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Cake day: August 25th, 2025

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  • I have another one that is not on the list, because the reason it was considered unusual has been slowly fading away.

    It’s a neighbouring town called “Alf”.

    During the Alf-TV-series craze in the 80s, the town sign regularly got stolen, similar to the Fucking one.

    That was a serious problem, as those are standardized, but custom made signs, and are not only quite expensive, but serve multiple functions besides naming the town (e.g. setting the speed limit to 50km/h).
    So they are mandatory to have installed (you also can’t just replace it with huge rocks or so, like the Shitterton people did).

    So I fully understand the Fugging people for renaming their town.
    Other options are just too expensive (and also dangerous, think of the speed limit function, which is similar in Austria as in Germany) in the long run…












  • Well, not completely alone, 2 or three of my friends also stayed far from home, so not sure if this counts?

    And it was in Munich while living only a few blocks from the Winter Tollwood Festival, which is one of the most interesting “Christmas Markets” (quotes are on purpose…) in Germany which also didn’t have its closing day on Christmas Eve already, but stayed open until Three Kings Day.

    So, during daytime I was working in a relaxed way basically alone in the office, while during the evenings I was at a slightly crazy place eating exotic food and listening to strange, but top notch live bands.

    I had a great time, did this twice or so!

    Caveat:
    I think that only worked because I am one of the lucky guys who have a stable family bond and also know that.
    Gives you the safety to try stuff without fearing some none-recoverable loss.