Okay, still a bit snotty and achy, but much, much better. I even went back to the Apotheke and paid for the tissues. Anyway, thanks for all the wishes and cold remedies. Always looking for a business opportunity, I’m sure there one or two of them are marketable – I particularly liked leon’s “a good […]
Every time I travel to the UK, I buy lots of the wondrous edible products which have helped make our country justifiably famous throughout the globe as a centre for culinary excellence. Apart from the Skips, which last about three days and the tea, which I use on an “as required” basis, i.e. about ten […]
Was a Greek bishop from what is now Turkey (look, I’m not going to argue the finer geographical and historical points of the Eastern Holy Roman and Ottoman Empires, I’ve no wish for that debate). Main point is that his Saint’s Day is December the 6th and is the reason why colleagues who never speak […]
“I’m not celebrating my birthday,” he said, in reply to my congratulations in the early afternoon.
“We might go for a Glühwein at the Christmas market,” he said at 6 p.m.
“Letsh get shome more Tecwila,” he said at some point (I’m guessing 2 or 3 a.m.)
Ah. My friends. The people with whom I refused to go […]
Just because the term is “Phishing” rather than “Fishing” for information doesn’t mean that littering your e-mails with grammatical and spelling mistakes is a good idea. If you are going to target people in Germany with mails at least learn a little about the background details.
I must admit, you almost got be this morning by […]
For some reason of late, I seem to be getting lots of links and readers from Berlin-based blogs. Nothing wrong with that, I hear you say. I’m in Germany, Berlin is the capital of the Fatherland, it had to happen eventually……
It started off with Broke In Berlin who has an obviously delusional commenter who admonishes […]
