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The bank that robbed my father – Case on National TV

Posted in Fraud, Legal Issues, Volksbank-Tirol, weird on March 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

You remember the Austrian Bank called Volksbank-Tirol who blocked my father’s account and then took 24000 EUR from it without any authorization? Well the case got more and more bizarre after I wrote about it. The bank went to court and called, me, my father and my brother for fraud. The reason? Well difficult to [...]

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Dogs at Homecenter Sodimac

Posted in Chile, Dogs, expat, weird on July 22, 2010 | 6 Comments »

Every Time I go to Sodimac Homecenter (DIY superstore) I feel pity for the dogs there. I ask myself if people buy them cause they feel sorry for them and so become part of the problem or if they just don’t give a…… There is a sign which says something a long the lines of: [...]

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Opinion: Volksbank-Tirol Theft, Breach of Secrecy

Posted in Bad Customer Service, Fraud, law, Legal Issues, Offtopic, Personal, Theft, Volksbank-Tirol, weird on June 30, 2010 | 5 Comments »

I have been way to quiet here even though so much has happened. We found a house, we bought it… moved in on April 1st. We found a dog, didn’t find his owners and trained him – more on all these topics later. The topic that moves me since 6 months is the story that [...]

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Space Firework or Meteor Shower

Posted in weird on August 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Cambridge 6th August 2007 OMG – I saw my first Meteoroid yesterday ever and it was HUGE. It left an enormous tail when it entered the atmosphere. My friend and myself sat in my garden watching stars after that and If I would have been on my own I would have thought I have gone [...]

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kijiji – marketing gone wrong

Posted in Business, Fun, technology, weird on July 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »

kijiji Originally uploaded by n0comment After I read all the news about kijiji a local free clasified ad site launched by EBay similar to craigslist in the US and many countries I browsed through a few ads only to find a really hilarious one. A young man is offering computer courses for pensioners (beginner level). [...]

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American eats 66 hot dogs in twelve minutes

Posted in Fun, weird on July 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »

…more… Technorati tags: strange, bizzarr, weird

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bicycle lift in Trondheim / Norway and tailwind generator in Copenhagen / Denmark

Posted in technology, Video, weird on May 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

this is cool From Wikipedia: The Trampe bicycle lift (Norwegian: Sykkelheisen Trampe) is the first, and currently only, bicycle lift in the world. The prototype was built in 1993 in Trondheim, and it is still in service as of 2005. Trampe is a Norwegian verb meaning “to tramp”. A Danish friend told me that there [...]

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