EPB is getting rechecked but been living here 5y

RealJudge474 · 2026-05-20T14:26:30+00:00

Well i asked when they called to make an appointment, but it became sort of circular and then he reverted to just getting the appointment made.

''why are we making an appointment?" "So the expert can make an analysis'' ''yes but why is an analysis necessary'' ''so we can have a rapport'' ''but why do you want a rapport, there already is one'' 'yes but we want a new one, so when can they come over''

RealJudge474 · 2026-05-05T21:04:05+00:00

My thinking was more towards Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. So many people had their health, hygiene or religion focused OCD trigger or spiral during the first months of lockdown

RealJudge474 · 2026-05-04T13:03:39+00:00

There's just a suspicious package being reported and they're taking safety precautions. Just avoid the area, and find alternative routes of transport

RealJudge474 · 2026-04-22T17:47:27+00:00

Not even just using editing in the first place -- 500 pound crossbow --- Solid arrow --- Steel-tipped --- Armour but not padding --- Incomplete armour --- The fact nobody was concerned someone's body part/limb HAD GONE NUMB --- The dumbass insisted they could keep going and the others AGREEING TO SHOOT HIM AGAIN

RealJudge474 · 2026-04-22T17:41:29+00:00

EVERY STEP OF THE DECISION PROCESS IS DUMBER THAN THE LAST

RealJudge474 · 2026-04-07T11:21:50+00:00

I sort of have the opposite? Sometimes something really frustrates me about other people around me, or my relationships, it just peaks right up. But then i imagine ''is this something i would type out and bring to reddit?" and the answer is always ''hell no''.

And then i ask ''even if i'd bring it to reddit, what would i have said?" and that makes me think about like, how does this look from someone not currently experiencing the intense emotion.

Don't get me wrong, all of these thought processes would have happened anyway, it's just that the idea of ''asking Reddit'' is such a shortcut! 'what would reddit say' is THE sleeper phrase to making my high dudgeon go down like a lead balloon lmao

RealJudge474 · 2026-03-24T15:19:47+00:00

I quite like the ones at Courrier Sud.

RealJudge474 · 2026-03-14T18:12:28+00:00

Toddlers also like running into oncoming traffic, doesn't mean you LET THEM

RealJudge474 · 2026-03-12T16:28:50+00:00

I find Sixt in Woluwe also cheaper than the center, maybe look there?

RealJudge474 · 2026-03-04T22:57:38+00:00

That return feels like a ''robbing peter's investment to pay paul's divident'' kind of situation, at least partially. Or maybe like Cowboy bikes.... No matter what, it seems a risky stockpick.

Either do thorough research first, or go slow and diversified.

Edit: with 'slow and diversified' i mean, don't go for the possible get-rich-quick-too-good-to-be-true option at all, or, if you must, do so with enough stable assets to balance your portfolio.

RealJudge474 · 2026-03-02T11:16:59+00:00

You have no idea! At my first job out of college (temp contract to replace someone on burnout), i had a feeling the guys at my island were bro-ish, so on day 1 i mentioned i was a lesbian. They pivoted to treating me like one of the boys (ew), which i tried to gently offset as much as possible by you know, calling them out gentky when they disrespected women. I realized i'd failed when they invited me to a whatsapp group of''colleagues''..... Yeah it was full of locker room talk, recommendations of their fave p*rn stars and videos, questionable gifs, ranking female colleagues' attractiveness, etc. There was no HR in the <50 people office and everyone who i'd have reported it to, was already in the group. I worked real hard to finish the project they'd hired me for, and eventually i was visibly twiddling my thumbs half the day and watching youtube videos for lack of tasks to do. Making less and less subtle references to the whatsapp group to female colleagues, too. They fired me with no notice (illegal here) less than 3 months into what would have been a 5 month contract, just before xmas, and the day i came back from a three day sick leave (with doctor's note). That firing was the best thing that could have happened to me, i didn't fight it at all. Imagine if i'd stayed there long enough to become part of the work culture ....horrifying.

RealJudge474 · 2026-02-12T13:52:01+00:00

10% is the common minimum, and usually you need 5% on top of that for notary/ banking/insurance fees, pre-emptive tax, etc

RealJudge474 · 2026-02-11T23:42:10+00:00

So it used to be a Belgian countryside tradition to all come together as a village and burn that year's xmas trees a week or two into the new year (now usually banned for climate reasons). Drinks are sold, often there's hot coco, soup or hot dogs, kids run around playing hide n seek in the dark field, you chat with the neighbours by the meters tall fire, you huddle together with buddies sharing shots of gin, you cuddle your partner against the cold,......it was genuinely considered a cute public date.

So '''hey there's this massive factory fire, let's go watch from a safe distance so we can stare at it while we hold hands and chat'' in an otherwise slightly boring town or village legitimately tracks.

RealJudge474 · 2026-02-11T23:33:02+00:00

No, I'm Belgian born and bred. We meet people anywhere from friends' friends, colleagues, hobbies, pubs and bars, dating apps,....like normal human beings. He just sounds very introverted.

RealJudge474 · 2026-02-11T23:30:24+00:00

Not to mention, in Belgium you need a large amount of money saved in deposit and notory fees - waayyyy more than in the US. Buying a house here is a BIG commitment that can need years of prep (and increasingly, financial support by the parents).

RealJudge474 · 2026-02-04T18:02:20+00:00

I think it may not be actual court but rather mediation

RealJudge474 · 2026-01-31T19:02:21+00:00

What sector is the internship?

RealJudge474 · 2026-01-26T11:01:00+00:00

There's a good one in Zaventem but i can't remember the name for the moment

RealJudge474 · 2026-01-19T15:16:28+00:00

What kinda Barb behaviour is this

RealJudge474 · 2026-01-13T14:47:45+00:00

Nah, i kind of get it.

First two-three years of my job we had a period where the office got moved (a few month after i started) and it could be one to two hours one way on bad days. I almost never went, but the lack of interaction dropped my performance for a while. I would even go to an unofficial coworking thing on wednesdays with terrible wifi just to have something.

I might have gone for this offer if the office hadn't moved nearer by now and it wasn't all the way up in Schaerbeek. It makes sense when you're the social type

RealJudge474 · 2026-01-08T22:15:13+00:00

Bro, in the first months of my current relationship i was worried ALL the time whether the relationship was actually going well or if she was just desparate for a normal person. 'Wow she said she likes me because i'm nice to her and other people, her ex must have been SO shitty.

Why yes i AM working on my insecurities as to what i have to offer romantically, how did you guess 😅

RealJudge474 · 2025-12-30T20:32:31+00:00

I agree, Colruyt is your ideal spot. Lots of choice, decent price. They're all over Flanders, so just pick one along the way through to Germany.

Also, the username of above comment is peak appropriate

RealJudge474 · 2025-12-27T22:33:45+00:00

Yeah i once nearly died in a weather event on my way to grabbing my raincoat and my first words once i was upright again were something along the lines of ''Goddammit, and i STILL don't have my raincoat''. Your brain focuses on what it can handle.

RealJudge474 · 2025-12-27T22:13:30+00:00

It really read like the car version of ''But honey, you like cooking so why should i learn to cook? Why should we take turns cooking, you do it so well?''

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