The Lightning Thief musical opens in London today and we’re there! @seananmcguire
I’m reasonably happy with the אב now; pivoting to ひらがな because Colin has had his בר מצווה and Expo is in Osaka next year.
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Are there driving games which are as seriously simulationist as Microsoft Flight Simulator and not populated exclusively with hypercars?
I want to know how driving an Audi TT or a Tesla 3 feels different from driving a Dacia Sandero without spending hundreds on rental cars.
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Unfortunate linguistics: the very unpleasant sounding SHIT/BLERJE simply means ‘sale and purchase’ in Albanian, and usually denotes a used car lot
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The weather and the traffic are both rather copious here: it’s getting to the level of Indonesia where you take the taxi because it will keep you dry while proceeding at walking pace
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In Hotelistan: only the fact that the water bottles are labelled Qafshtama betrays my location
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My inner nine-year-old mildly amused that one of the four chains of petrol stations here is Kastrati.
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Tirana airport’s less larcenous Albanian currency exchange was 5% spread on usd and eur, 10% on gbp, about 100% on Turkish lira!
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I should probably be suspicious when, as I buy a pair of hardened-steel pliers with unusually shaped jaws, Amazon asks whether I want to get this item on subscription…
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Is there any road marking or signage in the UK which, if you are on an otherwise empty road at night, immediately indicates whether it is half a dual carriageway or not?
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Is it reasonable to expect hiking trousers to protect you from brushing against nettles? These Mountain Warehouse ones do not meet that benchmark.
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