I was reading my Prague-era posts, because I'm such a great wordsmith that even myself needs to re-read that quality literature and so, there I was reading the post about the rental market in Prague. I can still vividly remember my utter surprise reading the adds, where people offered room with just one single bed (would be shared by two guys, the other one working night shifts and would be sleeping in the daytime anyway) or kitchen corner, separated with a light screen from the rest of the kitchen (behind the screen there was a bed and hook for clothes) or a room, which only had access to toilet and bathroom through other bedrooms for rent. How badly must someone want to live in Prague, if they are willing to not only accommodate in those rooms and corners, but pay for that. However, now I saw a similar add also in Tallinn - in a long hallway in an apartment in old town, there were few sort of like bay windows but without the window which fits a single bed and a nightstand and is separated from the rest of the hallway with a bamboo screen. The condo had two of those "rooms", each being rented for 275 EUR + utilities per month. The business shark in me started to generate ideas, how we have a totally unused wall in the living room (not really unused, I do put the laundry rack next to it once a week), where I could install a four-layer bunk bed. They don't really need to sit there and the ceilings are high enough to fit four layers of sleepers. Since there wouldn't be anymore dedicated space for the laundry rack, I could use the same bunk bed for hanging the laundry during the day, while all the tenants are out working. So, if any of my loyal readers has few squaremeters to spare, here's the free business plan for you.
I also found the downside of audiobooks the other day. If I read a regular, old-fashioned book and reach a more boring chapter or paragraph that I don't really enjoy reading, I usually just read it diagonally and browse through it fairly quickly. In a audiobook, there's nothing to browse and fiddling with the finger on the timeline can easily bring me to the next book instead of the next paragraph. So, one morning, walking to the office, for most of the way I was listening how the main character of the book was executed on the electric chair, what kind of noises he made, what organs started to melt first and how much blood was runnign out and from where. Did I really need to know it in such a detail?
Based on that we had a discussion in the office that "just recently US still had deth penalty". Quick consulting with Google gave us the knowledge that death penalty is still totally legal and actively used in 30 states. In the year 2018 23 people were executed with the lethal injection and 2 on electric chair. Good thing that they don't hang them anymore or throw rocks at them like it's done in some islamic countries.
Edit: while writing this post, I did some more googling and found out that in 9 states death row inmates can choose their method of execution. In 6 states they can choose electrocution, in 2 lethal gas and in one, in Utah, they can choose firing squad.
Between the crucifying and rising, on Saturday that is, we went for a walk with Kats and Kelly and very much in egg-holiday spirit we saw a huge rabbit running for its life near the railway station. At first, we couldn't figure out whe the rabbit is running like in the tortoise and rabbit story like crazy, but found out then that he/she was trying to escape the seagulls.
I wanted to write about my great customer service experiene while trying to book a haircut time, but that will have to wait until next post. Stay tuned.
I also found the downside of audiobooks the other day. If I read a regular, old-fashioned book and reach a more boring chapter or paragraph that I don't really enjoy reading, I usually just read it diagonally and browse through it fairly quickly. In a audiobook, there's nothing to browse and fiddling with the finger on the timeline can easily bring me to the next book instead of the next paragraph. So, one morning, walking to the office, for most of the way I was listening how the main character of the book was executed on the electric chair, what kind of noises he made, what organs started to melt first and how much blood was runnign out and from where. Did I really need to know it in such a detail?
Based on that we had a discussion in the office that "just recently US still had deth penalty". Quick consulting with Google gave us the knowledge that death penalty is still totally legal and actively used in 30 states. In the year 2018 23 people were executed with the lethal injection and 2 on electric chair. Good thing that they don't hang them anymore or throw rocks at them like it's done in some islamic countries.
Edit: while writing this post, I did some more googling and found out that in 9 states death row inmates can choose their method of execution. In 6 states they can choose electrocution, in 2 lethal gas and in one, in Utah, they can choose firing squad.
Between the crucifying and rising, on Saturday that is, we went for a walk with Kats and Kelly and very much in egg-holiday spirit we saw a huge rabbit running for its life near the railway station. At first, we couldn't figure out whe the rabbit is running like in the tortoise and rabbit story like crazy, but found out then that he/she was trying to escape the seagulls.
I wanted to write about my great customer service experiene while trying to book a haircut time, but that will have to wait until next post. Stay tuned.
