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David In Indy:
--- Quote from: Buffymon on May 05, 2010, 01:33:38 pm ---This duck has made headlines in my hometown as of late (did I mention that I live in a really small town :laugh:)
Still...this duck has found an odd place to sit on her eggs.
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Awww! How cute! :-*
I think I see the male duck in the background. He's probably guarding the nest so nobody disturbs them!
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on May 06, 2010, 03:47:07 pm ---I just ordered my girl's school books for next year.
Remember my whining every goddamned year about the exorbitant costs at the beginning of a school year?
Not today ;D.
Finally, finally, the government of my federal state did something good. Instead of buying, you can now lend the books from the state - for 1/3 of the price. The state lends every book three times, so it doesn't cost them a thing, except for the administrative efforts.
Instead of 460 Euros (580$), I have to pay 190 Euros (240$). That's more than one third, because you can't lend the workbooks, where the pupils write into. For those, you have to pay the full price.
Of course I still have to pay for all other costs (bus tickets!), and Oliver's books. The book lending is not (yet) available for elementary schools.
But I save 270 Euros (340$) on book costs this year. Yay!
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Congratulations on the savings Chrissi! That is quite a lot of money you saved. My Mom used to say "Waste not, want not" and it sounds like you now have some extra money to put away for something else. :)
Kelda:
Yay indeed.. I was always amazed at those costs...
:)
Front-Ranger:
Happy Monday, Brokies!! I hope Chrissi made it into the air okay!
Kelda:
This is pretty cool..
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c3ctQ3sA0Y[/youtube]
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