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Does anyone know a good Bluetooth device that has a separation alert? I would like to put on my bag. Phone would ring if the device is left behind.
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At some point, I tried this as an experiment. Instead of doing things myself, I tried to hire people to do it for me. I tried a few different things, data labeling, custom sewing work, custom car modifications. Turns out that the work was either done badly when it came to fairly common tasks or people refused to outright do it when it was custom work. I've seen the same thing when I looked at what happened when frien…
Finding good help is exceptionally difficult. It's gotten to the point where I pretty much do everything myself. What wealth I've accumulated has gone into tools, equipment, and leasing shop space. In the last decade I've found less than 5 people whom I would rely on to do what they've told me they're going to do, whether I'm paying them or not. It's gotten to the point now where I've learned carpentry to make my own…
People seek him out because of his skill, but then upon being told that it might be £600 for interior door to be made, or more, suddenly want him to fit a store bought one. His daily rate is low, but a lot of rich people still don't want to pay for a job to be done properly.
Quite sad to see people buying amazing historic houses and then filling them with ready made fittings, after tearing out the old hand made stuff.
> thoroughly examined the contents of paper recycling dumpsters used by the cleaning crew. I've seen comments elsewhere noting how German it supposedly is to examine the paper dumpsters only, and to actually be right about it. So to nip this in the bud, let me state for the record that these are mediocre Germans at best: Oil-on-canvas does not belong in the paper recycling. They should have separated the cardboard bo…
> thoroughly examined the contents of paper recycling dumpsters used by the cleaning crew. I've seen comments elsewhere noting how German it supposedly is to examine the paper dumpsters only, and to actually be right about it. So to nip this in the bud, let me state for the record that these are mediocre Germans at best: Oil-on-canvas does not belong in the paper recycling. They should have separated the cardboard bo…
I’ve come to embrace Mülltrennung wholeheartedly while living here. I even left my first angry note last week to neighbours throwing glass away and not returning it to a recycling bin. I think it’s an important integration step.
To achieve full Germaninality, however, you have to learn not to want it too much. It's really Zen, in a way, if Zen was still and will, rightfully, forever be trying to overcome the industrialisation of genocide.
1) the value of the painting and the careless way it was handled suggests subterfuge.
2) Where was this painting during the War? Specifically, after 1933?
3) Is it the subject of any claims?
4) Was this an instance of self-help by descendants of owners who were forced to sell cheaply given the situation in Germany, who had previously not succeeded in their claims?
5) Siemens no longer gives briefcases full of cash to secure foreign contracts. But a painting?
6) Israel is a "no questions asked" jurisdiction when it comes to banking. Scenario: a Russian buyer pays $300k in cash in Israel, the funds are immediately deposited in an Israeli bank. Hard to do that anywhere else (maybe Ciudad del Este, or Northern Cyprus). Seller wires funds out from Israel from time to time, raising no suspicion or tax inquiries.
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From the article it seems it wasn't on purpose: >An unnamed businessman forgot the canvas—an untitled and undated work by French painter Yves Tanguy—at a check-in counter when boarding a flight [...] He soon realized that the 16- by 24-inch painting, which he’d stored in a flat cardboard box, had gone missing, and upon arriving in Israel, immediately contacted German authorities.
which is also very remarkable. If I had a painting worth 340.000 $ with me, I would not leave it out of my sight, much less forget about it.
Something tells me there's more to this story. Much more: 1) the value of the painting and the careless way it was handled suggests subterfuge. 2) Where was this painting during the War? Specifically, after 1933? 3) Is it the subject of any claims? 4) Was this an instance of self-help by descendants of owners who were forced to sell cheaply given the situation in Germany, who had previously not succeeded in their cla…
> thoroughly examined the contents of paper recycling dumpsters used by the cleaning crew. I've seen comments elsewhere noting how German it supposedly is to examine the paper dumpsters only, and to actually be right about it. So to nip this in the bud, let me state for the record that these are mediocre Germans at best: Oil-on-canvas does not belong in the paper recycling. They should have separated the cardboard bo…
Nip in the "bud" not "butt" as long as we're offing exacting critiques ;) https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/nip+in+the+bud
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I’ve come to embrace Mülltrennung wholeheartedly while living here. I even left my first angry note last week to neighbours throwing glass away and not returning it to a recycling bin. I think it’s an important integration step.
It is on the path to Germanicity. To achieve full Germaninality, however, you have to learn not to want it too much. It's really Zen, in a way, if Zen was still and will, rightfully, forever be trying to overcome the industrialisation of genocide.
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Finding good help is exceptionally difficult. It's gotten to the point where I pretty much do everything myself. What wealth I've accumulated has gone into tools, equipment, and leasing shop space. In the last decade I've found less than 5 people whom I would rely on to do what they've told me they're going to do, whether I'm paying them or not. It's gotten to the point now where I've learned carpentry to make my own…
My brother is a 'proper' carpenter and sadly struggles to find people like you. People seek him out because of his skill, but then upon being told that it might be £600 for interior door to be made, or more, suddenly want him to fit a store bought one. His daily rate is low, but a lot of rich people still don't want to pay for a job to be done properly. Quite sad to see people buying amazing historic houses and then…