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ORIGINAL: Doitsujin

Is that here a porn thread for hobby-philosophers?

Since I am in the Grumpies Club I am allowed to say that.

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Yep; it´s what I did today.
And what did I have to discover when I went to bring the pressure pump for spraying? It has been stolen.
( Must have been case 40 or 50 or so in over 3 years.)

Stealing seems a national sport here. And it drives me nuts, whereas people seem to consider it just normal.
About every time that I have repairmen in the house ( about every two months; after all its just a newly build one, right ), first what you have to count with is that they will break something, because of just commonly not having learned their profession ( with the consequential replacement / repair expense on you, naturally ) and being careless on top.
Next thing; they grab things on the way out routinely. And should you on the learning curve clear away tools and things in advance, they will dead sure eye something else.
( Often times even asking you in advance like: "I see you have a X. How does it work? Is it good?")

No matter how you dealt with them. Whether you have been friendly, catered and tipped ... It will absolutely not matter.

They wouldn´t even know how to just spell "paradigm change" even if they were standing in hell with the crap slopping up to their chin.

These days have been holidays, with millions driving out hundreds of miles to make what they consider picknick. Sitting on hills or shores inmidst of garbage. There isn´t hardly one square mile in this country that wouldn´t be covered with garbage. People throwing their trash out of the car window, over their lots wall, or just where they stand.

In some part of the country there even existed the traditional advice: "Throw the waste into the river." That way it would be gone, you know.

If the West is behind paramount news and wordly matters, the East is yet being centuries behind that.
It´s a miracle how that could ever be catched up. Let alone in time!

Ruphus