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Thursday, August 5, 2004
![[Item Permalink]](http://radio.weblogs.com/0112083/images/ur_bullet.gif){kind=small} A goldeneye hanged by a squirrel (not for the faint-hearted) -- Comment()
A Finnish photographer took a picture of a goldeneye (a medium sized diving duck) hanged by a squirrel. The death was caused by the squirrel making a home in the nest of the goldeneye and storing thread from a woollen shirt in the nest. The thread went around the neck of the goldeneye, and when it tried to fly, it was hanged.
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Internet addiction as an excuse from military service -- Comment()
Net Addiction Gets Finnish Soldiers Out Of Army: "Reuters is reporting that the Finnish Defense Forces have allowed some men to be excused from military service because of 'Internet Addiction.' The service period is 6 months - but that's too long away from the internet for these guys." [Slashdot:] I served 11 months in the Finnish army 17 years ago. The army is today probably a lot different (and I can't help thinking that is it easier today), but of course it is a shock to get used to rise before 6 AM and to sleep in the same room with a dozen other conscripts. So it is not a suprise that some conscripts are sent home for a few years to grow a bit before returning to finish the military service.
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