Een of andere manier ben ik achteraf toch blij dat, hoewel een model van Sparta lang hoog scoorde op mijn lijstje, ik geen fiets van dat merk heb gekocht. https://nos.nl/artikel/2625671-bedrijf-achter-fietsmerken-sparta-en-batavus-vraagt-uitstel-van-betaling-aan

Bedrijf achter fietsmerken Sparta en Batavus vraagt uitstel van betaling aan

Het bedrijf uit Heerenveen kwakkelt al langere tijd nadat het in de problemen kwam in de coronaperiode.

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[Ketchup] This is the best ketchup there is, no discussion possible.

Harry Delos Andrews bought in 1929 a parcel@ via a newspaper subscription along the Little Miami River as campground for his church classes. But occasionally the boys’ gear would be stolen or damaged if they left it at the campsite, so Andrew’s decided to built two stone “tents” to protect their […]

That’s a new one: a book didn’t already have an entry in Worldcat. Well, that meant I had to add it myself :blobcatcoffee:

In today’s useful Table of Content I present:

Sorry Volkskrant, maar Sippenaeken ligt niet in “Belgisch Limburg”, want het is Waals 🤷‍♀️ (Gemeente Plombières, nog niet bezocht voor de mensen die het zich afvroegen)

Holy moly, ik herkende haar bijna niet. Die is echt mooi oud geworden. https://www.ad.nl/show/erica-terpstra-kijkt-uit-naar-verhuizing-naar-rusthuis-misschien-ga-ik-wel-op-schilderles~a475a972/

Is het normaal dat witte bestelbusjes om half drie 's nachts spullen naar geparkeerde KPN-busjes overhevelen?

Extremely horrifying news for Dutchies: Albert Heijn is modifying their saving stamps program. Starting 7 september you can only buy 1 saving stamp with every 2 euros spend, premium members can buy 1 saving stamp with with every euro spend, slowing down the saving program. Interest stays the […]

Oh, Vienna is in the Dutch news for the temperatures.

The question is: is it going to rain any minute now or is it just a fluke? There are at least clear indications something is coming our way, like gray overcast and a considerable breeze.

Am cataloging a new book for the architecture library, and suddenly very impressed by the works of Thomas Heatherwick.

The bicycle store has “10.000 bicycles in Beijing” as the waiting music for their call center :woozy_neocat_googly_mug:

[RotPol] Wijkraad Afrikaanderwijk wil VVD-wijkraadslid Arnhem uit wijkraad verbannen wegens steun voor de Save Europe Act remigratiedemonstratie. https://www.ad.nl/rotterdam/vvd-wijkraadslid-onder-vuur-na-bijwonen-van-radicaal-rechtse-demo~ada5d1e0/

On 23 July the approval for the extension of the Lille Metropolitan tram network was signed. This means 20,5 km of new meter gauge tram lines should be built around Tourcoing and Roubaix, doubling the length of the existing tram network. It should be finished in […] [Original post on zug.network]

Apperently they introduced the euro caps on bottles in Japan and the Americans think it is fabulous and the best invention ever 😑

:rtm: :blobcateyes:

Koffie. Cafeïne-vrij, maar koffie. Dat is wat ik wil.

Have I become accustomed to the hot weather or was the 29 degrees today quite doable?

[Work; AI] It was only a matter of time: we received a mail if it is possible to buy all of the disregarded books in our library because they (who?) want to have a large English book collection. Shipping costs to France can be paid :woozy_neocat_googly_mug:

[Food mention] Grof schandaal. De 750 gram spinazie à la crème is bij de Jumbo 4 cent duurder dan bij Albert Heijn, 99 cent i.p.v. 95 cent 😡

Tijd voor de bammetjes! #Lunchalarm

*Pats card on coffee machine* UNKNOWN (3) Is it this kind of Monday :woozy_neocat_googly:

The :aleop: train service Saumur – Thouars - La Roche-sur-Yon service (1 return daily) might disappear between Thouars and La Roche-sur-Yon somewhere in 2027, as the fight over necessary maintenance repairs between Pays de la Loire and Nouvelle-Aquitaine remain unresolved. #Streckensammler

Chaos on station Gouda after an intercity to Enschede lost it’s pantograph a couple hours ago…

De posters op de stations ter vervanging van reclame worden ook steeds bijzonderder.

Did I miss something? Why would they make Irún capable for Régio 2N? I thought the TER NA trains Bordeaux - Hendaye were exclusive terrain of the Régiolis? #CrossBorderRail

In the category “liveblogs you didn’t know we needed” the “Infantino liveblog”

There’s bad hair day, and there’s that guy in the tram with the brush stuck in his hair calling his hairdresser for an emergency appointment.

I had a summer dress that I ripped in 2023, probably because I was a bit too big for it. Last month, I finally had it repaired. I’m wearing it today and it’s good there are some elastics in it because it’s borderlining on being too large 🫣