I know that Germany, along with other European countries, has immigrants from the east, but I'm not sure how well they are accepted in those countries.
I know that here in the UK most people are not happy with the mass illegal immigration, especially when we hear of some of the evil things some of them do, such as raping young white girls.  It is even more annoying when it seems that nothing appears to be being done about this sort of thing.

I wonder whether we seem just to have accumulated the worst, and that other European countries don't seem to suffer from the same things.
Of course, we (or our glorious leaders) bring that on ourselves and have no-one else to blame.

Quote from: Alex on April 02, 2026, 03:56:33 PMThe German Post Office is releasing stamps to mark what would have been Queen Elizabeth's 100th birthday on April 21st....  and what do we get ? The Lord of the Sodding Rings   
Incidentally, to buy a stamp in Germany costs approx 87 pence, here as we all know it's £1.70 !

Thank you Deutsche Post, what a lovely choice of photo too.

What a very welcome idea from Germany, remembering our last queen.
I think it shows how she was regarded in Germany as well as here.
I had no idea that the Germans, or any other such country, was particularly taken by our last monarch.
She was indeed an excellent queen and, although others have made the occasional criticism now and then, she was infinitely better than Charlie-boy.
I hope that when William takes over, he can be as highly regarded as his grandmother.

I don't even get much junk mail these days although the posties get the joy of stuffing leaflets in when they do deliver mail. Most of my mail comes from government departments  - DVLA, NHS, IR, DHSS and council plus P60s from pension providers.

At least you won't get stiffed for parking in 3 months. We'll all be walking by then.

Most German cigarettes were pretty foul. I used to resort to Camels if the duty free ran out. My wife hated the smell of those.

The stamp shows a lovely picture of our late queen..
However , I don't understand why a Birthday is mentioned when the person is no longer here.. 
I have heard of people talking about ' heavenly birthdays'
I don't get it...
 The cost of our first class stamp is costly .. no wonder the post office is on the way out..
Well done Germany..

Have the results.. two days later..
The notes and letters were on SASH..
Nothing serious.. Recommend another scan in 3 months..

The German Post Office is releasing stamps to mark what would have been Queen Elizabeth's 100th birthday on April 21st....  and what do we get ? The Lord of the Sodding Rings   
Incidentally, to buy a stamp in Germany costs approx 87 pence, here as we all know it's £1.70 !

Thank you Deutsche Post, what a lovely choice of photo too.

£5 is a bit OTT for parking, ours is £3.65 for up to 4 hours.  Hope your results are ok, I'm still waiting for mine from 10th March  but as you say, comforting in a way.