Feierabend

Thank you both, it seems straightforward enough!

OH has to do the online census,  good to know that it can be done in a variety of languages. Can one see somewhere what the questions are before logging in? I can't find a list of  the specific information required anywhere in case one needs to have any specific documents at hand for correct information. 

In my understanding they are legally different terms. The Führerschein is the documentary proof  of your Fahrerlaubnis, ie your legal right to drive and obtain the document by virtue of driver training, passing a recognised test etc  If you haven't got your  Führerschein with you when asked to produce it, you get a fine and keep your licence. For more serious offences eg drink driving, your Fahrerlaubnis may be rescinded along with your document being confiscated, and only reinstated after certain conditions are fulfilled. If you drive without the legal right to, ie with no Fahrerlaubnis you may meet severe penalties such as imprisonment.  

Grundsteuerreform: https://www.grundsteuererklaerung-fuer-privateigentum.de/ It seems that the required info must be entered digitally, starting July, and the process is intended to be as stress free as possible for the simple minded such as me ... That'd be a historical first if true! 

OH had one of these yesterday, quite agressive and threatening. Supposedly your ID is being used for criminal purposes. Ignore. https://www.sir-apfelot.de/betrug-telefonanruf-von-europol-wegen-missbrauch-meines-personalausweises-41359/  

From the stuff I've read, you only need ro do the registration now if you're travelling from a Hochrisikogebiet or a variant area, neither of which is Ireland. But remember the regulations can still change very  quickly ...

I loved Tommy Cooper! Gloriously gormless!

I think you can hum to google and it might recognise the tune!

Well, my passport says place of Birth London, but my Birth Cert says Metropolitan District of Battersea (a district of London.) My kids have a similar 'mismatch.' I have always filled out p.o.b. on official forms here in Germany and elsewhere as Battersea, London with no problems or questions asked.  

Just boot out your teenage kids. Power consumption goes down massively!

Maybe if they kick a few googlies from silly mid onside.      

The current chaos built up before the weekend, due to a combination of ongoing post-Brexit IT customs glitches, the cancellation of P&O ferries due to them blithely sacking their workforce en masse, huge Easterholiday maker demand plus a bit of bad weather causing even more ferry cancellations. Jolly.

My last memory of crossing the choppy Channel by hovercraft many many moons ago was suffering violently from the fragrance of of the posh stinky cheese I'd stowed under the seat ... no cool bag in my student days!

Now that is very naïve Keleth, to think that people might actually stick to the original point of any thread here!!  I think we should start a "Guess the Topic" quiz thread.  Post the last reply to a topic without the writer's name and we try to guess - or the avid forum readers may even remember - what the topic was. Inventive types might alternatively dream up a topic title that fits the reply... 

Didn't know they did, so was trying to work out whether it sounded like a swear word or something but ended up googling: https://www.stil.de/kommunikations-knigge/sind-abkuerzungen-unhoeflich/ In a nutshell, think of your reader, keep abbreviations to those you know are understandable to all (even German abbreviations), confine English language terms in work to where you know your audience understands. (I suppose to someone who doesn't get its function as a request, it could come over as a "get a move on" command.)