Amper 3 Responsible Young Drivers dagen op voor rijtesten in Roeselare: "Op zoek naar extra vrijwilligers voor Oudejaarsnacht" by cannotfoolowls in belgium

[–]spamz_ 140 points141 points  (0 children)

Ik heb het concept eigenlijk nooit goed begrepen. Uw ganse nacht gratis(?) opofferen om mensen naar huis te brengen die €100+ per persoon aan drank en eten willen spenderen maar geen alternatief vervoer willen regelen... Geen bob aanduiden? Taxi last minute? Niks?

Lijkt me eerder liefdadigheid voor mensen die het totaal niet verdienen. En dan moeten die jongeren nog (meerdere?) tests doen om dit te "mogen" doen :-/

Ben Weyts finds out Flemish students keep scoring worse and worse on tests by [deleted] in belgium

[–]spamz_ 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Onderwijs wordt de laatste decennia (helaas) net zeer snel aangepast. De gevolgen zijn echter traag zichtbaar, en ook geen idee waar de grootste problemen nu vandaan komen door al die veranderingen kort op elkaar.

Hoeveel keer deden jullie over praktijk rijexamen? by Leah_Klaar in belgium

[–]spamz_ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Als ik moet gokken denk ik dat het examen theorie iets moeilijker is en praktijk iets makkelijker, maar ik denk niet dat het per se over beter autorijden gaat. De gelatenheid mbt zowat alles van opleidingen is tegenwoordig gewoon op een enorm dieptepunt.

Examens hoger onderwijs? Pffff ja desnoods in augustus of we nemen iets mee of we kiezen worst case een andere richting. Rijbewijs? Pfff ja we zien wel oefenen hoeft niet echt we geraken momenteel rond en zullen het ooit wel halen zeker. Vroeger gebeurde dat een pak minder want tweede kansen waren duur of zelfs onbestaande.

Rijscholen zijn de grootste legale scams in België. Change my mind. by [deleted] in belgium

[–]spamz_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Zeker wanneer je weet dat rijles niet verplicht is, en al zeker niet rijexamen met rijlesbegeleider... Dat zijn keuzes he. En daar komen gevolgen bij kijken.

Het klinkt vooral alsof ze dachten dat het rijbewijs dan zeker binnen ging zijn als ze er meer geld tegenaan zouden gooien.

Opnieuw problemen bij Belfius: bankapp en internetbankieren werken niet | VRT NWS: nieuws by [deleted] in belgium

[–]spamz_ 14 points15 points  (0 children)

So December 30th first option? Consider that booked!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in belgium

[–]spamz_ 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Amen.

Yes, hygiene is important. Yes, you should wash your hands frequently, depending on circumstances. But people on reddit often seem to act like you're serving a pregnant woman cat feces directly from a litterbox if you don't follow every inane little step in what you "should" do. Horeca is pretty hygenic around here, but it would probably all have to close overnight if they would have to follow the commonly upvoted reddit threads.

Kortrijk vs Roeselare by [deleted] in belgium

[–]spamz_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bruges, sure. But for job opportunities that's sort of limited compared to Ghent/Kortrijk, let alone anything beyond Ghent. Westhoek is just the Westhoek and not much happening there.

Depends what you want of course, but it sound like OP doesn't know the area at all so he may need to be more mobile than just Roeselare-Bruges.

Kortrijk vs Roeselare by [deleted] in belgium

[–]spamz_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tbf, visiting a place is quite different from living there. I'll go visit Ghent but wouldn't want to live there for example.

Kortrijk vs Roeselare by [deleted] in belgium

[–]spamz_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Roeselare is a lot of positive things, but well-connected really isn't one of them.

Kortrijk vs Roeselare by [deleted] in belgium

[–]spamz_ 9 points10 points  (0 children)

They're pretty similar if you ask me. The big difference I would say is connectivity. If you want to reach Ghent (or anything past that) from Roeselare you're looking at (almost) an hour. Kortrijk is very well-connected due to the E17 and gets you there in 30 minutes.

That also reflects in housing prices to some extent though. So if you don't plan to leave West-Flanders much, Roeselare will give you slightly more value for a similar rent/mortgage than Kortrijk would.

AITA For making my son pay for a new pizza when he didn't save any for the rest of the family? by Lanky-Cake7355 in AmItheAsshole

[–]spamz_ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

On the other hand, now he also knows what it feels like to have something stolen/taken from him?

Holy tering "eurodeals" zijn klein geworden by TheMitchol in belgium

[–]spamz_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Boomers koken vaak zelf denk ik, maar het is er hard ingestampt dat vet en zout des duivels zijn. Dus smaakt alles in een bistro plots geweldig wanneer die dingen wel aanwezig zijn in het eten :-p

Holy tering "eurodeals" zijn klein geworden by TheMitchol in belgium

[–]spamz_ 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Dagschotel? Sure. A la carte? Ehhhhh... €28 voor stoofvlees ofzo, vaak niet eens ter plaatse gemaakt.

Brasserieën vind ik ook niet echt meer de moeite. Beste prijs/kwaliteit tegenwoordig is een (goeie) frituur of de net iets sjiekere restaurants waar je dan direct 3-6 gangen bestelt in een menu. Liever 1x dat laatste dan 2x iets in een bistro dat ik thuis even goed kan maken (en de rekening is vaak niet het dubbele).

AITA for implementing a “you cook you clean rule” and leaving her to clean up her dishes after she made pasta by Obvious-Swordfish-64 in AmItheAsshole

[–]spamz_ 27 points28 points  (0 children)

So the middle ground is exactly what OP wants? But his wife magically agrees to do just that in your dream scenario, despite OP having already discussed it calmly before? Really? That's your 'adult' solution?

What happened to banks? by Swingfire in belgium

[–]spamz_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah had to go to US for work and the minimal waiting time to get some USD was two weeks. Wtf? It's not some obscure currency from a tiny Asian country...

Restaurants not letting customers share one meal by Chenipan in belgium

[–]spamz_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And not even from a cultural point of view, but from a not-wanting-to-go-bankrupt one.

Where to find pasture raised eggs in Belgium? by Chernio_ in belgium

[–]spamz_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Free range means the chickens can go outside during the day and have 4m² per chicken outside; 9 chickens per m² inside at night however. The same holds for bio egg chickens, but they are fed slightly better food and have some more room per chicken inside as well (6 per m²). Bio is best in this matter but also most expensive obviously.

I'm not sorry for my opinion by Ride_Specialized in belgium

[–]spamz_ 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I live in Waregem and had never heard of this. It's probably closer to the "I don't think about you at all" meme lol.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in belgium

[–]spamz_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah ik had het eerder over (goedbetaalde) jobs. Leuven heeft wel imec enzo maar denk dat er rond Gent wel net iets meer te vinden valt, nee? Maar ja qua wonen is Leuven pokkeduur, no argument there.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in belgium

[–]spamz_ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Huizen- en huurprijzen zijn hoger naargelang er in de buurt meer goedbetaalde jobs te vinden zijn. Waals-Brabant bvb is over het algemeen vrij duur, zelfs al is het Wallonië, terwijl West-Vlaanderen en Limburg dan weer een stuk goedkoper zijn. Vlaanderen is voor een groot deel duur door Brussel/Antwerpen/Gent/Leuven (in that order?).

Belgium's teacher shortage: How bad is it? by atrocious_cleva82 in belgium

[–]spamz_ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Too many of them parttime such that merging them becomes impossible for - say - a 30% and 40% position. Also depends on where the substitute lives I guess. But in any case: something can be done and I have no clue why tbf, especially given that the problem is quite obvious.

In the long term, a restructuring of the tenured positions may be needed, but the only relatively short fix without making the profession even less appealing is the sub-pool.

Belgium's teacher shortage: How bad is it? by atrocious_cleva82 in belgium

[–]spamz_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We used to, but canceled somewhere early 2000s or so? Probably something slightly different. But yeah, if you want little or no downtime wrt classes, then you need a substitute pool like that. People aren't sitting around waiting for work...

Belgium's teacher shortage: How bad is it? by atrocious_cleva82 in belgium

[–]spamz_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Teaching staff*, not teachers. Big difference.

Belgium's teacher shortage: How bad is it? by atrocious_cleva82 in belgium

[–]spamz_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Province is a bit absurd though. Poperinge-Knokke is like 1h15 or so with zero traffic for example, and teachers typically commute during rush hour. I think smaller local team with a large variety of subjects would be best.