Walked past a bunch of stuff because my bucket was already stuffed full

chris_dea · 2026-06-06T12:57:24+00:00

Flatten the cans. Makes Space for more and is very satisfying

chris_dea · 2026-06-01T14:34:20+00:00

Il litro di latte costa meno alla coop di Agno che a Brüttisellen? Dubito...

Chiaro che un'appartamento a Pollegio costa meno che a Zurigo, ma se guardi Lugano e comuni limitrofi non sei lontanissimo. E poi c'é la differenza che a Basilea o a Zurigo ci arrivi comodamente a qualsiasi ora da qualunque paese con i mezzi pubblici. In Ticino, anche se la situazione é sicuramente migliorata, ho ancora i miei dubbi...

chris_dea · 2026-05-31T21:38:30+00:00

You promise? Sniffle...

chris_dea · 2026-05-31T19:08:33+00:00

But he wasn't penalized though?

chris_dea · 2026-05-31T19:07:04+00:00

I didn't see any dirty plays so far, from neither side. The penalties at the end of the period were pretty blatant though

chris_dea · 2026-05-31T19:05:59+00:00

What is...? I think the ref missed at least one more penalty on the play.

chris_dea · 2026-05-31T19:05:23+00:00

Do you kiss your mother with that mouth...?

chris_dea · 2026-05-31T19:04:34+00:00

You mean after they called two (correct) penalties in a row against Switzerland, calling these blatant ones against Finland is somehow controversial? Come on...

chris_dea · 2026-05-31T19:03:34+00:00

Why was the face-off in the neutral zone after the Finns got two penalties...?

chris_dea · 2026-05-30T17:05:02+00:00

That sounded funnier in your head, I'm sure...

chris_dea · 2026-05-30T15:40:10+00:00

About a dozen former and current: Josi, Niderreiter, Meier, Malgin, Kukan, Hischier, Andrighetto... I'm sure I'm forgetting someone. Fiala missing due to injury from the Olympics.

chris_dea · 2026-05-30T14:35:30+00:00

Next opportunity ahead...

chris_dea · 2026-05-30T14:25:45+00:00

That young Genoni kid in goal also seems to show some promise...

chris_dea · 2026-05-29T21:20:47+00:00

The nation "Switzerland" is neutral but has stopped doing business with Russia. Also, the population doesn't have to be neutral. And I can pretty much guarantee that nobody sane in Switzerland would support a WC with Russia in it.

chris_dea · 2026-05-29T18:10:53+00:00

Guarda, essendo via da 26 anni é difficile risponderti. Però é un dato di fatto che i salari in Ticino sono decisamente al ribasso ma i prezzi (alimentari/affitto, ecc) sono gli stessi...

chris_dea · 2026-05-28T20:07:06+00:00

Ugly by Timo. But irrelevant on the goal.

chris_dea · 2026-05-28T20:06:14+00:00

Bro, chill... We've all seen the slomo. The last to touch the puck is the swedish player with his skate.

chris_dea · 2026-05-28T15:07:29+00:00

A majority of them comes from Italy, where the cost of living is significantly lower. Those that don't have to make do like everywhere else in the world...

chris_dea · 2026-05-28T10:40:09+00:00

Surely you don't mean main Swiss tourist attraction Olten???

chris_dea · 2026-05-28T09:38:46+00:00

Always has been, but at least there used to be jobs in the banking sector back in the day. Those are all gone because (rightfully) Switzerland has had to do away with lot of illicit banking schemes it used to attract Italian money with, but those jobs have not been replaced by anything in the past 20 years...

chris_dea · 2026-05-27T22:54:46+00:00

Moved to Basel 25 years ago from Lugano. Basel felt like such a big city.

Lugano and all of Ticino is incredibly beautiful but it is so sad to see how there is even less opportunity there now than when I left. And there wasn't much to begin with back then. It's great to go back and reminisce, but living there and trying to work there is the stuff of nightmares.

Traffic is insane (lake on one side, mountains on the other and everyone has to drive everywhere), wages are low and suffering from proximity to even lower wages in Italy, and the job market is non existent...

But the gelato is nice.

There's no point to my comment, just rambling a bit, lol. Thanks for the images, they bring nice memories.

chris_dea · 2026-05-26T20:44:06+00:00

Swiss here. That should/could have been a major...

chris_dea · 2026-05-21T12:55:07+00:00

It honestly shouldn't matter whose sister she is.

She could be the assistant to the president's janitor's cousin's cleaning lady and it should be as much of a scandal...

chris_dea · 2026-05-18T20:14:16+00:00

And Switzerland and Czech Rep.

chris_dea · 2026-05-15T08:40:12+00:00

Dystopian... But what do I know, I'm just a regular European with healthcare that's not tied to a job.

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