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Now it is. :)

2026-10-25T21:00:44Z

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Now it is. :)

he wasn't surprised then that you press wild flowers and hang ...

2026-10-18T11:23:15Z

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he wasn't surprised then that you press wild flowers and hang around in bars? :)

Has anyone noticed that ABC Australia now seems to be parroting ...

2026-10-07T07:11:08Z

Has anyone noticed that ABC Australia now seems to be parroting the opinions of business organisations as news?

somehow that led to me thinking of rat hairspray - rats with ...

2026-09-29T07:03:34Z

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somehow that led to me thinking of rat hairspray - rats with 1980s big hairstyles scampering to the sounds of Bananarama

it would be a tad unusual to hang that on a wall

2026-09-28T06:47:33Z

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it would be a tad unusual to hang that on a wall

Come to think of it, I remember it being used for street names in ...

2026-09-07T20:57:39Z

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Come to think of it, I remember it being used for street names in Bulgaria. It's like they think all addresses are fake.

It's on Ulitsa "Tsar Simeon Asen" (seeing someone making the double quotation fingers and rolling their eyes) :)

Put it outside and a cat will appear. :)

2026-09-05T08:39:28Z

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Put it outside and a cat will appear. :)

It depends on how much of the original shoes is left.

2026-09-04T23:39:19Z

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It depends on how much of the original shoes is left.

I've worn shorts at far lower temperatures. That's what ...

2026-08-31T06:55:04Z

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I've worn shorts at far lower temperatures. That's what living in the northern hemisphere does to people.

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2026-08-27T20:22:18Z

When do we start calling Washington Trumpgrad?

Who's the oyster hoister? ...

2026-08-26T23:16:24Z

Who's the oyster hoister?

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/26/now-you-seafood-now-you-dont-350k-worth-of-oysters-vanish-without-a-trace-in-nsw

I remember the phrase "Baden Baden: so good they named it ...

2026-08-26T09:22:00Z

I remember the phrase "Baden Baden: so good they named it twice". Somehow I don't think they could use that phrase for Woy Woy or Wagga Wagga.

Icelandic makes up some interesting words to avoid them: ...

2026-08-24T07:57:11Z

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Icelandic makes up some interesting words to avoid them: 'skriðdreki' (crawl-dragon) for 'tank'.

I worked for about a year and half in Nantou (about 2-3 hours ...

2026-08-22T10:56:28Z

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I worked for about a year and half in Nantou (about 2-3 hours south of Taipei) some years ago. The public transport in the centre of the country (buses and trains) was enough to get around with. I remember the mopeds (shudders).

I didn't get that far. I had a brief driving unofficial ...

2026-08-21T23:50:46Z

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I didn't get that far. I had a brief driving unofficial driving lesson from my sister. It was at that point when it appeared I was about to repeat my mother's crashing into a wall (during a driving lesson with my father some decades before) by almost doing the same with a gate. People had enough trouble in the '90s without letting me loose on the roads of Sydney.

I take it you mean idealism?

2026-08-20T22:03:53Z

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I take it you mean idealism?

Perhaps I'm so behind the times with technology. Today I had ...

2026-08-16T11:02:24Z

Perhaps I'm so behind the times with technology. Today I had quite the adventure finding headphones with cables (and not bluetooth). It was like trying to ask for a gramophone and Glen Miller records.

"New on SBS this winter! Coriander Quest! Will they find the ...

2026-08-13T21:49:34Z

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"New on SBS this winter! Coriander Quest! Will they find the herb of their dreams?"

40 degrees here today. It was 41 yesterday. A new record in the ...

2026-08-13T11:14:42Z

40 degrees here today. It was 41 yesterday. A new record in the highest recorded temperature (if wikipedia is up-to-date). News sites state that it reached 41.4 in August 2023.

I played the part of a revolting peasant with pitchfork in a ...

2026-08-10T10:34:20Z

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I played the part of a revolting peasant with pitchfork in a high-school depiction of the French Revolution (complete with guillotine) - so I've had some practice. :)

Any suggestions as to what to put together with lentils to make a ...

2026-08-09T16:27:33Z

Any suggestions as to what to put together with lentils to make a nice soup?

TIL I learned that the Isle of Man gave women the right to vote ...

2026-07-24T21:14:34Z

TIL I learned that the Isle of Man gave women the right to vote in 1881, with the caveat that they had to be unmarried, over the age of 21 and own property.

Well, it was good enough for Versailles. :)

2026-07-24T11:36:14Z

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Well, it was good enough for Versailles. :)

Because it's Woden's Day today, I presume you'll be ...

2026-07-21T23:05:24Z

Because it's Woden's Day today, I presume you'll be encountering a one-eyed man, a horse with way too many legs, wolves, and ravens.

It's rather sad that I happen to remember the names of the ...

2026-07-21T17:02:49Z

It's rather sad that I happen to remember the names of the Teletubbies. That's the result of having a niece in the 1990s.

I remember they had catamarans from there to the Barrier Reef. Do ...

2026-07-17T13:40:34Z

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I remember they had catamarans from there to the Barrier Reef. Do they still have those?

wasn't 'the Toilet Experience' a band?

2026-07-10T09:54:06Z

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wasn't 'the Toilet Experience' a band?

you could buy a souvlaki for that here (without a drink though)

2026-07-07T07:08:54Z

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you could buy a souvlaki for that here (without a drink though)

Matilda (the ex-Empress one) didn't succeed in becoming ...

2026-06-18T11:30:30Z

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Matilda (the ex-Empress one) didn't succeed in becoming Queen, but her son Henry (the Second one, of England) later became king. Or perhaps they were the same people - did anyone see them in the same castle?

England in the early 12th century seemed to be awash with ...

2026-06-18T11:28:40Z

England in the early 12th century seemed to be awash with Matildas and Henries. There was Matilda, the daughter of King Henry I of England and his wife Matilda of Scotland. She married the Emperor Henry V of the Holy Roman Empire. After she was widowed, she fought against her cousin Stephen of Blois (at last, someone who was not Matilda or Henry!) for the English throne. Stephen unfortunately married another Matilda (this one being the Countess of Boulogne).

So they're closed for about 13 seconds, as the solar day at ...

2026-06-18T07:40:30Z

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So they're closed for about 13 seconds, as the solar day at this time of the year is 24 hours and 13.1 seconds.

Having a bit of drama with my digital police check for my visa ...

2026-06-05T17:42:20Z

Having a bit of drama with my digital police check for my visa application. The Albanian government now wants an apostille for it. Our nearest embassy (in Rome) requires you do the application for the apostille in person (Hello? We're in the 21st century? All you have to do is contact the Australian Federal Police to check that it's genuine. Do you do that by pigeon? It makes a digital version kind of pointless).

One of those "wait a minute, have I eaten anything today" ...

2026-05-28T18:20:20Z

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One of those "wait a minute, have I eaten anything today" moments

I presume Kerching now means to have a bridge damaged more than ...

2026-05-11T16:33:05Z

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I presume Kerching now means to have a bridge damaged more than once. :)

When is he not?

2026-05-09T19:03:23Z

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When is he not?

I wonder in which aisle you would find Morris dancers.

2026-04-28T21:23:16Z

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I wonder in which aisle you would find Morris dancers.

See if they're sleeping....

2026-04-23T18:38:41Z

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See if they're sleeping....

As it's St. Georges Day, should we be playing the banjolele ...

2026-04-23T08:39:48Z

As it's St. Georges Day, should we be playing the banjolele and singing 'When I'm cleanin' windows'?

I wonder if 'injured by book in bed' has been entered ...

2026-04-16T07:29:09Z

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I wonder if 'injured by book in bed' has been entered into the annual injury statistics.

How do you get to the next level? Breaking your nose while ...

2026-04-16T06:52:15Z

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How do you get to the next level? Breaking your nose while smelling food?

Switzerland and Belgium need to beef up their chocolate security ...

2026-04-13T07:20:16Z

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Switzerland and Belgium need to beef up their chocolate security ...

The Basilica Cistern in Istanbul. This I got from the internet ...

2026-04-10T18:12:44Z

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The Basilica Cistern in Istanbul. This I got from the internet but I have my own photos about somewhere which I took on a trip to Istanbul about 16 years ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_Cistern

You need a cistern, mate (in a plumber's voice). ...

2026-04-10T06:19:17Z

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You need a cistern, mate (in a plumber's voice).

It's hard to tell for me, because anxiety messes up my ...

2026-04-08T06:39:59Z

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It's hard to tell for me, because anxiety messes up my appetite.

Tried to fill in a enquiry form for NSW Fair Trading to make an ...

2026-04-05T21:45:10Z

Tried to fill in a enquiry form for NSW Fair Trading to make an enquiry about course of action I might need to take to force my storage company fix its malfunctioning online payment system.

The enquiry form wouldn't work and the feedback option to tell them it doesn't work loops you back to the enquiry form. Any suggestion to finding someone who can actually do something instead of an incompetent government department?

One of these days I'd like to find out what happened to my ...

2026-04-04T09:48:12Z

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One of these days I'd like to find out what happened to my half-German stepfather's family, considering that at least as of 1919, his grandmother was living in Nuremberg. Military Intelligence did a report on his father in 1941 and it gives you some idea of the reach of the NSDAP even in Sydney in the 1930s.

https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=7633694

Same percentage for me.

2026-04-02T21:05:52Z

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Same percentage for me.

🎵 Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye ... 🎵

2026-04-02T06:39:47Z

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🎵 Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye ... 🎵

I decided to walk on the wild side recently by adding Red Bull to ...

2026-03-12T12:20:38Z

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I decided to walk on the wild side recently by adding Red Bull to coffee. It did not taste nice and did little for my energy levels.

Had to change travel plans a little bit this weekend. I ...

2026-03-05T10:14:14Z

Had to change travel plans a little bit this weekend. I couldn't get a bus ticket for Saturday afternoon to Sofia. So I have to get one VERY early on Sunday and have to coordinate 3 buses on one day to get Ohrid in North Macedonia by the evening. What can go wrong? :)

When's the musical? Or 'Game of Thrones on Ice'?

2026-03-04T21:11:06Z

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When's the musical? Or 'Game of Thrones on Ice'?

Definitely no. Have settled for an occasional birthday biscuit.

2026-03-03T12:47:34Z

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Definitely no. Have settled for an occasional birthday biscuit.

I appear to have revived the tradition of falling sick around my ...

2026-03-03T12:11:27Z

I appear to have revived the tradition of falling sick around my birthday.

Restaurants and pubs are too expensive, so this is their backup ...

2026-02-27T17:58:50Z

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Restaurants and pubs are too expensive, so this is their backup plan. :)

'The Way It Is'

2026-02-21T08:52:07Z

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'The Way It Is'

This is most likely the last weekend I'll have a chance to ...

2026-02-21T08:49:18Z

This is most likely the last weekend I'll have a chance to wander about the forested bits here and it's been raining for the last couple of days. Hmm, should I go for a walk anyway?

There are two songs from the 1980s that literally give me nausea. ...

2026-02-18T12:54:00Z

There are two songs from the 1980s that literally give me nausea. Unfortunately they were playing a remix of one of them at the supermarket today.

Wait until they learn how to operate their own vehicles. :)

2026-02-14T22:37:54Z

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Wait until they learn how to operate their own vehicles. :)

On Valentine's Day something that I have spent so much time ...

2026-02-14T16:34:44Z

On Valentine's Day something that I have spent so much time with over the last five years has left me. Apparently I don't turn them on properly anymore. Very sad.

Yes, you've guessed it, it was my laptop. :)

"Playing music on your phone without headphones attracts the ...

2026-02-13T10:42:37Z

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"Playing music on your phone without headphones attracts the accident demons" - I wish people believed in that.

Perhaps one way to avoid AI music slop is to choose a genre that ...

2026-02-07T08:19:43Z

Perhaps one way to avoid AI music slop is to choose a genre that the techbros hate or don't know about (in their very limited universe), such as anti-capitalist songs, Cantonese (aka Yue) opera or songs based on Medieval Provençal Poems.

You can take a person out of the public service, but you ...

2026-02-06T07:25:14Z

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You can take a person out of the public service, but you can't take the public service out of the person? :)

Not very Sir Humphrey of you. :)

2026-02-05T23:45:12Z

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Not very Sir Humphrey of you. :)

Uninformed people can still rebel

2026-02-05T09:04:14Z

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Uninformed people can still rebel

Why don't people have pet cows. One plus is that mooing is a ...

2026-02-04T12:51:03Z

Why don't people have pet cows. One plus is that mooing is a much more relaxing sound than barking.

Can't tell if we're surrounded by fog or very light snow. ...

2026-02-04T07:28:08Z

Can't tell if we're surrounded by fog or very light snow. In any case, visibility is very low. I can hear the cows, but can't see them.

TIL that divination by liver is called 'hepatomancy' or ...

2026-02-02T11:46:22Z

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TIL that divination by liver is called 'hepatomancy' or 'hepatoscopy'. Ask your local butcher if this is right for you. :)

Should you consult a soothsayer?

2026-02-02T10:20:55Z

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Should you consult a soothsayer?

The view this morning ...

2026-02-02T06:32:38Z

The view this morning

Someone decided to turn the tractor on at 4:30 am in the morning. ...

2026-02-02T06:13:28Z

Someone decided to turn the tractor on at 4:30 am in the morning. What a way to start the Monday.

Blagoevgrad, along with Görlitz (and that was because it was a ...

2026-01-31T12:16:33Z

Blagoevgrad, along with Görlitz (and that was because it was a Sunday), ranks as of the most difficult towns in Europe for me to find an open loo in

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2026-01-30T07:25:02Z

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/29/australia-tax-breaks-landlords-more-spending-than-social-housing-homelessness-rent-assistance-combined

"Told you we should have got off at Purgatory!"

2026-01-28T07:19:38Z

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"Told you we should have got off at Purgatory!"

Am I the only who feels that it sounds like it's going to ...

2026-01-24T16:26:52Z

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Am I the only who feels that it sounds like it's going to turn into a Benny Hill type of situation?

how about the 'red powder thing'?

2026-01-22T09:55:24Z

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how about the 'red powder thing'?

The weather today: ...

2026-01-21T09:45:52Z

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The weather today: https://www.accuweather.com/en/bg/bansko/43095/weather-forecast/43095

Higher than 10 degrees.

2026-01-21T09:38:47Z

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Higher than 10 degrees.

The snow's back today. The brief relatively 'warm' ...

2026-01-21T09:29:00Z

The snow's back today. The brief relatively 'warm' period is over.

Friday morning in Bansko, after a very windy night ...

2026-01-09T06:57:09Z

Friday morning in Bansko, after a very windy night

The weather now. To remind people in Australia that the cold ...

2026-01-08T09:48:08Z

The weather now. To remind people in Australia that the cold still exists.

A selling point for converting people to Lutheranism?

2025-12-19T09:36:29Z

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A selling point for converting people to Lutheranism?

Dare I ask - what's wrong with Tuna Mornay?

2025-11-30T15:02:39Z

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Dare I ask - what's wrong with Tuna Mornay?

Here's a song in Hamburg Platt. I wonder how much of this a ...

2025-11-29T21:38:25Z

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Here's a song in Hamburg Platt. I wonder how much of this a Swedish speaker could understand ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwPf9wLN5Hs

It seems there's no escape. You haven't been sinful ...

2025-11-20T23:46:45Z

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It seems there's no escape. You haven't been sinful enough. :)

There's an idea for the good people of Norwood.

2025-11-16T20:11:03Z

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There's an idea for the good people of Norwood.

You bad man, you make the bins cry. :)

2025-11-16T19:59:39Z

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You bad man, you make the bins cry. :)

Have you tried turning it off and back on again?

2025-11-16T09:42:43Z

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Have you tried turning it off and back on again?

My maternal grandmother's first husband died at the age of ...

2025-11-07T15:31:12Z

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My maternal grandmother's first husband died at the age of 37, her second husband lived until the age of 87, but they were born in the same year (1920). So in the afterlife, she would be part of a throuple with a relatively young man and an old man both born in the same year.

Looks like I'll be ditching Vivaldi as a browser, as there ...

2025-11-06T18:08:56Z

Looks like I'll be ditching Vivaldi as a browser, as there are too many problems with it and it's difficult to change the settings. Any suggestions for alternatives?

English speakers rarely have a chance to talk about the ...

2025-11-06T12:15:47Z

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English speakers rarely have a chance to talk about the propertytrafficapprovalauthoritydelegationordinance with a Danubesteamshipcompanyassociationcaptain. There was a traumatic period in the history of the English language in the 19th when antidisestablishmentarianism was a political issue, but it was decided not to repeat such an experiment with the language ever again.

Someone wasn't wearing their glasses the day they came up ...

2025-11-06T07:54:16Z

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Someone wasn't wearing their glasses the day they came up with that word. :)

"Dachs-hund! Nicht Da-schend!", the German-speaking part ...

2025-11-06T07:51:00Z

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"Dachs-hund! Nicht Da-schend!", the German-speaking part of my brain screams when I hear it.

Learned a (useful) Spanish idiom today: "No tengo vela en ...

2025-11-05T21:35:59Z

Learned a (useful) Spanish idiom today: "No tengo vela en este entierro" (I don't have a candle at this funeral).

I think it's up there with caused-by-tea-cosy on the list of ...

2025-10-30T09:59:51Z

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I think it's up there with caused-by-tea-cosy on the list of injuries.

@npub1unt…e5lx I bet you're glad you don't have an ...

2025-10-20T09:24:03Z

Mark Asser (npub1unt…e5lx) I bet you're glad you don't have an electronic (aka 'smart'?) doorbell now. :)

This is from someone who read Enid Blyton and Anthony Buckeridge ...

2025-10-11T12:48:32Z

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This is from someone who read Enid Blyton and Anthony Buckeridge as a kid. :)

My father was given an English translation of that in the 1950s - ...

2025-10-11T12:41:50Z

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My father was given an English translation of that in the 1950s - on reading it in the 1980s, the language used seemed to me, even as a kid, to be Victorian.

I'm starting to measure costs in byreks (a type of bread with ...

2025-09-25T12:02:17Z

I'm starting to measure costs in byreks (a type of bread with fillings). So a margarita pizza is two and a half byreks (I should point out that it's not the local currency).

Now I have this song in my head. ...

2025-09-23T10:41:45Z

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Now I have this song in my head.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp11DjaUc5A&list=RDDp11DjaUc5A&start_radio=1

Is there a door bell app?

2025-09-23T08:50:07Z

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Is there a door bell app?