Posted on 12/05/2022 1:53:05 PM PST by SpeedyInTexas
Psychologist Maria-Christina Nimmerfroh was doing her best to deliver an online lecture to business executives last month, but every few minutes an energy-saver switch in her empty classroom killed the lights.
Finally, she got tired of standing up to trigger the motion-detecting switch and lighted her face with her cellphone flashlight.
Russia stopped piping natural gas to much of Europe this fall, hoping to show Europeans that supporting Ukraine in the war might become too uncomfortable to bear. It didn’t count on Germans’ love of thrift.
Many Germans see frugality as part of their national identify, and bargain-hunting as a way of life. So they have embraced the energy challenge, finding ever more creative ways to slash consumption. So far, they are killing it.
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Let the Zelenskyites freeze.
I’m so old I remember when we used to say that the Germans were the smart bunch. LOL
Jon Boy!
Thats the thing, they aren’t freezing.
“I’m killing myself. I win!!”
Winter just started, ORYX and Bellingcat propaganda peddler.
can you say , Squares ,LOL
Finally, she got tired of standing up to trigger the motion-detecting switch and lighted her face with her cellphone flashlight.
Sorry, Maria-Christina, but passive infrared motion detectors don't require visible spectrum light on your face to "see" you. They detect your body heat.
But I'm guessing you are close to absolute zero frigid, so nothing can detect you.
Are the three german clowns who were laughing at trump at the UN, are they still laughing?
Starting last spring, there were people on the frugal-living forums asking for advice on how to prepare meals when they couldn’t afford to run their stove or other appliances. Many of the people asking were from Germany.
This coming spring, I expect to see similar posts, asking for the cheapest ways to grow food.
If they’re smart, people will fill every spare inch with garden crops, and every container with potted plants. Because things are going to get a lot worse.
I lived in Germany at five years old and I can remember our German landlady munching on a hard, dry crust of bread that she pulled out of a bureau drawer, wrapped in a handkerchief. My brother, who was stationed there while in the Army, claims that Germans were so “frugal” (i.e., cheap) that they would forego paying the equivalent of five bucks in order to get dental anesthesia, a claim that isn’t repudiated by his (formerly) German wife.
The real national sport. ...Grabbing the ankles and submitting to their new African and Muslim invaders.
“but every few minutes an energy-saver switch in her empty classroom killed the lights.”
The office I worked at in Germany was only a few years old but they still sent the electricians to replace every light fixture, remove ALL light switches and thermostats to be “smart” controlled by someone. The lights all shut off in 2 or 3 minutes. Even in the toilet. It was ridiculous.
Many Germans see frugality as part of their national identify, and bargain-hunting as a way of life. So they have embraced the energy challenge, finding ever more creative ways to slash consumption. So far, they are killing it.
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Putting Germans and “killing it” together is probably not the best word choice.
That’s especially rough on Germans if the toilet lights go out. They like to look at the poo and see how it was. I’m not kidding.
They are a strange people and nearly every bad idea in government came from them. Communism, Nazism, Prussian Bureaucracy, etc.
They really need to stick to sausages, beer, roads and clocks. Everyone appreciates them for that. Just stick with that. And it should be another 500 years before they start having opinions about anything happening in Ukraine.
Whoever can post the results must be the loser.
A company I worked for in Palo Alto, California made that change around 1984 or thereabouts. All of our managers had private offices. The most common site when you walked around was people sitting at their desks waving their arms in the air trying to get the lights to go back on.
It was fun to walk down the hall and wave at all the people waving at air.
In summer, the AC load probably went up 15% with all the calories expended trying to get your office lights to turn back on. At least in the winter, the heating load went down because people were keeping warm with the constant arm-waving. It probably did wonders for employee upper body fitness, too.
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