Cars,Travel and Military in Germany

I went to the German Post Office and mailed a bunch of Insurance renewal notices to customers today. One envelope had the Zip Code Number but I couldn’t decipher the name of the town so I asked for the POSTLEITZAHLBOOK to look up the number and from the number know the town.
 
When I looked thru this humongous book it is only having ze name of zuh town mit nummer.
I became frustrated and hollered in German
 Who were the stupid idiots who designed this Zip Code Directory ?
Why can’t I look under just numbers like a dewey decimal system and from that find the name of the town? Better yet, why don;t they have a database where you can type in either the ZIP or Town and get the details?

Answer :Zat is not possible.
ME : Warum (Why?)
Post Office Employee (laughing) Ich weiss es nicht. Maybe you should call Deutsche Telecom Information !
 
Go figgure Eeeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyaaaah

Dr Iles

This is one page you will want to bookmark if you want to call the US from within Germany for really cheap.  It’s really easy, there are no catches.  After you read the rest of the instructions, click the link below.

Call the US from Germany    www.teltarif.de

When you get to the homepage, you will see a drop down list on the right titled “Tarifabfrage”  Click the drop down and choose USA (Kontinent)

You will be taken to a new page (see below image).  Scroll down and look a the table in the middle of the page.  Just choose your “Netzzungang” number.  Punch that number into your phone right before the stateside area code and number.

Time to modify the law a bit. BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government said on Monday a law penalizing people for displaying Nazi symbols might need to be changed after a court fined a man for selling anti-Nazi T-shirts and badges bearing swastikas.

The Nazi emblem appeared on the items in a circle with a large red line through it.

But a state court in the southwestern city of Stuttgart ruled on Friday it still violated German law because it risked making the hooked cross acceptable again.

It fined the 32-year-old distributor 3,600 euros ($4,560) in a decision widely condemned by German politicians over the weekend. The man’s lawyer has said he plans to appeal.

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(1) Contrary to myth, Germany was a socialist state, not a capitalist one, and (2) socialism, as understood as an economic system based on government ownership of the means of production, positively requires a totalitarian dictatorship.

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I was talking to a co-worker today who told me he had his wireless headphones confiscated by the German Police (Polizei). Apparently a neighbor a few doors down had called the police complaining that someone had a wireless device in the neighborhood which was interfering with her garage door opener. So the Police scanned the neighborhood with their little frequency finder thingy and found Mark with his headphones. They confiscated them! I asked him why he didn’t complain to the Polizei and tell them that her garage door opener was interfering with his headphones.

Two days ago I had $3000 taken out of my account by some German utilities company. What they do over here is figure out your bill based on the previous year’s power consumption. Then they just take it out of your account based on their calculations, and if you go don’t use that much they give a refund at the end of the year.

The problem in my case is that they took the money out of my account based on an old address I used to have. I don’t live there anymore (haven’t for two years) but they still have some piece of paper with my account info on it, so they just took the money!!!

I also just got a letter in the mail from my landlord telling me that if the chimney sweep guy couldn’t get in to the house, that the Polizei would break the door down. What could be so important? I never even got a notice. I wonder if they would shoot my dogs once the battered the door in. That would be perfectly legal in Germany. They would just say that the dogs were a threat to the chimney sweeper guy.

Oh yeah, and the cops here are allowed to beat you for any reason they want. Pretty sucky huh?

I wish I were in Italy or France sometimes. Being an American in this socialist society gets pretty nerve wracking at times. What did I learn from this about the German legal control system?

1. They can go into your account and take your money without any discussion or notice.

2. They can beat you if they feel like it. (legally!)

3. They can break your door in and kill your dog (Just to see if the chimney is dirty)

4. If a German neighbor doesn’t like your headphones, they will have them confiscated.

I did a little research, and there do appear to be some Nazi laws still on the books. Here’s an interesting article about the long arm of the (Nazi Law) in modern Germany

and here’s how they take control over your children if you are a Baptist

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Is it quality which is making people turn to European car makers more an more?

I think it’s just that the American cars nowadays are ugly!!!  I just haven’t seen anything that’s made me want to buy….  except maybe the new Volkswagens, BMW or Toyota….

Toyota posted a 16 percent gain in sales, making it the No. 2 automaker in the U.S. market for the first time in the month, ahead of both Ford Motor Co. and DaimlerChrysler AG, which both reported steep sales declines.

Honda sales were up 10 percent, while Hyundai Motor Co’s<005380.KS> sales rose 6 percent, putting all three Asian automakers on track for a larger share of a softening U.S. market for new vehicles.

Why do you think the European’s are selling, and the American car companies are going bankrupt? is it the looks, the quoality or what.  For readers in Germany, stop by Mike Calton’s Military Car Sales website and check out some of the new tax free cars he offers through his military car sales program. The new German and Japanese cars are looking pretty hot!

Pajagre

I heard it on the radio this morning coming in to work.  I’ve been in Germany 3 years and never heard of this Frankenstwin Castle Fun Run.  It sounds like fun!  It’s hosted by the US Army Garrison Darmstadt.

Begin at the north gate of Cambrai Fritsch Kaserne and wind your way through 10K of woods and trails near the US Army Post. Then its into the Odenwald Mountains for the grueling last 3K and the spectacular finish at the gates of the infamous castle!

Arguably the most famous castle in the world and certainly one of the best races in Europe. Whether you walk or run it’s a must do event while you’re in Europe

Click here to register  It’s be cheaper to sign up in advance.

 Are you going to ocotberfest in Munich Germany this year?  I am.  I nly live about 3 hours away.  i’ve been here for 3 years, and still have not ben to Octberfest.  I’ll be booking a hotel in germany and driving down in my new bmw 330 covertible.  Witht he top up!

The city acquired its name München - ‘home of the monks’ - from its numerous monasteries. These have played an important role in the history of Munich, not least by starting the brewing traditions for which the city is renowned world-wide. Successive rulers, detecting a profitable source of tax revenue, actively encouraged beer production as a means both of raising money and keeping the populace happy at the same time. There are currently six breweries in the city: Augustiner, Hacker-Pschorr, Hofbräuhaus, Löwenbräu, Paulaner and Spaten. Beer quality is still based on the Reinheitsgebot (Purity Edict), introduced by the Bavarian Duke Wilhelm IV in 1516, that forbids the use of anything other than the core ingredients of barley, hops and water in the brewing process. Drinking a foaming Stein of beer in one of the city’s beer halls is an essential part of the Munich experience

If you plan to bring your pet to Germany, there is some important information you should read.

I’ll see you in Munich, that’s enough history.

Now available from the CAMRA bookshop, Steve Thomas’s new “Good Beer Guide: Germany” is a fantastic wealth of information on German beer, German pubs and German beer culture. it includes a comprehensive listing of 1005 German breweries with details of opening times, beers brewed, contact details and location maps.

There are also descriptions of the various beer styles and a guide to the terminology used, and an alphabetical index of breweries arranged both by brewery name and by town. As if this were not enough, there are also pub guides for the cities of Augsburg, Bamberg, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Köln, Leipzig, München, Nürnberg and Stuttgart. Get it, grab a Eurostar ticket and explore