Last Saturday Debbie from Travel with Intent showed us a man “with one long and one short” and I had an adequate response, I think. But in the depth of my archive I had the perfect answer to her picture. But the darn thing waited until almost another week was gone to turn up.
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As I’ve mentioned, we bough a new (used) car a couple of weeks ago. It’s a stick shift. I’ve just read that only about a quarter of new cars sold in Germany are stick shift, the trend is definitely toward automatics. Driving a stick shift … Continue reading No automatic for me
This rather large sculpture of Jürgen Goertz stands in front of the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis Hospital in Weinheim. Her earring is not the only impressive thing about her. But I’ve always been an earring woman. It’s the one piece of jewellery I never leave the house without it; in fact, I feel decidedly naked if I do forget it like once in a blue moon.
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but was the action of the police provocative enough to warrant the mural? FOWC with Fandango: Provocative
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These two Springbok fans – spotted over ten years ago at the Rugby World Cup in Newcastle – make different statements, depending who of them is on the left side. In Afrikaans their t-shirts read either “screw them” or “they’re nuts”. NB: These are not … Continue reading Fan Collaboration
At 40°C, who will deny me?
Double Dipping for temperatures that are double of what they should be:
FOWC with Fandango: Permission and Ragtag Daily Prompt: Flop
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This guy is not minor. He is a major, in my books. He is a Miner, i.e. his last name is Miner. However, he is not “meiner” (meaning “mine”+a male in German), he belongs ot a certain Amanda. He did not, however, pose for this … Continue reading He is not minor
Many, many, MANY moons ago my husband worked in South Africa. After his first year or so he went to see his boss and asked timidly (he was young and still kind of new) for a raise.
His boss waved him over to the window in his office, pointed outside and up and asked: “What do you see?”
“Nothing? … sky … just sky … blue sky.”
“That’s it. That blue sky here in South Africa is half your salary check. You’re getting plenty of compensation for your work.”
FOWC with Fandango: Compensation
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