Paint, tents, and the nobel prize
As my parents are contemplating adding a new study onto the house for newly retired dad, I am reminded of the pain I felt using terribly toxic paint in a room at the cafe in Skarvfa where I lived part of this summer.
Note to mom and dad: When it comes time to paint the new room, If you pay half of the markup on these paints (or some other like them) compared to the regular baddy-bad ones, I will chip in for the other half.
Eco paint in my apartment would also holds a place in my heart because my birds love to eat the walls. I don't really want them eating something that I wouldn't (and before you ask, yes, I do eat their seeds -they make a nice snack).
So, I hear that the winner of the 2005 Nobel Prizes in Science is the guy who discovered (long ago in 1982) that ulcers are not caused by stress, but rather by bacteria. Why then, I wonder, did my doctor tell my mine were caused by stress? They did do a test for the bacteria, but as of the last time I was there the results had not yet come in so they "weren't sure". According to this though, the results must surely be positive... so why the need for a test?
ARRRRGRRGRGRGRGRGRGGRGRGRRHHRHRHRHRHRGRGRGRGRHRH!
On the last day of our trip we had to wake up early to catch a bus home. I mistakenly thought the bus left forty-five minutes later than it actually did, and so we showed up just as the bus was about to take off. In the rush to get our bikes dis-assembled and stowed in the luggage area, we ended up loosing Tomoe's helmet. If that wasn't bad enough, I just discovered yesterday that I also lost my tent poles. This HURTS. That was the greatest tent ever (the VL-22) . With only two poles and no strange shapes or hooks or anything, It goes up and down in seconds. It's easy enough that anyone can even do it in the dark without ever having done it before. And now...
Although, a few years ago when Tomoe and I went to Vancouver Island for a kayaking trip, I totally forgot to even pack the poles and didn't realize it until we arrived on the island. Luckily it is still pretty functional if we use the attached strings and some rope to keep it up. This is probably what we will have to do next weekend if our plan to spend a few days (two days for Tomoe, longer for me) riding from Nagano City south to... well, it's not yet decided.
