...But trust me, your kids are gonna love it...

... Back to the Future I was on last week... (number 3 was on last night, WHERE'S NUMBER 2 GONE???).. I watched it, because they are some of my favourite movies, and was BITTERLY disppointed (well, only mildly amused) when they actuall cut out a line! It was dubbed, as usual, and they actuall jus skipped one line! The scene just ended early! Starting to wonder if maybe I've just imagined it in the normal version... It's at the end of the Dance under to Sea Ball, when Marty's ust finished his musical solo, getting 'how dare you call that music' stares. i'm sure he says something along the lines of 'Maybe you're not quite ready for that yet, but trust me, your kids are gonna love it.' Please tell me if I'm imagining things! I'm sure it wasn't there, because i was interested in how it would be put in german...

Train drivers here are so funny! (speaking of trains, I FINALLY got a vorteils card yesterday, meaning my tickets are half price, hooray! Will be good for summer holidays travel!) Anyway, the drivers. They walk to the train about 5 minutes before departure, always carrying a briefcase. Don't ask me what train drivers need that requires a briefcase, unless it's to hold all their cigarettes or something, but I think all the ones that go from my station (meaning about 3 differnt drivers... it's a small station!!) carry their briefcases...! I just htink it's funny... Maybe the're doing other work, paper work, while driving or something...

Saw the CUTEST thing a few days ago. Well I thought it was, and it was 7 in the morning, so I was feeling rather not awake, but anyway, each to their own! I can't remmber the name of what it was (names of building machinery have been the first to depart my mind - my grip was already VERY loose!) but it was one of those scoopy things, like they have in sandpits, where you sit on them, and operate the scoop and scoop sand from one place to another... I'm sure you know what I mean... i'll call it a scoopy thing for the moment. Anyway, there was some minor work going on on one side of the road, and the workmen stopped the traffic. The Scoopy THing was escorted across the road by other work men on either side, and it reminded me SOOO much of a lollipop crossing! The Scoopy THing even seemed to have the posture of a reluctant student, drooping 'neck' so it was stooped and kinda plod-rolled across the road! I started laughing, but then couldn't explain to Hans was I was laughing about, because I have no idea for the name of lollipop crossings or anything.. The closest I could come to was to say it was like a student, but I don't think he understood... was just one of those moments, that for no apparent reason, is very cute!

WEell that's my news for the moment, just vacuumed a gazilion stairs, dunno if i was supposed to do the very bottom lot, but the shoes were still n them, while Erika had cleared the other flights, so I didn't... Also missed about three stairs at the top of the hosue because the cord wasn't long enough, and for some odd reason I seriously didn't think of drapping it OVER the hand rail, rather than round the bottom... I don't know why, but now that flight is hlf vacuumed... I suppose I could have gone and done them later, but Michi's friend had already stuck his head out the door once suspiciously (well, I thought it was suspicously, that's all he did - head out, say hallo in a 'aha, that's who it is' tone of voice then disappear again...) So I didn't...!

To the people I've sent letters to this week (and anyone else it applies to, for other weeks), sorry about the non-stamps. I don't know how to get them to give me stamps rather than the printed out labels from the computer! Occassionaly they do, but often they just weigh the letter (a lady weighed a postcard once, I thought that was funny) to check it's a normal weight, then stick on the silly white sticker... Maybe could say soemthing, but I don't know if maybe the letters are just always overweight... Need to call in weight watchers or something!

I feel sorry for the stomachs of Austrians. Good food, but so much chewing gum! I wonder if it started with the smokers, chewing ffor their teeth and breath, but now everone chews! i'm sure they're all going to get stomach ulcers, I know quite a few chain chewers...