Oh yea, I lived in Munich for a few years in the mid fifties, I had just become a teenager. Of course I went to the Oktoberfest. Drank Kinderbier. There was this grassy hill. Drunks passed out. Drunks were 'encouraged' to sleep it off before leaving.
There appear to be no Royal Longboat Races this year. As the boat races are royally sponsored events, it would be inapropriate the have such events before the royal cremation
The way I understand it, the tax increase was presented one day, rubberstamped the next. Those days no one knew how much of an increase. Of course that allowed media to start guessing and false rumors.
For me it's been four days of trying to separate fiction from fact. I had stocked up on a few days supply of beer and smokes. Figured I'd wait till the dust settled.
Very obvious in this new tax law is protectionism. There will probably appear a few complaints from foreign companies, but little will change in the end
There's been a tobacco import argument going on for years. Thailand ain't flinched.
There's some tax increases consumers won't notice at first, it will creep up on a later date
Started to fill some holes with plaster. Think I'll get some fabric plaster tape with the next bucket of plaster. Almost everything is white, so I'm thinking Mount McKinley National park, or Zugspitze. Been to both in the winter.
Taking frequent photographs seems to aid in design. Realized the third track was way too high. Blocked my sitting view of the tracks at the other end of the table
A couple days a week I open my pool to neighborhood kids. Some days it gets quite crowded. Most times a parent comes along. I prefer when parent come along, seems to keep the rowdiness in check with larger crowds
Everything had been on hold for a while, awaiting a shipment of rail tracks and other building material. This morning I put my new skill saw to use and cut out a bridge base which will accommodate two side by side tracks. It's not the final bridge. It's a lumber test. Thinking of making the bridge siding from bamboo. Using plumbing pipe as bridge piers
Had considered fabricating buildings from cardboard. Changed my mind when I picked up a cardboard box and it collapsed from the humidity it had collected.
Next up, wrap some tracks in plastic and build plaster hills
Incentive to quit, or incentive for black market?Bars and restaurants will suffer, tourism will alsoand then there are those who will keep drinking and shortchange the food bill. These huge price increases will have a ripple effect on other cost of living
