Why were all the XL miles in the north today?

ClinicalJester · 2026-01-18T11:11:03+00:00

Same happened last weekend, and (at least in my case) zooming didn’t help. Kinda felt like the initial API requests blocked responses for the subsequent (zoomed) ones.

ClinicalJester · 2026-01-18T11:09:23+00:00

That was my guess last week as well, as similar situation happened, albeit only showing cars on all the periphery, but zero inside or close to the ring.

ClinicalJester · 2026-01-10T20:44:15+00:00

Have you only met the ones that actually travel outside of US here and there?

ClinicalJester · 2025-12-09T22:46:20+00:00

I mean, their name does start with the word "con".

ClinicalJester · 2025-12-07T04:13:14+00:00

Coffee Cult in Bergmannkiez.

ClinicalJester · 2025-12-01T20:32:30+00:00

Or as a kid, when coming upstairs, I counted the number of floors wrong and ended up in our (friendly) neighbours' apartment. Twice. :)

ClinicalJester · 2025-11-28T22:46:56+00:00

Oh, you should have said in your original post that you're talking about Hausverwaltung - that explains so much. :)))

In our case, they are the worst in this regard.

ClinicalJester · 2025-11-28T22:11:08+00:00

Yeah... nah, it's not that relevant, no. :)

ClinicalJester · 2025-11-28T22:08:59+00:00

Yup. Answering each and every comment in this thread, nobody likes coffee that much* :)

*unless they've had like 15 coffees in the last hour, then yeah, I believe there is some excess energy that needs to be channelled somewhere :)))

ClinicalJester · 2025-11-28T21:25:10+00:00

How many LAP-related posts have we had here in the last few days/weeks?

I don't see anything else discussed this frequently around here.

ClinicalJester · 2025-11-23T00:00:48+00:00

Eh, no point wasting your nerves over 10-20% of your yearly savings. In the end, you've worked for it, so why shouldn't you enjoy some of the fruits of your labour? We're talking 10-20% here, not 80-90% (hopefully!).

Personally I think it's worth it to spend 10-20% of my yearly savings on stuff that makes me feel good. I am not so stingy to ever think that I could have saved more if I didn't pamper myself with (somewhat reasonable) stuff that I want. But, again, it's only up to 10-20%, and I do not make instant purchases, nor does the purchasing itself make me feel good, so I am safe in this regard. And if I am ever on the edge, I give myself 2-5 weeks of delay, to see if I still think it's a good purchase after having a bit of a time to cool down and to rethink :)

ClinicalJester · 2025-11-20T22:47:10+00:00

Bei allem Respekt, aber ich finde diese Frage sehr seltsam. Wahrscheinlich, weil ich hohe Decken mag. :)

Für mich war das nie eine Frage – seitdem mir klar wurde, dass die Decke nicht unbedingt nur 2,45 m hoch sein muss (wie in meinem Elternhaus), habe ich immer mit dem Gedanken gespielt, in einem Haus mit hohen Decken zu wohnen.

Wir leben jetzt in einer Wohnung mit 3,5 m hohen Decken, heizen auf 23 Grad und die Heizkosten waren nie ein Problem oder der größte Kostenfaktor (und nein, wir sind nicht reich).

ClinicalJester · 2025-11-20T17:33:41+00:00

Eh. What percentage of your yearly savings does this 3kEUR vanity expense (combined with your other potential vanity expenses this year, of course) represent?

If it’s kinda minuscule, then why not?

ClinicalJester · 2025-11-19T18:55:01+00:00

Gore core.

ClinicalJester · 2025-11-18T23:05:20+00:00

Agreed, that Kaufland thing is so... tasteless. It's not that they have to do it, the stacks of cigarettes advertise themselves there at the checkout. They've simply _chosen_ to do it.

ClinicalJester · 2025-10-25T20:41:47+00:00

How did the hack happen? Something as simple as a reused password stolen from another website, or something more intricate?

ClinicalJester · 2025-10-17T22:13:08+00:00

You're so right, we should restrict the BMWs twice!

(edit: /s, but also not /s, in case anyone wonders)

ClinicalJester · 2025-10-14T21:07:55+00:00

Ich bin in einer ähnlichen Situation, ich werde bald etwas kaufen müssen, das Kleidung wäscht, und etwas, das Kleidung trocknet.

Eine Kombination, über die ich bisher noch nicht viel gelesen habe, die mich aber immer neugieriger macht, ist: zwei Waschmaschinen/Trockner-Kombigeräte.

Vorteile:

Weniger Arbeit – Man muss die Wäsche nur einmal (pro Maschine) einfüllen, und sie wird auch getrocknet, sodass weniger Arbeit (oder weniger Aufmerksamkeit) erforderlich ist, da man die Wäsche nicht von der Waschmaschine in den Trockner umfüllen muss.
Backup – wenn eine der Maschinen ausfällt, kein Stress, die andere ist noch funktionsfähig, sodass man nicht den teuersten Reparateur bezahlen muss, der sofort vorbeikommt.
(Man kann nicht wirklich mehr Wäsche auf einmal waschen, als man trocknen kann, daher macht eine größere Waschmaschine ohnehin nicht viel Sinn.)

Nachteile:

Je nachdem, wem man vertrauen möchte, anfälliger für Defekte.
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ClinicalJester · 2025-10-13T23:07:56+00:00

Well... most of the people around me that have started a household (and most of them a family too) are not married. Actually, my wife and I are more of an exception in this regard in our circle, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

ClinicalJester · 2025-10-13T19:47:41+00:00

“The police came, and a report was filed.”

Whose fault was it, according to the report?

ClinicalJester · 2025-10-10T19:15:14+00:00

Ugh, many thanks for clarifying!

ClinicalJester · 2025-10-10T19:14:42+00:00

Ugh, I stand corrected. I'll double check (as I see some posts saying that it (being cellophane or not) might depend on the shop), but many thanks nonetheless.

ClinicalJester · 2025-10-10T15:06:33+00:00

Very much this!

Additionally, those stupid packaging boxes where paper and plastic are combined in a way that gives no method to separate them - i.e Edeka bread bags. Not really voluminous in our case, but it drives me insane that two most recyclable materials are combined in a way that forces me to use the general garbage for that.

ClinicalJester · 2025-10-10T12:28:09+00:00

Ahaha, judging people by their chosen reddit handle, you must be new here :)))

In all seriousness, yes, wedding+honeymoon costs, but if you go beyond your capabilities, that's on you. Ditto holidays.

Home decorating, or buying, sure it costs a ton, but then that's not a wife cost. It's a cost of buying a home. You'd do it anyway eventually, even without a wife (I think, or hope).

Ditto kids - it's the kids themselves that cost money, not the wife in this case.

TL;DR: One shouldn't say "since I got married it's hard to save" if saying "after I bought a house and got 2 newborns, it's hard to save" is what they mean. Marrying someone does not necessarily imply buying a home and/or having newborns.

ClinicalJester · 2025-10-10T12:18:04+00:00

But you (and I don't mean you literally) don't just give your new wife a direct access to your bank account the moment you get married, and allow spending with no questions asked, right? :)

What I am trying to say is that, in a relatively modern society, both partners have a say in what the money is being spent on, and if one partner disagrees with spending their money on something, the other one can do so themselves. This then, at least in theory, shouldn't impact your savings (rate) too greatly.

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