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Februar already
December and January have certainly been challanging times in Eastern Australia with the wildfires and thousand detrayed homes and half of a billion native animals destroyed. Bush fires are a normal in Australia and they are essential for the propagation of certain species. But this years fires not only exceeded the norm, but the season […]
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How a $5.00 item may want you not to deal with a company ever again.
Customer service is always a difficult subject. When is too much and when do you alienate a customer by not providing it. On the Friday before Christmas 2019, I bought 2 Osram oven replacement lamps at our local Cetnaj store in Hornsby (Australia) . This is a store which deals with electricians and usually professional […]
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My best shrimp, ever
during a late autnum bbq on the beach I was introduced to a different way of cooking shrimps. Just delicious.
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Drought
97% of the state of New South Wales in Australia are in drought. Even if it rains along the coast, inland it is bone dry, with towns and villages running out of water. Now, this is not new. The above picture was taken on a friends farm about 25 years ago. Another drought. As bad […]
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Catching the Moment
Catching the moment is critical for any photographer. If it becomes a good or interesting picture can be decided in a fraction of a second. Recently I found myself waiting for a friend who decided to walk through 15 cm of snow to the top of Mount Kosiosko. Since I did not have the right […]
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The Prefect Croissant
The perfect Croissant On a cold February first I entered Toulouse main railways station for a daylong TGV trip. A trip that should provide more surprises and be rather longer then expected, but that at another time. Having grown up in Germany and lived in Australia for a large part of my life, with extensive […]
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A Visit to Airbus Toulouse
Nothing lets an aviation fanatic’s heart beat faster, then the sight of a new aircraft, a new airport or the visit to an aircraft manufacturer. So, today I took the opportunity, being in Europe to visit Airbus in Toulouse, the birthplace of the legendary A380, which sadly will not being build after 2021. A visit […]
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one year on
One Year on, almost, I received a Cochlear Implant after having lost hearing in one ear to a virus infection. It was an interesting experience. Not quiet achieving what we expected, since some of the hearing nerve end seem to be damaged beyond recovery, but on the other hand, I would miss the device if […]
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