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Franklan wrote: ↑Wed Jun 24, 2026 10:36 am


FUNNY British fashion trends we all thought were normal at the time.mp4

Oh, I so longed for a pair of shocking pink hotpants!

Just tonight I discovered the Krimi series „Ein starkes Team“ on ZDF. Hooked! :D If you're a Krimi fan you can go to the ZDF Mediathek and search eg under Inspector/Kommissar/Donna Leon, Ostfriesian, etc. Loads of series come up. You can binge on endless episodes of Barnaby (Midsomer Murders) durin...

I’m still clearing my mum’s house after she died. This made me smile today that she’d kept the toilet roll holder with toilet roll over 30 years after she’d had the outbuilding toilet removed. Looks like modern art! Feel like it needs a caption! My Oma told me that before WW2, this was the only toi...

I remember an acquaintance filling every picture hook hole using a hypodermic syringe.

My mum in her innocence used to call it the 'odds and sods' drawer until she was rebuked by her then boss. The name carries on in my household.

To qualify for the junk drawer items must be: Of unknown origin. Keys from past houses/suitcases/bike locks make good starting points Belong to now defunct appliances. Or houses that you lived in 20 years ago Of unknown usage but might come in useful one day Items that OH has been saying for at leas...

I know, but I wrote it as they did in the article! Found that a tad surprising actually. They also didn’t capitalize the h in Handtuchkriege. 😱 I was mostly amused since I don’t recall hearing those terms and I think they’re cute. 😁 The Guardian's nickname is the Grauniad, known for it's frequent t...

I've also had Advanzia for a long time, and I try to pre book the payment as soon as the balance is sent, from my Sparkasse account. On the odd occasions I have forgotten, they send an email reminder very quickly, which I pay pronto, and have never been charged interest.

OH was checking his Aufenthalts card yesterday, which was issued under the withdrawal agreement with GB to people resident before the final withdrawal date. His expires at the end of this April. We thought they were issued for 10 years or would be sutomatically extended, but it seems that can vary f...

Also from GovUK: "(If)You’re a British citizen You can enter the UK with one of the following identity documents: a valid UK passport a Gibraltar identity card a certificate of entitlement that shows you have the right of abode in the UK If you have dual citizenship with the UK and another coun...

Sorry but that doesn't make sense. If you are a British and EU citizen, then settled status is of no relevance and why, if you are UK resident would you not have a UK passport as a dual citizen? If correct it seems somewhat niche! That's the problem with these changes, everything is now niche and y...

That reminded me of the lovely children's story poems by Lynley Dodd. The dog character is Hairy Maclary with a variety of aptly named pals such as Schnitzel von Krumm with a very low tum, and a very characterful cat called Slinky Malinky.

So, not much has changed?!

Ah, thanks!

Franklan, I'm sure I'm being very dense but I need that one explaining! Apart from it looks like an Irish street and it's actually not raining .....

I have been binge watching these three hilarious Irish lads the last couple of weeks. Their sketches are so clever and funny. And they take my mind off the horrible news of late, too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHPEu5xtwk8 There are loads of them: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzb-6smlTg5UP...

Thanks Franklan, yes I did, luckily OH was at home and brought the car to the station so we drove up. Augenartz practices are few and far between outside of cities so I stay with the one I got into when I was working in Berlin. They are extremely busy so I hate to miss appointments as am being monit...

Two days ago bought a 24hr DB ticket to go up to Berlin to my Augenartzt appointment. You do not miss these golddust appointments if you can possibly help it.Train (only possible one I could take due to big diversions in central Berlin) arrived with only a 10 min delay, wow! We all settle down optim...

I googled Postfach mieten and got to this dp site where you simply enter your postcode to find your nearest one:
Briefkästen, Postfilialen, Paketshops von Deutsche Post DHL https://share.google/XgEOF3ga9xtjVvOBl
Scroll down to Postfächer in Ihrer Nähe then Standorte.

Chimneysweeps are traditionally lucky ans may be invited to weddings wearing their regalia. How about a Schornsteinfeger Räuchermann and include some packets of the scented smoke cones.
(Our Schornstfeger is tall, blond and always wears his gear proudly! Mmmm!)