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Ornithology. Wow, that's a mouthful.
I think I've invented a new word there. :)
The phrase "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush"...did this originally refer to the Australian bush?
You see, it all makes sense.
Wow, I'm both surprised and delighted that the bird survived! I can't remember happening something like that to me although I'm pretty sure it must have happened at one time or another over fifty years of driving. My wife and I sometimes talk about another "kamikaze blackbird" while in a car, but fortunately they tend to be fast enough to be out of the way. We do sometimes have songbirds slamming into the windows of our home, with a few casualties, but also quite a number of cases where we placed the "unconscious" bird in a box, safely away from our cats, but with a chance to fly away, and I'm glad to say they mostly did after an hour of recovery or so.
The only thing I find shocking is that you're driving a Renault! You want to start a taxi company or something? I hope the roof is welded properly to the chassis..
Wow that's scary.
Argh! And Brittany is so lovely.
@Gerard , I am just reading on the website of Hamburger Abendblatt (our regional newspaper, and I'm not posting the link because it is both in German and behind a paywall anyway) that recently, hundreds or even thousands of people got a sudden cancellation for their rented holiday home/apartment in Denmark because Dancenter (the equivalent to Abritel, I guess) had tried a new booking system that had somehow backfired. The article also states that apartments etc. in other countries were affected as well, though it mentions only an example from Sweden.
Dancenter was taken over by Indian billionaire Ritesh Agarwal a few years ago, and I understand his company, OYO, is expanding in Europe beyond that. Perhaps your experience with Abritel and la Bretagne is also part of this?
Some update on the situation : I managed to get reimbursed of the sum I already paid, and I managed to rent another flat. But the trouble is, they ask me to pay by bank transfer, something I've never done. I've tried to do it online, but I couldn't do it, so I'll be forced tomorrow to go to the nearest post office to get it done. Before, all I had to do was to pull out my debit card and pay. Here, it's a bit more complicated. Why didn't they offer me the choice of paying by card, instead of going for a more complicated system, I don't know. Anyway, I hope I'll be able to pay for my vacation tomorrow (can't do it today, the post office is closed).
I'm surprised that you never paid by bank transfer. It's been a daily (or at least weekly) thing for me for the last forty years or so, and it really took off once online banking was available. How do you guys pay rent or other regular obligations? Then of course there are also people who do not want to disclose their card number on the Internet. But the main reason for creditors to ask for bank transfer instead of card payment is that card companies (both debit and credit) charge the recipient a certain percentage, and it adds up (and/or ultimately increases the price) if the creditor chooses to accept card payment.