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Posted: 3/14/2021 5:45:09 PM EDT
[#1]
Women topless on beaches.
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Posted: 3/14/2021 5:46:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: We don’t need a military to secure our capital from ourselves. Yeah the Soviets would rather just rape and pillage their own citizens. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 6:03:20 PM EDT
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Rammstein
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Posted: 3/14/2021 6:03:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Women topless on beaches. Nobody wants to see that here. 
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Posted: 3/14/2021 6:07:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Women topless on beaches. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 6:19:58 PM EDT
[#6]
Quoted: They fix things, maintain them, and take care of them, instead of just throwing them away, and building new ones. Every time I'm in Europe, I'm amazed at how much of Europe, the building and homes, structures, roads, are hundreds, sometimes thousands of years old. It's nothing to see some place built 500 years ago. And, a lot of it is really pretty. And, then you remember, half their stuff was blown up in WW2, and they just repaired most of it instead of replacing it. Even a lot of their trains look old, but are well maintained. On the other hand, here in America, everything is new and shiny, and ugly as it can be. We tear down anything over 40 years old. I seen a small appliance shop in the UK where the guy was fixing a toaster that looked older than me. This was in 2005 so I wonder if any of this is changing yet? |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 7:22:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I seen a small appliance shop in the UK where the guy was fixing a toaster that looked older than me. Repairing for profit something that costs $25 new isn't a sign of a thriving economy. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 7:33:24 PM EDT
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In the final analysis, there are LOTS of “nice” things in Europe, and lots of “nice” aspects to life there. I understand why it works very well for lots of people there.
But there’s a reason I am US citizen now. 
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Posted: 3/14/2021 7:35:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: In the final analysis, there are LOTS of "nice" things in Europe, and lots of "nice" aspects to life there. I understand why it works very well for lots of people there. But there's a reason I am US citizen now. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 7:37:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I seen a small appliance shop in the UK where the guy was fixing a toaster that looked older than me. This was in 2005 so I wonder if any of this is changing yet? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: They fix things, maintain them, and take care of them, instead of just throwing them away, and building new ones. Every time I'm in Europe, I'm amazed at how much of Europe, the building and homes, structures, roads, are hundreds, sometimes thousands of years old. It's nothing to see some place built 500 years ago. And, a lot of it is really pretty. And, then you remember, half their stuff was blown up in WW2, and they just repaired most of it instead of replacing it. Even a lot of their trains look old, but are well maintained. On the other hand, here in America, everything is new and shiny, and ugly as it can be. We tear down anything over 40 years old. I seen a small appliance shop in the UK where the guy was fixing a toaster that looked older than me. This was in 2005 so I wonder if any of this is changing yet? Retro stuff sells quite well. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 7:37:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Repairing for profit something that costs $25 new isn't a sign of a thriving economy. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I seen a small appliance shop in the UK where the guy was fixing a toaster that looked older than me. Repairing for profit something that costs $25 new isn't a sign of a thriving economy. It is if they are paying £100 for a retro item because it’s cool to be retro. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 7:38:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Taxes? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: In the final analysis, there are LOTS of "nice" things in Europe, and lots of "nice" aspects to life there. I understand why it works very well for lots of people there. But there's a reason I am US citizen now. Wow. 
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Posted: 3/14/2021 7:41:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Wow. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 7:41:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Wow. It's clearly because he identifies as a Carl Gustav... That or likes Hot Carl's I cant remember TBH ;). |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 7:45:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Wow. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: In the final analysis, there are LOTS of "nice" things in Europe, and lots of "nice" aspects to life there. I understand why it works very well for lots of people there. But there's a reason I am US citizen now. Wow. Madsen? 
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Posted: 3/14/2021 7:46:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: In the final analysis, there are LOTS of "nice" things in Europe, and lots of "nice" aspects to life there. I understand why it works very well for lots of people there. But there's a reason I am US citizen now. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 7:56:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Autobahn Roundabouts Vote for these, and the month of August off. Not thrilled about gas and diesel prices. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 9:33:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Repairing for profit something that costs $25 new isn't a sign of a thriving economy. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I seen a small appliance shop in the UK where the guy was fixing a toaster that looked older than me. Repairing for profit something that costs $25 new isn't a sign of a thriving economy. My point was that they seem to appreciate nicer things, or at least perhaps have less of throw-away mentality than we do. If a guy can make a living fixing small appliances, I'd call that a good thing. The reason a toaster is $25 (hell probably less) would have more to do with chicom slave labor and our desire for cheap disposable garbage. Not saying I'm not guilty of the same thing, I believe my wife has been through 3 cheap toasters; though I have been trying not to buy so much cheap junk in the last several years. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 8:49:15 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Things are changing at a glaciers pace but more US companies are offering more time off to attract younger workers. Unlimited PTO is a thing for corps that can afford it. A lot of millenials saw how their parents and grandparents worked themselves to death at high stress jobs, you know to provide a better life for their kids, and a lot are taking them up on that notion (see guy building camper van thread). Never got to ask my dad if he thought his 60+ hours a week for the overtime pay he loved was worth it in the face of losing time with his wife and kids when he died horribly of cancer in his early 50s. How many saturdays we could have spent riding dirt bikes, shooting, or hunting instead of scanning jet engine blades for GE (and be under constant layoff threat from Neutron Jack). I do think Europeans have it right with the whole holiday thing. It prevents chasing getting all the allowed and deserved time off in favor of "look how much you can take!" but in reality people take less than half what they did when they had "limited" time off. This applies to anybody that's been there a while. Noobs with only the basic allotment think it's great. But after a decade, it's more than three or maybe four weeks someone would have and there's a big drop off of usage. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 9:06:12 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That’s your employer being an arsehole. Not you, mate. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: They have homeless and all of that here also......and several perverted corrupt politicians.. And fuck the 30 day vacations... I can't take more than one week without being felt like an asshole from my employers. That’s your employer being an arsehole. Not you, mate. This. My former employer gave us 5 weeks vacation plus another 18 days off if you had an assignment with steady days off. The only time I ever saw someone denied their vacation was during the first couple of months following 9/11. They even let people use vacation days from the upcoming year if they didn't have enough. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 9:09:15 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Repairing for profit something that costs $25 new isn't a sign of a thriving economy. i'd say it's a sign of frugality that used to be common here in the states, before we as a culture decided that everything is disposable. my sister has gone down the disposability rabbit hole, and complains about how stressful it is to buy a new appliance every few years. meanwhile, my folks are still perfectly content using a refrigerator from the 1980s. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 9:53:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: meanwhile, my folks are still perfectly content using a refrigerator from the 1980s. And I bet it uses more electricity than a small African nation |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 1:51:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: In the final analysis, there are LOTS of “nice” things in Europe, and lots of “nice” aspects to life there. I understand why it works very well for lots of people there. But there’s a reason I am US citizen now. To be honest, if I were from Denmark I'd go pretty much anywhere to get away from there. Being better than Denmark isn't exactly a ringing endorsement. 
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Posted: 3/15/2021 3:11:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: To be honest, if I were from Denmark I'd go pretty much anywhere to get away from there. Being better than Denmark isn't exactly a ringing endorsement. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 3:18:04 PM EDT
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Starting world wars.
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Posted: 3/15/2021 3:19:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Autobahn Roundabouts OP is correct about vacation. You are right about these, and the poster above was right about suppressors. Bidets are common, that's pretty nice. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 3:47:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Many EU countries treat firearm mufflers as inexpensive, unregulated over the counter safety accessories. sort of true . if i go here and say its for my air rifle i just give him 30 quid and walk out , if i say its for a .22lr i need it ( no numbers ) on my licence, free at renewal . if you do the former and have a .22lr you only break the law if you fit it to a .22lr (well thats only if you get caught with it attached ). also cans get shot out all the time , they are cheap and you just take it back to the dealer and change it for a new one , dealer sorts his stock level as yours has not changed . |
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Posted: 3/17/2021 7:45:36 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/17/2021 8:50:42 PM EDT
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I'd agree with OP.
Last year, I hit 10 years with my current employer and unbeknownst to me, rated another week of paid time off. That put me to 6.5 weeks per year. Holy fuck I love time off! There are guys in our UK office that say they start out with basically 5 weeks worth of PTO. When I started at the company they were doing ETO (earned time off), which you could pile up to a limit that increased, as well as the amount per pay period you were awarded. Back in 2015, they switched to PTO and basically allowed us to use up our ETO and still have our full allotment of PTO. It came at a great time because I was selling one house and moving to another. There was some drama, and being able to take a week off here and there really helped. I think I had 2 full months off that year. Last November, the company announced they're laying off my entire team, save for the manager and a couple of the higher-ranked guys. That left me worried that taking a new job elsewhere might only leave me with a measly 2 weeks of vacation per year. That sucks ass. One recruiter for a position I talked to, but didn't hear back from, said that company had 13 paid holidays per year, and gave 28 days of paid time off. That sounded pretty nice. I'm currently in the process of interviewing for another company, but don't know what the compensation and benefits package is like yet. I hope it's good. |
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Posted: 3/18/2021 11:35:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Well then what? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Wow. For a laugh,look up how much a 911 costs in Denmark 
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Posted: 3/19/2021 1:05:55 AM EDT
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I go to Europe every year using my month of time off, so I like it over there. That said, while these types of threads are a lot of fun, the US and Europe are just too big and diverse to make sweeping generalizations.
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Posted: 3/19/2021 1:09:19 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Don't have a real military and make us pay for all of it. We should disband our military. If we're going to be openly invaded and not secure our border, we're not even a real country. Americans cities were allowed to be burned by communists for a good part of a year and citizens attacked. Why have a military or police forces if that shit is going to occur? |
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Posted: 3/19/2021 1:12:02 AM EDT
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Europe is good for a visit - outside that its a mess. An inefficient, over governed an unproductive disaster zone. Look at the monumentally inept handling of the COVID vaccine roll out as just the latest example of EU mismanagement.
I know this as I am a part owner of a company based there - the inefficiency is mind boggling - example, the actual measured productivity per employee over there is 1/3 of what it is here. Just think about that for one moment. The over regulation is mind numbing. |
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Posted: 3/19/2021 10:07:03 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: And I bet it uses more electricity than a small African nation I'm serious. Those older fridges are hideously energy-inefficient. |
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Posted: 3/19/2021 3:23:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm serious. Those older fridges are hideously energy-inefficient. the more 'lectricity you use, the more money i make. |
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