The British consumer magazine “Which” has just published a report showing that two different BMW models are the most unreliable and the third most unreliable models on the road in the UK. This isn’t really a surprise. In Germany the … Continue reading
Fed by Birds has some tongue-in-cheek suggestions for modern gardens, including growing strawberries on a fairground slide, installing a “swimming trench” with adjoining strawberry beds, and camping for tower block dwellers.
I think the British education system suffered a lot in the 1980′s and later: O- and A-Levels were successively dumbed down, the study of foreign languages became optional in September 2004, it it became illegal to use corporal punishment, and … Continue reading
When we tell friends in the UK that property prices in Germany have been essentially flat since we have been here (1980) and that we actually lost money on two out of three property investments we made between 1982 and … Continue reading
From today’s Daily Telegraph: Judging from today’s results, it’s now virtually impossible to fail an A-level. The overall pass rate climbed for the 28th year in a row, with 97.6 per cent of A-levels being graded A* – E. Sceptics … Continue reading
With all but one seat now counted, the results of the British elections look like this (ignoring the smaller parties): With the Liberal Democrats likely to be an important coalition partner in the new government, there is hope that the … Continue reading
Paignton is on the south coast of England in Devon. Comment from the original poster on YouTube two days ago: A removal truck had been blocking the road outside our house for 3 hours and the drivers boss had just … Continue reading
It often seems to us that Britain has changed a lot in the thirty years that we’ve not been living there. In particular, it seems to be the most “Health & Safety” obsessed country in the world. Luckily, the Brits … Continue reading
I can’t recall having seen such an idiotic idea for a long time: Internet users could face an annual charge of up to £30 to download music, under plans to be unveiled today that aim to tackle illegal file-sharing. [British] … Continue reading