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March 21, 2005

Goats, More Trams, and More About TV!

From Michelle, in Rotterdam, where Spring has finally sprung...

Yes, it's true, Spring is springing around Rotterdam at the moment. The sun is shining and it's warm enough not to wear a big coat, although I have no idea how to gauge the temperature because it's measured differently here (although I have finally managed to translate pounds into kilos--success!).

Without further ado, here's more about some of my favorite ups and downs...

Goats

There's still time to win one in my current contest over here. Yes, it's true! A real goat (but I promise it will go straight to the family who need it, and not to your address personally ). As well as a goat, I am also coughing up for a $10 Amazon certificate and the contest ends on March 31st. So hurry on over there and sign up!

More Trams

Yes, the Trouble with Trams continues. Remember when I did this and then I did that? Well, today when Teenager #2 got home from school he was exhausted. Apparently there is some major work being done on the line and because it has been diverted from its usual route, it didn't go anywhere near where he was expecting it to go, so he had quite a long walk home...

So it's a good job that the weather is getting warmer, because it would appear that we're going to be spending a lot of time either (a) walking, or (b) cycling.

More About TV

As some of you know I've had various problems getting the TV service sorted out, because I blogged about it at length here and here. Well, developments have developed...

See, the television provider is (so it would seem, if we're interpreting the complicated letter correctly) is improving the quality of its customer's reception, so it has done something clever to finetune the channels.

So anyway, this happened about a week ago, and apart from the fact that all the TV stations are now to be found on different channel numbers, we seem to have lost quite a lot of TV stations.

Guess what this means? Firstly, I MISSED THE FOURTH EPISODE OF DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES because yes, it was on one of the stations that disappeared. And secondly--yes, I am just going to have to get a grip, pick up the phone, dial the 0900 number and spend a day listening to piped music at my own expense... (TEN EUROCENTS PER MINUTE!)

Hurrah for progress!

Michelle

Posted by Michelle at 12:05 PM | Comments (2)

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Posted by: Mary at March 22, 2005 4:54 PM

Posted by: Michelle C at March 22, 2005 6:38 PM