The reason why I will miss Germany

[Spaz]

ohh then what are you going to miss?

[PanamaE30]

Don't need too. I fly there twice a month. What I was talking about is looking out my back window of my house. I will snap some of my are next time I'm home. Weather permiting.

[mikeedler]

germany aint all that! there is more to life than some friggin hills! I wish I had some convienence once again. not really complaining, my choice to get a house here and get robbed with taxes. wish I could go back and forth once a month though, only get back to the states about 2 times a year though. sometimes the twisties, and the autobahn really make up forall the crap over here though.

[M-technik-3]

Hate say it Mike you can Move back to the US or is your significant other one who won't move back to the US?

I would have gone back to my job in Germany if it had not disolved. The company paid my taxes so I did not care. The time would have been better spent with my family than continuing to gallvanting around the Globe.

[mikeedler]

I choose to stay here too, the wife wont leave right now either. but i swear I will not get old over here or conform to act like a german! The days of the companies paying taxes for contractors, or getting us ID cards are well over. I move all over the place here too, just try not to go out of germany if i can avoid it. with all the deployments the army has now, all the contracts are short, and move all over the place. I could have gone back to the states last year, but decided against it, life isnt so hard here--and I dont really have to work hard, but I miss the big city chicago life alot sometimes. I dont think I ever saw a real tractor in my life before coming to germany, now I am the only one on my block without one!!!

[M-technik-3]

I choose to stay here too, the wife wont leave right now either. but i swear I will not get old over here or conform to act like a german! The days of the companies paying taxes for contractors, or getting us ID cards are well over. I move all over the place here too, just try not to go out of germany if i can avoid it. with all the deployments the army has now, all the contracts are short, and move all over the place. I could have gone back to the states last year, but decided against it, life isnt so hard here--and I dont really have to work hard, but I miss the big city chicago life alot sometimes. I dont think I ever saw a real tractor in my life before coming to germany, now I am the only one on my block without one!!!

There's your problem, you work for Army related contractors. I worked for USAF contractors. I had two ID card but I was given the option of a GS-11 equivilent ID just due to better service with that one as opposed to my MSgt id and my wifes SSgt id card.

I had the choice to relocate to Al Udied in Quater for a year but choose not to. They could not by law terminate me, I choose not to move, this kept me on good side of company, so I get a bonus from them every year.

TESA was a PIA big time but once I had it the German gov't can't do squat to me. Stupid thing is to do my previous job you needed a TS clearance a US citizen but the job still was under there guidelines. BS.

[Mot]

Ya i miss frankfurt am alot..... the nights were so much fun...


Ginheim 4 life. 8)

[Bokes]

greg- come down here, we have country side easily as gorgeous

true story.