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IRFU up in arms over Hunky Dory's adsThe Irish Rugby Football Union has made contact, through its solicitors, with Largo Foods, the distributors of Hunky Dorys, and requested that they immediately withdraw the current advertising campaign, the strap line for which claims Hunky Dorys to be 'Proud Sponsors of Irish…

Match fixing in cricket is back and it's bad

Share your burger recipes

Don't add anything but salt and pepper. Grind your own meat. Don't touch it with your hands (the heat starts the fat molecules melting). I form mine with a large cookie cutter and chilled tongs (yes I am THAT anal retentive about it). Keep COLD and add salt only at last second before they hit the grill/iron skillet.…

David Hasselhoff to tour Germany

Yes really. He's really coming back. David Hasselhoff is back! The best known and most popular series actor in the world (Knight Rider, Baywatch), who celebrated with hits like "Looking for Freedom" and "Limbo Dance" his greatest success, has decided to enter again the show stage. With "Romantics"…

Germany : economic model

And there's the issue. We British, the Irish, the Americans don't want to be hard-working frugal savers, do we? We don't want stable economic foundations based on making stuff (oh no, media, finance,and the rest that's us, money for old rope, no getting our hands dirty). We absolutely most certainly don't…

Vodafone DSL All-Inclusive-Paket

New airport tax to be introduced in Germany

Elisabeth and Josef Fritzl jokes

Received today... An Austrian proverb - women are like a good wine, best left to mature in a cellar. I bought a book on eBay, "A diary of 42 year old Austrian". It wasn't very interesting... Monday- stayed in. Tuesday-stayed in. Wednesday-stayed in. Thursday- Dad popped round... Sound of Music II will be…

Where to buy a live animal trap

Import tax on goods sent from another EU country

Deutsche Bahn to test ICE in the Channel Tunnel

Inter-city daily transport options for students

Hardly selfish for a immigrant who lives (?) 5000 km from their home nation and their past life to ask their German spouse to live an hour from their family in order to progress some of their own practical life aspirations I'd have thought! There are presumbly compromises - live somewhere (in Hesse) along the…

Where to pick your own food for free in Germany

Next ones we found (and we found a lot) were Steinpilz There are quite a few different sorts of Steinpilz and to be honest I´m not sure exactly which ones they are. We found quite a few smallish ones, medium (like pic above) or a few mutha F-in big ones. Worms love these (as they are soooooooo yum) so often the bigger…

Expats for 2 year Bosch Assignment

The system works this way, everone wants to get into the Gymnasium, but they have only places for about approx 20 % so the gymnasiums take the best students, then of those left over, the rest of the normal average kids go to the realschule about 55 % and the bottom 25% go to a hauptschule. So if you want your kid to have…

English-language TV with Kabel Deutschland

Gabriel signals Sarrazin should leave SPD over xenophobic…

Blatant commercial exploitation of young children

@OP: Throw it away if the cap gives you sleepless nights and an ulcer. You've gotta be kidding? Dekra is a company (yeah right e.V. LOL) specializing in safety issues so I see no conflict of interest in them giving your kid a hat that might save it from being run over by a parent in a hurry to bring their kid to school.…

Haftpflichtversicherung (liability insurance)

Pension insurance obligations (Rentenversicherung)

Customer service positives in Germany

That's because people in general tend to moan and whine when they consider themselves ill-treated but consider any good treatment as just what they deserve and don't go rejoicing in public. I have shocked a couple of McDonald's workers by asking them if the manager is around and then telling the manager, in…

Open University in Germany

I started studying with the OU in 1995 when I was in Germany. I then continued in the UK and then returned here in 1999. I've done an environmental B.Sc. and a master's in English lit. The courses are now 2.5 to 3 times more expensive than they were a few years ago. What I paid for a master's level course…

Kitchens and renting an unfurnished apartment

We're renting a furnished place, but it looks like we're going to be here a while so we're about to start looking for a place of our own. This business of having to buy and install an entire kitchen for a rented apartment has me a bit freaked out though. Does anyone know how or why this practise came about? Is it just…

VDSL experience in Germany

Office etiquette differences UK/Germany

October trip recommendations

Woman puts cat in wheelie-bin

Chocky: No, it's not "just an animal". This is a living creature with - believe it or not - feeliings, just like most other intelligent animals. And putting an animal into a rubbish bin like that was at best stupid and at worst cruel. And I make no apology for saying that I consider cruelty to animals to…

Planning to get pregnant but no pregnancy coverage

BritshGal: as others have already told you, what you have signed up for is obviously an international health insurance from providers like BUPA, AXA PP, InterGlobal or what not - because only those have the 11-month requirement you mention. ALL German health insurances, private or public, will cover you immideately without…

Who here is an Apple Mac user?

Internet Access with USB stick

Waldorf schooling for children

Steuerberater fees more than my tax refund

Hi Guys, I feel i need to vent my frustration and see if any of you have had similar experiences or any advice. I contacted a Steuerberater recommended through a friend of a friend. We arranged a meeting (which we agreed, upfront, would cost €180- fine). The very first thing i said to him (after the pleasantries of…

Tony Blair's memoirs released

Doctor's note to start school

DKB refused to open an account

Differences between types of job agencies

What ever happened to the 9/11 theorists?

I see the coincidentalist theorists are alive and well. I thought I'd walk a mile in the coincidentalists' shoes, and lay out the argument for coincidence. Happy coincidenting! That intelligence agencies, politicians and terrorists have conducted criminal business together is well established, but BCCI and…

Sarrazin: Muslims not compatible with Germany

Movie: Four Lions (2010)

Sarrazin's Jewish 'gene' comments spark outrage

Starting a U.S. food import business

There are entire threads on that subject already. I doubt very much that anyone would get such a booming business out of selling Kraft Mac 'n Cheese/Dinners to North American ex-pats that he would need an entire cargo ship to get it over to Europe. Presumably mass shipment of bulk items would be more ecologically responsible…

Travel to Burma - Visa requirements

I went there on a business trip a few years back, I had to get a visa from the Myanmar consulate back then. Apparently you can now get a "Visa on Arrival".... http://www.botschaft-myanmar.de/4.html I took my mobile phone back then, the customs guy moaned a bit then said I could keep it (there was no coverage…

Most embarrassing moments in Germany...

In my ten years in Bavaria I did every stupid and embarrassing thing possible, from entering a shop and saying "Auf Wiederseh'n" instead of "Gruess Gott" to speeding through the same traffic control twice in the space of an hour and collecting two tickets, and innumerable other gaffes. But most recently…

Is it legal to ask for nationality and birthplace?

Yes, it is perfectly legal for the landlord to ask about your nationality, birthplace, religion, criminal record, plans to have children and your taste in music and furniture. HOWEVER, you are under no obligation to answer any of those questions truthfully. If you claim to be German and your landlord finds out you aren't…

FC Salzburg v Manchester City - Anyone going?

Favorite iPhone apps for Germany - What are yours?

VAT forms with Deutsche Bahn - Do they work?

Owning a house in France - the Peter Mayle thing

Yes, indeed ol chap, I too succumbed to the gentle touch of the french maid a few times over the course of the summer. It was exhausting to say the least, not to mention dirty and numbing. But John Mellencamp said it best in his memoirs titled "Hurt so good" Hip hip oreo, carry on..…

Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins has died

How to cancel a BahnCard

Finding the owner of car from given a numberplate

How much do lawyers in Germany cost?

Sarabyrd: to be honest, I don´t think it´s a good idea having your legal insurance in the same package as household and liability insurance. What would happen if you had a dispute with the insurer about, say, your houshold contents insurance, and wanted to use your legal insurance? Conflict…

German Playstation 3 - questions

Landlord selling my apartment

Because Akira is a foreigner perhaps and doesn't want to settle here? Because his work contract is only for a year or two? Because he's planning on moving within Germany? Because he has a fatal illness? Who knows? Who cares? There are a multitude of reasons. It's not relevant in this…

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The Fox & Hound (Frankfurt) - The Fox and Hound now has it's own Ale, brewed exclusively for us. Black…

Shiraj (Munich) - Curry night 1st September 2010. Attendance 12. Extras: None. No free…

Good Friends (Berlin) - Unfortunately I will not be returning to this restaurant, despite the good…

The Quiet Man (Bonn) - Love this pub. Great Atmosphere and excellent service. The owners are…

Mitani (Munich) - Had a dinner there yesterday: it was really good!! Great food, good…

Wright's BBQ (Berlin) - There was a string on this that has more reviews by others. Here is a…

Champs (Hamburg) - We have been there as a family a number of times. Whilst it is not…

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