tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75967046521630472122024-03-05T23:38:31.295+01:00Englishman living and teaching abroadEnglish language and an Englishman living and working abroad.Doug Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07261740257986354021noreply@blogger.comBlogger1355125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7596704652163047212.post-3967090117819843152016-08-17T08:29:00.001+02:002016-08-17T08:29:42.901+02:00VNV Nation - From my hands<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GSyXSeAHL_k" width="459"></iframe>Doug Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07261740257986354021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7596704652163047212.post-39068985484592479762016-05-08T15:53:00.004+02:002016-05-08T15:53:34.112+02:00Reflections and Clouds <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Road Trip<br />
Servicing the car is a must. Brakes, oil and tyres.
Do we have a spare tyre? How do I lift the bonnet? Good. Driving across
Europe means we must have two reflective vests in the boot at all times.
We have one green and one orange, orange goes with my eyes, you see. A
rickety, never to stand up triangle and a first aid kit that wouldn't be
helpful for an injured mosquito with a dodgy knee. But still we have
one in the boot for form's sake. It also complies with driving rules in
the states we will visit. Namely The Czech Republic, Austria, Italy and
Germany as well as good old Poland. Children under 12, who are below
150 cm, need to have a child-safety seat. So in it goes! Another handy
addition is a torch as cars have a tendency to be troublesome at night.
Spare batteries are helpful, too.<br />
Now children and a road
trip.Hopefully your not into sedating your children (too heavily) for
the road trip, which means you must supply all forms of supplies and
knick knacks for them. The children are always given a tablet to help
settle their stomachs about an hour before we leave.This helps them to
feel better and avoids desperate calls to pull over, which always
happens at a highly inconvenient moment. Another advantage is it that
stops vomiting which can put a dampener on things, literally. Just in
case the tablet doesn't work it is best to locate a few sturdy bags in
the rear seating. Now don't go stingy here and use plastic bags from a
supermarket. Firstly they are not ecological, and secondly they often
have little holes that, well, you know what happens.<br />
The children
need entertainment and sustenance preferably within arms reach. No,on
second thoughts better make that within finger stretch. A food hamper is
located in the middle of them on the back seat. Everything is double
stocked to stop the 'he/she took/ate' the Kinder, biscuit or
Mars-replace as necessary.This approach helps to reduce the likelihood
of a spat which could quickly escalate into playful kicking, biting and
WWF syndicated wrestling. Yet another important thing to do is to make
fresh sandwiches or rolls on the morning of departure.Make them well so
that hours later after they are squashed, sweaty and ignored they can be
passed forward to the driver because all the good stuff has been eaten.<br />
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and very importantly don't forget the wet wipes. This indispensable
tissue can deal with a multitude of stains and catastrophes. Explosive
sneezing noses? No problem. Sticky fingers (reason unknown) bring it on.
As well as strange stains of which you simply never want to know the
source of! All are gone in a jiffy. These utilitarian wipes are good at
keeping the cockpit spick and span as well.<br />
What next?
Entertainment. Of course the children have ipads, mobile phones and
tablets.Replete with games, tunes and quiz like musings.As an added back
up we fix screens to both the back of the driver and front passenger's
seats. Just enough of the fixture to press into the driver's neck.
Wedging a block of DVD's into the back gives the children, hopefully,
hours of goggled eye vision and pleasure. Of course with headphones
which have not been packed in the depths of the boot, and 'Off we go
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Eschewing any form of motor transport, taxi, bus, pogo stick or scooter
whilst in Rome was the plan. And a very good plan it was. But beware! We
did a lot, I mean a lot of walking and encountered stairs like these on
numerous occasions. Comfortable shoes are a must preferably with a well
padded insole. Back up plasters for children with chafing ankles is
helpful. Especially if the footwear is new and trendy and you have a
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But on the plus side,foot slogging did help to burn off the surfeit of
pasta, pinsa, pastries and pizza in order to reach such wonderful
places.<br />
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A bustling place and child friendly with small toys for children and
lots of room. The bonus is the fact the dog doesn't bite. The food is
good solid fayre. With knives last sharpened for the crusades we set
about our repast. For us it was a plate of asparagus with oil and
cheese, whilst the children dove in to Zurek soup with eggs floating
mine-like, and Rosol which is a chicken broth. The children also ate
Pierogi which was fine for them. Tasty and well enjoyed. I would tell
you about the meat balls we ordered, but they never came. We sat and we
sat, for the service was enthusiastic but not systematic. Maybe the dog
had already eaten our meat balls! Cheeky monkey!!<br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Of course you can swan into a fancy restaurant and pay swanky
prices. However Rome is replete with good tasty food at a fair price.
Heaven for children as, naturally, pizza abounds everywhere. But for us
even tastier was the pinsa. Now to you and me it resembles a small
pizza. But small differences are expounded by the locals. Small flat
bread topped with cheese, cured meat and tomato sauce, but still it
definitely isn't pizza. We ate ours in a small bar strike cafe just down
from our hotel.</span></h4>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Yes the chairs were red plastic. And yes the
tables white plastic that moved and shuddered when in contact with an
over zealous child. But the food was super. Pinsa in any flavour you
want, and even one with potato and fish on it which was to die for! The
place bustled with locals so we knew it had their seal of approval.
Great value from about 3 euro. Go to the small markets and load up on
the tastiest oranges ever, and lots of other fresh fruit or have them
whipped up into a super healthy smoothie.</span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> Are you my dinner??</b></span></div>
Doug Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07261740257986354021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7596704652163047212.post-10094277965396131192016-04-30T21:24:00.000+02:002016-04-30T21:24:07.788+02:00One week old Moose orphaned from birth<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Doug Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07261740257986354021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7596704652163047212.post-6756637562882006932016-04-30T21:14:00.001+02:002016-04-30T21:14:35.820+02:00Eagles - 'Wasted Time' (lyrics in description)<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uy32Rbovk1U" width="459"></iframe>Doug Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07261740257986354021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7596704652163047212.post-43498072149166150892016-04-30T21:05:00.001+02:002016-04-30T21:05:40.409+02:00Eagles - 'The Last Resort' (lyrics in description)<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RG-XBz1tjIU" width="459"></iframe>Doug Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07261740257986354021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7596704652163047212.post-90697902605029001652016-04-30T21:04:00.000+02:002016-04-30T21:04:10.091+02:00Kadzidłowo Animal Park<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Wonderfully cute little fella with a white face and spindly legs:-)</div>
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Then on with the food. But first a brief interlude, well actually
quite a long interlude. The worthy ethos of the restaurant is
eco-friendliness. Great. Cool. But as we try to digest the relatively
short menu, the waiter goes into his ‘where everything is grown’ and
‘how the food is prepared mode.’ Worthy but a little overlong. Food
ordered and the place is looking good. Modern and clean with pots of
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The food is served and its looking good. Cream of celery with
horseradish. The horseradish was cunningly served in little white
spheres that exploded with flavour as one bit joyfully into them. Great
soup. My wife’s soup looks good, too. Cream of beetroot, but is
actually rather too sweet for her palette.</h3>
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Main courses of steak au gratin and marinated pork land on the
table. The steak is passable with a sharp knife and the supporting
celery The wife had a stab at the chop, but again found the dressing it
slightly too sweet. All in all the ambience and sophistication of the
restaurant was good. But apart from the soup and the bespotted dolls,
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So there we go, time to try a slightly different eatery from the
norm. Olsztyn beckoned and Spizarnia Warminska opened its doors to us.
These guys welcomed us and kept an eye out for us as we munched. A
really nice touch and great for those with kids in tow.</h2>
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A profession we trust. Standards of the highest. Yes, a pilot, a pilot of a commercial airliner packed with people. Trusting peopel.<br />
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And then we have a Jet Blue pilot from the states. This pillar of trust flies his passengers from JFK to Florida. Then he is administered a random test to check for alcohol. Busted. Over the limit and it must be clearly stated that Jet Blue, quite rightly, have a zero tolerance attitude.<br />
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So this gentlemen is then asked to give a second test. On the way to the test he starts to chew gum. Of course, the second test is almost as bad a result as the first. Can you belive the pilot blames his alcohol result on chewing gum!<br />
And then he actualy asks why he is not being tested for drugs! What he actually telling the testers that he had taken drugs as well, not just a tipple or seven<br />
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Fly the friendly, tipsy skies;-) </div>
Doug Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07261740257986354021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7596704652163047212.post-69740662822024328272016-04-28T08:58:00.002+02:002016-04-28T09:47:27.532+02:00What can you do with a potato?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Lesson warm up question.<br />
What can you do with a potato?<br />
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<li>Peel it</li>
<li>Boil it </li>
<li>Chop it</li>
<li>Cut it into a square, hollow out windows and rooms and use it as a house for destitute mice</li>
<li>Make chips</li>
<li>Throw it</li>
<li>Catch it</li>
<li>Test the theory of gravity and drop it</li>
<li>Use the curly peel as errings</li>
<li>Speak to it</li>
<li>Hold and cuddle it</li>
<li>Roll it</li>
<li>Rock it</li>
<li>Carve into the mage of your favourite celebrity and never be lonely</li>
<li>Suck it</li>
<li>Sit on it</li>
<li>Use a a paperweight</li>
<li>Shape into a banana and give to a confused monkey</li>
<li>Post it</li>
<li>Take a selfie with it</li>
<li>Hollow it out and use as a soap holder</li>
<li>Smoke it </li>
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Doug Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07261740257986354021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7596704652163047212.post-12827800295956116682016-04-24T14:09:00.000+02:002016-04-24T14:09:22.738+02:00Go wisely<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Doug Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07261740257986354021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7596704652163047212.post-38865255471725519832016-04-24T12:22:00.000+02:002016-04-24T12:22:03.441+02:00 Shakespeare style put down<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em>“Thine forward voice, now, is to speak well of thine friend; thine backward voice is to utter foul speeches and to detract.”</em></span></span></div>
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