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Post by onlyMark on Oct 22, 2022 18:10:58 GMT
You don't seem to know much about the instability of Italian politics, do you? Nope. But I know about leopards and spots. All it takes is one party to pull out of the current coalition If. It was mostly a case of national pride for the leavers who couldn't stand not being important in the EU -- or at least less important than Germany and France. Nope.
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Post by onlyMark on Oct 22, 2022 16:48:03 GMT
Giorgia Meloni has already made it clear that she will not be as radical as she appeared to be - and you trust a politician when they say that? Naive at best. Foolish at worst those that accept that as truth. On a more extreme note, that's exactly what the Taliban said and in that thread on here I said they'd go back to their old ways as soon as they came into power. She will as well. The reasons for Brexit we've gone into at length, one being knowledge of how important the EU is/was for the UK but but still voting en masse to leave. Millions of people. The focus is too much on the practical aspects to understand why and seem to think they are the only reason, hence they don't understand, but practicality was not the only factor in decisions of that sort. Not by a long chalk.
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Post by onlyMark on Oct 22, 2022 14:52:11 GMT
I do wonder what would have happened if Brexit never existed. I just can't see that the UK, with all that's happening due to covid/Russia/immigration etc etc wouldn't have been roughly in the same position, especially because of the standard of politicians we have. At least we didn't elect far-right leader Giorgia Meloni. I'm waiting for someone to tie that into Brexit as well.
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Post by onlyMark on Oct 21, 2022 6:13:20 GMT
Had to laugh. A group of so called scientists demonstrated against climate change by gluing their hand to the floor of a Volkswagen dealership in Germany. They were extremely miffed that the staff went home at the end of the day and switched all the lights and heating off. "They refused our request to provide us with a bowl to urinate and defecate in a decent manner while we are glued, and have turned off the heating,' one of the protesters, Gianluca Grimalda, said." They couldn't order food either so they went on "hunger strike".
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Post by onlyMark on Oct 19, 2022 18:04:41 GMT
I've been getting a police one for a few years already. Nice pocket money but I couldn't live on it.
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Post by onlyMark on Oct 19, 2022 14:47:57 GMT
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Post by onlyMark on Oct 19, 2022 10:10:58 GMT
Yes. I'll try and be more uncommittal next time.
It's increasingly difficult to avoid the ones where they do something wrong, have their badge taken off them/suspended and have to solve the crime by themselves - with a little help from an insider still in the force who complains they'll get into trouble talking to them etc etc bloody etc. So formulaic. It's not about them, it's about the crime and detection. Gordon Bennett.
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Post by onlyMark on Oct 19, 2022 5:54:27 GMT
I read detective novels/criminal stories from time to time and used to catch the odd TV programme/series but this is what pisses me off all too often - ....playing a tortured detective with a hidden past.... I'm not bloody interested in your back story and your struggles with life. I'm reading a criminal story and my interest lies in the crime and detection side of things - not that you have difficulty coping with your errant daughter, have a bad relationship with your ex-wife, you suffer from a checkered past, are a recovering alcoholic etc etc. I have no truck with you having an interesting character and not an automaton but I don't give a toss about the personal side of you and your feelings of attraction to your co-worker.
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Post by onlyMark on Oct 18, 2022 18:48:31 GMT
As sharp as cheese...... hmmm...... I'll see if I can fit that into a conversation somewhere. Watch for confused faces.
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Post by onlyMark on Oct 18, 2022 18:45:35 GMT
Didn't see that, well spotted. It's probably cheaper because Bosnians don't order that anyway, only foreigners.
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Post by onlyMark on Oct 18, 2022 14:19:26 GMT
Casi, Huntsman cheese is not Cheddar but Double Gloucester. Also known as Stilchester from what I've just looked up.
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Post by onlyMark on Oct 18, 2022 14:16:59 GMT
I had some of that. Spicy but gave me dog breath.
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Post by onlyMark on Oct 18, 2022 6:20:47 GMT
I see what gumbo is now. For some reason I thought it contained fish. No idea why I did. Sarajevo has a plethora of restaurants and we find new ones every day. The downside is most are meat orientated and very few, and I mean very few, just less than a handful, don't allow smoking inside.
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Post by onlyMark on Oct 17, 2022 19:28:32 GMT
Lugg, I bet it's been tarted up since I was there (1979ish).
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Post by onlyMark on Oct 17, 2022 18:59:32 GMT
Bixa, I've no idea what gumbo is, though I've heard of it. The bread is always very tasty. In fact too much so. And yes the dough balls weren't so heavy at all. The bread is called somun bread and is sort of Balkan pita(ish) bread. Mainly used with ćevapi/ćevapčići - minced meat sausages. Extremely popular here and the national dish(?) I am in Sarajevo for now but have only been here a week or so and will be leaving again in just over a week to go again to Croatia and Slovenia for family reasons, then via Austria back to Germany for vehicle reasons - need to get the official mechanical test done - then back to Sarajevo for about three weeks, then off to Spain.
K2, as far as I know, chorba/čorba and variations of that word just mean soup or stew. This one is called Bey's soup from the Ottoman times, Bey being the Ruler. Probably something like that is also eaten here during Ramadan.
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Post by onlyMark on Oct 17, 2022 18:38:37 GMT
This was the food menu. Left side, Bosnian, right side English. Divide the prices by two to get Euros.
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Post by onlyMark on Oct 17, 2022 16:06:43 GMT
I think in the cuisine of a lot of countries there's some variation on fried dough. Churros comes to mind for one. They were shared between three of us with a couple left over.
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Post by onlyMark on Oct 17, 2022 14:23:22 GMT
Went out for a walk and called for lunch yesterday. Bit of a trek uphill but ended up with a nice view on a sunny day - This was part of the lunch. Shopska salad - officially "tomatoes, cucumbers, onion/scallions, raw or roasted peppers, sirene (white brine cheese), and parsley." but usually just tomato, cucumber and cheese. Lešo koljenica - lower leg or knee of beef. Uštipci - fried dough balls with sour cream and cheese - There was also a soup, Begova čorba, which I consumed before the other stuff came - "....a thick soup made of chicken and okra with the addition of vegetables and herbs."
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Autumn
Oct 17, 2022 14:06:25 GMT
Post by onlyMark on Oct 17, 2022 14:06:25 GMT
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Post by onlyMark on Oct 17, 2022 5:24:09 GMT
Lugg, Over forty years ago I had a number of holidays Greek island hopping on the ferries. About the first I ever went to is this one and I stayed in that village. I remember nothing about it so it's a pleasure to see this. Lovely photos.
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Post by onlyMark on Oct 11, 2022 7:11:36 GMT
It was damaged but relatively minor in comparison to the whole thing.
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Post by onlyMark on Oct 10, 2022 20:21:43 GMT
Ranging from basic fortresses to the later star fortresses and the fancy stuff you also see up the Rhine, for the impression of what a castle/fortress should be my favourite is still Krak des Chevaliers in Syria.
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Post by onlyMark on Oct 10, 2022 4:54:01 GMT
You're welcome.
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Post by onlyMark on Oct 9, 2022 19:55:32 GMT
Sorry Lugg, no more of this town. It was a flying visit and a few photos on a phone taken. No doubt we'll be there again next summer and take a few more though.
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Post by onlyMark on Oct 8, 2022 5:32:01 GMT
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Post by onlyMark on Oct 8, 2022 5:29:20 GMT
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Post by onlyMark on Oct 8, 2022 5:22:36 GMT
It's one of those interesting and attractive places that has nothing spectacular to make it stand out to get tourists visiting.
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Post by onlyMark on Oct 7, 2022 15:20:12 GMT
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Post by onlyMark on Oct 7, 2022 15:17:42 GMT
Priego de Cordoba is another one of those blink and you’ve driven past it towns in Andalusia. It’s not on a main route to anywhere and is all too often devoid of any tourists whatsoever. Yet it is worthy of a walk around for a few hours. In fact, we do it often in the evening as it’s about 20 mins to half an hour away from our house. This time though we arrived in the early afternoon as we had a visitor who wanted to see it in the daylight. Normally we’d arrive as the sun was setting. The Romans arrived around the 3rd Century BC and remained until about the 5th C AD. The Moors arrived in the 9th Century and apart from a brief time back in Christian hands in the 13th Century it remained Arabic until the reconquest of it in 1341. The Baroque artistic style influenced the buildings in the 17th and 18th Centuries due to a famous architect and a local school of Art. We’ll start off at the main square where the Town Hall is, built in 1952 on the site of an old convent - Then we skirt around the side of the main streets to get to the “balcony” - Lovely little statue on the edge of the balcony of a kid with a catapult -
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Post by onlyMark on Oct 6, 2022 10:24:09 GMT
Redundant, yes.
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