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Mar 26, 2007 14:25

An unexpected drop in by Z on the way out of town - yay. Lunch and an attempt at a seam after a sewing machine oiling that looked like it made it much happier. Thread breaks if go too fast (the left one - possibly a tensioning issue, but the threads are balanced at present...- think it is the thread skipping and catching on things at variable ( Read more... )

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cataragon March 26 2007, 05:09:59 UTC
I just wanted to say that I sympathise with you every time that Z goes away. Which probably isn't really helpful, but you know, solidarity and all that.

C.

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stellar_muddle March 26 2007, 06:14:07 UTC
:)
It is the unpredictability that is "entertaining" - the bonus of the unexpected show up tends not to balance out the times when things take longer than expected or it is the later rather than earlier date given. From a longer term organisation point of view, not know when he will disappear into the bush more than a day or so ahead can make planning things aukward.

Mind you, prior to coming here, I was the one more likely to be disappearing off to observe at Mt John or go to conferences overseas. The email contact there helped - though Z got rather used to very strange 3am emails when I was observing.

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etfb March 26 2007, 07:16:12 UTC
But now freshly hugged and oxytocined...

What a delightful gloat that is. I had to look it up on Wikipedia to be completely sure. Ten out of ten for apparent subtlety!

I managed six long distance relationships before I got sick of 'em and vowed to come up with a better technique. I can vouch for the benefits of the odd weekends together. Never got to see much of Brisbane, Sydney, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane or Sydney (in that order) but I don't think I missed much.

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stellar_muddle March 26 2007, 13:59:29 UTC
Apparently (I forget where I read it), hugs of longer than 20 sec cause release of oxytocin. Or are one of the potential release mechanisms...
Hug the Monkey has some interesting stuff, though some of the more extreme ideas probably need to be taken with a grain of salt. A certain degree of born again convertism.

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evildrakey March 26 2007, 09:23:07 UTC
I think mid-distance releationships are better than long term ones... If you cant drive to see your other-half in 8hrs then it's too far IMHO... Mind you I'm not an expert like ETFB :)

My first batch of biltong is done... I have another 4kg of beef at work ready to go in the dehydrator when I finally make it home...

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