Well, I survived another Saint Patrick's Day

[Cain]

In Switzerland, you could easily end up paying 25 francs for a burger.

Note: the Swiss franc and the dollar are equivalent in value.

OK, now, that's sheer madness. Unless all their food costs twice as much as all our food. It makes no sense because even if you go high-end, all of the ingredients for a burger are relatively cheap.

No, all their food really does cost twice as much as it does in the US.

It used to drive the American teachers I worked with over there mental.  They'd cry every time they looked at an exchange rate, or walked into a store.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

In Switzerland, you could easily end up paying 25 francs for a burger.

Note: the Swiss franc and the dollar are equivalent in value.

OK, now, that's sheer madness. Unless all their food costs twice as much as all our food. It makes no sense because even if you go high-end, all of the ingredients for a burger are relatively cheap.

No, all their food really does cost twice as much as it does in the US.

It used to drive the American teachers I worked with over there mental.  They'd cry every time they looked at an exchange rate, or walked into a store.

Well, they probably subsidize things like health care and education instead of corn and beef, so that seems fair enough.

[Cain]

Not so much, actually.  Taxes are lower, but everything else is massively more expensive, from rent to healthcare to school.  It's just a really expensive place to live, designed to make anyone not on a banker's or diplomat's payroll cry.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Not so much, actually.  Taxes are lower, but everything else is massively more expensive, from rent to healthcare to school.  It's just a really expensive place to live, designed to make anyone not on a banker's or diplomat's payroll cry.

Well, that sucks for them! Lame, I was hoping it was one of the European countries that has their shit figured out.

[Doktor Howl]

Not so much, actually.  Taxes are lower, but everything else is massively more expensive, from rent to healthcare to school.  It's just a really expensive place to live, designed to make anyone not on a banker's or diplomat's payroll cry.

Well, that sucks for them! Lame, I was hoping it was one of the European countries that has their shit figured out.

Not so much.

[Freeky]

In Switzerland, you could easily end up paying 25 francs for a burger.

Note: the Swiss franc and the dollar are equivalent in value.

JESUS FUCK.

[Cain]

Switzerland is pretty much what happens when you allow your monopoly owners to become more powerful than anyone else.  It's a pure expression of rentier capitalism, everything not only costs a lot, but you're going to pay fees for it to be processed, too.

It's not exactly Sweden, or even France.

[Faust]

Not so much, actually.  Taxes are lower, but everything else is massively more expensive, from rent to healthcare to school.  It's just a really expensive place to live, designed to make anyone not on a banker's or diplomat's payroll cry.

They seem  to treat engineers pretty well. The sister-in-law-to-be is going over there on work experience in a couple of weeks and the company she is working for is giving her free food, rent and transport for the whole six month period she is over there, thats on top of 500f a week.

[Cain]

Companies over there are very generous.  They have to be, or no-one would be able to live there!  They do like engineers though, it's true.  I know my father was looking at working over there at one point...with the constant road and tunnel construction, flood defenses and avalanche protection, not to mention the maintaining of fortifications and bunkers for the Swiss military, there is certainly plenty to do.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Switzerland is pretty much what happens when you allow your monopoly owners to become more powerful than anyone else.  It's a pure expression of rentier capitalism, everything not only costs a lot, but you're going to pay fees for it to be processed, too.

It's not exactly Sweden, or even France.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Please put that line in the newsfeed!

[hirley0]

News: If you can't abuse it, it's not power.
THE food price question?
the main reason to go to PSU is the FREE food
there is a lot of that
HOWever U must know the approach to landing on it
AT the absoluly correct time Maybe i can find it in this hour
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[Cain]

I bet you could, with the right dataset, code a program which would be able to tell you the optimal times for approach.

Also, I am all burgered out.  Also had some Fosters Gold, which only tastes slightly of piss, instead of entirely like it.  While sitting in the sun.  Today was a good day.

[Cainad (dec.)]

Oh ho, boy. Saint Patrick's Day. Did anyone else here go into NYC for St. Pat's?


The entire 18-25 year old population of Long Island went into the city that day, let me tell you. My ears were ringing from the two hours of standing in a train car with unrelenting hooting and hollering.



"SHOW YOUR BOOBS!"

"WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

"I AM SO DRUNK ALREADY"

"WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

"DUDE PUT THAT JOINT AWAY WHAT ARE YOU DOING"

"WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"


I escaped as quickly as possible and found the friends I was meeting, and we spent about 20 minutes watching the parade before heading to a pub and celebrating properly.

[East Coast Hustle]

I was totally those people on St. Patty's. All of them.

There is an important difference, of course, which is that I am a trained professional.