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Vacations

Anybody going on a vacation soon? (couldn't find topic, rant if there is one)
I'm going to the Canary Islands for a week in a few days.
I can escape this cold winter just for a week~
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12-21-2010 06:08 AM
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Re: Vacations

Fractomancer Wrote:I can escape this cold winter just for a week~
^ Implying that cold weather isn't awesome.
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(11-27-2011 10:52 AM)Efs Wrote:  Our Army is more professional than Amerika. Smile
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Re: Vacations

I'm going to OKC and hopefully will not be caught in a blizzard this time.
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Re: Vacations

The Desert Fox Wrote:
Fractomancer Wrote:I can escape this cold winter just for a week~
^ Implying that cold weather isn't awesome.
Where do you live?
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Re: Vacations

For some reason the whole idea of vacations seems really lame and depressing to me. It just reminds me of cublicle slaves that go on vacation and backt o their boring lifestyle, it seems to temporary.

Instead of taking vacations I would rather change my life every now and then, rather than living in a depressing pit of nothingness forever. Of course in order to make money you might have to have a boring job, but you should eventually try to enter a better cycle if that makes any sense.

I think most of the time people limit themselves because they think a "real job" has to involve a computer desk and inclosed in a cubicle. There's many jobs and careers that aren't "conventional". Boredom is my worst nightmare.
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Fractomancer Wrote:
The Desert Fox Wrote:
Fractomancer Wrote:I can escape this cold winter just for a week~
^ Implying that cold weather isn't awesome.
Where do you live?
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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(11-27-2011 10:52 AM)Efs Wrote:  Our Army is more professional than Amerika. Smile
Except ours isn't allowed to have guns
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Faby Wrote:
krissy Wrote:dessert fox
Mmm, flambéed vulpine.
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Re: Vacations

Since he lives in Finland, I assume he's experiencing fucking snow or at least below freezing temperatures for months without stopping which shouldn't be fun.
Look http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/02974.html
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12-22-2010 08:01 AM
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TDF: According to Google it's 5 celsius colder in where I live lol. And again according to Google 5 degrees Celsius = 41 degrees Fahrenheit if I remember right that you use it and not something like Kelvin.
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What on earth is a winter without snow?
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I see.

We need more snow here. Snow is coming in spurts this year, instead of just snowing and snowing.
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(11-27-2011 01:00 PM)psychopath Wrote:  
(11-27-2011 10:52 AM)Efs Wrote:  Our Army is more professional than Amerika. Smile
Except ours isn't allowed to have guns
CrayolaColours Wrote:That post owned. TDF wins post of the year.
Faby Wrote:
krissy Wrote:dessert fox
Mmm, flambéed vulpine.
"There is no enemy, there is no victory, only boys who lost their lives in the sand."
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Wait -5 celsius or 5 celsius? They are two different things.

I want 5 celsius damn it. Or 15. Yeah 15 would be perfect.
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Fractomancer Wrote:TDF: According to Google it's 5 celsius colder in where I live lol. And again according to Google 5 degrees Celsius = 41 degrees Fahrenheit if I remember right that you use it and not something like Kelvin.
No, it's 9. 9 degrees colder.

Quote:What on earth is a winter without snow?
South Texas. : )
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Quote:What on earth is a winter without snow?
A lot of places.
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@ everyone Thanks for clearing stuff up.
Also, just came back yesterday from that vacation.
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Welcome back, how was it?
Missed this topic and thought you'd just kinda left like so many other new people.

Also, it never snows where I live, unlikely to see it even once a year, and even then it's usually less than an inch if it sticks at all.
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It was actually boring a few days. Apparently I can no longer relax without doing something or stressful thoughts pop to my mind. I didn't like being on a beach at all.
But I gotta make compromises as long as I am part of the family. Otherwise, it was fun. Even the hotel food was okay. It was pretty average escapism IMO. Better than being 12/7 on the computer at least.
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Better than being on the computer?
No no no no, I do nothing but sit around the house and play on the computer, boring as you'd think it'd be, I feel really worked up whenever I leave the house.
Also, yeah beaches suck, sunburn and a crowds of other people, no thank you.
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