Category Archives: Bloody hell

Allianz Area, Munich

Posted on 3 July, 2014 by jb
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I’ve done some stupid stuff in my time….

Posted on 3 July, 2014 by jb

  …but nothing like this.

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German woman vs American IPA

Posted on 22 June, 2014 by jb

Gifted my friend Sandra a bottle of Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA. A mere 9%, but it proved a bit much for the poor gal…

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Automation. 1965

Posted on 20 June, 2014 by jb

Don’t mock! Technology like this was still lurking around this millenium. A company I used to work (one of the leading global cargo airlines) only discarded their punchcard-based manaifesting system when the hardware provider declined to extend the maintenance contract. … Continue reading →

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Bon appetit….

Posted on 11 June, 2014 by jb

So if I’ve understood this correctly (or even been able to READ the small print),  outside the US,  you only get the ones without an asterisk – coffee, toast and fruit. Sticky-sweet cinnamon rolls get TWO asterisks so you ESPECIALLY … Continue reading →

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Ukrainian Parliament?

Posted on 11 June, 2014 by jb

Oh. It could be America… It IS America, with some people expressing outrage over something that someone else did. Or didn’t Here’s the story. (Appears that the No 2 Republican in the House wasn’t right-wing enough and got knocked off … Continue reading →

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Bloody artists……

Posted on 9 June, 2014 by jb

They drive you round the twist! I collect ceramics, do the marketing for a ceramics fair and design and manage websites for potters I like, a lot of it pro bono This is what you’re up against. Part One Offered … Continue reading →

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20hz to 20,000hz

Posted on 3 June, 2014 by jb

This sine wave extends from 20hz to 20,000hz — the full range of ideal, undamaged human hearing. Now I know why the ENT specialist said that I shouldn’t spend more than $100 on a hifi system……

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Good going….

Posted on 20 April, 2014 by jb

Front page of the Mainzer Allgemeine Zeitung, a daily newspaper with a circulation of 200,000, a readership of 500,000 and a regional market penetration of close to 40% of the German-speaking population over the age of 14. In 12 words … Continue reading →

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“Prices are like chewing gum…

Posted on 14 April, 2014 by jb

Once they’re stuck to the floor, it’s difficult to get them off” In a previous life, I did revenue management and pricing for airlines(rather successfully, by all accounts, given that Air New Zealand once offered me a senior role in … Continue reading →

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