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BBP
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Hey! PackardBell! We have one too. It's a bit of a PC for those who aren't technically minded...
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aquagoat
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suits me just fine. 
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scallopino
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I was awake for approximately 50 hours writing an essay on a Vietnamese war novel.
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BBP
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Goodness! Hope you got some sleep in the mean time... I don't think I ever lasted that long. My record is 26 hours... and I was mentally broken by
then.
Not much happening lately... started doing the yardwork again. Pulling weeds, moving the strawberry plants... stuff like that. Yesterday Dad cropped
down two of our acacia trees (they're still young and we really don't want them). I understand the name derives from the Greek word Akis, meaning
sharp point. They're very thorny.
Unfortunately dad wasn't too caring about disposing properly of the thorny branches. Well, the container was full of removed dandelions. So he left
them on the lawn...
...And of course I moved my bicycle over these early morning on my round, puncturing the rear tire. 
Cycled back home during my round. Grabbed my sister's bicycle. Its pedals were all wobbly so I quickly turned back. Grabbed my dad's bike. Had to
inflate the rear tire first. I could hear the air flowing out again, so I put it back.
Took my own bicycle. Inflated the rear tire. The air came flowing out too fast to continue, so I had to settle for my sister's wobbly pedaled
two-tired wreck.
Repaired the tire today. It seems OK.
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BBP
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Had a nice Saturday for it...
Next Monday I hope to be training a new deliverer. Problem is, he's from Morocco, and thus speaks French. I have a hard time listening to French, it's
very difficult and especially in an accent I'm not familiar with. He does speak English too, but I'm not sure how well. It may be problematic with the
papers and stuff.
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scallopino
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Hmm. They say music is a universal language, maybe try that?
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BBP
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Nah... it's not universal... you also have to "speak it."
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MTF
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Just tell him " Hey Champ, my fists speak Dutch!"
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BBP
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Nah. Besides he's quite the looker. Anyway I managed this morning. Except with the French, god has that gone downhill since school.
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Fortunately it's going a little bit better with the French tomorrow. I'll have to use it to the max tomorrow when I have to explain to the trainee why
I have to do the work. Some paperwork issue.
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aquagoat
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If you've got trouble with that french thing, tell me, perhaps I can help you.
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BBP
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He wasn't around today... hope I can see him again, he was a good worker. And cute.
On the other hand, while I was out on my own doing the delivery, I found 120 euros which I'll take to the police later today.
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scallopino
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No! I would just take it! And then, if the cops come to investigate you, just use some of the money to bribe them!
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aquagoat
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that's what I would do to.
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BBP
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Ha! No, I'm honest... now. When I was 10 or so I found 50 guilders (back then it would be 25 $) at the supermarket, and I confiscated them. And that
gave me so much torment in true Crime & Punishment style. So this time I was a good girl and took it to the cops.
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BBP
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Baked bread. And burnt my hand in the process.
Gah, now I understand why bakers used to use their feet to prepare the dough... you REALLY don't want anyone to call you when you're busy with it. I
think half the dough finished in the sink, it's so sticky!
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BBP
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Got another belated birthday gift: the Special Edition DVD of Legend (that's a film with Tim Curry. Yes I'm going nuts here.)
And another birthday present was at the second-hand store, the Roberta Williams Anthology. 4 CDs of quality games (King's Quest 1 thru 7, the Laura
Bow series, Mixed-Up Mother Goose, first chapter of Phantasmagoria, and of course the first graphic adventure ever: Mystery House.)
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scallopino
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I think belated birthday presents are way more satisfying than early birthday presents.
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BBP
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Oh yeah! Especially with the ones I got, three DVDs that were all worth waiting for!
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It sure has been my lucky week! Today I went scrounging at another second-hand store, and I found 2 boxed games at a euro each. Not to mention they
had that cookbook I have too, but that I lost and I really needed a recipe that was in it. At 2,50 I thought it was too expensive to buy again, but
luckily I had a pencil with me, and I found a Mona Lisa postcard in the bargain bin, so I copied it and bought the card.
And then I didn't buy the card. The lady at the register didn't know how much they cost, so she just said that "it was in the book" and so gave it to
me.
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