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Cake day: June 16th, 2023

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  • I’ve assembled a bed from Emma (German brand) that took me 3 days to assemble.

    It was awful. It did not have instructions In it, just a QR code that redirect on a websitz with ALL the manuals. Then when you find your bed you have to naviagte between 10 different versions depending of the options you have, they all look similar but have different assembly.

    Then when you finally assembled your first corner, you think it will be easy for the other 3 but no, they used a totally different assembly method for the next corner for no reason.

    Instead of the 40 identical length dowel pins I had 50 pins in 3 different sizes, knowing that the longest don’t fit in all holes so if you only use the shorts one at the end you are stuck with the long one you can’t use.

    This was pure garbage, IKEA on the other is so satisfying to assemble.






  • Children of Hurin is an interesting read. Reading the Silmarillion felt a bit like a chore to me but Children of Hurin is well put together as a story that hold up on his own.

    PS: For those that don’t know Children of Hurin is part of the Silmarillion. J.R.R Tolkien’s son (Christopher Tolkien) took this story, filled up the blank using his dad notes to turn this story into a full novel.







  • I can guarantee if the story is true or not but my father talked regularly about a neighbor that he knew when he was a kid.

    The neighbor was a ballet dancer above 2m tall and was driving an old school mini.

    To be able to fit in it he removed the front seat and was driving sitting in the back seat.