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xocetaceans

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9. Yes, it's certain that no system is perfect.

Reply to DFW (Reply #8)

Tue Nov 28, 2023, 02:09 AM

Nov 2023

That being said, whenever I have returned to Germany, it always had the feel of a home away from home. It was a true gift (only in the English sense of the word--I won't echo Mark Twain's sentiments) to be able to learn the German language.

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It's not only insurance companies with a profit motive. Bureaucrats cause the same misery. DFW Nov 2023 #1

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We yell and scream and battle with the bureaucrats all the time. DFW Nov 2023 #8

Yes, it's certain that no system is perfect. xocetaceans Nov 2023 #9

Europeans in general seem to tend to make things more complicated than is necessary DFW Nov 2023 #10

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