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I’ve only ever found teacup size normal hornet nests in our garage. First ‘Mama‘ hornet was huge and used to scare the bejesus out of me until we made friends. She’d come in the back door every day, buzz around a bit and I let her out a window.

Whilst I’m away from home, I went with kiddo to sort some domestics in her friend’s flat whilst he’s away. I was curious in a super minimalist flat, if there’s a meaning to one simple photo he has framed. Yes, I’m being very nerdy in an attempt to think of anything other than the ‘elephant in the ro...

Unhappy because I just realised that today is a public holiday in Bremen but not in Berlin. My official place of work is Berlin even though I work from home in Bremen except for 8 days per year. What that means is I completely failed to prepare for Halloween tonight. I didn't go out and buy sweetie...

Made me smile….

All my problems are solved….Elon Musk with blue thingy badge has sent me a friend a request….he's sure to be my knight on shining armour

Fraufruit wrote: ↑Thu Oct 09, 2025 5:52 pm Is that for emkay?

Haha, I saw franklan’s post before yours and thought thank goodness we don’t have a gas oven

I just saw some happy posts and despite some unpleasantness for me at the moment, there’s hopefully, always something to be happy about….I rescued this 50 year old monstera from my neighbour. New house owner threw it into his renovation trash pile so I ‘plant napped‘ it a few weeks ago during a very...

It’s very different to the UK supermarkets where the cashiers helped pack and didn’t start with the next customer until all sorted. It can be awful for elderly customers to be so rushed. @kiplette, that’s annoying about the wine. I thought prices shown are valid even if they got it wrong. I’d have l...

Goodness, after seeing mention of checkouts…..just had a flashback to old TT. Did Poppit/Poppet (RIP) post a little funny checkout story that got the most likes ever? Perhaps someone can remember how it went before I bodge it completely 😊 I remember it like this: He had loaded all the goods on the ...

The supermarket has to proof that you wanted to steal anything. And exactly that will be a loooooooooooooooooooooooong discussion, that nobody wants ... Why would one start that discussion, when it is obvious how not to start it? Proof is difficult. I think there’s even some kind of zero tolerance....

Goodness, after seeing mention of checkouts…..just had a flashback to old TT. Did Poppit/Poppet (RIP) post a little funny checkout story that got the most likes ever? Perhaps someone can remember how it went before I bodge it completely

I‘m just revisiting the matter of my inheritance after my mother‘s death last October. I‘ve confused and forgotten some issues in the overall state of things over the last year. In December 2024, I submitted a permitted free text letter to the Finanzamt re my inheritance. Reliable Makler detailed ho...

I can't find any information online about attaching a Wise or Revolut account to a NSANDI account - my suspicion is that you can't, but if someone with better google-fu can find that out, it would be helpful and not only for mini-emkay :D @emkay - can your kid open an HSBC account like you did? Tha...

Kiddo and I get excited every month. Happy with an occasional £25 so far 😊. Still trying to work out how she can get her outstanding wins without a Uk bank account….. Have you looked into a Wise account (used to be transfer wise) or Revolut, for some of them you do not need to be a UK resident but ...

@kiplette. That’s good news kiplette. I’m just having new front and back doors installed that takes me under the KK limit this year. Next year, it’s likely going to be unavoidable! Just to mention….as far as I’ve learned and hopefully understood correctly, for DE tax (therefore KK too) matters, you ...

Thanks for adding the Lidl documentary link to my last post

IMG_20250909_083424_509.jpg This is why I'm not happy today. In 13.5yr of life in Germany I have never shopped without carrying my rucksack with me. Most of my shopping is few items only, and probabbly 95% of the times I'm on the bicycle. I intend not to follow their instructions. Comments? I watch...

Thanks so much Panda

It would mean a lot to my childhood best friend if I could see at least the start of this game. Her dad was a former prominent Nottingham Forest player in the ca. 1970’s who sadly died last week in Australia. Before the game tomorrow, Forest are paying tribute to him. Lots of his family will be pres...

If people don't like you, it's ok. You only need to be concerned if dogs don't like you. Then it's time for some self-reflection.