A bit like our sausage / vegetable cutter: https://mastodon.online/@Pepijn/113102642075046996

I grew up in the south (Eindhoven), but to immigrant parents. In Spanish the word for the Netherlands is colloquially also just "Holanda", so like, I guess I'm extra primed that it's basically the same.

(Note; HW Larsen is *the* place to shop pro kitchen utensils. We go there mainly to get our knives sharpened though)

https://www.hwl.dk/osteskaerer-50288?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21664578450&gbraid=0AAAAADjfwwZvDRL1UAoYLSyUINe3lkA3Y&gclid=CjwKCAjwidXQBhAZEiwA4egw6LKCqh0_SzqmpNFESZC6vn_GtJyB86Fg5BLunkwJRtmrepiWcC03oxoCcQcQAvD_BwE

>"Holland" feels like the informal version of "Nederland", so while not technically correct it does feel like it's culturally okay.

Maybe. I think there's strong regional differences though. Where I grew up (the northern provinces) people would say "the Netherlands" and then quickly add a soft: ", Holland" if the receiver looked even a little bit confused.

But yeah, no-one will get angry etc.

> "Ik hou van Holland"

I admit I had to look that one up. Apparently a long running TV show!

Many of my Danish colleagues say Holland in Danish, and without even thinking about it say Netherlands when they speak English.

Very different than, for example, Germans who seem to stick to either Holland or Netherlands/Niederlanden in both English and German.

Kinda strange because the only example I can think of for somewhere like Germany is Bavaria, and that's probably in certain circumstances. Austria, Switzerland, France I can't think of where it'd be used. I wouldn't use Wallonia/Flanders to describe the whole of Belgium either.

> In January 2020, the Netherlands officially dropped its support of the word Holland for the whole country

"Holland" feels like the informal version of "Nederland", so while not technically correct it does feel like it's culturally okay.

Think of phrases like: "Ik hou van Holland" (TV), "Hup Holland hup", etc. All of those are about the country, not provinces, and used by people in the entire country.

We bought a cheese-box produced by Mepal. Their factory is located in the Netherlands. In a province called Gelderland*.

On the bottom of the product it says "Made in Holland". Which is factually incorrect*.

While I could not care less about the Netherlands / Holland distinction in spoken word it kinda "feels" wrong seeing it on a product.

What do you think?

*Noord- / Zuid-Holland are just two of twelve provinces.

#holland #netherlands

The chosen cheese-box is now part of the family.

I'm somewhat intrigued by the marketing image on the box. Of all the cheeses to display inside this premium box they went with what in appearance is an extremely young, almost wet, industrial yellow cheese.

There's also a weird fork and a text promoting the included cutting board. No knife or slicer is shown.

While I have your attention: do share if you know of a place selling table-top-cheese-guillotines.

@juliette

I like the things I have from Mepal. They are very square-y! And as I don't need it on my coffee table that's handy.

So you chose the Mepal box?

My partner's system is to keep it all in memory and feeling overwhelmed and exhausted about it.

My system is to write it down and then forget about it, or - my best system yet - do it immediately, as in RIGHT NOW.

I will sometimes be asked to think about something for a few days, which does not ever happen. I can think about it now, spend a few hours diving into it if it's important enough for that and then make a decision, or I can forget about it until some calendar event reminds me to think about it again.

On the plus side I am very good at making decisions - I will think about it for some period of time determined by the importance of the decision, then I will make a decision, and I will never doubt that decision or consider it again.

Slightly askew pens are just an example of the method. Other ways are stacking items etc.

@juliette

@juliette

We’ve eventually arrived at the following methodology:

0. Some decision is needed
1. one of us brings it up.
A) one of us has strong views on the matter > they share them
B) no one has strong views
2. The matter rests for a while
3. one of us feels like taking the decision. If it’s big, we do another review loop
4. One of us goes and does the thing. The other person doesn’t complain about how they did it.