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BBP
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Woke up way too early... was a terrible mistake...
Finished a terrific book I was reading about Bertrand de Guesclin.
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polydigm
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Who's gone?
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Bonny, that lemming thing is hilarious. (I don't mean that offensively, I assume you did it for a laugh).
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Quote: Originally posted by BBP  | | That's nasty, be sure to complain about him at evaluation. Say you do have evaluation out there, do you? We had that after every class.
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Yes, we were asked to do evaluation. I think everyone in his class pretty much laid the boot in. It's become
a lot worse since I mentioned it before. On the bright side, I've pretty much figured his course out on my own so I'm not as bothered as I was.
Final lectures this week, swot vac the week after followed by exams. I'm now starting to feel a lot more positive about getting into honours next
semester so it seems my plans are on track.
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Thanks! I was kinda worried about that lemming thing. Hope I can make a few more, but I need a red/yellow brolly first.
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It seems like I've just lost my bi-weekly gig at the book cafe. I've also probably lost my rare Philicordia organ with 2 manuals. And worse.
This night, the book cafe, which was located right next to the give-away shop and which gave shelter to tons of books, plus many articles (mainly
clothes) for the give-away shop, plus any equipment that was there (turntables iirc), plus the green hat I made last week (see lemming gif), plus the
lodgings of my ex-date Julien, went up in flames.
Causes are still unknown, but I'll be going over to have a look, make a few photos, and see if I can talk to some of my friends. Hopefully Julien is
OK, he was taken to hospital with respiratory problems.
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Funny how little interest there is in the fire... I'm heart-broken personally. It was such a lovely place, it's awesome not just to have a lot of
bookshelves to nose through, but also to have the possibility of finding something real nice, and to not have to worry about the cost, since it's all
for free.
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sounds like a mistake that went horribly wrong. sounds familiar enough but happening not long after you met them and went there, it would ! = strike
me as out of the ordinary. Hope your friend feels better.
tonight after a long absence, I listened to burnt weeny sandwich and a 1984 07 21 LA, California "Let's Move to Cleveland" that has a mighty fine
Tommy Mars kybrd solo and a ripping Frank.
In honor of efforts I listen to
1973 11 23 E Toronto show: even the 4 min+ intro and tune up, a long Pgymy Twylyte, Idiot Bastard Son, Cheepnis, Innca Roads, Penguin, T'mershi,
DogMeat, RDNZL, Montana, Dupree's and the Green Genes medley with King Kong and Chunga's motifs! then the late show,
1973 11 23 L Toronto which is shorter at 44 min but whose sound improves,,, they do Eat That Question and Big Swifty...
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Phoned them yesterday. They'll start again next month and do their best to pay off the damage.
Visited the second-hand store and met a lady at the coffee corner who just kept on talking to me for over an hour. I didn't catch her name, but I do
know pretty much everything else that is to know about her.
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Sigh.
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You know, that's what I was thinking.
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There's been another fire in the neighborhood. Will put up the photos later.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY28mzhigpA
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Went into town, shot photos, went to visit the local alternative CD-store for the last time... sniff. 
Bought a bowl of instant noodles. It came with three packets, none had any info regarding its contents and only one was seethrough. Opened and added
the first one. The second packet was a lot more resilient, I couldn't tear it open. So I hold it between my teeth, and pull... and it's sambal.
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the other day was driving to the store with my brother and stating how difficult it was to get others to make more healthy choices in diet, exercise.
Then reminded myself out loud how I know that I may not be the best trumpeter of that being a cigarette smoker. This is something he has always wanted
to see me quit. So instead of saying what he usually does, he said, 'Yah, there is the one about the log in one's own eye."
Yesterday, back home, I bicycle to the store to get filters for my cigarettes. Cycling down the street, a bug flew in my eye.
It still bothers me today. I must have scratched it too vigorously.
And if Calvin reads this, the advice he gave on the cig topic, is still valid for me. I use it in other areas of life.
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The sigh is to indicate presence if nothing else. You know, how when you're physically in a room with a group of people, you don't always have to be
saying something. It seemed to me at the time that if I was reading the conversation and sighed that although I wasn't moved to words I should
indicate that I had participated at some level.
With the first fire, Bonny, are you sure it wasn't a failed insurance thingy?
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I have no idea how insurance works with squatters, or what that particular policy looks like; but Julien told me he has to pay them back. Sad because
the fire wasn't his fault, he wasn't even in the building. I thought he was, since it was his bedroom where the fire started, but he'd been staying
with friends and another Portuguese guy was inside with a lit cigarette.
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I didn't mean to suggest that the squatters would have had anything to do with it. Obviously only the owner would be able to cash in. There must have
been some difficulties that led to the place becoming "squattable" in the first place.
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About 13% of offices in Eindhoven is empty, and not every owner is eager to rent a company to seek out temporary inhabitants. As my sister can tell
you, such companies don't always take lodger's rights into account.
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Probably they catch money from both sites. As I understand from articles in the papers it was first squatterd, but afterwards there was an agreement
to use the building as long it was empty. If there is some sort of contract, they are tennant and as a good "housefather" you have to insure the
property.
But having your house insured in Holland is quite a costly business. It is combined burglary and fire. Altough your wallpaper will burn, it is not
certain that burglars will steal your wallpaper  . When you are underinsured, the
insurance cost money but will not pay everything. If you are overinsured you have the same problem and when you are on target you have to prove a lot,
since only what you have can burn.
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