...the word 'service' is 'quotation marks' because I'm fairly sure a service entails more than having a go a pumping up the tires, twisting the inny gear thing to see if it stops the two other gears clicking as you ride, then twisting it back because you don't really know what you're doing. Needless to say I've aggravated the knuckle I previously bruised (I was gawking at prostitutes in Berlin and walked into a metal post) and have a oil stain on the back of my hand swarfega won't remove.
What else... well, we've (me and the Gids) have been to Berlin! They like their bikes and their dogs and their beer - so I'm pretty much taken by them. The roads are wide and there wasn't a lot of hurry where we were. We did a Fat-Tyre-Bicycle Tour (with a girl called Kate) who was very good. My oddly favourite part was going to see where Hitler committed suicide - it's really quite unsettling how something so important can happen in a space that is now utterly mundane.
I'm also lamenting the fact that as a person who hates dusting I have a lot of white gloss in my house. I don't like white gloss, and I'm wondering if there a way to get it off without poisoning myself with chemical paint stripper, or making an even bigger mess and the only option I can come up with is getting someone else to do it. Another option is leaving the house completely and getting on the bike. It's windy outside but I think right now I prefer the wind to white gloss.
Jx
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