July 14, 2005

• Why does my computer keep going back to German when I’ve told it repeatedly that Mien verstandlich um Deutsch ist schrecklichen?  Even that is probably…. falsch.  Which may be why the computer is ignoring me. *big sigh*    On the good side all the spam and ads are in Deutsch too, so that makes it really easy to ignore and delete.

  
  

   Someone mentioned on another blog in the comment section that modern day absinthe “is less than the stuff you hear about historically”  All I have to say about that is you’ve never had the stuff from modern day CZECH!  How did Jed Clampett put it….Wee doggy!  Though I think now you would just say holy s#@t ! !  My throat was on fire and yes we put the flames out BEFORE drinking.  I don’t think I’ll be doing that again since I didn’t care for the taste and it gave me uber vivid dreams.  One of which involved flying by wiggling my toes.  Yup, skipping that little treat next time.

  
  

  Speaking of gas (petrol, not beans) Our prices have gone through the roof.  They went up to 1.27 per liter.  Now for those of you unwilling to do the math I got curious and did it for you.  I kind of wished I hadn’t by the time I was done.  Anyway here it is.  Follow me if you dare…

  
  

  3.785 Liters to 1 U.S. Gal.  = 4.81 Euro per gal at 1.27 per liter.  But we have this little thing called a bad conversion rate.  In which it costs us $1.21 American to buy 1 Euro  So with the conversion rate in reality were paying

  
  

  $5.82 per gal of gas.  Oh the agony!  There is a light at the end of the tunnel.  Bear went and got the car registered with usaeur plates and now we will be able to pay the low bargain price of $2.30 a gal.  Of course he had to take two days off of work unpaid to get through the morass of Army regulations and German de-registration but hey, in 2 months we should break even. 

  
  

  Meanwhile, here we are happily running around the country.  Of course we knew it was costing a lot we just didn’t want to face the cold hard truth.  The 40.00 eu. we usually put in got to where it didn’t even fill the tank, and we drive a little bitty car. And that’s almost $50.00.  Brother, it’s getting hard to be a tourist.  My natural inclination is go, go, go.  But the expense is saying Whoa, whoa, whoa. 

  
  

  My sister had her 8th grand baby.  Both her sons have now given her 4 a piece.  The third son is childless as far as HE claims.  I would now like to publicly thank both my kids for waiting.  Not that I wouldn’t love to have a grand baby to spoil….but you kinda of have to be on the same continent to do that.  And I think were all three to young to be having babies….don’t you?  Anyway my sis “CJ” is flying to K.C. MO. to meet the new bambino and my other sis “Corona” is driving over from St Louis, so there is much jealousy afoot in Germany right now.  Erg, it just kills me wanting to be in two places at once. 

  
  

  One for the road.

  
  

  This is on the second story of a building in the middle of town.  Nothing like a little public humiliation to keep you on the straight and narrow, right!

  
  

  

  • 4:53 pm
  • 8 Comments