For a long time I have been awe of the knowledge and experience of the 
correspondents to the list and wondered if  I could ever contribute 
something which would not already be common knowledge. Today is my 
chance. Germans are obliged to wash their cars at a car wash to protect 
ground water. The real surprise for Brits is the Church tax which is 
collected along with your income tax and sent to your church unless you 
opt out. Another surprise was no lorries allowed on the road at the 
weekend. Since this is a Linux list it is worth a reminder that Munich 
is the first  major city to embrace open source software - (debian ). 
http://europa.eu.int/idabc/en/document/3223.
Roger Munford