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  City of Lahti, also know as the 'Chicago of Finland' Road 140 towards Heinola, I've driven this road hundreds if not thousands of times Smaller road along the way to my home The last kilometer looks like this, a private road The same private road during the winter, has been plowed a few times  
 
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  The house where I live with my cats, I don't own it but the parked car is mine A wintertime view from my living room Another wintertime view, this time to the 'garden' in here After roughly two days of snowfall. The yard during the summer.  
 
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  The cobbled-together air conditioning system in my bedroom An old UPO mangle from the sixties (I think). A wall clock I made when I was eleven or so, one of two. A household electric board from the seventies. A quick electric installation consisting of a switch and a fluorescent lamp.  
 
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  Feed from an old junction box. Through the wall via plastic pipe. The 2x36W fluorescent lamp. The beginning of a freezeless hydrant faucet installation, with the faucet already in place. New copper pipe run in the ceiling.  
 
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  Going past some sewer pipes. Down to an old faucet, which had been installed for an unknown purpose and never used/connected to anything. And old cow AIV fodder storage silo, filled in with earth during the seventies. A closer look. One spot after some digging.  
 
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  My brand new tools in a pristine condition before use. Testing a repaired water pump. A little accident while driving Zetor. A pyre made of small trees and wooden refuse. The beach after clearing trees and underbrush.  
 
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  Kitchen Kitchen Kitchen from the other direction. Kitchen from the other direction. Making some food.  
 
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  Making a birthday cake, with the cake jsut out of the oven. On a platter. Partially eaten to show the inside layers. From the other side. My bedroom from the door.  
 
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  My bed. My workstation. Some furry art. From another angle. My latest working table, and development computer.  
 
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  A cute stuffed leopard given to me by a friend. Icicles outside my bathroom window. A second view. How the icicles look from the outside. Yet another view.  
 
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  An old wood-burning fireplace from the forties, modified for electric operation in early seventies. Closer look of the controls. Three on/off-switches, no thermostat or anything else. The white coating is a nineties addition. The insides, three 1kW heating elements controlled by the switches. Wood burning definitively not possible at this state. The living room fireplace. Equipment ready to make some firewood.  
 
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  Makeshift log support. Waiting to become planks. All done. View from the shore to the lake. The electric chainsaw is not quite up to the task, but it'll do in a pinch.  
 
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  Awaiting their turn to be split into firewood. The end of the second day. A tree hanging on electric lines next to my house after a storm. Sheepskin slippers. Massey-Ferguson 165 with cabin add-on and front loader.  
 
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  Luxurious cabin and controls. Another Massey-Ferguson 165 with a different (better) kind of cabin. Valmet 702, more modern tractor than MF165. Another luxurious cabin. Automated railway crossing malfunctioning - the pedestrian side gate is stuck, the lights are flashing red on the right and white on the left, and warning bell is off.  
 
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  Removing snow from a roof during winter 2010. The same spot from slightly another angle. View from the living roof after roof snow removal. Side of the carport. Another angle.  
 
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  My only good train for my old Märklin model railway. The front end - - and the back end. 1000W halogen light for photography purposes, with camera mount. A B&W Polaroid self-developing camera.  
 
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  A minibar I rescued from the forest, with absorption cooling. Inside view. View from the roof to the lake. A view from the shore. From the shore back up towards the house.  
 
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  The sauna hut and the associated storage buildings. Dressing room. The sauna itself, with wood-fired stove. The bath room portion in the corner. A close view of the outside.  
 
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  Beach at the summer home after being dredged and with new sand. Dredged beach at the summer home. Dredged beach at the summer home. Burning some trash again. A crimson sunset photographed from my roof.  
 
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  The whole scenery is tinted red and violet. Another angle. A gravel pit some way away from my house. A long-abandoned landfill next to the gravel pit. Some machinery from arounf here.  
 
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  Light MG ammo belt, deactivated. Working in the heat to make stuff with which to make more heat.  
 
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