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For Each A Road

There really is nothing like driving along the M74 somewhere vaguely near Lockerbie at 2 am and having the fuel distributor computer decide it’s going to shut off the engine. Especially if there’s a car 18 inches behind you doing

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British Understatement Returns

I happened to be on the island when Princess Diana died – I was on a trip around Wales and wondered why on earth all these people were queueing outside Carnarfon Castle to lay flowers and sign a book of

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Footie And Girls

Now, I know that Mr. Haddock has pretty much of a monopoly on the Female German Football Team Scene, but a World Cup match between England and Germany has to be worth a mention, even if it is “only girls.”

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English Cricket’s Thirst For Victory

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

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Personal Ads

“You have 2 new messages.” Outlook interrupts me, just, just at the moment I’m about to finally start on that translation I’ve been putting off for days. The first message is, of course, some nonsense resulting from a job interview,

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How Do You Double The Value Of A Škoda?

You rent it out to someone who’s booked and paid for an Audi…. Okay, okay. Skoda’s are apparently nowhere near as bad as they used to be. I remember as a youngster being terrified that my father might, as one

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Getting The Words Right

We’re sitting on a blanket laid out on the grass in the park. Although the sun has set, it’s a balmy summer’s evening – warm enough to sit barefoot in shorts and t-shirt. The only chill is between us, the

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Tempting Fate: A Prime Example

Sigh. Although the advertising campaign is still running as if nothing has happened. Now, although falling over and twisting your knee when you’re not being pushed by someone is pretty idiotic, the kind of thing I would do in fact,

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Jetzt geht’s los…

Sometime later on today it’s going to be safe for football fans to turn on the television. Admittedly not, as advertised, at 3 o’clock when there’ll presumably be lots of schoolchildren running around the pitch, releasing doves and sundry worthies

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The Apothekerin

Or “Utterly Useless Tips For The Pathetically Single #157” In Germany, at the end of every single TV advertisement for a product that might be sold at a pharmacist, be it medicated shampoo, cough lotion or the latest opiate derivative

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