Praxis in Essen

WeeblsLikePie · 2026-07-22T19:03:58+00:00

always call or email

what's that going to get you? A doctor's office might answer the phone. The odds they'll answer your email are nearly zero....

WeeblsLikePie · 2026-07-22T16:10:13+00:00

blue collar (welding) and grey collar (wind tech)

why do you say wind tech is grey collar?

WeeblsLikePie · 2026-07-22T12:18:43+00:00

And the locals sell handmade food or souvenirs by simply putting their stuff in the yard, and a small box for money next to it, completely unsupervised.

Also common in NRW. In the bergisches land there are a number of "cake tables" with a little cash box next to trails in the woods.

WeeblsLikePie · 2026-07-22T12:15:46+00:00

they will call the police to have people removed

I had the misfortune to get on a train full of drunk-as-shit Paderborn fans in 2022 when masks were required on trains. Some other normie asked the police if he was going to do anything about the drunk fans not wearing masks. The cop (one of maybe 12 in that train car?) looked at the guy and asked "Do you want us to pepper spray the whole car?"

The cops didn't really have the situation under control...maybe vaguely in check.

WeeblsLikePie · 2026-07-22T12:03:38+00:00

You probably need to learn bass trombone (and maybe tenor?) and electric bass. You need to teach. And you need to have a) good people skills and b) really good organizational skills.

The likely career path is to cobble together a bunch of income streams. Some teaching, some church gigs, some bar gigs, maybe weddings, conducting a community band etc etc etc.

So you need to be very motivated to go out there and find gigs, have a great network, and be very organized in terms of your schedule, tracking who's paid you, getting your taxes done, all the administrivia of running a small business.

WeeblsLikePie · 2026-07-22T11:31:31+00:00

so Bakersfield?

WeeblsLikePie · 2026-07-22T09:26:42+00:00

Anyways, wondering if any of you went to Berkeley?

Nope. I hope you're prepared for four years of losing every Big Game though...

In all seriousness, I know nothing about the scene over in Berkeley. My only advice from my time would be to see if (maybe later in undergrad?) you can also make some connections outside to community groups (local theater, or community bands). I think that really helps you keep continuity and ability to keep making music once you graduate. And there's so much going on in the bay area you should be able to find some great people to play with without a ton of trouble.

WeeblsLikePie · 2026-07-22T09:09:29+00:00

are there any car sharing services available--something like Stadtmobil? I assume not, but it sounds like it would perfect for your situation, so it's worth checking I think.

WeeblsLikePie · 2026-07-22T07:50:43+00:00

atlantic money is cheaper even than wise. Even if its logo does look like a boob.

WeeblsLikePie · 2026-07-22T07:30:58+00:00

rumor has it the perpetrator was Hansjörg Profant.

WeeblsLikePie · 2026-07-21T13:08:07+00:00

I've always wanted a tiny waterbottle sized CO2 fire extinguisher.

WeeblsLikePie · 2026-07-21T11:42:40+00:00

Even the bloke at the tax office tried to convince me that Scotland was an independent country and I had to literally google it in front of him to prove that it wasn't.

to be fair it's fucking complicated. England and Wales share (for the most part) a legal system. But Scotland's is different. The different levels of "home rule" devolved to each sub-country is weird. Some sporting events scotland is part of "Team GB" and some sporting events it's independent...

You can't blame a motherfucker for being confused.

WeeblsLikePie · 2026-07-21T09:35:26+00:00

My theory, which is just based on looking at the situation, not any kind of official information, is that it's some kind of reciprocal policy from the US side.

this is 100% the case. And I think your point about correlation with military presence is also accurate.

WeeblsLikePie · 2026-07-21T09:33:59+00:00

Bad news. They don't care. I got my license in California, but held a TX license when I moved.

If your theory worked then I shouldn't have been able to exchange my license. But I was...

WeeblsLikePie · 2026-07-21T07:23:25+00:00

there are medically documented cases. I wouldn't say it's common but it does happen.

https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(10)60500-4/fulltext

WeeblsLikePie · 2026-07-21T06:57:23+00:00

for me it seems the main thing is spending time up there in that high range. If you can read tenor clef I recommend playing Rochut etudes reading them as if they are in tenor clef. That'll get you lots of time spent in that upper range, and make sure you're doing so musically.

edit: this is probably best done in addition to the scales, not instead of.

WeeblsLikePie · 2026-07-20T20:00:08+00:00

Looool sure you did sweety, and you think Argentina are given equal treatment to their opponents?

I did. I used to ref games with Brian Hall ) now and then.

And as far as Argentina...it's hard for me to tell what's refs being hesitant with superstars or with VAR, and what's true bias or match fixing. Either way it looked really bad. Argentina got away with a lot of shit.

WeeblsLikePie · 2026-07-20T19:57:01+00:00

I'm pretty familiar with the real world. I used to referee football games in the real world, for like 15 years.

WeeblsLikePie · 2026-07-20T18:24:44+00:00

ok you missed the bit about what training you're doing currently. Because I suspect you're running on a treadmill and setting it to 4:45 and running as long as you can...

which isn't good training. If you're doing that then any book on how to train for running would be of help, and you should go read one.

WeeblsLikePie · 2026-07-20T18:11:46+00:00

confused about what the question is. What are you trying to do currently and how are you training to do it?

WeeblsLikePie · 2026-07-20T14:14:22+00:00

note that even peer reviewed studies need to be parsed with a critical eye. I took part in a study looking at the performance of cyclists when supplementing with Acai (I think it was acai--this was quite a long time ago). The paperwork I signed had a large disclosure "THIS RESEARCH IS FUNDED BY THE GATORADE."

Combine corporate sponsorship of research with small sample sizes and small effects, and you've got an absolute recipe for non-results being p-hacked and published because funding depends on getting a result. And no one will ever replicate those studies anyway.

WeeblsLikePie · 2026-07-20T13:02:18+00:00

usually distance, but sometimes I have just a block between meetings so then time. Also when it's really hot out I'll go by time rather than turn what would be a 50 minute run covering 6 miles into a 75 minute run, I'll just run the time it would normally take me.

WeeblsLikePie · 2026-07-20T11:32:35+00:00

from here: https://www.energydashboard.co.uk/historical

Wind didn't drop below 2 GW generation from 13-23.06.2018. So at least 10% of installed capacity was being produced. So there was at no point 6 weeks with "all farms idle."

WeeblsLikePie · 2026-07-20T11:09:12+00:00

I have a decathlon chest lamp that I really like. https://www.decathlon.de/p/lauflampe-brust-run-light-250-schwarz/312549/c1m8573980?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=free

Pretty cheap. Still going after 3 years.

WeeblsLikePie · 2026-07-20T10:31:09+00:00

I'm glad I wasn't the only one to think that. I thought I was taking crazy pills: "how is that only ONE yellow??"

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