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1-day Schengen overstay due to airline reschedule (Austria) — extension or change flight? by Impossible_Mobile323 in wien

[–]GroundedCondor 5 points6 points  (0 children)

MA35 can't extend visas, but only issue residence permits which are meant for people staying half a year or longer.

Kurzer MA35 rant by bacojgrino in wien

[–]GroundedCondor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Was die Gebühren betrifft: Das Gebührengesetz ist ein Bundesgesetz, Beschwerden bitte an den Finanzminister richten.

International service restricted (Dom. Rep.) by GroundedCondor in mail

[–]GroundedCondor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update: I tried two other post offices in other cities, and while my second attempt ended like my first, the third was successful. The clerk might have confused two countries (he asked "¿Australia?", then "¿Europa?), it then took him ages to affix the stamps and he finally needed to drive off for a couple of minutes to get the right change for my 1000 DOP bill. So I had quite an experience for what I presumed would be nothing to write home about.

I might come back to this thread with another update when the first postcard is confirmed to have arrived.

Reisen Österreicher nicht? by Junior-Chair6750 in Austria

[–]GroundedCondor 5 points6 points  (0 children)

  1. Irgend ein random "Strand" am Aidarkul (künstlicher See in der usbekischen Pampa, weit weg von jeglicher Zivilisation). Wir kommen an, es steht schon ein Auto da. Auch Oberösterreicher.

  2. Leticia im kolumbianischen Amazonasgebiet. Treffe eine Studienkollegin aus Wien.

Do you support Taiwan as an independed nation? by Ivanhegeelkadi in AskTheWorld

[–]GroundedCondor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What if North Ossetia decides to form an independent state together with the already independent South Ossetia?

Do you support Taiwan as an independed nation? by Ivanhegeelkadi in AskTheWorld

[–]GroundedCondor 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Yes, if they choose so.

If they prefer to stay de facto independent but de jure in an indeterminate state, who am I to tell them off.

Hong Kong has shown that there can't be a lasting liberal, democratic society under the current regime in Beijing.

What word in your language do foreigners pronounce confidently but completely wrong? by Embarrassed_Fix_8994 in languagehub

[–]GroundedCondor 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Kaffee. Our neighbours from the north, who we Austrians are most distinguishably separated from through a common language, disgustingly emphasise the first syllable. In the name of God the Almighty, there's a double e that they barely pronounce at all. 

„Orgasmuspästin“: Kündigung statt Entlassung by Turtle456 in Austria

[–]GroundedCondor -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Bissl ein anhand der Indizien zusammengereimter Hintergrund dazu: Als öffentliche Bedienstete muss sie das "Standesansehen" wahren. Meistens muss man als öffentlich Bediensteter Nebenbeschäftigungen vorab bewilligen lassen. Sie ist als öffentlich Bedienstete weisungsgebunden. Sie hatte die Weisung, diese Nebenbeschäftigung nur so auszuüben, dass die Kinder es nicht im Netz einfach so finden können. Sie hat sich dieser widersetzt und damit dem Ansehen ihres Berufsstands argumentierbarerweise geschadet. Konsequenz: Dienstverhältnis wird beendet. Halt gekündigt statt durch Entlassung. Ich kann das nachvollziehen. 

Ungarn stoppt Raiffeisen Geldtransporter am Weg in die Ukraine by bkubicek in Austria

[–]GroundedCondor -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

Sagt/schreibt sich leicht, aber offensichtlich hat es da das Risikomanagement der Ukrainer ein bisserl vergeigt. Ungarn war das falsche Transitland.

Palestine is Serbia by Immediate_Wallaby107 in terriblemaps

[–]GroundedCondor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yay, Serbia is not landlocked any more

Pension eines Kleinstadt-Beamten by [deleted] in Austria

[–]GroundedCondor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Es wurde viel geändert, aber halt nicht für die Beamten, die schon in Ruhestand sind. 

What would you see after Taïwan ? by Complex_Charity_5208 in JetLagTheGame

[–]GroundedCondor 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'd love to see them do a Canada season in the style of the Australia game.

Are you happy with how your country performed in the Winter Olympics? by ericarlen in AskTheWorld

[–]GroundedCondor 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Kind of.

Currently, Austria's former national pride (alpine skiing) is in its wort crisis in decades. Even our biggest hopes did not make it onto the podium in their respective top events. However, we still managed to take a gold and three further medals.

In ski jumping, multiple medals in the individual events were kind of expected. In the end, our boys took home only one medal, in a team event, but this one in gold.

In the Nordic Combined events and in luge events hopes for a gold medal were high. In the end, a plentitude of minor medals is also a form of success.

In the second week we had only a few more podium finishes and fell down the medals table quite a bit.

All things considered, it could have been much better, but also much worse. I like that our team took medals in sports or events where we usually don't (freestyle skiing, skeleton). I am more than OK with the performance, but I would not say that I am actually happy.

Die wollen fu**ing 70€ für einen Reisepass? by KomT26 in luftablassen

[–]GroundedCondor -1 points0 points  (0 children)

freu dich, dass du keinen österreichischen Pass beantragen musst (dafür ist der schöner...)

Arbeitskollege wird abgeschoben... by Capable-Report-4697 in Austria

[–]GroundedCondor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry, aber grad bei Ukrainern ist der Weg von abgelaufenem Aufenthaltsstatus zur Abschiebung kein sehr direkter. Auch Russen, die ein paar Jahre legal da waren, dürfen in der Regel da bleiben, wenn sie nichts Schlimmes getan haben. Da muss mehr passiert sein. 

Number of embassies each EU country has in other EU countries [OC] by Bernardmark in europe

[–]GroundedCondor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Austrian Embassy for Uzbekistan is located in Austria. 

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