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Aristus

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1. When I was stationed in Germany in the late 80's, early 90's, I was struck by how many retirees had a side hustle.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Nov 21, 2025, 11:34 AM

Yesterday

Driving a taxi was a popular one. There was this one old granny lady whose taxi I rode every now and then. Sweet lady. We spoke German together. She also knew some English. During our conversations, we would switch from German to English and back, sometimes in the middle of a sentence, when one or the other of us ran out of the necessary words.

We became good friends. Once or twice, she refused to charge me a fare for the ride. Such generosity.

I miss Germany...

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When I was stationed in Germany in the late 80's, early 90's, I was struck by how many retirees had a side hustle. Aristus Yesterday #1