Sideswipe: February 26: Living with the self-righteous flatmate
25 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Smell identity kit The most interesting use of police dogs concerns scent identification, a method analysed by Dutch and other researchers, but adapted by the unique paranoia of the Stasi. As early as 1973, the Stasi began collecting smell samples of a large number of citizens. Sometimes this was done with a special chair that the subject was asked to sit on during a visit to the police station. The chair had a dust cloth on top of the seat that was clamped into place by a removable frame. The subject had to sit in the chair for 10 minutes, and after the interrogation was over, the dust cloth was removed and stored in a glass jar. Sometimes Stasi officials did not bother with being subtle and merely told subjects to put a cloth under their armpits. The cloth was carefully handled by tweezers in an effort not to allow contamination by other human scents.
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Sideswipe: February 12: Making dinner is a real scream
10 Feb, 2021 06:43 PM
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The horror of the bathroom scales If you ve ever stepped on the bathroom scales, then managed to glimpse their evil numbers, her s what to do next:
Step one: Pick up the scales and wrap them in a towel. The horrendous numbers you saw on the scale must be hidden. So, like when the kids threw Jumanji in the river, wrap the numbers so you can no longer see them, and more importantly, they cannot see you.
Step two: Begin a month-long hike into the darkest forest you can find. Find an area of deep forest. Germany is good. Take the most complicated path you can find. Go in circles, through rivers, underground. If possible, abseil. All these movements will disorientate the scales so they cannot find their way home.
Sideswipe: There s no need to gush over Xmas
16 Dec, 2020 10:11 PM
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The Vampire test There is a test to determine whether someone is toxic or nourishing in your relationship with them, writes Austin Kleon. Here is the test: You have spent some time with this person, either you have a drink or go for dinner or you go to a ball game. It doesn t matter very much but at the end of that time you observe whether you are more energised or less energised. Whether you are tired or whether you are exhilarated. If you are more tired then you have been poisoned. If you have more energy you have been nourished. The test is almost infallible and I suggest that you use it for the rest of your life. What s really funny is that the test came out in 2014, way before the
Sideswipe: December 14: Tis the season for festive coffee art
13 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
3 minutes to read This morning at our favourite cafe in Orewa, Bobby the barista presented me with this Christmas motif, writes Anna, from Orewa. It made my day! This morning at our favourite cafe in Orewa, Bobby the barista presented me with this Christmas motif, writes Anna, from Orewa. It made my day! Your guide to buying presents for dads with no hobbies
Something for the garden: He s not a proper gardener, so don t go mad . A trowel isn t the most scintillating item but once wrapped and handed to him it s technically a present. If he s already got one, it gives him something new to put in the shed.
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