is doing its job just fine.
Been great to have a few days off after each other, had a longer day today but it hasn't been as stressful.polydigm - 26-3-2020 at 20:03
BBP - 26-3-2020 at 20:18
Yeah true... too bad about the pool.
It sounds really irritating, that keyboard. I'm personally getting used to the home and end buttons at the usb keyboard I use now but at least
it's better than needing the Fn button to get the function keys.polydigm - 26-3-2020 at 21:05
Is your laptop a Mac or Windoze machine? Isn't there a system setting that changes whether the fn key is needed or not? There is on a Mac, where
you can choose whether you need the fn key for the standard function keys or for the special features.BBP - 27-3-2020 at 17:49
Windows, but I'm very happy with the USB keyboard. Not only because of the function keys a=but also because of the distance between keyboard and
monitor I can use now.
There's another issue - our system works better on a smaller resolution and now I have to do sideways scrolling on pages that I could see in full
on the computers at work. I set te browser smaller to counteract it but that's not ideal.BBP - 27-3-2020 at 17:51
In a total shocker Till Lindemann (singer to Rammstein) was admitted to ICU due to Corona.I hope he recovers fully...BBP - 28-3-2020 at 18:11
Good day today, it was relatively quiet on the line and of course Dir En Grey livestreamed a concert. polydigm - 29-3-2020 at 14:51
BBP - 29-3-2020 at 19:51
We'll see what happens in a few months. The problems have barely started, quite a lot of industries are going to suffer.BBP - 4-4-2020 at 11:25
I'm somewhat wiser now... and one whole year older...polydigm - 4-4-2020 at 14:12
Happy birthday Bonny!!BBP - 5-4-2020 at 18:23
Thanks Poly!
On the second day of being 37 I am apparently none the wiser. I had made some tea and wanted to have some honey in it. Unfortunately the honey plastic
squeeze bottle hat crystallized so badly it wouldn't come out.
I had this problem before. Then I attempted to solve the issue by puting it in a basin of warm water, but that didn't work, not even after 12
hours. A few days later the honey was clear - Dad had put it in the microwave. The bottle had changed shape somewhat, but the honey was usable again.
So I attempted to clear the honey by putting it in the microwave. After taking the bottle out I noticed it'd worked - and then the bottle
exploded.
Honey was everywhere and a large hot lump had landed on my head, plus more honey on chest and belly. Thanks to my bra there's no burn on my chest
but there is one on my belly (even though I wore a thick home-knit jumper and a T-shirt. And there's a painful burn on my head. All my clothes
are now soaking in water, I hope it helps a bit. The floor is clean now. And the cupboards. And the fridge.aquagoat - 6-4-2020 at 07:28
Happy belated birthday, Bonny. Don't worry, wisdom will come a little bit further in time. Or maybe not... lol.BBP - 7-4-2020 at 12:02
I think I got all the honey out of my hair by now... polydigm - 9-4-2020 at 20:24
aquagoat - 10-4-2020 at 07:35
Haha, the kind of accidents happens, we're never safe, Poly.BBP - 10-4-2020 at 19:58
I bow
to you, Poly, oh master of mishaps...
polydigm - 11-4-2020 at 20:36
polydigm - 11-4-2020 at 20:37
Hey Aqua, how have you been?BBP - 11-4-2020 at 20:53
Oh dear Poly, I'm so sorry to hear that... how did it happen?aquagoat - 12-4-2020 at 07:54
Sp, there are traces of your dna all over concrete, Poly? Lol, I quite often cut my shins when I work in the summer cause I wear shorts, so
there's some of my blood on most of the roofs I make between June and October.
As for me, cause of the virus, I've been unemployed since mid March. Also in lockdown, so it's a bit difficult to see my girlfriend, since
we don't live together. But thre weather's beautiful, and I can do all sorts of things I hadn't got time to when I worked. Now
we'll see how long it lasts.polydigm - 14-4-2020 at 20:22
... it's a bit difficult to see my girlfriend, since we don't live together...
My youngest is 24 and still lives at home, as does his girlfriend. They rotate between his place and hers.BBP - 14-4-2020 at 21:52
That's fun. Unfortunately since my province Brabant is the hotspot of The Netherlands (mainly focussing in Breda, Tilburg and Uden/Meierijstad)
and his parents are in the low-struck northern provinces (and in a high risk group, but so is my dad) his parents don't like it if I go to him.
BBP - 17-4-2020 at 06:47
My plaid is finished! I'd post a picture but I haven't got a good one yet.polydigm - 17-4-2020 at 20:41
aquagoat - 18-4-2020 at 10:04
As far as I'm concerned, it's ok, cause we live in the same town, so we can manage to see each other. The more problematic situation is the
financial one. Being unemployed drastically diminishes my incomes so I've got to be careful how I spend my money.
Congratulations on your home extensions, Poly.polydigm - 18-4-2020 at 14:55
aquagoat - 20-4-2020 at 07:36
Only the usual support I get when I'm unemployed, nothing extra.polydigm - 20-4-2020 at 16:01
So, no income support in France like in the UK or Australia?BBP - 20-4-2020 at 16:10
Sorry to hear that... that's rough!
My boyfriend's family has allowed him to come over, so with a little bit of luck he'll be here on Saturday or Sunday.polydigm - 21-4-2020 at 21:20
Couples being kept apart is also rough.BBP - 23-4-2020 at 06:45
Fortunately BF has been given the OK to come over to us. Unfortunately his mother's got sick so we're hoping she recovers soon and that
it's nothing serious.aquagoat - 23-4-2020 at 07:49
No, no special support. But my employment agency contacted me, yesterday, so, with a little luck, maybe I'll work again soon.
Yes, it's not easy being kept apart but we manage to see each other quite regularly. Even though it's gonna be more difficult during the
next few weeks since her daughter is back at home due to the fact that she's got to be operated on because of an hernia.
Hope your boyfriend's mom has got nothing serious, Bonny.BBP - 24-4-2020 at 20:53
The doctor came to check her up and now it's the waiting game.
Sorry to hear about your girlfriend, I hope she's OK...aquagoat - 25-4-2020 at 06:54
Ok, it's never fun when you're kept waiting in the dark, like that.
As for my girlfriend, she's ok. I realize my previous post isn't really clear. It's actually her daughter who must be operated on.
It's nothing too serious but she will have to stay at her mother's place for a few weeks.polydigm - 27-4-2020 at 09:51
Well, all the best to everyone, just in case!aquagoat - 28-4-2020 at 08:40
Thanks, Poly.
I should start working again as soon as May 11th, actually. We'll see.BBP - 28-4-2020 at 09:55
BF's here! aquagoat - 29-4-2020 at 08:30
Good news!!BBP - 29-4-2020 at 22:04
Well he went back home again, but we had lots of fun playing Full Throttle, going on walks and tinkering with computers and wifi. aquagoat - 2-5-2020 at 07:16
Cool, glad you had a good time together, Bonny.
It is confirmed that I'll resume work on May 11th. I've got plenty of gloves, masks, gel, etc.. to work with. I'm ready.BBP - 2-5-2020 at 07:26
Good to hear! Congratulations!polydigm - 2-5-2020 at 21:37
BBP - 2-5-2020 at 23:00
Nice! Hope you don't have to do any concrete for that
My bosses were in a sweet mood and sent all employees a box of chocolates. They're from Tony Chocolonely, the first slave-free chocolate brand.
I'm happy they've done so well and so many chocolate manufacturers have followed suit.
In the past few years there has been a trend of inventing weird chocolate flavours, Tony's were also one of the first, if not the first, to try
this out. My favourite is dark milk which combines milk chocolate's creamy structure with pure chocolate's flavour. Once I bravely (haha)
bought their limited edition Pina Colada chocolate - white with pineapple and rum. And this comes from somebody who doesn't like white chocolate
too much and who doesn't drink: it was way too good. :drool:
Even so I found some of their chocolates more... questionable... like the White Raspberry Poprock bar. It's an expensive brand due to its
fairtrade nature and spending three euros on 300 grams of chocolate for something that may taste horrible... Luckily the package work sent also had
one of these.
Well, at least it satisfied my curiosity... but I'm glad I've never bought a full bar. Too sweet and not that much pop.
Aside from milk, dark, white and hazel, and my beloved dark milk, there are other weird flavours in it. Today I had dark almond seasalt, which I
didn't like much. I still have milk caramel seasalt, milk nougat and milk pretzel toffee still to go.BBP - 4-5-2020 at 18:35
Today is the Dutch WW2 memorial day. There are usually remembrance services at military graveyards, the concentration camps and other places - the
biggest ones at the Monument on the Dam in Amsterdam, where the king land many officials place wreaths, and the Waasdorpervlakte, where between 250
and 280 jews and resistance fighters were executed by firing squad. (ironically also two WW2 criminals, among them one of the big fish, Anton
Mussert).
I once attended the Monument on the Dam. Having a group of 100,000 people be silent for two minutes is awe-inspiring.
This year will definitely be unique.
aquagoat - 5-5-2020 at 07:35
Good news, Poly.
Ha, chocolates can definitely be hit or miss. Not very much a fan of chocolate, myself.
Yes, this year's celebrations are gonna be quite special.polydigm - 7-5-2020 at 14:53
Well, there has been the issue of two roof leaks, which I have now almost completely fixed. As I'm sure you can appreciate Aqua, having a hole
(for a flyover bracket) in a corrugated iron roof where two sheets overlap is very problematic. You can't just seal it with a rubber boot lined
with silicone, as water's capillary action is notorious and it sneaks in between. Out of seven flyover brackets, two have given me real grief.
Add to that, one is through an overlap that wasn't done properly by a builder a long time ago and I discovered that the facia board in line with
it has been silently rotting for years. It's fixable, but par for the course with this house - there have been many dodgy things that needed
fixing up since we've lived here.
I like chocolate far too much.BBP - 10-5-2020 at 18:02
Good to hear you got it fixed Poly!
Sorry about having been a bit quiet: BF came over on Thursday and he has only just left, so I had 4 days to enjoy him. polydigm - 10-5-2020 at 20:45
BBP - 12-5-2020 at 15:36
That's nice!
Yesterday I had the first international booking in like two months, a German travelling to The Netherlands.BBP - 13-5-2020 at 17:58
And from now on I'm allowed to work at the office 1 day per week. First day will be 22 May. polydigm - 14-5-2020 at 22:04
BBP - 15-5-2020 at 18:04
It probably will involve that. Today I had a training with about 8 colleagues. Two were at work and there wre 2 chairs between them, one on the far
left and the other on the far right of the screen. There's not going to be many colleagues either but it's been so great even watching them
on the screen. (highlight was one of our seniors had an attention seeking cat walking through the screen and giving headbutts.)BBP - 17-5-2020 at 11:37
just saying hello,
I'm fine, scared for the future, still not chicken little
had no idea B you were a fan of Anthony BurgessBBP - 18-5-2020 at 22:51
Oh absolutely! Have read four books by him but Earthly Powers was the best!polydigm - 19-5-2020 at 14:59
Hey Punky!! Good to hear from you.
I've almost stopped reading altogether, except for news.BBP - 19-5-2020 at 18:35
Dad found a huge bug in the shower, which turns out to be a common cockchafer. Also learnt that up until the middle of the 20th century these critters
were being eaten in France and Germany, they were cooked in broth to make cockchafersoup.BBP - 21-5-2020 at 16:14
Lost the Cluedo game. :crying:BBP - 23-5-2020 at 18:14
Tooth pain's been killin me lately...BBP - 25-5-2020 at 07:42
Dental pain got so heavy pain killers don't cut it anymore and i didn't sleep at all. Got an emergency appointment with dentist todayBBP - 25-5-2020 at 10:17
Had wisdom tooth pulled. At the moment I cannot speak so I write a lot to compensate
My teeth had been giving me problems since my last oral hygienist appointment - culprit after much unnecessary pain turned out to be the wisdom tooth
on one side. It had always been a problem since it came in bent and the area around it was sensitive. Since that treatment, when my butcher spent a
good five minutes pulling at that tooth, I had been having an insane amount of sensitivity.
Last night was especially bad - the APC I had taken last night at 11 didn't work. At 12:30 I walk around a bit to cool down, but it doesn't
help. I put on a CD for two nice mellow tunes, but the rest that gave me is gone.
At 1:30 I take a sip of water and rinse it in my mouth. It cools somewhat but half an hour later the effect is gone. I think about taking more
painkillers but I don't want to exceed the dose. Instead I slap petroleum jelly on the sore spots.
2:30: I rinse my mouth and lie on my bedroom floor. As I'm lying on my back the stress on my teeth relieves somewhat but as soon as I turn my
head it's back.
3:30: I rinse and drink a little. I rub Sensodyne onto the sore spots. Again I lie on the bedroom floor.
4:00: I give in and take an extra dose of paracetamol
4:05: Pain is so much relieved that I wish I'd taken them earlier
4:15: Pain is back.
4:20: I go to the bathroom, wash hands, drink, fill my water bottle and head for the CD player for some mellow songs. Occasionally I rinse water in my
mouth which seems to ease the pain.
4:50: Done listening, back to bed
I spent the next two hours tossing until my alarm goes. First I set it to 7:30, then to 8:00 . I get out just before 8 . As I walk down I notice
today's the day the trash is collected, so I but the garbage outside. Then I call the dentist and my team manager at work to explain: she thinks
its best I take sick leave because I didn't sleep at all. Appointment is set at 10. I check news and toss spam, then I call my boyfriend.
It's hard. Often during the night and morning I break down in tears because the pain is so bad.
At 9:00 I clean my teeth, way too early I go to the dentist. Aside from hand sanitizer there's the guideline that max 4 people are allowed in the
waiting room - something the clients don't heed much. I fill in a form about Corona, answering questions like "do you have Corona?"
"Do you have cold symptoms?"
The last question is "Are you feeling well and healthy?" To me the answer is no, I'm in agony and didn't sleep, but that's
tooth related, so I enter yes. When it's finally my turn I hand in the form. Dentist assistant sees it's really the wisdom tooth causing the
problem. My dentist will be able to pull it straight away. She gives me anaesthesia, lets me sit in the waiting room, ten minutes later I'm
called back in to good ol' Leo, my dentist of 30 years. After small talk he grabs his grips, says "I need to feel how your tooth
moves," I feel some painful cracks, he says "It's loose already", grabs another tool and pulls it out. That took all of two
minutes!
I'm flabbergasted, it seems like ten months of agony are ended with a few seconds of work. Under other circumstances I could've hugged him
but it's all about keeping distance nowadays, so I bow to him, I'm so rediculously happy.
So now it's biting gauze and waiting, but for now I don't feel any pain, just a bit nausea from anaesthetic and sleep deprivation.polydigm - 27-5-2020 at 18:14
BBP - 29-5-2020 at 16:13
I hope so. I still have some minor pains that are unfortunately similar to the ones I've had in the past 10 months. polydigm - 30-5-2020 at 07:16
Hang in there Bonny.BBP - 30-5-2020 at 16:47
Hard day at work today but at least I now have three days off!BBP - 2-6-2020 at 20:22
Was a bit of a shame that I couldn't visit my BF but on the other hand it's been nice to have some time to myself. Took a lot of jigsaws to
the second-hand shop. They had a lot of metal albums this time around, Biohazard and other stuff that my sister has, so I left it there.polydigm - 2-6-2020 at 20:30
BBP - 4-6-2020 at 15:23
Sorry to hear that Poly... here have a hug!BBP - 5-6-2020 at 14:10
Went to the office again today. We will open up further (now there are max 10 persons, there will then be max 35 callcenter and max 15 others).
However we have to maintain the distance of 1.5 m, meaning only 2 people may use the lift at the time, and only 15 people may use the canteen (so
during lunch hours you're not allowed to get a coffee).
Because of the lift limitations, nobody may use the lift unless they have a mobility issue. So we now all have to use the stairs - the ones by the
lift for going up and the emergency exit for going down.
We're on the 5th floor. There's a secret floor between ground and first floor, and I park my bicycle in the basement, so that's 7
floors up daily.
Remind me to wake up earlier in the morning.polydigm - 5-6-2020 at 15:48
Thanks Bonny. I'm already on the mend.
No can say you're not getting any exercise.BBP - 7-6-2020 at 12:25
I wonder how some of my colleagues are going to do that...BBP - 8-6-2020 at 18:54
Pretty heavy day, at the office again.
BF has decided to join me in playing Whodunnit, the ITV game show from the 70s that I've taken a shine to. We watch it at the same time and
discuss who we think it is over WhatsApp.BBP - 9-6-2020 at 09:48
Work is getting intense - we're not allowed to give out our last names anymore since one of our colleagues got harrassed to the point all her
notes are now signed as pseudonym. Heavy stuff. polydigm - 12-6-2020 at 15:10
BBP - 12-6-2020 at 15:39
Oh poor Poly, that sounds painful! What happened?aquagoat - 14-6-2020 at 06:38
Hello everyone, long time no see.
Work's been quite intense for a while, which he's good cause I'll get more money. But it's exhausting.
And I'm single again. Well, that's life.
Poly, hope you'll get better soon.
Going up and down stairs is very good for your health, Bonny.polydigm - 14-6-2020 at 06:40
I was digging out a tree stump with a large digging chisel and it suddenly lost grip. I might have been able to fall naturally if I was out in the
open, but I collided with a veranda post which spun me around and I fell very awkwardly. I landed on some broken bricks.BBP - 14-6-2020 at 12:19
Oh no guys, I'm so sorry to hear that! Hugs all round! aquagoat - 15-6-2020 at 17:50
Thank you for the hugs, Bonny.
Ouch!!! I can feel your pain, Poly.BBP - 17-6-2020 at 15:27
Approaching burn out stages myself at the moment.
I'm in favour of a hug fest.aquagoat - 18-6-2020 at 17:37
Yes, hug fest for everyone!!!!BBP - 19-6-2020 at 06:56
I'll be off to Friesland today for the first time in months, since my nephew has his 5th birthday. Also it'll be 5 years since I first met
my BF at the concert.
For my nephew's birthday I decided to crochet a dinosaur. Unfortunately he looks kinda... phallic from some angles.aquagoat - 19-6-2020 at 17:00
Already five years with your BF?? T'ime effing flies!!!
Nothing wrong with some phallic looking dinosaur, methinks.BBP - 22-6-2020 at 22:30
Just got back. Exhausted, pff.
Could be worse - the 10 month old baby of my sister-in-law is crying to the point his parents have been running on 3 to 4 hour nights for weeks.polydigm - 23-6-2020 at 03:11
Hugs have been awkward for me due to the physical damage. I understand the sleep deprivation thing, that previous little improvement I felt
wasn't much and I haven't had a decent night's sleep for two weeks. Last night was a little better, so things appear to be on the up
from now on. When you can't even properly enjoy the fundamental pleasure of a good sniff, life is tuff, but that seems to be getting better now.
I hope you guys are doing well.BBP - 23-6-2020 at 21:11
I bow
to you, Poly, oh master of mishaps...
