Re: escape
 

Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:[color=blue]
> On Wed, 5 Nov 2014 20:15:34 +0000 (UTC), Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid>
> wrote:
>[color=green]
>> The election results are in. i really want to move to Germany. Politics
>> strike me as more rational there.[/color]
>
> Only because you don't live in Germany.[/color]

Ah, but I follow events there and I HAVE lived there in the past. Besides,
they have the best bread in the world!

--
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist with iPad

Re: escape
 

"Erilar" <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> wrote in message
news:m3lq45$97v$4@dont-email.me...[color=blue]
> "terrable" <terrable@terrable.net> wrote:[color=green]
>> "Erilar" <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> wrote in message
>> news:m3e0h6$6k0$2@dont-email.me...[color=darkred]
>>> The election results are in. i really want to move to Germany. Politics
>>> strike me as more rational there.
>>>[/color]
>>
>> Do you read the daily German news ?
>>
>> More rational ?
>>
>> A country with multiple groups of radical leftists, neo-nazis and other
>> wackos.[/color]
>
> At least they aren't paralyzing the government like our right-wing wackos.[color=green]
>>[/color][/color]

Does one read into this that Erilar isn't totally in favour of Ms Palin?
--
JohnT

Re: escape
 

"Erilar" <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> wrote in message
news:m3lq46$97v$5@dont-email.me...[color=blue]
> Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:[color=green]
>> On Wed, 5 Nov 2014 20:15:34 +0000 (UTC), Erilar
>> <drache@chibardun.netinvalid>
>> wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> The election results are in. i really want to move to Germany. Politics
>>> strike me as more rational there.[/color]
>>
>> Only because you don't live in Germany.[/color]
>
> Ah, but I follow events there and I HAVE lived there in the past.
> Besides,
> they have the best bread in the world![/color]

Some German bread is tolerably good. I assume that you are not familiar with
Poilane.
--
JohnT

Re: escape
 

On Sat, 8 Nov 2014 19:15:17 +0000 (UTC), Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid>
wrote:
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>Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:[color=green]
>> On Fri, 07 Nov 2014 17:29:16 +0100, Tom P <werotizy@freent.dd> wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> On 07.11.2014 10:50, Martin wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 06 Nov 2014 12:18:32 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
>>>> <evgmsop@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Martin wrote:
>>>>>> On Wed, 5 Nov 2014 20:15:34 +0000 (UTC), Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The election results are in. i really want to move to Germany. Politics
>>>>>>> strike me as more rational there.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Only because you don't live in Germany.
>>>>>
>>>>> That's probably true - I've read about neo-nazis being on the increase.
>>>>
>>>> Not forgetting all the petty local officialdom.
>>>>
>>>
>>> What kind of petty local officialdom are you thinking of? I find the
>>> local officials to be extremely fast and efficient. I got a certificate
>>> of life last week in two minutes flat, plus one minute to find a parking
>>> spot near the office.[/color]
>>
>> A certificate of life?[/color]
>
>You're allowed to live in this country, but often not allowed to vote.[/color]

Ditto The Netherlands.
--

Martin in Zuid Holland

Re: escape
 

On Sat, 8 Nov 2014 19:15:18 +0000 (UTC), Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid>
wrote:
[color=blue]
>Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:[color=green]
>> On Wed, 5 Nov 2014 20:15:34 +0000 (UTC), Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid>
>> wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> The election results are in. i really want to move to Germany. Politics
>>> strike me as more rational there.[/color]
>>
>> Only because you don't live in Germany.[/color]
>
>Ah, but I follow events there and I HAVE lived there in the past.[/color]

Lived long term or just visited? Paid both German and US income tax at the same
time?
[color=blue]
>Besides,
>they have the best bread in the world![/color]

Make your own bread and stay at home.
--

Martin in Zuid Holland

Re: escape
 

On Sat, 8 Nov 2014 20:38:58 -0000, "JohnT" <spamnot@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>
>"Erilar" <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> wrote in message
>news:m3lq46$97v$5@dont-email.me...[color=green]
>> Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> On Wed, 5 Nov 2014 20:15:34 +0000 (UTC), Erilar
>>> <drache@chibardun.netinvalid>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The election results are in. i really want to move to Germany. Politics
>>>> strike me as more rational there.
>>>
>>> Only because you don't live in Germany.[/color]
>>
>> Ah, but I follow events there and I HAVE lived there in the past.
>> Besides,
>> they have the best bread in the world![/color]
>
>Some German bread is tolerably good. I assume that you are not familiar with
>Poilane.[/color]

and didn't eat French bread as a matter of principle.
--

Martin in Zuid Holland

Re: escape
 

JohnT wrote:[color=blue]
>
> "Erilar" <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> wrote in message
> news:m3lq45$97v$4@dont-email.me...[/color]
[color=blue][color=green]
>> At least they aren't paralyzing the government like our right-wing
>> wackos.[color=darkred]
>>>[/color][/color]
>
> Does one read into this that Erilar isn't totally in favour of Ms Palin?[/color]

If Sara were the ONLY "right wing wacko", our freedoms might still stand
a chance!

Re: escape
 

"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <evgmsop@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:CuWdnWpcT_3aPsLJnZ2dnUU7-SednZ2d@earthlink.com...[color=blue]
>
>
> JohnT wrote:[color=green]
>>
>> "Erilar" <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> wrote in message
>> news:m3lq45$97v$4@dont-email.me...[/color]
>[color=green][color=darkred]
>>> At least they aren't paralyzing the government like our right-wing
>>> wackos.
>>>>[/color]
>>
>> Does one read into this that Erilar isn't totally in favour of Ms Palin?[/color]
>
> If Sara were the ONLY "right wing wacko", our freedoms might still stand a
> chance![/color]

The USA has always had more than its fair share of wackos of more than one
political persuasion. Sarah wanted to stop your Country from being involved
in squirmishes.

--
JohnT

Re: escape
 

On 11/9/2014 12:57 AM, Martin wrote:
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> On Sat, 8 Nov 2014 19:15:18 +0000 (UTC), Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid>
> wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Ah, but I follow events there and I HAVE lived there in the past.[/color]
>
> Lived long term or just visited? Paid both German and US income tax at the same
> time?[/color]

As a US ex-pat, one only pays income taxes to both countries if one's
income exceeds a certain threshold. This year, that amount for the full
year is $99,200. I doubt Erilar's income exceeds that threshold.

The biggest problem for American ex-pats these days is that the
American tax authority - the IRS, Internal Revenue Service - has put
the onus on banks where Americans have accounts to provide complete
information on those accounts, no matter where the banks are.
European banks have responded by either outright refusing to open
accounts to American ex-pats, or severely curtailing the services on
offer to those ex-pats.

Re: escape
 

On Fri, 7 Nov 2014, tim..... wrote:
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> It's gotten a lot better since they were told (along with several other EU
> countries) that they had to stop treating other EU nationals registering to
> "live" the same way that they treat the Turks[/color]

Sincerely I was treated very fairly, kindly and efficiently when I
registered in Germany in the '80s. They asked me whether I wanted a
permission for 1, 2 or 5 years.

It might have helped that: a) I spoke a bit of German; b) I was
accompanied by an ESA secretary; c) I had a card from my home
institution from which I was on leave of absence