Cooking, gas and Sweden.
The temporary office, Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden, European Union
March 8th 2007, 12:55

So, apparently there are almost no gas cookers in apartments in the great nation of Sweden. This forces people to use electric cookers, which are one of the most evil things of this world. Their crappy speed and horrible inertia make me sick. If I ever become dictator of the world, they will be banned. The only silver lining in this horrible matter is that it gives me an extra reason to buy one of these nice, shiny induction cookers, which are even better than gas. Oh, and since I am so nice and considerate, I will point out, dear readers, that there is a link to get a feed (on the right side, below the archive links). That might be useful, as the updates have been quite irregular (but I promise to improve that).

Swedish shops, clerks and laundry.
The temporary office, Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden, European Union
March 7th 2007, 17:45

The great thing about Swedish shops is that the clerks are very nice and welcome you with a "Hej !" and a smile.
The absolutely horrible thing about Swedish shops is that they only sell Ariel refills. I could not find one of these fantastic magic balls that help you nicely spread the power of the washing liquid. You have to order it by phone or on the Internet. So I had to choose between powder (and yes you have to order the measuring cup on the Internet) and a liquid product from a brand that I had never seen on television (and the included ball was not as nifty as the Ariel one). The evil side of powder was too strong, and I bought the liquid model. I am extremely unhappy.