Her putty and other random thoughts

I thought this was interesting...my Slovokian friend has a Russian boyfriend 
who is currently attending University in Finland.  He cannot step foot back in Russia right now because he is in that age range that they consider "draftable." She told me his family had to meet him outside of Russia for Christmas holidays because if he steps foot in Russia as soon as they scan his passport and see he's in this "age range" he will immediately be detained and drafted into the army.   Interesting hua? They will allow him to graduate high school and leave Russia to attend university, but if he ever steps foot back in the country (while he's in this age range) he will be drafted.

In France, high school students are required to give 3 days of military service before they can graduate.

This lady I work with had an interesting situation come up the other day.  She maintains people's summer/vacation/2nd homes here on the riviera.  There was an apartment that had a painter in doing some work.  The person in the apartment left the painter there by himself.  He finished working, and decided to leave a window open to allow air in.  The plumber shows up, knocks on the door - no answer because nobody is home.  Looks around, sees the open window, goes in through the open window and proceeds to do his plumbing work.  The person staying in the apartment comes home to find the plumber in her home and proceeds to freak out.  The plumber didn't see why the person staying in the apartment was so upset. What kind of rational thought went in to climbing in through a window to do your work when no one is home?  How is that OK?

Speaking of this lady I work with...she has two cats.  I was introduced to them and asked what their names are.  Billy and Minu I'm told.  Then she says, I was a little unimaginative when I named him Minu.  What do you mean?  What does Minu mean in English?  Putty (except replace the tt with ss)  Um, OK, I guess that gets straight to the point.