Nothing. My place is so well insulated (with triple glazing) that I don’t have to heat. Don’t have AC, but closing the blinds during the day keeps things cool enough.

I’m in Germany and next day delivery on Amazon is next day delivery.

The seller usually charges more on their own site. I think Amazon gives them incentives to sell on Amazon.

In Berlin there’s a car hire company called “Miles” (very handy, you can book and pick up a car in minutes) and they have a bunch of vans with a “damaged” e. So now it says Milfs. Hoho.

Acromyms form words. You mean abbreviations.

I used to take a life drawing class and we had one model who was this shape and I loved drawing him.

On average, most teenage pregnancies are fathered by guys who are 7 years older than the girl. I.e. groomers.

Sometimes things just don’t work out. I have a few exes I’m still good friends with.

Nah. Intrusive thoughts are a bitch.

Nope. 15 Euro a year (Freiburg, Germany), which doesn’t automatically renew and it’s a bloody pain.

When people post on X I complete lose the urge to follow them. If you support X you’re complicit.

Especially when you’re removing the names of women who actually achieved something.

Fun fact: many shelters in Germany won’t allow you to adopt a cat if it can’t go outside freely.

So I don’t have a cat. Do I worry about extinct birds or anything like that? No. Cats are native in Europe and I have shit tons of birds of prey (and storks) around here that catch way more birbs than the local cats do.

But I’ve had cats for years, and they’ve been poisoned (rat and antifreeze), hit by cars, hit by trains, and even shot by farmers. I kept my last cat inside.

My apartment and balcony are big enough. I’m looking at rescuing a couple of cats in Bulgaria because those rescue organisations insist you keep the cats inside. Sorry, German kitties.

How does it affect you? If a neighbour who doesn’t like you can just call the police, tell them you’re in a gang, and get you deported without due process that will absolutely affect you.

PS the world is in this state because of unempathetic people like you.

The laws are different in each country. You’re going to have to trawl through their documentation, I’m afraid. It can be incredibly frustrating. I have a Turkish friend who is a qualified doctor who, despite having the right papers, is still waiting for permission to practice after 18 months here, even though the country is desperate for doctors.

Yesterday I got a call from someone who thought I was the tax office. Wrong number.

I’m 57 and my smartphone has absolutely frazzled my brain.

They’re not hard at all.

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You forgot “and then she went bat shit crazy.” I mean, she was questionable already (and I’m talking about her behaviour and being a terrible judge of character, not the books), but this is a whole nother level of nuts.