Ben
@benbl.bsky.social
#Translator 🇩🇪👉🇬🇧 based in #Frankfurt. Banking, finance, marketing, climate, sustainability. Striving to stay one step ahead of #MTPE.
Amateurish 🌱-grower, 🚂-taker and 🌳-hugger.
Amateurish 🌱-grower, 🚂-taker and 🌳-hugger.
Love a Class 37 #nerd
Great to see they were still running into the 90s - I thought those dirty/noisy old diesels would have been phased out by then.
Great to see they were still running into the 90s - I thought those dirty/noisy old diesels would have been phased out by then.
November 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Love a Class 37 #nerd
Great to see they were still running into the 90s - I thought those dirty/noisy old diesels would have been phased out by then.
Great to see they were still running into the 90s - I thought those dirty/noisy old diesels would have been phased out by then.
"Normal" here means spending money on Black Friday and the run-up to Christmas - i.e. people being good consumers in a capitalist society.
November 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"Normal" here means spending money on Black Friday and the run-up to Christmas - i.e. people being good consumers in a capitalist society.
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"Young girl, get out of my life"
"Hello, little schoolgirl"
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and many, many more.
It's sickening stuff.
"Young girl, get out of my life"
"Hello, little schoolgirl"
🎹🎤
and many, many more.
It's sickening stuff.
November 13, 2025 at 10:04 AM
🎹🎤
"Young girl, get out of my life"
"Hello, little schoolgirl"
🎹🎤
and many, many more.
It's sickening stuff.
"Young girl, get out of my life"
"Hello, little schoolgirl"
🎹🎤
and many, many more.
It's sickening stuff.
My favourite song from that great documentary, oddly, is Love Me Tender. Such great stage presence, totally in control of the room, slim and fit - Elvis was never better than this
Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender (1970 That’s The Way It Is) [1080p]
YouTube video by Elvis Presley & Pedro Infante
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
My favourite song from that great documentary, oddly, is Love Me Tender. Such great stage presence, totally in control of the room, slim and fit - Elvis was never better than this
I've been procrastinating for ages about leaving dodgy Spotify, but your move to Tidal may give me the kick up the bum I need to go through with it!
November 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I've been procrastinating for ages about leaving dodgy Spotify, but your move to Tidal may give me the kick up the bum I need to go through with it!
They should have done much more in that vein - that odd mix of psychedelia, funk and mid-century European orchestration really works for me
November 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
They should have done much more in that vein - that odd mix of psychedelia, funk and mid-century European orchestration really works for me
The headline doesn't say that millions would have to pay that particular amount, only that they would be "hammered", whatever that means.
November 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The headline doesn't say that millions would have to pay that particular amount, only that they would be "hammered", whatever that means.
Yes, same old story: how often have I been faced down by some brash young 🇩🇪 giving it the "I've done a 6-week intensive English course in Brighton, and that puts me on a level footing with your language skills". Drives ya crazy!
November 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Yes, same old story: how often have I been faced down by some brash young 🇩🇪 giving it the "I've done a 6-week intensive English course in Brighton, and that puts me on a level footing with your language skills". Drives ya crazy!
Absolutely. It really gets my goat that non natives blithely claim to be fluent "in Wort und Schrift" in my native tongue, whereas I continue to regard my efforts to improve my German as a 40+ year-long lifelong project.
November 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Absolutely. It really gets my goat that non natives blithely claim to be fluent "in Wort und Schrift" in my native tongue, whereas I continue to regard my efforts to improve my German as a 40+ year-long lifelong project.
Frage mich sowieso immer, warum die NZZ so eine Besessenheit mit 🇩🇪 hat - gibt's in der Schweiz nicht genug Nachrichten oder was?
November 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Frage mich sowieso immer, warum die NZZ so eine Besessenheit mit 🇩🇪 hat - gibt's in der Schweiz nicht genug Nachrichten oder was?
Rochester and Canterbury, too. I'll stop wittering on now!
November 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Rochester and Canterbury, too. I'll stop wittering on now!
Lincoln (an obvious recommendation) is also great, but some way off the motorway.
November 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Lincoln (an obvious recommendation) is also great, but some way off the motorway.
There's not much *there* - just a lovely relaxing place to stretch your legs/eat your butties by the river for an hour or so before moving on.
November 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
There's not much *there* - just a lovely relaxing place to stretch your legs/eat your butties by the river for an hour or so before moving on.
YHA Lee Valley in Cheshunt is also a firm favourite. Just off the M25. Waltham Abbey is very nice, and the whole River Lee Country Park is always lovely.
November 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
YHA Lee Valley in Cheshunt is also a firm favourite. Just off the M25. Waltham Abbey is very nice, and the whole River Lee Country Park is always lovely.
Just off the A1, very charming ye olde England. Stopped off there for a break en route from Lincoln to London last year. maps.app.goo.gl/RdWmJp4ZDeqE...
maps.app.goo.gl
November 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Just off the A1, very charming ye olde England. Stopped off there for a break en route from Lincoln to London last year. maps.app.goo.gl/RdWmJp4ZDeqE...
From Windsor to Sandringham, no less, paid for "privately" by Charles.
October 31, 2025 at 6:45 AM
From Windsor to Sandringham, no less, paid for "privately" by Charles.
The media love shit like this - a "new Greta" on the block, a new angle to the story! - that they'll lap it up. Without realising that they're being played. Pathetic and depressing.
October 30, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The media love shit like this - a "new Greta" on the block, a new angle to the story! - that they'll lap it up. Without realising that they're being played. Pathetic and depressing.
S1/S2 - eine Dauerkatastrophe 👎
October 27, 2025 at 8:05 AM
S1/S2 - eine Dauerkatastrophe 👎
Möchte nicht pedantisch daherkommen, aber es kommt doch auf die genaue Definition von Migrationshintergrund an, oder? Haben Menschen, die optisch und kulturell als Deutsche durchgehen würden, und daher keinen rassistischen Vorurteilen ausgesetzt sind, denn keinen Migrationshintergrund?
October 26, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Möchte nicht pedantisch daherkommen, aber es kommt doch auf die genaue Definition von Migrationshintergrund an, oder? Haben Menschen, die optisch und kulturell als Deutsche durchgehen würden, und daher keinen rassistischen Vorurteilen ausgesetzt sind, denn keinen Migrationshintergrund?
The name Fazakerley was created to be said in a heavy scouse accent - love it!
October 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The name Fazakerley was created to be said in a heavy scouse accent - love it!
Are you Jim Morrison aka Weird Al Yankovic in disguise (listen to the middle eight section) 😊
"Weird Al" Yankovic - Craigslist (Official 4K Video)
YouTube video by alyankovicVEVO
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Are you Jim Morrison aka Weird Al Yankovic in disguise (listen to the middle eight section) 😊
Considering that 1. Reform started from zero and 2. Farage and co are mostly a bunch of posh English toffs who don't give a toss about Wales and the Welsh, I'd personally say it is a strong second place.
October 24, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Considering that 1. Reform started from zero and 2. Farage and co are mostly a bunch of posh English toffs who don't give a toss about Wales and the Welsh, I'd personally say it is a strong second place.