>How much do Germans love their cars?

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This much.

Our county town, Nieder-Olm built some double garages a while back in a new subdivision and now has them on the market.

For a mere €41493.55 (sic – I asked them and they told me that they’re charging at cost. AT COST!), you can be the proud owner of 45m2 in which you can stow your car

That’s about US$55k.

It’s also about what a 45m2 apartment in a high-rise will cost you.

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>Only in America

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>A gaggle of geese, a nest of rabbits… #6

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…. a shitload of postcards.

Ed Hillary, the only New Zealander to appear on a banknote during his or her lifetime

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>Not funny

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A cruel juxtaposition in my news-feed aggregator.

Founder of the Aldi discount chain dies
Number of Love Parade fatalities rises to 21

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>Stop the world, I want to get off…

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ESRI, a GIS software outfit has worked out what would happen if the world were to stop spinning.

Apart from the fact that half the world would be night and you’d be stuck with whichever season you were in at the time, the oceans would be drawn to the equator and would disappear polewards.

Which is good for BP, of course.

All of their off-shore wells are suddenly on-shore.

But if you have ocean-front property in Malibu, you’re stuffed – it’ll take you a good couple of hours to dip your toes into whichever ocean it is now.

You can drive to Hawaii, though…

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>A gaggle of geese, a nest of rabbits… #5

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...a shitload of postcards

Pied Fantail (1919), Auckland City Art Gallery

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>And I thought it was junk mail..

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 I just got this email from a guy I don’t know.

I wish I did.

I think I’d like him

Hi jb

Way back in 2006-2007, you bought some CDs from my store, CD Baby.
(NILS LOFGREN: Breakaway Angel, NILS LOFGREN: Nils Lofgren Band Live, and 3 others.  Remember?)

So you might be interested in my new free projects to help musicians:

MusicThoughts: inspiring quotes about music
http://musicthoughts.com/c/Km5mg

MuckWork: assistants to do your dirty work
http://muckwork.com/c/Km5mg

Derek Sivers: my personal site, with articles
http://sivers.org/c/Km5mg

SongTest: a free, open song contest
http://songtest.com/c/Km5mg

They’re all free, open-source, and non-commercial (except MuckWork), so I’m not emailing you for any business reason.

But since we’ve emailed in the past, I thought I should let you know what’s new.

I sold CD Baby two years ago, so this is the last time you’ll hear from me, unless you reply back or click those links.

Though if you do reply, please let me know what’s going on with you (really!), in case I can help in any way, and to keep this from being a one-sided conversation.   🙂

Thanks!


Derek Sivers  derek@sivers.org  http://sivers.org/c/Km5mg

P.S.  Why I sold CD Baby and where the money went: http://sivers.org/trust

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>The way things go. Reloaded.

>First, there was the 1987 original – “Der Lauf der Dinge” from Peter Fischli and David Weiss.

Then there was Honda’s homage – “The Cog”

And THEN there was OK Go…….

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>It’s a bit rough…

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…when you have to declare your sexual preferences in the program….
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>Eh?

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Looking to rock on over to Vietnam next year for a week or so.
The Mui Ne beach website invitingly says:

Mui Ne Business Owners Band Together to Stop the Killings

Broken Promises Lead to Public Health Threat

Two Boys Drown in Construction Site

100+ Tourists Hospitalized For Food Poisoning

 Binh Thuan’s Volcanic Zone Spawns Earthquake

 

What’s REALLY put me off, though….

 

Gordon Ramsey Films in Phan Thiet

 

 

 

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