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The News Nobody Talks About

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Okay, this is my personal news—it’s all incredibly important, so bear with me.

The spring is here

Winter kept coming and coming and here we are.

My beloved headphones Quantum 400 unglued

They can be glued back but the consumerist in me wants a new pair of some other headphones with a cable. Here’s a full update. In case you use some very good wired headphones under $200, please drop a comment.

Walking shoes++

I wrote an enthusiastic post about Nike Wildhorse 8 in September 2024. Since then, I switched to a pair of very comfortable Grisport boots, and now to a pair of simple and cheap Adidas sneakers. The second pair of Wildhorse 8 lasted about 3 months of intense walking before it started disintegrating and causing pain at the same time. That was disappointing and I’m done with Nike Trail.

The pigeon mystery is now solved

Two weeks ago I posted about a pigeon gathering I see almost daily. Here’s a solution to why these pigeons stay where they stay.

The pigeon paradise is because of a food and water source, and they’re also protected from cat attacks because of all the cars around.

I unfollowed the Starship development

I consider myself a rocket and space travel nerd and I watched most of the Starship flights live. I don’t want to see more of this Musk dude, I want less. His flying Pepelats is cool in principle but we kind of need healthy competition and some reality checks.

Find the cat

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I did an evening walk today, trying to catch up after several days under the goal of 10k steps/day. I visited Iztok, a popular and calm neighborhood with good sidewalks. Took exactly one photo, and it has a cat.

I find it difficult to meet my 10k steps goal this year.

What snow?

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It’s hard to believe that just days ago we had temperatures of around -10°C.

A whole different question is why I find more life in the bushes outside of the park than within the park where the plants are taken care of. The first photo is within the park, the second is outside.

The little blue flower is Veronica

Erica

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Erica carnea, also known as Winter Heath, is already in bloom days after the snow melted. Bees were flying around. Feels like it’s time for the sun to show up and for the spring to come.

We also have the next generation of cats already growing up and refusing to pose for a photo.

What is one question you hate to be asked?

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Daily writing prompt
What is one question you hate to be asked? Explain.
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For me, the most hated question is any opener that leads to someone asking for money. For example:

“Do you have a watch?”

“It’s three fifty.”

“Lots of good things will happen to you—I can see it. Let me read your palm.”

Whenever strangers ask questions like that, I instinctively pick up my pace and don’t respond. For some reason, the most common one I hear is about the time—or, more specifically, whether I have a watch.

It’s trickier when people ask for directions. That one still fools me sometimes.

“Hey, how do I get to the National Theater?”

“Right this way,” I say, pointing in the right direction.

“Do you want a flower for health?”

I don’t mind when people ask for change—it’s their job. But using trivial questions as an opener makes me a worse person because I might end up walking past someone who genuinely needs help.

Since I aim for 10,000 steps a day, I have plenty of encounters with strangers—maybe once or twice a week. Most of the time, it’s just people struggling to find something that’s supposed to be there according to Google Maps but isn’t.