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I used to be a residential building safety inspector. One of the houses that I screened looked very average but the garden had a huge collection of bonsai. Some of them were nearly 100 years old. Central Europe. Crazy.
I used to be a residential building safety inspector. One of the houses that I screened looked very average but the garden had a huge collection of bonsai. Some of them were nearly 100 years old. Central Europe. Crazy.
And they’ve made Bing your standard browser and activated Copilot.
You get ads? Pihole, Firefox + Ublock origin…
I was working in a restaurant and one day a regular invited us to his place for after work drinks. He opened the front door into a monumental hallway with beautiful winding stairs and a large mosaic monogram with his initials on the floor.
We went into the main living area with a professionally decked out open kitchen, a 20 person dining table and a seating area with 4 large Chesterfields. The whole room is filled with art and antiques.
He asked me if I wanted to pick a few bottles of wine because of my good taste ( I’m a trained sommelier). He then guided me to his library and opened a secret door that led into the wine cellar.
Every large winehouse in the world was represented and he insisted on picking whatever I wanted. The sheer amount of stacks of Mouton Rotschild premier Cru, Tenuta Dan Guido - Sassicaia… We opened 4 bottles that would’ve cost about 10.000 euros together. No sweat.
He told us that despite the nice kitchen he never cooks. He goes to restaurants every day and on the weekends he hires top chefs to cook for his guests.
Then he asked us if we would like to go and have lunch in Milan, the next day (I’m from Belgium). He chartered a heli and had extra space for 3 persons.
He’s a modest guy. Rides his bike everywhere and makes his money selling real estate. He only sells high value property like castles and works one day a week. He’s not extremely talented but admitted he’s just lucky.
I realized that to become rich, you need money. Whether it’s your own or someone else’s doesn’t matter, you just need a lot.
True, I have one page with a few folders and gestures added to several icons. I’ve been using this setup for a few years so switching to different apps goes crazy fast.
This is the way
Torx master race has entered the chat.
Exact. Quarantine only works when we all participate.
If everyone goes in lockdown a few weeks should suffice but that’s the ideal scenario. Containment and immobility are the best ways to smother an outbreak.
Going postal is peak Moist.
I’ve followed Bregman from the start when he started writing for the Dutch news site De Correspondent. I love the positive vibe he sends.
And yes, Douglas Adams humor is snappy as ever in the Hitchhiker’s guide. ❤️
I could go on for a while, I suppose. Every one of them has brought me joy reading. The discworld series are being reread at the moment and at every stage of my life the address me in a different way. The Little Prince is the one I would buy for everyone I know. In French because that works best.
No, because I’m no uncultured swine.
That’s where Carlton’s got his ‘It’s not unusual’ dance from. Bruce Springsteen in Dancing in the dark.
My first thought went to Germany when I read your song.
My mom used to run the local café. From time to time customers gave me a coin for the Juke Box. I couldn’t read yet but B5 was Roy Orbison - You got it. Loved it.
I’m not l proud. It’s Would I lie to you - Charles and Eddie
Don’t judge me. I was a child. A year later House music ruled my life.
How can one choose? It is so much connected to my mindset at the time of reading.
The problem that I see is that if they one day decide to use that domain, they can force you into handing it over. Either legally or by extortion and suing you into the sky.
Both are unlikely but there is a chance.