Magick205 In reply to EvilDogBum [2017-09-14 02:50:05 +0000 UTC]

You're just as wonderfully twisted as I am. Must have been something in all that Pac NW water. Probably Mt. St. Helens ash. That or the pervasive smell of Skydrol and Mil-L-23699. Rots the mind and corrupts the soul. Ain't it grand!

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Magick205 In reply to TimoGuenther [2017-06-15 02:22:45 +0000 UTC]

Already over 33 deg C! It's a typical sweltering Midwest Kansas summer already. Hope everything is working out there? New job and everything? Still trying to write.....but it's damn hard. I can crap out a chapter.....but that's just it. It will be crap. I'm on my 3rd re-write now. Hopefully, it'll be worth the wait. 

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TimoGuenther In reply to Magick205 [2017-06-16 05:44:23 +0000 UTC]

That sounds like a hot summer. 33 degree C would be too warm for me already. I prefer something around 20-25°. Yeah, I'm a winter child, I guess, lol. Job and stuff are okay. Things are slow at the moment; not much pressure, and in about two weeks I will have my summer vacation. Compared to the trouble during winter, I'm positively surprised about how well things are going right now. How are things on your side? I bet you gained a lot of new scientific knowledge at work, no? And don't worry about the writing. Take all the time you need. Better than pushing something out that does not satisfy you. I'm certain it will be worth the wait. It always was, so why should it not be this time?

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Magick205 In reply to TimoGuenther [2017-06-17 22:56:30 +0000 UTC]

Well, I finally have my degree. So, yay me. But now I have to pay it all off. - sigh -

A nation that does not invest in education deserves what happens to it. But I am very excited to know that in some small way (very small actually), I'm helping the cause of public health worldwide. I might never be famous, much less rich. But I do know that my life will have had a positive impact overall. So, yeah. I'm pretty content right now. For me, it's like I'm on vacation even when I'm at work. And speaking of....I hope you have a great one this summer. Get out of town, away from crazy people for awhile. Just simply BE. 

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TimoGuenther In reply to Magick205 [2017-06-19 07:30:31 +0000 UTC]

Have your degree? That's great news! Congratulations, Dan
So, I'm gonna call you a doctor of scientific science now.

It sounds exciting to be part of public health care. And we all know that even the smallest cogwheel is needed to keep the machinery running. Good to hear that you found a role to fulfill. It must be an awesome feeling to go to work and consider it to be more than just that.

Oh, don't worry. My vacation will be used for a good cause, so to speak. I will move a few streets to a different apartment. The landlord of my apartment declared that he needs it for his daughter. Over here, landlords can't kick you out easily (as long as you don't commit stupid things or crimes). But an owner can declare that an apartment is needed for a member of their family. Then you have to go immediately without negotiations. So I will use my two weeks of vacation and get my stuff to another place to live. It is just a few streets away so that the movement will be very easy. And I assume that there will still be some time to relax a bit after the change.

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Magick205 In reply to TimoGuenther [2017-06-26 01:23:00 +0000 UTC]

Americans are good at doing stupid things, however. "What do you mean I can't weld in my living room? The carpet only caught fire once!"

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TimoGuenther In reply to Magick205 [2017-06-26 07:54:23 +0000 UTC]

Ha, trust me, guys from the Old World can act the same. I've seen people at a pool party hanging an outlet power strip over the pool. And people were in this pool. Now that could have been a helluva accident... lol

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Magick205 In reply to TimoGuenther [2017-06-27 02:05:01 +0000 UTC]

There are days I think that the Y chromosome is designed to kill us all off. And women just laugh.

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Magick205 In reply to TimoGuenther [2017-05-07 22:34:57 +0000 UTC]

Har har. Point taken. I'm back. Just have over two thousand notifications to wade thru...and get back in the flow of things. I've missed A LOT it seems!

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TimoGuenther In reply to Magick205 [2017-05-08 15:46:35 +0000 UTC]

You're baaaaack !!  YAY
   

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Magick205 In reply to TimoGuenther [2017-05-09 02:31:24 +0000 UTC]

It's been a long strange trip, my friend. Hell, I've had to actually pick up and re-read everything I wrote for this to get back in the groove of writing. Still working on it though.

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TimoGuenther In reply to Magick205 [2017-05-10 08:09:59 +0000 UTC]

Take all the time you need; there is no need to rush. We're just happy to have you back in the pack
How is the new place of yours? Is everything fine with the house and stuff?

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Magick205 In reply to TimoGuenther [2017-05-12 23:18:57 +0000 UTC]

It's pretty nice, and a lot less expensive that what we were paying. Still don't have a good desk to work from just yet, but I can still put consonants and vowels together at the dinner table if I am so required.

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TimoGuenther In reply to Magick205 [2017-05-14 00:10:32 +0000 UTC]

That's the spirit. If there's no workspace, just create it with the resources you have.

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Magick205 In reply to TimoGuenther [2017-05-17 01:52:56 +0000 UTC]

It's just slow getting back into gear. A sentence here and there. Re-read the paragraph. Realize it's utter bollocks.

Start over.

Yeesh. It was so easy at one time. Now it's really hard catching that spark again. I know what I want to say in the story.....just not how to say it.

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TimoGuenther In reply to Magick205 [2017-05-17 04:42:32 +0000 UTC]

Oh, I know that feeling. It haunted me all winter, during the dark time of the year. Geez, I was not able to get anything done. Quite passive and silent. But now, the fire's coming back slowly, and I'm pretty sure that your sparks will glow again, too. It just is a matter of time. Here is hope that it will not take as long as it took for me.

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Magick205 In reply to TimoGuenther [2017-05-18 03:04:44 +0000 UTC]

I'm not too worried about that. Besides...not being able to produce means that I have more time to read other people's works. Never know where lightning will strike, neh?

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HyenaTig In reply to Magick205 [2017-05-07 22:44:40 +0000 UTC]

GOTCHA - catched you visiting my profile!
So you're back? For real?
 

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Magick205 In reply to HyenaTig [2017-05-07 23:26:44 +0000 UTC]

Very much so! My wife is still in nesting mode since we've got the new place...so I'm just trying to stay out of the way before I get a vinyl slipcover over me like a 50's couch. I still need a good desk to work at. But one thing at a time.

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HyenaTig In reply to Magick205 [2017-05-08 05:06:29 +0000 UTC]

I'm so glad you're back!
Really hope things turn out the best way possible at the new place~.
 

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Magick205 In reply to HyenaTig [2017-05-09 02:28:55 +0000 UTC]

So far so good. And I am very much hoping things are going much better for a certain be-ribboned hyena we all love. This is so, yes?

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HyenaTig In reply to Magick205 [2017-05-09 05:53:06 +0000 UTC]

Oh well *shrug*
Life goes on, pretty much. Nothing spectacular going on~.

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Magick205 In reply to HyenaTig [2017-05-12 23:21:10 +0000 UTC]

But you had to put your baby in the shop? What's wrong with the little zoom-zoom? Mine is sick too.

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HyenaTig In reply to Magick205 [2017-05-15 15:06:51 +0000 UTC]

Oh well, the car is having issues all the time.
Fix this, another prbolem here, fix that, another problem there.
So yours is moody as well?

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Magick205 In reply to HyenaTig [2017-05-17 01:50:55 +0000 UTC]

A Little bit more than that. She died hard as I was arriving at work. I had just enough momentum to roll safely into the parking lot and out of traffic. The good thing is that I knew what this was. Timing belt. Far past the change interval. Did you ever see the movie "The Ring"? What the drowned kid's hair looked like? Yeah, that was the remains of the belt. Good thing that I had already bought one and a new idler pulley and spring. I knew that this was coming but just didn't have the downtime to fix her...till I no longer had a choice. Just glad it was after the move. Five hours of work and she roared back to life.

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HyenaTig In reply to Magick205 [2017-05-17 13:54:00 +0000 UTC]

Oh boy, the timing belt?
If this thing rips apart on my engine, it will kill the valves and most likely the cylinder heads.
Interval for mine is every 5 years or 50.000km (~32.000miles)
 

Hope you'll have your baby fixed soon!

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Magick205 In reply to HyenaTig [2017-05-18 02:56:10 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, an interference engine like you have, and my wife's Del Sol is a real disaster waiting to happen. Gotta stay on top of that. My next trick is to do a brake pad replacement on the rear drums. Never done it before, but this I have time for.

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HyenaTig In reply to Magick205 [2017-05-21 16:19:57 +0000 UTC]

Oh my, I have to clue how to do the pads on a drum brake!
I sure is more complicated than discs, but I don't think it would be too hard! Gotta keep trying!

And yeah, the Del Sol is still quite famous over here. I dunno - liked the normal CRX much more~.

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Magick205 In reply to HyenaTig [2017-05-21 16:39:43 +0000 UTC]

It is a very cute little car. Shame we don't see too many CRXs on the road anymore. Incredible mileage too!

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HyenaTig In reply to Magick205 [2017-05-21 19:32:59 +0000 UTC]

Yup, those cars last for long!
One of the reasons why the CRX prices in Europe hit the sky!

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