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Simple answer - money... No circuits in Scandinavia capable of hosting an F1 race and I don't think there's enough interest from the public/governments/private companies to fund such an event. It's all about rally/rallycross there! No circuit in Egypt either as much as I'm aware.

F1 interested in adding second race in China. https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/47951936

Absolutely. Just ask any German living abroad and I'm sure they will have heard it more than often enough. But seriously, I'm surprised you never heard that hehe, google it if you don't believe me I personally prefer a modified one, "Gott schütze uns vor Sturm und Wind und Autos die aus England sind"...

My main interest in the programme was primarily a certain German expat who has been well known down here for being a scamming bastard for years and it was interesting to see quite a few other familiar faces related to that latest pension scheme of his in one way or another. Plenty of more similar cases in the local expat community when it comes to fraudsters and conmen with much more subtle ways of ripping others off but they haven't been given much coverage back in Germany with a few exceptions. You're right in that in this case the victims were extremely naive and financially illiterate to fall for something like that but then someone who takes advantage of people's fears and insecurities in old age with false promises is still a massive cunt and I hope he gets what he deserves. Like the old saying goes; Hüte Dich vor Sturm und Wind und Deutschen, die im Ausland sind...

Still not exactly sure what you're talking about to be honest

What?...

So a few German expats here are in the news... https://www.spiegel.tv/videos/1605569-abzocke-bei-rentnern

Started re-reading de Saint-Exupéry's Citadelle (also known as The Wisdom of the Sands) for the nth time tonight. The only book I took with me when I left and it felt like it's time to read it again.

France and bilingual though?...

Or company get togethers and corporate events. Get fucked with your group activities, "team building" games, pointless unfunny speeches from the management and other similar nonsense. If you want your employees to bond for one evening then free food and drinks is more than enough. And even then, honestly, nobody wants to spend (or rather waste) their free time with people they spend at least 8 hours a day, 5 days a week in the office.

Once again it's different for me; I haven't even met my boss and have no idea who the other employees are haha. Got offered the full-time job after doing a few projects as independent contractor and we've been communicating solely via email/phone from the very start.

Agree with most of it except the bold part as for me personally not seeing other people in the office and not having general chats with people about non-work stuff there is just another advantage of working from home Don't get me wrong, I met a lot of great people at work in the past and became friends with many of them; but when it comes to work, I'm just goal-oriented and prefer having my social interactions elsewhere.

That said if I had family with kids I would prefer to work away from home

I've been working from home for 5 years now and hope I'll never have to go back to office. It has its challenges for sure, and while it's not for everyone, anyone with enough self-discipline and organizational skills can do it.

Where are you looking to move to?

New job interview @Eco? Good luck!

Try to find accurate weather information for an irrelevant village in SE Asia and you'll change your mind This comes very handy during rainy season... and especially when it comes to finding out if a big tropical storm is heading your way. Need to get that lifeboat prepared and ready on time

I just finished both KOTOR games a while ago and I'm really looking forward to this one...

Glad to hear it works for you too! I rarely pay for apps but I got that one without hesitation as I tried many and Ventusky are the only ones who get the forecast and the actual weather conditions right in my neck of woods. Very detailed as well.

It was pizza night yesterday on the ISS!

I'm in!

Regardless if provoked or not - spitting at someone is just low. Hope he gets a healthy ban for it too.

Is that why he got sent off? Only got a notification on my phone but I was watching Werder match so no idea what happened.

Probably my biggest disappointment with Stuttgart has been the downwards trend in their youth development. They used to be one of the best clubs in Germany in terms of talent recognition and nurture, who do they have in the team now from their youth ranks other than Gomez? Didavi? Baumgartl? That's it I think. Sad.