{"id":354,"date":"2007-08-04T01:21:46","date_gmt":"2007-08-03T17:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.centaurtechnologies.com\/blog\/?p=354"},"modified":"2007-08-04T05:06:29","modified_gmt":"2007-08-03T21:06:29","slug":"5-days-and-counting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.centaurtechnologies.com\/blog\/?p=354","title":{"rendered":"5 days and counting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Or is it 4 days? The counting down of days here is a bit bias depending on which personal calendar system somebody adheres to.<br \/>\nMost people would guess that the time from Thursday to Thursday is 7 days, however if you don&#8217;t count the Thursday, because well.. whatever you are waiting for HAPPENS on that day then it&#8217;s only really 6 days, and as it is now past noon and as we like nice round numbers, it&#8217;s only really 5 days. \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\nEverything here is measured in &#8220;if nothing goes wrong&#8221; time, I am due back home on Thursday &#8211; if nothing goes wrong. We are due to move the rig on Tuesday &#8211; if nothing goes wrong, all to often these nothing goes wrong situations escalate into &#8220;there was only a small delay&#8221; or &#8220;we&#8217;ve been here for weeks!&#8221;. So yeah, Today is Saturday, so all things being well I&#8217;ll be home in 4 days.. \ud83d\ude1b <\/p>\n<p>An abridged list of things to do this time home:<br \/>\n* Find house to build on vacant lot<br \/>\n* Get back car &#8211; enjoy driving on 4 wheels for a change<br \/>\n* Get cabinets in kitchen made up<br \/>\n* Find a flatmate<br \/>\n* Singstar night with Julia<br \/>\n* REALLY finish the front garden (so close!)<br \/>\n* Have another dinner party<br \/>\n* Go to Jeevan&#8217;s birthday (if he is indeed having a party).<br \/>\n* Build a shelf<br \/>\n* Spend time with family<br \/>\n* Spend time with gf<br \/>\n* Bottle beer \/ brew new batch of beer<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s about it really.. simple, if I can do all that in 21 days, I&#8217;ll be pleased! \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n<p>Another video to help you out with your car troubles:<embed src=\"http:\/\/www.metacafe.com\/fplayer\/746372\/how_to_pull_a_van_uphill__with_only_a_rope.swf\" width=\"400\" height=\"345\" wmode=\"transparent\"  pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><\/embed><br \/><font size=\"1\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.metacafe.com\/watch\/746372\/how_to_pull_a_van_uphill_with_only_a_rope\/\">How To Pull A Van Uphill (with Only A Rope) &#8211; video powered by Metacafe<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s a video of a guy doing a 720 on his board before falling 50 ft and walking away. Pffftt.. I fell from 150 feet once and landed on my face &#8211; that&#8217;s where I got my good looks.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/KBvCrSjpx9I\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/KBvCrSjpx9I\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Or is it 4 days? The counting down of days here is a bit bias depending on which personal calendar system somebody adheres to. 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