Sharon Corbet
@scorbet.bsky.social
Irish engineer based in Frankfurt
She/her
She/her
I'll have to keep an eye out for these - my office is pretty close to one of the runways at Frankfurt airport, while the canteen looks out at the approach of the other main one
November 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I'll have to keep an eye out for these - my office is pretty close to one of the runways at Frankfurt airport, while the canteen looks out at the approach of the other main one
Berlin does still have a fair amount of cash only places (as of last week) but outside of there most places are cash or card, and Frankfurt even has a few card only
November 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Berlin does still have a fair amount of cash only places (as of last week) but outside of there most places are cash or card, and Frankfurt even has a few card only
Germany's a bit easier in that respect, but even here I rarely use cash - at the Christmas markets, maybe?
November 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Germany's a bit easier in that respect, but even here I rarely use cash - at the Christmas markets, maybe?
Napoleon'll be expecting more sympathy in future for his post-patrolling duvet dozes
November 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Napoleon'll be expecting more sympathy in future for his post-patrolling duvet dozes
Train arrived perfectly on time. S-Bahn's now about 7 minutes late to make up for that
November 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Train arrived perfectly on time. S-Bahn's now about 7 minutes late to make up for that
Right, should have posted that 10 minutes ago - train starts moving as I press send
November 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Right, should have posted that 10 minutes ago - train starts moving as I press send
And now we're sitting in Langenprozelten for an unknown reason.
(We're not supposed to stop here)
(We're not supposed to stop here)
November 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
And now we're sitting in Langenprozelten for an unknown reason.
(We're not supposed to stop here)
(We're not supposed to stop here)
His expressions are priceless!
November 15, 2025 at 10:35 PM
His expressions are priceless!
This is DB, so I feel obliged to ask if you mean on Sunday or Monday?
November 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This is DB, so I feel obliged to ask if you mean on Sunday or Monday?
I'm still annoyed at the YA book that had an alleged fluent Irish speakerusing "ró" to mean "freisin" as far as I could tell, and that's from over a decade ago
November 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I'm still annoyed at the YA book that had an alleged fluent Irish speakerusing "ró" to mean "freisin" as far as I could tell, and that's from over a decade ago
May have also encouraged filming in Ireland (that's County Wicklow, so it is)
November 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
May have also encouraged filming in Ireland (that's County Wicklow, so it is)
This is a model of the former church of Saint Martin, done by the artistic bakers club in Tours.
It was made of flour and eggs and so on, so it's theoretically edible (just it's been there a while)
It was made of flour and eggs and so on, so it's theoretically edible (just it's been there a while)
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM