Everyone seems to rant about banks these days, so let me join the ranks. But while I don’t really mind German financial institutions (I even used to work for one a long time ago), banking in the UK is just a nightmare for me. Let’s start from the beginning (where else?). You move to the [...]
Archive for November, 2011
Banking in the UK is killing me! Or: Where did I leave my chequebook?
Posted in Humor, Humour, Rants, tagged banking, Brits, cash mashines, cheques, direct debit, ID cards, transfer money on November 29, 2011 | 9 Comments »
I see red!!! reloaded
Posted in Humor, Humour, Parenting, Rants, tagged education, red light, road safety, road safety education, traffic, traffic lights on November 22, 2011 | 4 Comments »
OK, first I want to put one thing straight: I am no law-and-order nazi. Yes, I might be German but I do break rules. Sometimes. I am also in a hurry quite often. 24 hours in a day is just not enough for all the things to do. And frankly, red traffic lights suck. So [...]
Island monkeys in German – yay!
Posted in This blog on November 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
You might have guessed from the headline: This blog has now got a German version called Inselaffen. Mainly because I thought I could score some sympathy from my fellow German countrymen, especially the ones that struggle with English a little. OK, that was it. See you in a few days with my next rant.
Clothes make the man…
Posted in Humor, Humour, Parenting, Rants, tagged autumn, clothing, cold, cold weather, England, English weather, weather on November 16, 2011 | 11 Comments »
… so if the clothing shows a disturbed sense of reality, what does that say about the wearer? OK, I get it, England has got the gulf stream, so it’s never cold. Right? Except when November arrives and with it some nasty autumn weather. Or would you call maximum day temperatures of 4°C, in conjunction [...]
I see red!
Posted in Humor, Humour, Rants, tagged Jon Snow, poppy, poppy controversy, remembrance day on November 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Actually I meant to start the blog with a more light-hearted, less political post. But it bugs me to see red literally everywhere I look these days. What’s the deal with poppy mania?! To make it totally clear, I don’t mind Remembrance Day per se or people showing solidarity with the families of soldiers killed [...]
Gee, yet another blog!
Posted in Humor, Humour, This blog, tagged Brits, English, German, humour, introduction, irony, new blog, satire on November 6, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Blogging is fashionable. So fashionable, in fact, that I am afraid it will be out of fashion really soon. Oh well, I was never an early adopter of innovative technologies or new ideas. I am aware that the net is full of blogs and no-one really has the time to read yet another one. So what. [...]
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My most recent effusions
- Someone save me from Health and Safety!
- Man, are they ugg-ly!
- Para-annoy-a
- Psst, don’t tell anyone. I actually like the island monkeys. Sometimes.
- Snowpocalypse
- I am an accomplished writer now – I think
- Just flush it down the drain!
- I’ve lost a stone!
- Let your children off the leash!
- Let’s talk rubbish!
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Yours truly
I have been many things in my life, from HR manager to dive instructor, from swim coach to wildlife ranger. Right now I am a somewhat bored housewife, so I write.
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