Saturday April 15th (aka Tax Day?)

[jollyhumper]

Hi

Been dabbling around with various backend stuff and some galleries.
It's ok weather here, but damn cold.
My dog is bored, but it's on her. She got a minor injury while she was taking a bath and now she has that walk that suggests she has trouble. (Is halter the word? That's what translate says, but I thought the english word for "jumping around on one foot, sortof" was different.

Saturday, so I'll crack a beer or two

Have a nice evening

Jlly

[ecchi]

They changed my dialysis day, so I had dialysis two days running while the schedules mesh (Thursday and Friday). So have had about 14 pints of blood drained off in the past two days (a "normal" person only has about 8 to 10 pints). Consequently, Friday evening I felt like shit, and just dozed. Today I didn't feel much better, but at least I'm up and about now, spent most of the day sitting in the chair dozing again.

Originally Posted by jollyhumper

Is halter the word? That's what translate says, but I thought the english word for "jumping around on one foot, sortof" was different.

Hopping is the word you want. A halter is an animal harness.

[Pagan]

In that context, I would go with limp. If you hurt your leg, you limp on it or favor it. Hobble is close too. Halter .. hmmm... a lead that you attach to a horse, a type of woman's top (straps up around the neck versus over the shoulder). I know there are others, but this is the most common. Limping or hobbling around will paint the picture you seek.

Originally Posted by jollyhumper

Hi

My dog is bored, but it's on her. She got a minor injury while she was taking a bath and now she has that walk that suggests she has trouble. (Is halter the word? That's what translate says, but I thought the english word for "jumping around on one foot, sortof" was different.

Jlly

We went to Easter dinner about 50 miles away with the in-laws. Nice meal, but crowded. Finnish weather can be so unpredictable this time of year. Snow one minute, sunshine the next, cold wind and cloudy after that. Rinse, lather, repeat in any order. Nice and brisk today. Spring is out there somewhere. We already changed the tires on our car to the summer ones, too. We made a stop at the cemetery where my husband's grandparents are buried to place flowers on their grave (A very important part of every holiday here).

The sad part of the holiday.. Finland used to have government mandated holidays where all shops but the tiny ones were closed. Banks and big stores closed, government offices (duh!), and the transportation people ran on Sunday schedules.

This worked nicely for this small country. People work hard here and having those days off meant they could spend time with family. Normally, everything here would be closed from the morning of Good Friday until Tuesday morning - a nice 4 day weekend. But, a small vocal group of mainly immigrants didn't like it and kept after their reps to change it. And change it they did in January 2016. Now the stores are free to set their own hours. They were open Christmas Eve and even Christmas Day. Most stores are also open every day this weekend. Of course, management isn't there - just the lower paid retail clerks... read women (mainly), lower paid, with families. The stores were not crowded at all - just the restaurant which didn't fall under those rules ever. I know times have to change, but this is one change I really don't like.

[ecchi]

Originally Posted by Pagan

Halter .. hmmm... a lead that you attach to a horse, a type of woman's top

I think my definition covers both of those.

Originally Posted by Pagan

Finland used to have government mandated holidays where all shops but the tiny ones were closed. Banks and big stores closed, government offices (duh!), and the transportation people ran on Sunday schedules......Now the stores are free to set their own hours. They were open.

We have a similar system here, however it is not obligatory. Up until a few years ago most shops were closed Good Friday and Easter Monday. However not so now. Banks and state close for four days, but most shops are open as normal. The reason here however is not "immigrants" but simple economic necessity. Internet shopping is really popular in Britain, bricks and mortar businesses need to be open all hours to scrounge back what custom they can. It is "open bank holidays, or more customers leave you for your online rivals". We have had so many big chain stores go bankrupt, many who have been around for over a hundred years, that no one dares close incase they are next.

Besides, Easter and Christmas are both religious holidays. I don't think atheists should be allowed those days off, and there are more atheists than Christians in Britain nowadays, so make the buggers work!

[jollyhumper]

Originally Posted by Pagan

In that context, I would go with limp. If you hurt your leg, you limp on it or favor it.

Thanks. That is the actual word that came to mind.
Stupid me had to get into doubt and wanted to check.
I couldn't find limp anywhere on online dictonaries and my hardcopy (which I trust) is in a box somewhere still.

Never doubt what comes to mind straight away

The sad part of the holiday.. Finland used to have government mandated holidays where all shops but the tiny ones were closed. Banks and big stores closed, government offices (duh!), and the transportation people ran on Sunday schedules.

Exactly like here.

Now the stores are free to set their own hours. They were open Christmas Eve and even Christmas Day. Most stores are also open every day this weekend

Here we're closed Thursday, Friday and open a few hours on Saturday. then closed until Tuesday.

We however got open stores on Sunday since the 90's (I think).
It was called Brustad-bua (after the Rep Sylvia Brustad who got the law through).
BUT, there are strict rules on size and whats not.
So most stores don't bother.
For instance, if I need something today I have to walk for over an hour. (Don't own a car. I live, literally, right in the center of this town).

I abandoned my Christian faith in my teens. I started to think and noticed it just does not make any sense. (No offense if any of you do believe, I also respect that other people do believe. I have no right to state my opinion as the truth. But neither does the other side so they should respect me as well )

Ranting now. The point is, despite I am not a Christian (I even left the state curch) I do like the calm holidays with closed shops and slow life.

So I totally agree with you Pagan and it's a pity it came to that in Finland.

Jolly