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- Fri Nov 06, 2020 12:44 pm
- Forum: Health Questions
- Topic: Exercise/Fitness Log
- Replies: 502
- Views: 155776
Re: Exercise/Fitness Log
I like running. I know that now because I've been doing it more or less consistently for a little over 10 years. Distances 5-42 km. I know realistically that even a plateau of results after the initial getting in shape phase is sort of an achievement (because ageing), but I still feel like some more...
- Sat Jun 27, 2020 1:41 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: Uhm, Hi?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1340
Re: Uhm, Hi?
long-distance multi-day hiking Hi, welcome. Any good regions/trails you can suggest for long-distance hiking in Germany? With the possible exception of Schwarzwald in BW, it seems there are not too many "wild" areas left in Germany.. or elsewhere in central Europe for that matter. Of cour...
- Mon Jun 22, 2020 10:47 am
- Forum: Money Questions
- Topic: International Money transfers
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1276
Re: International Money transfers
With sums this large it's important to look at the exhange rate, not just the transfer fee. TW's selling point has been that they use a mid-market rate and not charge extra by way of converting between currencies. I haven't used TW for a while (so make sure you check), but the the last time I did, a...
- Sun Mar 29, 2020 3:00 pm
- Forum: Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: Is this a turning point in your life?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 3801
Re: Is this a turning point in your life?
My father (a cohabiting widower, 3 children, 3 grandchildren, barely in the "risk group" by age) has spent a little over a week in intensive care / critical condition due to C19. At the end of the week we finally saw positive signs that he's likely to pull through - certain relevant indica...
- Sun Mar 29, 2020 2:47 pm
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: Rube's journal
- Replies: 371
- Views: 113569
Re: Rube's journal
@rube, RE: lowering rent temporarily. I don't know about the tenant rights laws in NL but here in California we have a law that says we cannot raise rent by more than a particular % per year. If we were to lower it temporarily we'd be unable to legally return to the original rent if the tenant were...
- Fri Mar 27, 2020 3:29 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Let's talk about the Fire Service
- Replies: 29
- Views: 11903
Re: Let's talk about the Fire Service
A young youtuber goes through aspects of fire and rescue training with the South Metro fire dept (I'm assuming it's the one in Colorado) in a 35-minute video. It's a well produced and somewhat dramatic piece. I hope @ffj has the time to take a look and comment. I wonder if the target group here is m...
- Wed Mar 18, 2020 5:17 pm
- Forum: Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: Anyone prepping for corona?
- Replies: 370
- Views: 54027
Re: Anyone prepping for corona?
Our equivalent of the the US BLM had to issue a warning today that hiking trails are getting overcrowded, advising people to keep their distance from fellow hikers and choosing less visited sites whenever possible. Apparently it's now harder to find a parking spot at a beginning of a trail than at m...
- Wed Mar 18, 2020 5:12 pm
- Forum: Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: Anyone prepping for corona?
- Replies: 370
- Views: 54027
Re: Anyone prepping for corona?
Books, pushups and situps, and if all else fails, beer.AnalyticalEngine wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 5:01 pmstir-crazy syndrome that comes with being locked inside /.../ lack of stimulation
Is this finally the time when I-types rule the world?
- Fri Mar 13, 2020 4:22 pm
- Forum: Money Questions
- Topic: Stock Market Blood Bath
- Replies: 79
- Views: 14897
Re: Stock Market Blood Bath
-10% YTD, ex RE and cash, ex whatever happened in the US today.
Hey, thanks for asking, I wouldn't have checked otherwise and given the headlines I thought it would be down a fair bit more:)
Hey, thanks for asking, I wouldn't have checked otherwise and given the headlines I thought it would be down a fair bit more:)
- Tue Nov 26, 2019 12:06 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Hipster? Dinosaur?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 11421
Re: Hipster? Dinosaur?
In the kitchen, the only thing that has changed is the existence of the microwave oven. The first microwave oven was apparently sold in 1946 and a home-use version marketed in 1955:) "Tech" = tools for various purposes. I don't own even one chisel, because I don't do much woodwork. If I e...
- Wed Nov 13, 2019 4:12 pm
- Forum: Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: How do you dry your clothes?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3855
Re: How do you dry your clothes?
Same here. Line-/rack-drying a load or two of laundry is great when your air humidity is down to 20%. So is slow cooking or taking a hot bath:)
- Sun Sep 22, 2019 4:06 am
- Forum: Transportation Questions
- Topic: European mates: Diesel or Gas?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3385
Re: European mates: Diesel or Gas?
Fleet cars are diesel because they drive long distances. A diesel engine does not make sense if most of your drives are to the shop around the corner or the office a few miles away. It won't be cheaper this way and you'll likely run into trouble with the particle filter backing up. I'm on my second ...
- Sat Sep 14, 2019 3:55 am
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: Seppia's journal
- Replies: 266
- Views: 55822
Re: Seppia's journal
(another great one: ETF sales don't generate plus and minuses that can be compensated with plus and minuses from stocks). Ouch, that sucks. I thought the US was bad by not letting you combine “passive” gains/losses (from rental income) with “investment” gains/losses (from stocks, ETFs, etc). A comm...
- Fri Sep 13, 2019 1:34 pm
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: Seppia's journal
- Replies: 266
- Views: 55822
Re: Seppia's journal
Is your tax situation going to improve by moving to wherever it's going to be in Asia?
- Fri Aug 30, 2019 2:38 pm
- Forum: Resources & Recommended Reading
- Topic: Wayfinding: The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate the World
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4352
- Wed Aug 28, 2019 4:07 pm
- Forum: Resources & Recommended Reading
- Topic: Wayfinding: The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate the World
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4352
Re: Wayfinding: The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate the World
What blew me away even more was another kid asked how exactly GPS worked. We use it all the time but nobody at the party (mostly tech people) actually knew how the satellites do absolute location. Location is always relative to a reference point:) Finding out how GPS (or GLONASS or Galileo or whate...
- Wed Aug 21, 2019 10:10 am
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: Seppia's journal
- Replies: 266
- Views: 55822
- Mon Aug 19, 2019 6:12 pm
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: Seppia's journal
- Replies: 266
- Views: 55822
Re: Seppia's journal
I've lived at roughly the latitude* and climate of Stockholm for most of my life. It's obviously a matter of adaptation and preference, but I find the variation in seasons and duration of daylight a positive. It provides a slow and steady rhythm to things that I've missed living further to the south...
- Mon Aug 12, 2019 5:04 am
- Forum: Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: Obtaining a Second Passport
- Replies: 113
- Views: 29425
Re: Obtaining a Second Passport
Viktor, if your motivation is healthcare, you also need to look at the requirements for getting it in each country. For example, in Estonia tax-payer funded healthcare is fairly universal, but you still need to fit some boxes, eg being employed and paying taxes, being underaged, retired above the of...
- Sat Aug 10, 2019 7:01 pm
- Forum: Money Questions
- Topic: Marshmallow Test Revisited
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2594
Re: Marshmallow Test Revisited
This may have been addressed in the literature, but I've always thought about out it when the marshmallow test gets brought up.. they sort of assume children actually want them. I know quite a few who don't.. too sweet + the texture. Also, the test should be taken not with the first, but the second ...