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On Wednesday I abruptly ended a teaching appointment. Conflict about a new contract and non-payment of lessons. It was not unexpected. I have threatened lawyers and court. Not the first time this has happened. Here it is called 'being in the free market'.
I am thinking of changing my TV contract. I rarely watch TV during the key times of 8.00 to 10:00pm. The stations I can receive all broadcast US crime/sit-com series or German equivalents. They do not interest me in the least. The new deal will allow me to watch programmes over my internet connection. I may make the change in the next couple of weeks.
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On Friday I created this work of art (see image on left) at Stefan's request. He said he needed another one from me to show at the exhibition starting next Tuesday afternoon. I took an old photo of Anhalter Bahnhof just after it was bombed in 1944. I then added an image of the restored entrance and a tall tent like structure which is now on the site and blue sky.
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Also on Friday I got a large envelope from the SPD. Inside I found lots of papers for a conference on Tuesday 2 April. It was from the Berlin Migration and Integration section of the party. I was recently elected a delegate from my local constituency to attend the annual conference. The papers are full of legalistic/business/bureaucratic German.
This is my homework for the weekend = read it all with the help of my dictionary, including the ones I use online! Plus trying to understand long compound nouns that sometimes look like a verbal railway train! Here I am pinching an idea from Mark Twain who wrote an entertaining book about 'The Terrible German Language'. Read it for it will make you smile:-)
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