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I did that prior to my retirement in 2018 & it was the best financial move I ever made,

If you are going to sell the house don't put ANY money into it - you will never get that out again.

If the search goes as far as Pinneberg we can recommend Drs. Schiebler & Schablowsky https://zahnarzt-schiebler.de/ I found the elder Schiebler to be rather arogant but I quickly moved to his colleague Dr. Schablowsky. Not so long ago the elder Schiebler handed the practice over to his son &...

I have good experience with "blue attenuator" (Ger: blaudämpfer) sunglasses.

They filter out part of the blue light - thats what scatters most from water molecules in the atmosphere.
They are brown in colour. I find them to be great when driving or flying...

Tomorrow I fly to Ljubljana via Zörich to attend the 2-day plenary meeting of the International Gliding Commission IGC. The IGC is to gliding as the FIFA is to football. Last year we were in Toulouse where the French fed us famously. I fear the Slovenians are planning to drink us under the table alr...

The letters (one to me & one to my wife) arrived today from our town in Southern Schleswig-Holstein.

Previous rate: 482,48 Eur (annually)

New rate: 480,11 Eur (annually)


Why they didn't just send one notice the "Herr & Frau HEM"...

One wonders if these people really believe what they spout:

https://tenney.house.gov/media/press-re ... al-holiday

Kerfuffle wrote: ↑Sun Feb 16, 2025 8:56 am ... and hopefully less bureaucracy.

Forget that - at least in Germany. Bureaucracy is far too embedded in their DNA here.

Someone has been getting ideas ...

The option to make voluntary contributions to the UK system is incredibly generous, especially if you can pay at the "give-away" Class 2 rate. The UK state pension is based on qualifying National Insurance years and at Class 2 a year currently costs £179.40 to add £328.64 per year to your...

Haircut Day it was! About 2 years ago I found a great gal to go to every 8 weeks and her place is a 5 minute walk from home. <SNIP> Today was also haircut day for me. About 40 years ago I found a great gal & her place is also mine so no need to walk! Seems that there is not much that a Dipl. In...

Seen on the egg carton from a near-by producer:


"Ei like it"

Sort of turns your stomach over!

Shamelessly stolen off the Internet...

Maybe its only my bank (a Sparkasse) that does this - but its really annoying that they display the message "AWV-Meldepflicht beachten. Hotline Bundesbank (0800) 1234-111" for EVERY transfer that is well under the daily limit. For example - with my monthly UK pension that is well under 1,0...

Franklan wrote: ↑Sat Dec 28, 2024 3:05 pm "KI = Künstliche Intelligenz"


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This belongs under "what made you laugh"...

Baked for the first time yesterday: Syrup Cake - with real Tate & Lyle's Golden Syrup:

Recipe

Update: cake was judged to be good & I have to make it again for a friend's birthday party on the 30th (guests are to bring cake).