Quote Originally Posted by Michael Joseph View Post
I loved going to Germany. Taxi cab drivers are a hoot - making at that time upwards of 100k and all driving Mercedes Benz. but the best is being able to go to any vending machine, put in the appropriate coinage, and getting a cold beer. Now that's living.
Yeah, when I came over here I was surprised to see candy bars in vending machines instead of cigarettes.

When I was 18 I drank some beer at a party in Alabama and walked back to my apartment with my bottle of Moosehead in hand. In the parking lot next to the police station I got arrested and those vandal cops poured out my beer!
I had no idea why they were doing this to me, because I was only doing what I had been taught in German school: if you drink, don't drive 'cause that's dangerous; be a good citizen and walk home.
I was in total culture shock