Archive for December, 2005

French Basket Coin Tolls II

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Another trip through the French basket-coin tolls, now with additional photos.

These photos are from the first toll (counting from France, or the last one counting from Spain), where the basket eats one two-euro and one one-euro coin, but only when it feels like. The two-euro coins are usually rejected, and [...]


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2 weeks of torture are over

The last two weeks I’ve been without contact with the online and offline world, so no silly posts, no serious posts and seldom available on IM. The reason? This:

Deustch Zertifikat / “German Certification” from the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages of the European Council

Structure of the exam Written

Reading comprehension; includes [...]
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Info: BMW’s 2006 X3 Information

An official BMW US Press document with information about 2006’s X3 (PDF) is available at X3 World Forums, which contains twenty eight pages with descriptions of the car and the extras, as well as technical specifications.


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Video: Making of a BMW E46


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Buy from Amazon … on paper

hm… Odd.
yesterday opening the mailbox we discovered that the german Amazon (Amazon.de) decided for a publicity-by-snail-mail strategy…. i mean, advertising on paper, 10 pages the size of a newspaper with tons of promotions.
is this a local option, only from Amazon.de or also on the UK, USA, etc. ? Anyone getting Amazon-paper-Spam ?

(p.s. damn! [...]


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Dilbert Those were the days

Online version of the original Dilbert submission package which Scott Adams sent to various cartoon syndicates - includes 50 Strips …

Dilbert is an engineer. He is about thirty, and works at an undisclosed high-tech company in Northern California. He lives with his dog, Dogbert, who bears a striking resemblance to Dilbert (including glasses and [...]


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