What a day!

After some renovation & paintwork until fairly late last night, some wine was well deserved. Today has been a great day after a good long sleep (that is waste of time anyway...);
...After a quick small bite a quick workout at the gym.
...Cycle back home (in rain) for a breakfast & shower, to go out for the household community yard work, "talkoot", which is traditionally followed by BBQ snacks & drinks outside. Since it was raining, this was done covered by the rain at the car shelter. Niiiiiice!
...Sauna!
...Siesta!
...Chill out & light up ~30 candles, in- & outdoors.
...Prepare the best pizza in town.
...and now...
EL CLASICO!!!
Barcelona - Real Madrid, Barca leading 1-0 with a goal by Neymar at his el Clasico debut.

And writing this is the half time show :o)
To give you a taster of the home team, check out the ad by the home team sponsor.

To finish off, here is something closer to my preference...

Hala Madrid!!!

What to do in Tallinn?

A LOT!

If you have never been in Tallinn, Estonia or your experience is based on the Old Town trips, here is a page you should visit: http://www.tourism.tallinn.ee/eng/fpage

There is so much to see, do and enjoy in and around the city. Price level is fair when you go outside the touristic Old Town and you get to experience more the real, genuine and authentic Estonia. In many ways you can still see and feel the impact of the Soviet Union time at some places.

I also recommend to make a trip to one of the nearby cities like Pärnu, Rakvere with it's spa, Tartu etc, as everything is close. Shopping is good, many sports and activity options, great restaurants and comparing to Finland, you get more for the money you spend.

It's a small country with many places to go and a lot to do...

For some pictures and what I have written earlier about Tallinn, click here.

Wet-wet-wet & Ice hockey

Yesterday morning I grabbed myself up and pushed me out for a walk - despite of rain. I gotta say it was again great, fresh cold air, not much traffic, road workers hiding somewhere indoors from the rain, schools on fall holiday - and colors were still great so wet-wet-wet weather didn't bother me...

 

Today we get to enjoy sunshine and it is again Blues home game day! Let's see if the Blues can continue yesterday's positive playing and slowly start picking up their position from the bottom of the table. It's also possible that I'll find myself from the Blues arena today. Special game with a pink theme to support the battle against breast cancer - hence even higher likelyness to go to the game.

 

What is surprising, my daughter is the biggest booster to go to the game as she is a BIG fan! She just told me that Teemu Selänne of the Anaheim Ducks scored a goal in the NHL game against Phoenix Coyotes, and another at shoot out. Not bad from a guy who is 43 years old...

 

For tickets to the Blues game, click here.

 

Have a great weekend!

Why, baby why...?

Below you will find a link to a page with pictures that have one common theme in my mind: WHY?
http://vivas.fi/mita-ihmetta-ja-miksi-31-aivan-taysin-kasittamatonta-kuvaa/

Here is a taster...

Regards from Winterland, I just told you it is fall time. Well, it's Finland and things can change fast. This is a fresh pic by www.iltasanomat.fi showing the cool status from about 300 km from Helsinki.

Winter - right around the corner...!

The Fall - It's Here!

I'm not the only one who has noticed the time of the year - and enjoyed taking photos. Great pics on Facebook, on media and blogs, like Tsupukka's http://tsupukka.blogspot.fi/

If you have never tried, you should go out and find yourself a tree with yellow leafs ...or leaves or how ever you write it, I chose leafs from Toronto Maple Leafs... with branches coming down. Take a stick, go below the tree and it the branches enjoying the rain.

Put on rubber boots - and buy ones if you don't have them - and go out and kick the leafs. Let's hope you won't hit dog shit.

And if your kids take the effort to rake the leaves, let them make a big pile and then break it - or jump into it.

Enjoy the fall!!!

Tarkkana mitä kirjoitat

Mikäli sinulle maksetaan kirjoittamisesta, oletus on, että olet ammattilainen. Näin ollen loppuun asti miettimättömiä lehtiotsikoita ei pitäisi syntyä - vaan kyllä niitä kuitenkin syntyy...! Alla maukkaita esimerkkejä, ei kuitenkaan tältä vuodelta...

Sorry folks, these are just something one can not translate into English. These are foolish press titles where the message leaves some space for imagination.

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Nainen kestää heikosti peräänajoa.
Otsikko Aamulehdessä 29.1.

Jollei haudasta oteta yhteyttä, hautaa hoidetaan 25 vuotta veloituksetta.
Turkulainen 28.8.

Väkivalta parisuhteessa on asia, jonka eteen kannattaa tehdä töitä.
Vantaan Sanomat 22.9.

Mies löi liikuntarajoitteista miestä pankkiautomaatilla.
Otsikko Koti-Kajaanissa 15.1.

Rattijuoppo kaahasi sataa poliisia karkuun.
Otsikko Warkauden Lehdessä 31.3.

Olutrekka ojaan Iissä. Alkoholilla ei ollut osuutta turmassa.
Helsingin Sanomat 4.5.

Linja-autossa oli yli 50 ihmistä. Mukana oli myös kolme opettajaa.
Helsingin Sanomat 14.4.

Valintatalo avaa kirkon kylässä ensi torstaina. Uusittu myymälä poikkeaa
ratkaisevasti entisestä.
Otsikko Luoteis-Uusimaassa 11.6.

Eliel Saarisen tien tunneli on kaikkiaan yli puoli kilometriä pitkä.
Umpitunnelissa kuljetaan 350 metrin matka.
Helsingin Sanomat 12.10.

Oravan löytyminen ei vielä tarkoita sitä, että niitä pesisi lähistöllä.
Se tarkoittaa vain, että kuollut yksilö on liikuskellut alueella.
Savon Sanomat 2.7.

Hakijaryntäys Espoon hautausmaille.
Otsikko Espoon seurakuntasanomat Essessä 11.3

Ne, jotka ovat päivittäin jutelleet vainajan kanssa selviävät tablettilääkityksellä.
Savon Sanomat 7.1.

Malmin hautausmaan liikenne yksisuuntainen.
Ilmoitus Helsingin Sanomissa 24.12.

Vuodepotilaan syöminen voi olla hankalaa.
Otsikko Sydän-Satakunnassa 8.12 .

Etelä-Karjalan ensimmäinen krematorio tuotantokäyttöön.
Otsikko Etelä-Saimaassa 15.5.

Mika Lahti kaatoi keilat naisia paremmin.
Otsikko Helsingin Sanomissa 10.1.

Työkaverinsa rintoja kähminyt sai jättikorvauksen.
Otsikko Ilta-Sanomien lööpissä 5.2.

Kauppiaan sydän on lihatiskillä.
Otsikko Kauppalehdessä 23.2.

Huonokuuloisten maailmankongressissa huippupuhujia.
Kuulonhuoltoliiton tiedotteen otsikko 13.5.

Eurot näytettiin etukäteen vain sokeille.
Otsikko Aamulehdessä 31.12.

Oppilaiden tasapuolinen kohtelu epäkohta peruskoulussa ja lukiossa.
Otsikko Itäväylässä 24.6.

Äkillinen tulva vaikeutti autojen kulkua Vammalan kävelykadulla.
Tyrvään Sanomat 5.8.

Kokenut metsästäjä ei huomannut vaimoaan ampuessaan tiheässä taimikossa riekkoa.
Ilta-Sanomat 24.9.

Lahdessa kuollut ampui poliiseja.
Otsikko Pohjalaisessa 4.8.

Liian pienissä liiveissä rinnat pursuavat kupin reunan yli ja liukuvat ylöspäin
selässä.
Iltalehti Online 18.9.

Miina Kenttä omaa luokkaansa tyttöjen seipäässä.
Otsikko Helsingin Sanomissa 18.8.

Myydään. 2 langatonta lankapuhelinta.
Ilmoitus Helsingin Sanomissa 8.9.

Hän on joutunut mielisairaalaan, koska tappoi 12-vuotiaan äitinsä ja tämän rakastajan.
Kansan Uutiset 27.3.

Ikaalisten Ampujat panostaa nuoriin.
Otsikko Pohjois-Satakunnassa 16.6.

Sairaankuljettajan arkeen kuuluu väkivallalla uhkaaminen eri muodoissaan.
Pohjolan Sanomat 19.11.

Kymmenen hevosen emäntä myös ravaa itse, ja onpa voittanut Suomen mestaruudenkin.
Itä-Häme 8.3.

Alkosta halutaan piristystä Pöytyän liike-elämään.
Otsikko Auranmaan Viikkolehdessä 3.9.

Miehet ovat tavallisen näköisiä nuoria miehiä. Havainnoista voi ilmoittaa lähimmälle
poliisille.
Helsingin Sanomat vankikarkureista 26.7.

Challenges

I must say I like the ad below, but is the message at the end well thought? Are they facing challenges because they suck? Or is it because the market situation is bad? Or are they just lousy comparing to competition?

I don't really care that much, while I am in a situation or position to make them face challenges even more

Bite that!
...and think before you post an ad or name a car. Think for example why Nissan Pajero did not make a breakthrough in Spanish speaking markets...

Have a great weekend you all!

PS Something little to ease up your weekend. I might have posted this earlier too, but it is damn too good to be forgotten...

Help Desk / Employee of the Month?

I think this guy should have been promoted, not fired. This is a true story from the WordPerfect Helpline which was transcribed from a recording monitoring the customer care department. Needless to say, the Help Desk employee was fired however, he is currently suing the WordPerfect organization for "Termination without Cause."

 

This is the actual dialogue of a former WordPerfect Customer Support employee (now I know why they record these conversations);

 

"Rich Hall, computer assistance; may I help you?"

 

"Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect."

 

"What sort of trouble?"

 

"Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words went away."

 

"Went away?"

 

"They disappeared."

 

"Hmmm. So what does your screen look like now?"

 

"Nothing."

 

"Nothing?"

 

"It's a blank; it won' t accept anything when I type."

 

"Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you get out?"

 

"How do I tell?"

 

"Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?"

 

"What's a sea-prompt?"

 

"Never mind, can you move your cursor around the screen?"

 

"There isn't any cursor: I told you, it won't accept anything I type."

 

"Does your monitor have a power indicator?"

 

"What's a monitor?"

 

"It's the thing with the screen on it that looks like a TV. Does it have a little light that tells you when it's on?"

 

"I don't know."

 

"Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where the power cord goes into it. Can you see that?"

 

"Yes, I think so."

 

"Great. Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's plugged into the wall."

 

"Yes, it is."

 

"When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were two cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?"

 

"No."

 

"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find the other cable."

 

"Okay, here it is."

 

"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into the back of your computer."

 

"I can't reach."

 

"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?"

 

"No."

 

"Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?"

 

"Oh, it's not because I don't have the right angle, it's because it's dark."

 

"Dark?"

 

"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is coming in from the window."

 

"Well, turn on the office light then."

 

"I can't."

 

"No? Why not?"

 

"Because there's a power failure."

 

"A power.......a power failure?.... Aha, Okay, we've got it licked now. Do you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff your computer came in?"

 

"Well, yes, I keep them in the closet."

 

"Good. Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up just like it was when you got it. Then take it back to the store you bought it from."

 

"Really? Is it that bad?"

 

"Yes, I'm afraid it is."

 

"Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?"

 

"Tell them you're too fucking stupid to own a computer."

Back in normal weather!

This morning we had at Helsinki area +1C, so almost at freezing point. Many cars had some ice on windows so it was a cold night. What proved we are back at normal September level with weather, was the sleet that came down from the sky several times during the day. No, the streets were not icy but still.

If you are interested to check out the local weather, go here.

Tonight it is estimated to go below zero, down to -1C. Hooray, winter is coming and we have less than 3 months before the Santa Claus, Joulupukki comes for a visit!
 

Food tips for Helsinki area

I had again a pleasure to visit the German restaurant Zinnkeller in Helsinki. Food was good, beer was cold and tasty - all topped with great company. I have told you about my favorite dish also earlier, but here it is:

Or was...I had the garlic snails as a starter and they were fantastic too. No photos available as I was concentrating on the meal. Good food by German founder, now in 2nd generation.

Check it out, they have had also several ice hockey national teams visiting so it is tested by many nationalities. GO!
http://www.kolumbus.fi/zinnkeller/

Another tip is at Tapiola, Espoo: www.sushiart.fi
The name speaks for it self, but to clarify: Japanese kitchen and sushi. If you go for takeaway and are driving, you can stop in front.

It's not the cheapest option, while I still have not found anything good+cheap.

One more for the road:
30 meters from SushiArt is Kilim for Mediterranean kitchen. Great buffet and alacarte, genuine kitchen as the owner is Turkish. www.kilim.fi
 

Hetty - My hope to fall in love with vacuum cleaning?

I do NOT like vacuum cleaning. At all. My wife knows that too and hopefully she appreciates that I did it about 2 weeks ago.

This all might change as I have found Hetty!

Hetty could be my babe for Saturday afternoon, but still, I'm not sure even if they claim she is silent...
If you wish to make out with Hetty, check out online at least from Tesco at UK.