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Or possibly the report author knows what he’s talking about and uninformed internet commenter is an idiot. Poles and Romanians and any other EU residents can still benefit from German nationality, starting with the right to vote, as well as...
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Greg Tingey commented on
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SS Uphill - no problem, downhill, NOT so good & as for cornering, you don't want to know. whitroth Yes - she is the classic example & Cyril is still as "saint" But then there's Dominic - founder of a religious order & leader of the Albigensian crusade Or Thomas More, who deliberately had people burnt alive ... Or the recent torturer "mother Theresa"...
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Moz commented on
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I might have tried to explain to him I wasn't going to break the rules, I was looking for a place where what I wanted to do was lawful I started that way, and mentioned it a few times, but between "I can't give you advice, you need to hire someone who will tell you what I will allow" and "you can't build a structure on that land" I didn't feel that I was getting anywhere. So rather than buy a block of land then spend the next ten years playing silly buggers at my expense, I gave up early....
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Scott Sanford commented on
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I kinda want one of these: https://mymodernmet.com/volkswagen-bug-camper/ More seriously, I'd like a small campervan suitable for one person for photography trips. I've seen that! The kitchen is cute but I'd rather have someplace to sleep, since for my use cases I can often stop at a restaurant and will eat cold food other times. And I agree with the camper comment; either a Type II or Vanagon camping van would be everything I'd need for conventions and casual road trips. Greg: Uphill - no problem, downhill, NOT so good & as for cornering, you don't want to know. That surprises...
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whitroth commented on
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Really liked the ad campaign when VW reintroduced the beetle: 0-60: yes. heat: yes.......
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JohnS commented on
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Scott Sanford @ 1757: I recall an anecdote from a column written by an airline pilot during the early post-9/11 years, after the TSA materialized but also US congress legislated that pilots could carry handguns aboard: how the author carried a serrated plastic knife in his flight bag (to open his sandwiches) and had it confiscated ... even though he was about to take the controls of a loaded 767 and could legally have carried a gun on board. Really, security theatre would be hilarious if it wasn't so annoying. A similar story emerged from the early weeks after 9/11...
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