Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I worked at the European Space Agency (ESRO - European Space Research Organization / ESOC - European Space Operations Center) in Darmstadt Germany for six years. There were (and still are) beer and hard liquor (brandy, Cognac, etc.) vending machines, along side the candy and soda vending machines. Available for selection at any time. No restrictions. While I was working there, they built a new command center. The workman had beer breaks at around 10am and 2pm. The beer truck would arrive and the workman would indulge. Sort of like a "roach coach" here in the USA, only much more healthy. Good beer is a way of life in Germany. Jim At 10:11 AM 4/25/99 -0700, you wrote: >Bill Rosauer wrote: > >>They've always served beer in the cafeteria at Leica. To a German, beer is >>food. > >It must be a cultural thing. For what it's worth, they do that at the >Porsche factory too. Consequently, we have the 996..... > >Jim Bauman >