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by Jeanie
Wed Aug 20, 2025 9:43 am
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: clothes that fit for high or mighty people
Replies: 14
Views: 9667

Re: clothes that fit for high or mighty people

I know it's an old post but, since he'll probably need clothes again sometime, I'm jumping in just to add that Ulla Popken also do men's clothes. Their size guide for men is here: https://www.ullapopken.de/de/groessentabellejp I'm only 175cm, which barely counts as tall in Germany but I am also very...
by Jeanie
Wed Aug 20, 2025 8:01 am
Forum: Taxes & finance
Topic: Riester-Rente - keep it going or not?
Replies: 4
Views: 1717

Re: Riester-Rente - keep it going or not?

About three years after that, this came up during a discussion on TT and Starbright* tried to help me understand what I bad deal that was. * I'm pretty sure it was Starbright. Wasn't he an insurance guy? I cannot for the life of me remember his real name. Starshollow, aka Patrick Ott, he's now the ...
by Jeanie
Tue Aug 19, 2025 3:31 pm
Forum: Taxes & finance
Topic: Riester-Rente - keep it going or not?
Replies: 4
Views: 1717

Riester-Rente - keep it going or not?

Many years ago (in December 2009), not too long after I moved to Germany I wanted to get a pension set up, used a financial advisor good friends recommended and set up a Riester-Rente at DWS. It was one of the best ones at the time, iirc. The recommendation for that financial advisor was not a good...
by Jeanie
Mon Aug 11, 2025 12:25 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Why are you unhappy today?
Replies: 170
Views: 178300

Re: Why are you unhappy today?

Not sure what your living situation is, but can´t you find a place for them next year, where they are simply more sheltered? 4 rows of Hochbeet, each 1m x 4m, no I can't mice them I know this is the why are you unhappy today thread, but this (presumably) predictive text mix up made me smile because...
by Jeanie
Mon Aug 04, 2025 7:50 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: The Weather
Replies: 38
Views: 5275

Re: The Weather

Will summer properly resume or is he gone? Oops, this might be my fault. I have to get a new knee but since my poor Irish body struggles so much with the heat, I opted to push the date to October so that it'd be cooler when I'm in hospital and reha. Given what it has been like the last few weeks, I...