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Thanks, sprouts! I thoroughly enjoyed that

A bit disappointing that there wasn't more movies on the list, so I guess I have to keep watching those to see if there are any contenders.

First swim of the summer! Water temperature: +5 celsius.

As long as it's positive... Tomorrow will be mine, temperature here is +/- 35° (air).

You crazy Fins. Don't forget the vodka and sauna.

Crazy Canucks too I guess.
With how hot it was 2 days ago a dip in the ocean was grand.

jsantafe wrote:As long as it's positive... Tomorrow will be mine, temperature here is +/- 35° (air).

When it's not positive, you cut a hole in the ice and swim in the hole But yeah, a sauna that is from +80 - +100 celsius hot is required before and after that.

Um... +100 Celsius might be a little warm, no?

Hell, even +80 will be scalding, at the very least, if I'm not mistaken....

Them Fins, they're hilariousness.
It's the medication(s).

Sounds like a chilled drink...

dazzleguts wrote:Sounds like a chilled drink...

Well...

rousselle wrote:Um... +100 Celsius might be a little warm, no?

Hell, even +80 will be scalding, at the very least, if I'm not mistaken....

That is actually the proper temperature for a wooden heated sauna. Electric heated ones have more of a bite to them so with them it doesn't have to be so hot.

Picture taken at 2.43. AM.

What's this deal with Finns lately?

I just finished reading a post where the author mentions the below at the end of the post. After reading, I browsed through this thread and again saw references to Finland

We, as a species are obsessed with certainty, binary answers to complex questions, and with comparing ourselves and our organizations to others. It's human nature. The answer to "who's the most advanced, who's winning" is an unknowable unknown, unless of course, you've been to Finland. They are the smartest, most curious and humble people so what they're doing is right, just copy them.

Must be those long nights in the winter - makes a person thoughtful.

dazzleguts wrote:Must be those long nights in the winter - makes a person thoughtful.

Nightless nights on the summer make you thoughtful. All dark days on the winter make you depressed

Karelian pasty is a great finnish invention. Karelian pasty with eggbutter (butter mixed with hard boiled eggs) is perhaps the greatest thing Finland has given to the culinary world.

I have never heard of either, and I live in a neighbouring country

Picture taken at 2.37 am. Offical sunrise at 3.07 am but it has been light outside for about 1,5 hours already. And tourists actually want to visit here during the winter...

Räpylätassu wrote:

dazzleguts wrote:Must be those long nights in the winter - makes a person thoughtful.

Nightless nights on the summer make you thoughtful. All dark days on the winter make you depressed

A colleague of mine used to take jobs piloting small aircraft in Northern Canada just to have those long days painting in the studio on her days off. The paintings all seemed to be northern landscapes from the air. Must be great having light that moves and changes much slower.

She always returned to the southern tip of Vancouver Island for her winters though.

Are *you* located in the Vancouver Island area? I'm just a stone's throw south of the border from there....

Yes, on Vancouver Island, in a podunk but picturesque place that goes by the wild name of Parksville.

Happy midsummer y'all dirty animals! If you sleep tonight naked with seven different flowers under your pilow you will see your future spouse in your dreams.

...Basically doing almost any kind of pagan shit naked tonight has some sort of effect in future mariage.

That's why I play it safe and do pagan stuff naked every night.

Went to a concert last night, had a great time. Any of you crazy Swedes recognize them? Seeing them again Wednesday opening for Iron Maiden




Is it bad I find the bassist attractive not knowing what she looks like other than her eyes & hands?

Ghost!

Band members:
Papa Emeritus III
Nameless Ghoul
Nameless Ghoul
Nameless Ghoul
Nameless Ghoul
Nameless Ghoul

Is that Ghost with the UV500 coating, or the more recent Ghost with regular Air Cushion finish?

Don't worry, Chach. All bassists are sexy.

Kinda a big day for us here in the states, hope everyone is enjoying a tasty beverage, some grilled meat and at least plan to take in some pyrotechnic displays. Happy 4th of July.

And if you're not American, it doesn't mean you can't do the same, no worries.



When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

chach wrote:Kinda a big day for us here in the states, hope everyone is enjoying a tasty beverage, some grilled meat and at least plan to take in some pyrotechnic displays. Happy 4th of July.

And if you're not American, it doesn't mean you can't do the same, no worries.



When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

What a nice, happy, 4th of July greeting! That is, until you got into all that Trump bashing....

chach wrote:Went to a concert last night, had a great time. Any of you crazy Swedes recognize them? Seeing them again Wednesday opening for Iron Maiden




Is it bad I find the bassist attractive not knowing what she looks like other than her eyes & hands?

Sick closeups! I saw them on July 1 in San Bernardino, both Iron Maiden and Ghost were amazing.