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trogerc.bsky.social
@trogerc.bsky.social
British boomer back in the UK after 30 years working in France 🇨🇵 and Sweden 🇸🇪. I miss being an EU 🇪🇺 citizen but thankfully my kids have Swedish passports so their lives haven't been completely screwed. Be nice. Be kind.
Thank you - for being here and for brightening my day.
November 12, 2025 at 11:14 AM
OMG this has made my day. It's wonderful.
October 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
You are insanely good at what you do.
October 1, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I'm hoping this is a bit like the phoney war at the start of WWI, with Europe playing nice with Donny just to buy time to rebuild local defence capabilities that don't rely on Uncle Sam.
August 19, 2025 at 9:02 AM
You say it however you want to mate. I really couldn't give a shit.
July 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I would support a ban on wider cars in some 20 mph urban areas, when alternate routes are available. Our local shopping street is essentially single file now because even when correctly parked they leave no room for two 'normal' cars to pass each other in the space left behind.
June 12, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I'm never going to wear a pullover again. I've no idea how I do it! (I'm 68).
April 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I hope we don't. I think US citizens are going to need somewhere to go for respite care, and I've never met an American I didn't like - and I've worked with many.
April 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Could this be made more palatable, but still increase government revenue, with a reduction in VAT? Reversing the trend that allowed income tax rates to fall in the first place?
April 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I'm not convinced the translator got the joke, or maybe they did but as they still had a space in the paper they were prepared to confuse a public unlikely to translate the text into English when reading a Swedish newspaper.
April 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
When I lived in Sweden I saw a cartoon in Dagens Nyheter of Holmes and Watson in an orchard. Sherlock points at the tree and says 'Det är en citronträd, Watson'.

I was puzzled. Until I realised the original text must have been "It's a lemon tree, Watson."
April 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Oh for God's sake down give the Americans the opportunity to switch off our NHS, just like they can our US made jets and cruise missiles.
March 20, 2025 at 10:56 AM