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Photo of an opened scroll pump, showing the orbiting scroll, with pieces of detached tip seal hanging off, with the bottom of the case filled with fine dust.

Photo of the stationary scroll, showing dust and large sections of tip seal missing from its groove. The black foam backing seems to have been rubbed off onto the orbiting scroll as it wore through.

Huh, that's not so bad! Normal amount of fucked, scrolls appear undamaged. I guess pieces of the detached tip seal got between the scrolls, which made that percussive sound. If left like this, it would either have pulverized the seal or caused the scroll to fatigue and crack.

Was gonna change the circulation pump as the seals were so worn that sub-5K temperatures were not really possible anymore. But when I arrived, the noise indicated that the pump may have worse problems than worn seals... Holy fuck, that sounds bad. Hope I won't find pieces of the scrolls inside...

Badass!

Stay long, make others jealous.

Photo of a fuel receipt from the 28th of February, the day Trump and Bibi decided to start reaming Iran, with a comparatively low price of 1,629€ per liter appearing like crazy fiction compared to today's exploded prices.

Fun fact: While driving home from Switzerland last Saturday, doing the traditional wild detour on the last 150km because of NRW, I randomly came upon a cheap gas station and brimmed my tank. And now Diesel hit the 2€ mark! Crazy. Our landlords have it good with their solar charging their EV...

POV shot of someone sitting in front of a PC screen along with other blurred online faces, waiting excitedly to hear the latest and greatest developments on radiation protection. The audio was shit at first, one speaker just carried on muted and never looked at the screen where they would have seen our chat messages, and while us online participants were able to hear each other, those in the lecture hall could not hear us. What an utter shitshow. And while sitting and waiting for the exam to start, we were all kicked out of the meeting by accident. They are really tempting my bad side by the automatic "Your feedback is valuable to us!" e-mail. Bet they didn't even notice my radiation mug.

Photo of a wide-awake and motivated person. He has a happy expression and a full head of hair, radiant, in his lane, moisturized, vibing, just having a great time overall.

This is how your e-mail finds me, after skimming past the daily 10-hour limit, trying to get things organized while too many things are going on, radiation refresher course on one ear, phone on the other, dumb online exam, then filling helium with last strength. Blurgh.

Photo of a bunch of gas dildos in front of their temporary home.

It's gas dildo replacement time again.

*stuffs you*

Photo of a manufacturer-supplied box filled with various tools and vials that all have their specific little cutout in a piece of hard foam insert.

Photo of the central part of a pressure cell, containing a Teflon tube with a cap on one end, with the other end being open and filled with oil from a syringe. A pushing tool is visible in the background.

This is my weirdly specific kit for putting things into other things so those things, together with various things, can all go in a different thing that is then installed in a big thing.

That's the thing! I guess.

Photo of a person who has both his arms in the rubbery confines of an inert gas glovebox. His facial expression is that of enthusiasm and joy, with not even a tinge of annoyance visible. He radiates positive energy while looking at the camera with a broad smile.

After traveling for most of Saturday to get back from the seminar, spending most of Sunday half-asleep, it's right back to work! Just look at that fuckwit, full of enthusiasm, ready to solve the next riddle with those inert gas-sealed iron bromide samples that are not annoying to prepare at all!

*twists your nipples to turn you on*

Photo of a person expertly operating a stove. You can even turn the knobs backwards, going from 0 directly to 9 for full power! No need to jab a touch field several times to adjust power, or to hold down your finger to watch it slowly go through the numbers. You can just instantly go to your desired setting. Wild!

After a week in a rented vacation apartment, I appreciate our old stove so much. No fucking touch controls, no jabbing my finger into the cooking field near hot pans, no accidentally turning it off, no issues if your hands are wet...

Just return to knobs; there never was a need for touch controls.

Is this your way of saying "Please steal my bike so I can get the fancy new one that I always wanted!"?

Love how you draw peets! <3

*inserts joke about slow-cooked art* <3

Photo of a car parked in front of a building at a ski resort village, shortly before commencing the journey back to Germany.

Photo of a McDonald's coffee cup in the center console of a car. I ordered it with three sugars, but it was still just a wall of bitterness. Must've been ant-sized sugar.

Well, that was a long drive, powered by ethically questionable liquids. But, as always, I brought us home safe and sound, the tank is full again, and I have my fave parking spot. By now, the lack of sleep has caught up with me. Holy shit, what a week this was...

*sees picture*

"Ah, Revan will surely like this, gonna send it to him!"

*checks who posted it*

"Well."

Photo of a skier on the piste in front of a backdrop of mountain terrain.

And so ends the skiing part of the seminar. Bracing for more talks, proofreading a paper during the talks, and then a raclette evening.

Wish my colleagues back home would bother me less with all the stuff that's going on... Next week will probably not be fun.

It will be the besterestest tomorrow!

Photo of a person in ski gear standing in front of a concrete building with a radome on top near the peak of a mountain.

Ah yes, the traditional peak-photo with the radar station.

Photo taken from a chair lift at a ski area, showing a clear blue sky and white slopes.

Photo taken from a chair lift at a ski area, showing a clear blue sky and white slopes.

Today's weather was beautiful. Not a cloud in the clear blue sky, and it was almost too warm for skiing. Yes, the snow conditions were not ideal. Still, 200% better than yesterday's blinding storm.

The shorts were short enough already, but from this angle...

Photo of a person in ski gear, which is quite wet indeed, with the surface of the helmet covered in droplets, while the outside of the jacket is pretty soaked.

I ended up stopping for the day. Most lifts closed due to high winds, the ones that remained open had no canopy (sitting on wet seat), I had to wipe my goggles every 10 seconds to be able to see, and my clothes were so drenched that even my undies got wet... Not the best skiing day today.

*flies away sideways*

In the valley: Rain.

On the mountain. Wet snow.

Also, very wind, much cold, wow.

Sooo cute! <3

Photo of a weirdo at the wheel of his VAAAN giving a thumbs up as he powers up snowy hills.

The virgin Vito with all the Professors got stuck in the snow several times, not being able to get to its destination, even with everyone pushing. Snow chains had to come out.

Meanwhile, the yeen with the chad Tourneo had no issues.

Front wheel drive, I'm sure Mercedes will learn eventually.

Yeens don't stimk! :E

Ich nehme an einem wissenschaftlichen Seminar teil (ich bin nur zum Skifahren da).