Insulation works both ways, keeping the heat in during the winter and out during the summer. The trick in the summer is to make sure you ventilate the house overnight to allow it to cool, and then th… (View Post)

In the bit of Germany where I lived, at least, it was very normal for people to live in a rented (spacious, low-rise) flat in the town centre while they saved to buy a house in suburbs, typically not… (View Post)

In this case, it sounds like the aggressive drivers were the ones in the inside lane refusing to merge in turn with those in the outside lane. (View Post)

I pretty much know hiragana and katakana now, at least to read if not write, and I recognise maybe about 100 kanji, but that's obviously not enough to read much, though I can pick out the odd word, e… (View Post)

My German wasn't great at all when I first went to Germany (to work as a software developer), but that wasn't a problem since most international business in Germany communicate in English at a profes… (View Post)