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Hi Hannes,

I really thank you for all of the birthday wishes and thankfully we had a quiet day. Only disrupted when people wanted to speak to me on Marian's phone. So. I hope that your wish for health comes true 😊

Nah, she will only act exactly like her father would, and nothing wrong with that 😜 !LOLZ

Oh, I apologize for getting the venue of your naked dance wrong, as I am really old now. I knew that it was somewhere where you could get the maximum count of public eyes on you 😲

She is dodging you now, as her name is Patience, and she is not in a hurry to get you right now 🤣

Yeah, I saw a map today and the people in the lower parts of the USA continent will see it. But you are right as even us way down south will also be able to see it someday again. Over here, the milky way can be seen very clear in the Karoo all year round 😉

Frightening wind speeds here the whole day my friend, and warnings are out for floods tomorrow in KZN, where Joan and Lizelle live. Then storms and hail inland towards Gauteng where Marian's parents live.

Thank you very much for all of your birthday wishes and we also wish you a great weekend my friend.

Cheers and thanks.

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Good morning Zac,

you're most welcome, my friend, and if one wish should come true, then it has to be the one for health 🙏

I'm working another 24-hour shift and at the moment it's a bit quiet, so I try to make my overdue replies.

You're probably right, my daughter will act just like I did, and I do hope that fortune is with her, just like it was with me.

I'm getting too old to dance naked in public. Some years ago they might have got great eyes and the women ... but nowadays they might throw rotten tomatoes or eggs at me 😂 !LOLZ

If I'm not wrong then the Milky Way is seen best here in Summer ... I'll see.

We have pretty much the opposite weater here: it's warm like in Summer, but they are predicting snow again. I don't think it will snow here, but I'll wait till May to change my tires from winter to summer tires.
Hopefully the weather down there will not cause too big damages 🙏

I'm wishing you an awesome day, my friend 🌞😊

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

without heath life is not worth living methinks, so thank you again 🙏

Sorry to hear that you are on shift again, and thank you for spending your quiet time to reply to all of us. I thought that you would prefer to rather get some paid sleep 🤣

Oh yes, they say that the apple does not fall far from the tree, and I am sure that her time will come to settle down. Just pray that she will not reach the age of 60 before she decides to settle down 😜

Nah! If you carried on drinking, then they will throw stuff at you, but you are now sober and still in good shape, and sober people don't dance around naked in public 😉 !LOLZ

Yep, and I am looking forward to your photos 👍

You guys are preparing for summer and we are preparing for winter. Good idea not to change the tires too soon, as one never knows what the future holds.
Both the strong winds and the fires created havoc here, and the repairs are going to cost millions. There are still some warnings out and if you Google "Weather, Western Cape, South Africa" you will see what I mean 😲

Thank you, and I wish you a quiet and uneventful night shift my friend 🙏

Cheers and thanks.

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Good morning Zac,

the shift is almost at its end and it wasn't too bad, I'm quite tired though and today's gonna be another long day - my boss is off work and the co-worker in our main quarter is ill.

If my daughter is like me she'll be in her fifties when she will become serious 😂 !LOLZ

You haven't seen me yet, I haven#t done anything during Winter and my shape is like somer kind of bottle - the ones that have a big belly 😆 I really need to do something before my first hike this year.

We are always moaning about our weather and every storm is a disaster. There have been some really bad weather situations lately, but I don't think that any is only near to the storms you have each year.

I thank you very much and wish you a pleasant Wednesday, my friend 🌞😊

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

Oh know, and I have just wished you to have a great day in the previous reply. You will just have to tough it out my friend 🥴

Let's hope that in that case, she will be cleverer than her father, and that she will become serious in her 30s 😉 LOLZ

Well then this is no problem, as you just have to follow the bottle process. First, empty the bottle, and then recycle the bottle. Marian reckons that you have such a nice personality that you should not have become a cop. She thinks that you should rather have become a tour guide, as you are good with people 🥴

They have delivered some preliminary stats about the results of the "Black South Easter" storm.
108 uprooted trees thus far removed, 36 house, business, and school roofs blown off, and I forget about the number of damages to houses and shacks in the townships that were damaged by the fires and the floods. They say that this storm was worse than the winter storm of 2023. All our schools are also still closed. We had a hectic time my friend.
Such is life.

So, you also try to have a good day my friend 😊

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Good morning Zac,

our new co-workers are awesome, but there's so much to do and so much for them to learn... 😅

I also hope that she's much cleverer than me 😜 !LOLZ

Oh yes, Marian is right as I never wanted to become a cop. It was the wish of my family and after police school I was happy to get a job offer in the head quarter. So I have never been on the streets ... I have never annoyed the people except my own colleagues 😂 but I don't think I could be a tour guide or so, because I prefer to be alone most times and enjoy the beauty of Mother Nature without noisy people around me 😉

We definitely have not a single reason to make complains about our weather - no storm here can be as bad as your storms down there which you have every year again and again.

I'm wishing you a wonderful weekend, my friend, hopefully with best weather and no storms 🌞😊

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

I am sure that by the time of your retirement, you will have seen to it that all of the co-workers are fully trained 😊

Life has a way to place us where it wants us, and they must have noticed at the Police school that you have some special abilities. Only the brightest students at Police school are offered jobs at headquarters.
So, you were led into your career by the Spirit, and you were well looked after until this time now. I have a feeling that it will continue after your retirement until the day that you depart this planet.
You will get tons of time to be alone in nature after you retire as a bonus 😊🙏😉

It is what it is about the storms, and there is nothing that we or you can do about it. We just have to accept it, prepare for it every winter and carry on with life, hoping that we will not be the next victims.
Much can be done for the poor people that live in shacks, but that is the government's job, as they have to supply the land and the building material for new houses.

Cool and clear skies now Hannes, and I wish you the very same 😊😀😆

Cheers and thanks.

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Good morning Zac,

I am visiting my daughter this weekend and don't think I will be much online till Monday.

!LOLZ they have seen that I am not suitable for the streets, so they put me behind a desk where I cannot harm anything or anybody. They were quite wrong 🤣

I hope that you will never be a victim of the bad weather 🙏 Yesterday I have seen some news from South Africa, and it was really bad ... I have never experienced such storms and fires and I hope that I never will.

It's hot here with blue skies, but for next week they predict cold weather again. It's still early Spring, so it's quite normal.

Wishing you a wonderful weekend, my friend 😊🌞

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

I hope that you will have a great visit at your daughter's place, and see you back on Monday 😊

Oh yeah, you have stolen my reply, as I was also going to say that they made the wrong decision, as you might have turned out to be the best cop that they ever had on the streets 😲 !LOLZ

Thank you and by now we know how to stay out of the danger zones, and we also avoid traveling around with the car. We had some near misses, such as on the road in the car and dodging a falling tree, the only scratched the car, I posted about it, and all of the near misses was training for us to avoid trouble. Glad that you saw some of it and there's also a lot of it in videos on YouTube
We also hope that you will never have to experience the freak storms in nature, as it is never very pleasant, and in fact it is very dangerous 😲

Thank you, and may your visit also be sublime on the weekend my friend 😊

Cheers and thanks.

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Good morning Zac,

thank you, we've had some fun, a delicious lunch and later we visited my niece who is living nearby.

Oh no, I could never have worked on the streets - I like to drive faster than allowed and could never stop and punish people for doing the same that I do 😂 !LOLZ

Take care, my friend, a scratch in the car doesn't hurt and can possibly be polished out, but a scratch on the skin hurts and polishing it out is no option.

My weekend was much too short, as always, but I hope yours was awesome.

I'm having another night shift and I'll be working next weekend too, so this week will be a long and busy week.

Wishing you a great week, my friend, hopefully the weather turns to sunshine 🌞😊

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

glad that you guys had a good time, and at the next break, you should maybe think about visiting your parents 🙏

Ha, over here the cops whizz around in their cars like jets, so I am sure that you would have set an example for the other officers to also not arrest speeding drivers 🤣 !LOLZ

Thanks, and we do take care my friend. I managed to polish all of the scratches off before we sold the car. You are right about scratches on the skin, as I still struggle with many since my bike accident long ago 😉

I think that time has stolen a day out of our weekends 🤪

Shame, so now you have to pay your time at work for the fun that you had on the past weekend. Life works like that 🥴

We already have sunshine, and fortunately the days are starting to get cooler to ease us into winter. But I have a feeling that we will be facing more bad storms, as we are in a winter rain area, and close to the Atlantic ocean. I also hope that your week will not be too taxing on you due to all of the workload that you have waiting for you 🙏

Cheers and thanks.

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Good morning Zac,

it has been a quite nice shift and I'm already packing my things together to move back to my own office.

You're right, a visiting my parents is overdue.

We have so many new young cops who don't care who they stop for speeding - policemen, firefighters and even the mayor has to behave 😆

Yep, I remember your bike accident, but these scratches are worse than any scratch that I've ever got.

I agree, the weekend has lost at least one day, if not two or three 😂 !LOLZ

I'm glad that the weather has become sunny and cooler. Here it's also become a bit cooler and it might rain in the next days. Hopefully your Winter storms will not be as bad.

I'll try to get home earlier today because I'm quite tired although the shift wasn't too bad, but the next days will be long days because of a colleague's Blackout project - we are testing if the repaired generators in our headquarter work.

Wishing you a lovely day my friend 😊🌞

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

you are packing up to go to your day office, and I am walking around like a zombie., Only 3 hours of sleep last night, as Marian had stomach and back pains the whole night. So, you can say that I also worked nightshift 😴

Now that's great thinking 😉

Ha, I would love to see the mayor's face when a young cop issues him with a speeding fine 🤣

You don't have such scratches because you hide in your office every day 🤪 !LOLZ

Time works undercover my friend, and before you know it the day is over. And you have not done half of the things that you wanted to do 😊😲🥴

Highest temp here this week will be tomorrow at 25C and the rest of the week will be in the lower 20s.
It seems that the weather is easing us gently into the winter this year. Yes, we also hope that the storms will be calmer, but from what we have seen thus far, it's going to be tough again 🙏

Good that you will try to get home earlier, as you need the rest. It's easy to test if the generators will start up after a black out. Just switch off the main switch of the building and then go and hide if the generators don't start up, because there will be an angry crowd after your skin 😁🤪😇

Hope that you will have a good Thursday my friend.

Cheers and thanks.

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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 🌞😊

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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 🙏

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Hi Zac,

"butter finger"? I have never heard this expression before, but don't need a translation 😁 !LOLZ

The new furniture is well made and quite sturdy. It comes in parts and I have to assemble it together myself. My own work that I had before, wasn't that good built. That's why I have decided to renew it all. I also hope that it will last for many years.

The shooting training was quite fun, but I am happy that it's over and I don't have to shoot again till next year. Of course I could train more often, but I don't want to.

Thanks that you like the image - it is the only one from last weekend that I really liked.

We have best weather here - it's sunny and warm, but after getting up at 3am, because I wanted to see a nice sunrise at the sea, I am a little bit tired. And there was no nice sunrise, of course.

But on the way back home I drove through the Soča valley in Slovenia where I could take some photos of a White throated dipper. At first I thought that the right one was shouting at the other, but the I saw that it is a baby and the other one was feeding it 😊

Hope you're enjoying a wonderful Sunday, my friend 🌞😃

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Hi Hannes,

butter fingers means that a person is very clumsy and they break most things that they touch 😜 !LOLZ

Ah! So it comes in kit form with instructions and that's always good. The only problem that I have with the assembling, is that I always have spares left over after the job is completed. Looking forward to the final show 👌

Yep, we are the same. After my army days, I think that I went twice to a shooting range up to now, and I also have lost all interest in it long ago. My cousin and his son are hunters, but that's not a hobby that interests me, as I don't want to go about killing animals 🥲

Oh man, you still sound a bit tired, and I am sure it is all of the hard work that is draining your energy. But then again, getting up at 3am on a nice warm day is always a good thing. Pity that you couldn't get the sunrise my friend, but there will be many more. Over here I cannot get the sunrise, as the mountains hide it at the East, so I have to drive far out inland if I want to get it 😊

I called Marian to come and look at your bird photos, and as you know her feeding habits, she was over the moon with your photos. Babies and children are the same, as they all scream when they are hungry, and the parents just have to feed them. A great series of shots my friend 👍

Sunday was slow and calm and I hope that you will have a great new week.

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Hi Zac,

I don't know if you know the furniture from IKEA, but if you do know how to assemble these, you must know that my new van interior is twice as complicated 😀 !LOLZ

I eat animals, but I could never kill one, but I'm not so sure about humans, although I would never eat one 🤣

Though I'm always tired at the moment, I cannot stay in bed and have to get up as soon as I wake up. When I come home and lay down I'll fall asleep within seconds though 😴

Thanks that you and Marian like my baby bird photos - I think these are the best wildlife photos I have ever made 😆

My week has started busy, but that's nothing new at the moment. In the evening I have an appointment with the friend who does the maintenance work on my van (oil change, inspection and such), so I will not be online later.

Wishing you a great start of the new week, my friend 🌞😊

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Hi Hannes,

no, I don't know IKEA or their furniture Hannes, but if you did the correct measurements for the supply, then I am sure that you will work it all well in the end. Complications were made for you to solve, and I know that you are good at it 😊 !LOLZ

Nope, I only kill cockroaches and I also don't eat them, everything else stays alive 😜

When my eyes open I also get up, but you are lucky to fall asleep within seconds. Even when I am tired, I still roll around in bed for hours before I fall asleep. But I know that you have a sleeping hobby and that you can fall asleep anywhere 🤡

Excellent shots that tell a good story and you can be very proud of them. So, if you can get the small wildlife, you can also get the big wildlife like an Ostrich feeding its baby. That could be a good challenge for you methinks 😲

Getting colder here and I know that you are always busy. I hope that the guy will sort the van out good, so not to worry about being online, as you have to see to the priorities 👍

Wishing a kinder week for you and much rest.

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Good morning Zac,

Ikea is a big Swedish furniture company. It's relatively cheap, but you have to assemble the furniture yourself at home, or pay for it. It's very popular here.

I can only fall asleep easily when I am paid for it. At home I'm usually awake for quite some time, but at the moment I think I could sleep anywhere at any time 😉 !LOLZ

Thanks my friend, I will do my best to take more wildlife photos 👍😃

The weather here has become nicer and above me there are some lovely pink clouds ... I'm having breakfast on the balcony with one of our cats. My wife is still in bed because we are going later to work today. Before work we have to go to the passport office to get new passports, because the old ones are valid till this June only (10 years).

Hope you're having a great Tuesday with nice weather 🌞😊

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Good evening Hannes,

okay, now I know, and over here we call the self assemblies kit forms. They come with assembly instructions included, and I think that Ikea would do the same 😊

Hahaha, you are so funny, and I had to laugh at this 😁 !LOLZ

I know that you are very capable with photography my friend, but I like to tease you sometimes 😜

So, you are eating the cat on the balcony for breakfast and that's not a good idea, as your wife will beat you up when she awakes. Passport services can take a long time, as here we have long queues. So good luck and hope that you guys will not take too long 🙏

20Cs here for the whole week and raining right now. Wish you a lot of sunshine 😊

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Good morning Zac,

I've had no time in the past days - too much work at work and too much to do at home 😅 !LOLZ

Yesterday was a holiday here, and I have been working all day long on my van. It's all so different in there now, I have to put all things on other places. It will take a while for me till I'll get used of it, but I like it a lot. I'll post some photos soon.

I'm not so sure whether I should like it to fall asleep easily, or not, because at the moment I even don't want to get up in the mornings when I'm off work 🛌

I seriously would love to take more wildlife photos if it wasn't that boring most times: I see a bird or another animal, it disappears and I wait for it to return ... and wait ... and wait ... 😴

Hihi, no, I've had some cake that my wife baked 😉 but actually, I have once tasted cat: many, many years ago, the man my grandmother married after my real grand father died in WW2, used to catch wild cats and eat them. One day he let me taste it, but I can't remember the taste anymore, and I'm glad that I don't remember, to be honest. If our cats knew that I have tasted one of their family ... 😜

Nowadays you have to make an appointment long on advance, so it took only 20 minutes and we've been on our way to work. The passports will be sent by post in a couple of days.

We've had nice weather yesterday, but the weekend will get wet, says the weatherman - we'll see. I have enough to do in the van and at home anyway, but I'll try to get out for some photos, of course.

Hope you guys are fine and will have a great weekend 😊🌞

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I know and I also know that you put most of the work in the van at home 😜 !LOLZ

You see? As I said above, you even work in the van even on holidays. Only teasing as I know what it means to you, and I am sure that you will get used to the new outlay. I am now very inquisitive and cannot wait to see the photos 😲

Oh man, to fall asleep quickly is only a dream for me, as lately I have so many pains and cramps that I roll around for hours. I think that only the van will make you rise out of the bed very quickly 😉

Ha! You forget that Mother nature is teaching you patience, and one day when you have waited long enough, a very rare animal will pop up to pose for you 😂

I think that you liked the joke 😊 and this is an amazing story. Like me, you also love animals and that tasting must have been a horrible experience. So much so, that you mind has erased the taste of it.
Btw. Only kings and queens have cake for breakfast, so in a past life I am sure that you were a king, maybe even the king of Austria 😅

20 minutes only! Wow, such a great service that you have there. We also make appointments here, but when we arrive there are about 50 people that made appointments at the same time. So, we have to sit and wait for our turn which can take a long time. After about 2 or 3 weeks they send a message to collect the passports and then we have to wait in a queue again. Your systems work, but ours are dysfunctional 😉

Hahaha, everything depends on the van again, and I don't know if you remember that I said the van would become your second wife, so now she also rules all of your decisions 😆

Wet here today from 9am to 4 pm, and then the gaps in the clouds opened the blue sky in patches. So, obviously we popped out to the mountains. Cold and a bit difficult with the light.

I hope that the van will love you even more after this weekend my friend 💕

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Hi Zac,

yep, at the moment I'm always thinking of the van and what I could do to improve it. Last night I destroyed the curtains at the tailgate in the back of the van - I tore down the curtains while leaning back 😜 !LOLZ That means I have done a bad job when I installed them and will have to find a better solution ... this van will never be finished 😁

Last night I was on a mountain nearby because they said we might see Northern Lights / Aurora Borealis at night. I've seen a nice sunset

and a nice sunrise,

but I slept very well in my warm sleeping bag in the van when the lights were on the sky (I have seen some Instagram posts about them).

I can't remember how the cat tasted, but I am sure that I will never taste it again 🙃

I wished I could take some of the pain from you - to keep me more awake and to help you sleep better 😊

Haha, my wife sometimes bakes a cake for us when she has time - no special cake, but great for breakfast 😋

Yep, it took only 20 minutes and the new passports have already arrived yesterday 😀
Since the pandemic you have to make such appointments and it works quite fine, but before Covid you just went there and had to wait until it was your turn.

Yesterday was much better than the prediction and today seems to get even better, but tomorrow it will certainly rain, says the weatherman. I somehow don't want to believe him 🙃
Cool, you have been in the mountains too. Our clouds have been similar to yours, but in the evening the sun painted them nicely, as you can see in the image above.

So, tonight I might give the Aurora another try and hopefully not sleep again 🙃

Wishing you a nice Saturday, my friend, lovely weather and some spectacular views 😊🌞

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Hi Hannes,

Another idea is to install a blind that you can pull down instead of curtains. I have seen it in some vans here. I think they attach a rail under the roof of the van that hold the blind inside and then pull it down when they need to. You haven't done a bad job, and I am sure that you find a better way to finish the van before you are too old to drive it 😜 !LOLZ

I just can't believe this! The last time that the Aurora colors were so bright during a sun storm was very long ago. So, you go out to take some photos of this historic occasion, and you fall asleep. I think that the taking of these two magnificent photos bewitched you and your mind got so excitedly filled with tons of adrenaline, that afterwards your mind sent a message to your body of tiredness.
You are the first guy that I know that goes out to take photos of the Borealis that goes to sleep before they arrive. Surely this is a Guinness World Record. I have to give you another !LOLZ here.

Your cats will never forgive you if you eat another cat 😲

The doctor gave me a new course of anti-biotics today, and the things make me a bit woozy in the head. So now my pill quotation that I take every day has increased to 12. Such is life my friend and we each have to carry our troubles on our own. Thank you for the care and I really hope that you will not have the same in your future. 🙏

Super service that you guys have there, and I really hope that in the future our services will also improve.
Especially now with all of the IT apps that are available 😉

Never trust the weatherman my friend, and your clouds are much better than mine, especially in that first photo. I also like the sun on the river in the second photo. A great effect. 👍👍👌

Hihihi, I will wait and please don't shock me again by falling asleep 🥲

Saturday started with fairy rain and cold, but later in the afternoon it was sunshine (and still cold).
I hope that you will have a busy Sunday editing all of your new Aurora photos 😂

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Hi Zac,

I have also thought of installing a blind, but I didn't, because at least in my van it would be harder to install than a curtain, and you can see from the outside when there's a light on in the van. I already have a kind of "curtain" with magnets that I can put over the window, but I'd like to have a real curtain... I hope I'll find a solution before I'm too old to drive 😂

I should have stayed up the other night to see the Autora, because yesterday it was completely cloudy, so I couldn't see the sky, and tonight it's getting even worse after a quite nice day - no Aurora photos till the next sun storms. Bad weather is approaching us with dark storm clouds and we will have rain and cold temperatures all week long, says the weatherman. When I look up to the sky I tend to believe him 🌧️

12 pills a day is really a lot and I also hope that I'll never have to take any of these things that make all only worse.

Thanks for your compliment on my images 😊🙏

Today I wanted to show Mother Nature how patient I am by trying to take some bird photos at a rapeseed field. The field was awesome yellow and I could hear many birds sing near me, but I haven't seen any ... Mother Nature must have had so much fun seeing me waiting for 1 1/2 hours without taking any photos but of the yellow field and the trees behind 😁

In one of the images I thought I have seen a little spot that could possibly be a tiny little bird, but I wouldn't bet on it 😂 !LOLZ

Today was quite nice, as said above, and in the afternoon I drove a little bit around the lake with my wife and and we went for a short walk at the reservoir where I often make a morning walk, but on our way home the sky was already getting darker and windy - soon it will rain.

Hope you have had a sunny and warm Sunday, my friends 🌞😊 wishing you a nice evening and a good start into the new week.

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Hi Hannes,

I was up at 4am this morning, heart racing and pulse pounding. I think it's the new anti-biotic tablets that are interfering with my normal tablets. The doctor gave me a very strong dose, and now I am thinking about stopping to take the new ones. But I am not complaining.
I am sure that you will get the curtain issue sorted out soon my friend, way before you are too old to drive 😜

Sad about your weather, as there is not much that you can do outside and besides your work keeps you busy. I have seen lovely pictures of the Aurora taken right here in the cape province of South Africa. A guy took them from a coastal town called Gansbaai (Goose Bay), but it is too far for me to drive there, as I will have to leave here at 2am in the morning in order to get there 😲

12 pills have now increased to 15 and I have to take the new 3 twice per day. So now I am struggling to sleep and will again a zombie today 😉

Wow! A new record, as you have waited for 1 and a half hours. A great start and Mother nature will be happy that she tested you and you passed the test with flying colors. I am proud of you. The yellow fields and the trees look stunning. So now that you passed the test, she will start to encourage you to wait for 2 hours 😲

The strange thing is that the small dot "bird" was indeed a bird, and had you waited longer you would have seen all of the birds appearing to pose for you 😀 !LOLZ

As I said above somewhere, your photos are stunning, and thank you for showing them to me. Glad that the wife went with you for a walk at the reservoir and I also think that this time the weatherman got it right. They don't have a thumb suck emoji that I can put here 😛

A nearly warm Sunday, and only 2 days of the new week that's going to be hot. I also hope that apart from the weather, your new week will be kind to you 😊

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Good morning Zac,

I think we have had this theme a while ago ... you take tablets and need other tablets against their side effects, and so on. Now you have to take these anti-biotic tablets and probably the doctor will give you other tablets against the side effects. It's a never ending cycle, it seems, that's bad and that's one reason why I don't take any.
Hopefully your body only has to get used of the new tablets and you slept better last night. I know you're not complaining - you're never complaining and take life as it is ... "such is life" 🙏

There are so many of these Autora photos around that I really don't mind a lot, because they all look about the same. Of course it looks beautiful, and I love the red and pink colors, but I don't think I would have taken better images than the others ... and there will be a next time anyway 😉

You know I love Zombie movies like The Walking Dead - you hopefully are not hungry for brains, but I wouldn't be hungry if I was you, because 15 pills would make my stomach full 😅
Jokes aside, your amount of pills is increasing - I don't like to hear that and wished there was a better way for you.

I haven't made any plans for my next "wildlife" shoot, but I'm not sure that I would ever be able to wait for 2 hours ... maybe, we'll see 😉
There was really a small bird shaped dot in one of the photos, but I can't find it again. I could hear them, but didn't see any movement 😂 !LOLZ

As the new bed in the van is now wide enough for 2 people, my wife and I will go for a short trip together soon, but till then I will have to have suitable curtains on the back window. If I get home earlier today, I'll give it another try.

It was raining yesterday, but I didn't mind because I was inside anyway.

I'm wishing you a lovely warm day, my friends from the south 🌞😊

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Good afternoon Hannes,

yes, you are right as we did discuss it one a previous occasion. I really hope and pray that you will never get into a health situation that will force you to go onto the tablet route. They look like candy of all colors, and they can fill the palm of your hand. So, it's a mad merry-go-round, as the tablets fight in your body for supremacy 🥴

So, I know that you weren't able to get any photos of the Aurora due to sleeping on the first attempt and then the weather spoiled your chances on the second occasion. But you are right, as all of the photos look similar. There will be another chance for you to get the next ultra special one at the end of 20 years. By that time, you will be long retired, and an old man like me 😜

Yeah, I do know that you like Zombie movies, and no brains for me at this stage of the battle my friend. I eat 3 small meals now every day, and the food that I eat has no fats in it. Of course, I would love to have a medium fried one inch steak, but no such luck ever again. At this stage of the fight, according to the doctor, this current situation with the pills is the only way to go. They will not cure me, but they will prevent me from having another stroke that can kill me 🙏

I am sure that I will be the first guy that you contacted when you have achieved a 2 hour wait. 😉
As far as the wildlife is concerned, I look at your photos with a magnifying glass and couldn't see a bird in it. Maybe you were so desperate to get a bird, that your mind convinced you that the white spot was a bird 😁!LOLZ

Ah! A bed that is big enough for the two of you sounds wonderful, and I hope that your winds find the short trip so great, that she will insist to go with every time that you go out. Have you thought about putting a thin metal curtain rail above the back window? In any case I am sure that you will sort it out my friend 😊

Good that you were inside during the rain, and I am getting the most stunning sunset clouds here now.

Thank you and the day was indeed warm. Wishing you also to have a good day tomorrow 😍

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