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- HAYZ1LLLA1
Has anyone got any examples of news based websites that work more as a weekly edition with 10-20 articles per week rather than a continuous stream of content?
- OBBTKN4
At Christmas, three friends and I each bought a lottery ticket and won €100. Guess what we're going to spend it on...
Bingo! On a fantastic dinner we're going to cook: Iberian chorizo and ham, roasted peppers, a couple of kilo-sized txuleta, cheese for dessert, and good wines.
And today's the day. I need to put a few kilos back on ;)
- d_gitale18
Biggest catch yet from our garden pond. Dinner sorted. Never thought fishing could excite me.
- Ya'll gonna need a bigga' boat!utopian
- This should be a browser gamePonyBoy
- Yeah! Baked in the oven, with some potatoes... accompanied by a sauté of garlic and parsley with cider ;)OBBTKN
- Seize the carp!_niko
- Lol@Pony - notedd_gitale
- you better learn how to hold yo damn fish for a snapshot.milfhunter
- Okd_gitale
- Teach a man to hold a fish...mort_
- Steve-O?robthelad
- I have already signed up for a fish holding course.d_gitale
- What kind of fish is that? And how did you cook it?Akagiyama
- Its some sort of snakehead fish.
ปลาชะโด in Thai
This one we decided to give to our neighbor who is going to make a Tom Yum soupd_gitale - The neighbors always give us food: Papaya, Mango, Veggies etc.
So a good opportunity to return the favourd_gitale - Awesome!!YakuZoku
- Fish on!stoplying
- @mort lol, yeah you hold those by the tail and throat. At least this wasn't a US catch (they're one of the worst freshwater invasives in the southeast)garbage
- They have a lung and can crawl to new waters. Also surprisingly not-too-bad tasting. More like a whiting than one would expect.garbage
- They have a lung and can crawl - Jesusmort_
- They've been a problem in the US for decades. Most states have bounty programs for them. States have a tourism industry for night bowfishing:garbage
- It all begins with a lung, and before you know it? White people. Everywhere.Nairn
- Nice!!Akagiyama
- garbage0
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- canoe0
Kirsty Coventry nailed it last night
- OBBTKN8
I'm going to draw a large-format piece in India ink for our bedroom. A free interpretation of Dalí's "Girl at the Window."
My wife doesn't know, but it's dedicated to her. The woman with her back to the viewer will be her, based on a photo I took of her a while ago.
Keep this a secret ;)
- hans_glib1
catching up on the qoob, i was given this hard to refuse offer by the sfw thread...
why yes, i can't think of anything i'd like more... :/
- Gardener22
Celebrating 25 years with my beautiful wife Pauline today, we're having a Thai meal in Carnoustie tonight and will of course be home in time for the second half of the match.
It's the little things that keep a marriage going so long!- wow - silver wedding anniversary, jolly well done!hans_glib
- Congrats!!
But, your wife is going to kill you for sharing her photo ;)OBBTKN - Cheers, so far so good, c'mon you reds!Gardener
- Congrats!PhanLo
- 1/4 century bro; nice work!!!ideaist
- Congrats!mort_
- Congrats, Brother!! ❤️PonyBoy
- good for you, congratsNBQ00
- thanks OBBTKN, she will NEVER know lolGardener
- thumbsup.gifd_gitale
- Not bad for a DJ obsessed with music!canoe
- And 4 kids!Gardener
- Warm fuzzy feelings.falcadia
- The world isn't all that bad.falcadia
- bravoneverscared
- Inspiring; apologies for not being more elaborate with my initial note!!!
; )ideaist - https://media1.giphy…utopian
- Congrats GFax_Benson
- Congrats :)Gnash
- Congrats. I forgot my anniversary on 1/25 while I was sick. The whole day I wondered who's birthday I was forgetting. Luckily she thought it was funny.CyBrainX
- Congrats to you both !_me_
- Congrats! <3Krassy
- brah, you won all the prizes thereautoflavour
- ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)milfhunter
- congrats and all the bestrenderedred
- Am overwhelmed by kind words, thanks folks, you're all very sweet xGardener
- An important 3 points - and hoping Endo is okay. Oh and congrats!stoplying
- dyspl18
About to make the jump to freelance.
Mildly terrified and excited.- Good luck!skinny_puppy
- No fear. Did it 11 years ago, I should have done it sooner, but I needed the security to raise my daughters... Think positive, always. Good luck!OBBTKN
- you got this!Krassy
- Go for it!mort_
- The freedom is like no other.BabySnakes
- In the most gravely voice I can muster: Welcome to the Disunited 1099.garbage
- My motto is “ I quit my 9-5 so that I could finally work 24-7”_niko
- What niko just said. Welcome to auto-slaveryOBBTKN
- YupYakuZoku
- did it back when my daughter was 1 years old... scared the shit out of me...
made more that year than ever...exador1 - now my daughter is 23... and I'm doing it again...contracting... it's working out great so far...
you can do it dude...exador1 - Wishing you many great clients who pay on timestoplying
- IF/WHEN you figure out the "secret" to freelance (relative) success, drop it in the notes bro!
XOideaist - haha... I've been freelance probably 90% of the last 25 years—if you can find a way to keep it consistent—drop it in the notes bro!PonyBoy
- Quicknotes: Deductibles. Square footage of studio space up to a point, utlities, gas if you have to drive for shipping. Meals with shithead clients.garbage
- Time spent negotiating with shithead clients, re-dos for said shithead clients that didn't know what they wanted in the first place.garbage
- Big ones would be anything you buy for your spot can go to your studio write off. Drum roll: Adobe subscription falls into this category.garbage
- I don't use them anymore, but I know many here still do. If you want to throw a final middle finger to that shithouse, there you go.garbage
- Good luck to you! Ride the lightningbezoar
- hope it goes well! if something feels off, go with your gutSquiddy
- Best of luck! 25 years of solo here and very rarely looked back. Just be nice. I still get work that others lose from being a bollocks to work with.MrT
- OBBTKN3
My wife and I went away for a few days (300km from home) and we ate lunch and dinner at the same place, a Japanese tavern run by two Japanese guys (yes, I emphasize this because it's rare these days) and honestly, we haven't eaten so well away from home in many years! 10/10.
- Gardener10
The chicks are 11 weeks old now, so they are testing the outside hutch for the first time, bless 'em.
- Crazy that it takes so little time to grow a month and a half's worth of Sunday Roasts.Nairn
- you should see our electric bill after weeks of heat lamps - they will be the most expensive eggs in Scotland!Gardener
- My wife is happy, that is the main thingGardener
- a few more weeks and they'll start laying tasty free range eggs! yum!_niko
- I love it!YakuZoku
- Fantastic! Your wife's happiness is worth a few megawatts, you bet ;)OBBTKN
- You can't say "chicks"; it's 2026 @Gardener!!!ideaist
- Nice ducks.mort_
- Those eggs are barter items for more records. Get your heat lamps worth!garbage
- Also I'm requesting a name list.garbage
- ^mort_
- fooler6
for Gardener...
- love them so much xGardener
- lolzutopian
- Me Too. I grew up in Ohio and didn't like them then. I Thought they were old dude playing classic rock.fooler
- Took me years and moving 2000+ miles away to appreciate them.fooler
- Hear me out: GBV is the ultimate combo of best music with worst album art of all time. I point you to Alien Lanes and Bee Thousand.garbage
- Let's Go Eat the Factory cover it so bad it hurts my brainfooler
- NBQ009
I think pali and graf went to holidays together. Both are absent, probably enjoying each other at some Thai beach. Or at graf's goat farm.
- Handy that interspecies sex doesn’t require contraception.mort_
- Pali quit because of GrafYakuZoku
- he requested his account to be removed and that was it :(YakuZoku
- ^ wrong personpango
- Surprise twist. They are the same personrobotinc
- I do miss Palimort_
- wait, are you serious? Pali's gone?_niko
- :-(canoe
- ...
Wrong person...pango - https://www.qbn.com/…YakuZoku
- https://www.qbn.com/…pango
- I'm still here, just been sick.garbage
- right. anyways.
ya pali is still around.pango - pali really tied qbn togetherneverscared
- ^ truemort_
- Without me there's no pali
Oh wait******** - are you pali? were you just arguing with your self again?pango
- mg330
What time do you guys go to bed and wake up typically? Do you struggle to go to bed because you only get to work on hobbies and such in the evening, especially if you have kids?
I typically go to bed between 12am and 1am, and if I'm going into my office the next day I'm up at about 7:30 am and on the train at either 8:04, 8:23, or 8:43 to get in at 8:40, 9:01, or 9:31.
I would love to know what it feels like to just go "eh, I'm tired, it would be good to get more sleep than usual," and go to bed at like 10. It's 11pm right now now, I just wrapped up something for a meeting tomorrow, and now that it's "my time" I'm bouncing between a movie, working on some art, updating some stuff in VS Code with Claude, and yawning like crazy and I JUST CANNOT BRING MYSELF TO SAY "YEAH, GO TO BED, CALL IT A NIGHT."
I've been that way all of my adult life. I feel like if I go to bed before 11:30, I'm wasting time. It's ridiculous and I hate it.
I heard Bill Maher interviewing Fabio a while back, and they both realized they each go to bed between 1am and 2am, and get up between 11am and 12pm. That's the perfect schedule for me if I could do it.
- I go to bed at 21 or 22h at winter (k.o. at 22:30 or 23h, wake up at 6h, at work at 7h. I try to "get more life" in summer.OBBTKN
- bedy: 2am
waky: 11amutopian - i stopped the latey thing in my thirties..... chronobiology wise its a kick in the nuts to stay up that long and wake up late... .neverscared
- Bed 11pm wake 7amGardener
- In a work week: 10-4am
In a chill week: 5am-2pm
Depends also on the seasons, place in Europe, etc.******** - @mg, I feel this too, and how after a full day of work and kids, “my time” doesn’t even begin until after 10pm. Sometimes falling asleep with the kids helps.monospaced
- Oh my goodness @monospaced has a life********
- I work on hobbies when I'm inspired which is usually around 4pm. I drop everything and go into the studio, but pay for it by making up work hours at nightcanoe
- Oh my goodnesss @graf has a life that he thinks people on QBN care about. You think people on QBN feel you bro? Ha!canoe
- yes Graf, having a house, wife and children, and a great job and vacations is a life. Sorry you don’t have one.monospaced
- Gardener24
Celebrating 5 years since I left CRMK Radio after 32 years, as featured in the book Wired For Sound - the History of the Milton Keynes music scene. I now plough my own furrow here in Scotland.
- Always glad to see your posts. Good stuff and inspirational.toemaas
- Aww taGardener
- Gardna' are you a fan of Thrill Jockey?canoe
- Ah yes I love TJ records, been playing them since the early 90's, I did a label mix of them once, will dig it outGardener
- love this :)
One of my hero/mentors as a kid was a designer/DJ/musician that was a few years older than me in school...exador1 - i like the cut of your jib._me_
- Please post the TJ mix, did you send it to them?canoe
- I did at broadcast time but it's on my harddrive at home and I am away for a week down south this week, but will share when I'm homeGardener
- We need a Gardener thread for surecanoe
- You have a neat life. Respect.DRIFTMONKEY
- You're very photogenic.CyBrainX
- canoe15
I want to hitchhike around Ireland listening to The Smiths. I miss the melancholy of my teenage years when I lived for skateboarding and a pack of Camel Lights.
- Camel Lights lol
SAME back when I was a little skater punkYakuZoku - Camel unfiltered here ;)
Bike, no skate.OBBTKN - Inline sk8's bro(s)!ideaist
- :-)canoe
- Kamel Red Lightsgarbage
- Would the driver who picks you up also need to like The Smiths? That might be a bit of a lottery.mort_
- Heaven knows you're miserable now.stoplying
- go do it againcannonball1978
- please let me get what i wantcanoe
- side movie: you and Fassbender (The Killer) crossed paths momentarillySquiddy
- hacanoe
- A yankee in Europe trying to find himself
Oh no******** - A Romanian trying hard to be relevant on QBNcanoe
- Camel Lights lol
- jagara2
Saw Ricky Gervais' latest special yesterday. Sure, he's still funny (IMO). Sure, I chuckled.
You know, I'm not a big fan of political correctness. However, comedians complaining about wokeness has become as tedious as wokeness itself. It seems so stale and 5 years ago. It went from being a rebellious breath of fresh air to being kinda smug, self-absorbed and arrogant and thus, unfunny.
It goes for people like Dave Chappelle, too. He's become pretty meh. Some people call him the GOAT, and now he refers to himself as such. Drinking your own Kool-Aid is a really bad sign.
Next!
- Can't watch Chappelle any more, too preachy and self important. I loved old self-deprecating Chappelle didn't take himself or anything too seriously. weed proba_niko
- probably fucked him up. Just angry and cynical, I just feel bad for him._niko
- Wokeness as a topic definitely seems stale today. Done to deathmort_
- It's time for asleep to raise its worthy cause.Nairn
- @Nairn ?jagara
- Well, woke is done, so...Nairn
