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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
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