Here in Belgium everyone is a donor unless you register that you don’t want to donate your organs.

25 minute car drive. I almost never have traffic jams during my commute. The longest it has taken me was around 40 minutes when I had to take a detour due to farmers protests.

I have a bus stop near my house. It takes 45 minutes to get to the city of my job and then I have to take another bus to get to my job itself.

It would probably take a bit over 1 hour to get there on a bicycle. I would get extra money if I went to work on a bicycle. The main reason I don’t cycle to work is that I don’t think it’s safe. Most of the route I would have ride on a little strip 2 meter away from cars and trucks going 90km/h. Or I can take a longer route where I have to ride on a little strip right next to traffic going 70km/h.

Immudefense. Whenever I see this I feel second-hand embarrassment for those people standing there shaking that stupid little pill.

My one cat always tries to steal my marmalade and bread. His favorite food is shrimps.

I have one in my car because it’s required by law (Belgium). I don’t have one in my house and I don’t know anyone who does.
I do have multiple smoke detectors and carbonmonoxide detectors. The smoke detectors are required by law but there are still people who don’t have them. Last night a family of 6 died in a fire and they apparently didn’t have smoke detectors.

It said favorite dream, not worst nightmare.

It got a lot worse since covid. A lot of people who shouldn’t have dogs got dogs during the lockdowns.

Before covid most people in the forest I go to were regulars. By looking around the parking lot I knew who was there. There was only one person with 2 untrained & unleashed dogs who would come there daily. He always did the same tour, so if I saw his car I’d go the same tour to avoid him.

Now it’s completely different. I never see those regulars again, except for that one person who still goes the same tour. Everytime I go there I come across different people. The one thing they have in common is that they leave their dogs unleashed and their dogs don’t listen.

I really miss the calm walks I could have in that forest. If I went for a walk during noon or in bad weather, I would usually be the only person around. Now I can’t remember the last time I didn’t come across an untrained dog during my walk.

Loving Reaper by Jenny Jinya.

Tires. Never cheap out on tires.

Dirty pits. I work as a mechanic on busses and try to keep my pit clean. If the work I’m doing makes a lot of sand fall down, I sweep it aside so I don’t walk through it. If the bus has a leak, I put something beneath it to catch the oil/coolant/fuel until I get to fix it.

Most of the coworkers don’t care and their pit is a mess. They ask for help with something and you have to navigate through puddles and sand piles to get to them.

They also don’t put the shared equipment back on its right place so you waste a lot of time trying to find it.

Tip for the people who don’t like waffles: go to Belgium and visit a ‘wafelhuis’. Order a Liège or Brussels waffle with a good topping like powdered sugar, whipped cream or chocolate sauce.
Just beware that you go to a proper place and not a tourist scam saloon. If it has stupid toppings like m&m’s or Nutella go to a different place (proper chocolate sauce>>>>Nutella). If it advertises Belgian waffles instead of Liège waffles and/or Brussels waffles go away.
If you ate some Liège and Brussels waffles and still don’t like them, you are a lost cause.

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