@Simon_Ingari My wife worked for a major computer company who ran a mainframe computer housed in its own air conditioned room. Started overheating same time each evening for no apparent reason. Turned out the cleaning contractors new member of staff unplugged the air con and plugged in her vac
@Whatsynumber@SarahCoombesWB I understood that an actual kirpan had been replaced by an engraving on the comb that Sikhs carry, so the blade was no longer carried.
@ItsAndyRyan In Dutch it is known as Den Haag and 'sGravenhage. Other towns in the Netherlands include Den Bosch (also known as 'sHertogenbosch, Den Helder and I think Den Dolder
@history99917180 You are locked in a room with a rattlesnake, a scorpion and a lawyer. You are given a gun but only two bullets. Who or what do you shoot?
The lawyer twice. You want to be sure he's dead.
@GermanSimply_@CliveWismayer@chirriey My first German teacher was fond of phrases to remind you of some aspect of grammar. This one he called the NoGe rule
@GermanSimply_ The one thing that annoyed me was the German habit of starting work at 8:00am on a building site and stopping at 8:30am for breakfast. Why not eat it before you got there and work through?
@Jenny_1884 Zelensky can offer the UK the availability of economically priced and effective drones plus training in how to use them. We should not ignore the offer.
@MrPitbull07 Our dog started coming back into the house rattling small bits of gravel round his mouth and would only give them up for a biscuit. Then one day he decided a biscuit wasn't enough and he started holding out for a bit of chicken.