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More Modern than Ameritech's best. After growing up and living in the (American) West, I’d come to understand one solid fact about US West, the local telephone company: It was the most evil, awful, horrible, and despicable company on the face of the planet. And then in 1998 I moved to Indiana. Even before […] As I noted yesterday (for the umpteenth time), Weimar is in love with Goethe and Schiller. It also fancies itself as the European Capital of Culture—which is was nearly a decade ago in 1999. The trappings of refinement are everywhere you go in Weimar—Goethe and Schiller are fêted as heroes, art museums are celebrated, and […] Incident Outline Event: A previous guest or hotel employee set up the television in my guest room, room 107, to automatically turn on at 05:00. Discovery: 05:00, when TV turns on while I was sleeping. Desired/Expected Response From Hotel Clerk: Me: The television in my room turned on at 5 this morning while I was […] Dear DB & SNCF, Ok, so my train from Frankfurt to Paris-Est (ICE 9556) is running approximately 22 minutes late. I could be upset about this, or the fact that I had to cross platforms at Saarbrücken to board a different train set because of a “technical fault” with my train, but I am not. […] Today I finally got my new Mastercard. It only took four weeks after they promised me a new one in two weeks. It’s good to be in the plastic again, and tomorrow I’m going to Leipzig to go dancing! It’s time to celebrate, even though in a week I’ll be in Berlin: dancing, partying, and […] The Miserable Dienstleistung of my German Bank has forced my hand on a number of fronts—like curbing my wanderlust this weekend. I now know that it takes only 3 weeks before my urge to go kicks in and I want to go, but thanks to the Miserable Dienstleistung, I’ve had to use my American card […] One of the pleasures of visiting America is to go shopping whilst taking advantage of prices that are lower than prices in Europe. One Euro is currently worth US$1.44, which meant that my $70 purchase at Kohl’s will only cost me 48€: for the price of a part of a single pair of pants in […] I am not sure what to think of Amazon right now. Friday I ordered some electronic equipment from the firm—grand total: less than 300€. I paid using a bank transfer, something I’ve never used with them before. And my Amazon accounts were subsequently frozen for account verification. On the face of it, account verification is […] |
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