Switzerland – Democratic country with 7.78 million residents, of which 22% (1.71 million) are foreigners.
There are 5.02 million electors and the average participation in elections is 40-50%. Data from Federal Statistics Office (bfs.admin.ch)
Today a “majority” of 1.40 million (18% of Switzerland population) decide in favor – “Pour le renvoi des étrangers criminels” and 1.50 million againts “Pour des impôts équitables. Stop aux abus de la concurrence fiscale”.
A Nespresso.com email and unlimited Nespresso coffee (during working hours).
The privileges of a consultant. 🙂
Encore une votation ou les plus impliques (cassieres, vendeurs, vendeuses) dans la pluspart ne peuvent pas voter car ils ont pas de nationalite suisse ou habitent depuis moins de huit ans dans la meme commune.
Une phrase que de plus en plus je pense: “no taxation without representation”. Ne devrait pas, tout le monde que paye des impots dans un canton, pouvoir voter?
Few weeks ago in a hotel in Zurich the pillows were huge. Week after went to Graubünden/Grisons and at the hotel the pillows were also huge. I start calling them the “Swiss German pillows”. E parents also have semi-huge pillows, probably due the German mix of the family.
All my life the pillows had a certain size, unchanging. Of course not counting here the old-style portuguese “travesseiro” (which wikipedia describes as “body pillows”). “The” pillow size is, for me, (after seeing the links below I’m not sure anymore) 50x60cm.
Starts one going around Switzerland and you get another standard of pillows. You decide to buy pillow covers to your home and the standard size is 65x65cm… or 65x100cm. The semi-huge and huge pillows I described before. But the pillows you bought in IKEA the year before are 50x60cm.
Making a more deep study about standard pillow size across a few European countries, using as measure the following IKEA link: http://www.ikea.com/fi/fi/catalog/categories/departments/bedroom/10686 and changing the “fi/fi” by the country/language required, one gets:
Portugal, Spain, Netherlands, Finland, Russia, Hungary, Poland: 50x60cm
France: 65x65cm
Germany: 40x80cm
UK, Italy: 50x80cm
Switzerland: 50×60 ad 65×65 (but other shops, like Micasa you see: 40x60cm and 65x100cm mostly)
– Nao temos local coberto no predio para guardar as bicicletas;
– Temos maquina de lavar roupa no nosso apartamento e nao ha uma comum no predio.
– O ponto mais proximo de recolha de vidro fica a mais de 500metros.
Quelques raisons pour le quels je continue à écouter la Rádio Universidade Coimbra:
– Narita, un programme seulement de musique traditionel japonaise (samedi, 22h CET)
– Les signaux horaires (besoin de bien savoir le portugais pour entendre)
J’écoute sur www.ruc.pt (en utilisant mon Revo Pico)
Yesterday while having nice beer and chat at La Barje 2, there was a group of Muslims that, after having some tea, put down their rags and start the prayer. The soundtrack coming from the bar while their were kneeling could not be more contradictory: AC/DC’s “Highway to hell”.
Today we were a bit lost when, in Pont de l’ille (Geneva), we saw four or five japanese girls in kimono trying to run to catch the bus.
Por vezes me pergunto, muito inocentemente, que criterio é utilizado para colocar sinais de transito, qual o regulamento seguido e qual a educacao do responsavel que define o sinal e local a colocar.
My mouth remained open when Eva received invitation to be Facebook friend of my 87-years-old grandmother.