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Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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In Germany that costs you 5 cigarettes or 1 bottle of sparkling water. |
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Arthur Kalliokoski
Second in Command
February 2005
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nvm I just woke up They all watch too much MSNBC... they get ideas. |
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Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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Mark Oates
Member #1,146
March 2001
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Is this area at risk due to global warming? -- |
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Gideon Weems
Member #3,925
October 2003
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Bob Keane said: If someone has one, how are they for performance, cost, convenience, etc? I had one! I can't say much about performance, as the unit was for a one-person home. Convenience-wise, it was great not having to worry about hot water running out. Matthew just wants an excuse to pee in public. That's probably why he went to Germany in the first place. |
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Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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Mark Oates said: Is this area at risk due to global warming? No, it was rather cold and gloomy. |
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Mark Oates
Member #1,146
March 2001
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>whew!< -- |
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Bob Keane
Member #7,342
June 2006
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Mark Oates said: Is this area at risk due to global warming? Everybody knows global warming is a myth. Why do you think Canadian geese fly south for the winter? Another fun fact about water heaters: They go off like a rocket when the relief valve doesn't work. By reading this sig, I, the reader, agree to render my soul to Bob Keane. I, the reader, understand this is a legally binding contract and freely render my soul. |
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Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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I forgot about the pillows. They were horrible! It was basically two socks wrapped in a pillow case. And not even balled up. Just two flat socks. The toilet paper was strangely large and sturdy though. |
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Striker
Member #10,701
February 2009
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Arthur Kalliokoski said: What? I keep hearing how Europe is so great with the socialism thing, say it ain't so! Normally nobody would need to suffer from hunger and coldness in Germany. But there are many people who don't want to use a homeless shelter. Now there is a new situation with all these refugees. Will be hard to organize heated rooms for 1.000.000 people.
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Dennis
Member #1,090
July 2003
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Matthew Leverton said: The toilet paper was strangely large and sturdy though. There may be a connection to beer and bread. --- 0xDB | @dennisbusch_de --- |
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Polybios
Member #12,293
October 2010
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That might well be, but I've heard the reason is it's more suitable for folding. |
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Bruce Perry
Member #270
April 2000
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Striker
Member #10,701
February 2009
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Germany is on place 4 in Europe, 30% of national output: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sozialleistung#/media/File:Sozialschutzleistungen_in_Europa.PNG But the majority of germans are against unlimited entry of refugees. Even grandmas own party disagrees...
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Peter Hull
Member #1,136
March 2001
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Bruce : I got it, at least.
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OICW
Member #4,069
November 2003
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Bruce Perry said: "On purpose" = "deliberately"; he means that no one would choose it, and everyone who drinks it does so accidentally. Yup, I got the meaning, yet still it doesn't explain why Americans refrain from drinking the sparkling water. Elias said: technically there needs to be separate smoking and non-smoking rooms but that rarely works in a way that you don't get the smoke smell - maybe because the entrance room is the smoking room, or because they leave the door to the smoking room open, or because people smoke in the non-smoking area and waiters don't care. Also, smoking is generally allowed outside and in the summer restaurants usually do outside seating, and it's just all in a cloud of smoke.
Exactly, it bugs me when I have to walk through the smoking area to get inside the non-smoking one. Toilettes and bar are usually located in the smoking area and the separation usually means different room without door. And outside seating in the summer... [My website][CppReference][Pixelate][Allegators worldwide][Who's online] |
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Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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OICW said: it doesn't explain why Americans refrain from drinking the sparkling water. Because it tastes terrible, whereas natural water tastes refreshing. |
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Chris Katko
Member #1,881
January 2002
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We're talking about carbonated water, right? That stuff is disgusting. Yeah, I want all the ill effects of drinking carbonated beverages without any of the fun of a sugar high. That'd be like selling cigarettes made out of grass you cut from your lawn. Cancer + No high = Maximum profits. -----sig: |
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Elias
Member #358
May 2000
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There's no health problems with CO2 at all, in fact the air you breath contains CO2. -- |
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Mark Oates
Member #1,146
March 2001
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Elias said: There's no health problems with CO2 at all, in fact the air you breath contains CO2.
And yet 99.9% of the people who have breathed air have died. It's fact! What, you don't believe in math?! -- |
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Arthur Kalliokoski
Second in Command
February 2005
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Mark Oates said: And yet 99.9% of the people who have breathed air have died. It's teh dihydrogen oxide! I play it safe and drink Pepsi(TM)! They all watch too much MSNBC... they get ideas. |
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amarillion
Member #940
January 2001
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Matthew Leverton said: I'm pretty sure it's a scam just to get people to pay to reserve seats. I think reservations are included in long-distance trips, and optional for short distances. That way only short-distance travellers will have to stand occasionally. -- |
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Bruce Perry
Member #270
April 2000
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amarillion, I think actually we booked some long-distance trains in Germany (maybe about 2 hours) and would have had to pay for seat reservations. Of course different countries do things differently; British long-distance trains include free reservations. By the way though! We're going to Japan in March/April, and we'll be flying from Amsterdam! It turned out to be almost as close to us as Frankfurt, and quite a bit cheaper OICW, I think I see what happened. The natural parsing of Matthew's sentence in terms of precedence was Matthew Leverton said: nobody here (drinks plain carbonated water on purpose) = nobody here would accidentally drink carbonated water but you read it as Quote: (nobody here drinks plain carbonated water) on purpose = everybody here deliberately doesn't drink carbonated water
The difference is subtle and doesn't change much in the ultimate meaning, but "and that purpose is" doesn't gel with the natural parsing, which is why I thought you couldn't have understood So, speaking for myself: the sensation is alarming and warns me that it's not a good idea. It's a very personal thing that you either identify with or you don't. I can't speak for others. Plenty of people in England (including my brother) like it. [EDIT]  "Amsterdam Amsterdam Amsterdam Amsterdam" (you may need to skip around in the 3-11 minute range) -- |
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amarillion
Member #940
January 2001
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Bruce Perry said: we'll be flying from Amsterdam! Cool, I presume you only have a few hours to change in Amsterdam though? Let me know otherwise, I actually live quite close to the airport. I'll be in Cambridge the second week of December too, we should organise an Allegro meetup Matthew Leverton said: Unrelated, but the sign at the Cologne Cathedral said that midday prayer was at 12:00 AM, which I thought was funny. You'd think Germany's #1 tourist attraction could get their times right.
Actually this is something I learned from Speedhack, I specifically remember being confused about 12.00 AM versus PM and asking questions about this. The AM/PM system doesn't come naturally to us contental Europeans, here the 24H clock rules. (Then again, when I was visiting American friends, I told them to meet up at 19:00h, it was fun to see the mental calculation visibly happening on their face -- |
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Elias
Member #358
May 2000
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Basically 12:00 noon is normally before lunch break so we'd naturally tend to think it must be "AM" in Europe. There isn't really any logical way to decide what is AM and PM - PM just makes more sense because 12:01 PM clearly is after the "meridiem" and 12:01 AM is clearly before - so we kinda retro-actively define noon as PM and midnight as AM - but it's still completely arbitrary. And yes, Americans here are usually very confused if I use 24h time... more likely than not they confuse 19h with 9pm o_O -- |
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