I live in the middle of the Jordaan. I love where I live…. mostly. Two things I do not love about where I live just now; plumbing problem and Vespa ralleys. I have a plumbing problem, specifically every load of laundry is currently costing me two towels to mop up the leakage. I feel like [...]
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Boy Racers
Posted in rant, tagged boy racers, vespa on July 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »
From Racist to Ridiculous
Posted in Politics, rant, tagged burka, burka ban, masks on December 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Various Dutch MPs, presumably reflecting the view of Dutch voters, periodically try to ban the Burka. I’m no fan of the Burka as I’ve written before, however the Dutch constitution guarantees freedom of religion. Which to me means that if a woman follows Islam, and believes she should wear a burka as part of that [...]
Now that it’s over…
Posted in Queen's Day, rant, tagged guerilla advertising, Queen's Day, rant on May 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Queen’s Day that is, I want have a short rant. In the last year the city council has adopted a strategy aimed at changing the image of Amsterdam from coffee shops and red light district to something classier, conferences and culture. Research showed that most of the material out there about Amsterdam focused on the [...]
Stupid EU Rule
Posted in rant, tagged cat, eu law, restaurant on January 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I was out to dinner last week at one of my favourite restaurants; it’s a restaurant with great food, a seasonal menu, charming service and a cat with an attitude to match her girth. To be honest the cat is one of the attractions. After a wonderful meal my friend and I got talking to [...]
Why?
Posted in rant, tagged rant, telefoongids on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This was leaning against my doorstep this evening. It’s the latest telephone directory plus yellow pages. Why? Not “why was it against the door?” but “why are they even producing these things anymore?” There’s a website that does the same thing, and a directory service I can call on my mobile phone if I don’t [...]
Anti-Islam party wins 4 seats in EU election
Posted in Politics, rant, tagged european elections, Geert Wilders, PVV on June 7, 2009 | 4 Comments »
… and the party’s leader calls for the Dutch government to stand down. The man needs to go back to school and learn some maths, and then relearn democracy. Firstly here are the results; There’s a summary of the parties available on Wikipedia. The election results show several changes, big losses for CDA and PvdA, [...]
Pillow fight 2
Posted in Business, rant, tagged blogger, theft on April 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »
My post this morning was picked up and re-used by Entertainment @ U Want 2 Know .Info I regard this as theft and have asked for the service provider of that site to remove it – since all content on there appears to be swiped from various other sources. I would contact the blogger directly [...]
Vandals
Posted in rant, tagged motorbike, vandals on March 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
All around the Jordaan this morning (Saturday) motorbikes were pushed over and the petrol caps were loosened. The whole of this street stank of petrol. It’s a rather petty crime, so I doubt anything will happen. But stuff like this seems to be happening more often. I no longer park my bike on the street [...]
Smurfing.
Posted in rant, tagged Albert Heijn on February 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Albert Heijn, the supermarket chain that positions itself at the ‘quality’ end of the market has a smurf campaign running, giving away tiny toys with every 10 euro spent. But they’ve had to warn customers that the toys aren’t suitable for kids. Ooops.
Banned?
Posted in rant, tagged banned on February 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Apparently people in Turkey can’t view this blog. There are five posts mentioning Turkey; Dutch Identity Wanna be a Dutchie? Two passports? Eet Smakelijk! Burqa Ban Gay Amsterdam I wonder which one was the problem?
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