I learned that our house is 11 meters above sea level.  This was definitely worth looking up, so that I could then use this lovely Norwegian scientific egg timer.

Yes, you should click on the egg timer.

The various cost-of-living calculators on the web leave a bit to be desired.  I tell them I live in Chicago, and they have no concept of the difference between north-side lakeshore neighborhoods and the economically vastly different southwest immigrant neighborhood we're in.  Thus, when I try to compare my current environment to some other city, it ( Read more... )