Mrs gets some pretty chic hotel rooms, but this one has been the second best to date.
Edit that was a terrible pic. This is better
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Lucky you. Weāll still be getting overnight lows here of 25/6 for the next seven days and probably after that. Mind you, I think Iāve got used to it by now.
Shouldnāt that be cumin OVER everything?
Welcome to the forum ! 
Thank you, @Magnus
Iāve been enjoying some of the humour on here and many of the interesting and varied posts.
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9th of November ?
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Well, thatās a date with historical resonance every bit as powerful.
just looked it upā¦lots and lots of stuff on that dateā¦assuming you meant Kristallnicht?
Nah, itās in reference to Mary Jane Kelly being murdered
Fall of the Berlin wall;
Napoleon coup
Kristallnacht and the fall of the Berlin Wall both happened on 9th November.
Both were seismic events in European history.
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I know Kristallnacht is still widely used as a term internationally, but itās widely regarded as a euphemistic term in German (also incorrect, as it wasnāt just in the night). Not meant as criticism, just information.
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Well, itās always been a euphemism, giving a nice name to a horrible event, I always understood it as deeply ironic.
Exactly, always been a euphemism. Ironic isnāt the word Iād use, itās cynical.
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Well, itās used by all sides and I guess if you take irony to itās logical conclusion it becomes cynicism.
Yeah, the term stuck, and? Dictatorships and cruel societies are full of euphemisms. Sorry, tbh this is just stupid and not worth it.
Novemberpogrome - November Pogrom, is far more descriptive as it was a meticulously planned event, and not some spontaneous riot.
There is a great example of this in the town near where we live, as the Jewish school building survived, even as the synagogue, jewish owned businesses and homes were attacked. The only reason it was saved is that it was attached to a bakery owned by Nazi party members, and they were hardly going to risk torching their own property.
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