Posted in Places on Oct 28th, 2007 1 Comment »
1. Our shoemaker no longer collects corks (from wine bottles) for recycling. Does anyone know of any place (other than the trash can) where I can bring the hundreds of corks I’ve accumulated over the past few years?
2. While cleaning out our attic (one of my hobbies!!!), I came across several tin cans full of pre-Euro coins […]
Posted in English, Humour on Oct 26th, 2007 No Comments »
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Posted in Internet on Oct 23rd, 2007 2 Comments »
I heard my late grand-parents’ voices on the internet the other day…
I had typed their names (Pierre Brodin, Dorothy Brodin) on Google’s search engine and found an intriguing link: http://www.jamba.de/jcw/goto/music/album/albumid-13685219
And suddenly here they were in my room, speaking in clear and youthful voices, in a number of recordings made before my own birth…!
I had never thought I would hear […]
Posted in Music Videos on Oct 8th, 2007 No Comments »
Yesterday I heard a Dutch pop song on the radio that I liked (good rhythm). My husband was apparently not too impressed by it so he quickly changed the station but not before I had managed to memorise a few words to be able to search it on the internet afterwards
As you can see, I’ve found […]
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