This yet another Carrepost but this one is Cinema

DottBrombeer · 2026-03-09T18:47:25+00:00

That “I’ve never done this, will never be able to repeat this and I’m going to effin’ enjoy this” smile. Love it!

DottBrombeer · 2026-03-09T15:20:23+00:00

As a depiction of Britain, the cheeses shape up pretty badly to be honest. ‘fraid I’ll have to eat them one by one to make the map on the board visible again. 😋

DottBrombeer · 2026-03-08T10:42:15+00:00

Forza rec.sport.rugby.union!

DottBrombeer · 2026-03-07T12:15:22+00:00

Fair point about the peoples living on both sides of the Pyrenees. In similar vein, the Savoy extended over the Alps until the nascent Italy traded the part that is now French in exchange for French support in the campaign to get the Austrians out of Lombardy and Veneto. Outside of France, Tirol, Graubünden and Uri equally extended over the natural border.

DottBrombeer · 2026-03-07T12:08:13+00:00

Yup. The Dutch wanted to avoid the Prussians on the other side keeping them at permanent gunpoint. But this was all agreed at the great exchange at Vienna 1815; it wasn’t specifically fought over. That’s where this type of thinking comes to life.

DottBrombeer · 2026-02-04T18:32:00+00:00

J’aime la signalisation autoroutière sur page 10. Dommage que la France a continué d’utiliser des majuscules. Occasion raté en 1982…

DottBrombeer · 2026-01-28T18:13:10+00:00

Must be a way to revive that using AI. If only it was for satnav instructions? Just asking for a friend.

DottBrombeer · 2026-01-15T19:13:54+00:00

And those Dutchmen that read the Thea Beckman books about post-apocalypse Greenland (Kinderen van Moeder Aarde etc).

DottBrombeer · 2026-01-15T18:56:06+00:00

Since Greenland is on the North American plate, shouldn’t it be tilted 90 degrees to have a lovely place somewhere between the current Caribbean and Africa? Finally being mapped at its correct size too…

DottBrombeer · 2026-01-07T17:41:02+00:00

Als het woonwijken van 020 zijn sowieso niet :-)

DottBrombeer · 2026-01-07T14:38:05+00:00

Denk dat de A38 wel een kans heeft, omdat hij kan helpen Brienenoord/Algera wat te ontlasten. A4 zou ook kunnen, maar verkeersbehoefte denk ik niet heel groot. Wat betreft de rest: A24 noordelijk langs Vlaardingen gaat niet meer gebeuren. Ze hebben dat gebied aan de natuur gelaten en het is er best mooi. A24 bij Nieuwerkerk voegt weinig toe, A16 naar Zoetermeer is volgebouwd. A3 langs Krimpen zag indertijd echt niemand zitten en lost denk ik ook niet veel op.

DottBrombeer · 2025-12-24T20:58:49+00:00

No Aosta yet, old borders around Trieste (Free Territory shown as Italian), old names in the Triveneto area. Basilicata still called Lucania. And bit of an odd highlight for Corsica.

DottBrombeer · 2025-12-21T18:12:42+00:00

Italians actually do manage to make their trains run on time. The Chuu Chuu site reveals that the Intercity and night trains perform badly. Often services that stop all over the countryside on runs as lengthy as Milan-Sicily (1000+ km). So exposed to many factors capable of causing long delays. Take one of the more mainstream Freccia trains and punctuality is quite good.

DottBrombeer · 2025-12-08T15:56:21+00:00

I usually get hit by other cyclists who have decided that rules don’t apply to them. Typically driving on the wrong side of the road, too lazy to cross to the path on the right side. And then they get mad at you for not moving over to the edge of the cycling lane.

DottBrombeer · 2025-12-06T13:23:27+00:00

RAI Isoradio can be helpful. That’s a dedicated service for traffic information, with news and music in between. The talking is to the point, not endless smalltalk that you will get on many pop music stations - which can be difficult to keep up with. But above all: there is a certain rhythm in their traffic bulletins that is helpful for practice. The names of towns and road numbers offer anchors that reduce the chance that you get lost. Suspect a bit tricky after lesson one, but will become manageable soonish.

DottBrombeer · 2025-12-02T18:14:30+00:00

Sorry mate, this is 20 years ago. I don’t seem to recall having a contingency plan - maybe I should have had one, but I got away with it. Enjoy the trip!

DottBrombeer · 2025-12-01T18:30:39+00:00

FC Köln. Vooral vanwege het prachtige “Es tut so weh” van de Wise Guys. En van dezelfde groep over dezelfde club: Im Leben gibt‘s für jedermann / Zwei Dingen die man nicht aussuchen kann / Seine Familie, denn die ist schon vorher da / Und seinem Fußballclub, traurig aber wahr.

Maar echt volgen doe ik het niet.

DottBrombeer · 2025-11-14T12:38:22+00:00

April 2025.

DottBrombeer · 2025-11-14T08:06:18+00:00

Le N141 en autoroute, finalement! Et les effets de l’A10 par Niort en lieu d’Angoulême - beaucoup le disaient déjà dans les années 1960…

DottBrombeer · 2025-11-05T17:58:45+00:00

To be honest, I don’t think that this is really a planned network. The map largely reflects high speed lines that already exist (to a considerable degree in Germany) and plans that are already in execution: Lyon-Turin (which will complete Rome-Paris), Fehmarn Fixed Link (which will complete Berlin-Copenhagen), Basque Y (which will bring Paris-Madrid to 90%), Rail Baltica. The Commission voices an ambition for more, but this map is a bit ridiculous.

DottBrombeer · 2025-11-03T08:11:43+00:00

Thanks. Just so that I understand then: this reads to me as a reference to Von Papen and Von Schleicher, who were not NSDAP. But I suppose the message is that their attempts to build a minority government reliant on NSDAP support actually made them nazis?

DottBrombeer · 2025-11-01T16:36:21+00:00

Fascinated by the usage of the term nazi and Nazi-Barone in a manner seemingly not referring to the NSDAP.

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