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Theres been a wave of layoffs at the company i work for, unfortunately this has included me :slightly_frowning_face:

On the bright side, me and a couple of friends recently booked a week off in Lanzarote this June:

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Now this was expensive so i’m kind of broke atm, I’ll get my final paycheck soon so I’ll be stretching that as far as I can :skull:

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I’m sorry to hear that. I hope you can ā€œfire and forgetā€ off some resumes and then just enjoy your vacation. It looks fantastic based on those photos. With any luck you’ll return to a couple bites and can quickly find a new place to work. Not too quickly though (-; A couple days off never hurt anyone. Cheers :clinking_glasses:

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My wife and I are headed to dinner with my best friend and his wife. It’s his wife’s birthday today. Dinner at a really solid Mexican joint followed by a show (Cannons). They are one of our favs right now.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=u4HQevc9JE0

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Hichkas: goes to vacation in order to escape the cold and experience some Mediterranean weather.
Mediterranean weather:

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I heard the water is quite nice this time of the year.

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Not to detract from the ā€˜wordle’ topic (that’s why I’m posting this here) - but has anyone seen the site that lets you put in equations to figure out? It works very similarly to wordle in where numbers and functions are placed.

I tried it the other day. Math (etc.) never was my cup of tea. Here’s an example…

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That sounds pretty similar to the Nerdle game, you can see in the topic that some of us play it as well.

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Labour has its largest lead since 2015?

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that’s not saying much really. they still wouldn’t have a majority in a hypothetical snap election, even with a 6% lead in the polls (down from around 9% peak). collapse in support from scotland scuppers that. plus, polls have yet to take boris’ handling of ukraine into account (not sure how that’ll swing things).

yeah, im not a fan. he’s obviously the party over compensating for corbyn attempting to return labour to a leftward stance, but on that same token, he is preferable to the tory cabal running things atm just based on a few policies (human rights, etc.)

voting is less about supporting prime ministers or finding parties that represent your views 1:1; it’s about local elections, what they can provide for your community and voting for the least worst party overall.

whatever my issues with current labour, especially as a credible opposition, they demonstrably didn’t get swathes of people killed via austerity and slow covid response.

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Have heard a few words with no details in our local tv news program about UK is being able to accommodate a refugees from Ukraine.
With some help from Google found couple of websites that describe the procedure, but all those regulations always were hard for me to process. However with a hope of something works out I left an application to be reviewed as a possible candidate to move to UK.
If this works out, I hope this is a chance for me to fulfill my childhood dream to move to UK.
Will try to dig out as much information about this as possible.
Who knows, maybe this works out.
Of course I would like to move in peacetime, but surprise!
Nobody called Russia in here, damn it

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My favorite YouTuber, an Australian Guy who goes by the name ā€œMrGstar321ā€ has returned from the dead after 3 Years. He never gave any explanation or anything, he just disappeared suddenly and now he’s back also without any explanation. What an absolute Legend.

He plays mostly retro games, survival Horror and Mortal Kombat.

@Count.Rushmore i wish you all the best, i hope it works out for you! Have you ever thought about moving to Germany?

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Thank you. I hope so too.
No, I never thought about this.
Maybe I would have gone there, but as far as I know Germany does not accept ukrainian refugees at the moment, though I might be mistaken here

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From the looks of it Germany and pretty much all EU countries and the UK accept Ukrainian refugees.

In Romania there are job offerings for those in need and children can attend kindergarten / school so I guess it’s pretty much the same in other countries too.

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Actually, the friend of ours in Odesa I talked about a while back is now in Dortmund. I even heard there are families willingly accepting Ukrainians in their homes until they get a stable situation.
Wish you all the best!

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Ok, then I might look into that.
Though discussions are still ongoing every day whether should we go or stay.
We didn’t come to a consensus yet.
To be frank we don’t want to move anywhere, but every time when we hear alert or volleys/explosions the question arises again and again. Starts getting a bit annoying. Because when it’s calm nobody wants to go, when something going on most of them nearly packing suitcases.
I hate uncertainty. My suitcase is already packed and ready to be picked any moment.
But I can’t leave everybody and go on my own at these times

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This whole situation is so fucked up…i can’t even imagine how stressful this has to be. I just hope this pointless war ends as soon as possible and i hope you and your loved ones stay safe and i wish you all the best, no matter where you end up!

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I totally agree with you and thank you for support.
Seems we all on our way to stop being nervous.
Maybe this is the other reason of uncertainty in a question of escape.
Also they watch TV all the time where those responsible always keep repeating that situation is under control and they won’t let the enemy to move deeper and further. I suppose it also affects their position.
But if that application works, I will insist somebody go with me. I told them about it and at least mother showed her interest

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After 2 years, one of the best and biggest music projects in the history of Iran is released. This honestly is the best music-mixed cultural showcase one could make.

ā€œFamilial 2ā€ Music video! With the presence of 39 rappers from all provinces of Iran!
This music video has been recorded in all provinces of Iran and in the most pristine regions of Iran.
Our purpose is to be able to show a large number of different cultures and beauties of our country.
This music came out completely independently from the heart of Iran’s underground and we are witnessing a unique event by Iranian rap and underground music.


Iran has several cultures, ethnicities, languages ​​and dialects, each of which is the reason for the existence of several thousand years of history in this country.
In this music, at least one person from each province of Iran is present and performs with the language or dialect of his/her region and uses Traditional costumes and local instruments and historical and cultural places of his/her province.
However, due to some limitations, a large part of Iranian cultures, ethnicities and languages ​​are still empty in this music

(2:06 and 16:27 are from my province)

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German made 1911/2011 pistols??? I think I want one. Hopefully they start importing them soon.

Side note: I have never seen a gun show where magazines are on the floor. Super cool that they allow that.

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