It’s Tuesday but not just any old Tuesday. There are many things happening today…a day for celebration. The Dutch are getting a King today…. it is their Queen’s Day today anyway but now they have a special reason for celebrating; as if they would not have done it anyway. Is it now going to be changed to King’s Day? …….
In Finland the Nation is getting ready for May Day celebrations. The shops will close early today, and there will be only a few places open tomorrow.
Got to get some groceries myself. Its not that warm so I would think that will dampen the Party down some. Then does one really feel the cold under influence…..
….so I would think there will be plenty of people about this evening and tomorrow. Rain and sleet forecast
It’s Friday and its not raining, that’s the plus side of things, then again its not all that warm either. No need for shopping today so if it stays dry there is plenty work outside.
Just when I got over the Japanese toilet invention, a new invention that brings distant lovers closer is being tested out, not yet on the shops but they are currently looking volunteers the test the Fundawear, the Touching Underwear. Fundaware is a clever combination of a smartphone app and tiny vibrating motors sewn into female lingerie and male underpants. It accomplishes the task of “transferring touch across vast distances,” said the project’s technical director, Ben Moir. Anyone interested participating in testing can apply for participating in the test at Facebook
…what the h… are we going to do with the phones next, I think perhaps the original application has long been forgotten about. Soon everyone will be running around with the Google specks filming each other and then the phone…..well……….
Thought it was rather hilarious as someone’s total concern was that hopefully they are not going to sell these to under aged ones in Finland.
I guess it is up to each individual to decide the type of applications they think they require…
In the meanwhile in Dubai the female officers can now spend their working days in brand new Ferraris. The plan is these to be utilized while patrolling the tourist areas…. good for some…
…the Lamborghini and the Ferrari are the “working man’s” vehicles in Dubai…
They are really threatening us with warmer weather now but with me being a Finn I do not believe anything ‘till I see it. Besides going by the past experiences things could be totally different in the afternoon. But the sun is shining at the moment so I am so going to enjoy it…today anyway….
On the other hand if this was true the Finnish police will have lot more work to do next week as the national piss-up party commences. Yes it’s that time of the year, and the May Day is just around the corner. In Finland, May Day is a noisy urban festival, mainly celebrated in towns and cities. In Helsinki, the capital of Finland, the celebration starts on May Day Eve, as the downtown streets, pubs and restaurants start to fill with people in party mood.
Then it’s not only in Helsinki; the party covers the entire country, and for some it will last for days. It’s customary to have funnel cakes and mead during May Day, not to mention new potatoes and salted fish, potato salad and sausages…..
Of course Champagne is the most favourable alcoholic beverage, and the sales in ALKOs (Finnish off-licence) across the country are soaring. Some people prepare really well for the May Day and there are picnics in public parks and peoples gardens alike. One could claim it really is the beginning of the barbecue season. Personally I find the funnel cakes too fidgety to make and too messy to eat, so I never bother with them, sure one can purchase them in all stores (must have been on sale just after Easter celebrations) at the staggering price around 6 €/two…Jam doughnuts are just as good in my opinion.
In pre-Christian Europe, among rural folk, May Day was celebrated as the beginning of spring season, honouring the pagan fertility gods and deities of the crops and fields.
The day marked the victory of spring over winter and darkness made way to sunlight. On the eve of May Day, evil spirits were believed to roam around and witches and demons would gather on hilltops in their annual meeting of witch sabbath.
Still its a few days away yet, although I think some people will start the celebrations tomorow.
Friday….and so dull weather, not so good at all. The weekend forecast does not appear to be much better…..I think the sun has deserted us entirely. Snow is beginning to melt now leaving the yard nice and muddy…cannot really do anything outside yet. I saw that some of the Daffodils are coming up…
It’s been a crazy week in the US…… well on the hill too, but then that’s nothing new
Windows Phone 8 –model Lumia 720 is in the shops today, I don’t think I’ll bother…. Supposed to have a better camera.
I think I’l just go and get the Sauna organized and while waiting on that I’ll do some hoking around the loft…. so if I’m not back next week well….
Joe. Java. Go juice. Whatever you call it, you’re probably drinking it. Now find out how coffee is connected to a Bach cantata, enemas, and elephant dung.
So what do you know, a confrontation with the internet service provider first thing in the morning, yes everyone just loves that……and especially after waiting an hour to get through… so b…. typical, but my goodness I got a 10 € refund, so I wonder how much it actually is when I get my phone bill.
The entire service went down around 7 last night…so I waited about an hour and a half (after I had completed the usual routine checks and what not) NOTE, this is a 24 h fault service line, I get someone on the other end who tells me that everyone who knows about anything went home at eight pm, and he did not know how to check anything. So much for the 24 hour service….
So I got on the phone half seven this morning, kept waiting, and finally got someone on the line at ten past eight. The guy was on the normal patronising mode (woman online) and kept asking me about a sim -card and phone lines, he was just not getting it….then he told me that as far as what he can see nothing has been going on in the past 24 hours so perhaps I have been cut of, maybe due to an unpaid bill…….yes don’t you just love it…..
After hanging on the line for a further half an hour I finally get someone on the other end who actually knew what we were talking about……major fault last night, several fault reports…so on, and so on…and the 10 € compensation in the end……. I did remind him, that had I had a dead line last night……wellllllll……..
I just cannot fathom why someone is called a technical expert when clearly they haven’t the faintest idea what they are talking about. Very frustrating…
Excellent beginning to the day, luckily the sun is shining so I took my coffee and went outside to enjoy the fresh air, beautiful swans flew over the house…where was the camera, inside the house of course. I think I should just have it around my neck 24/7 this time of the year.
So I try not to get too excited as the rain front is approaching. Supposed to be starting in the afternoon and continuing throughout the entire evening and night. Not going anywhere anyway….don’t like being indoors all day.
Major explosion in a factory in Texas…. Nasty
I sincerely hope no one else would like to mess with my patience today, I would strongly advice against it!
ET: “The United States government is appropriately focused on finding the facts hours after the horrific explosions at the Boston Marathon. This afternoon’s attack is deeply personal to all of us who call that city our home,” Secretary of State John Kerry, the former senator from Massachusetts, said in statement. “Today’s attack was an assault on who we are in Massachusetts on a Patriot’s Day that honors where we came from.”
This morning it was reported in the media that a Black Hawk has come down under mysterious circumstances on the North Korean border, it was unclear how many casualties there were… when actually….
“a U.S. Marine helicopter makes hard landing in South Korea The 21 personnel on board the CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, which was making routine flights as part of the exercises, were taken to a hospital at the United States’ Yongsan Garrison in South Korea, the military said in a statement.
Fifteen of those have since been released from the hospital, and the other six are in stable condition, the statement said. (source CNN) “
Now, my question is that is it very smart to have such unclarified news to be published in the media at this present time.
The Queensland mining magnate is building a replica of the original Titanic cruise ship that sank on its maiden voyage in 1912 from Southampton to New York.
Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne deny rumours of marital strife, I thought so anyway..
Spring is most definitely here and unfortunately it has brought back the annual nuts, every spring in some city in Finland some idiots are placing poisoned treats for dogs to eat while on their walkies. How sick is that! Most dog owners have trained their dogs not to pick up anything off the ground but unfortunately on occasion some poor dogs do find the left treats irresistible, two dogs around here, where I live, have now died and they have found poison similar to rat poison in the autopsies.
In to some more cheerful topics; Japanese have come up with, yet another use for an Android phone. Answering nature’s call with a smartphone…..
Users of Japan’s first smartphone-controlled toilet can simply touch their screens to flush, adjust bidet functions, change seat temperatures and even keep a “diary” of all those relaxing moments. Read more…
what a clever thing indeed…
… its my favourite day tomorrow, a trip to the dentist…yippee
and in the meanwhile I’ll make myself comfortable and watch Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince…. (anything to get my mind off tomorrow)
for celebration. The Dutch are getting a King today…. it is their Queen’s Day today anyway but now they have a special reason for celebrating; as if they would not have done it anyway. Is it now going to be changed to King’s Day? …….
In Finland the Nation is getting ready for May Day celebrations. The shops will close early today, and there will be only a few places open tomorrow. 
Rain and sleet forecast
JASON SZENES
