Someone who appears to be even more calamitous than I was booked to fly from Heathrow to Germany yesterday with British Airways and had his flight cancelled because of fog. What is the correct procedure for getting money, recompense etc. from BA?
More specifically, what are his rights? What can one request after x hours of […]
The most dangerous people in the world, hunted down using everyone’s favourite search engine…
In Actual Fact > Visit Detail
Domain Name pentagon.mil ? (Military)
IP Address 141.116.10.# (Army Information Systems Command-Pentagon)
Location Continent : North America
Country : United States (Facts)
State/Region : District of Columbia
City : Washington
Time of Visit Dec 21 2006 2:45:09 […]
It’s my Nana’s 90th birthday today. Well, figuratively speaking – she’s been dead for a few years now. When my death comes I’d like the doctor to say something like this about me too…
“Cutting down the tree with a chain saw was strenuous enough for an 85 year old woman. To then swap to a […]
Leeds.
The judges based their decision on the combination of high-quality drizzle, the Royal Armouries Museum (if you can’t make it to Leeds, they do have a branch in Kentucky) and it being a top spot for London-based quangos to get out into the provinces and give job interviews. Now, it goes without saying that the […]
There’s an accent meme going around at the moment, but I’m not doing it, I can’t be bothered. It did remind me however (and this may give some small clue as to the way I talk) that German girl spent years believing that when I really, really didn’t want to do something, that I didn’t […]
‘Bahn.bonus’ is the name of Deutsche Bahn’s ‘frequent flyer’ programme. Except (and I don’t need to tell you that Deutsche Bahn is a railway company) it’s not flying. It might, sometimes, be very fast, but that doesn’t make it flying.
As far as I can tell, every time you purchase a rail ticket, you can choose […]
I: gripe about work.
You: moan about pay and conditions.
He/She: won’t be teaching today, after being blown up by a suicide bomber.
Can you think of more examples? Then TEFL Smiler has just the job for you…..
There’s a part of me that doesn’t want to talk about cricket in general right now, and another part that doesn’t ever really want to be the kind of person that just drops things like, “I had the pleasure of having dinner in the long room at Lord’s last weekend.” into the conversation.
Don’t get me […]
Ingredients
1. Large handful of my parents
1. Visitor from foreign lands, staying with a friend of said parents, who is cooking a traditional ‘native’ meal for a small group as a farewell and ‘thank you.’
Multiple bottles wine
0. People fluent in the language of guest
Many people consider this the ‘default’ recipe for misunderstanding. However, when dealing with guests from Spain […]
Wie einer, der auf fremden Meeren fuhr,
so bin ich bei den ewig Einheimischen;
die vollen Tage stehn auf ihren Tischen,
mir aber ist die Ferne voll Figur.
In mein Gesicht reicht eine Welt herein,
die vielleicht unbewohnt ist wie ein Mond,
sie aber lassen kein Gefühl allein,
und alle ihre Worte sind bewohnt.
Die Dinge, die ich weither mit mir […]
