I’m a brit living in Germany, and I am so used to cold UK houses that I keep my flat at 17C… suspiciously close to the 16.6 UK average! My German flat is much, much more comfortable than my UK one, on so many levels. I just don’t understand why Brits keep accepting such crappy, tiny builds.

Your ukelele idea is not that far off, fewer string so maybe easier to learn?

An acoustic guitar is always a good answer to this kind of question. Don’t fuss to much with theory, start by learning a few basic chords and strumming along to the radio or whatever music you listen too. Tip: rhythm is more important than the notes in music, so don’t get hung up about mistakes.

A man who stands by his typos is worthy of my friendship.

Oh, no that’s yet another set of sizes, all of their own. Fine if you only buy bed linen from IKEA I suppose…

I’m British with a French wife living in Germany. Can we agree on standard sizes for a bed, pillows and duvets? Nothing, and I mean nothing, is interchangeable when moving between countries.

Depends on why I’m listening to sad music. But I’m an unrepentent goth, so Ive got a LOT if sad music. These are a few of my favourites:

• Joy Division - Love will tear us apart, New dawn fades
• Sisters of Mercy - Some kind of stranger
• Dawn Penn - You don’t love me (not the Rhianna version!)
• VNV Nation - Legion. Or maybe Forsaken. Maybe all of PTF and Empires
• Ultravox - Lament
• Stanford - Songs of farewell
• Faure - Requiem

Today Calvin learns the toilet door can be opened from the outside.

They compare with France, specifically Notre Dame. If I recall correctly, the fire that destroyed much of the building happened due to lax procedures during repair work on the roof. That could likely have been prevented with… you guessed it, better regulation. The same kind of regulations that slow down German projects.

I already do way over 40 hours, I’m just not getting paid for all of it, so this changes nothing except my motivation to do overtime.

Interesting, I use AWS all the time and never considered they would have multiple power supplies.

I’m curious how that’s possible.