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Opinie | Bosrandgeluk – NRC – ikje uit zomer 2010

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/11/15

Het blijft hartverscheurend: [Wayback/Archive] Opinie | Bosrandgeluk – NRC

Als we door een bos rijden, zegt ze opeens: „Als je straks ophoudt met werken, wil ik met jou in een huisje aan de bosrand wonen, met een tuin, een moestuintje en een weitje.”
Ik brom instemmend.
Na een poosje keren we terug.
Zij (83) naar het verpleeghuis.
Ik (89) naar het huisje aan de bosrand met een tuin, een moestuintje en een weitje, waar we ruim dertig jaar heel erg gelukkig waren.
W. van der Heijden

--jeroen

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Reminder to self: get the Technic 40 year anniversary model and also rebuild the 8860 on which it was based (via Brickset: LEGO set guide and database)

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/11/14

Some 7 years ago, I missed the [Wayback/Archive] Technic 40 year anniversary model | Brickset: LEGO set guide and database.

Hopefully by now I have had time to get the various underlying boxes and build it, together with reviving the 8860 I still have from my child-hood time.

Pictures from Brickset:

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Kris on chaos.social about doing the math on heap pumps combined with solar power and home batteries

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/11/11

Copied in full as the Wayback Machine archival of toots are broken: [Wayback/Archive] Kris (@isotopp): “Im Juli werden wir nicht mehr …” – chaos.social

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Bestel ontbrekende puzzelstukjes van Jan van Haasteren puzzels

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/11/08

Dit is zoooooo handig: [Wayback/Archive] Ontbrekende puzzelstukjes

Teruggaand tot 2018 heeft het een mooie geschiedenis en bijzondere manier van werken, beide opgetekend in [Wayback/Archive] Over ons | Ontbrekende puzzelstukjes.

Kijk voor het aanvragen het [Wayback/Archive] Instructiefilmpje | Ontbrekende puzzelstukjes (het staat ook op [Wayback/Archive] JvH instructie – YouTube en hieronder).

Heb je (andere) vragen, reageer dan via [Wayback/Archive] Contact | Ontbrekende puzzelstukjes.

Via [Wayback/Archive] Gemiva on Twitter: “Hoe leuk is dat, je bestelt een puzzel bij Ontbrekende Stukjes en ontvangt een bonuspuzzel van onze eigen Jan! 🧩 Jan maakt deze kleine puzzeltjes helemaal zelf. Na al die leuke reacties zullen er zeker meer volgen!”:

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Strive for a work environment that allows for continuous improvement over delayed perfection

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/11/06

Interesting picture posted by [Wayback/Archive] Syed Balkhi on X: “It always seems impossible until it’s done.”

Regrettably, Syed forgot to attribute the source, as the picture is a few years older, from [Wayback/Archive] Mélodie | Visual Ideas on X: “Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection”.

You should strive for a working environment that allows this:

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Kris auf chaos.social: “Fernfusion?” -> Fernfusion!

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/11/01

[Wayback/Archive] Kris: “@Natanox @moranaga Lizenz: do whatever you want with it…” – chaos.social

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My E61 BMW dashboard showed a yellow icon with a car on a lift: it meant the battery was running low

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/11/01

DIY resetting service "due" lights… - Page 5 - BMW 1 Series Coupe Forum / 1  Series Convertible Forum (1M / tii / 135i / 128i / Coupe / Cabrio /  Hatchback) (BMW E82 E88 128i 130i 135i)It looks like my E61 needs the battery to be charged at least every few weeks. Need to figure out why.

If I don’t, then the light on the right shows.

At first I thought this might be a key-fob issue (which was also running low on batteries), but that is a different icon. A few weeks later without using the car, date and time in the car were being reset, so it is definitely a car battery charge issue.

Some links:

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Is there a an official playlist of music played during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics yet?

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/10/25

A few months ago [Wayback/Archive] Paris Olympics: will there soon be an official playlist of music played during the opening ceremony? – Sortiraparis.com

There was a preliminary list of original songs at the same site: [Wayback/Archive] Paris 2024 Olympics: the playlist broadcast during the opening ceremony – Sortiraparis.com

--jeroen

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Decodering van code uiterste verkoopdatum op groenten en fruit (via Joost Schellevis Twitter)

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/10/22

[Wayback/Archive] Joost Schellevis on Twitter: “het blijkt geen algemeen gangbare kennis dat dit de uiterste verkoopdatum is. in dit geval: c = woensdag, 31 = week 31. (a = maandag, g = zondag. dus e40: de vrijdag van week 40). staat op veel voorverpakt fruit en groente. weet je dat ook weer.”.

Oh ja:

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Supporting Young People After a Distressing Event (Alys Cole-King, Dom Thompson, Jess Read, Mike Armiger, Knut Schroeder, Tom Cole-King, Andrea Walraven-Thissen)

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/10/18

Important evidence-informed ‘quick read’ guide: [Wayback] Supporting Young People After a Distressing Event.

Via [WaybackSave/Archive] Dr Alys Cole-King on X: “Important advice to support young people after a distressing event. Please read and share our evidence-informed ‘quick read’ guide Thanks @Walrathis @drdomthompson @MikeArmiger @jk__read We sincerely hope this will help. Thoughts and prayers with everyone affected #Southport” which initially only had a screenshot (see below the signature) but later had a co-author provide a link to the PDF.

Without downloading the PDF document, you can view it on-line here: [Wayback PDF View/PDF View].

Link to the PDF view via this thread:

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