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32 posts,
00:47 today
New Cembra Mastercard
Can I still use the old Cembra Cumulus Mastercard to to collect Migros points until end of its validity ?
.. Or do I have to switch to the new Cembra Certo! card (which has arrived unsolicited in the mail) which would give me the…
Basically I use the flour for Brotbackmischung, or the lazy man´s readymix flour for breadbaking, you can get it anywhere. Mix it with milk, or Quark or even sour cream and add a bit of baking soda.
It´s so easy to do this way and it…
Spielgruppe is the wrong word to use. That is a set group they attend as a pre-kindergarten.
All the indoor playgrounds are open on Sunday and very busy.
But mostly you will have to stay there with your children.
Bouncelab is a hit…
2 posts,
23:17 yesterday
Holiday let care
If a tenant has been given notice, trying to find a new place is a huge challenge. Some rental applications ask if the aplicant was given notice. Then there is the issue of getting a reference from the previous landlord. So it is…
Information came from speaking with Swiss teachers getting more degrees in my university. Probably varies greatly from canton to canton—what doesn’t in Switzerland? I agree that in general Switzerland is better off as far as the…
It is, but then again it isn´t, at least not in the Volksschulen, there the topic of WW2 is done and dusted in a week or two and the mandatory visit to a KZ hasn´t been done in quite a while.
Sad really, all German kids learn these days…
A good chimichurri is excellent on any meat ... I love it so much that I could almost eat it as a main dish spooned onto slices of fresh bread.
https://www.bonappetit.c...
https://cafedelites.com/...
Please make it fresh and don't buy…
Art. 10 para. 2 in conjunction with Art. 21 Lege sui Cani should have you covered. Would love to see the maximum fine applied...
(https://m3.ti.ch/CAN/RL...
"Art. 10 The Municipalities make available in public areas special containers…
Well the way things are going with the Air Forces of 'the future' that could consist solely of UAV's and drone fighters and bombers - it will be the Video gamers that will be taking the place of the redundant air force aviators to pilot…
Update on my sub-rent situation: I negotiated with my agency, and they accepted a monthly sub-rent of around 40% my total rent.
AOZ will transfer money into my Ukrainian guests account, and they will transfer them to me. I will receive a…
5 posts,
15:47 yesterday
Hi, everyone!
66 posts,
09:16 yesterday
Monkeypox
There's been 368 cases in CH since May. (You can check here, it's updated daily: https://www.bag.admin.ch...
Yes, COVID is more deadly. Public health responses don't need to be zero-sum. And it's not a new disease. Scientists in…
98 posts,
00:30 yesterday
Perseid meteor shower
well, apparently, the full moon will block out the view a bit, but perseids may still put on a good show. enjoy.
But the Perseids are so bright and numerous that it could still be a decent show. Best viewing will be from a dark location…
11 posts,
23:52 12.Aug.2022
Right of way question
The signpost ahead just says "speed limit 30km/h ends here, back to the default" so it's again a normal 50km/h road. Note the circular signs. The sub-50 speed limit would end anyway at the next intersection or crossing, if the 30km/h limit…
16 posts,
22:41 12.Aug.2022
New Hobby in Zurich
There is, in fact, a team in Bern.
If you scroll down the Underwater Hockey Switzerland website, you'll see the contact details for Bern.
The site is mostly correct, although it looks like it needs a new update for some info - the…
The advantage is that Indian Rupee is not an 'exotic currency' for CS. In fact CS is the intermediary bank when I send money from BCF to India.
and this :
"In collaboration with our partner Worldline, we are offering you an…
6 posts,
20:14 12.Aug.2022
Event Emcee/host.
I know of a couple capable and qualified individuals to cover your event. Though, before I call on them or transfer contact details, please PM me with basic event details (date, location, number of guests and any other known facts) along…
If you‘re in Winterthur or the surrounding area I highly recommend Dr Venessa Schifferle in Henggart. We started seeing her in April, for mostly palliative care for our pup, and she diagnosed heart disease, something our other vets…
16 posts,
18:39 12.Aug.2022
USD $$ --- need some USD $
It really wasn't a straight forward question that you asked. You asked roughly the same question multiple times in different ways and added extraneous information which only served to distract the reader.
As an adult, you could…
To my knowledge, in Switzerland none of these containers is public, each of them belongs to a building and each inhabitant knows where their one is located. The chain is irrelevant, it only reinforces the default usage (and prevents the…
Three types of people emerged from the lock-down: Chunk, Drunk, or Hunk i.e. people who ate too much, drank too much, or exercised all the time.
If you fall into the first two categories, then time for a lifestyle change :)
Quick update: my landlord (management company - not the owner) requested that I take photos. I did and provided them to him and he sent a registered letter to the owner of the restaurant asking for proof of permission to extend onto their…
The point is quite simply, if the "different driver" decided not to pay as they were no longer in the country, the fine is still due and as the owner of the car, it is considered you gave permission to the "different driver" so you are…
Mini-update on this topic.
We received a 2022 Tax bill from Canton Schwyz.
We had filed departure docs at Geneve where we lived. On one of the Geneva departure tax forms to submit, we had to get the receiving canton (Canton Schwyz) to…
To add to this: several times conductors were unable to see our Freizeit Abo activated day on their scanners. They had to somehow scan differently (or look in a different part of their app?) in order to see it. I generally make 100%…
It's irrelevant what you "think". Unless you have evidence, there is not much you can do. Clearly the landlord is of the opinion that you did it and, with nothing on the handover checklist when you moved in, it looks like you will have…
Just in case any other adults are interested, I have now had my second HPV vaccination and the third and final will be in 4 months time. The only place I could find when Googling the HPV vaccine was a sexual health clinic in Zürich called…
I recently inherited a six-figure amount in GBP. I no longer have an account in the UK and didn't want it transferred into an existing CHF account with a random exchange rate. My bank opened a GBP bank account for me and the money was…
28 posts,
16:48 11.Aug.2022
Mercedes turn nasty
Adding our similarly anecdotal Mazda experience.
We've bought three in the last 11 years, 2 from Mazda dealers in Geneva, and another from Aargau.
The buying experience was excellent and the staff's helpfulness and knowledge of…
24 posts,
16:02 11.Aug.2022
Buying a flat
Agreed - do check that out.
We didn't buy one apartment after we reviewed the common costs. As the ground floor apartment, costs were more than the penthouse that was a much larger apartment. The reason was they were including the…
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