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We're supposed to be having some kind of awesome winter storm today. Certainly having the wind, which started last night as predicted and should go on into tomorrow morning. Not so sure we're gotten any of the snow yet though. That said, at 70 km/h sustained winds, and 115 km/h gusts, the wind might just be clearing the driveway. I'll not complain about that.

 

Just hope to keep power. I have wood for a fire, but starting one in these winds, especially a nor'easter, is a good chance of blowing smoke back into the house. Should have made the fire last night so the fireplace could warm up again from ambient temperature. It's opening the door to build a fire that kills you; any warm air in the chimney and fireplace gets blown back into the house by the wind, and now getting an up-draft is that much harder.

 

Think I'll go build a fire now just in case.

 

 

Oh, and you don't see -1 with a -11 windchill very often. I used to have a chart, and I would have said that at -1 the windchill could only get to -8 or so :D

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Still freaking cold out here.

 

Also, going to Riga in a week and going snowboarding for the first time since my knee surgery... Wish me luck!

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So I've noticed this thread's regulars all follow similar trends.

 

RPG is constantly dealing with psycho exes.

Muggi reminds us of the joys of polygamy.

Saq is totally oblivious to how much chicks dig him.

I strike out every other week.

Kalphite wages a war against the friend zone.

Randox pretty much stays rational.

Etc, etc

 

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We're supposed to be having some kind of awesome winter storm today. Certainly having the wind, which started last night as predicted and should go on into tomorrow morning. Not so sure we're gotten any of the snow yet though. That said, at 70 km/h sustained winds, and 115 km/h gusts, the wind might just be clearing the driveway. I'll not complain about that.

 

Just hope to keep power. I have wood for a fire, but starting one in these winds, especially a nor'easter, is a good chance of blowing smoke back into the house. Should have made the fire last night so the fireplace could warm up again from ambient temperature. It's opening the door to build a fire that kills you; any warm air in the chimney and fireplace gets blown back into the house by the wind, and now getting an up-draft is that much harder.

 

Think I'll go build a fire now just in case.

 

 

Oh, and you don't see -1 with a -11 windchill very often. I used to have a chart, and I would have said that at -1 the windchill could only get to -8 or so :D

That is one hell of a wind :D. Here's one chart in case you're curious: http://www.candac.ca/candac/Outreach/Teacher_Resources_Index/tri/31.pdf

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Oh rip maybe it's UK responses only in which case come on Boris

Can't do anything fam. Not found

Edit: I did it, I would be skeptical over the effect sizes  from the studies you are drawing conclusions and some of your questions are very limited.

Luck be a Lady

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Oh rip maybe it's UK responses only in which case come on Boris

Can't do anything fam. Not found

Edit: I did it, I would be skeptical over the effect sizes  from the studies you are drawing conclusions and some of your questions are very limited.

 

 

Oh I totally agree there's hella limitations to this but I don't really know what they expected from us lol since this module is in its first year.

Still think we're all gonna get firsts by default which is win win for me.

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Yeah, that's like the chart I used to have. From that, I guess -11 is probably as low as the windchill can really get at -1C.

 

We've lost power once so far for a couple hours. Didn't expect we would be getting it back until tomorrow morning, so either the wind died down long enough for a line to be fixed, or they were able to do something to work around it for the rest of us. Fun day.

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As far as I'm concerned - they're right. An extreme amount of anything could theoretically cause cell mutation

 

Yeah but I remember when that law passed the law was intended to be a warning label for stuff people wouldn't expect to have health problems and would impact their decision making. Such as some brand of plates has x and you may not want it.

 

Instead they screwed with the law by making the wording so vauge that literally every building has a label and has chemical names that are 30 syllables long to where its useless information. So the warning labels are intentionally made useless by that especially when Oxygen can be placed as a cancer causing chemical.

 

Hold on there Chuck, don't forget about Di-Hydrogen Monoxide, the leading cause of dysentery! 

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Today I worked, and didn't do much after I got back home besides Uncharted Isles on RuneScape, OGame, and ArenaScape... I keep getting issues with Firefox so I'm going to be saving all my bookmarks and switching to another browser...

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oh hey you're using my company's surveys lol

 

I've had a pretty solid day though. Had a good conversation with my manager today and it seems like he thinks my performance is getting better which was really good to hear after how rough my last quarter was. Had a pretty good gym day too and I managed to fix a batch of shitty chili that I made this weekend. It was the first time I made the recipe and apparently I forgot to add salt and pepper - it's just stupid how much difference that makes. There's a reason why wars were fought over this shit lmao

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So this week has been pretty shitty so far...

 

I arrived in Greece on Saturday somewhere around noon-ish. As i get off the plane i do what i always do first: i activate my roaming and i buy the necessary data package with my carrier in Qatar so i don't have to pay the ridiculous roaming costs. It works out around $30 for 100 minutes and 1gb of data , which is enough for whenever i'm not within wifi range. I pick up my luggage, head outside, get in a cab and tell him where i'm going. Soon as we get onto the high-way he tells me he's not 100% sure where i'm going, can i maybe direct him. I'm slightly annoyed, but i figured this is exactly why i have GPS on my phone. So i get the location and i direct him. It's about a 30 minute drive and he's very chatty (and ignorant). He makes the usual small-talk. Asks me why i'm in Greece, where i'm from, etc. When i mentioned i was from South Africa he made the typical "but you're white?" comment. I noticed about 10 minutes into the trip that he didn't turn the meter on. I figured he was a.) either going to try and bullshit me or b.) ask me for the normal price, but just not "clock" it so he makes some extra money on the side. Cab drivers in Qatar do this all the time as well, so it's nothing new to me.

 

So we get to my destination and i ask him how much for the ride. He asks for 60. I just stand there in silence. Generally the trip from the Airport to that hotel is only around 38-40. I tell him that 60 is too much. He tells me no, it's 60 "how would i know different". So i told him i know what the price is, i've been to this hotel 4 times in the last 6 or 8 months. All of a sudden he tells me "yes sorry i meant 40". So i open my wallet and i take out 30 and told him it's all i have. He tries to argue with me and i just told him that i'm more than happy to call the police and have them settle the situation for us. By law if the meter's not running i should pay for the trip at all, so i mean he's lucky i'm even giving him 30. He mumbles some shit to me in Greek and got in his car and drove off. 

 

I get to my room, settle down a bit, etc. Few minutes later i decided to call my parents just to let them know i'm safe and whatever. My phone has no service. Try for about an hour to get it working. Turned the phone on and off several times, took the sim out, cleaned it, put it back, etc. Nothing. I give up and call them on Skype. Next day my dad calls me on Skype (still had no service) and tells me my phone account has been cut off because apparently my bill is sitting at 4000 Riyals which is about $1200. Told him it's impossible because i haven't even used up all my data/minutes from January. To make a long story short, my service provider in Qatar charges around $16/mb when you're roaming without the package i purchased on the airport. So i can only assume that somehow an error has been made and the package never activated or whatever. Either way, no way i'm paying that bill, they can go [bleep] themselves. 

 

So today i went to write my first exam for this sitting. The exam i wrote is known to be a [bleep]. The way it works is that the exams are all randomly generated from a multiple-choice questionbank. This subject has 35 questions from a possible ~500. Generally you get around 28 theory questions and 7 graph-based questions. It's structured in a way that the theory makes up around 70% and graphs make up the last 30% (graphs generally count for 2 or 3 marks and theory for 1). The graphs are known to be very tricky. Either your margins are extremely close and very hard to be accurate with, or the actual material you're given to work with is littered with lines made by previous students (it's hard to explain, but it's not that important). Since you need 75 to pass you generally don't want to get more than 2 or 3 theory questions wrong, since you only need to get 2 or 3 of the graphs correct for a pass. Well.... as luck would have it, today RNG decided to give me around 20 theory questions and around 15 graphs. I looked at it and laughed. I know i had all the theory questions correct, and i was uncertain about only 1 of them. Even with that, i was looking at a max of around 40% guaranteed. I tried my best with the graphs, but yeah... got [bleep]ed in the end. Real pain in the ass. Have to wait till next month to retake it. 

 

Got 4 more exams left till the 22nd. At least they're all just theory-based, so not too worried. Just... hasn't been a good couple of days. 

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Girl dragged me around the whole Valentine's and left a huge hole in my budget.

 

And drunk af.

 

Also, I couldn't imagine such roaming fees. In butt[bleep]istan, Asia, my roaming fees still amount to only like $4/mb. You Qatar people be crazy.

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So I've noticed this thread's regulars all follow similar trends.

 

RPG is constantly dealing with psycho exes.

Muggi reminds us of the joys of polygamy.

Saq is totally oblivious to how much chicks dig him.

I strike out every other week.

Kalphite wages a war against the friend zone.

Randox pretty much stays rational.

Etc, etc

 

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Butt[bleep]istan is my new favorite country hahaha

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That actually comes from me mate who uses the term liberally and quite often :D

 

Today, went on a basketball match while overtired, having slept 2,5 hours the night before...

Teammates told they could see the delay in reaction times :D

 

However, with that game I am now at 3 trainings and 3 games since my return to the glorious sport of basketball.

t3aGt.png

 

So I've noticed this thread's regulars all follow similar trends.

 

RPG is constantly dealing with psycho exes.

Muggi reminds us of the joys of polygamy.

Saq is totally oblivious to how much chicks dig him.

I strike out every other week.

Kalphite wages a war against the friend zone.

Randox pretty much stays rational.

Etc, etc

 

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What about snowboards?

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So I've noticed this thread's regulars all follow similar trends.

 

RPG is constantly dealing with psycho exes.

Muggi reminds us of the joys of polygamy.

Saq is totally oblivious to how much chicks dig him.

I strike out every other week.

Kalphite wages a war against the friend zone.

Randox pretty much stays rational.

Etc, etc

 

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Today I've been grinding uncharted islands all day in RS... and played a game of League of Legends which was fun. Lead my team to victory playing Leona ^^.

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Went snowboarding for 2 days. Was nice. Had not been on a board for 4-5 years, and that knee held up quite well even.

Even tried a few jumps and didn't crash badly.

 

Was a fun company winter days. Suffice to say, everything was free for me.

 

Now on to a freaking workday. On Sunday...

t3aGt.png

 

So I've noticed this thread's regulars all follow similar trends.

 

RPG is constantly dealing with psycho exes.

Muggi reminds us of the joys of polygamy.

Saq is totally oblivious to how much chicks dig him.

I strike out every other week.

Kalphite wages a war against the friend zone.

Randox pretty much stays rational.

Etc, etc

 

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Just came back from a weekend away in the countryside.

It was actually quite nice not getting ridiculously drunk or drinking alcohol at all. I had a lot of fun walking through museums and a cathedral.

I met up with a friend I met on some forums six years ago. I am so fortunate that I have a job that I've been able to spend money on these trips away from this toxic environment -

 

I was physically stalked by the guy who strangled me on Tuesday evening and I filed a complaint so I've been granted a restraining order and it's elevated my mood because now he can't harrass me without consequence anymore. His girlfriend called me delusional and followed me home, and I honestly don't care because I'm just happy I'm not in that situation anymore.

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Restraining order gives you so much power, that's great to hear!

 

I just got back form my primary care doctor who legally can't tell me for sure I have hemorrhoids, but given my age and symptoms he's basically sure that's what it is. None the less I gotta go book myself a GI doctor now. Cause that's what I want to do with my time... 

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Anyone who likes tacos is incapable of logic.

Anyone who likes logic is incapable of tacos.

 

PSA: SaqPrets is an Estonian Dude

Steam: NippleBeardTM

Origin: Brand_New_iPwn

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Today I woke up at 11am thanks to it being President's Day so I get the day off from work. It also doesn't help that I stayed up to 4:30 am on RuneScape to get the most out of my double experience weekend XD. So much mining T.T...

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Runescape?

 

In my OT?!?!?

 

 

 

 

In other news, a day off. spent just lying in bed, reading about Georgia (the country), playing some Gwent and Dirt Rally and re-watching Suicide Squad.

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So I've noticed this thread's regulars all follow similar trends.

 

RPG is constantly dealing with psycho exes.

Muggi reminds us of the joys of polygamy.

Saq is totally oblivious to how much chicks dig him.

I strike out every other week.

Kalphite wages a war against the friend zone.

Randox pretty much stays rational.

Etc, etc

 

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I actually logged in to runescape last night cuz my username got taken away and I wanted to try to get it back

 

I found the npc that they named after me though so that was cool

 

 

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Was 950 days without logging in. I'm not gonna log back in though

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I don't know what game that is but it's cool that they named an NPC after you

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Anyone who likes tacos is incapable of logic.

Anyone who likes logic is incapable of tacos.

 

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Steam: NippleBeardTM

Origin: Brand_New_iPwn

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I don't know what game that is but it's cool that they named an NPC after you

Right? The graphics are a lot nicer now but it doesn't feel like runescape anymore. There's no nostalgia factor now

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