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At the top end of the Augustinerstrasse.
I wrote to a friend when the European airspace was closed down that it wouldn’t take long for it to become very apparent how aviation is one of the “glues” that holds modern commerce together in exactly the way that the railways did in America in the 19th century
The journalists at the local rag (females, mostly) have no idea about this. They merely bemoaned the fact that mangoes and pineapples wouldn’t be available in the shops and – shock! horror! – flowers were perishing in the heat of East Africa.
And that family tragedies were unfolding before our very EYES, with postponed weddings and god knows what other earth-shattering catastrophes.
Few reported the fact that 40% (by value) of Germany’s exports are airfreighted and that a spare part worth €5000 that doesn’t get to a shut down production line will cost millions.
And – shock! horror! again – Mercedes, Audi, Opel and BMW all ground to a halt within 4 days.
Yes, men know what they’re talking about, but that seems to be a common male trait, don’t you think?! (Not looking at anyone in particular…)
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>Good lord JB, good thing I can't get my hands around your male chauvanist neck! 🙂 So you stopped talking about soccer, I'm mean "REAL football' long enough to enlighten my pretty little head about world economy? Well thank you darlin'.Now freshen up my mint julep would ya?V
>It is so good to have a strong male enlighten all the brain-addled females who read your posts, jb. What would we do without you? Tell Mrs. jb that she's welcome anytime to come visit in order to get a breather!!