[Illuyankas]

I met another Malazan fan with no forum connection and enough enthusiasm to talk me into buying another ICE book.

Also I logged back in. Hi everybody!

[Slow Ben]

illlllyyyyyy



NFL Draft is making me happy. This should be a national holiday.

This post has been edited by Slow Ben: 29 April 2017 - 07:40 PM

[Solidsnape]

Well today is my last shift for Renault Sport, my last F1 shift (for the foreseeable future at least anyway!) and my last drive home from this neck of the woods. Only 1.5 hrs to go before I can leave, the longest shift ever!
I've managed to secure a job back home and now I'm just waiting on a start date, so it looks like I've got net week off.
I've had a blast in the last 18 months, but it's time to go back to reality!

[Kruppe of Darujhistan]

Loki, on 24 April 2017 - 08:45 AM, said:

NASA has upload hundreds of photos from their Apollo mission to Flickr.

And here I thought the Apollo missions were to the Moon.

[amphibian]

The Nintendo Switch and Mario Kart 8 is glorious. Zelda Breath of the Wild is amazing too, but Mario Kart is so damn fun with a partner.

[Loki]

I got to meet Poppy today. She's five days old and she already has mastered the side-eye. Her facial expressions are so sassy, it's hilarious. Even more so due to the fact that she has that squished egg-head thing natural birth babies often have going on.

[Mezla PigDog]

Snooker world championship final session. Got a curry on order. Wearing pyjamas. Let's do this.

[Kruppe of Darujhistan]

Briar King, on 01 May 2017 - 07:12 PM, said:

Not a cloud in the sky(and won't be any tonight) and the sky is extra blue today. Lows in the low 60's tonight will give me an adequate viewing of Jupiter, Saturn, Arcturus, Vega, and Spicia.

I know where to find Jupiter Spica Arcturus and Vega, but where should I look for Saturn? (And don't say, "up.")

[Kruppe of Darujhistan]

Thanks! I'll have to wait till the middle of the night or later to go look. My southeastern horizon is mostly obscured by pesky civilization. I know I can see Scorpius around 2 or 3am when it wheels into the gap between two buildings.

[Kruppe of Darujhistan]

Briar King, on 02 May 2017 - 12:51 AM, said:

Kruppe of Darujhistan, on 01 May 2017 - 09:56 PM, said:

Thanks! I'll have to wait till the middle of the night or later to go look. My southeastern horizon is mostly obscured by pesky civilization. I know I can see Scorpius around 2 or 3am when it wheels into the gap between two buildings.

Cool let me know if you spot it. Also Venus rises at 4:29am. It is on its early rise phase each night for a bit. It comes up about 2 minutes earlier each proceeding morning.

If you have an iPhone you can download a very simple app called Planets. The icon for it has Saturn. I use it daily.

I don't have an iphone. I have to rely on the kindness of strangers.

Scorpius is pretty low on the horizon at my latitude. That, coupled with the local light pollution, it's a wonder I can locate the Moon let alone a planet a billion miles away.

[Mentalist]

Closing day: Got the keys, and finally got to take a look at the place I bought almost a month ago

I'm not quite sure I've yet come to terms with the idea of myself as homeowner. once the fatigue and the stress of endless hectic something will go away (I'm guessing it'll be around the time I crack my first beer on the May long weekend 3 weeks from now), I should be able to start appreciating the fact.

Anything sooner will be a pleasant surprise.

This post has been edited by Mentalist: 02 May 2017 - 02:11 AM

[worry]

Am I hearing this right? There's a party at Mentalist's house this Saturday??

[Tsundoku]

worry, on 02 May 2017 - 02:22 AM, said:

Am I hearing this right? There's a party at Mentalist's house this Friday/Saturday/Sunday??

FTFY

[Messremb]

Mentalist, on 02 May 2017 - 02:11 AM, said:

finally got to take a look at the place I bought almost a month ago

Wait, what? You didn't look at it before?

1 month is am incredibly fast turnaround from a UK perspective, if only we could do that. We were 4 months I think with no chain.

Now you'll have the joys of furnishing it. Probably best to have the week-long Malaz party before you buy decent furniture...

[LadyMTL]

Mentalist, on 02 May 2017 - 02:11 AM, said:

Closing day: Got the keys, and finally got to take a look at the place I bought almost a month ago

I'm not quite sure I've yet come to terms with the idea of myself as homeowner. once the fatigue and the stress of endless hectic something will go away (I'm guessing it'll be around the time I crack my first beer on the May long weekend 3 weeks from now), I should be able to start appreciating the fact.

Anything sooner will be a pleasant surprise.

Congrats! I bought a condo last year and was exhausted by the time it was all done; from the day I made the offer to the day I signed at the notary took over 2 months, then I had to move (on the busiest moving day of the year here) and then paint, clean the place from top to bottom, unpack so many boxes, decorate, and blah blah blah. I think it took a good two-three weeks or so after the move before I finally got to sit back and say "damn, I did it.". I still have plans to renovate the bathroom in another year or two, but that's for then. And hey, I'll own it outright eventually...when I'm roughly 64.

Anyway, all that to say yes, you'll appreciate it once the craziness settles down a bit, but IMHO it is so worth it.

This post has been edited by LadyMTL: 02 May 2017 - 11:17 AM

[Mentalist]

Messremb, on 02 May 2017 - 09:38 AM, said:

Mentalist, on 02 May 2017 - 02:11 AM, said:

finally got to take a look at the place I bought almost a month ago

Wait, what? You didn't look at it before?

1 month is am incredibly fast turnaround from a UK perspective, if only we could do that. We were 4 months I think with no chain.

Now you'll have the joys of furnishing it. Probably best to have the week-long Malaz party before you buy decent furniture...

Yeah, my mom saw it, and it was basically the exact same as another place I saw a week prior to that, but didn't get (other offers were so high I wasn't even offered a bidding war). Our real estate market is kinda insane right now). So we didn't have time for another showing (I couldn't go to the original showing, b/c I was at work), just had to put in the offer.
I "bought" on the 3rd, with closing date being set for May 1st, so the whole month was a bit frantic. Both my parents got to take another look at the place on Fri, actually- but not me, because I'm the only one whose work schedule doesn't vary and who has to do 9-5 every day.

Not quite in a position to move out yet, so it'll probably be rented out for now. But the whole point of getting it at this location (a few blocks from my parents' place, which is basically the centre of our suburb city, (that now boasts 3rd highest real estate prices in the country) was so that if I choose to live there, I'll have minimum adjustments to lifestyle/commuting.

This post has been edited by Mentalist: 02 May 2017 - 11:41 AM

[Tiste Simeon]

Messremb, on 02 May 2017 - 09:38 AM, said:

Mentalist, on 02 May 2017 - 02:11 AM, said:

finally got to take a look at the place I bought almost a month ago

Wait, what? You didn't look at it before?

1 month is am incredibly fast turnaround from a UK perspective, if only we could do that. We were 4 months I think with no chain.

Now you'll have the joys of furnishing it. Probably best to have the week-long Malaz party before you buy decent furniture...

Flipping 4 months is still good!

[Slow Ben]

Wow. Different places.

I've closed in under 30 days before.

Under 10 days if i'm paying cash.



The last house i sold I was pissed and calling the bank because it took 2 months.

[Dutch]

Mentalist, on 02 May 2017 - 02:11 AM, said:

Closing day: Got the keys, and finally got to take a look at the place I bought almost a month ago

I'm not quite sure I've yet come to terms with the idea of myself as homeowner. once the fatigue and the stress of endless hectic something will go away (I'm guessing it'll be around the time I crack my first beer on the May long weekend 3 weeks from now), I should be able to start appreciating the fact.

Anything sooner will be a pleasant surprise.

Congratulations.

My wife and I went for the first showing on December 27th last year, the second showing a few days later and on January 27th we signed at the notary and picked up the keys the day after.

There were some mornings that I woke up and opened my eyes and thought: Hey this isn't our apartment, oh yes, we bought a house close to my new work.

Got to love 5 minutes walk towards work\home.


Most of the time I'm eating lunch at home.

[Mezla PigDog]

My delight is many fold today.

1. The child did his 4th hour of settling in at nursery and barely cried.

2. The child did his 4th hour of settling in at nursery and I barely cried.

3. I ate meatloaf for the first time. It's a loaf of meat. What a revelation. I now feel like I ate a loaf of meat and cannot move.