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	<title>Comments on: A modest proposal</title>
	<link>http://nothingforungood.com/2008/11/02/a-modest-proposal/</link>
	<description>German Quirks from an American Perspective</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: scott</title>
		<link>http://nothingforungood.com/2008/11/02/a-modest-proposal/#comment-20993</link>
		<dc:creator>scott</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://nothingforungood.com/2008/11/02/a-modest-proposal/#comment-20993</guid>
		<description>...and German swimming pools need to adopt lap swimming in circles!  It is amazing to me that the German roads are so organized yet swimming laps in their pools is total chaos!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;and German swimming pools need to adopt lap swimming in circles!  It is amazing to me that the German roads are so organized yet swimming laps in their pools is total chaos!</p>
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		<title>By: chris</title>
		<link>http://nothingforungood.com/2008/11/02/a-modest-proposal/#comment-7792</link>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://nothingforungood.com/2008/11/02/a-modest-proposal/#comment-7792</guid>
		<description>"Hallo zusammen,
auch wenn ich einiges recht lustig finde auf dieser Seite, so muss ich doch sagen, einiges geht an der Zeit vorbei !!!
Die Zeiten von Kuren und Erholungen auf Kosten der Krankenkassen sind schon seit Jahren vorbei. Unbezahlte Ueberstunden in vielen Firmen sind die Regel und wochenlange Krankmeldungen sind schon lange nicht mehr Gang und Gebe.
Ihr lieben Leuts’ .. das war vielleicht mal so in Deutschland. Auch wir Deutsche reissen und den Hintern auf um unseren Job zu behalten und Alleinerziehende haben auch oft einen zweiten Job.
Und schon mal was von Harz 4 gehoert?
Viele Gruesse
Martina"

naja immer noch ist es doch so, dass zB diabetiker für eine zweitägige ernährungsschulung nach zypern eingeladen werden (auf kosten der solidargemeinschaft, versteht sich), brillen aber nicht gestellt werden</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Hallo zusammen,<br />
auch wenn ich einiges recht lustig finde auf dieser Seite, so muss ich doch sagen, einiges geht an der Zeit vorbei !!!<br />
Die Zeiten von Kuren und Erholungen auf Kosten der Krankenkassen sind schon seit Jahren vorbei. Unbezahlte Ueberstunden in vielen Firmen sind die Regel und wochenlange Krankmeldungen sind schon lange nicht mehr Gang und Gebe.<br />
Ihr lieben Leuts’ .. das war vielleicht mal so in Deutschland. Auch wir Deutsche reissen und den Hintern auf um unseren Job zu behalten und Alleinerziehende haben auch oft einen zweiten Job.<br />
Und schon mal was von Harz 4 gehoert?<br />
Viele Gruesse<br />
Martina&#8221;</p>
<p>naja immer noch ist es doch so, dass zB diabetiker für eine zweitägige ernährungsschulung nach zypern eingeladen werden (auf kosten der solidargemeinschaft, versteht sich), brillen aber nicht gestellt werden</p>
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		<title>By: Jon</title>
		<link>http://nothingforungood.com/2008/11/02/a-modest-proposal/#comment-7411</link>
		<dc:creator>Jon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://nothingforungood.com/2008/11/02/a-modest-proposal/#comment-7411</guid>
		<description>After living two years in Germany, I realize that not only do Germans have superior walls, they have superior windows - open, slant or shut. Genius! They should be installed on every American house (I do, however, happen to like our screens....) 

(sorry this is late - I just discovered this wonderful blog!)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After living two years in Germany, I realize that not only do Germans have superior walls, they have superior windows - open, slant or shut. Genius! They should be installed on every American house (I do, however, happen to like our screens&#8230;.) </p>
<p>(sorry this is late - I just discovered this wonderful blog!)</p>
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		<title>By: Martina</title>
		<link>http://nothingforungood.com/2008/11/02/a-modest-proposal/#comment-6131</link>
		<dc:creator>Martina</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 01:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://nothingforungood.com/2008/11/02/a-modest-proposal/#comment-6131</guid>
		<description>Hallo zusammen, 
auch wenn ich einiges recht lustig finde auf dieser Seite, so muss ich doch sagen, einiges geht an der Zeit vorbei !!! 
Die Zeiten von Kuren und Erholungen auf Kosten der Krankenkassen sind schon seit Jahren vorbei. Unbezahlte Ueberstunden in vielen Firmen sind die Regel und wochenlange Krankmeldungen sind schon lange nicht mehr Gang und Gebe. 
Ihr lieben Leuts' .. das war vielleicht mal so in Deutschland. Auch wir Deutsche reissen und den Hintern auf um unseren Job zu behalten und Alleinerziehende haben auch oft einen zweiten Job. 
Und schon mal was von Harz 4 gehoert? 
Viele Gruesse
Martina</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hallo zusammen,<br />
auch wenn ich einiges recht lustig finde auf dieser Seite, so muss ich doch sagen, einiges geht an der Zeit vorbei !!!<br />
Die Zeiten von Kuren und Erholungen auf Kosten der Krankenkassen sind schon seit Jahren vorbei. Unbezahlte Ueberstunden in vielen Firmen sind die Regel und wochenlange Krankmeldungen sind schon lange nicht mehr Gang und Gebe.<br />
Ihr lieben Leuts&#8217; .. das war vielleicht mal so in Deutschland. Auch wir Deutsche reissen und den Hintern auf um unseren Job zu behalten und Alleinerziehende haben auch oft einen zweiten Job.<br />
Und schon mal was von Harz 4 gehoert?<br />
Viele Gruesse<br />
Martina</p>
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		<title>By: Martin</title>
		<link>http://nothingforungood.com/2008/11/02/a-modest-proposal/#comment-6043</link>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://nothingforungood.com/2008/11/02/a-modest-proposal/#comment-6043</guid>
		<description>You complain about TAN ? Wait until you have to cope with i-TAN !

I wonder that you overlooked the most glaring deficiency in Germany: we clearly need more air-conditioning! Public transport needs air conditioning, it's unbearable in summer and coming back from the states feels like being thrown back to the stone age when it comes to air conditioning or lack thereof.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You complain about TAN ? Wait until you have to cope with i-TAN !</p>
<p>I wonder that you overlooked the most glaring deficiency in Germany: we clearly need more air-conditioning! Public transport needs air conditioning, it&#8217;s unbearable in summer and coming back from the states feels like being thrown back to the stone age when it comes to air conditioning or lack thereof.</p>
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		<title>By: Ulrich</title>
		<link>http://nothingforungood.com/2008/11/02/a-modest-proposal/#comment-5909</link>
		<dc:creator>Ulrich</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:07:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://nothingforungood.com/2008/11/02/a-modest-proposal/#comment-5909</guid>
		<description>Real bread: Over my 30+years of living in the US, I have seen the bread situation dramatically improve, at least as larger cities are concerned (I cannot speak for rural areas). Pittsburgh, where I worked for 21 years, now has a (German-run) bakery that delivers excellent bread all over the city (it also serves the better restaurants that do not bake their own bread). Here in CT, where I live now, even supermarkets have bread that, even if it isn't crusty enough when you buy it, will get so if you bake it again in a 150 C oven for a few minutes. My brother's family visited us a few weeks ago, and they found that "die frischen Broetchen" we obtained that way every morning were better (knuspriger) than those they buy every morning at their local bakery in Cologne. So, with a little creativity, one can do OK here in many places when it comes to "real" bread.

The variety remain limited, though; e.g.  the densely-textured "Kastenbrot" that I like with certain toppings is almost impossible to find (our supermarket has a German import, but it doesn't survive transport and packaging that well). Pumpernickel, as we know it, can also be found only as import--what's called "pumpernickel" here is pretty awful or, at least, has little to do with the German version.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Real bread: Over my 30+years of living in the US, I have seen the bread situation dramatically improve, at least as larger cities are concerned (I cannot speak for rural areas). Pittsburgh, where I worked for 21 years, now has a (German-run) bakery that delivers excellent bread all over the city (it also serves the better restaurants that do not bake their own bread). Here in CT, where I live now, even supermarkets have bread that, even if it isn&#8217;t crusty enough when you buy it, will get so if you bake it again in a 150 C oven for a few minutes. My brother&#8217;s family visited us a few weeks ago, and they found that &#8220;die frischen Broetchen&#8221; we obtained that way every morning were better (knuspriger) than those they buy every morning at their local bakery in Cologne. So, with a little creativity, one can do OK here in many places when it comes to &#8220;real&#8221; bread.</p>
<p>The variety remain limited, though; e.g.  the densely-textured &#8220;Kastenbrot&#8221; that I like with certain toppings is almost impossible to find (our supermarket has a German import, but it doesn&#8217;t survive transport and packaging that well). Pumpernickel, as we know it, can also be found only as import&#8211;what&#8217;s called &#8220;pumpernickel&#8221; here is pretty awful or, at least, has little to do with the German version.</p>
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		<title>By: Sabine</title>
		<link>http://nothingforungood.com/2008/11/02/a-modest-proposal/#comment-5871</link>
		<dc:creator>Sabine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 11:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://nothingforungood.com/2008/11/02/a-modest-proposal/#comment-5871</guid>
		<description>My parents advised me that real bread is available in the US, apparently somewhere south of Seattle near Amish country where a lot of germans settled (possibly near Bismarck ?). In this area real beer, sausages and Leberkaese are also available. 

Regarding Nutella, I never realized that germany had a different recipe. It just never occurred to me. My daughter is not a big fan of Hazelnuts and she used to eat Nutella in germany, but didn't like it once we got back to the UK. I will have to import Nutella from germany (or stick to buying Missisippi Mud Pie spread, lol)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My parents advised me that real bread is available in the US, apparently somewhere south of Seattle near Amish country where a lot of germans settled (possibly near Bismarck ?). In this area real beer, sausages and Leberkaese are also available. </p>
<p>Regarding Nutella, I never realized that germany had a different recipe. It just never occurred to me. My daughter is not a big fan of Hazelnuts and she used to eat Nutella in germany, but didn&#8217;t like it once we got back to the UK. I will have to import Nutella from germany (or stick to buying Missisippi Mud Pie spread, lol)</p>
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		<title>By: ZEUGS: Thanksgiving, die Betten im Weißen Haus und West ist Ost &#171; USA Erklärt</title>
		<link>http://nothingforungood.com/2008/11/02/a-modest-proposal/#comment-5868</link>
		<dc:creator>ZEUGS: Thanksgiving, die Betten im Weißen Haus und West ist Ost &#171; USA Erklärt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 08:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://nothingforungood.com/2008/11/02/a-modest-proposal/#comment-5868</guid>
		<description>[...] Änderungsvorschlägen, während wir dabei sind: Das Blog Nothing for UnGood hat eine ganze Reihe davon, in beide Richtungen. Der beste Idee aus den Kommentaren ist die, endlich richtiges Brot in den USA [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] Änderungsvorschlägen, während wir dabei sind: Das Blog Nothing for UnGood hat eine ganze Reihe davon, in beide Richtungen. Der beste Idee aus den Kommentaren ist die, endlich richtiges Brot in den USA [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
		<link>http://nothingforungood.com/2008/11/02/a-modest-proposal/#comment-5769</link>
		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://nothingforungood.com/2008/11/02/a-modest-proposal/#comment-5769</guid>
		<description>5. you wish, those times are gone for good.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>5. you wish, those times are gone for good.</p>
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		<title>By: Rainer</title>
		<link>http://nothingforungood.com/2008/11/02/a-modest-proposal/#comment-5578</link>
		<dc:creator>Rainer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://nothingforungood.com/2008/11/02/a-modest-proposal/#comment-5578</guid>
		<description>"Ich bin sehr für alle Vorschläge, im Besonderen aber für die Lockerung der Einreisebedingungen zumindest nach Las Vegas. Vielleicht könnte man das auch noch auf die Transitstrecken zum Hoover Dam / Lake Mead, Grand Canyon und Death Valley ausdehnen."

great idea. I suggest to learn from the Egypt system of getting tourists from the resorts through the desert to the archeological sites. 
Just gather the buses/cars in a convoy with some special military police at the front and the back

might want to adopt that for the highway from the Miami airport to Miami Beach

Oh and some of these police units in lightly armored vehicles at each touristic site to protect the tourists</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Ich bin sehr für alle Vorschläge, im Besonderen aber für die Lockerung der Einreisebedingungen zumindest nach Las Vegas. Vielleicht könnte man das auch noch auf die Transitstrecken zum Hoover Dam / Lake Mead, Grand Canyon und Death Valley ausdehnen.&#8221;</p>
<p>great idea. I suggest to learn from the Egypt system of getting tourists from the resorts through the desert to the archeological sites.<br />
Just gather the buses/cars in a convoy with some special military police at the front and the back</p>
<p>might want to adopt that for the highway from the Miami airport to Miami Beach</p>
<p>Oh and some of these police units in lightly armored vehicles at each touristic site to protect the tourists</p>
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