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Shoveling Snow Off In Bucharest

Ave — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:34:34 +0000

After a looong while, I decided to post something more on my blog. Eric has been using most of my spare time (when I was home…) and since I’m not a very frantic blogger (and I will stop procrastinating tomorrow…) I did not miss posting $STUFF here.

As you probably heard, we’re experiencing a pretty [...]

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Next gen pilot in the family

Ave — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 12:01:09 +0000

As I should have said in a previous post, when we placed the order for our new car we didn’t know that we also “placed an order” for a new member of our family. We found that out almost 2 months later, after some subtle changes in my lady‘s behavior. And I must admit it [...]

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“Sluga la doi stapani” sau cum se promoveaza un teatru 2.0

Ave — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 20:16:50 +0000

WARNING: The following post is in Romanian. For an approximate translation, you can check this link provided via Google Translate.

Doamna mea, care este mult mai web 2.0 si mai social media fata de soarecele de biblioteca calculator eu, a primit pe cale directa o invitatie de la Stefan Murgeanu pentru un eveniment organizat de [...]

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SPR Mod 0 for sale

Ave — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:20:37 +0000

Almost a year ago I discovered the game of Airsoft. I don’t like to go to the gym, but I still like to make some physical effort from time to time. And since I was a “n00b”, I tried to head towards something not very expensive but that could allow some popular upgrades. So I [...]

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Piano. Not “forte”… yet

Ave — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:55:13 +0000

Late last year I discovered that I have quite a number of hobbies. Coincidence or not, all of them are of the “outdoor” type. And I discovered that during the severe weather conditions – wet / snowy, cold and windy – I’m stuck inside with not much to do. And it annoyed me.

I like [...]

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A long wait worth it

Ave — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 20:40:33 +0000

Finally, as mentioned in my previous post, “it” has arrived. “It” being our new Skoda Octavia 2 Facelift. Still red, as our current car, a very good Dacia Logan. I won’t start comparing them – it’s like comparing a 286 against a Pentium Core 2 Duo. “It” feels good – and NEW. 🙂 I spent [...]

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Soon, a new member in the family (sort of)

Ave — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:18:36 +0000

My first car, a Dacia Logan I bought since the release of the model (actually I placed the order 2 months BEFORE the car was released) has just made 6 years. Six great years when it didn’t fail me once. Oh wait, it did once, kind of. But that got fixed rather quickly. Yet it’s [...]

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RC sailing 21 years later

Ave — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:29:23 +0000

21 years ago, during a nice summer day in Constanta, my uncle let me use a radio remote control transmitter for the first time in my life. It was controlling a sail boat, a nice device built entirely by him. The only purchased items were the accumulators and the control servos. Other than that, the [...]

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The Historical Film Festival in Rasnov

Ave — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 13:03:14 +0000

Yesterday we decided to take a trip to the medieval fortress in Rasnov, Brasov county. The compelling reason for me was the presence of Tritonic Publishing House and of its general manager, Bogdan Hrib, who decided to organize an airsoft shooting range in the area. A must see, for me…

Tritonic is the organizer of [...]

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Operation Black Thunder – 2010

Ave — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:14:39 +0000

Like I said in a previous post, I came in contact with a very nice outdoor leisure activity called “airsoft”. 16 years ago I had my last shooting session (with LIVE ammo), as a student at the Romanian MTA, and I’ve been searching for ways to try this practice again ever since. Given that in [...]

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