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Midweek Musings: Work, Weather, and Travel Plans

 
19th until 20th of June 2024

Thu Jun 20 2024, 11:00:53 pm CET Today and yesterday were typical working days - nothing too extreme in any way but certainly not too calm either.

I have started another little 3D printing project, my tobacco pipe stand 3D printing tobacco pipeHere it is, my 3D print is progressing fine as we can follow on the Octoprint monitoring page....

J. arrived earlier today back from the city Lier Lier is a municipality in the province of Antwerp. . It's a nice city and one of his friends at school live there. J and a couple of friends went there yesterday and had a great time together after the exam period. Tonight he left with his girlfriend K to go and work at the metal festival called Graspop. I wrote earlier about it and provided a link for more details, but now it's in the news due to the extreme wet weather which is making the situation problematic - the festival terrain is basically under water and mud. Let's hope it goes well!

We are also trying to finalize some holiday plans, we are hoping to have some time to go to Sweden this year. But, for reasons unknown, it is more difficult than ever to find something available for a good price. Everything seems to be booked out... Anyway, now it's time for bed.

Did you know that today in ... is when ... Randomly picked historical events that occurred on this day. Thu Jun 20 2024, 7:35:23 pm CET Did you know that today in 1791 is when king Louis XVI Read more about him on Wikipedia., disguised as a valet, and the French royal family attempt to flee Paris during the French Revolution.

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