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Cheers all. LTNS but I still exist! I'm currently in Gotha on the final day of another qualification week. After one more exam, I'll be off to the station and awa hame, as I gather they say up in Scotland! Reading about India and food items in the same context is making me hungry. Dunno what we'll have for dinner tonight, though. Later. 🫡

Cheers all. A bit windy since the middle of the night but all the same, I do feel like there’s the first traces of spring out there. Crocuses are blooming all over the neighbourhood in any case. I seem to be past the worst of the lurgy but there are still some persistent remnants. I‘ll give work a try tomorrow, though. Stay safe and sound, everyone…

Cheers everyone. Bit of a proper lifesign at last… This sinusitis that has developed in recent days certainly is something aggro. Let’s just say the past few nights have been non-events and I certainly feel accordingly. Haven’t dozed off in daytime like I’m currently doing for a long time for sure. Stay safe…

Cheers all. Achy and tired this meridiem, so I suppose another visit to the GP is up tomorrow... I‘m reading a pair of robbers had blasted open an ATM in a Hessian town but were stopped by a witness who rammed and immobilised their getaway car. They are now in custody and in addition to the bank pledging to compensate the witness for the write-off of their car, an online fundraiser resulted in a further €8,000 for the witness. The police commended the witness for their quick intervention but at the same time cautioned that civilians intervening in such ways may expose themselves to incalculable risks such as retribution from accomplices. I think either statement has a fair point.

And a version with vocals: The proper kind of music for a naval band for sure, eh?

Have I got something for the maritimely minded! 👍

Cheers everyone. I expect I’ll stay on extended mattress listening duty today. Oh well… I certainly would if I were them!

This is pretty cool, I think:

Cheers all. Still meh because of the flu. Everything aches! But on a lighter note: Public transport staff can relate…

Cheers all... Well, I now have the flu as well. Had to happen, of course. I'll get myself to bed in a few, but before I do, could anyone enlighten me re the following? I feel I won't get any sleep before I know... Nite awl.

That's something not unheard of in our line of work here either! While it may not immediately be a risk factor, one example that comes to my mind immediately would be team leaders for driving staff who are not themselves certified drivers. This doesn't exactly inspire credibility when said team leaders need to assess incidents or complaints without having first-hand experience of their own. I suppose issues like this one becoming slowly more common among public transport operators may be another result of the skilled labour shortage which is making itself increasingly felt. It does make me wonder whether all other sensible options, such as recruiting team leaders primarily among qualified drivers, are really being exhausted or whether employers are merely copping out.

Cheers awl. Getting light outside. Working from home today as Livia seems to have caught a flu and needs to stay in for the rest of the week. At least she's cheerful regardless! Annika seems to have been lucky so far, however. Stay safe, and ta...

The town looked like this when I went out to grab dinner... I'll let you know if I should be snowed in by morning!

Fresh from the Bay of Pigs, I presume? 🤣

Moaning awl. Good to hear everything's in the green, @New Haven Neil. Freezing rain and severe flash icing conditions affecting large parts of the country have been forecast beginning this afternoon. Gotha, however, has 6 to 12 inches of snow coming up, apparently. That might turn out to be interesting indeed! Stay safe, everyone...