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A suggestion on how to spend a day at home

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Re: A suggestion on how to spend a day at home

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Post by semi-extrinsic »

Mizza wrote: post #28
white-flame wrote: post #21

That sounds pretty terrible, and kind of pretentious & high maintenance. Howabout this, for the hackers among us: - Roll out of bed - Crawl to your computer station - Work on hobby projects in your underwear - Notice the sun rise again, and that you've been on Wikipedia since yesterday - Grab leftovers from the fridge and eat while watching YouTube - Crawl back to bed after waking up in your chair :-)

My thoughts exactly. Where's the IRC? Where's the trap music? Where's the high-proof liquor? How else do you expect to get anything done? :-P (Cute write up though. In Norway, they call this "koselig". Honey-moon with a sig-other kind of day, maybe, but some of us like to live more.. intensely.)

This was "veldig koselig".

And I wholeheartedly recommend learning how to poach eggs. Not only is it yummy, but there is a distinct pleasure to having your three-year-old sleep over at her grandparents, and at breakfast time there request that her egg be poached.

Re: A suggestion on how to spend a day at home

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Post by white-flame »

slidese wrote: post #30

Well, I have kids. One can dream though.

Babysitters. Slumber parties. Summer camp for the kids. Ship them to relatives for a day with their cousins (and make sure to reciprocate).

They're practically going to be few and far between, but taking a day for yourself (or for just you & your spouse) while they're still young doesn't have to be a dream!

[Disclaimer: Post may not apply if they're still babies. If so, then yeah, you're screwed. ;-) ]

Re: A suggestion on how to spend a day at home

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Post by Broken_Hippo »

flgr wrote: post #49
Mizza wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My thoughts exactly. Where's the IRC? Where's the trap music? Where's the high-proof liquor? How else do you expect to get anything done? :-P (Cute write up though. In Norway, they call this "koselig". Honey-moon with a sig-other kind of day, maybe, but some of us like to live more.. intensely.)

> Cute write up though. In Norway, they call this "koselig". That word sounds half-way between the English "cozy" and the German "kuschelig". A missing link. Interesting. :)

It is kinda cozy and cuddly, kind of. "Koselig" is one of those words that doesn't have a direct translation, and takes a bit of experience for the immigrant (me!) to get an understanding of.

Re: A suggestion on how to spend a day at home

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Post by Broken_Hippo »

Mizza wrote: post #28
white-flame wrote: post #21

That sounds pretty terrible, and kind of pretentious & high maintenance. Howabout this, for the hackers among us: - Roll out of bed - Crawl to your computer station - Work on hobby projects in your underwear - Notice the sun rise again, and that you've been on Wikipedia since yesterday - Grab leftovers from the fridge and eat while watching YouTube - Crawl back to bed after waking up in your chair :-)

My thoughts exactly. Where's the IRC? Where's the trap music? Where's the high-proof liquor? How else do you expect to get anything done? :-P (Cute write up though. In Norway, they call this "koselig". Honey-moon with a sig-other kind of day, maybe, but some of us like to live more.. intensely.)

Thanks muchly for another example! Harder to grasp for outsiders living here.

Re: A suggestion on how to spend a day at home

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Post by Broken_Hippo »

peterkelly wrote: post #33
wyager wrote: post #2

What is this? Some sort of art? Not saying it shouldn't be here, but I'm not really sure how it's relevant to HN.

It confused me because I work from home. Every day for me is "a day at home".

It is a break from the norm, which is the whole point. In your case, it would be a decent, once-in-a-while-spoil-yourself type of breakfast followed by lots of not working and not doing your daily habits.

Re: A suggestion on how to spend a day at home

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Post by goodcanadian »

gaius wrote: post #35

Why is this flagged? It is not controversial and has 158 upvotes!

I get the impression that some people flag things as a way of "down voting." I don't approve of the method, but I do sometimes wish for a way to down vote an article. I've had non-controversial submissions on topics regularly discussed on HN be flagged in the past.
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