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The opening match resulted in 3 red cards. That is highly unusual. Hope this will not become a trend. The hydration breaks were invented to show commercials in the US. In Germany luckily not.

I’m flummoxed that apparently within the CIA you can request gold bars worth $40 million for “work-related expenses” and nobody asks questions.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yezdl054po

Sure, man. No problem. Just sign here for receipt. Have a nice day.

Sonny Rollins (95) passed away. Jazz legend. Played with Miles Davis and John Coltrane. I have some CDs. Great musician: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1e224dwz18o

A pity Chuck passed away. He was a 6-times world champion in karate. Fought against Bruce Lee. Sometimes, I made a joke on Toytown if someone was in trouble: call +1-800-CHUCK.

Franklan wrote: ↑Sun Feb 01, 2026 11:45 am The French subsidiary of Ikea has a new product to solve problems.

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Actually, France only abolished the guillotine in 1981. How rude!

Robert Duvall (95) passed away. Nominated for 7 Oscars. Won one. I just saw him in Godfather II on Saturday. Great movie. His famous line is “I love the smell of napalm in the morning.” in Apocalypse Now. Not many left of his generation.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3g41z58vno

Franklan wrote: ↑Sun Feb 08, 2026 7:11 pm The bridge at Remagen on youtube, original English sound, no VPN required.

Great movie. Classic.

Fraufruit wrote: ↑Thu Jan 15, 2026 5:22 pm I love this place! I don't cook but printed that simple one out for Himself.

Let me guess, you do the cleaning afterwards

Well, it started yesterday, actually, but we had lentil and tomato soup for lunch - homemade, of course, with a BBC recipe: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/lentil_and_tomato_soup_19393 - sooooo easy to cook, and so wonderfully gloopy!!! I cooked it today with your recipe with some ciabatta. Was ...

The German Unwort of 2025 is “Sondervermögen”.

While “Vermögen” refers to credit in everyday life, in a political context the term means a debt-financed supplementary budget.

Supermarkets charge a lot for packed fresh pomegranate seeds, ie. €1,99 for just 80 gram or €2,99 for 150 gram. I buy pomegranates on sale for €0,99 or €1,11 at Edeka and do the deseeding myself. You need some skill for that (I mainly do it under water), but I get a lot out of it and is much cheaper...

My IPhone mentioned today 1 degree, feels like -8

I would love to simply stop driving when I move to Berlin, but am wondering about buying new furniture there. Presumably IKEA or equivalent will deliver it? I bought once a sleeping sofa and mattress at Höffner and it was delivered to my home free of charge. They also took my old sofa and mattress....

I’m watching the World Championship Darts in the Ally Pally in London on Sport1.

German television will probably air that movie this week to honour her. Also, great music from Ennio Morricone. Recently, they showed plenty of Robert Redford movies.

Claudia Cardinale (87) passed away. She appeared in Once Upon A Time in the West, which is one of the biggest western movies of all time. She also played in The Pink Panther and The Leopard.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c237elg3rr3o.amp

One point was that customers complained about no baskets. When baskets were introduced, turnover reduced so baskets were removed. I don’t know if it’s still like that? My local Lidl has no baskets as well. I always found that odd. I only buy there on occasion and then perhaps 4-5 items which I put ...

I saw many movies like Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, The Sting, A Bridge Too Far, All the Presidents’ Men, Out of Africa, etc.

Great actor.

Yeah, today it’s raining again like yesterday and the day before yesterday. I think it rains every day for two weeks now. It’s also only 15 degrees in the afternoon. My brother lives on Mallorca. Boohoo.

bethannbitt wrote: ↑Wed Jul 30, 2025 10:07 am Will summer properly resume or is he gone?

Well, it’s supposed to resume end of next week. So far, it is rubbish. The best summer was 2018. I call it Spanish summer in Munich.