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Learning German #2 : Draufwichsen

Once more a story of my early months of living in Germany with very little grasp of the language and, incidentally, the only anecdote that involves me being forcibly ejected from a DIY store by two well-built gentlemen and told that if I didn’t leave the car park immediately they would call the police.
I was […]

Found Me!

Like Disneyland Every Day used to link to my old site which must not be named, and I never let him know of the change. However, the incoming stats (Technorati doesn’t seem to be working as well as it once did) show he’s linking here and upon checking out his site I find that it […]

Previous Posts

Just a quick update on some posts on this, which is, let us not forget, a published document/thingummy.
So, as regards, the last post: “Tufty The Squirrel’s Road Safety Tips”, there’ll almost certainly be a criminal and probably a civil process – I’ve altered some of the specific details of the post, and removed a couple […]

Tufty The Squirrel’s Road Safety Tips

Let’s get our facts straight here. Germans are, on the whole, incredibly kind and considerate drivers (stop laughing). And, it’s been documented using not-at-all-dubious standards that females make better drivers than men. They have a somewhat nasty habit of sleeping with their driving instructors when you’re in hospital (note to self – next time buy […]

Miracle Cheese!

People of Wisconsin awake! It’s a miracle! A Sign! Bless St. Bartholomew (okay technically he’s the Patron Saint of Florentine cheese merchants, but he’s just going to have to do for now).

I reckon I should have put this on E-bay and tried to sell it to a casino in Las Vegas for tens of thousands […]

Meme World #7

Gigglechick - a woman who normally is first on the block (and you get there pretty quickly in a convertible mini cooper) asked me to complete the meme that everyone, and I mean everyone, in Europe did about “music on your computer” about 6 weeks ago (we are so, cutting edge) here. But anyway here […]