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Erik of Hazelfield

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  1. So what would be needed for Ukraine to win the war? And can the democracies of the world provide it to them?
  2. In other good news, the Czech Republic say they have now secured the funding for the 800 000 artillery shells that they managed to source outside Europe. 18 countries contributed and now the much-needed ammo can reach Ukraine within weeks.
  3. And what a relief it is that this shit show of our NATO admittance is finally over after two years.
  4. Two weeks and two kilos down, three to go of each! Still hungry all the time. Some people get angry when they’re hungry - I get slow. Lose focus. Speak slowly. It’s probably quite painful to watch. How’s it going, @Fragile Bird? Still keeping off the good brown stuff?
  5. I’m so envious of you guys. Watching a total solar eclipse is one of my lifelong dreams. I saw a partial one in Sweden 10 years ago and watched it through double 1.44” floppy disks (it works! You pull the cover aside to reveal the disk itself and watch the sun through it). I remember running around showing it to random people at the beach. They must’ve thought I was crazy. It won’t happen where I live for another 100 years, but the cool thing is it happens almost every year somewhere in the world. One day I’ll book a trip to a country where it happens and see one.
  6. This might be it. It’s not quite 10 years ago, just 6, but I agree that apps tend to get shittier all the time. Wouldn’t surprise me at all if it was the same with dating apps. It could also be a cultural difference - this was in Sweden - not that we’re that much different from the U.K or U.S., but when it comes to specific things like dating and Internet use, the differences can be quite striking. On the attractiveness… I guess that might be a contributing factor. I have no illusions being God’s gift to women, but my fiancée certainly thinks I’m hot. I think this may be a difference between men and women, where a woman would get far more matches because there are so many men just swiping right on more or less everyone.
  7. It’s interesting how profoundly different our experience with dating apps have been. I wonder why that is. It wasn’t just my wife-to-be that was a rare exception - I really did meet many girls having the same goal as I did, to find a partner. Of course I didn’t connect well with all of them once we met, but I never felt like we were after completely different things or that it was a waste of time. Regarding the finding-a-hobby strategy, I think it depends on where you start. I had friends and hobbies already - what I wanted was a girlfriend. To me it made little sense not to go the most direct route, so to speak, but to others it’s probably a very good idea.
  8. Regarding online dating, I met a whole lot of nice women on Tinder, the last of which became my current fiancée, so for me it worked. But I think it may differ between countries, among other things. This was also five years ago and things may have changed. In any case, for me online dating was a huge advantage, because it provided me with a non-awkward way to find a date. I’ve always been a better writer than talker, so that part fit me pretty well, and the fact that I knew she had looked at my profile and liked what she’d seen gave me some confidence. But most importantly, it had me dating regularly, as opposed to just hoping that someone nice and single happened to come my way and ask for my number, which obviously didn’t happen ever. I’m personally a bit sceptical to the idea of joining a class, meet-up or organisation of some sort and hope to find friendship there that can eventually lead to love. In what other context would you recommend someone not to go for what they want, but instead do something completely different and hope that, by some stroke of luck, you find what you’re searching for? (For practicing your social skills and making friends, that’s a whole other story. Just don’t expect to find a girlfriend there.)
  9. The particular oatmeal I eat is made of fibre enriched oats, chia seeds, quinoa, almonds, cinnamon and dried cranberries. When I cook it I add some frozen blueberries and eat it with a milk-resembling pea drink. Pretty good actually. I basically get all the recipes for everything I eat, which is the main advantage of this diet. Do exactly as it says and you will lose weight. No counting calories or anything like that. The hunger though. I have no trouble refraining from the sweets and drinks because I just don’t have them at home, but it’s hard to resist eating more when I’m still hungry.
  10. Totally agree on the “not being able to keep chocolate around” thing. Just after my last diet ended it was Halloween, and the weather was so rainy almost no kids showed up, so I ended up eating all of the candy myself. And now I’m suffering from the consequences of my gluttony. If I had to choose a deadly sin, that’d be it for sure.
  11. My girlfriend and I have now started our challenge (a bit late, I know). Porridge for breakfast, diet powder shake as a snack, cold smoked salmon and melon salad for lunch. All good, but I know I will get very hungry soon.
  12. I used to be a hat wearer in my youth, but ironically now that I’ve just turned 40 I feel like hats makes me look too old. Especially with the beard that I’m currently sporting.
  13. You can always boot a Linux live USB and copy your files from the disk before you format it. But you need to have one prepared of course. Don’t know where you live but this kind of service is often available in local computer shops.
  14. So I went on a diet last autumn and lost almost 12 kg in 9 weeks, but since beginning of December I’ve regained nearly half of that, so now I’m doing it again. I’m not religious either, but I guess Lent is as good a time as any. In this diet and training program, the only allowed food is taken from a recipe bank, or you can cook your own as long as you follow the guidelines. There is no sweets allowed, no alcohol, no chocolate or ice cream or anything like that. And no exceptions or cheat days. I’m cool with that. It’s no big deal, you just get used to it. The hunger is the worst part. I therefore sign up and welcome this thread as a place to vent. Good luck with your Lent, Bird! May your willpower win over the chocolate!
  15. Sorry about that. Looks like I found GDP (PPP) values, not nominal GDP. In reality the difference is almost certainly much bigger anyway since Russia tends to inflate its numbers.
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