My shoes look like that after normal wear for about one year. Must be doing something wrong.

HA!

Will you do this every fortnight?

Re the licensing: agreed. I remember that if you couldn’t nail your parallel parking (in a gap two feet longer than the driving school car) on second try, the tester told you “see you again in two weeks...”. And you had to know (in theory) the exact steps of how to change a tire.

Btw, near the entrance to the site of ancient Olympia, there is a stela containing Coubertin’s heart.

Fire and Ice by Willy Bogner.

the birds use two basic sensory cues, combined with reinforcement learning algorithms...

They will be again, just give it some time...

Is there really anything like ‘primary eating’ in this country? There seems always to be a TV screen or two running somewhere in the background...

I hope not either. I like burritos.

Be grateful for what you have! How else could Sheriff Arpaio have fun watching his chain gangs working by the roadside at noon?

did you work with the inquisition?!

Also in the Austrian/Italian Alpine front, terrible stuff:

Is that the Orion constellation above Enceladus?

Arschgeige (ass fiddle) - unpleasant person.

I hope he doesn’t get one cent from the insurance.

Putting tax-payer dollars into education sure does raise education levels, because it makes a minimum of skill training more attainable for those who cannot afford to pay for it. Not everyone will want a 2-year degree, and it only gets you that far - but far enough that you can make a living.

A few observations from someone who is familiar with higher ed in the US and Germany:

... but can you factor it by the speed of sheep in vacuum?

Here’s what Bezos holds in the jungle for those who don’t perform so well...