typical morning .... i have 2 feet and one shoe-- with pups around all i ask is one right and one left--- hopefully teh same type shoe. i am not that fussy about matching -- as people have noted in my past.... with one shoe and one slipper it is going to be a rough day.
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BEING BLESSED WITH SO MANY DONKEY FEEDBAGS -- REMEMBER I HAD TO BUY 500 FROM MR MOON IN CHINA.... I HEARD OF SEVERAL DONKEY RESCUE OUTFITS,( one in germany) SO I PACKAGED SOME UP AND SENT THEM--- KNOWING DONKEY FEEDBAGS MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO STOP TEHM AT THE GERMAN BORDER, I SENT HER A $25 CK OF MINE JUST IN CASE.... AND HERE IS WHAT HAPPENED.....
Dear Carlene,
it is done, I’ve got the package! Whoa, that was a story, worth to write down in a book of fairytales. I sent my hubby to fetch the parcel at the customs office. I have given him an authority and the mail which you have sent me, to check the value of the product and the donation. They made him so mad, that I had to take a day off from my work and went personally to the customs office. And I was prepared, oh Lord I was!
Officer: “You would like to fetch the parcel, can you identify yourself?”
Me: “Yes, of course I can.”
I showed him my passport.
Officer: “Do you have a calculation about the product? How much is it worth?”
I gave him the note you wrote for me.
Officer: “Can you open the parcel?”
I opened the parcel.
Officer: “So many nosebags? Nevertheless, you want to sell them. You have to pay duty and import sales tax.”
Me: “No, at the moment we have more than 35 donkeys in care and we need the nosebags for these animals. And this is a donation.”
Officer: “Can you prove that the Noteselhilfe is a charity association?”
Me: “Naturally, here is the original-exemption answer of the tax office.”
I showed him the paper.
Officer: “Are you authorized to sign for the association?”
Me: “Yes, I am authorized to sign as the manager of the association.”
Officer: “Can you prove this?”
Me: “Yes, of course I can.”
I gave him an extract of the charity association register. (In Germany the board of directors of a charity association must be registered in the association register.)
Officer: “Then I need one more signature and a stamp of you.”
(Thank God I took the stamp of the Noteselhilfe with me.)
Me: “Here you are.”
Officer: “Okay, so you have only to pay the import sales tax.”
I had to pay 20,60 €, which are nearly these 25 USD, you had sent me per PayPal. And he gave me the parcel.
You see: 100% pure Germany. This is not always funny, but if you know how Germans tick, you get further.
Thank you so much again for your donation. Including the shipping the value of your donation is more than 200 USD. That means a lot for us, because there is a person, thousands of miles is away and supports our work. That makes us so proud and we will ask all people we meet to buy Chicken Bricks.
In Germany you have to prove that you have a checked official service dog if you want to buy a harness with the official label for a dog. Now I see you at the computer, I’ll quickly sending my letter.
Dog Bless. I’ll pray for you, the staff and volunteers at SDP.
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GOD BLESS THE GERMANS ! THEY INSIST ON DOING EVERYTHING CORRECTLY- SOMETHING TOTALLY FOREIGN TO ME... I BET THEY EVEN OUTLAW DUCT TAPE !!
but if you waant something engineered properly, germany would be a good bet
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that reminds me--- gettiong away from teh normal news- and i could not find dr pol amid all the lions eating things in africa.... i turned to eht science channel-- which ustabe mythbusters... it was engineering gone wrong-- and i did find that aMUSING-- EVEN IF THEY WERE EXPENSIVE.....there were some biggies... namely
1. teh building in london which is curved very artistically, no one realized that all that curved glass was going to reflect the sun onto focal points-- like the floor mat just inside a barbershop doorway that started to smolder and burn--- one other store set up a fry pan outside thier window where the focal point allowed people to fry eggs.
2. a prefaB WALKWAY BRIDGE THAT WAS 4 INCHES TOO SHORT
3. teh german airport- huge place lovely runways and treminals all unused because of a problem with the fire prevention/detection--- somehow teh smoke eliminators are in the floor, drawing smoke down into the crowd...and teh fire brigade is withholding permission to use teh huge facility... they implied it has been over a year empty.
in the usa someone would be out there with tin pipes and duct tape and have the problem "covered " in 4 days or less.
the sci channel had many films of buildings which did not collapse on command-- or went the wrong way....
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i feel like i should start a society of jerry rigging souls which could have the leaning tower of pisa as a logo.
does anyone know the story..... that there is a second bend in the leaning tower, because it had already started to lean when they were building it.... i am told....
i was in italy once-- during college--- and took a picture of the tower-- problem was i instinctly leaned making teh tower straight in my pictures.
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from eva and finn..... and their lemonaid project-- a note from facebook....
TWINKLE TOES BUTTONS AN D BOWS--- MUST BE EVE AND FINN AN DTHE LEMONAIDE STAND $344
way to go !!
