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Good morning Zac,

your nightshift was worse than mine, I believe, and I hope that Marian is feeling better by now. Please give her my best wishes for a speedy recovery. I hate stomach ache and although my back is quite fine, my shoulder pain still hasn't completely gone. So I can relate to Marian's pain, but I do know that you care very well for her, although you're a Zombie, a nice Zombie 😉

Here the Mayor would be angry just as anyone, but he would pay.

True, apart from falling from my chair when I fall asleep during work, there's no chance for me to get scratches at work 😂 !LOLZ

Time flies when there's a lot to do, and you're right, not half of the work was done when I left my office yesterday 😜 I got home a bit earlier, but then I slept almost till bedtime 😱

I do honestly hope that you're right and Mother Nature will give you a gentle Winter this year. By the way, it snowed here yesterday, but today it's all gone again.

Haha, that's exactly what we are going to do, but we can't hide, because everyone knows that we are doing it. The main problem is the emergency call center and IT forensics areas and such, because they can't be without energy for more than a few minutes, but for these areas we also have independent power supply, which we hope will work 😅

I'm wishing you a wonderful Wednesday, my friend 😊🌞

Sending !PIZZA and !LUV as always 😉
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Good afternoon Hannes,

I thank you kindly for the care and Marian sends her love. She is thankfully much better today. Long term pain, such as your shoulder, and at times your fingers, cannot be very pleasant, but like me, we just have to endure. I do care for her, but when I am very tired, then I am not a nice Zombie. I am sure that you are the same 😜

He has to set the example and if he doesn't pay, then he will get arrested 😲

So, the only kind advice that I can give you is to sleep on your chair with one eye open, as then it will watch that you don't fall of the chair 🤣 !LOLZ

Yeah, so you did the other half of the work today, and if you sleep until bedtime, then you struggle to sleep during nighttime, so then it's time for playing a bit of rugby, or watching the TV, until you fall asleep, just before you have to get up to go to work 🤪

Guess what? We also had snow in the Lesotho mountains, and today is nice and cool 23C. So, I hope that your hope will come true 🙏

Haha, as long as everyone knows that you are doing it this way, then things will go well. Independent power supply for the emergency and forensics departments is a great idea and I hope that your tests with the generators work out very well 😊

Now it's time to wish you a great Thursday my friend 👍

Cheers and thanks.

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Good morning Zac,

I'm happy that Marian's feeling better and I believe that if we all turned into Zombies, you'd be the only nice one who eats vegetable instead of brains 😆

When I have one eye open I can't sleep because I see all the work piles on my desktop 😉

Right, I have done the work yesterday, but yesterday's work took till the late evening, so no rugby playing possible, and the TV was watching itself, because I was asleep 😂 !LOLZ

Cool, you've had snow. That must have looked nice. Our snow is all gone and we're having about 3C, but it's getting warmer up to 11C on the weekend 😱

The tests yesterday worked very well and hopefully today will be as successful as yesterday has been ... but hopefully not as long as yesterday.

I'm wishing you also a wonderful Thursday, my friends 🌞😊

Sending !PIZZA and !LUV as always 😉
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Good evening Hannes,

thank you and she is good again, but now you are accusing me of being a vegan, I would rather eat grasshoppers than berries, as I love meat. Btw, sheep brains taste nice, but I don't know what mountain goat brains taste like 😁

One eye open will at least help you not to fall of the chair, and the piles on your desk will remind you not to sleep on the job 🤣

Shame, I tell you that you are one of the hardest workers that I know, and if I could, then I will write a letter to your bosses to tell them that they should give you a medal and a golden watch for time served well, when you retire. Skipping a game of rugby will result in something rusting away and then there would be no fun 🤪 !LOLZ

Nope, not us, as Lesotho is a neighboring country and they have very high mountains. That's where the snow was, and the wind brought the cold weather to us. Marian says that I must tell you that at 22C we wear coats, and at 11C we will freeze 😉

So glad that the tests worked well, and I am sure that tomorrow it will work better over a shorter time span. Well done! 👍👍👍

So may you also have a much shorter day at work on Thursday, and that you will have a great day my friend 🙏

Cheers and thanks.

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Good morning Zac,

although I sometimes think I should reduce meat and eat more vegetables, I still love meat and can't imagine become a vegetarian, and I don't even want to think about how being a vegan might be ... I love my steak medium rare 😂 !LOLZ

I just wonder how one open eye could help me not falling from my chair 🤔

Actually, we get such medals after 40 years, which will be next year for me, but whether you work or not, you get it anyway 😛

Okay, I'll tell my wife that it's only to prevent me from rusting 🤣

This morning there was ice on the windshield ... I know that you feel cooler temperatures more than we do, just as we sweat at temperatures that you feel cozy 😅

Yesterday's tests took even longer, but at 8pm it was all over and everything worked fine - a Blackout wouldn't matter at all, at least for a couple of days.

It's Friday and if I didn't have to work tomorrow I would be looking forward to the weekend, but weekend shifts are more or less easy.

Thanks, my friend, I'm wishing you a great start into a wonderful weekend 🌞😊

Sending !PIZZA and !LUV as always 😉
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Good evening Hannes,

same here, and I think that we were spoiled from small with meat. Veggies are okay for side dishes and salads, but the main item of a meal should always be some juicy meat. We are fully agreed 😊 !LOLZ

I also wonder at that saying "Sleep with one eye open". and in the army they would use it for us to sleep lightly in case we were suddenly attacked. Nobody slept with one eye open 😅

40 years in the police force! I have to say that I admire you, as the longest that I survived in any job was 5 years tops. So, you are my hero 😊

Lol, no comment to this one 😉

Oh yes, ice on the windshield we are used to, and we will have it again soon. But your weather and ours are miles apart if I may say so, and I will die if I have to swim during winter here in the Atlantic Ocean. You will of course love it. 🥴

Great that it worked out fine, and now you are good to go, so now you have to wait for a real power cut, and that can take a very long time. So, we hold thumbs that you get a power cut soon 🤣 🤪

Ah shame, we feel for you having to work shifts on weekend, and maybe you will have another free weekend soon my friend. Something to remember when you reach my age, every day is weekend, or whatever day you prefer 😊👍😁

Cheers and thanks.

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Good morning Zac,

I wanted to reply yesterday, but after nightshift I drove to Slovenia to take some photos and returned soon because I felt somehow ill. At home I went to bed and slept till this morning. I'm feeling much better today and so I had to go to work 😢 !LOLZ

Yep, meat is definitely needed 👍

Haha, here I belong to the generation of people who stick to their job, I believe, because the Generation "X" and such change their jobs more often than I change my underwear 😜

Here some people make holes into the ice of a lake and go for a swim 🥶

To be honest, I don't look forward to a real power cut or blackout 😱

Next weekend is free and in May and June I'll take some days or weeks off ... everyday is weekend, that's what I'm really looking forward to. When I visited my niece last weekend her mother in law asked what day it is ... she's retired, of course 🤣

Hope you have had a great start into the week, my friend 🌞😊

Sending !PIZZA and !LUV as always 😉
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Good evening Hannes,

thankfully you felt better today, and I think that the good sleep helped a lot. Take care and look after your health my friend 🙏

Agreed and I can also not do without any meat 😉

Well then, I must also belong to generation X, as I had a ton of jobs 😜 !LOLZ

Yep, I always thought that some of the people up there must be not right in the head 🥴

I really hope that you will never have one, as it is really not a pleasant experience. Especially if after two or 3 days you have to throw all of the food in the fridge away 😲

Now this sounds very good to me, as you are due for a real break and some weeks away will be sure to restore your energy. Like I said, and just like that mother in law, once you are retired the names of the day will not bother you anymore. Even the time will not be an issue, and like me, you can throw your watch away 😊👍🤪😁😆🤗

Cheers and thanks.

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Hi Zac,

yep, I'm still alive 😁 !LOLZ

It has been a busy week and I have started a new project at work: renewing our internal database at work. I am programming it completely new, and because of so many restrictions this task isn't easy. I have to do it because next year we'll get an upgrade to our operating system which means that our current MSAccess database will not work work anymore. So, I let the girls do all the other work and try to find into coding again. Maybe I should take one of your coding classes 😉

And there's another renewing project that I have started this week: I am renewing the interiors of my van. That's even more work... harder work, but in a few weeks it should be finished. Why so long? I'm waiting for material to be shipped from France, where I have found a company that builds cheap camper van furniture. Hopefully "cheap" doesn't mean cheap quality too, but their website and videos look promising 🤞

Today was the first day when I have turned the computer on at home this week.
These are from last weekend...

When I have finished my two projects, I think I will have some more time for being online ... and for some time off work 😀

I haven't been wearing a watch for many, many years 👍

I hope you're fine, my friend, wishing you and Marian a wonderful Sunday and a great week ahead 😊🌞

Sending !PIZZA and !LUV as always 😉
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Good evening Hannes,

I am glad that you are still alive 😉 !LOLZ

Yuck! Data base changes are dreadful, as the law over here has become stricter due to scammers accessing data bases. So, Marian transferred our data base to an offline external hard drive, and she deleted the online stuff. Then a few months later, she wanted to access the data base, but the external hard drive had completely packed up. We took it in to a company for repairs, but they showed us that the drive cannot be repaired. Just as well, as we now have no data base that anyone can access. So, good luck with your new program, and please make sure that it will be available and that it is protected against scammers 😛

I look forward to photos of the van when it's done my friend and let's hope that they supply you with top quality materials. When you mention the word "cheap" my stomach wants to crawl, as invariably cheap means trouble. But there's always hope and let's see if it is good 🤞

Such lovely photos, and you really know how to stir my soul. I look forward to the time that you will start posting again, as so many like your photos, and that's me included. So, get your projects done and then let's have some of the special brand called Piber 😲

We are fine thank you, and all strength to you in this coming week my friend 🙏

Cheers and thanks.

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Hi Zac,

I haven't got any error messages when testing the database in the past hour, so I make a little break 😜 !LOLZ

You always should have 2 or three backups of important files on different media. Hard drives fail especially when they are not used, usb sticks fail and dvd's and such fail even more often. This is only my experience though. At home I have a backup of my photos on an external hard drive and whenever I have the time, I'll make a second backup on another device.
At work the system makes every hour a backup of all files, so it should be save. Our system is so very well protected that even we ourselves can't get in from time to time 😱 and next year it will be even more secure, so that even our administrators don't have all rights anymore.

As soon as the van is finished I will show you some photos, of course. It's relatively cheap, but well made. They have used light weight wood and so I have to take more care than with the interior that I've built myself, but it looks cool and I like it.

Every day I think of posting here and also on Instagram again, but somehow I still don't want to. But I thank you so much for your nice words 🙏

Hope you're having a great day, my friend 🌞😊

Sending !PIZZA and !LUV as always 😉
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Hi Hannes,

You see? I have full confidence in your abilities and well done 😉 !LOLZ

Ah yes, I also have some backups on external drives and usb sticks, and every now and then, I update them. Over time I had some failed external hard drives, but thankfully nothing on the usb's yet. But of course, nothing as grand as you have, as I can only afford the cheap stuff.
It seems that all businesses and government departments are investing in extra security, as some of our government departments have also been hit by scammers. Your system looks great, and it's always a danger to have too many people that have the rights, as much can go wrong.

Great to hear and I can't wait to see the van upgrade my friend. I am sure that you will take care with the installation. Don't forget to hang portraits on the walls, as then it will look like a family lounge 😜

There's a time for everything and you only have to follow your heart. We are having it difficult now, as the hive price is very low, but as usual eventually it will climb again 🙏

Thank you and the day was good, I know you also had a good day, especially with the test, and may you also have a great Wednesday 😊

Cheers and thanks.

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Hi Zac,

thanks, it works fine, but I have to make it fool proof, because there's a colleague who is able to destroy any software just by looking at the monitor 😁 !LOLZ

My backup drives are not expensive either, and I wished I could afford a better solutionthat works automatically.

Haha, I will not hang any photos on the walls of my van, because there's not enough space on the walls, and I don't want my family to watch me sleeping 😜

I'm really not sure about the Hive anymore, but I'll wait for some more time and hope like we all do.

Wednesday was a holiday here, but I didn't do anything, apart from a short drive around town, but I haven't been in the moon to take photos. So I had a lazy day at home and did only some work in the van, because I'm still waiting for shipment of the final parts.

Tomorrow is Friday and I have to go to a shooting training, but I am sure I will not kill anyone 😁

I'm happy that you have had a good day and hope that today will be as good as well 🌞😃

Sending !PIZZA and !LUV as always 😉
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Hi Hannes,

we also have some of those over here, and maybe you must make him wear a blindfold 🤡 !LOLZ

Well, you can always try using the cloud storage, but I don't as if a scammer cracks the cloud, then all of one's stuff will rain down into the scammers pocket 😛

Strange, as Wednesday was also a holiday here, called "Worker's Day". I think it is called May Day in Europe? I also didn't take many pictures and I hope that your van is starting some shape, and that the final parts will round it off into a real showpiece 😲

Just make sure that you are not pointing the gun at anyone while you are trying to fire it 😀
I hope that you will enjoy it my friend 👍

Thank you and please take care at the shooting range 🙏

Cheers and thanks.

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Good morning Zac,

these people are strange ... everything works fine until they use it 😱 !LOLZ

I have some things on the OneDrive cloud, but I prefer to have a real device in my hand.

May 1st is also called Worker's Day here - Tag der Arbeit, but nobody is working on this day 😁

I want to keep the van quite stealthy outside, but nice and cosy inside.

I don't like these trainings at all, but I have to absolve at least one a year.

It's Friday, my friend, wishing you guys a lovely start into the weekend 🌞😊

Sending !PIZZA and !LUV as always 😉
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Good evening Hannes,

I think that all countries have them and they belong to the international butter-finger club 🥲!LOLZ

Nope, I love clouds, but only the real ones, and we are the same, as if you can hold it, then it's safe😉

You are right, but I think that in our case they should call it National Unemployment Day, as half of our country is unemployed. 😲

That was the idea when you bought the van, and you did well to rig it out by yourself. Now I only hope that the new furniture will be built good enough to last for a few years. Do they give you any guarantee on it?

Part of the job my friend, and a necessary part, especially for the butter finger guys, as they will try to shoot an attacker, and end up shooting themself in the foot 🤡

Now there you go again with one of Piber's beauties, and the scene is magnificent. The water flow looks so real 👍👍👍

May you guys also have a great weekend 🙏

Cheers and thanks.

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