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[MmeLindt]

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Here is it

www.bild.de/BILD/news/2009/03/25/kleingarten-killer/vor-gericht.html

Nutters.

I dunno if nits travel far down south; I didn't think they did but I guess if the beard, chest hair and everything all blends into each other, they could end up anywhere. Yuk, I've disgusted myself now, so that's the last on the subject. I feel itchy.

My mother cleaned our windows yesterday 'cos they are covered in fingermarks and dog slobber. I had bought a new squeegee thingy specially I as I knew she would be scandalised by them and be unable to resist a good scrub. She's going to run out of things to clean soon...

Guten Tag fellow Germany dwellers!
Trockodile - was it you I spoke to ages ago about your international baptist church? My brain is like jelly, or maybe milchreis now....

LOL AAM, at your DS licking the windows.

I have clean windows today, as I asked my cleaner to do them. It was her last day today so I got her to do something that I really don't like doing. I will have to clean the floors tomorrow myself but rather that than windows.

I know I am going to hate not having a cleaner but tbh, the 200eu a month were just too much. I am too mingy for that, especially as I was not happy with her.

Urgh at the allover nits. I would get the Veet out too.

hi all, nice to see you here scooter.

Why were you not happy with her ML?

OH GOD

Why did I do it?

I asked about how to word a request for money instead of presents for my brothers wedding.

I should have known better.

ZZZen
She charged 22chf an hour but cleaned for 10chf and she used my hair straighteners.

God knows what else she used/searched through when we were out.

will you never learn woman, it wasn't AIBU was it?! Please say you didn't go there! MN can be like a nest of vipers at times. Get a bottle of something yummy out and open a bag of crisps. We'll sort it for you.

She used your HAIR STRAIGHTENERS?????!!!!!! Somehwo doesn't tie in with my idea of the oh-so-korrekt Swiss.

Did you notice this ties in somehow with today's nit topic?

come and say something nice please

Re The Wedding - some of the replies are plain supercilious and make me cross. It's not a big wedding, so I assume that the guests are close friends and family; they will know your brother and SIL lifestyle/tastes/situation and shouldn't be affronted or surprised that they'd rather have a bit of cash to go on holiday than a Spode gravy boat. Some people really need to pick their knickers out of their bum crack...

BTW, how do you know she used your hair straighteners? How odd...

ZZZen's right - don't go in AIBU. I won't make that mistake again. It's much nicer here.

MML you got a right bashing from some people about your brother's wedding!! We only had a small wedding and didnt send invites so when people asked did we want a present we just said money would be great so that we can put it towards bigger furniture etc! no-one seemed offended and BIL gave us loads!! but every cheque big or small was gratefully received and we're still using the money now (only married 18months!!!). We also got vouchers but i didnt find them so useful caue then we were restricted to that one shop! i think some of the positive replies you got esp from custardo (?sp) sound great and wont offend ayone!!

Lol Frosch, at picking their knickers out of their bumcheeks.

I felt like shouting I DONT CARE WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT ASKING FOR MONEY JUST ANSWER THE BLOODY QUESTION. AND IT IS NOT MY WEDDING but resisted.

Re the straightners, I have a strange way of wrapping the cord around and 3 Thursdays in a row the cord was wrapped differently. At first I thought it was a coincidence but after the second week I realised it was not. Must go and check them today, she had her hair down when she arrived.

Bit cheeky, no?

Good call, canella, focus on the positive ones. That TomNook is giving off some right bad vibes!

Rewire those straighteners, MmeLindt. She'll never need to use them again, her hair will be permamently on-end....

Hi Scootergrrrl- how are you? Yes I think we did chat about it! Are you in Bielefeld now? I am over your way(ie the Barracks) a couple of times a week as I do a German course in Stieghorst. Let me know if you want any info re the church (or anything really!). How old are your children?

I am just trying to book a holiday to Austria for May. Really excited, it seems ages since we have had a proper holiday and not visiting family. Has anyone been to Legoland by Ulm? It looks as though it would be a good place to stop. Have you stayed in the holiday village? Trying to decide if it is worth it, and if it is worth paying extra for a pirate room!

I do sometimes wonder if dp and I should get married. We are together for about 13 years, live together for 7 but have moved so much and been poor students for a lot of the time that we really only have the bare minimum. Our wedding guests could get us whatever they like, plates, glasses, cups, cutlery, a Kitchenaid (although I'm currently trying to win £1000 worth of Kitchenaid goods at the BBCGoodfood cake comeptition ), a toaster anything really, we would probably not have it or have just enough for the 4 of us and one or two guests.
I can't see what the problem is with giving money to couples who have a well established household and don't want anymore toasters or vases. And I don't understand why people get so worked up about it.

PMSL at rewiring the straigheners!

Sorry ML I opened your thread and got called away. I also thought what custardo wrote looked ok to me. Honestly I wouldn't be offended and people asking for money rather than gifts. Some people will get offended at anything. I never know what gift to get and I wouldn't know how money to donate either.

Nowadays it is often the case that people have lived together for years before getting married and have all the basic stuff they need or marry later in life and so have set themselves up in 2 households anyway and have at least 2 of everything. Haven't yet seen what happened to the thread after custardo posted, will go and check.

Haven't been to Legoland in Germany trockodile. Dh took dd to Legoland in Denmark and they loved it, baking bread over an open fire and getting very wet on canoes as I recall.

you GO and GET MARRIED Gracelo! Off you go now. We need a wedding on the thread to discuss bridal gowns, whether dc are allowed and how much plonk you need to order. We will all expect an invite of course and we will all give you a fancy toaster each I promise in name of all on the thread.

trockodile- we went to Legoland last year and the dc loved it. We had great weather and got absolutely soaked on some of the water attractions- it wouldn´t have been so much fun if it had been cold.
We actually won a competition (that I don´t remember entering) and stayed in a pirate room in the holiday park. To be completely honest - it´s a complete rip off. If we hadn´t won I would have been really pissed off to paid so much for so little. The rooms are really basic and there´s no t.v. which I know shouldn´t be a problem, but when the dc woke at 6a.m. because they were so excited it would have been nice to put it on to grab an extra hour in bed. There was no bath , only a shower and as far as remember no proper wardrobe. None of this would matter if this was reflected in the price, but it isn´t. On the positive side there were a few really good spielplätze between the houses which were great for before/after Legoland.

MmeLidnt - sorry I missed your thread yesterday, you must felt like banging your head against the keyboard. I agree that Custardo´s poem or travel vouchers are probably the way to go.

A fancy toaster each, woohoo, I shall go and inform dp immediately. Can't wait for the children yes/no discussion to kick off.
We actually did plan to get married a few month after dd was born but after the most frustrating phone conversation of my life with some Beamtin at the Hauptstandesamt I yelled "you know what, just forget about it" at her. We never got around to it afterwards.

gracelo - go ahead and get married!!!
we only got married in 2007 after being together for 9 years (and 3 kids!!). We both thought it would make no difference to our feelings for each other but it totally has - we feel so much more committed and we secretly like calling each other husband/wife! we only had a small wedding - 13 guests and the 5 of us but it was a great day!! think the whole thing only cost about £2500 including the best suite in the hotel for a night (with no kids - heaven!!)!!
we didnt get toasters thoough but even people who didnt come to the wedding bought us gifts - people are so kind (well the ones who arent offended by everything are!!)

need to brave a new bakers today - my local one is closed and the woman there knows my deutsch isnt so good!! will have to make a tool of myself in front of a different baker later!!

then off out to enjoy the great weather - long may it continue!!

LOL at not getting married because of the Beamtin. That is as good a reason as any.

I agree that we need a wedding to plan on the thread and will put some money toward a really fancy toaster. I would pay thousands for a toaster that did the ironing for me.

The wedding thread has pretty much dropped off active conversations so I will let it die a death

ROLFing at rewiring the straightners. She did not use them yesterday so she either buggered off as soon as I went out for the afternoon or was so pissed off at being fired that she did not use them.

Canella
I know what you mean, you get so used to the regular baker knowing that you have not long moved then you have to go somewhere new and start allover again. Although, in our village, I think they all know that there is a strange Scottish woman with a wee dug. They all know the dog, actually. It is quite funny when you walk past some kids and they all shout, Bonjour Mme, Bonjour Daphne.

She got very confused by the fact that dp has a British passport but a NZ birth certificate which is in both English and Maori. This was a Beamtin at a Hauptstandesamt which should be used to that sort of thing since that is where you have to get a marriage permission if none of the couple lives in Germany. The local Standesamt in the village wouldn't have been a problem at all (especially since my brother is the mayor).
We might just get married in NZ one day, with dp's cousin officiating, if he can do that as a catholic priest without including the actual catholic bits. That might be a bit much to ask of him.

ugh Standesamt. I had a real nasty cow when I went to register dd's birth, think that was the Standesamt. Dunno what her problem was, seems like a cushy job to me. She was utterly vile to everyone waiting there and she was snapping at me that she had to get it over with quick because she had a wedding to officiate at and I thought: heck I pity the couple because she was obviously having one foul day.

I've heard weddings in Denmark are very straight-forward and uncomplicated. I know a few people who went to Denmark to get married - not the big hoo-ha grand wedding but all very nice.

canella we can arrange a toaster for your silver wedding, just keep in touch!

this wouldn't be the same town where they were telling Frosch that Wales is not in the EU would it Gracelo?

I thought you could get married anywhere these days, on a boat, parachuting in mid-air with any wording you want etc. I dunno btu I think it is possible the Catholic priest has some lee-way if you get married not actually in a church. Not sure about that though because it will be a sacrament to him.

No, it's not Zzzen, but Mme Lindt actually knows the village. It's quite international these days, most people there would probably know that Wales is in Britain. Many people still say I'm in England though and roll their eyes when I insist that I'm in Scotland.
You can get married anywhere in NZ now (pil's flower farm would be a nice venue) and dp's cousin would be someone who -as a priest- could legally do it. I think though, that he wouldn't want to do it without the catholic bit and that is what dp and I wouldn't want to do.
On the other hand, we are now settled well enough in Scotland that we might as well do it here. Just 4 years ago it didn't feel like home as much.