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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
"genebt" is nonsense
genesst?
Hah, no, though that was a very good guess, Tom. It's gesiebt, meaning sieved.
Mulling it over, "doehles" makes me think of dough (usually "teig"), perhaps it means the same thing.
BTW, Hil, half a pound in Germany is 500g, so you'll probably have to convert that to US lbs for the recipes to work properly.
butterflocken - "butter flakes" - butter cut into little pieces
So perfect! My language-happy just met my cooking-happy!
Is the difference between using right away and waiting six months also a difference between hourly and salaried? I know that has been the difference everywhere I have worked. I think the theory is that as a salaried person, you are paid for what you produce and they won't have to pay someone to cover you if you are sick. If you are hourly and sick, you can call in and you just won't get paid. I think that higher ups also assume that hourly employees are much more likely to fake sick.
German is great with portmanteau words.
Is the difference between using right away and waiting six months also a difference between hourly and salaried?
I always thought that it was that prior to six months you are on "probation."
Hey! I just filled out a do-it-yourself will at Legalzoom.
I somehow resisted the idea of asking for a Viking boat funeral. Instead I asked for minimum embalming and a cheap coffin. (Too bad they don't have coffins at IKEA....)
Costco has coffins.
But then you'd be left with the choice of either assembling it yourself and having it kicking around (what's Swedish for memento mori?) or leaving your loved ones with the task of assembling it as well as going through all the legal hassle.
But no vacation or paid sick days until 6 months in, which is twice the waiting period at either of my last gigs.
Yeah, my current place, you started accumulating right away, but couldn't take any paid vacation or sick for 90 days. But then at the end of 90 days, you've got a decent chunk.
Of course, years 0-5, you only get 18 days--sick, personal, vacation, whatever. And you have to "earn" it throughout the year, which annoys me.
My last company, you started at 24 days (sick+vacation) and then at 3 years went to 26. AND you just got it straight up at the beginning of the year. You couldn't carry it over, either. Sigh. I miss that many days.
German is great with portmanteau words.
Case in point: backpfeifenesicht.
I don't think it changes anything for me personally, but they've passed a law in MA requiring people to get health insurance. They will be fining people who do not get insurance (fined 50% of the lowest cost health care plan offered through the State). That just seems wrong on so many levels.