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by AlexTr
Mon Mar 24, 2025 7:24 am
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: More and more people trying to visit the United States end up behind bars | DW News
Replies: 5
Views: 10088

Re: More and more people trying to visit the United States end up behind bars | DW News

Having a valid travel document plus visa if you need it is not a guarantee to get into any country. It's always up to the discretion of the visa officer. Previously they might have kept people in airport jail and put them on the next flight home but I'm reading now that people are sent into ICE det...
by AlexTr
Sat Feb 08, 2025 8:11 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: clothes that fit for high or mighty people
Replies: 13
Views: 6489

Re: clothes that fit for high or mighty people

Try itailor.com. Long delivery times, but prices are reasonable.
by AlexTr
Tue Jan 28, 2025 10:41 am
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Windows 11 to unsupported hardware or Linux Mint
Replies: 9
Views: 3733

Windows 11 to unsupported hardware or Linux Mint

So, I am one of those folks who has a perfectly good, running laptop in Windows 10 but is facing the discontinuation of security patches and updates in October 2025. I can install Win 11, but it might end up being unstable. It also may not be eligible for security updates. My hardware: Asus Rog Stri...
by AlexTr
Sat Nov 30, 2024 7:23 pm
Forum: Frankfurt
Topic: Pediatrician that respects parents?
Replies: 7
Views: 3933

Re: Pediatrician that respects parents?

Hello, long time member of the previous site. I've been struggling to find a Pediatrician that will behave in a manner other than expecting me to worship the ground they walk on. As the appointments are... Legally enforced in Hesse, I am kinda losing my mind trying to find someone who is going to b...
by AlexTr
Sun Aug 18, 2024 11:53 am
Forum: Accommodation
Topic: damage to rental property by guests
Replies: 13
Views: 4544

Re: damage to rental property by guests

Check to see if your tenants have renter's insurance. Renter's insurance should cover actions by their guests. Ours does
by AlexTr
Tue Aug 13, 2024 12:23 pm
Forum: Internet
Topic: Laptop downloads no longer possible on Netflix
Replies: 8
Views: 4732

Re: Laptop downloads no longer possible on Netflix

colincostello wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 11:46 am I do not have a smart phone and I never will.
No smartphone and no internet is digital self-segregation, not exclusion. You screwed this pooch all by yourself.
by AlexTr
Tue Aug 13, 2024 11:25 am
Forum: Internet
Topic: Laptop downloads no longer possible on Netflix
Replies: 8
Views: 4732

Re: Laptop downloads no longer possible on Netflix

Simple solution: download the content on your smartphone and then cast to your computer using Bluetooth or a wired solution.
by AlexTr
Mon Jul 08, 2024 12:55 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: What got you flummoxed today?
Replies: 109
Views: 55664

Re: What got you flummoxed today?

A package I sent in April, which contained a one-of-a-kind watermelon tourmaline, rubellite, and mica specimen, was declared missing by DHL in May. I was compensated for it in June. Since it was an eBay sale, I had to give the money back to the buyer (right away, of course, because I am not a jerk),...
by AlexTr
Tue Jul 02, 2024 3:00 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: The Conviction of Donald J. Trump
Replies: 104
Views: 99833

Re: The Conviction of Donald J. Trump

Who didn't see this coming? Donald Trump’s lawyers on Monday asked the New York judge who presided over his hush money trial to set aside his conviction and delay his sentencing, scheduled for next week. https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-seeks-set-aside-york-002820639.html With the new Supreme Court...
by AlexTr
Mon Jul 01, 2024 8:35 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: The Conviction of Donald J. Trump
Replies: 104
Views: 99833

Re: The Conviction of Donald J. Trump

IMO Biden’s very poor performance will keep many folks away from the voting booth who would otherwise vote. They aren’t disengaged, just exhausted. And as much as they hate Tr**p they can not stomach Biden at this point. I am extremely disappointed in Biden for not having handed the reins over to a...
by AlexTr
Wed Jun 19, 2024 7:44 am
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Verwenden von Kennzeichen verfassungswidriger und terroristischer Organisationen
Replies: 49
Views: 25452

Re: Verwenden von Kennzeichen verfassungswidriger und terroristischer Organisationen

Hey Bogie, what's happening with this now? Is it dismissed already?
by AlexTr
Wed Jun 19, 2024 7:32 am
Forum: Taxes & finance
Topic: New obligation to ebay sellers to finanzamet (subject to limits)
Replies: 3
Views: 1096

Re: New obligation to ebay sellers to finanzamet (subject to limits)

Hey, Evelyn, any a-mount lenses? I'm in the market for 500mm and over.
by AlexTr
Tue Jun 04, 2024 8:40 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Why are you happy today?
Replies: 132
Views: 90093

Re: Why are you happy today?

This is a nice forum without all the extremist noise.
by AlexTr
Tue Jun 04, 2024 8:03 am
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: The Conviction of Donald J. Trump
Replies: 104
Views: 99833

Re: The Conviction of Donald J. Trump

Well, Joe Biden is old, but he's a workhorse and a legislative powerhouse who still gets things done. Anyway, it's not like the UK puts up its best. Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak and Nigel Farage? Phew. The problem is a surge in global gullibility. Stupid people vote for scary characters who make them ...
by AlexTr
Mon May 27, 2024 6:43 pm
Forum: Berlin
Topic: Finally accepting an offered seat on the tram
Replies: 19
Views: 10468

Re: Finally accepting an offered seat on the tram

On our vacation in Italy last year, a young man offered his seat to my wife, which she politely declined. The two of us and our friend made him feel like a hero in front of his girlfriend, going on and on about how such a young man is a treasure and how good his mother must be (Italy, after all). It...
by AlexTr
Sat May 18, 2024 5:24 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Verwenden von Kennzeichen verfassungswidriger und terroristischer Organisationen
Replies: 49
Views: 25452

Re: Verwenden von Kennzeichen verfassungswidriger und terroristischer Organisationen

this leads to https://dejure.org/gesetze/BZRG/32.html /(2)/5. 5. Verurteilungen, durch die auf a) Geldstrafe von nicht mehr als neunzig Tagessätzen, !!!!!!!!! b) Freiheitsstrafe oder Strafarrest von nicht mehr als drei Monaten erkannt worden ist, wenn im Register keine weitere Strafe eingetragen is...
by AlexTr
Sat May 18, 2024 9:14 am
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Verwenden von Kennzeichen verfassungswidriger und terroristischer Organisationen
Replies: 49
Views: 25452

Re: Verwenden von Kennzeichen verfassungswidriger und terroristischer Organisationen

I get your point, Jay, but in the context of the wider conversation in the media at the time, I merely wonder how a judge will view a foreigner engaging on social media in German then claiming they hadn't grasped the precariousness of such a statement. I'm not saying it points to a consciousness of ...
by AlexTr
Thu May 16, 2024 5:18 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Verwenden von Kennzeichen verfassungswidriger und terroristischer Organisationen
Replies: 49
Views: 25452

Re: Verwenden von Kennzeichen verfassungswidriger und terroristischer Organisationen

Well, and back to our fellow poster Bogies's problem, can anyone really claim not to understand that this was an illegal statement in the face of the conversation that was had about it online and on the news if one is savvy enough to post about it on Twitter in German?
by AlexTr
Sun May 12, 2024 9:56 am
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Things to ponder
Replies: 11
Views: 6288

Re: Things to ponder

Not surprising
by AlexTr
Wed Apr 24, 2024 8:05 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Verwenden von Kennzeichen verfassungswidriger und terroristischer Organisationen
Replies: 49
Views: 25452

Re: Verwenden von Kennzeichen verfassungswidriger und terroristischer Organisationen

I guess we'll find out when Bogies comes back and lets us know exactly how much of a waste of money his lawyer was.