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Re: Base Camp.......The team that isn't

Little Mermaid,

C'est pas gentil, c'est obligatoire ! Papa va avoir 70 ans, et a des problèmes de santé (je vais pas t'expliquer, pas à toi). Son plus gros problème c'est ses yeux, au moindre choc un peu trop violent, il risque de devenir aveugle sur le coup. Mais cette 'tête de mule', si il n'y a pas un de ses fils qui vient le faire, il est capable de le faire lui même malgré tout ...

Alors avec mon grand frère (le petit qui est au Chili, ne peut pas), on essaye de l'aider chaque fois qu'on peut.

Là si je suis 'cassé', c'est que jeudi matin j'en ai enlevé une autre, qui devait faire presque deux mètres carrés avec toutes les racines. Alors avec celle d'aujourd'hui, plus petite, mais un bois plus dur, je sens que j'ai travaillé. Mais comme dirait mes parents : "ça, c'est de la bonne fatigue".

A priori la semaine prochaine, on fera un peu de peinture : Un portillon, une paire de volets, et deux chaises. C'est pas très physique, mais il m'a avoué il y a quelques temps, qu'il déteste ça, la peinture. Alors comme moi ça ne me dérange pas ...

Il me reste encore deux souches à enlever, qui sont beaucoup moins gênantes, donc on verra ça quand j'aurais récupéré mes bras. Il n'y a aucune urgence, c'est juste à faire. (3 de plus en option, il m'a dit que c'est pas la peine, mais je suis sûr qu'il préférerait qu'on les enlève)

Et j'ai cru comprendre qu'il veut monter sur le toit, pour passer les tuiles au chlore et enlever la mousse qui s'installe ... Tu comprends qu'on ne peut pas le laisser faire seul, que même si il bosse encore très bien et a une sacrée force, il va avoir 70 ans quand même ...
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It's not nice, it's obligatory! Dad is going to be 70 years old, and has health problems (I will not explain to you, not to you). His biggest problem is his eyes, the slightest shock a little too violent, he may become blind on the spot. But this 'mule head', if there is not one of his sons who comes to do it, he is able to do it himself anyway ...

So with my big brother (the kid who's in Chile, can not), we try to help him whenever we can.

If I am 'broken', it is that Thursday morning I removed another, which was to make almost two square meters with all the roots. So with today's one, smaller, but harder wood, I feel like I've worked. But as my parents would say, "that's good fatigue".

A priori next week, we will do a little painting: A gate, a pair of shutters, and two chairs. It's not very physical, but he confessed to me a few times ago that he hates it, painting. So like me it does not bother me ...

I still have two strains to remove, which are much less embarrassing, so we'll see when I get my arms. There is no urgency, it's just to be done. (3 more optional, he told me it's not worth it, but I'm sure he would prefer that we remove them)

And I maybe understand that he wants to climb on the roof, to pass the tiles with chlorine and remove the foam that settles ... You understand that we can not let him do it alone, even if he works still very well and has a lot of strength, he will be 70 years old anyway ...

blushing

Et oui, c'est bien ce graphique là que je demandais, tu as tout compris ! J'ai hâte de voir son évolution avec ce trek qui rassemble du 'beau monde'.
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And yes, it's this graphic that I asked, you understood everything! I can not wait to see its evolution with this trek that brings together the 'beautiful world'.

whistling


flodisar,

Je vais avoir 39 ans, je suis célibataire depuis très longtemps, et sans enfant. Mon petit frère et ma petite sœur en ont deux chacun, moi c'est pas mon truc. Même si j'ai plaisir à jouer mon rôle de tonton.

Mon point de vue, quand je vois toutes les familles qui se disputent : Avec mes parents, mes frères et ma sœur, leurs conjoints et leurs enfants, on s'entend tous bien. Et ça, c'est une sacrée chance.
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I'm going to be 39 years old, I'm single for a very long time, and childless. My little brother and my little sister have two each, it's not my thing. Even though I enjoy playing my uncle role.

My point of view, when I see all the families arguing: With my parents, my brothers and my sister, their spouses and their children, we all get on well. And that's a hell of a chance.

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BladeD,

Je continue ici, pour ne pas 'polluer' le topic des badges pour le SCC.

J'ai activé le beta testing du coup, et j'ai quelques questions. Est-ce que c'est fréquent de recevoir un e-mail à ce sujet, ou est-ce que c'est rare ?
Est-ce que c'est vraiment différent, ou en fait c'est un peu comme les autres projets, sauf qu'il y a plus souvent des erreurs ?
Comme j'ai envie d'avoir tous les badges, comme si je jouais à Pokemon, j'ai activé. Mais, comment ça se passe en fait ?
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I continue here, not to 'pollute' the topic of badges for SCC.

I activated beta testing of the hit, and I have some questions. Is it common to receive an email about this, or is it rare?
Is it really different, or is it just like other projects, except that there are more errors?
As I want to have all the badges, as if I was playing Pokemon, I activated. But, how is it actually?

thinking
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Re: Base Camp.......The team that isn't

stefada, I'll get back to your post soon. They just made the day longer. 36 hours.
How nice they look all your rubies! love struck

flodisar, you wrote:
I do am grateful because the team has been very neglected for a long time, but I have refused to terminate it. It's just the way I am - there till the end. Also I am happy if The International Team can provide you a destination for a trek!
And I’m happy that this symbiosis
– your team having been neglected and Base Camp being short of stomping grounds
was established. Perfect.
It looks as if I have messed up - but let's continue
I also like computer hardware, overclocking and such. How about you?
I like keyboards the best.
What is overclocking? May I refer your question to the male faction of Base Camp, please?
Sort of a caretaker I guess. Mother has Parkinson's, father has a lot of pain due to a pretty bricked spine and some other general things making him eat a lot of pills.
For how many years have your mother suffered from Parkinson’s?
And what is a ’bricked spine’? Fused vertebrae?
Putting it this way may give a broader perspective: Before work in the morning I am at my Parents' place. After work I am at my parents' place. I often fall asleep in their bed after work. Then I get home at 11pm or so. Those are my days. But I am trying to keep my mood but because it could have been much worse.
Are you an angel or something?
I understand you want to help your parents because their lives are difficult. And you should do as your conscience asks. But I hope that your help is over and above whatever help your parents receive from the ’kommun’. Is it?
How old are your parents?
Of course, having a life of my own too would be a nice thing, because not having any close-by friends or partner (except work) when you just had your 31st birthday is...well it raises some existential questions in one's mind.
I cannot see where you would steal the time to develop a life of your own not to mention a social life of any kind. You got to sleep.
Are you living close to your parents and close to your workplace?
I would think that most young girls/women want to have some of your time and could feel rejected when you spend almost all of your spare time with your parents. I would, however, think you could find some who understand and are tolerant. Have you tried to put a ’blind’ ad in a newspaper? You must have some weekly adverting ones like we do here where you can place classifieds.
Do you have any experience with net dating?
I hope that your phone gets fixed so that it can spend some time outside of Sweden in a near future.
Thank you. It went fast this time. I picked it up today at Elgiganten - I would think you have Elgiganten in Sweden, too, right? That phone – which otherwise is French named Saphir12-Nathalie after la Capitaine of team Kraland – speaks fluent Swedish.
Just joking. It’s English. They erased everything and upgraded the OS. This is the fourth time in six months I have to make it MY phone again … sighhh…
I actually made a project to make an old Samsung Galaxy S+ run without battery - instead being powered directly from a power brick

You are very inventive. Saw your stack of shelves earlier. I would like to pass on the battery in Saphir12-Nathalie (Sony Xperia M5) because it gets fairly warm. I have set it to limit of 34C, but in this hot weather it even suspends itself at 35C. It gets far hotter to the touch than my new one named D (Sony Xperia L1) and little old Mr Jones (Sony Xperia E).
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Thanks for the kind words, and I must say that the alias "little mermaid" also was an indication to me that you are a kind person <3
flodisar, thank you for your kind words. ’The little mermaid’ is a fairy tale character which you may have heard about. She loved much, lost much, and kept loving.
I feel that name gives me a lot of good will biggrin
I am a software developer since seven years ago or so after getting my degree in 2011.
Who is your employer?
I love my parents so I wouldn't consider any other option as long as they feel that I am helping them more than the opposite. We help eachother out, basically :)
You sound like an awfully nice guy – much like stefada – and much like all crunchers here. That’s why I like to be on the Forum. You are decent people and you are smart each in your own way.
In which ways do you help your parents? As mentioned above: I would think they received some assistance from the ’kommun’ for certain tasks so that your help is above the basic help they need – some luxury which public assistance rarely give.
…but the conventions in Sweden seem to be the same with regard to being settled down when turning 30.
I would think there is a wide margin, so don’t stress about it.
Que sera … maybe sooner than you think. But sometimes you have to give destiny a helping hand.
But I have never had someone of the opposite sex looking my way in my life so far, and I can't blame anyone either - IRL social interactions especially are not in my favor, and yeah that part of my life is a mess so it is what it has always been
It’s at pity for ’the opposite sex’. They will never know what they miss. On the other hand, they will hardly bump into you in your parents’ home, or?
I correspond with a man almost my age. He became a carpenter apprentice with us right after we started our business, so I have known him most of my life. He is deaf. He calls himself a social disaster, and I can understand he has all kinds of difficulties when being with others. It’s my impression he values the social interaction he gets out of our correspondence.
Why do I mention that?
Social inhibitions … Are you shy?
… maybe I am still young …
Not maybe. You are.
Oh, I do actually have a sibling, a sister.
Does she live near your parents? And if so, does she pitch in with the caregiving?
An International Team 2.0 Trek? Yaay! :) I hope that I'll be a Team Captain by then at least ;)
You will. stefada says so. He's the guy with the hats cool
And we will look forward to visit you again. As you have figuered out:
We don’t have all that many host teams available to us. But we like those we have.
"Hey, flodisar, it's so nice having met you and getting to know you!"
Thank you for such heart-warming words. I'd like to tell you the very same - it is not very often that I get to meet such nice people like you and all the other Base Campers.
Thank you. I have a feeling that the words soothe you the way I felt soothed when I began reading in 2003.
My need for kindness at the time was insatiable.
Whoops, time is almost 2AM so sleep is imminent. Good night everyone!
I hope you had a good sleep and woke rested in spite of being up half of the night.
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EDIT: Sorry if I have been too direct. You were pretty open about things, so therefore I took that road, too.
Don't answer what you may feel unpleasant about, flodisar.

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stefada, if it isn't nice, then let me say:
I admire what you do for your father. I’m sorry his health gives him problems.
Of course, you’ll do a lot to prevent his eyesight from going abruptly and entirely.
What a ticking bomb!

You should make a photo of those stumps.
And I agree: It’s good fatigue when there is a reason for it.

No, your father should not climb the roof with a chlorine bottle and wash the tiles.
He should be working on his model railway.

I was never too good to help my parents, and still I know I did. But somehow you never feel it’s enough.
With Tessa and Downstairs Grethe: I don’t know how it came about … I didn’t know I had it in me.
I thought I was the type who doesn’t expect others to help and who doesn’t help others.


We need more Base Campers to join, please.
acpartsman, did you contact dave?
BladeD, don't you like the hippo badge?
mike047 - still old and tired?
yodap - did you forget?

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Little Mermaid,

Je crois que mes parents récoltent tout simplement les fruits de l'éducation qu'ils nous ont donnée. Ils ont toujours insisté sur l'esprit de famille, et qu'on fasse les choses ensemble. La terrasse, la piscine, c'est avec papa et mes frères que nous les avons faites. Les garçons, on sait tous cuisiner, et ma petite sœur est sûrement meilleure que moi en mécanique voiture. Ils nous ont tellement appris à vivre comme ça, que pour nous c'est normal. Tous là les uns pour les autres, quand il y a besoin. Et suivant les domaines, on se réfère à celui qui s'y connaît le mieux. (Et tous ensemble, faut chercher, pour trouver ce qu'on ne connaît pas)

C'est tout simple, voir une évidence, dit comme ça. Mais je me considère comme très chanceux.


Et, pas moyen d'empêcher papa de monter sur le toit, si il s'est mis en tête de le faire. C'est comme pour les souches, je peux les enlever seul, mais il ne peut pas s'empêcher de m'aider. Des fois, ça m'énerve, et j'ai envie de lui gueuler dessus : "Mais t'arrêtes un peu, tu as 70 ans, et je suis venu exprès pour pas que tu le fasses !".
Mais d'un autre coté, connaissant son caractère, si il n'était pas comme ça, là j'aurais peur. Mes parents ont commencé à travailler à 16 ans, ont fait leur carrière, tout en élevant 4 enfants. Je trouve qu'ils en font un peu trop, mais c'est le jour où ils ne le feront plus, que je m’inquiéterais. Pour te donner une idée, maman qui a 62 ans et fête sa retraite, s'est inscrite il y a quelques mois au Taï-So (Un mélange entre Judo et Gym, pour résumer).

Enfin, comme tu parles de la maquette de train, et qu'il y a de nouveaux Base Campeurs, je me permet de remettre le lien :
(A partir de 2 min 09, vous êtes dans le garage de mes parents. Et le monsieur aux cheveux gris, c'est papa qui explique comment il a fait)
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I think my parents simply reap the benefits of the education they gave us. They have always insisted on family spirit, and we do things together. The terrace, the pool, it is with dad and my brothers that we made them. Boys, we all know how to cook, and my little sister is surely better than me in car mechanics. They taught us so much to live like that, that for us it's normal. All there for each other, when there is need. And according to the domains, one refers to the one who knows best. (And all together, must search, to find what we do not know)

It's very simple, see an obvious, said like that. But I consider myself very lucky.


And, there's no way to keep dad from getting on the roof, if he's going to do it. It's like stumps, I can remove them alone, but he can not help but help me. Sometimes, it annoys me, and I want to yell at him: "But you stop a little, you're 70 years old, and I came on purpose not for you to do it!"
But on the other hand, knowing his character, if he was not like that, I would be afraid. My parents started working at age 16, made their career, while raising 4 children. I think they do a little too much, but it's the day they will not do it anymore, that I would worry. To give you an idea, mom who is 62 years old and celebrating her retirement, registered a few months ago at Taï-So (A mix between Judo and Gym, to summarize).

Finally, as you talk about the train model, and there are new Base Campers, I allow myself to post the link again:
(From 2 min 09, you're in my parents' garage, and the gray-haired gentleman is Dad who explains how he did it)

https://youtu.be/lkZUrAvrLt8

angel

Pour le trek. Je suis impatient de voir le prochain graphique du temps de calcul.
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For the trek. I can not wait to see the next graph of computing time.

good luck
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Runtime as of this morning, stefada
- and everybody else cool biggrin
Very well done, Base Campers. Thank you on behalf of flodisar and myself.


It's so inspiring to hear about your close-knit family, stefada.
Your parents have succeeded with their 4-children-project.
I wish many more people would live in this way instead of fighting and hurting each other.

Good idea to put up the link for your dad's model train again.
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Congratulations BladeD rose
It looks good when you put up the stations of your travel this way biggrin


Thanks! smile
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You're welcome smile
Let's show the stations on your way to Diamond, BladeD rose
- May 22, 2016
- May 26, 2016
- May 30, 2016
- June 8, 2016
- June 27, 2016
- August, 2016
- June 10, 2018
How about a hippo badge?

The way to get that one is far easier. KLiK The International Team

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How about a hippo badge?

Don't worry, I'm coming for my hippo badge! tongue
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I am pleased to announce:
We have a new cruncher joining our crew.
Speedy51 rose comes all the way from New Zealand biggrin


Base Camp wishes you a pleasant maiden trek.
We have MREs to eat cold because of the fire hazard in Sweden - and coke instead of hot coffee.
The food situation may take a bad turn if TLD catches fish and starts making sushi.
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We are really glad to see you. Please ask if you need anything smile
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