Azdeus

I think the reason why my boss has'nt demanded to see a doctors note on my various sickleaves is because I'm a workhorse once I'm at work. I'm only half-joking when I say that I could work 3 days a week and still produce more than the others there. As soon as I start noticing something off I call in sick, I really don't my coworkers to catch whatever I've got. Then again, we have what's called a "Karensdag". On the day you call in sick you don't get any pay. If I started working at a tenth of the pace at work, they still could'nt fire me. If it went on too long they probably could since then it'd qualify as sabotaging or something like that. For good and for bad, it's ludicrously hard to fire someone in Sweden.

Huh, you can use sickdays to be free from work, without being ill? We don't really have a limit on how many sickdays you can have per year, just that your employer eventually will demand doctors notes to prove that you really are ill. On the top of my head, I've had 20-25 days I've been ill this year, flu and stomach bugs mostly. Not counting my sickleave for my back that is. What kind of a job do you have? Don't you worry about infecting your coworkers? Huh, it's legally mandated here in Sweden, that your employer have to "suspend" your vacation until you get well. Though if you're ill for more than one week straight you need a doctor to verify it.

One thing that makes me curious though; in the US, if you get ill during your vacation, can you call in sick then and get your vacation days back? Also, a couple of decades ago you could, technically, call in to work for "feeling gay", since homosexuality was classified as an illness back then. ^^

Well, there's always the Forgotten Realms wiki if that's your fancy. Don't know what world base you prefer yourself, but FR wiki is the most developed one I've found.

I think so too, it can cause alot of problems down the line that'll cost loads of more money if nothing else. Someone that has the diagnosis isn't going to be a productive worker.

Not necessarilly, but you can get it diagnosed, and then you can. Edit; More like "burnt out" Edit 2; We're talking about symptoms like depression and anxiety, insomnia and similar things. So if the doctors diagnose it as such you'll get help recovering, that can include sick leave. You can't call in and say you're not coming to work because you're too stressed though.

I'm not at all surprised, from what you've said that place is awful. Stress is not a problem we have at work really, but there is alot of lifting wich cause people to injure themselves in different ways, shoulders, backs, wrists and elbows tend to give out. I'm honestly quite surprised about how few real accidents we've had there though, many people tend to skimp on the safety routines. Hell, skimp, they don't bother with them at all. Most annoyingly our branch has the highest production in all of Sweden, but we have the lowest wage. People are getting really pissed off that we're getting nothing of the profits. It's not a small amount that differs either, we're talking of nearly 200€ difference. And the union is being limpwristed about things aswell.

Went shopping for groceries. Bought fruits and vegetables, and breakfast cereals, dairies. Forgot to buy any 'actual' food though. :|

Everytime I read some **** from PETA, all I want to do is go cuddle myself on my wolfpelt. Also; No skill? Those pelts they drape on themselves usually comes from some beast that can kill an Astartes. And some Chapters have to prove their worth by killing such beasts unarmed. Atleast get they can get their nerd **** straight before they start preaching. Now, I'm off to bed, and I'm taking my pelt with me. And my sheepskin.

You have my sympathies, I'm on 50% sickleave at the moment, and it's costing me a ****ing fortune. Been on sick leave since November, started working 50% in December, 75% wrecked me and I had to go back to 50% again.

Are you sure? This... this ,,, is ,,,, Epic *Added to gog library*

am thinking the scumbag % for women is same as men. even so what do we win? HA! Good Fun! She's a good person? Since when?

Still looks weird in 2560x1440.

Same here, would love something more modern though.

Generally dislike them, there is no way for me to really care about a character in a 40 hour game. While I can like them, there really is no interest beyond that. It becomes too shallow. The only game that really came close to it, was the relationship between Geralt and Yennefer, and that was because I had 2 games and a few books behind it. Best sex scene I've ever came across though was from the brothel in JA2, black screen with squeaky bed noises and a smiley face that winked at you.

That's a very low bar though, they're worth less than the skidmarks in a hobo's pants. Assange has had my respect before, and I actually expected more from him, I expect the Swedish "justice" system to be ****.

Bah, there goes the last vestiges of respect I ever had of him. Coward.

Well, true, you can only buy extremely expensive alcohol from select stores between 10-18(10-15) ;p The only thing that I can think of that is really worth seeing here, except Lappland(The northern part of Sweden) is the warship Vasa. And supposedly the pretty girls, but I doubt I can recommend that to him when his wife is coming along We do have an awful lot of runestones and burial mounds, but since I've got two mounds(One next to the school I went to and one about 200 meters away in the middle of a field) only a stonesthrow away I don't get as impressed with them as I ought to. Edit; Then again, Birka! I'm not too bothered that 70cl of Absolut Vodka costs 30$ to be honest, what really, really, really annoys me is that they've gone from 75 to 70 cl. I'm not even joking, that has me fuming when I think about it. Trying to sneak in a priceraise like that.

I'm a little bit dissapointed that the lightsabres are'nt glowing.

If you've got some green, and are going in the winter, you could look at going to the Ice Hotel in northern Sweden . It's pretty pricey, and besides some impressive arctic climate and aurora borealis there is'nt that much to see up there, but we have some museums further south. Well, I've been told that by a french coworker, even she dislikes the general attitude to english of her countrymen

I've had some people recommend France to me, but they all speak french fluently. Those that don't speak french hated it, "was lovely as long as you did'nt meeting any french people", was the gist of it. I have a hard time imagining a place in Europe that is truly foreign and alien, I'd look to asia for something like that I've been planning a trip to Ukraine and Chernobyl with some friends though I am a bit hesitant because of, well, things that happened the last years, but it's something cool to see that I doubt many people can claim. So if you have any interest in such things, that might be worth looking into. Bulgaria has interested me a few times aswell, I'd like to see some of the Thracian tombs they've got there and the city Nessebar.

Thank you! I'm very proud of it, I named it 'Conan', for it left a wake of blood and tears...

Got my fiber connection working today. Now I only have to find out who my ISP actually is...

Happy birthday!