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- Mon May 05, 2025 2:12 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: German cities do badly in expat analysis
- Replies: 7
- Views: 319
Re: German cities do badly in expat analysis
This is all a bit subjective Look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_quality_of_life_indices It gives 6 different measures on the quality of life in various cities, I am sure you could make up rules in a hundred different ways, to give one city an advantage over another. Or just use things like i...
- Fri Apr 25, 2025 7:39 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Eigenbedarf
- Replies: 3
- Views: 621
Re: Eigenbedarf
I do not know much about it, but if you want to fight to stay, then I would say join a Mieterverein. There are plenty around, even in Munich.
Sorry to hear about your bad fortune and wish you luck
Sorry to hear about your bad fortune and wish you luck
- Wed Apr 23, 2025 11:35 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: ‘Odd’ request from imminent new Uk tenant
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4413
Re: ‘Odd’ request from imminent new Uk tenant
I used to be a UK landlord, but not anymore ... Seems to me that they are asking for a rent reduction, if they will rent for a longer time ( 6 months ), if you are not happy about the length, maybe consider asking them for a 1 year ( or more ) contract for the reduction. Only you can decide how much...
- Tue Apr 15, 2025 11:14 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Toytown meeting in April 2025
- Replies: 26
- Views: 26923
Re: Toytown meeting in April 2025
Yes. I'm thinking about changing the venue to Augustiner Keller so we can sit outside. https://www.augustinerkeller.de/en - is there easy parking there? Looking at Google maps https://www.google.com/maps/search/Munich+parking/@48.1432249,11.5504657,18z?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDQxMy4wIKXMDSoASAF...
- Mon Apr 07, 2025 9:47 am
- Forum: Investments
- Topic: Stock market investments
- Replies: 53
- Views: 68536
Re: Stock market investments
I think the real bloodbath will come when the EU and Japan announce their retaliation.
- Fri Apr 04, 2025 9:50 am
- Forum: Investments
- Topic: Stock market investments
- Replies: 53
- Views: 68536
Re: Stock market investments
When it comes to the stock market, people don't ever seem to think they've won too much. But any loss always seems to be unbearable. I can generally successfully detach by reminding myself that we’re still really just fine, I’ve got awesome friends, and my lovely nearby walks and that daily view of...
- Thu Apr 03, 2025 5:17 pm
- Forum: Investments
- Topic: Stock market investments
- Replies: 53
- Views: 68536
Re: Stock market investments
Boy o boy, do I wish I had sold more now. I did sell, a lot of MSF and some Airbus and all of one EFT that was up a lot, but I wish I had sold a lot more now. Then waited for the drop and bought back in. I know it will come back, one day. Probably better not to look, just think about the nice things...
- Tue Apr 01, 2025 2:30 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Home Printer
- Replies: 24
- Views: 86902
Re: Home Printer
That's a nice printer, just make sure you print some thing, about once every 2 weeks, even if you do not need to, otherwise your print head will become clogged up. I normal try, to print something that uses all cartridges, fitted to the printer. Maybe try, patterns from here https://printatestpage.c...
- Mon Mar 31, 2025 10:13 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Summertime/Wintertime - the clocks change soon!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11292
Re: Summertime/Wintertime - the clocks change soon!
Thankyou bethannbitt and tap, I guess I learned something today 

- Mon Mar 31, 2025 1:54 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Summertime/Wintertime - the clocks change soon!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11292
Re: Summertime/Wintertime - the clocks change soon!
Interesting, I was only quoting what my mother told me, when I was about 15 or so.
Maybe things are different these days.
Maybe things are different these days.
- Mon Mar 31, 2025 12:20 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Summertime/Wintertime - the clocks change soon!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11292
Re: Summertime/Wintertime - the clocks change soon!
While of course its just a pain to change the clocks, I think we should at least remember the reasons why we do it. 1) Its estimated, that many many children, are still alive today, because they can go to school/come home in the light meaning less accidents, more of the time at least, rather than ha...
- Mon Mar 24, 2025 3:44 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Proverb of the day
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8716
Re: Proverb of the day
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. ...
- Sat Mar 22, 2025 1:49 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: More and more people trying to visit the United States end up behind bars | DW News
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11884
More and more people trying to visit the United States end up behind bars | DW News
maybe watch this video, its from DW and is stating that Government around the world have updated conditions for visiting the US, not some random web guy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbwuaw5_hrg As stated in this video, several foreign people ( dont say how many ), are getting stopped at the entr...
- Fri Mar 14, 2025 7:52 pm
- Forum: Investments
- Topic: Stock market investments
- Replies: 53
- Views: 68536
Re: Stock market investments
All the stuff I read indicates, thats its going to make all countries that play the game worse off, But you have to listen to what Trump says ie Trump thinks that everyone will be worse off in the short term, but in the medium term to long term, he thinks that the USA will be not as badly off as the...
- Fri Mar 14, 2025 11:14 am
- Forum: Investments
- Topic: Stock market investments
- Replies: 53
- Views: 68536
Re: Stock market investments
Still think, if you think the current bad times will continue, ie more tariffs, and the stock market will fall further, then its not the worst idea to sell and buy back lower down the market. But of course I have no real idea what the market will do, so I guess I am going to ride it out, which is no...
- Thu Mar 13, 2025 8:39 pm
- Forum: Investments
- Topic: Stock market investments
- Replies: 53
- Views: 68536
Re: Stock market investments
So as noted above, I was worried about a correction, and it seems we now have one :), although not for the reasons I gave, it has all been down to the man in the Whitehouse. I did sell, some of my investments, late last year, which I am happy about now, as I need the cash for something else. At the ...
- Fri Feb 28, 2025 1:18 pm
- Forum: Live events
- Topic: Live music gigs
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8162
Re: Live music gigs
Did consider going to see AC/DC last year, but was put off by the price tag. I also think, that as there is really only one original member of the band (Angus young) left, that AC/DC has become a tribute band, and has should not have a high price tag, like with going to see more or less the same lin...
- Thu Feb 27, 2025 10:11 am
- Forum: Volt, Ampere & Watt
- Topic: Mini Backofen
- Replies: 7
- Views: 28717
Re: Mini Bakofen
Yes, you can just buy, plug in, cook and eat. Personally I think you should think about, getting a better version. I bought a microwave, grill and oven small device years ago, I find it perfect, because you can save on the space in your kitchen. You can also cook many many different things in in dif...
- Wed Feb 26, 2025 7:12 pm
- Forum: German politics
- Topic: German election February 2025
- Replies: 11
- Views: 14285
Re: German election February 2025
I think it is extremely un likely that the Afd with its partners will ever get to 50 % vote share. Which is required to form a Government in Germany I did not check but I do not think it has every happened before, under the current parliament rules, not under the old rules. As long as the other main...
- Wed Feb 26, 2025 11:35 am
- Forum: German politics
- Topic: German election February 2025
- Replies: 11
- Views: 14285
Re: German election February 2025
I tend to think, that a vote for the Afd, was or is a bit like a vote for Brexit. In that a lot of people voted Brexit, in the UK, because they wanted a change, because things were not going so well for the general economy in the years before the Brexit vote. This meant that a lot of UK people were ...