MALLS – DEUTSCHLAND STYLE

MALLS – DEUTSCHLAND STYLE

Crazy, but the mall fifteen miles from our house is always packed.  And that baffles me.  Malls in American have been on such a steep decline with their empty storefronts and low foot traffic are depressing dinosaurs. Not so in Deutschland (this photo was purposefully...
STANDARD GOVT ISSUED STAIRWELL

STANDARD GOVT ISSUED STAIRWELL

One of the options we were given for housing when we arrived in Deutschland was the standard government owned off post multi-story design house with the spiral child wiping out staircase. On the face of it, it’s kind of blah, like many of the features in the...
LAUNDRY UPDATE

LAUNDRY UPDATE

Though I was not there when the United States Government delivered our United States Government owned washer and dryer–on loan for the next three years–I do know Jules asked if they could be stacked. Sure they said. But what they did not do was attach a...
MONEY MONEY MONEY!!

MONEY MONEY MONEY!!

I recall meeting a Canadian in the 20th century who mocked our currency.  It’s all two colors, there is no difference between the dollar amounts. I remember thinking at the time, at least our currency doesn’t look like it was designed by a preschool...