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  1. Had a great Lebanese meal last night, and today we are going for Indian… you can eat extremely well in the Gulf States, without spending a lot of money too.

    It’s still pretty warm here, even if summer is kind of over.Currently 36°c at 10am, and even in the middle of the night it doesn’t go much below 30°.

    Everywhere has a/c of course… shops, restaurants, transport, even the bus stops.

  2. We had a bomb evacuation yesterday evening 😐 it’s not a big deal, just a bit of a pain in the ass (even more so since I had planned some work for the evening). Does that happen where you’re from as well? Stray bombs from previous world wars being found during excavations and so on? This is the second time it happened to me in Germany. First time, I was at a conference and got evacuated from my hotel at 2 at night (and I had a talk next day -_-)

  3. I have somehow managed to spend over 30 years of my life always managing to somehow avoid experiencing temperatures above 40C in the shade. During the 2022 heatwave I fled to the one seaside town in Brittany as soon as I saw the weather forecast that was providing an Asterix and Obelix-style resistance to the 40+ temperatures that had managed to conquer all of the rest of France (yes, even Brest).

    Well, I’m sorry to say that I’m about to finally concede defeat, for it’s predicted to hit 42C tomorrow. Thankfully I’ll be working in a windowless office with plenty of AC, but I’ll be sure to take a short mid-afternoon walk as I’m still morbidly curious to know what 42C feels like.

  4. It’s so strange to see a relative’s face on youtube playing esports and giving interviews.

  5. Yesterday I mentioned the changing of seasons, and today marks another harbinger of autumn: the start of the NFL season. It’s too bad the first game is in Kansas City, as their fans have a tradition of performing the “Tomahawk chop” based on crude generic Native American stereotypes.

    Are there any racist sports traditions in your countries, and is there any discussion of discontinuing them?

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