2011/12/31 17:18
I'm afraid that my predictions for 2011 weren't that great:There will be a general election in Denmark. The Social Democrats and SF will form a minority government, which will quickly get into serious trouble trying to carry out their legislative programme. Wrong: After the election, the Social Liberals entered the government, too, and so far they're managing to govern.There won't...
2011/12/27 12:21
Amaia har nu i nogle måneder haft et ret udtryksfuldt sprog. Det er tydeligt baseret på engelsk (i meget højere grad end Annas), selvom hun naturligvis forstår dansk aldeles fremragende).Her er hendes mest almindelige ord: Typiske sætninger er fx Beibi weˈaːu? "Hvor er min dukke?" og Nai tai! "Læg dig i min seng!"
2011/12/31 18:57
After my disastrous predictions for 2011, here are my predictions for 2012:
- The referendum on Scottish independence won’t take place yet.
- SF will leave the Danish government.
- It will again become possible to get a Danish passport in Scotland.
- The euro will not collapse – all current members will remain inside the Eurozone.
- The British inflation rate (measured by CPI) will not fall below 4%.
- UEFA 2012 will be won by the Netherlands.
- After a year with record-breaking levels of rain, Scotland will enjoy its second-warmest year ever.
- The Icelandic volcano Katla will erupt and cause a new flight ban over Europe.
- The Russian government will be forced to step down and call fresh elections.
- The Eurovision Song Contest will be won by Georgia.
2011/12/30 10:08
We had started getting an increasing number of nuisance calls, mainly recordings being played to us several times a day.So on the 30th of November, I signed up for a free service to avoid nuisance calls, the Telephone Preference Service.The website wrote that it could take up to 28 days to become effective, but we've hardly had any such calls for the past fortnight.I strongly recommend signing up!
2011/12/28 12:05
Man har hidtil kunnet forny sit danske pas på ambassader og konsulater i udlandet. For eksempel fornyede jeg før jul mit pas og fik første danske pas til Anna og Amaia på konsulatet i Bishopbriggs nord for Glasgow.Desværre ser det ud til, at de nye skrappere krav til danske pas betyder, at man i de fleste lande skal til nærmeste...
2011/12/20 11:23
Måske er jeg ved at blive for præget af det dystre økonomiske billede, man præsenteres for overalt i Storbritannien i disse år, men jeg var lige ved at få kaffen galt i halsen, da jeg så dette indslag i Jyllands-Posten:...
2011/12/13 22:53
I've been wanting to blog about Cameron's diplomatic disaster ever since it happened, but I've found it hard to write anything that hasn't already been written better elsewhere. However, I don't think this blog will be complete without at least...
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