Alex's even longer post thread.

[Alex]

Three words for you:  noise-cancelling headphones.

Unfortunately when you are accompanying a 6 year old, as much as they might be nice I am not convinced they would work.

Had an unusual today. Got a phone call asking from a friend telling me she was trapped on her boat and could I rescue her. She'd been climbing up her ladder and it had split beneath her leaving her stranded. Luckily I have my telescopic ladders which I was able to take down and save her. There is a wedding on camp today/tonight with the service in the base chapel before having the reception in the mess. Not how I'd ever choose to get married but diifrent strokes and all that. Hopefully when the drunken guests are staggering home they won't be difficult. I'd hate to have to do all the required paperwork if I end up shooting some of them.

[Alex]

Building the Nostromo.

Got my first short corridor and the computer room 75% done. I figured with he shape of the room, it would be a lot easier to show what it looks like before completing it.



The chair isn't the finished model, it is just a placeholder from a failed print. It does help hold the two sections together though until then.

[Alex]

Spent two days in a field in a RAF base guarding US navy assets as a member of the British army. Seemed odd that they (USN) would allow their crews to drive up to their aircraft in their civilian vehicles but I guess that's their choice. If I ever finally get round to buying a car I certainly wouldn't bring it into a military base as your insurance is invalid there for a start, not to mention what would happen if you crash your car into a plane.

Having a bad enough day myself today. Somehow I managed to leave the house with all the doors locked and my keys on the inside. Since the only open windows were upstairs I must have jumped out of one of them, landed safely on the concrete then completely forgot I'd done so. Then I managed to get some very minor burns on my hand while dealing with my 3D printer and some hot plastic spraying out. I am starting to suspect I should just retreat to my bed and spend the rest of the day in there.

I guess it is going to be one of those days where everything just goes wrong.

Anyway, work is continuing on my Nostromo model. Finished the cryo chambers and I am now working on the walls of the room. I am currently filling in the gaps in the joins where I'd to cut the template up, but I think it is coming along ok.



Off to an outdoor theatre tonight to see The Hound of the Baskervilles performed in the grounds of Elgin Cathedral. Hopefully that won't go as badly wrong as everything else has thus far today.

[Alex]

Someone mentioned about serving in the navy and picking up a tri-service medal. Hah, no thanks. If the damn boat sinks I am not swimming all the way home.

One more night to go and then blessed time off is mine once more. Winning at a game of Total War: Warhammer 3 at the moment. This has been happening a lot less recently since a major patch. I think the problem might have been that I was playing good races, while they've put in so many evil ones that you just get overwhelmed. Anyway, this empire is evil and has now spread across most of the world.

Spain and Japan are complaining about the number of tourists they get each year. Been to Spain, it was ok but nothing special. Other than the sunshine I am not sure why people would want to go there specifically. My most vivid memory was that it didn't matter what food we had in the hotel, it all tasted the same. Everything I could do there though was stuff I could do elsewhere, other than the bullfighting and I spent that cheering for the bulls. Japan is one of the few countries that I'd like to visit that isn't in a war, or under a totalitarian regime.

[Rev. Powell]

Spain is one of the countries I've been considering retiring to because of the climate, cost of living, relative proximity to other tourist destinations, and stable political environment.

[Trevor]

Three words for you:  noise-cancelling headphones.

Hopefully when the drunken guests are staggering home they won't be difficult. I'd hate to have to do all the required paperwork if I end up shooting some of them.

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[Alex]

Spain is one of the countries I've been considering retiring to because of the climate, cost of living, relative proximity to other tourist destinations, and stable political environment.

I don't remember the full details, but I do remember a few years back migrants were having problems with the government seizing houses off them in Spain.

It is indeed easy to get around Europe. I'd advice looking for a place outside of the tourist regions, but then again it depends what you are looking for.

Oh, and I believe Spain also doesn't extrade people to countries if they will face the death penalty.  You never know when random bits of info like that can come in handy.

[Alex]

A woman Kristi knows from work is moving away. Her husband is in the airforce and is being posted on promotion. She is one of those people who is constantly whining about everything in her life and no matter what solutions are presented will only seek to come up with ways why those won't work rather than trying anything. I am quite glad to see her going. She invivted herself round to dinner one night. I was upstairs at the time when I heard Kristi letting her in the house. I started to count to see how long it would be before she started complaining about her life. I got to 3. She's been asking about borrowing some of our boardgames and we've been trying to come up with a polite way to say no.

I guess that is no longer a problem.

A few days ago she came over to speak to me while I was picking up Ash from school (I've successfully managed to discourage most parents from bothering me with their idle chit chat just by wearing my leather jacket covered in heavy metal patches, but some are more persistant than others). She was telling me how while this move takes them closer to where they want to be it isn't exactly what they want. I gave her some suggestions that if they act on them will allow them to move away 3 months sooner.

Having a child might have softened me a lot, but it hasn't made me feel any better about people in general.