Social Distancing
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Posted:Mar 22, 2020 4:02 pm
Last Updated:Apr 26, 2024 9:59 pm
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Well, Dear Reader, the world is in a critical place. People are dying, people are getting sick, and some people just don't seem to be getting the seriousness of what is going on.
Some people aren't taking social distancing seriously. People are angry, that they can't lead their lives as they're used to. People are thinking of themselves, instead of others, as they fight over the goods on less and less well-stacked shelves. People are stealing from hospitals, taking hand-sanitizer, masks, even single-use scrubs are disappearing. All because some people are only in it for themselves, instead of thinking about the common good.
I'm quite disgusted by the selfish attitudes, and the utter lack of understanding and compassion.
Sorry that this post is such a downer, but I worry for the people close to me, who could be in jeopardy.
Stay distanced, stay healthy, and stay safe, people!
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Virus and other fun stuff
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Posted:Mar 12, 2020 2:00 pm
Last Updated:Mar 16, 2020 11:15 am
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Well, dear reader, the world is trying something new: a pandemic! We're not exactly in panic-mode in Denmark, but people are slightly crazy when it comes to shopping. People are bulk-buying toiletpaper, and dried foods. People who don't ever bake are buying yeast and flour.
Our PM has asked that non-essential staff work from home/take time off to hinder the virus spreading. I am in an essential position, in an essential business (public transport), so I'm still going into work. Have had to work a bit of overtime, because a couple of colleagues are sick (NOT Covid-19), and one is immuno-compromised, so has been ordered to stay home his doctor.
Was going to Mallorca at the end of the month, but am doubting more and more if that will happen.
Stay safe, everyone!
UPDATE: our foreign minister has just announced, that ALL travel outside of Denmark is being dissuaded, and that Danes overseas should get back home ASAP.... So, won't be going to Mallorca....
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Long time no see!
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Posted:Jan 4, 2020 4:50 pm
Last Updated:Jan 25, 2020 4:47 pm
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Hullo, Dear Reader!
Just discovered it's been a while since I last posted - sorry about that! It's been a case of day taking the next...
I hope you all had a brilliant Christmas/Hannukah/Kwanza/Winter Solstice, or whichever other holiday you observe, not mention a brilliant Year.
It's been a of years since last IRL -encounter. So there's that work with in 2020 - always good have goals.
Will be back soon...
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HOLIDAAAAY!!!!!!!
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Posted:Aug 10, 2019 6:13 am
Last Updated:Aug 16, 2019 2:19 pm
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It is finally my turn to have a summer holiday! So looking forward to three weeks of just having time off, visiting friends, going to the Tønder Festival, and relaxing afterwards in a rented cottage......
Happy Summer, All!
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Hmmmmmm
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Posted:Jun 1, 2019 5:03 pm
Last Updated:Jun 3, 2019 12:56 pm
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So, I don't get onto the website every (other things going on from time to time), and because of this I might not see messages right away. This apparently upsets certain types of gentlemen.
Had a guy go from "Hi, how are you?" over "Would you like to ride my cock?" and "Do you like being fucked from behind?" into "Bitch!" Now, I had plans of saying hello, until I read the second post - don't get me wrong, I'm not a prude, but I do prefer a conversation before that sort of message (or a dick pic, which happens quite often, too). So I ignored him, until the "Bitch!" - and then told him I didn't really want to talk to people who would talk to me like that. His answer "Fuck off!" ! Now here, I could have told him that he made first contact, I didn't, but something told me he was being fuelled by alcohol (might be his profile picture, where he is holding a large glass of amber liquid with ice, that does NOT like iced tea....), so I merely deleted the conversation.
So here is my question: Is polite conversation too much to ask for? How would YOU react if someone when from "Hello" to abuse in four messages?
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Music, Maestro...
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Posted:May 13, 2019 4:41 pm
Last Updated:Aug 2, 2019 3:28 pm
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Well, dear reader, having trouble getting to sleep. Have been on nightshifts all weekend (Friday included), while today has been a 'sleep' day, and tomorrow is a day off. But it sometimes takes longer for my internal clock to go back, as it were.
Tomorrow I will have to be and ready 10, because tickets go on sale for a bunch of concerts I want to attend in February/March 2020. And the exitement of is probably not helping either....
I'll be going to concerts in Copenhagen, Stockholm, Gothernburg, and Oslo, and will be travelling by rail between the cities - I love a good rail-trip (occupational hazard).
Now, if I could just sleep.....
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I'm baack....
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Posted:Apr 20, 2019 12:34 pm
Last Updated:Apr 24, 2019 3:04 am
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Ah, dear reader, just got home from two weeks in sunny Mallorca (Okay: the firt night I was woekn up by a thunderstorm with HAIL - and yesterday was downright windy and grey, but otherwise...)
I ave enjoyed doing absolutely NOTHING for two weeks - unless you count walking along th beachfront, enjoying a coffee while people-watching, and one outing by an old narrowgauge train across the island. The latter was really nice - also included atrip through lemon and orange groves, where the trees were full of fruits, but also had flowers - the smell was amazing!
So, no, no encounters of the naughty kind, but incredibly relaxing.
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Holiday approaching!
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Posted:Mar 27, 2019 4:03 pm
Last Updated:Mar 29, 2019 4:17 pm
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Ah, looking forward to three weeks off starting on Monday! A fortnight of it will be spent (hopefully) soaking up the rays and warmth in Mallorca - which REALLY looking forward to!
I don't have any plans for meetups (haven't reached to anyone in Mallorca), but let's see what happens....
Ahhh, sun.....
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When "no" means just that
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Posted:Feb 4, 2019 7:26 am
Last Updated:Jan 4, 2020 4:23 pm
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I have in my profile stated an age-range (35-55) that shows the range I'm interested in/comfortable with. I think I say so quite clearly. But I still have (mainly) younger gentlemen, who try their luck, which is fair enough. And I politely, but firmly, decline their advances.
Yesterday a young man wouldn't accept the first, second, or fifth time I said "no", and I ended up blocking him. I very rarely block people, simply because I believe firmly in the priciples of courteous discorse, so it annoys me when I have to do so (as a final resort).
Afterwards I started thinking about the way this young man kept pushing the issue. I started thinking about the way young people interact, both online and in real life. And I actually became worried about this young man. I became worried that he at some point will get into trouble, because of his inability to take no for an answer. I became worried that he could force himself upon a 'weaker' person than I, and perhaps commit a crime (or push her boundaries too far, too quickly).
Am I seeing ghosts, or could there be something to this?
In any case: please, take no for an answer - even if we word it politely.
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A new year is here
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Posted:Jan 11, 2019 3:22 pm
Last Updated:Jan 13, 2019 12:16 pm
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Ah, Dear reader, it's been a while.
We have entered a new year, and much has already happened.
Denmark had it's worst train-crash in 30 years, when an empty trailer on a freight-train blew/fell (still isn't fully clear) off of a freight-train, and gashed open the side of a passing high-speed passsenger train. 8 people died, 16 were wounded (none life-threatening) and traffic across a bridge that is a main artery for train-traffic in Denmark ground to a halt. Rescue efforts were hampered by the fact, that the bridge was closed to all other traffic, due to a storm with high winds across the bridge. At the time of hte crash, only trains had been going across for the better part of 12 hours, and some cars had pulled onto the hard shoulder, which is normaly reserved for emergency use, meaning emergency vehicles were having a hard time getting to the site.
I was working in the operations room of Danish Rail, and we were busy, both making plans for the rest of the traffic, thinking out contingency-plans for when we would be allowed to run replacement busses, keeping staff informed of the situation as it changed, updating our website, as well as keeping up with all the 'normal' stuff. For 20 minutes we didn't have contact with the driver of the train, sparking fears that he might be one of the casualties. By a pure miracle he survived without a physical scratch (he literally ducked at the right moment, ensuring his head was 20 cms below the point of impact), but his radio was toast, and his two mobile phones weren't working properly.
When I went home that day, I was more or less shell-shocked, and just went straight to bed, crying.
The next day I was part of getting the trainservice across the bridge up and running again, which was therapeutic. But I was certainly marked by the event, as were all the colleagues around me. I wasn't the only one with tears on her face, when we had a minute of silence that day. I went home to my parents that afternoon, had tea, and a talk (and a therapeutic session with a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle), and a couple of good cries. I felt much better when I went home to bed, and felt much better going into work on the Friday. We luckily had a quiet day, and a colleague and I had a really good session after work, where we practised some centered breathing and meditating.
I have yet to avail myself of professional help, but it has been offered, and I will use it.
Sorry for the rather 'down' post, but sometimes talking/writing about an event is the best way of working through it.
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Post-holiday....
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Posted:Oct 22, 2018 2:20 pm
Last Updated:Apr 26, 2024 9:59 pm
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Ah, got home from a lovely trip to London on Saturday (fun week with my 12 yo niece), and then last night spiked a fever, so I haven't been to work today (and won't be going in tomorrow either).
London was great (as always), and showing my niece around was a lot of fun. We had some exitement on the second night when a fire alarm dragged us out of bed at 2.45 . My niece was great - didn't panic, and did what I told her to a T. We were dressed and out within 2-3 minutes, having remembered shoes, jackets, my handbag, phone, and room key (it is one of those card-things you put in a slot, so the lights come on). Quite a few people came out without shoes, clothes (thank goodness for big towels, and a mild night), and by the number of lit windows:without their keys... There had been some smoke detected in the underground parking, but we were let back in the hotel after 45 minutes.
Looking forward to my next proper holiday, which will be a fortnight in Mallorca in April....
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Thoughts in Autumn
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Posted:Oct 6, 2018 1:59 pm
Last Updated:Oct 10, 2018 4:52 pm
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Dear reader, we are now well and truly into Autumn here in the Northern Hemisphere, the weather is cooling (after an incredibly hot summer), leaves are changing, now we need a cold snap followed by a good storm (this is the rail-worker talking: this would mean getting by the usual season of leaves making rails slippery quickly = fewer delays).
In a weeks time I'll be in London with my 12-yo niece, showing her where her mother and I spent three years of our childhoods, going on the London Eye (which I've actually never done), having a proper afternoon tea, seeing a play, and a couple of museums (Natural History being the choice of my dinosaur-mad niece), doing some shopping. I really look forward to sharing my love of a city with my niece, and seeing her see it for the first time, Also looking forward to Chinese, Indian, and other good food.....
Otherwise it's been a blah week, with me being sent home from work on Thursday, when my colleague was fed up with my sneezing, coughing, and generally having the onslaught of a cold. I stayed home Friday, letting the fever burn itself out, and have felt much better today, so will be back at work on Monday.
Sex? Not for over a year now (if you don't count fun with my vibrator), but I hope to do something about that in the coming months.....
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Thoughts on holiday
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Posted:Aug 29, 2018 10:23 am
Last Updated:Aug 29, 2018 1:18 pm
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Ahhhh, about halfway through my summer holiday, which has included some amazing music at the Tønder Festival last week (and over the weekend).
Monday I left Tønder to go up to Glyngøre, where I'm spending the week in a holiday home. I went by way of Süderlügum, just across the border in Germany, so I could do a little border-shopping, before going North. Unfortunately this led to someone hitting my car, breaking the the rear window. (My theory is someone in a campervan, with bikes on the back - big enough not to notice, and just pointy enough to just punching a couple of holes in the window). Unfortunately, they didn't leave a note, and there were no witnesses. There WERE witnesses to me losing my cool, and shouting a few choice words - an elderly gentleman looked quite shocked, but understood when he saw the window. He also offered plastic garbage-bags and duct-tape, so I would be waterproof. I happily accepted, and after I stowed my shopping (closing the side-door very carefully - which brought down most of the window), and having gotten hold of a broom from the store (didn't want to leave all that glass in their parking-lot), I was on my way, tears of absolute anger streaming down my face.
I got to Glyngøre after 3 hours - not using the freeway, just the country roads - and could relax in a lovely house, with all the amenities. And yesterday I got hold of a car-glass company, through my insurance company. They're coming tomorrow to put in a temporary window (plexiglass), and then next Friday they'll come to my house and put in the replacement window (takes them a while to get hold of the right window for a 14 year old car - plus they had to have time to do the work, too).
On Saturday I'll be at another amazing concert here in Glyngøre, with some people I really like.
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