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Growing Up In West Berlin / 06.04.1981 - Today
This is my actual CV and all things being equal? I shall finally begin as a pensioner on April Fools Day next year ie 2025, at the sprightly young age of 66 years and 3 months- Hooray! PS: My last State Pension statement (covering full medical insurance & later care + Free local travel pass. plus telly licence to-boot too) runs continuously with 'no breaks at all at all' from my 16th birthday (when I first started paying National Insurance at my cushty little part-time Coopers Arms number) 12.01.75 - 31.03.25 which I make to be, a whopping 50 years and 2 and a bit months no less- Fancy! Lebenslauf 1 - PS: Scroll right to the bottom at 'GGR 2022 -63.pdf' for the Front Page -"Cripes!" The Final Update of my CV Posted: 19.07.2024 - Lebenslauf 2 - PS: All documents shown within are de facto invalid, I now proudly hold EU German Citizenship – Hooray!
Seelingstraße 37, 14059 Berlin, Deutschland
Tel +4917639285797
em: graham.ricketts@freenet.de & graham.ricketts@gmx.de
graham.george.ricketts@gmail.com & New X Account November 2025
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Posted 08.06.24 - "Ich Bin Ein Brexit Opfer"
and 'Baby Doomer'
Quite big here in Sunny EU Berlin at the mo -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxOpanZSMiE
„The New Normal“
Posted 06.07.24
„And
Who is Who?“ - Posted: 15.07.24
Posted – 17.07.2024 - Happy 70th Our Angie: You’re worth a dozen Thatchers, and a baker’s dozen at that – Hooray! https://www.dw.com/en/how-do-germans-view-angela-merkels-legacy/a-69686758
Posted - 19.07.24
What would happen today though, I wonder?
Posted - 20.07.24
Posted – 03.08.24 – Your EU German will have to be really tippy top to fathom this little gem out – Fancy!
Posted - 26.08.24
Posted - 01.09.24 - Berlin - 1984
https://www.dw.com/en/currywurst-haggis-and-rolex-fast-food-from-around-the-world/g-69982686
Posted: 05.09.24 - Haggis actually originating from, er, England of course - Yummy! Yummy! PS: Fun Fact: Ex-German Chancellor Helmut Kohl was very fond of Saumagen (Sow's stomach) a very similar, though much posher version.
Ah Yes! I remember it well, only the hard core remained of course https://www.dw.com/en/1994-remembering-when-world-war-ii-allies-left-berlin/a-70156413
As well as celebrating a fine ‚Written Constitution‘ too, naturally https://www.bundestag.de/en/documents/textarchive/kw36-open-day-1013292
Posted: 08.09.24 - X 3 above
This is Tina (a born-Berlinerin and the first German person I'd ever actually met ‚barring dear Astrid‘s Mum Ursula that is, who was originally from Ludwigshafen, before she became a Norwegian’) the second person to have a profound effect on the way my future destiny panned out, she being the great bright spark who thought it a wonderful idea (in 1979 whils’t on a short visit there) for me to move ‚lock, stock and corkscrew‘, from Sunny EU London to an even Sunnier EU West Berlin, and begin a whole new, highly adventerous totally independent life, so I duly did, (some 2 years later) and have never looked back since – Hooray! - Posted – 15.09.24
Posted – 25.09.24 – Sheer Genius X 4
Posted - 25.09.24 - Pretty damned impressive stuff in anybody's book https://www.innotrans.de/en/
Posted – 27.09.24 –
Top Song – Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgUK3p7Q7DE
Posted - 28.09.24 - Yet another long lost Meisterwerk (pastel) - 1982
Mat of course, didn’t have a clue what was soon to be coming! (neither did I) „cat’s away the mice will play“ and all that old tosh aka totally taking the piss out of a situation to its very limit – Wankers.
Posted
– 05.10.24 – Class
of 2012,
no less. Although living here in Sunny EU Berlin for some
decades,
and being able to speak, understand, write & read the language
fairly competently, taking (and passing) an ‚Official‘
State-Recognised)
Public
Exam
to a certain level, and
getting the Certificate to actually prove it, is
another kettle of badly-packed-kippers entirely. All
of us here, („that’s me in the corner losing my religion“) had
different nationalities, I was the only one who’d been in town for
so long, so had a slight advantage, (though not a contest in any
way of course). They were all mature
graduates
in their
various fields, (one actually a Professor
Dr. of Physics no less). A
very nice bunch of hard-working people, we met in class daily for 6
hours, for a whole year
(plenty
of homework was ladled out as well). An’
Internationally
‚Professionally-Recognised‘
Measure
of
Competence’
in any Foreign Language
(not
to be confused with UK
O
& A levels, or even University (proper) Degrees in
the subject)
states
that an absolute beginner starts with the level A1
(once actually
passed
that is, – right through to the highest level C2
which
essentially refers to Native Speakers (at the very
highest
level of competence naturally). In
Europe/UK for instance, to start a proper (state-funded)
apprenticeship/training,
one needs at least B2
(which
we all got here on our own
course
– also
very useful when applying for German/another
Nationality Citizenship
too
naturally).
To study at a State
University,
one requires at least level C1.
There’s
a lot of Mickey
Mouse Language Courses
out there (especially from today’s
Third
Country Britain, mentioning
Cambridge and the like)
which are also
not
cheap, and can often simply go
unrecognised
when actually
applying
for said foreign education/training. Private
Firms/Schools/Universities can all generally simply do as they please
of course, whether the resulting piece of paper is actually worth
anything or
not, is
another matter entirely, innit. PS:
After
much ado, I finally managed to fund my own course through the
European
Social Fund (ESF)
which I did 100% alone, the final cost was circa €8,500,- so I was
very lucky indeed.
PPS:
Although
being
no
foreign-language
natural,
and I always have to keep on the auld ball daily, though do
learn
something new and interesting German-language-wise constantly. My
current level and pretty
large
vocabulary (roughly
the same as my English one)
is easily (well
I
reckon) now
C1-C2
(as
proven by recent high-requirement jobs where
no problems arose in the real ‚unaided‘
world, though one as per usual, only gets paid at one's de facto kosher qualification & experience level),
it all depends on the
quality of what
one regularly
watches, listens to
and
reads,
and with whom one actually
spends
one’s time with of
course (as
was/is
always the case, was/is
it not?) therefore,
I’ll
rest it then
– Goodnight!
Remembering
too; that your College/School are often quite different to where you
actually take your Final Exam/s – and the Examination
Board actually
stated on your Certificate is the one that Actually
‚de
facto real-word‘
Counts. AI may well replace translation services, but it can't simply replace Human Skill - This is a Mega Big Global Business - Hooray!
NB: It’s fairly easy to find an Online - ‚Proper UK-Recognised - English C2 Test‘ – So try it out sometime (as a Native) and see just what you Don’t Really Know, (no matter what your own level of ‚percieved‘ competence may be) – Fancy!
Posted – 07.10.24 – Every early October, here in Sunny EU Berlin, our now well-loved „Festival of Lights“ takes place, this now being the 20th no less – Hooray! https://www.visitberlin.de/en/event/festival-lights-2024 As with Londoners, ie ‚those who were actually born there or have lived there for a very long time‘, Berliners also like to Moan quite a lot, about their, er, lot! Though unlike with London (which is nearly 3 times bigger, and 3 times older) they, in contrast, really don’t have anything to genuinely moan about, well Public Services-Wise at least. PS: Many Scandinavians suffer from a now regular ailment called ‚Seasonal Affective Disorder, (SAD) basically a depression brought on by dark and very cold winters, so perhaps they should also have more Light Festivals, like ever-Sunny EU Berlin too then?
Posted – 07.10.24 – A Really Excellent Track, period - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXjI8OOZolE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOygvVNUg0M
Posted - 09.10.24 x 3
"eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher"
Posted - 10.10.24 - No decent & respectable household should ever be without one, period
„No More Heroes Anymore“
‚Well all except for one that is‘
Posted - 04.11.24 - "Well There's Loverly Avenue" - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1wjq2x9x5eo
Posted – 14.11.24 x 2 - The pretty short-lived Black Swan and its totally clueless, Massively-Ego'd, whizz-snorting, Northern-English Manager (Superman to some) (that once pretended-to-serve (chemical-laden British beer (sic), here in Sunny, EU Berlin) comes oddly to mind – Fancy! PS: EU Germany’s ‚iconic‘ Beer Purity Law of 1516, also very much comes to mind too – Hooray!
Posted – 25.12.24 –
‚FUN FACT‘
„Instagram, You Tube, Facebook, Tik Tok and Twitter make up the top five news sources for under-24s in the UK.“
So I wonder what the figures are like for here in Sunny EU Germany then?
Posted - 27.12.24
Posted
– 29.12.24 – Private Eye Magazine – London „In The Back“
(issue 1638 – December 2024) - Most interesting to see how today’s
London Met Police deal with such matters, in comparison to their
professional (and fully transparent) counterparts here in Sunny EU
Berlin
Gepostet am
– 30.12.24 - PS:
Roni meint, dass er ist noch netter als nur nett natürlick!Gepostet am 02.01.25
Geposted am 03.01.25
Posted – 05.01.25 – This is a Really Good Track, that I’ve been hearing quite often of late – Hooray! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIX_ouNJsTs
Posted – 07.01.25
Posted – 10.01.25 Public Politeness - https://webmail.freenet.de/Cloud/?shareToken=624c0e35ff279f3f51be35a33486fee375741c6b
Also posted – 11.01.25 – Well I never! Finally they’re all waking up and distancing themselves from the bleedin obvious. I personally have the fine distinction, (see Front Page, Posted - 26.08.24 near top of page) of actually being suspended for all eternity by the extremely daft South African (Trump got kicked out once too of course, but now they’re great buddies again – Hooray for Truth & Reality!) but only as they see it – „Crikey!“ - https://www.dw.com/en/german-institutions-depart-x-a-day-after-musks-weidel-talk/a-71266331
Posted – 12.01.25 – Although registered in many different exotic places aux-various, these ageing rust-buckets, are still being insured (also an international legal requirement) in, er, London (de facto simply ignoring the Russian embargo) – „Cripes!“ - https://www.dw.com/en/russian-shadow-fleet-oil-tanker-towed-to-german-port/a-71276417 - (Please also refer to Front Page – Post from 01.01.25)
Posted – 15.01.25 – I really do rate this one, a really Cracking Track (that gets better every time I hear it) "Really Really" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDJMYtwX9X8
Posted – 16.01.25 – I’m pretty sure there’s a file in there somewhere with my name on it too - See above post from 14.01.25 – As we all know „The Secret Police do so love to hold their Balls“, now don’t they! Post WWII, the Yanks did a brilliant job of microfilming hundreds of thousands of NS Files, saving the meticuloiusly protocolled intel for future generations aux-various to ponder upon (most still legally Restricted to prevent journalistic (sic) abuse). My own ‚fairly recent‘ experience of studying original NS Police & Justice Files (both Paper and MF (still not digitalized, though now properly indexed, well in our own project’s sphere of interest at least) – Please refer to The Front Page - posted – 21.05.24 „Here’s Some of my Favourite Things“) at Berlin’s State & National Archives, reminds me too, that in the 1950‘s (with the Governing Allies consent) tens of thousands of NS Paper Files were destroyed, just for a matter of space + cost (lost forever). It would be a great tragedy if something similar happens with all the remaining Stasi Files (quite convenient for some politically too of course). In this new age of digitalization, I’m confident that Berlin (and the EU) will be able to fund such a task, to also act, not only as a fantastic de facto archive, but as a reminder, of what psychological + physical horrors occurred, not so very long ago (here in our little island – West Berlin, stuck right in the middle of the post-WWII / actual-Cold War Soviet Union) https://www.dw.com/en/stasi-secret-police-35-years-on-my-file-is-mine/a-71293301
Posted – 17.01.25 – Well worth having a listen to; this year also marks the 80th Anniversary of the end of WWII, too of course – Watch This Space - https://www.dw.com/en/how-did-the-east-germanys-stasi-operate/video-71297431
Also posted – 17.01.25 – Talking of Stasi Bastards – Private Eye Magazine – London (issue 1640 – January 2025)
Posted - 19.01.25 - Most amusingly, Trump publically swore to everybody (right up to the late 1990's) that he was of (bigly hands) Swedish stock - always vehemently denying any German family connection at all, at all – (So I wonder if amybody’s dared post that on „Truth Social“ or "X" then?) https://www.dw.com/en/donald-trumps-roots-in-germany-und-scotland/video-71333596 - PS: And not forgetting the nearby little town of, er, Frankenstein too of course, you really couldn’t bloody well make it up, now could you? - https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein_(Pfalz) - „O little town of Frankenstein. How still we see thee lie!“ - But will Alec Baldwin ever play him, in the eventual Blockbuster Autobiographical Movie?
Posted - 21.01.25 - So no more freebie trips to Florida for him then - https://www.dw.com/en/germany-donald-trump-threatens-us-democracy/a-71344176
Posted – 22-01.25 x 2 - Dave got it right first time, way back in 1971 of course – Hooray! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BgF7Y3q-asGepostet auch am 22.01.25 - Lern Etwas Neues
Posted – 23.01.25 – A recent report carried out by a highly respected International Jewish Organization, has just released (Today) some pretty startling findings. Large groups of young people aux-various, aged between 18 – 29 were asked what they knew (if anything) about the Holocaust? Here in Sunny EU Germany for instance, the figure of 12% was ascertained, meaning that those people had no knowledge of it whatso’ever. In EU Romania, the figure was circling around the 25% mark, and most surprisingly in EU France, a whopping 45% was noted. The 80th anniversary of the Auschwitz- Birkenau ‚liberation‘ by Soviet troops‘ in 1945 comes around next Monday, so perhaps many a young person (especially those clueless fans of Farage, Johnson & Co in ever-Racist Third Country Britain) should take a really close look, and actually learn something ‚REAL & FACTUAL‘ for once - https://www.auschwitz.org/en/home-page-80/ - PS: The estimated 400 million people (globally) who speak German on a daily basis, will also be acutely aware that circa 120 of their regularly used words, are de facto Yiddish, no less – Fancy! PPS: Also with ‚eng‘ still having no actual meaning in Ingerlund either of course, though used here daily, in Sunny EU Berlin – „Cripes!“
Posted – 24.01.25 – Fun Fact! The total border length of EU Germany, is actually 200kms longer than the US border with Mexico – Fancy!
Posted – 25.01.25 – Read this fascinating short report and learn something entirely new and, Factual – Hooray! - https://www.dw.com/en/otto-k%C3%BCsel-the-thief-who-saved-lives-in-auschwitz/a-7140037
Posted – 27.01.25 - https://www.dw.com/en/survivors-mark-80th-anniversary-of-auschwitz-liberation/live-71398763
Also posted - 27.01.25
Posted -30.01.25 – Two very different stories pertaining to the very same place (though some 80+ years apart) - https://www.dw.com/en/leni-riefenstahl-nazi-propagandist-or-innovative-filmmaker/video-71332046 - https://www.dw.com/en/how-to-explore-berlin-on-a-budget/video-71399851
Also posted
– 30.01.25 – A great blessing for music, period -
https://www.jmberlin.de/en/obituary-for-coco-schumann - Enjoy -https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kXleilkzCMsKei2T6s9m2HlO1SWk4hKuk
- Posted – 31.01.25 – So Bye Bye then Marianne, you were much loved here in Sunny EU Berlin too, and by all sorts of very different people – Fancy! https://www.dw.com/en/british-singer-actress-muse-marianne-faithfull-dead-at-78/a-71463059
- Play it Nice and Loud Now - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERMaRcbSuwc
- Posted – 01.02.25 – How the German public actually vote’s in a few weeks time, is another kettle of badly-packed-kippers altogther, of course – „Cripes!“ https://www.dw.com/en/german-migration-bill-fails-amid-storm-of-controversy/a-71477742
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Also posted on 01.02.25 - A Top Man, literally - https://www.dw.com/en/former-german-president-horst-k%C3%B6hler-dies-at-81/a-71480725
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Posted - 02.02.25 - Perhaps they should all become working Freemasons instead then? - https://www.dw.com/en/anti-war-russian-orthodox-priests-struggle-in-german-exile/a-71439788
Gepostet am 03.02.25
- Posted – 08.02.25 – One can’t help but smell the contemporary UK Nationalistic twist to this story I feel - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/feb/08/rediscovered-a-young-english-novelists-warning-of-the-nazi-threat – And not forgetting the brilliant Jack London’s (totally forgotten and virtually unknown) Masterpiece from, er, 1907 too of course, namely -https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/929783.The_Iron_Heel – PS: Which I personally read about 25 years ago – Fancy!
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Also posted - 08.02.25 - "This sounds like a right old fiddle, dunnit?" - https://www.dw.com/en/rare-stradivarius-violin-auctioned-for-113-million/a-71545424
- Posted – 14.02.25 – „When is a door not a door? When It’s a Jean Michelle Ajar, obvious, innit“ – This certainly looks well jolly interesting, I shall really have to pop along for a little butchers methinks - https://www.visitberlin.de/en/event/synthesizer-museum-berlin
- Also posted – 14.02.25 - You Read it Here First Folks!
- „The St Valentine's Day EU German Political Barometer“
- Very smart money says that the new up-and- coming post-election Gernan government and opposition will comprise of the following; A CDU/CSU, SPD 2-Party Coalition – led by Friedrich Merz as Chancellor (with Boris Pistorius as most likely Foreign Secretary). Opposition parties will include, a slightly smaller Green Party, a very slightly larger Link Party, BSW will just edge in with 5-6%, and the AfD will more than double their current vote percentage (though nobody will work with them at national level, as they are deemed dangerous and undemocratic) the FDP will not get the required 5% to re-enter the Bundestag.
- The New Bob Dylan Film will most likely be rained with Oscars eventually too – Hooray! https://www.berlinale.de/en/2025/news-press-releases/264454.html
- Posted – 15.02.25 – Always a Classic Timeless Track, which simply must be played very loudly, period - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aatK_l9Yuyk
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- Also posted – 17.02.25 – A Terrific Track (very mid-early Joni Mitchell-esque) as well as being a perfect Anthem for today’s Sunny EU Berlin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZfpD7cIAqU
- Posted - 18.02.25 - More respected in death than Trump will ever be alive - https://www.dw.com/en/germany-funeral-held-for-former-president-horst-k%C3%B6hler/a-71646239
- Posted – 19.02.25
- Posted - 21.02.25 - I think I shall continue to stick with my forecast / prognosis posted above on St Valentine's Day - https://www.dw.com/en/german-election-parties-face-off-over-ukraine-nato-trump/live-71689493
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Gepostet am 23.02.25 - "Straßen Demokratie" - https://www.dw.com/en/german-election-voters-turn-out-to-decide-next-government/live-71700729
Auch gepostet am 23.02.25 -“Don’t Moan, Vote!“ (von 1951) https://webmail.freenet.de/Cloud/?shareToken=2b4e1e0c8fa19571b95ae31974ea82087cd39b8e
Posted
– 24.02.25 – PS: Yet More Fun Facts: The 69-year-old Friedrich
aka Fritzi Merz has never actually held High Office, at
either State or National level – His far smaller Sister-Party
CSU (Bavaria) is led by a loud-mouthed, egotistical clown
called Markus Söder, so what could possibly go wrong I wonder? Trump
& Co will simply love it – „Cripes!“ -
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/ckg82wwrwy6t- Gepostet am 01.03.25
Posted - 07.03.25
Posted - 13.03.25 - The Fat Lady still hasn't sung yet! - https://www.dw.com/en/german-politics-parliament-debates-debt-brake-reform/live-71905412
Posted
– 23.03.25 x
2
– This major
incident happened
just yesterday, and I very much suspect that certain individuals
amongst the Neo-Nazis certainly knew the significance of this
location, unlike the great majority of Berliners today?
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https://www.dw.com/en/berlin-police-arrest-scores-as-neo-nazi-march-blocked/a-72008289 - PS:
Correction – And many thanks to the eagle-eyed reader who kindly
pointed out that Sunny EU Berlin now has only 12 Boroughs, and not
14, like I'd mistakenly written above – Shadenfreude does seemingly
have some positive traits to it afterall,
your cheque's in the post Madam!
Posted - 25.03.25 x 3 - So here we go again then - Hooray! https://www.dw.com/en/new-german-bundestag-meets-for-first-time-since-election/live-72026267
Gepostet am 29.03.24
Posted - 30.03.25 x 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_7LUKlxKp0 - I'll dedicate this one to 'Enklave & Be Bar' "100 Pipers" Robert (we shared the same birthday, he was exactly 20 years older than me) Fortunately, I've never liked whisk(e)y, no matter how good!
Posted – 31.03.25 x 2 – I wonder if he speaks German, is actually insured, and how much they pay him then? It's a new one on me, and that's a FACT!
Also posted – 17.04.25 – This is West Berlin’s original bio-bakery, and most probably the most famous and popular one as well. It’s situated just over the road from my own HQ of exactly 40 years, so I walk past the thronging masses of familiar old faces sitting outside (in all weathers) daily -https://www.brotgarten.de/ - PS: A few years ago, I took to learning to bake my own bread, which as well as being great fun to do, tastes absolutely brilliant, (my favourite being Sunflower seed). A fresh slice with butter is heavenly, it’s terrific toasted a few days later as well, drop of olive oil to-boot – Luvvyl Jubbly! PPS: I changed to using olive oil only (including for a monthly fried dish of whatever takes my fancy) about 20+ years ago, works for me, I haven’t looked back since, it has many positive benefits, really.
Posted – 15.05.25 – Now this is really
Posted – 16.05.25 – Margot Friedländer was
an amazing Lady, who was buried here yesterday
in Sunny EU Berlin, and afforded the
very highest honours this country could possibly
bestow upon her -
Posted – 03.06.25 – Congratulations to a
very sincere and most capable individual -
Perhaps A Future (First Female) German President Too?
Posted - 04.06.25 x 2
Also
posted – 17.06.25 - Plus A Most Appropiate Song To-BootPosted - 22.06.25 - "Ello Sailor!"
Posted – 05.07.25 x 2
Posted - 11.07.25 x 2
Posted - 12.07.25 x 5 - "LUCKY! LUCKY! LUCKY!" & But Will There Be A Next Time? - PS: This is close to where Australia's elite SAAS Unit is stationed, perhaps they could learn something from her regarding survival? Local Native Australians (still very much socially-outcasted, will just look on and quietly grin, knowingly!)
"It Was 20 Years Ago Today" x 2
Posted - 02.08.25
Posted - 03.08.25 x 2 - And Don't Forget Yer Wellies!
Posted - 07.08.25 x 4 - "They All Came Out To Montreaux" - PS: As an early-1970‘s Mega 'Deep Purple' Fan, I knew that- there-line pretty well – Oh Yes! & Still Going Strong Too!
Posted – 08.08.25 x 4
Posted
– 09.08.25 x 3 & Far Superior To The Crazy Bastards Down SouthFun Facts Down Memory Lane From Sunny EU Berlin – 06.09.2025
In 1970‘s London, dear old Concorde was flown over the city on numerous occassions creating a sonic-boom here and there as it went. Unfortunately this caused quite a few old people to have heart attacks, (dicky strawberries) so had to be stopped. Fast forward to today, here in Sunny EU Berlin, and it’s just been announced that next Thursday at exactly 11:00 hrs, the city’s new siren-warning-system will be tested for the very first time (all phones getting a warning message too). As with Concorde, occupied West Berlin was also pretty careful with not scaring the locals too much, when the Allies decided to have spontaneous (sic) excercises (aka Rocking Horse - British Sector), tanks, armed squaddies, the lot, so they were often quietly reported in the local press (mainly missed by non-German-speaking, er, Allies, myself included). The last time I can actually recall hearing an Air Raid Warning Siren (never here, in nearly 45 years) was also in the 70‘s from the roof of the old cop-shop in Chadwell Heath (now the Eva Hart boozer) and just over the road from the Coopers of course – Fancy!
„Dont Panic! Don’t Panic! Don’t Panic!“
Posted – 07.09.25Posted – 11.09.25 x 4 – About 15 minutes ago (it now being 11:15 Hrs CET) EU Germany’s first-ever, totally-nationwide civil alarms were tested. I just happened to be watching the Bundestag Live on TV, whils’t enjoying my morning Cafè aux Lait, when the sirens went off outside (and well bloody eerie they sound too). By pure coincidence, the politician (sic) speaking at the time was from the AfD and was rudely interrupted by hundreds of very loud smartphones going haywire (some laughter too). As they say „5 minutes is a long time in politics, innit“ PS: Lucky that nice Mr Putin didn’t decide to attack us during a practice run then, wunnit, just wouldn’t be cricket, now would it! - "Don't Panic! Don't Panic! Don't Panic!"
Posted - 13.09.25
Posted - 02.11.25 x 5 - Taking The Kaiser's Schilling With Modern Press Gangs
Posted - 03.11.25 x 2
Posted - 08.11.25 - 'There's Always Something Happening, Here In Groovy Sunny EU Berlin!' + Other Current German Issues
Posted - 09.11.25 - Today Is A Date Of Great Historical Significance In The German Calender
Also posted – 09.11.25 - „International Fame & Recognition for Fritzi at last – Hurra!“ PS: ‚Mackey‘ is a character from ‚South Park‘ of course.
Posted – 16.11.25 x 5 – Mega Projects Indeed - It'll Be One Hell Of A LEGO Brick & I Was Reminded Of This By The Saudi Idea & This Great Original Was Also Seen From Space Of Course & Though This Will Break All Records PS: The last one is scheduled to be completed by circa 2030, some are already quite concerned, that by taking so much water away, a serious rift (if not nuclear war) could well erupt between India and China - "Cripes!" + SATIRE German-Style Gepostet am 18.11.25 x 2
Posted - 19.11.25 x 2 - All Those Floating Old Tin Cans That Major Tom & Co Left Behind & Keeping Up With The Times Locally TooPosted – 20.11.25 – A Good Start 80 Years Ago – It’ll most likely be many, many, more generations to come, before any de facto ‚fit for purpose‘ and seemingly fair system, ever comes into play (on the global stage). Human nature hasn’t changed much, and yet further ‚I‘m alright Jack’ division appears to be the future general mindset? {sic]
Gepostet am 21.11.25 x 3
Posted - 22.11.25 - The UK Gutter Press Would Have A Field Day With This, I Bet!
Posted - 26.11.25 x 5 - "GREAT STUFF REALLY!"Posted - 29.11.25
Posted - 21.12.25 - "Nicht Schleckt Frau Specht"
Posted - 27.12.25 x 2
Posted - 28.12.25 x 2 - Well in France, B.B.was most certainly considered a National Treasure!
Posted - 11.01.26 - Giving The Family Name, A, Er, Bad Name!
Posted - 24.01.26 x 3 - He Knows It Makes Sense!
Also posted - 10.02.26 Posted – 12.02.26 x 2
Gepostet am – 13.02.26 x 2Posted – 21.02.26 x 2
Auch am 01.03.26 gepostet x 2 - "Dicke Luft im Nemos" - November 1995 - PS: Sehe post auch oben von 22.02.26
Posted - 02.03.26 x 2
Posted - 20.03.26
Posted - 21.03.26
Posted - 22.03.26 x 3 - A Whole Century Old Already - WOW! & "What The Funk"
Posted - 05.04.26 x 2 - Now this is bound to really cause a lot of future headaches
Posted - 12.04.26 - A Truly Incredible Story
Posted – 16.04.25 – "Sing If You're Glad To Be Gay!" & Fly The Crane The original Big Bird
Posted – 17.04.25
Posted - 22.04.26 - "There's A Starman Waiting In The Sky"



















































































































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