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They are both dark,but one is a tidy shoe and the other is a sneaker that has a bright orange rim.
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Noticed yesterday that my bicycle tire is about to explode - luckily I noticed it in time. So I don't think I have time to bake an epiphany cake
today. 
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Got drenched when I went to buy potatoes. Brrrrrrr....
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You must have been in a real hurry with those shoes. Auto pilot is a very important part of being human, but it can get out of control. Auto pilot is
what puts sugar in the tea pot instead of tea leaves when you haven't quite woken up yet. The longer you live the more elaborate your auto pilot gets
and I probably rely on mine far too much. I figure that's how I will eventually die - death by auto pilot.
So, you're getting soaked and frozen while we're getting baked. Although, we've had our air-conditioning system revamped and it is now keeping the
whole house properly cool.
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Today was a nice day for it though. I went to the market and the flea market to meet my old bosses. Henk's eye problems are still terrible
unfortunately, but he did manage to reassure me for the MRI.
And I saw a 10 million Mark note from 1923, the era of hyper-inflation. I wonder what it would've bought at the time. It was only valid for two
months.
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Am absolutely freezing after a trip to the 2nd hand store. At least I got two calendar clippings of Mucha for free. And I bought a knit book, there's
a great Celtic knot on it. Hopefully I can design celtic knits myself someday. I can do celtic drawings.
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I've been busy in the garden again. I got rid of that other tree stump. There's one more troublesome tree to come down before the front garden is
finished and a next door neighbour has offered to get rid of that. The front garden is looking really good now. The next big projects are in the back
garden.
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Watch out for your back, Poly!
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Funnily enough, the garden doesn't appear to have done me any harm, but I did hurt my back recently moving a piano. It seems to be muscular and is
getting better slowly.
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If Laurel & Hardy didn't warn you sufficiently about moving pianos there's a story I could tell you about the time we had to move the piano to the
hall to fit new carpet...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s4nVg_W_6Y
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It took me 6 attempts but I managed to make the knot!
http://bonnzai.deviantart.com/art/Celtic-Knot-Knit-585169112
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Knot bad.
As far as L&H's piano goes, it must have been a toy piano. There's no way two people could pick up a solid modern upright piano that easily. And
dropping it on his back from that height would followed by his funeral.
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That's really cool, Bonny
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Yeah I noticed that. But even if it was light-weight the lowering onto his back was a very stupid idea that would have resulted in a hernia.
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Haven't worked since monday because of the cold weather. It gives me time to fill the forms for a new passport.
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Always be very carefull with moving a piano, I've seen may persons having back problems because of that.
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Fill forms for a new passport? Whoa...
Don't worry Aqua. We have absolutely no intention of moving the piano in the near future.
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Good news, Bonny, good news!
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We had some weirdness here. Dad and I often play a card game of the Rummy family in the evenings, usually a best-of-5. Getting the deck properly
shuffled is difficult, but we found a system where we deal the cards in 3 stacks and shuffle the one unused stack with the remainder after the 13
cards you start with have been dealt.
Since it's a rummy game, you have to form groups with them: either sets of the same value or series of the same suit - and with our dividing system I
was surprised to start on the first game of the evening with a 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of clubs.
Second round: Dad is dealt 7, 8 and 9 of clubs.
Third round: Dad is dealt 7, 8 and 9 of clubs.
Fourth round: Dad is dealt 5, 6 and 7 of clubs.
(cue X-files theme)
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People here are also talking in excited tones about the return of The X-Files. It's hilarious.
I work at a homeless shelter. There's a couple hundred people we see regularly with 130-150 staying routinely any night. Especially when it's cold.
It's challenging work acting as temporary nurse, cop, judge, jury, mom, counselor, teacher, stern warner, harsh critic and sometimes friend. But I
love it despite daily having to decide on/do something I've never done before, without any training or warning. And hopefully before shit gets out of
hand. Constantly I'm having to set priorities for these actions, do them as quickly as possible, while not forgetting the lesser important things I've
been asked to do along the way, and then often having to defend these immediate judgements if necessary for someone who thinks their needs must
instead be the priority, while remembering to praise people for their patience, when justified. Expressing continual gratitude for everythingfolks
volunteer to do, from cleaning the bathrooms, washing the dishes, picking up cigarette butts or answering the phone, trying to steer people from
claims of a sense of entitlement toward expressions of gratitude, with or without snark.
And everyone has a story, experience, memories and hopes. So many stories, so many people. It can be wonderful and amazing, but is often tragic.
I get paid just under 8.3 euros an hour. We are very much understaffed. My schedule changes radically every few months with hours worked thru the week
also changing frequently, as this or that person gets sick and shifts need covering. We're so tightly scheduled - money-wise - that to bring on
another staff member during peak hours means I have had to cut back on my hours. And I've just learned that to bring me on at all (six months ago)
meant a couple longer term staff took schedule cuts without my knowledge. But they did it without a word of it to me or a hint that it cut into their
hrs worked/dollars earned. Remarkable. Both staff and guests seem to have accepted me with open arms and for this I can only be grateful. I need to
reciprocate.
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