the open building concept takes this a step further - pushing the plumbing infrastructure also into the installation/insulation layer. this can be achieved through a variety of means to accommodate - including a floating floor. this means no plumbing drops into apartment/condo below

113. Based on reviewing the Berlin bus ridership density map from 2016: an extension of U1 west from Uhlandstraße to Halensee under Kurfürstendamm.

When you start a business, fund your start-up or buy property: the (mandatory) notary has to read, out loud, the entire contract to the involved parties.

They easily do 500 words per minute. Truly impressive. It can still take hours. www.linkedin.com/posts/nathan...

Checking #parking violations is something scan cars can do very quickly. Except in Germany where data protection rules and court rulings are so tight that such cars are illegal.

No, I am not making this up. www.rbb24.de/panorama/bei...

A school in Berlin for kids with special educational needs tendered the school bus contract. After the losing bus firm sued, the courts annulled the tender and the kids now have no bus.

Parents can take taxis, and hand in the receipts. checkpoint.tagesspiegel.de/langmeldung/...

Also saw this fantastic chart. Red: pure age-related ratio of old to young. Green: number of old vs. number of employed. Employment boom post-2006 helped a lot.

(And led politicians to add new pension gimmmicks.)

That means, those who paid about 30-35% during their work-life now want the young to pay 41%++ to fund pensioners' consumption and services.

In the debate, the burden of proof is on those what want (more) stable contribution rates.