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Mr and Mrs Grey

It was snowing when we woke up this morning. A thin layer of snow covered the land and the roads. Still, apparently none of our mediterranean chauffeurs had seen such phenomenon yet, so the annual slide-on-snow pirouette show began. Finnish drivers would laugh themselves to death seeing how our inept, plonker pilots are fumbling on a half-a-centimetre-thick snow. Which was melting. Anyway, the skies were grey today, and it made the already disheartened nation a tad more depressed. Additionally, the end-of-the-year depression contributes to the general mood, which is rather low considering that the usual Christmas shopping fever affects the active members of the consumer society. 


Nevertheless, I think it's high time I started to speak about something else; otherwise, I'd run out of the world. So, today, I checked how to properly use commas in English. It wasn't an easy topic, but I managed to clarify a few aspects, and even though I wouldn't say I could master its use, I'm a step closer to being proficient in applying it in my written texts. Apart from my grammar frenzy, I completed the homework tasks for my beginner student. I prepared some challenging homework this time, because due to our short Austrian holiday - which is a conference for Ági - we will only meet next week.


As for Only Fools and Horses, we didn't watch the last episode yesterday because Ági was tired. But it's just as well since we have one more episode to watch. There has only been one series in my life that has had such an impact on me: Bordertown. I loved that Finnish series, and the fact that it is not available on DVD is absolutely disheartening. I'd love to watch it again.

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