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I always get worried when I don't see the "Sound of the Week" post from Sander.
Not because I worry about if something has happened to him, but I worry that it might actually only be Thursday and I still have another full day until the weekend 
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Sad thing is that the closer you are to the weekend, the closer you are to monday as well... 
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Well fortunately, in this case Monday's a holiday.
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Not here in Sweden...
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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For my brain, every Monday is a holiday 
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 ... finally I can quietly work on some relevant things which I need to understand better ...
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There are some weekends where I can't wait for Monday! (yardwork/manual labor/honeydews) 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
"Hope is contagious"
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musefan wrote: I always get worried when I don't see the "Sound of the Week" post from Sander.
Awww... I didn't know you cared so much 
musefan wrote: Not because I worry about if something has happened to him
Oh 
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On impulse I connected to the ISS live HD feed and, as the view was almost cloudless I waited a couple of minutes to come ashore in Namibia. Shortly I saw a strange thing: a large white area. This, it seems is Etsoha National Park[^]. First I heard of it. Not surprisingly, the white is a salt flat - a really big one.
Image From Space[^]
Real Time (almost) View[^]
Real Time Location[^]
Remember, half the time ISS is on the night side of the earth (90min orbits)
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modified 21-May-21 9:58am.
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This post made absolutely no sense until I realised you hadn't wrote "IIS"...
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Even worse, I thought he first wrote ISIS.
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Death to the west, and all that jazz...
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musefan wrote: Death to the west
If only that were a relative term. I live in the West so those that are west of me, well, never mind.
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And on my side I thought, hmm perhaps I will learn something special about ISS installer which we are using for several years now ...  , wrong  ...
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Wow, I sometimes look for mindless, time-wasting activities when I don't feel like coding, (why else would I be here!) but this tips the boredom scale! 
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"Hope is contagious"
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Well - I suppose you can sit and stare and hope something happens.
Others, keeping in mind the 90min orbit time AND the map showing past/present/future locations for ISS would let you predict when something's going to happen.
Or, if you continue with your night-watch, you may luck out and be over a thunderstorm (which can look amazingly cool from the top).
Well - I need to get back to watching a dandelion re-open and then hope for a stiff breeze.
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... we have a date for "I bought the farm" (now rebadged as "Clarkson's Farm"): Jun 11th on Amazon Prime.
There is a trailer here: Clarkson's Farm | Official Trailer | The Grand Tour - YouTube[^] and while it's likely to contain a lot of the "good bits" it definitely has a "Real Top Gear" feel to the trailer.
Could be worth watching. I'll certainly try it.
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great something else for me to be hooked on. Waiting for on Amazon Prime. I keep trying to cut tie with them But Clarkson and company keep pulling me back in with their hilarious antics and incredible videography.
Clarkson is simply brilliant.
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
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Dij can make phone calls, turn on the computer, send emails ... and play computer games.
Picture the scene: I'm play GTA V online, I'm in an Annihilator Helicopter (only slightly stolen), and I am approaching the attack zone at around 2000 feet.
Furface decides I'm not paying him enough attention, strolls up to the keyboard and ... looks at me while he presses the "F" key.
Which ejects me from the chopper.
Then he lies down on the keyboard so I can't get to ENTER to deploy my parachute ... can I remember which button it is on the controller? Nope.
Splat.
Thanks cat.
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Looking at the bigger picture.
Perhaps it's Dij's way of telling you that if should convert you to soft mushy pieces she'd eat you flesh without a second thought ?
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Haven't bought a license for Pawsense[^] yet, I gather...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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TBH, the end result's probably no different to being ejected (presumably upwards, i.e. towards the rotors) from the 'copter. Never played GTA so maybe you were flying a rotorless 'copter...
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No, "F" is the standard KB key for "enter" or "exit" a vehicle. If you land a chopper, "F" is how you open the door and step out.
If you are flying, it does the same thing. Just from a much greater height ...
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A straightforward one to end the week.
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if you don't get any takers I'll post but I'm sure you will.
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