Pizza in Austria. From a shed, somewhere high up in the Alps. No inside seating just a guy selling street food pizza at freezing temperatures. There were plenty of people standing in line in the snow so I figured it should be good and my goodness it was.
Fair enough. Austria is right next to Italy so maybe it doesn’t really count?
It’s periodical event where people bring their broken appliances and skilled volunteers sissy in repairs. Only cost are the parts. And, of course, I’m Belgian. There will be beer but drinking isn’t the point. It’s a social repair event.
I’ve been camping my whole life. Had several occasians where Dutch people dominated the soundscape.
I mean, it’s generalising. You should take it with a grain of salt but I’m not the only one who has noticed.
I thinks it’s always what you compare it with. I’m Belgian. Dutchies are they loudest neighbours and being able to understand what they say perhaps makes me tune in.
I’ve noticed my Spanish relatives are even louder.
People from the Netherlands are loud too.
It’s something about when you guys walk around in a larger group. Most of you just have a higer volume setting. Like you are trying to get heard by every bystander as well. When hiking through the Balkans I could hear Americans from far away.
Australians seem te be loud as well so you’ll be fine I guess…
But who’s generalizing?
You should read up on how the nazi’s operated the most succesful industrial size operation for genocide while most of the people tried hard not to notice.
A clock >> horloge
Exactly. Health insurance covers more than I could ever save. The fact that we all she pretty well means that well need more medical support for a longer time when were old. Once your personal savings account is empty you won’t have acces to expensive treatments anymore.
The more people buy in to healthcare, the cheaper the individual cost gets.
I’ve got wrid of my car. Saves me about 400 euros a month and I lost a fair bit of weight over cycling the past 5 years. I even save more time by not getting such in traffick than I’ve lost by being a bit less mobile.
I don’t really agree to spending in cash. Social workers around here teach people how to work with budgeting apps. There are service that connecties to your bemank account to give you an in depth analyses of you spending.
Preparing your own meals and fixing broken stuff are great advises that have saved me tons. If you can’t fix stuf by yourself you could reach out to repair cafés or likewise initiatives.
Blue Thunder
Belgium isn’t a country, it’s an experiment. I love it. I wish we could just see our fellow countrymen as people who just want to have a stable and secure life but somehow we’re on this journey to split the North from the South for the last 70 years.
Life is good but we all struggle under the continued issues that are challenging the EU and the rest of the world. Covid, Ukraine, Trump,… They are pulling us down.
Being a Belgian is a privilege and I feel like all Belgians should realize that more often.
In stead of the Netherlands, give Belgium a try. Visit Gent, Bruges, Leuven, Brussels…
Somehow, I’ve got HR fighting for me. What a great country to live in.
Sir, we don’t do mental health here.
The Jack vs. The Ninja scene is what I show people when I want to give an example.
I WFH 2 days a week and commute to three different offices according to where they need me. WFH is for concentration, office time is for collaboration.
I believed that one day I would find myself in a situation where I would have to save myself or a friend from being buried in quicksand.
I didn’t like blue cheese and my mother tried to fase me into it a few times with mild blue cheeses. Didn’t work. One day a guy gave me a cube of Stilton - Colston Basset, if I recall right - and my mind was blown. The taste was strong but so good that itvsomehow clicked. Blue cheese is something difficult. I find average blue cheese awful.
Belgian here. I have one at the door every year. I make it with my children around the first of December. The table top wreath is still a thing in my mothers’ place. She’s 70.
We have an advent calendar which is a box with small doors. Every day the kids open one door and get the treat or trinket behind the door. They are 16 and 18 but insist on tge tradition to be kept.
Yes! Preach! Same with new words. Every generation gets angry with the next generation using new words but you don’t get to decide how I use words. I will adhere to certain rules so we can keep understanding each other but all the members of the commission will have to be willing to rewrite the rules if the language has changed.
I don’t know any trans people personally. I support trans rights. I could use non inclusive language because I fall back on the default in some unguarded moments. If anyone feels offended by my language I would apologise but I tend to get really defensive when attacked for a slip of the tongue.
I see what you mean but please be patient with us.