The reunion thread

[The Jonster]

Hello Tobbe! And wow congratulations on the new house!

[neo]

If the Earth itself survives that long

What... now you've got me all stressed out! (You reminded me of this)

https://youtu.be/LpqO2Yxtgj8?si=EGKj0eKSDvXub6XM&t=119

[Tobbe]

Okay, so to quickly summarize:
-Still working as an orthopaedic surgeon at a small local hospital in Norway.
-Just bought a new house with my girlfriend, moved in about a week ago. Got the internet working.
-Will probably have a kid soon, we'll see.

Yo welcome Tobbe! Amazing to see ya!

Hello Tobbe! And wow congratulations on the new house!

Thanks! The tiny 58sqm apartment was getting kinda cramped, so it's nice to have a little more space!

[Hunchman801]

I'm happy to hear you are doing well. I remember years ago you having to study so much. Hopefully you don't need to worry about that anymore haha.

I had two years which were rather demanding, but after that it was rather chill. Having been more driven back then would probably have given my career a faster start, but it's fine, I still managed to pivot later.

Hey, guys! Good to be here!
We just bought a new house, so I'm in the process of settling in, assembling IKEA furniture and stuff like that, but I'll try to drop by a few times today.

Congrats on the new house! Hope it's nice and spacious. How's things at work?

[neo]

Hey, guys! Good to be here!
We just bought a new house, so I'm in the process of settling in, assembling IKEA furniture and stuff like that, but I'll try to drop by a few times today.

Well hello Tobbe! Did you happen to rename yourself from Tobbe777? Don't think I forgot.

[PluMGMK]

Congratulations Tobbe!

[DaveRattlehead]

Hey, congrats! It feels pleasant to read some good news here

[neo]

Wow that's amazing, congrats!

[Greengoop]

Well hello Tobbe! Did you happen to rename yourself from Tobbe777? Don't think I forgot.

I think he was Tobbe777 on RZ and Tobbe7 here.

[The Jonster]

Once again, congrats Tobbe!

[Tobbe]

Congrats on the new house! Hope it's nice and spacious. How's things at work?

It is! Two floors, four bedrooms, huge veranda. I love it!
Things at work are going better. We've been short staffed forever, but we recently got one of our surgeons back from maternity leave and managed to find another one in Romania, so now I may not have to work myself to near death anymore!

Well hello Tobbe! Did you happen to rename yourself from Tobbe777? Don't think I forgot.

I think it was just "Tobbe7", actually. "Tobbe777" might have been on the old RZ.

In other news, I still (kinda) remember how to use BB-code (or whatever it's called )

[Cairnie]

Fellow new homeowners unite!

[Tobbe]

Thanks, you guys!

Fellow new homeowners unite!

Yeah! Isn't it nice to have a mortgage? Can't believe I didn't try this sooner!

[neo]

I think it was just "Tobbe7", actually. "Tobbe777" might have been on the old RZ.

In other news, I still (kinda) remember how to use BB-code (or whatever it's called )

I see, yes my memory is fuzzy between the two boards. I think the BB code is just ingrained in me as a habit. Glad you were able to rename though, for example I'm happy I didn't have to use any extra numbers for my own name.

[Tobbe]

It was a special favour from teh humch

[Cairnie]

I said more in the reunion thread on how it went but I suppose I'll continue it here but yeah let's say we're paying a LOT less for mortgage than we were paying for rent, in fact a rent increase that we refused was what got us kicked out of the old place and the landlord lied about it.

[PluMGMK]

It was a special favour from teh humch

Well everyone is allowed one username change

[Tobbe]

I said more in the reunion thread on how it went but I suppose I'll continue it here but yeah let's say we're paying a LOT less for mortgage than we were paying for rent, in fact a rent increase that we refused was what got us kicked out of the old place and the landlord lied about it.

Wow, good for you, then! We more or less tripled our monthly expenses by buying our house.

[Hunchman801]

It is! Two floors, four bedrooms, huge veranda. I love it!
Things at work are going better. We've been short staffed forever, but we recently got one of our surgeons back from maternity leave and managed to find another one in Romania, so now I may not have to work myself to near death anymore!

Good news, I hope that at least you got properly compensated for all that "overtime"!

In other news, I still (kinda) remember how to use BB-code (or whatever it's called )

That's good to hear, because the antiquated software that is phpBB probably isn't gonna introduce a visual editor anytime soon. In fact, when is the last time a new feature was even introduced? At least we can be thankful to the few remaining volunteers who still maintain it, but it's sad how nobody else seems to either care of have time anymore.

[Tobbe]

Good news, I hope that at least you got properly compensated for all that "overtime"!

Fortunately, I did. Our leadership is very fair in that way, thankfully. I've heard plenty of horror stories from other hospitals in the country about people being "encouraged" to work unpaid overtime and extra shifts on a large scale.