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Woolly socks to the rescue!

Minna — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:12:43 +0000

I bought new boots

They’re US army jungle boots. They’re so nice… built-in air conditioning* and everything!

I have a problem with pretty much all new shoes: they scrape the back of my ankle raw. In addition to these new summer boots, I have really nice leather “combat boots” that I haven’t worn much because I can’t walk for long distances.

But, I was determined to wear my new jungle boots (after destroying my heel once and realising that yeah, these shoes have the same problem) and I googled for tips. Some people had told they always broke boots in by wearing woolly socks for a while. So that’s what I did.

That does the trick! Too bad it’s summertime because it gets pretty warm in there… I’m looking forward to autumn and winter for once! (Now I’ll also get to break in my leather boots when it’s cold and wet and I don’t want to wear shoes with holes in them.)

* Little ventilation/draining holes right above the sole. Now I realised you can actually see them in the photo: they show quite clearly in the bottom photo, the shoe on the right.

Assassin’s Greed

Minna — Sun, 30 May 2010 20:01:29 +0000

Must. Find. All. Flags.

In Assassin’s Creed you find different flags all around the world and cities.

There are

100 King Richard flags
100 Saracen flags
100 Jerusalem flags
34 Templar flags
33 Hospitaler flags
33 Teutonic flags
20 Assassins flags

That’s 420. That’s a lot of flags.

And of course, I have a huuuge temptation to try and find them all. Because, I just like collectables.

There are also 60 Templars to (find and) kill…

Too smart

Minna — Fri, 14 May 2010 19:11:56 +0000

I have a Whirlpool washing machine that has “6th sense technology.” It’s supposed to be able to determine how full the machine is and then adjust the washing cycle, water etc. accordingly.

I don’t know if it’s doing a good job or not (in the 6th sense stuff; it does make clothes clean which is enough for me), but today I noticed it’s a bit too smart. Either that, or there’s someone living in my washing machine.

I put a small amount of clothes in the machine, including a small zipper bag with a clothing item in it. I zipped up the bag, of course.

After the cycle was done and I went to unload the machine, I noticed that the zipper bag was open — and empty. Whoever it was, they hadn’t stolen the item, so at least I don’t have one of those sock-stealing creatures in there.

I’ve also noticed they enjoy turning huge duvet covers inside out!

Police raids pizza delivery car – fed up with donuts

Minna — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:59:15 +0000

A local pizza delivery car got pulled over by the police this Tuesday evening. The driver was on his way to a customer when a patrol car suddenly gave chase. The brief pursuit happened during a peak hour, which resulted in a considerable crowd of people with their groceries, right outside the store. “The guy was following the speed limit. I don’t know what the problem was,” a puzzled on-looker told our reporter. The lady, identified only as “Nan”, was waiting for her bus at the time of the unexplained commotion.

The driver was promptly questioned in the glare of the flickering emergency lights, and finally, the two boys in blue were witnessed leaving the scene with three steaming pizza boxes. Guess there’s someone getting their delayed pizzas for free — but receiving nothing in return.

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Central heating

Minna — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 15:21:31 +0000

For some reason my hands get cold very easily. I’m rarely cold overall, just in the hands. That is why I can be seen wearing gloves (without fingers) indoors even after winter — usually at work where there is air conditioning (and my fast typing probably creates little tornadoes around the fingers, too ).

I can’t remember if it’s any better in the summer so I suppose I’ll soon find out. I do remember that last summer it was really warm in the office, even with the air conditioning, so maybe I can take off my gloves soon.

I wouldn’t be wearing gloves at the tiniest of finger-freezing if it didn’t have an unpleasant side-effect: If I’m at all cold, my body turns on the central heating system full blast! And that causes first a red nose (embarrassing) and then a red face. At least it feels like it; it may not — and hopefully doesn’t — show. So annoying…