I will probably not get a snowy one, or a very big one. I have no room for a really big tree. I think I'll do like we always do with ours at home too: Put it up on a crate (then cover that with a snow blanket), so the tree seems 30-40 higher than it actually is :P
Nice! A roomba (or something like it) is still on my list as well, I would love one that can just vacuum under the bed each day instead of having to get on my knees and use a Swiffer XD
Archaeology, with a Master's in heritage management and museum studies. The latter was taught by this guy and he took us to the Hortus because that's where the collection of antique statues first started/was housed.
It's just interesting to look at, and realize that sometimes it's just amazing luck that preserves things like that, and at other times a huge amount of effort. And I like how much information you can get from those, and I dunno, they're a bit more fascinating than just bones.
And from a museum studies perspective, there's an interesting thread of thought to be had with regards to exhibiting any kind of human remains.
can't choose either tbh, but I love reading about ancient civilizations of many periods as much as WW2 and the cold war, and having an engineering degree means the industrial revolution is both a fascinating and dirty (from a health and human rights perspective) period of time :)
I once visited Amsterdam with mom, and we discussed going into the 'body worlds' exhibition for a while. Eventually, she didn't want to but it's still on my list.
funny thing is I do actually look up old graveyards when I travel, they tend to make for gorgeous photos and there's something peaceful about them
especially in highly catholic countries like Poland and Italy, where people continue to actively maintain the graves of their ancestors, including keeping them neat and supplied with flowers... looks beautiful
was going to visit the one in Brooklyn when I went to NYC, sadly they had changed the opening hours :(
we were hoping to do a family visit to India in a month, but there's a significant risk that at that point in time there'll be COVID developments, and we'll either not be allowed in, get stuck in quarantine for two weeks over there (although nobody seems to enforce that over there), unable to travel back here, or get stuck in quarantine over here... All of these would be a problem job wise :(
I've been said digital nomad for the past two years, working fully from home... but apparently working abroad for an extended period causes trouble with insurance, pension stuff etc
I called the guy that's doing the pavement in the backyard, I called the contractor for the broken toilet + damp/mold problems, and then I have to call the hairdresser.
Other than that, my list includes finishing some work :P
Oh, and ordering an at-home test as part of a 'bevolkingsonderzoek'
me too, made a 2 page list of single lines with tasks on everything that's open (from the next couple of weeks to the next couple of years)... looking at that one stresses me out a bit
and thanks to IBS the first hours after waking up usually involve anything from discomfort to downright pain, so that messes schedules up quite a bit :(
Oh, the backyard probably won't get much sunlight either, that will be the front yard. Which is why I need to drop by the local DIY store and get both insect and sun screens sorted ASAP ;)
I also still have three big boxes of cardboard left, I might try and just slowly get rid of it through the paper waste bin. I could also pack everything up in the car and just drive it off to one of those locations where they collect the old paper for charity... but effort XD
(also, that place is only open on Saturday mornings until noon, which is waaaay too early :P)
I have the app for that site, it's handy as it gives notifications. Our green bin is emptied every other week on Monday and the grey bin every other week on Tuesday, which confuses me XD
@MiG Not that old... I've been living here since Nov 6th, and it took them 3 weeks after that to get me my bins. So I guess that means I should've been in the database since late November/early December? I just never checked again XD
I meant the underlying database for that app... sometimes new streets get built, or existing ones house numbers added to them... and then they happen to have used an address geodatabase from right before that happened
it's person independent, the address I'm sure existed before you moved in :)
The upstairs neighbors here don't want to use their sheds for their bins, so they conjured up a plan to put the bins on the path to their 'front door' (which leads to a stairs where they can go up to their second 'front door'). I'm still not fond of the idea, but there is exactly 1 drawing out there that seems to indicate the ground underneath that path 'belongs' to those upstairs apartments, instead of being ground with a 'recht van overpad' for the ground floor apartments
As ground floor neighbors we reluctantly agreed they could, but they are obliged now to put the bins at the sidewalk end of the path (not the front door end), and to get one of those 'sheds' built around it so it doesn't look too messy
Yeah, that's one of the reasons we said no bins near the front door, as one neighbor's front door is right next to my bedroom window.
To be honest, I would think the shed is more practical than having them on the street side where every random hooligan can set them on fire... I am definitely putting mine locked away in the back yard as soon as I have tiles for that exact reason.