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12 posts,
13:46 today
Slow Up Season 2016
Last year we were at a restaurant on the route of the slow up in Zurich and we watched an e-biker go airborne after hitting a bloke on a scooter. E-biker was going FAR too fast given the volume of people out and couldn't react in time…
8 posts,
13:30 today
Price of petrol/gasoline
Yes, but then you get the "oh sod it" factor where Iran has no lever left than to shut the straits. From a strategic point they are too narrow for a deep water navy like the US to operate and casualties will be high.
In fact the US navy…
Will they drive themselves or are you chauffeuring?
If it is the latter you can do some interesting one way trips:
Rigi: Up with the train at Arth, down with the Gondolla to Weggis.
Take the Ferry to Beckenried.
They take a boat…
friendly reminder, its next week !!! :eek:
We still have a shed load of work to do for our display, lots of long nights ahead getting things ready.
Looks like the organisers have opened their wallets this year and forked out from…
10 posts,
12:28 today
Bombing in Sri Lanka
I'd have opened another thread to be honest. All this does is blur the lines further on an already murky thread between mass shootings, gun crime, terrorist attacks and religious hate crime.
The only thing I would say this attack…
Sorry. The practice closed.
I now go to the zahnartztzentrum.ch near SBB and see Osman Bukari. I went there first as an emergency - from phone call to being in the dentist's chair was twenty minutes!
I stay with them because I…
FWIW, I paid chf 190 for a molar extraction, and follow up appointment to remove the stitches, with DZR.
I was an existing patient, so no initial costs.
A new patient would need to add an x-ray and initial consultation.
A wisdom tooth…
Just over the border, the prices are cheaper than CH, but they do get a lot of Swiss and price accordingly. The locals complain in fact that the Swiss are pushing the prices up for them.
Does the 298 include a clean? From what I can…
Not totally in the spirit of your request (no cable car) but the Grand Ballon in the Vosges is often overlooked. Approx 400km of walks - all relatively easy and with stunning views over the Vosges/Alsace. Approx 75 mins from…
Hi - allow me to clear this up. I'm US citizen. I have a mortgage for house in AG.
At the time, I was limited to UBS and Credit Suisse as those were to my best knowledge only ones offering mortage to US citizens. This was 5 years…
47 posts,
11:05 today
The Gin Thread
Globus claim to have 500 gins from 30 countries - though they're not the cheapest in town:
https://www.globus.ch/we...
Also Hortus from Lidl (Own Brand Spirits Supermarket of the Year in UK) is a steal when you can find it. They also do…
Happy to report that the Innsbruck / Bolsano route worked really well for us. A little congested with lorries on Friday morning but still kept up a good speed. Drive back yesterday was clearer and, as has been said, its a beautiful…
Its fine if you stay at home, legally they can't touch you, in fact as you work from home they have to pay all your bills for that time including your rent and any food, its the law.
If your boss even brings it up as an issue you can…
3 posts,
08:58 today
Ja nur verbii choo
3 posts,
08:49 today
Huh, never knew that
Or friends. And there's a difference between voluntary work and someone coming to visit you and helping out. Voluntary work is usually work that would normally be paid, that you do for a third party - neither family nor friends.…
27 posts,
00:43 today
N26 is coming to Switzerland!
I've had a normal account and then Black account for 3yrs now. Not 1 problem. Girlfriend has the normal account and loves it too. Its how banking should be.
These new app based banks are good. I have Monzo for the UK too. I do make sure…
I'd be in treat to know if taxing at source would make a difference in terms of the rates of the new cantoon.
Would it also wait for the 31st of December (as it would for normal tax declaration using the forms) or would it be…
Yeah, you are right. it is all down to what your needs are. For me, the internet is the thing that matter the most as I use Facetime or WhatsApp to call when abroad. But others needs differ. Glad you got what you were looking for
2 posts,
21:08 yesterday
Dog walking near Montreux
I got B1 too, but after the interview they recommended me to join the A2 course. I did it, and I totally don't regret it. Coming from self-administered online courses I could probably have filled the A2 gaps while doing B1, but it would…
can you stop being judgemental and sarcastic? If you have no intention of helping do something else please. I am not here to argue.
If you really wanna know, he did not let me saying he had something else to do. Of course, I…
Hey ThomaS thank for sharing this, nice reply,
Can you tell which exactly is this reacreatinal training office in Zurich, maybe its a good idea to check it at least.?
I would do it for sure it's number 2 on checklist after i finnally…
How do you know it‘s too low? For example, I had a total knee replacement, 4 nights in the hospital, it was just about chf 9000. A lumpectomy, one night in hospital was about chf 6000.
But it is true that bills come in spurts. My…
29 posts,
17:54 yesterday
Got milk?
Does it have to be big containers? Or would periodically buying bulk amounts instead do?
We consume much less milk nowadays but some years back we'd drink about 1lt a day. Bought when they were on discount at 10CHF per 10x1lt pack. If…
72 posts,
17:30 yesterday
Noise rules, fact or fiction?
Oh not to mention we have some crazy people sometimes moving furniture at 1:30 AM, going up and down with the lift (and that thing is noisy) for about an hour at 2, then going on the corridor, slamming their door repeatedly and then…
8 posts,
15:33 yesterday
Migros bank personal loan
Good for Switzerland, but a 5.4% spread to the base rate is large vis-à-vis the creditworthiness of the people they lend to. Consumer finance in Switzerland is expensive for those with a good credit profile and due to legal caps cheap…
4 posts,
14:07 yesterday
Skype German Lessons
Geneva set to ban single-use plastics
The Swiss city of Geneva is ramping up efforts to protect the environment with a planned ban of single-use plastics at businesses and events on public land.
Swiss village bordering France subsidises alarms for burglary-prone residents
A Swiss village at the border with France will become the first to subsidise burglary alarms for all residents after a spike in break-ins, the mayor said in comments broadcast on Friday.
'We eat pork': Swiss company's job listing for a driver accused of discrimination
An online job listing seeking a 'Swiss' driver has caused outrage among members of Switzerland's migrant community.
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