I think mine had to go through sorting manually: The letters of the postal code were missing, and handwritten on. It also didn't arrive with DHL (like swag usually does) but with the Dutch postal services.
BTW dear, I have a question for you ... There's a crochet pattern with English instructions that I struggle so hard to understand. Maybe it's because it's not detailed enough? Maybe the yarn isn't appropriate for it? I can't figure it out. Do you have by any chance a good website for the basic knot patterns?
@avazula You need to keep the second orange thing down, or you're just sucking air. I think it's some kind of vent for when you fill the cup with hot drinks :)
@avazula Oooh, I think I know that pattern! Sharing would be good if it's a free pattern. Otherwise, is your pattern in American or British crochet terms?
@Tinkeringbell There are free versions of it but I bought mine (it was more polished), so I don't know whether that'd be a good thing to share. I think it's British, it's made of dc, ch, st sl, and so on. Does that sound familiar to you?
so single crochet (American) would be double crochet (British). If your pattern doesn't have the sc abbreviation, we can be pretty sure it's British ;)
On the other hand though, I'm wondering whether my yarn is appropriate for crocheting. I was used of crocheting with cotton yarns. This one is acrylic, and it feels like it's not best for crocheting ... it produces tons of little threads and the yarn doesn't slip very easily on the crochet. Is that a bad thing?
I don't really like working with acrylic yarn either... Like you said, it splits much easier than cotton (so you have to be careful to get the whole thread for each stitch), and yeah, it's often a bit less slippery too. Lots of people make blankets with acrylic though, so it should be okay for a blanket.
@Tinkeringbell Crafting should be fun. When I struggle for hours, it loses its charm :p
@Tinkeringbell Amsterdam! I'm gonna give my grandma a tour. I'd love to go to that place near Amsterdam where there's hectares of flowers though, but maybe it won't be open yet :)
I'd love to go back to Rotterdam too, I enjoyed that city
If you want to do that though, it's better to do it well in advance. It'll cost 20 euro's, but you get those back if you hand in the wheelchair at the end of the day :)
@Tinkeringbell That could be useful but I don't think she'll accept to use it... she thinks it's humiliating, plus her husband died recently and he was in a wheelchair during the end of his life... I'm not sure she'll accept it
@avazula That sounds really familiar. My grandparents are much the same, though in places where 'nobody knows them' they're more likely to use one. You could gently ask her ;)
I had classes in the Rijksmuseum voor Oudheden though. Those were cool! :D
Dad has promised we shall go some day to the Rijksmuseum. But I think that promise is just as good as the one where he promised to teach me how to fix a flat bike tire.
As in: He's more likely to go do this himself before taking me :P
@avazula I don't know. I often see kids that could use one of those, IMO :P Ever been on a train where a parent has three kids running around, and they're only asking/telling them quite quietly to stop screaming and running? ... I mean, that's where my parents could put on that voice, and get me to stop, because I knew there'd be consequences if I didn't.
But one of the reasons I'm not going to raise kids is that there's no right way to do so nowadays :P
@Tinkeringbell Erm ... they say that it's normal for kids to want to run and play and that there are ways to make them understand when to stop or to be quiet without using physical or verbal violence. But IMO it's something that needs to be done ever since the child is born
@Ælis That's ok :) I didn't turn out to be a complete beach, as some would have predicted :D
I'm an engineer, I'm in a stable relationship, I'm nice to people and I try to take care of myself. Which is what I wanted. I think that despite an unhealthy relationship to food and difficulties to save money, I'm doing a pretty good job
@avazula You are doing pretty great indeed. It's just that I think it's a shame that those past events took a toll on your mental well-being (fear of abandonment, etc...). I know it's something that happens to a lot of people (a past event having a negative impact on someone mental well-being) but it's always a shame IMO
@avazula I know I gain more compassion/sense of observation because I was bullied, but I would change that back against self-confidence and no social anxiety without hesitation. As far as I know, my little sister didn't have to go through that and she is a wonderful person. So no, I really not believe that you need to suffer in order to be a good/better person
@Tinkeringbell I think we tend to take as a model every people in our life: parents, siblings, teachers, friends, etc... And, the more you are with someone and the more you are impressed by this person, the more you will tend to follow their actions
@Ælis Oh, that's different. Sure, I pick up parts from interacting with different people, but I was thinking of a model morea as a person whose behaviour you consciously try to mimick.
@avazula I was definitively a huge model for my little sister (no bragging here, older siblings are always a huge role model if the siblings in question have a good relationship). And I do believe I was a good model for her, but every person would think that "I'm a good model", so that doesn't say anything ^^
@Tinkeringbell Why do you need to "consciously" try to mimic it? I never consciously tried to mimic my big sister. But she always complained that: "You are always copying me/doing the same thing I do!" (to which I vehement denied and it wasn't my fault if she had a good idea)
@Ælis That's just the idea I get when someone says someone was their model/example for < thing they're doing >... That it's more of a conscious than unconscious thing, and that that's why you can also easily name a person as being the model.
@Tinkeringbell To me "influenced my behaviour" and "were my model" is the same thing ^^ But it might be because I hadn't any real "role model" as you define it (consciously and deliberately mimicking someone behaviour)
Hey silence, does anyone know what the difference is between perfume/deodorant for women and the same thing for men? I know that perfume/deodorant for women often smell like fruits or flowers but what are men perfume/deodorant suppose to smell like?
Oh, I like my new rep network wild! 8.404 \o/ (#repNotFound)
@Ælis Man scents are more about plants like verbena or musc ... If you have doubts I'd suggest you do the same as I did when I wasn't using baking soda yet: sniff the cap or spray just a little and make your mind.
@avazula I have no idea what "musc" is suppose to smell like ^^ But yeah, I will definitively "sniff" before buying. Ok, so I just ask Wikipedia what musc was and what it smells like. And, I must say, that sound a bit disgusting to me ^^' : "[musc] has an animal and woody odor, with vague hints of sexual secretions and excrement". But, yeah, at least I like the "woody odor" part
@avazula Darn, I didn't know that was also used for "female" perfume. So, then, do you mean that the male perfumes are more "nature" (no other perfume add) than the female one? Or that the only option available is smelling like "verbena"?
@avazula Oh no, I don't remember having any discomfort when we meet. The problem is usually there just after (less than 20 minutes?) people put the perfume on. So, I guess you had it for long enough for me to not be inconvenient by it.
I have a friend who I got to know through playing video games, I've known him for about 7 Years now and have met him in person about 14 times.
We've been actively playing together for 4 years and every time when we have a discussion he just comes up with random things not having anything to do ...
@Rainbacon I think it's a good comment (even though you write "liitle" :p ). The fact that you referred to the OP particular situation and that you show compassion makes it very nice
@Rainbacon I agree with that. Plus, there is always the risk that the OP start adding useless pieces of information, so just saying "we need more details" isn't good
So would the pizza based architecture be a platform approach where there are several small applications (the toppings) that sit inside the same platform (the sauce, cheese, and crust)
@Ælis I've dropped that in the moderator room. I believe burninating a tag is more than just deleting it (like, there's a process for reviewing the questions in the tag, whether they need editing, closing, or other things... before we can burninate)
Also, @Rainbacon I had to add a tag to your question. Seeing only one tag there felt like a personal insult! :p (even two seems a little. I believe three to be the good number and if you have more, it's just bonus :p )
@avazula Grandma was at the supermarket too, and there was some kind of national PIN outage (so you could not pay with debit or credit cards, only cash). I had enough money for both our groceries :P
@Rainbacon Your question is involving your SO and I believe doing the same thing you want to do but with a friend or a family member or a peer might impact the answer. You don't talk the same way to all those kind of people, so that is why I added the tag
I know you didn't ask for that, but I would like to share with you all my "tagging technic" (as "what do I believe makes a good tagging for a question").
First, I put a tag for the **what**: what do OP wants to communicate? It goes with tag like "saying-no", "boundaries", etc...
Then, I look for the **who**: who is OP trying to communicate with? Is it friends? Family? Stranger?
Finaly (and if it's important), I look for the where: **Where** is this communication happening? Online? In a public-transportation? In a specific country?
So, what do you think of it? Am I missing something here? And do you thing it could be worth it to have a meta post about that?
Hello everyone, I have a quick question for y'all. Isn't there a StackExchange community focused on productivity and personal growth? I am not able to find it anywhere.
Aw man.... I could really use some advise from everyone here then! I recently got a new job (less than a month ago) and it is a work from home job and I travel a lot (about a week every month, some times 2 weeks a month).
The problem I have is, it is a massive company and the business terms and the processes and the number of people I need to deal with is just way too big.
I am not used to this and I don't know how to do this right.
Does anyone have any words of wisdom on how to better organize myself? I forgot I had a meeting yesterday (because it was one of the 25 meetings I have this week!).
I am a pen and paper kinda guy, but I am open to all suggestions. Something that is clear, that is in front of my face, and something that will really help me be better organized. Just all the tasks i need to accomplish by EOD, all the people I need to talk to today, all the meetings I have for the day/week.
@Tinkeringbell No room :( I live in a tiny rented 2 bedroom apartment with a wife and a toddler. I might be able to fit one of those smaller whiteboards, but I need to measure and see where it is possible.
@Rainbacon Yeah I was good at keeping up with my meetings at my last job where it was just 3-5 meetings a week. I am actually talking to over 20 people every week in this job and I basically am just overwhelmed and forget about everything.
@Rainbacon Heard of Trello, but never looked into it. I will definitely give that one a go and see if it helps. Thank you.
The link you sent explains all the metrics a beta site is measured on and if it does not pass, it is closed. But that site passed almost all the metrics. So it is weird.
I (man, 30) have been smoking daily since 2012 (2 to 4 cigarettes/day). I do it only when there is no one I know around.
I started dating a non smoker (woman, 5 years younger than me) 6 years ago. We have built a very happy and healthy relationship. I never told her I smoke and, for most of the ...
Back in April of 2010, Joel shared our assumptions about the role of small sites in the newly minted Stack Exchange network:
If a site does not have enough activity at the end of 90 days, it will be closed down. Any existing Q&A will be archived and made available for download, but the site...
I have a friend who I got to know through playing video games, I've known him for about 7 Years now and have met him in person about 14 times.
We've been actively playing together for 4 years and every time when we have a discussion he just comes up with random things not having anything to do ...
Back in April of 2010, Joel shared our assumptions about the role of small sites in the newly minted Stack Exchange network:
If a site does not have enough activity at the end of 90 days, it will be closed down. Any existing Q&A will be archived and made available for download, but the site...
