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Cake day: July 3rd, 2023

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  • Doctors have a lot of ‘go away and leave me alone’ statements that are mostly meant to just get you out the door.

    Not just phrases, there’s a whole set of strategies.

    I’ve lost count of the times my kids have been dismissed with a GTFO bandage and sent on their way. About half the time we’ve been called back the day after, when the orthopedic attendings have taken a look at what the residents screwed up over night.









  • Other have said it too, but I’ll boil it down:

    • Budget beaters are not on car apps. That’s mostly dealers, who will be making a profit.
    • Buy from individuals. Use general second hand platforms instead, like facebook marketplace or what is used in your location.
    • Be weary of private individuals flipping cars, they’re looking for profit like dealers, but will have done nothing in terms of maintenance beside the painfully obvious, which will have been a diy job with the cheapest parts available.
    • Running costs are a PITA. Besides insurance and fuel you should look at what a set of tyres costs. For some reason that’s a somewhat decent indicator of maintenance costs level.
    • Depending on periodic inspection rules in your country, buying a recently inspected car can mean you have a car for 2 years that you can discard afterwards, instead of sinking a shit loaf of money into maintenance ahead of the next inspection.
    • Depending on where you live, cars can have been used as collateral for car loans. Typically not at your price point, but it’s something to be aware of. Buying a super cheap car, only to find out that it comes with 2 times it’s price in debt sucks.

    What’s your budget? I mean I don’t think 10k € is a car for broke people, but are we talking 5k? 2k? I found a local Suzuki Wagon R+, 20years old, ugly AF faded paint, but a solid car with a couple of years left, listed for 13k DKK, that’s like 1700 €. I don’t think that you’ll have much luck finding cheaper cars than that.



  • I’ve previously postulated in other fora, that the country of New Zealand is named after the Danish island of Sealand. To which a Dutch person corrected me, because of the usage of the letter Z it was obviously named after the Dutch province. Needless to say it quickly evolved into a battle of witts, culminating in threats of alternative, and quite aggressive, applications of something called a klomp and a retort on the blandness of Gouda and suggestions for other orifices in which said cheese could be stuffed.

    Anyhoo, if we could not start this discussion again it would be much appreciated… I would like to be able to go buy hagelslag and those weird little liquorice pieces with bee wax shells.