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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Work.
I'm currently sitting in a minibus near an industrial port in the middle east, waiting for the crewboat to arrive. It's taking me on a 10 hour ride for me to board a ship pretty much in the middle of the Persian gulf. I will most likely be on board tomorrow and finish up what I'm doing the same day.
Then it's a short transfer to another ship nearby where the same job awaits.
If timing works out I will head back to shore on Sunday, arriving very early Monday. Then it's a few days of chill before my return flight on Thursday.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Damn, how's the pay for a job with those travel requirements?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Pretty decent. Similar to other offshore roles with specialization.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Nice. I used to work in the oilfield in West Texas. Pay was good, I had offshore opportunities for even better pay but I decided against it. Oil industry was not great to work in, in my position anyway.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Recovering from COVID!

Second time getting it, and it’s been so much worse than the first. Hopefully my partner and/or I test negative soon… we really need stuff from the store and haven’t left the house in more than a week!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Family coming over for lunch and I'm doing a (variation on) porcetta. I've got a lovely piece of pork belly which has been airdrying in the fridge since yesterday morning. Should be cracking crackling. If the weather holds I'll do it on the rotisserie on my Kamado Joe.

If you like a barbecue (or a barbie, bbq, or braai) come and join us at Cooking With Fire. We need more regular posters!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Family gathering, shirt buying, washing machine hose replacement and clean, cooking, and maybe fix a bit of jewellery. Gym on Sunday.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Abergavenny Food Festival tomorrow. Never been despite living near it for 8 years

Hope I find some nice food and drink

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Mothman Festival!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

The dealership where I bought my car is having an unveiling event for a new 2025 model with free food and giveaways. I’m going just for the free lunch and maybe win some stuff. lol

[–] ballskicker 3 points 2 months ago

Friend of a friend's basement flooded so friend and I are gonna go help demo and see how far we get on putting it back together. Sunday will be for soccer and gaming and general lethargy

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

On my way back home from a climate protest. Defo some cooking later, working on translations for a project over the weekend. Probably some gaming, too.

[–] Varyk 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

movie movie marathon, cooking egg soboro variations, maybe a date.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Feel free to post about your movie marathon on [email protected] !

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Setup new laptop

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Supposed to go visit some lithium springs this morning as soon as I get my poop in a group.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Soccer, birthday party, the inexorable grind that is cleaning 😹

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Aside from the usual weekend errands restring my guitar and some reading just got a few trade paperback comics from instocktrades the Rick Remender Venom run, thrawn trilogy star wars dark horse reprints, and volume 4 of undiscovered country.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Going to go swimming tomorrow!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Going to an estate sale

[–] mnemonicmonkeys 1 points 2 months ago

I'm going to be modding Skyrim tomorrow

[–] captain_aggravated 1 points 2 months ago

I might play some Satisfactory. I might just be burned out on it though.

Got some projects to work on in the wood shed. Might get on that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm hoping to figure what anime to start off with, and hopefully enjoy that. Bonus points if it rains too.

[–] Varyk 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

shougeki no souma? good foood.

the wind rises? beautiful and sad.

megalobox! some fuuun punching.

what are your candidates so far?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The Wind Rises sounds the most appealing at the moment. It's hard to accurately describe exactly what you want in an anime when you don't really understand the genre or know the lingo. I might try The Wind Rises. Cheers.

[–] Varyk 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My Neighbir Totoro has an early iconic scene with rain and is a great movie.

5 centimeters per second is the first time rain in an anime wowed me, the animation is stunning.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'll check them out. Cheers.

[–] Varyk 1 points 2 months ago

sure thing, enjoy.

there's also the garden of words.

that movie is mostly rain, and the rain/nature animation is next-level right from the opening credits.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

It's supposed to rain here all weekend so working outside is probably out. I might finally do some gaming after months of not.

I need to get a new video edited and posted by Sunday afternoon.