Recent content by Koivu

The so called "Candy of the Lord" as referred a few images earlier... sausage wrapped in bacon, served with shrimp cocktail + condiments of your choice.

Regarding the car and daddy Bowers. In the book Bowers owns a nice car that he is very proud of. The car gets sold after Bowers is found guilty of poisoning the Hanlon's chickens and has to pay restitution. It's the root cause of Bowers' utterly insane hatred/obsession with the Hanlon family...

Why the fuck do you think I included a paragraph on foraging? :) But yeah, eating out, drinking at bars etc. is stupid expensive. Used to be you could get a pint for 4,5 €, but those days are mostly gone, alas. But hey, atleast waiters don't expect any tips whatsoever, prices are what they...

Seconding private tracker (anonamouse) and Smart Audiobook Player. It irritates me though that I have to transfer the files into phone first though, I'd give my left kidney if there was a similar solution as Plex for audiobooks so that I could stream shit directly from my server, but haven't...

I like reading historical non-fiction. I prefer throroughly researched and detailed post mortems of events at least a couple of decades old. I'd recommend the following books for general non-fiction Randy Shilts, "And the Band Played On" . AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. Fascinating because author...

Negative. It would be spelled Mikko, and besides, Saku is the superior brother. As regards to things to see/do/avoid while in Finland. Helsinki is the capital, and has any number of museums and sights you can see. Visit Helsinki : City of Helsinki’s official website for tourism and travel...

Native Finn here. Fire away with any questions you might have, will do my best answering them. Which part of the country are you most interested in visiting?

Visited the vet last week with my cat for his yearly shots and general check-up, he is 14 and has been losing weight recently. Results of the blood tests came back indicating early stages of renal failure. The vet recommended switching to a special diet and to come back for a follow-up after a...

It is mindblowingly beautiful in places, and for the most part the puzzles are logical and well done. It is buggy though, I encountered a gamebreaking bug right near the end and had to restart the whole game as the save system relies on autosaves which you have very little control over. The...

I combined the summer sales collection badge, and got two keys for CiV4 out of it. Just the base game too, no expacks. So, mostly useless.

Well, fuck. First Pratchett, now Banks? There goes 2/3 of my favourite British authors...

Not a private eye per se, but Repairman Jack -series by F. Paul Wilson might be up your alley, especially if you like your stories with a dash of paranormal/urban fantasy. The protagonist is a trouble-shooter, who helps people with their various problems. The help he offers is rarely legal, or...

I work for an import company which wholesales brand name beauty products for salons; Hair care products, hair dyes, nail stuff, salon equipment etc. Basically what you need to operate a hair dressing salon or a beauty parlor. Employee discount of 50% = everyone in the extended family gets a...