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Offline Scaerio

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Re: Little things that make you happy
« Reply #6700 on: October 20, 2017, 10:00:48 pm »
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Quote from: Scaerio on October 20, 2017, 05:00:54 pm
Getting an email from the Public Affairs Program Manager in our Embassy in Berlin informing me that he is coming to Ottawa next week and wants to talk to me about a position there with a start date of late summer 2019.

Berlin, cool!!    :cheers:

It would be awesome.  I have tonne of friends in Berlin, including my best buddy from Belgrade who moved there a few months before I returned.  Also close to Dusseldorf where my dear friend Nora lives, as well as Vienna, and of course Sarajevo and Belgrade where I also have tonnes of friends and former colleagues.  I'm trying not to get too excited and carried away.  I also applied for a 2018 position in Budapest and a 2019 one in Bucharest -- Fob would certainly have a few things to say if I got that one!
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Re: Little things that make you happy
« Reply #6701 on: October 21, 2017, 01:48:11 am »
Thanks man!
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Re: Little things that make you happy
« Reply #6702 on: October 25, 2017, 09:29:58 pm »
I'm lucky in that I live in a rural area where we can buy produce, meat, poultry, eggs, etc from roadside stands.  My normal egg place didn't have any eggs, so I went to another place down the road. 

Found this note inside...nice little touch!

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Re: Little things that make you happy
« Reply #6703 on: October 25, 2017, 10:24:27 pm »
Being told that the prognosis for the cardiac ablation I had yesterday is quite good, as well as being off work until Monday.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/cardiac-ablation/home/ovc-20268855
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Re: Little things that make you happy
« Reply #6704 on: October 25, 2017, 10:30:40 pm »
Excellent news.
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Re: Little things that make you happy
« Reply #6705 on: October 25, 2017, 10:38:22 pm »
Doing the winter tire swap by myself for the first time, with just the scissor jack from the trunk.
The tire pressure seems weird, it looked way too low especially at the fronts, so I brought it up to 40psi although the Civic's recommended pressure is 32psi.  Then it felt too hard so I brought it back down to 35psi.
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Re: Little things that make you happy
« Reply #6706 on: October 25, 2017, 10:44:07 pm »
Quote from: carcrazed on October 25, 2017, 10:38:22 pm
Doing the winter tire swap by myself for the first time, with just the scissor jack from the trunk.
The tire pressure seems weird, it looked way too low especially at the fronts, so I brought it up to 40psi although the Civic's recommended pressure is 32psi.  Then it felt too hard so I brought it back down to 35psi.

Put it at manufacturer recommended pressure.  Especially in the winter...you want it softer...not harder.
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Re: Little things that make you happy
« Reply #6707 on: October 25, 2017, 10:45:41 pm »
Quote from: rrocket on October 25, 2017, 10:44:07 pm
...you want it softer...not harder.

That's what she said.
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Re: Little things that make you happy
« Reply #6708 on: October 25, 2017, 10:46:13 pm »
Quote from: Scaerio on October 25, 2017, 10:45:41 pm
Quote from: rrocket on October 25, 2017, 10:44:07 pm
...you want it softer...not harder.

That's what she said.

It really depends what she's talking about though....
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Re: Little things that make you happy
« Reply #6709 on: October 26, 2017, 01:54:53 pm »
Quote from: rrocket on October 25, 2017, 10:46:13 pm
Quote from: Scaerio on October 25, 2017, 10:45:41 pm
Quote from: rrocket on October 25, 2017, 10:44:07 pm
...you want it softer...not harder.

That's what she said.

It really depends what she's talking about though....

That's what I thought.

When I first put them on, I was hearing tires being squeezed even under light braking at a stop sign.  I'll check them after work and bring them down to 32psi.
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Re: Little things that make you happy
« Reply #6710 on: October 26, 2017, 02:40:05 pm »
Quote from: Scaerio on October 25, 2017, 10:24:27 pm
Being told that the prognosis for the cardiac ablation I had yesterday is quite good, as well as being off work until Monday.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/cardiac-ablation/home/ovc-20268855

Yeah, from out I gather this procedure has been a game changer with significantly improved outcomes. 

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Re: Little things that make you happy
« Reply #6711 on: October 26, 2017, 08:05:05 pm »
It's payday!
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Re: Little things that make you happy
« Reply #6712 on: October 26, 2017, 08:35:21 pm »
Scoring the best parking spot in the Costco lot. 
It's a good night.   ;D

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Re: Little things that make you happy
« Reply #6713 on: October 26, 2017, 08:40:28 pm »
^^I'm usually the opposite.  I try and park as far away as reasonably possible.  Also, our Costco has no parking that close to begin with.

I like how you backed in so you can GTFO ASAP!   ;D
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Re: Little things that make you happy
« Reply #6714 on: October 26, 2017, 09:12:50 pm »
Did you spend 10 minutes blocking the lane so you could back in?  People around here back in, and go back and forth a hundred friggin' times to get in.  FML, hate them.
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Re: Little things that make you happy
« Reply #6715 on: October 26, 2017, 09:33:28 pm »
Quote from: johngenx on October 26, 2017, 09:12:50 pm
Did you spend 10 minutes blocking the lane so you could back in?  People around here back in, and go back and forth a hundred friggin' times to get in.  FML, hate them.

Meh, you'd probably complain if the did a shabby parking job without backing in/out.

Miserable f*ck.   :rofl: :rofl2:

And what's 10 minutes to you?  It's not like you have a job or anything... :stick:
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Re: Little things that make you happy
« Reply #6716 on: October 26, 2017, 09:38:52 pm »
Quote from: rrocket on October 26, 2017, 09:33:28 pm
Quote from: johngenx on October 26, 2017, 09:12:50 pm
Did you spend 10 minutes blocking the lane so you could back in?  People around here back in, and go back and forth a hundred friggin' times to get in.  FML, hate them.

Meh, you'd probably complain if the did a shabby parking job without backing in/out.

Miserable f*ck.   :rofl: :rofl2:

And what's 10 minutes to you?  It's not like you have a job or anything... :stick:
Ha, ha, ha!!!! Soooooo true!

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Re: Little things that make you happy
« Reply #6717 on: October 26, 2017, 09:41:58 pm »
Quote from: johngenx on October 26, 2017, 09:12:50 pm
Did you spend 10 minutes blocking the lane so you could back in?  People around here back in, and go back and forth a hundred friggin' times to get in.  FML, hate them.

I'd be happy to answer that one for you.   ;D

Nope - i got backin' up skills.  Pull up just past it, into R and crank 'er in.
I always back into spots like that, and back up daily into spots that are pretty tight in parking garage at work.
So i get lots of practice. 
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Re: Little things that make you happy
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Re: Little things that make you happy
« Reply #6719 on: October 26, 2017, 09:45:05 pm »
Quote from: Weels on October 26, 2017, 09:41:58 pm
Quote from: johngenx on October 26, 2017, 09:12:50 pm
Did you spend 10 minutes blocking the lane so you could back in?  People around here back in, and go back and forth a hundred friggin' times to get in.  FML, hate them.

I'd be happy to answer that one for you.   ;D

Nope - i got backin' up skills.  Pull up just past it, into R and crank 'er in.
I always back into spots like that, and back up daily into spots that are pretty tight in parking garage at work.
So i get lots of practice.

Parking skills like this??   :rofl2: :rofl:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqgvQc7n1qw
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