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Expat Man
Posted 10 years ago
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Random musings in unfamiliar surroundings. Having plunged head-first into the Wonderful World of America, a European reflects on life in the US.

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Ham
Posted 9 years ago

For lunch today we had ham and mash, a particular favourite with my kids in spite of - or perhaps precisely because of - its culinary simplicity.As ...

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Sport stacking
Posted 9 years ago

For about a year now, my 10-year-old has been into table tennis, or Ping-Pong, as it is colloquially called in these parts. This summer, his coach ...

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Open Letter
Posted 10 years ago

To the Cyclist in the Sauna, Please note that a sauna is not a warmup, cool-down, stretching and newspaper-reading room. If you wish to use the ...

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Dryers
Posted 10 years ago

Before we came to the States, we used to hang all our freshly-washed laundry out to dry on two clotheslines in our back garden. In winter, or when it ...

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Preppers
Posted 10 years ago

Preppers are about as American as apple pie is commonly asserted to be (albeit falsely). Like Tea-Baggers, Mormons, the Amish and the National Rifle ...

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Odd products
Posted 10 years ago

Also known as egg-white (shell not included) Because bacon is so hard to cook Where Hansel and Gretel went at Easter? Just like an arm. Only more ...

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Linguistic creep
Posted 10 years ago

Movie. Soccer. Truck. Highway. Yard. Five years ago, those words would not have passed my lips, except to mimic one of our American cousins. Although ...

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Signs
Posted 10 years ago

This brings tears to my eyes The things you can get in American supermarkets Starring a five-person quartet!

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Safety first
Posted 10 years ago

As some of you know, my wife and I are avid runners. In this capacity we often take part in races of various lengths. Travelling down to our most ...

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Changing-room etiquette
Posted 10 years ago

Based on my eye-opening and sometimes gut-wrenching experiences of American changing rooms, I would like to propose the following Ten Commandments of ...

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