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There are pitfalls to having a career and working also. I come home from work, with no creative juices or energy left at all. Everything goes into engine design and analysing combustion burn rates or dyno results. I have my current planned novel timeline pretty much set. While finishing off a...

Thanks for posting the Zeotrope link Stewart, it's very useful.

Actually the Corrado was still in production until 1996... No, I'm not a pedant: My real point being, be careful what you read off of the internet. Even be careful what you read by journalists in magazines, Keeping to the automotive topic for one moment, I recall when a notable British...

What does being a writer mean? I've never been published, but have burning ideas for several years. I've written several outlines down. One of them really excites me- so I filled it out and over the space of a year I came up with a whole time-line and plot. This story is very close to my...

very funny. Just think, if this were a joke about the Middle East or Islam you would probably have a fatwa against you and there would be a team of protestors outside your house.;)

I speak English, Bengali and now rapidly becoming more conversant/fluent with German, as I live here now...... At one time I'd also learned Latin, French and Italian...but have forggotten those mainly

Watching Trek!:o

Isn't Best American Accent an oxy-moron? :p J/K Ok, ok if pushed....The apalachian southern accent

Thanks! Both of my cars have become special friends to me! For the Porsche it didn't take long. I've wanted a 911 Turbo since I was 15 and I HAD to get it. I'm never going to replace it (that's not as stupid as it sounds- I've owned my old BMW since 1990!). It's last of the models that can...

Actually my observations have found that Americans on the West coast typically will keep and cherish older cars. It's Europe and especially countries like Germany that just buy new. Every car here in Germany is very very new. It's part of their perverted legislation, geared by the green...

Since moving to Germany I've cut my fleet down to just two. I still own my late 1970s BMW 323i (E21) which was the first car I ever bought when I was 17 way back in 1990! It looks quite different to how it did then, with a new redesigned and redeveloped engine and some extras added on. It was...

Yes it's quite close to Wiesbaden. I moved here in february, after much deliberation and a great job offer. I don't have a TV, internet access at home and when I get home I'm realising just how much time I've got to get that Novel written that I always promised I would! There's a classic...

Im from the UK, and miss alot about that country. Ive just moved to Germany and for an isolationist who's friendly, germany is really lovely. The people are friendly, and nice and courteous, people will speak English when they see someone with my poor level of German and living in the hilly...

I have mixed feelings about the "pushing of children to achieve". As a kid I had alot of anger toward my parents because of this. My father pushed me to do Law, which I found so boring. Fortunately he wasnt too put out when I chose to do engineering. It didnt help that as an engineer in the...

Nope, not really, and being of Indian extract, I think I'm qualified to say. I've also been there many times. You can break it down into various casts, the higher casts wont have many children where as typically the poorer people on the street WILL have. The higher cast system people have...

I haven't followed the entire post, but on the whole I think I agree with Motokid. In England you get extra money when you have extra kids and in Germany you get Tax reliefs. Single people are hammered the most in Germany which I think is unfair. So having 16 kids is fine if you afford it on...

I never sold it, I could never have done that. It's up for rent now, and it's a complete steal! They'd better look after that place, I'll be back. I don't like German houses at all :(

Thanks ICE! Someone remembers me! How's London? I never thought I'd miss the UK but I do. Especially my house :( Nice quote on the tag line BTW, I whole heartedly agree with it!

I'm an isolationist who generally doesn't like society but an outgoing people person when you meet me in person.... What's your fondest memory online either in chat or on a forum?

I'm back also, although no one rememmebers me! I've moved to Germany since I was last one....and have left my wonderful cottage behind :eek: