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I've already been to Penrith... but... nothing like that happen actually.....!!!!! (unhappilly looking....) lololol!!! Ralf

I do not have these liquids anymore! I use Soda instead and that is the best to me! With very fatty things I use a bit soap with it (soft-soap or bar-soap is equally good). Ralf

Germn coffee Hi Jason! You want to know how we prepare our coffee? No prob...!! The oldest way was: put finely ground coffee into a coffee pot, pour half a cup of boiling water onto it, wait a minute and then fill up to the top. Stir, wait a few minutes and pour through a fine sieve into the...

'Washing machine I'd love to get a washing machine for X-mas - a real washing machine with a hydraulic motor and a woodden tub.... Listen, Christmas-child! Pleaaasse bring me one. I know my mate will send me to hell, but I don't care!! Ralf

I got from Sinterklaas/St. Nicolas/Nikolaus.... ...chocolate with almonds, orange, marzipan, walnuts into one of my bikerboots.... My mate got the same plus Walker's Scottish toffees and two marzipan breads plus MonCherie cherry pralinés... He was so good to me this year....lol I always asked...

OOOOOppsss......!!!!!!

Hi Launderesse Yes, that's what I often found on dark/black items: white streaks and smear from the Zeolites, which is the reason why we switched to liquid detergents for coloureds and blacks (ARIEL Liquid with fibre guard - what ever that might be...?) and also avoid PERWOLL Powder but use the...

Hey - that is interesting! Hey, Rapunzel, that is intersting stuff! Never heard of that before! Guess not many people here in Germany know about that!? Have learnt again something! Thank-you! Cheers, Ralf

being religious Hi Steve and Seamus! Before I tell you what the tree comes from - something about religion and me... I meanwhile have become a total atheist and once was a strict catholic (how could I ever be so silly and naiv?) as brought up in a stricly catholic family.... But I like...

btw Forgot to say.... I prefer English PERSIL but German ARIEL! ARIEL in Germany is different than in GB and slightly better than the German PERSIL; but in the UK it's the other way round as to me! Ralf

Zeolite Sorry, but zeolite is not a filler - it is the nowaday's water softening agent that substitutes the former phosphates -German compact powders contain about 30% of it in it! Otherwise you have to buy an extra water-softener like Calgon or equivalent! We had never saw-dust in detergents...

Hi Rapunzel and all of you! Well, first I have to say: What wonderful trees you have!!! Yes, Rapunzel, Sinterklaas is in Germany the 6th December and is called "Sankt Nikolaus Tag" or just "Nikolaus-Tag" when people (adults and children) put a boot outside the entrance door to get some...

French Coffee Maker Sorry, to say so, but they do not make a very good and delicious coffee - we own one but use it only for herbal teas - that works really perfectly! French do not know how to make a really good coffee - aks Germans, Swiss, Austrian or Italians - they know how to make good...

real tree I've NEVER in my life had an artificial tree and will resist to get one as long as I live! We use to have a "Nordmann-Tanne" (abies normanniania) or "Nobilis-Tanne" (abies procera) and always have real candles in it together with small electric lamps for those times when we are not...

Theo Yes - of course the presents all come from the christmas child who drives along in a sledge with Knight Rupert, the helper of Santa Claus, and it walks from house to house and puts the presents onto the present-table in the X-mas chamber (usually the living-room though) for everybody - or...

Yeah, yeah, yeah...I do agree with all that was written here 1,000%! Ralf

Theo / Mielabor Hi Theo - I do agree with you so much - in Germany we used to start with X-mas deco not until the Advent-time has started (first of the Advent-Sundays or 1st December, depending which one comes earlier) and my mate and I refused to switch on the electric light chains on the...

glamwales' tree Hey Neil! Up to now I like your tree best - really beautiful! Even the fireplace is so lovely decorated!!! Compliment! Second best I like Vinvac's tree! But that is only my personal taste! Will be difficult for me/us to outbid these...lol!!!! Ralf

bearings Should be a problem with the bearings / washers that seal the oil-bath gear-box against outside... I guess. We had the same problems / systems in our old MIELE wringer-washers from the Fifties, too. Ralf from Germany

Tide with bleach We brought a package of it from the States last year but we cannot use it in our FL at all; it foams like hell! The machine will overgo after a while. Also we can't use it anyway as we are allergic to the perfume as I had said already a while ago here in the forum and do not...