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Grimas

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  1. Those were actually fun days - we had a company sponsored "brew club" and used the campus kitchen to brew beer every month... Of course, the 53% income tax (expat discount!) rate sucked but a great place to raise kids...
  2. I was a division "head" at DONG Energy 10 years ago before they sold their E&P assets... My friends love calling me the "Dick Head" or the "Head Dick"... Much better place to work than Maersk in DK but they f-ed up when they went all "green" with windmills... It actually stood for Danish Oil and Natural Gas but I'm convinced it was some guys wearing capri pants that were drinking wine on a sailboat that said "Let's call it DONG and see what people say..."
  3. Same here but if I go to a tab that was already on a Surly page, I can refresh to see new posts or to go to other newer pages.
  4. Found it, thanks! I missed a bunch of bits in BCS since I never got past 3rd season of BB...
  5. Never watched the end of BB - so what happened to Mike or did I miss his departure in BCS?
  6. As an example - 2 bedroom, 3 bath townhouse in Chang Mai, Thailand for 1200/month: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/42466865?adults=4&location=Chiang Mai%2C Thailand&display_extensions[]=MONTHLY_STAYS&federated_search_id=409d4586-e9c3-43cd-bef4-c763585e3f6d&source_impression_id=p3_1660327195_bJPI0RnZTm3Hj2uS&modal=PHOTO_TOUR_SCROLLABLE
  7. i hope he knows how to turn off the georeferencing for this video he posted of a "command center"...
  8. Our plan is to downscale and keep a home base in the US but to pick a country and rent something for months at a time. Get bored of it, pick next country... We've done 10+ years as expats so know what to expect living outside the US... As mentioned above, medical insurance is an issue until you get to Medicare age. Outside the US, you can get private insurance for $3k/year while in the US, it's around $3k/month. 2 more years of high school and our kids are off to college and both are looking at University in the EU as they also have EU passports so we'll look at EU destinations for us one I quit working (or O&G tanks again and I get made "redundant"...) One thing to consider is that it can be difficult to open a bank account in a foreign country if you don't have an employer who assists you. Many foreign banks hate dealing with US citizens because they hate all the reporting they have to do on your accounts back to the US Treasury. (Pro tip: if you do live as an expat and have an account in a foreign country, don't close it when you leave so you can always use it later if needed...)
  9. Got at least a half inch (according to pool level) just north of there... And looking like more to come...
  10. Typo - $3k a month here
  11. Not sure of the Ukraine rules (assuming the EU admits them eventually) and I think it's different in each EU country- in my case, restoration is based on if you can prove you had a relative who was a citizen before 1940 and it's good for 3 generations from them. My dad was born there in 1941 but his birth wasn't "counted" and had to prove the relationship to his father. My kids can get it and once they do, their kids will also get citizenship. Trying to get it done asap as EU citizenship opens up a ton of University opportunities (like free!) for EU citizens and wife and I can retire anywhere in the EU and full private medical is like $3000/year (as opposed to $3K a year here) and is an option for us until we can get on Medicare back here...
  12. Same here - I got mine "restored" a few years ago and now also have an EU passport. My kids should finish the process to get theirs as well shortly. My grandfather was a "partisan" against the Nazi's in one of the Baltic countries after being in the army there as a lieutenant. They were welcomed at first as they were seen as a counter to the pro-Bolshevik activities that were starting to take over the Baltics during the 30's. That ended quickly when the Germans disbanded the army so many in the military left and went "underground". As the Russians approached, he took the family and was able to get on a train westward. Train got stopped in Poland and all males between 13 and 60 were pulled off the train and "escorted" to another train headed east to help fight the Russian advance. He had told my grandmother to go to a town in Austria to wait for him (with my dad and sister). He jumped off the eastbound train and it took him a year but he met up with them in Austria (where my aunt had died of pneumonia while waiting...) They had an uncle who had migrated in the 20's that then sponsored them as refugees in the US and he spent the Cold War sending money and books to his friends who got left behind the Iron Curtain... My family cemetery there has headstones dating back to the 1600's with my last name on them (but the village and church were destroyed in the war - with most remaining relatives sent to die in Siberian gulags - and were never rebuilt and the land is part of a national park now). Needless to say - fuck Russia!
  13. As someone who stopped binging BB in season 3, a lot of the backstory stuff in BCS makes no sense... Had to google to figure out the Gene/Cinnabon backstory which was making no sense to me...
  14. Make sure to pour some bleach down your sink drain(s) that share drainpipe with your condensations pan(s)... Forgot to recently and have had 2 trips out from the plumber to clear 2 different sinks as the drain pipes could deal with the amount of water draining from the A/C's due to algae buildup which in turn overflowed the sinks and came to visit us downstairs... Luckily this happened both times when we were at home... Had bi-annual A/C checkup before the heatwave and they flushed the lines and added algaecide tablets but plumber was guessing that the amount of condensation coming off due to the extended heat overwhelmed the "system"... The drains were getting a half a gallon of runoff every hour I had to bail from the sink before the pipe got snaked... My insurance company (and ultimately, my wallet) needs to send my office a thank you for letting we work from home a few days a week...
  15. Frigging DME... I told them to just send me replacement supplies ONLY when I asked them. They sent me new nasal pillows that I didn't need as old ones still were fine. Then doctor called and said I needed new appointment before approving a new "prescription" as the DME was still trying to approve another shipment that I hadn't requested (I told them to reject the DME). Few weeks later and I get a box of new hoses and masks I didn't order... Now their billing department is calling to ask me to verify my insurance so they can send more. I told them I didn't want another damn thing as I previously told them not to send more until I requested it and now I have more than a year supply I still haven't touched... (I keep my mask and hose clean and sterilize them weekly and they all still work fine...)
  16. Frigging YouTubeTV - lost color all damn episode...
  17. Dammit - now I have to scroll backwards...
  18. Non-lawyer here but can't he just say FU and here's your billion termination fee as I can't get the financing?
  19. Mike Rowe showing how the generators are maintained at the base that was on fire: How America Works
  20. I think the opening scene of the (I think) first episode this season foreshadows the end. Remember the gaudy house being packed up and everything being moved out/confiscated? We saw that house again today...
  21. So does Mike get fired in the next episode for doing a crap job of protecting Gus? And as far as I can tell, this underground area is just that - just a hole in the ground but no lab is actually in it (unless I totally missed it...) Yes, it's gonna be a cook area but has it actually been used yet?
  22. Comal is great in the morning but it's nasty toilet by late afternoon in the summer. Buddy has a house near the public exit and I brought my dog with me on a guys weekend so he could swim and be a chick magnet (aww, can I pet your dog?) After 2 days in the Comal, we had to make him (dog) sleep outside at night since he stunk so bad from being in the water and it took two trips to the groomer to get rid of the smell...
  23. No clue - I don't do C other than what was set on the unit...
  24. I don't know about commercial leases but I assume that the lease cost include utility costs? Crank it down if I'm not paying... Lived in KL for a few years and the company paid our utilities so we had all the A/C's set to 17C and slept under down comforters...
  25. I'm more than happy with my GE especially since my card covers the cost. I haven't gotten it for the wife and teens since they have done overseas once in 3 years because of COVID and with the Clear trial and with MP app, it hasn't added any time to my travel in the past 3 years. (MP line in IHA was almost as fast as GE,,) Wife will get her GE this year as she will be coming on business trips with me in the coming years as the kids are old enough to now leave at home... Bigger issue for me will be when the fam all goes back to Europe as kids and I also have EU passports while wife doesn't so we'll have to wait in the non EU citizen line with her or divorce proceeding will initiate...
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