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  • hpcalc.org – HP48 Software Archive

    hpcalc.org – HP48 Software Archive

    This is for nerds only. HP Calculator site!

  • Keeping Busy

    Be a lifeguard.
    I am taking a Lifeguard course now! In part as it is necessary to get a Rescue Diver certification.

    The pool is at Dive Caroline. And the weather turned cold on the weekend, so tonight used a wetsuit and still was chilly! Mostly due to the wind.

    Dive Caroline Pool

    Lifeguard

  • Where I live and my car

    This is where I am living:

    Ahmadi Guest House

    And this is my car:

    White Caprice

    Click on this link for all photos.

  • Weather Change

    Well, it for sure looks like the season is changing and is here to stay. Yesterday morning it was windy and cooler. You notice when it drops from around 40 to 30 degrees C. And today, it is staying the same range, around 30 deg C with wind. I never thought in my life that I would think it is getting cool when it drops to 30 or 28 degrees C.

    Here’s the forecast for Kuwait.

  • Ian’s Shoelace Site – Ian’s Secure Shoelace Knot

    Secure Shoelace Knot

    This is not my site! But, I suppose anyone called Ian must have good ideas. I tried the secure knot, it works, just be careful that it might be too hard to untie.

    Ian’s Shoelace Site – Ian’s Secure Shoelace Knot

  • Thursday – the first day of the weekend

    If you don’t recall, Thursday and Friday are the weekend days here. I don’t think I will every get used to it. Mostly that the work week starts on Saturday.

    I’m hanging out in the Kuwait Hilton Starbucks, it is nearly midnight and there is no slowing down.
    Kuwait Hilton Starbucks
    As it is Ramadan, places open at 5:00 in the evening and close very late. They close here at 2:30 am. I’m sure I won’t last until then. I’m going to pack it in very soon.

    So after the partial dive trip, I had a big snooze then went to a local Sahaja Yoga meditation nearby. That ended at 7:00 pm then I went to a different place for dinner, Applebees. The dinner was a bit more expensive than normal. Though here you can’t really think about things like what it costs in Canada. Everything western is a bit more expensive, period.

    It was 7.5 KD. Not cheap, I usually spend 2 or 3 KD for dinner. (Multiply the KDs by 4 to get Canadian dollars) That was for a juice, salad and a steak and salmon dinner. Good food, and a change from the usual Lebanese style cuisine that I have. Certainly during Ramadan with no lunch the big dinner isn’t too bad, though it is really at least a third more than one needs!