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I knew I could searched in google, but I don't fnd the answers to some questions there! Like what happens with the car, that ype of things

You are suppose to clean bexcause usually you want to seel it or because you don't want bugs to multiply inside, but at least here, it's not like a law. by the way, how do you spell obsesion? (or is it properly spelled?)

and when they ask your nationality, what do you say?

does it matter, for the people in the island, If I call you Briton, British, English, Scottish, Walish or Welsh or no? I think it makes a difference in the last 3 but I can't see any in the first 2 do you still have ship-building schools in England? and many ships down the Thames? and is it true the people in the Island of Man have different things as the other Britons? like fees and health system and so on and does people sail there? I know you have a very famous sailor, a woman, but like usuall people... do you sial things like that ? and why do british universities ask for chemistry when you want to study medicine? how come 3,000 sterling pounds can be found expensive for university fees? and why do foreigns pay different fees? they have the same lessons, books and classmates :confused: and can surf there? I read you can near Colwyn Bay (North Wales, close to Mold and Caernarvon) and what happens when you want to cross to France by car? how do you doit? (I'm asking because you have the "round thing to drive" on the lñeft and the others on the right

I've wondered many times why does everyone call the United States "America" and it's people "Americans"? I know it's a meaningless request when I ask my friends, the ones not from my country, to call the country and it's citizen by any other name, except America and Americnas, respectively, but I really get mad because the word means the whole continent, including me and the 15 million people living here and in the 14 countries here and so on, but no one seems to remember that. When did the "New World" became "America"?

I still dont understand something, besides their obsession; what's the point with leaving the house clean when you leave? :confused:

A Swiss hygiene inspector calls By Imogen Foulkes BBC Geneva correspondent Moving house is said to be one of life's most stressful experiences but, in Switzerland, it is made even more stressful by strict requirements on how you leave your old home. Imogen Foulkes moved house recently and describes the day the hygiene inspector came to call. I have to confess, I have always been a bit intimidated by the Swiss devotion to cleanliness. Women in Switzerland spend a couple of hours a day cleaning the house It all began not long after I arrived in Switzerland when, as a new mother, I was invited for coffee by a woman who had had her baby in the same hospital as me. I found myself sitting in a kitchen which seemed more suited to open heart surgery than a cosy chat about feeding routines and nappy rash. The surfaces gleamed, the floor was spotless, even the babies were squeaky clean - apart from mine, who was only squeaky. Immaculate But, a few years on, I have become more used to Swiss hygiene standards so, when it came to moving house, I knew I was expected to leave my old home immaculate. Sure enough, I got a letter saying the hygiene inspector would be there at 10 o'clock on a Monday morning. Too late, I realised I could not actually remember having cleaned that drawer He arrived, punctual to the nanosecond - a dapper little man in a maroon jacket and beautifully pressed trousers. His name was Herr Schweizer - or Mr Swiss in English - and he had even brought a spare pair of shoes to wear inside the house. I should have recognised the warning signs when I noticed that Herr Schweizer, who was no taller than me, somehow managed to look down at me over the top of his glasses. Inspection But I had spent the best part of three days cleaning and I was confident I would pass the inspection with flying colours. The streets of Geneva are spotless 'Let's start in the kitchen,' said Mr Swiss and I trotted eagerly after him. I was particularly proud of the kitchen - old postcards and invitations were gone from the walls, so too was the odd blob of spaghetti sauce, vintage 2002. The oven shone, the cupboards were bare. But Herr Schweizer was not impressed. He was too busy unscrewing my taps. "Look", he said pointing to the inside of a pipe I'd scarcely known existed. "All these calcium deposits, you'll have to get rid of them." We moved on to the ceramic hob. Mr Swiss bent over it. I could see his reflection in its pristine surface - he could see something else. Black speck He produced a razor blade from his pocket and scraped gently - a tiny black speck floated upwards. "Still dirty", he said. The list grew ever longer and I realised I had at least another day's cleaning ahead of me An hour-and-a-half later we were still in the kitchen, but mercifully almost finished, just one drawer to go. Too late, I realised I could not actually remember having cleaned that one. Herr Schweizer pulled it open to reveal three old fish knives, a cork, two bottle openers and what looked suspiciously like a lock of child's hair. This time he said nothing. He just sighed and added the drawer to his list. On it went. Behind a radiator he discovered half a spider's web. In the bathroom, dismantling the toilet cistern revealed yet more calcium deposits. Downstairs in the cellar, the ventilation shaft was smudged. Scrubbing and polishing The list grew ever longer and I realised I had at least another day's cleaning ahead of me. It gave me a chance, during the scrubbing and polishing, to reflect on why it is the Swiss attach so much importance to cleanliness. Passing the fuse box, he pulled it open. "Look", he said triumphantly. "Dust!" A friend of mine says it is the crowded nature of this country. Switzerland is small and mainly mountainous; space is limited; most of the seven million inhabitants live in apartments so keeping things clean and tidy is necessary just to live comfortably. Another friend, more unkindly, suggests that the Swiss are not exactly noted for their achievements in art and literature - perhaps, he says, because they pour their creative energy into cleaning. My own interpretation has to do with the role of women in Swiss society - those with children often do not work. That means hundreds of thousands of women in small apartments, with no gardens and time on their hands. A recent survey revealed that the average Swiss woman can spend at least two hours - every day - on housework. Ordeal The very idea exhausts me, but it probably saves them the ordeal I went through at Mr Schweizer's hands. When the inspection ended, I was given a six-page list of improvements I needed to make and, as I ushered him towards the door, he had one last instruction. Passing the fuse box, he pulled it open. "Look", he said triumphantly. "Dust!" A week later, the house is clean, my muscles ache and my hands are sore from cleaning fluids. But I'm happy, because I know that should a pair of heart surgeons move into my old house, they need never go to the hospital - they can perform operations in my kitchen, and store their instruments in my fuse box. [/b]

I usually I usuall don't get the proverbs and saying I once had to write many times "When a person rides a tiger, it is difficult to get down" I don't know what it means though how do you say in english when you are talking something that has nothing to do with the topic???? (it a saying here - rayando la papa-)

I'm not reall a friend of showers :lol:

you're welcome Kasia :P (geography is definitely not my strong field :lol:)

well I cimb because I like and because it helps me; I have many rocks I've seen many glaciers, snow caves, volcanic caves, trees, flowers, animals, people and I've tried to get used to high levels (above 3'000 metres from the water) and I've seen how you get yellow and old and very tired........... these journeys are to learn tow ork in teams, to have fun and to 'get educational' as you call it :lol: :D

I did this one 2 days after the volcano. It's called Huerquehue, and it's part of a National Park here. It's a 15 km trekking, very beautiful and quite hard in the last 3 kkm, but when you get to the top it's incredebly amazing, so it really doesn't matter If it was hard or not. It takes 4 days or 3 to do the entire park, through the trekking system, and I'll probably do that in winter, when it has snowed. I didn't took the picture, which was taken on winter by someone, and in my case it wasn't snowy. that's the park's map; it has 4 lagoons when you get to the top of the hill and they are breath-taking. The park is about 14,000 hectares, but you can walk in private places nearby because they have no fences. that's a lagoon and the other one shows the same volcano I went up, and which is quite near

I'm climbing the Everest in many many years; I haven't even climb the Aconcagua or Ojos del Salado yet! (the biggest mountain outside the Himalayas and the biggest active volcano). I'm a memeber of the Deutschen Andenverein, which is a German Andinism Club in the capital, so probably I'll be going up every 2 weeks to climb something, so you'll probably get informed and plenty of pictures. A mountain is different to a high hill, in our term, because a mountain always more rocky and i doesn't have trees on the top, neither grass or any form of living plants. In big hill you have plants on top, like very thin and yellow grass-type-of-thing and you get this bugs . You also get plenty of snow in big mountains and you might need to use especiall equipment, which doesn-t happen in other cases. and I-m not a superwonas< there are much better climbers than me, aswell as sailors, which is my other passion :D

:stunned: legally you don't go to jail for throwing stones at them, but you are santionise by everyone there; that thing is unbelibable in my country! I don't understand why you have to have minimmun 3 GC... (I always misseplled it) as mandatory and work related to community service and ability to work under presure as desirable... I do not match their preferences! but again, do you get big fires there? like 10,000 hectares or more? or the only big things are industries burning down? plus do you go to jail If you call just to bother them? and do they wear red coats?

my brother told me a scissor kick is different to a chilena! which means that we are talking about 2 different 'tricks' :lol: I'm shocked at reading that BBC link; 25,000 sterling pounds? (av) :stunned: that's like such a huge payment! It's a risky job and so, but I'm so used to see it done for free. Here it's a type of social service and it's very well seen, to be a firemen. People is always nice with them and they help them when they do fundraisings and so (they do not depend on the goverment, they just receive an small allowance, but most of the time, If not all the time, they survive thanks to donations, members fee and because the own firemen buy their equipment) since I get paid and so, do I have to show a CV and do an interview and so? and do you have firemen but women instead of men? are they separated from forestal fires? and most important of all, do you get big fires in the UK? (like for example 10,000 hectares of forest burned in a sngle fire)

and shiips and mountains :D

and who pays them? the goverment? is there like a fire taxes?

3642, my mistake

how can you have 1641 replyes dedicated to one single person? :stunned: plus skiing for a week in France sounds to me like last year! :idea2:

and what about the firemen?

si, si, por lo menos acà, en todo el continente, se le dice Chilena, por eso pregunto

I also velieve the UK didn't have mountains :sneaky: It's called "Volcàn Villarica" it's located in Chile, in the 10th region. There about 8 nice volcanos here and that one was the closest to where I was. On Easter holidays (2nd wekk of April I think) I'm climbing this one which is called El Plomo and it's located in Chile's capital, Santiago. We have a mountain range (I'm not sure If that's the world) which is called "Los Andes" and it goes all through America and that's where we get our mountains and volcanoes :D P.S: I also hate camping :lol:

How do you call to this in football? it's like they turn around and kick with their foot where their head should be. and do firemen get paid where you live? Here it's a volunteer job, which means no payment, but I wonder how it works everywhere else. Thank you :D

hey it's not that impressive. You just need a pair of good shoes, lots of patientce and chocolates and that's it! as the first person who climbed the Everest said (and I can't remember his name): "It's just one foot after the other" Plus on the way back we could slide on the snow, and my brother and I must have done quite a show sliding, because there was a group of European torurists and they were all laughing at us and taking pictures of our slides :lol: :sneaky:

¨ It's like 2,800 metres and I did it with my brother (12), my father and many tourists. It was perfect. :D