Martin Bienwald

"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" schrieb:

    > It was my experience that EVERYTHNG was a lot more expensive
    > in Switzerland than in the U.S.A. - or anywhere else I've
    > been! However, even expressed in euro, I though Swiss
    > prices were higher than elsewhere.

They are indeed. Swiss wages are also higher (so the Swiss themselves
probably don't mind), but for a tourist Swiss prices are a bit shocking
sometimes.

... Martin

Tim Challenger

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:24:04 +0000 (UTC), Martin Bienwald wrote:

    >> It was my experience that EVERYTHNG was a lot more expensive
    >> in Switzerland than in the U.S.A. - or anywhere else I've
    >> been! However, even expressed in euro, I though Swiss
    >> prices were higher than elsewhere.
    >
    > They are indeed. Swiss wages are also higher (so the Swiss themselves
    > probably don't mind), but for a tourist Swiss prices are a bit shocking
    > sometimes.
    >
    > ... Martin

Petrol's cheaper in Switzerland than in France or Italy.
--
Tim C.

nitram

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 12:36:03 +0100, Tim Challenger
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:24:04 +0000 (UTC), Martin Bienwald wrote:
    >>> It was my experience that EVERYTHNG was a lot more expensive
    >>> in Switzerland than in the U.S.A. - or anywhere else I've
    >>> been! However, even expressed in euro, I though Swiss
    >>> prices were higher than elsewhere.
    >>
    >> They are indeed. Swiss wages are also higher (so the Swiss themselves
    >> probably don't mind), but for a tourist Swiss prices are a bit shocking
    >> sometimes.
    >>
    >> ... Martin
    >Petrol's cheaper in Switzerland than in France or Italy.

and Maggi cubes?
--
Martin

Tim Challenger

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 13:13:10 +0100, [email protected] wrote:

    >>>> It was my experience that EVERYTHNG was a lot more expensive
    >>>> in Switzerland than in the U.S.A. - or anywhere else I've
    >>>> been! However, even expressed in euro, I though Swiss
    >>>> prices were higher than elsewhere.
    >>>
    >>> They are indeed. Swiss wages are also higher (so the Swiss themselves
    >>> probably don't mind), but for a tourist Swiss prices are a bit shocking
    >>> sometimes.
    >>>
    >>> ... Martin
    >>Petrol's cheaper in Switzerland than in France or Italy.
    >
    > and Maggi cubes?

He he, probably.
Do you get then in NL too?

--
Tim C.

nitram

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 14:05:17 +0100, Tim Challenger
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 13:13:10 +0100, [email protected] wrote:
    >>>>> It was my experience that EVERYTHNG was a lot more expensive
    >>>>> in Switzerland than in the U.S.A. - or anywhere else I've
    >>>>> been! However, even expressed in euro, I though Swiss
    >>>>> prices were higher than elsewhere.
    >>>>
    >>>> They are indeed. Swiss wages are also higher (so the Swiss themselves
    >>>> probably don't mind), but for a tourist Swiss prices are a bit shocking
    >>>> sometimes.
    >>>>
    >>>> ... Martin
    >>>Petrol's cheaper in Switzerland than in France or Italy.
    >>
    >> and Maggi cubes?
    >He he, probably.
    >Do you get then in NL too?

I think everywhere. :-(((
--
Martin

Bill Moore

In article <[email protected]>, randee <[email protected]> wrote:
    > Back in January, Gidon Kramer left his violin on the train as he got
    >off in Baltimore for a concert. By the time he realized it the train
    >was on the way to Washington. However the station agent in Baltimore
    >called ahead to Washington and his violin was escorted back to Baltimore
    >by a baggage agent. It made one of the national radio music programs
    >here. The violin was a Guarneri del Gesu (an obscure make of Italian
    >violin.........).

Right, and it was worth 3 million $US!

http://latviansonline.com/news/artic...?id=21_0_2_0_C

Evelyn Gamble

Bill Moore wrote:
    > In article <[email protected]>, randee <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >>Back in January, Gidon Kramer left his violin on the train as he got
    >>off in Baltimore for a concert. By the time he realized it the train
    >>was on the way to Washington. However the station agent in Baltimore
    >>called ahead to Washington and his violin was escorted back to Baltimore
    >>by a baggage agent. It made one of the national radio music programs
    >>here. The violin was a Guarneri del Gesu (an obscure make of Italian
    >>violin.........).
    >
    >
    > Right, and it was worth 3 million $US!

Not to denigrate the honesty of the person returning it, but something
as distinctive as that would be pretty difficult to dispose of
dishonestly! (You can't just take it into the nearest pawn shop, as
"smash and grab" thieves do with jewelry, etc.)

Bill Moore

In article <[email protected]>,
Evelyn Gamble <[email protected]> wrote:
    >Bill Moore wrote:
    >> In article <[email protected]>, randee <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>
    >>>Back in January, Gidon Kramer left his violin on the train as he got
    >>>off in Baltimore for a concert. By the time he realized it the train
    >>>was on the way to Washington. However the station agent in Baltimore
    >>>called ahead to Washington and his violin was escorted back to Baltimore
    >>>by a baggage agent. It made one of the national radio music programs
    >>>here. The violin was a Guarneri del Gesu (an obscure make of Italian
    >>>violin.........).
    >>
    >>
    >> Right, and it was worth 3 million $US!
    >Not to denigrate the honesty of the person returning it, but something
    >as distinctive as that would be pretty difficult to dispose of
    >dishonestly! (You can't just take it into the nearest pawn shop, as
    >"smash and grab" thieves do with jewelry, etc.)

Sure. I was more referring to the fact that it must be quite an experience
for all involved, particularly the owner, when something so valuable is
"left on the train".

Randee

Somehow I would hate to have to call Chubb (a prominent insurance
company specializing in antiques) and tell them I just lost my Guarneri
and I needed to make a claim........
--
wf.

Bill Moore wrote:
    >
    > In article <[email protected]>,
    > Evelyn Gamble <[email protected]> wrote:
    > >
    > >
    > >Bill Moore wrote:
    > >> In article <[email protected]>, randee <[email protected]> wrote:
    > >>
    > >>>Back in January, Gidon Kramer left his violin on the train as he got
    > >>>off in Baltimore for a concert. By the time he realized it the train
    > >>>was on the way to Washington. However the station agent in Baltimore
    > >>>called ahead to Washington and his violin was escorted back to Baltimore
    > >>>by a baggage agent. It made one of the national radio music programs
    > >>>here. The violin was a Guarneri del Gesu (an obscure make of Italian
    > >>>violin.........).
    > >>
    > >>
    > >> Right, and it was worth 3 million $US!
    > >
    > >Not to denigrate the honesty of the person returning it, but something
    > >as distinctive as that would be pretty difficult to dispose of
    > >dishonestly! (You can't just take it into the nearest pawn shop, as
    > >"smash and grab" thieves do with jewelry, etc.)
    >
    > Sure. I was more referring to the fact that it must be quite an experience
    > for all involved, particularly the owner, when something so valuable is
    > "left on the train".

--
wf.
Wayne Flowers
Randee Greenwald
[email protected]

Randee

Well, they are obscure, and rare, and so only a few violinists bother
with them........................
--
wf.

Bill Moore wrote:
    > The violin was a Guarneri del Gesu (an obscure make of Italian
    > >violin.........).
    >
    > Right, and it was worth 3 million $US!
    >
    > http://latviansonline.com/news/artic...?id=21_0_2_0_C

EvelynVogtGamble

Bill Moore wrote:

    >
    > Sure. I was more referring to the fact that it must be quite an experience
    > for all involved, particularly the owner, when something so valuable is
    > "left on the train".

I wonder how many other musicians manage to
"forget" their instruments when leaving trains, taxis, etc.?
Cellist Yo Yo Ma left his cello in a New York City taxi
not so long ago, and there was a newspaper article about
some violin student at Juilliard who managed to mislay a
rather expensive violin..... Even with one's mind on other
things, it SHOULD be hard to forget something like that!
(Fortunately singers are exempt from such excesses of
absent-mindedness - their "instrument" is a physical part of
them.)
    >
    >
    >
    >

Bogus Address

    > I wonder how many other musicians manage to "forget" their instruments
    > when leaving trains, taxis, etc.? Cellist Yo Yo Ma left his cello in
    > a New York City taxi not so long ago, and there was a newspaper article
    > about some violin student at Juilliard who managed to mislay a rather
    > expensive violin..... Even with one's mind on other things, it SHOULD
    > be hard to forget something like that!

Alan Hovhaness left the manuscript for one of his symphonies
on the New York subway and never got it back. (As he wrote
about 130 of them, this might not have been the disaster it
would have been for a less prolific composer).

I once read an article about things that ended up in the London
Underground lost property office and were never claimed. You'd
think you'd *know* if you'd mislaid an elephant's penis bone,
wouldn't you?

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