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Here in Berlin, workers start a job, then put barriers round it and go and do something else for six months ... or a year. The "road junction improvements" at the end of our road are entering their *third* year, with never any workmen in sight!

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Yes. Specifically those clods adhering to the bottoms of your boots. This is a particular problem when crossing Cambridgeshire ploughed fields!

But have you ever had your boots clarted up wi' claggy boggies?

Why have I always got *every* size of screw *except* the one I need?

When he's in a quandary playing board games, one of our German friends makes a noise just like a discontented gnu!

If I were a Republican facing the mid-terms with a small majority, I would be looking over my shoulder right now and noticing which way the wind is blowing ...
Yes, the remedy is (at least partially) in your hands ...

Oh yes, "what a clat" is perfect Leicester!

It's a *good thing* that Trump was elected democratically and control was passed to him without drama.
*Because*: nobody can say that it was anyone else's fault when he's wrecked the USA.
*All the blame* will be attached to him and his minions!

Celebrating Michael's birthday with an excellent Indian meal at Amrit in Schöneberg. Went to look at Christopher Isherwood's flat later.

As a native UK-English speaker, I can assure you that *nobody* in England speaks like Dick Van Dyke!

We were on a tube that didn't stop at King's Cross because of the fire!

... and do *all* Americans really believe that "chaise lounge" is the correct pronunciation and spelling of "chaise longue"?

New Bluesky account. Took just 10 seconds before I had my first "follower" – a young woman wanting to know if "I was looking for love"!! Needless to say, I blocked her!