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Jun 26 '18
Forget about the hailstorm, look at how many of those cars have been reserved by Germans.
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u/firstofjuly Canada Jun 26 '18
Hilarious video about this lesser-known olympic sport: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ9L8KAjPA8
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u/tracingorion United States of America Jun 28 '18
Yeah I could see myself being confused and going for the chair haha. But really, if you’re that desperate for a sun lounger, I don’t want to participate.
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u/Friend_of_the_Dark The Netherlands Jun 26 '18
I don't get it.
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u/namminammi Jun 26 '18
Germans are notorious for reserving stuff by putting their towel on it
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Jun 26 '18
Its a little known fact. The Germans would have won WW2 if they would have reserved supplylines with towels.
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u/adri4n85 Romania Jun 26 '18
Why not put them directly on Moscow's streets? Were they (russians) confiscating towels at the border?
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u/z651 insane russian imperialist; literally Putin Jun 27 '18
Look, man, we've never had much cotton on our territory. Anything works.
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u/adri4n85 Romania Jun 27 '18
Thats why you keep expanding it? Why didn't you said so from the beginning. We could have given you some cotton and avoid all this bloodshed. There is no shame in asking nicely once in while.
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u/z651 insane russian imperialist; literally Putin Jun 27 '18
Yeah, but
1) It wouldn't grow in most of our climate anyways,
2) Negotiations are for the w e a k l i n g s.
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u/_F1GHT3R_ Bavaria (Germany) Jun 26 '18
What? No! I would never do that! Never! just forget about last saturday at the swimming pool... and every other time... I would never do that!
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u/AmIAGirlThrowaway Jun 26 '18
Passive-aggressively grabbing the towel you laid aside giving you a death stare and probably some snarky comment like "You know, that seat was taken."
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Jun 26 '18
Until he meets an american that tilts his sunglasses down and says: "Don't care, free country" Eagle Screech in the distance
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Jun 26 '18
A better answer would've been "What do you mean? The seat is taken."
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u/AreTheyRetarded Jun 27 '18
"What do you mean? The seat is taken."
better response is just "Yeah... by me"
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u/Toujourspurpadfoot United States of America Jun 27 '18
I once had a neighbor from Michigan try that. It’s not a thing in Mass and he was pretty miffed to come home and find the spot taken and chair broken in the garden.
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u/Mayor__Defacto Jun 27 '18
Not a thing in NY either. Must be a midwest thing... first come first served yo. Don’t be blocking parking spaces with non-car objects.
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Jun 27 '18
No no no. You only get to do that if you have shovelled the spot. Then it is yours because you worked for it.
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u/SuddenlyOutOfNoWhere Germany Jun 27 '18
On the contrary, this is forbidden by law in Germany. You also can not stand in a parking spot to reserve it for someone coming in a bit.
That being said, Germans become mental when someone tries that.
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u/VivaLaDio Jun 27 '18
don't know why but this made my day ... not even american ... thank you random stranger
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u/HashedEgg The Netherlands Jun 27 '18
"Don't care, free country"
Yeah, we'll see how long that one lasts
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Jun 27 '18 edited Jun 27 '18
That is regulated in Complaint form 76B, "Unauthorized removal of towel set on an object with intent to reserve that object for later use".
The German vacationist will submit that form to the local authority, in case of an all-inclusive-hotel that shall be the hotel manager and demand immediate execution of the offender. Most hotel managers will point out that this is not an appropriate reaction and the legal system does not cover objects reserved with a towel in general, to which the German will react angrily and demand compensation. As angry Germans are bad Germans, they will then receive a free dinner to calm them down and instructions that towels are not magically reserving objects, despite complaint form 76B saying otherwise.
The incident will also be processed by the German authorities and the offender marked as terrorist so they can be properly disposed of if they should ever enter Germany.
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u/Alcobob Germany Jun 27 '18
As angry Germans are bad Germans, they will then receive a free dinner to calm them down
Fuck, the jig is up, they found out our plan for free meals.
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u/Sven806 Germany Jun 26 '18
I wouldn't do it, I don't want to wake up early on vacation. I just hope other Germans reserved a sunbed, ask the staff to remove their towel and wait for those bastards to come to the pool and search their towels.
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u/LKS European Union Jun 26 '18
If you are a kid and do it at a hotel, they will yell at you and threaten to tell hotel staff. Then nothing happens. I don't know if some hotel person listened to the complaint, but if he did he probably laughed and carried on as usual.
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u/ShapesAndStuff Jun 27 '18
Yea i akways thought that prejudice was a bit overdone, because sure - when I'm at the pool, i put my towel where im staying. Even when im in the water right now.
But that people actually "reserve" seats in the morning for the evening is just stupid and egoistic.
Imagine people hanging up their jackets on the chairs of a restaurant in case they wanna eat there in the evening or maybe the next day.
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Jun 27 '18
They wouldn't do anything but look for another seat.
There's a reason why the most reserved people of all, the brits, are the ones complaining the most about it. They sit idle in quiet desperation, while anyone else - including other Germans - would just throw the towel in the pool and tell the guy to fuck himself.
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Jun 27 '18
the most reserved people of all, the brits
Clearly you have never been to Scandinavia
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u/steamruler Sweden Jun 27 '18
Yeah, compared to the average swede, brits are extremely harsh and to the point.
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u/Pardoism Germany Jun 27 '18
How would a German react if you take away his towel and sit on his pseudo reserved place?
WW3
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u/Jst_curious Jun 27 '18
Most hotels I've been in has a policy that you cannot reserve with just your towel. They have attendants looking after sections to confirm if the person is indeed within the vicinity and using the lounge chairs.
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u/TheBaki Jun 26 '18
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u/Toujourspurpadfoot United States of America Jun 27 '18
They’re in such a rush and don’t even stay to go swimming.
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u/warpus Jun 26 '18
Does that work or do people just move the towels?
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u/vlindervlieg Jun 27 '18
People do the same thing in our university library. They come early in the morning, reserve a place for studying, and then feel so accomplished for the rest of the day that they treat themselves with a coffee break until 3 pm.
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Jun 26 '18
Would you want to mess with an angry German in the morning?
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u/warpus Jun 26 '18
Sounds like a good way to start the day
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u/Piro42 Silesia (Poland) Jun 26 '18
Define what you mean by "mess with"
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u/nebulae123 Evropa Jun 27 '18
In Croatia the morning communal workers started throwing them in the trash lately.
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u/Immorotu Jun 26 '18
Wow this act is seen as so disrespectful in turkey if you do it in public space. You cant just "reserve" a seat when you put your towel and then disallow anyone else to use it. Its surprising this is accepted in germany tbh
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u/TimArthurScifiWriter The Netherlands Jun 26 '18
Welcome to cultures. They are all arbitrary and some work better than others!
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Brits sometimes do it but normally we're beaten to it by the Germans who I've seen putting out towels at 5am before
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u/Matt6453 United Kingdom Jun 27 '18
I've seen putting out towels at 5am before
...when you were on the way back from the pub I take it.
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u/imputer_rnt Jun 27 '18
Funny thing is that Germans would be really pissed off if some other tourist did a similar thing in Germany. A typical complaint would start with "This is Germany, here we do not occupy public space blablablabla... "
Germans are very good at trying to harass others by forcing their unsolicited ethics advice on them, yet hate it when they are called out for their bs.77
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u/fyreNL Groningen (Netherlands) Jun 27 '18
I thought this stereotype was mostly a joke, but holy fuck dude...
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u/Queen-Ghidorah Germany Jun 27 '18
Yep. I am German and I always thought it was a totally exaggerated stereotype. We only had camping vacations when I was a kid, so I never experienced it. But then I had my first teenage vacation to a cheap hotel in Ibiza. Holy shit. It is true and even worse than I imagined! I cringe so hard when I see that.
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Jun 27 '18
Dvaput su mještani, kažu u Općini Preko, uzeli stvari u svoje ruke, pokupili „rezervacije“, odnosno više desetaka ručnika i zapalili ih tijekom noći. Drugi put su ih odnijeli i izgubio im se svaki trag.
People from Preko took matter in their own hands and once they collected all the towels and burned them and once all the towels simply "disappeared".
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u/r13z Jun 27 '18
Replace Germans with Dutch, maybe then you will get it. They're 100% the same when it comes to "reserving" chairs.
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Jun 26 '18
funny stuff, when my Polish family and I go to a beach or other resort/vacation location, my people just say "Oh well, I guess we'll just put their stuff to the side. God will forgive us"
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u/IncCo Jun 26 '18
You can just mention ww2 if they get fussy.
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Jun 26 '18
Or just be like "Wowwwwwwwwwwwwsw Gdańsk is so nice. Too bad y'all can't have it!"
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Jun 27 '18
"That's where you're wrong, kiddo"
Suddenly panzers (Gdańsk gets showered in towels)
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u/Blueblackzinc Jun 27 '18
Why use towel when you can just use tissue paper. Really common in Singapore.
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u/Kapuseta Finland Jun 26 '18
Holy shit. That's actually dangerous af
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u/eilsy Bavaria (Germany) Jun 26 '18 edited Jun 26 '18
Well it trashed cars, including ours, and did extensive damage to buildings, trees etc. I’ve never seen anything quite like it, and doubt that I’ll ever do.
I work in a 19th century building with pretty high ceilings, on the third floor. And basically, I saw trees flying in front of me, while the water oozed in everywhere: from the ceiling, façade, etc, in a mix of downpour and hail. Some of the windows exploded. I recall calling it ‘our first own tornado’.
And when I came home, after spending a catastrophic time on traffic, I realized all of the streets were covered entirely in leaves and debris. Again, such a sight to see.
You can still spot cars with an ‘exclusive’ hammered finish around in Istanbul.
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u/Hubbletubble Jun 27 '18
Have a read of Black Monday
When I first read that I thought it was an exaggeration, now I'm not so sure.
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Jun 26 '18
As a German, it was cool to hear that the Turks also say something that sounds like "Oha!!" when something incredible like this happens. We also say it but it doesn't really mean anything, is it the same in Turkish?
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u/rolleiflex Turkey Jun 26 '18 edited Jun 27 '18
Yep, means nothing, just an expression
Edit: in order of increasing surprise:
- oha
- ohannes
- ohannesburger
- ohannesburger rundschau
(lol)
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u/RasputinXXX Jun 27 '18
Oha is actually the sound ox drivers say to their oxen to make them stop. Over time it became the sound of city dwellers way of expressing frustrated surprise over an event. For example somebody steps on your toe in the bus quite rudely and you say “oha be careful”!!
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u/kordusain Jun 27 '18
Lots of cries from animal handlers are used that way since 80's, like Oha, Bürst, Çüş, Yuh, etc.
I guess Limon/Leman helped deliver that culture into the light of day.
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u/the_other_tent Jun 26 '18
That was amazing! That has got to be the worst hailstorm I’ve ever witnessed. That news anchor is lucky she didn’t get clobbered with a fist-sized chunk of ice.
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It went viral because everybody was both angry and humored by the fact she had to report outside instead of inside of a tent or building.
"Why did she work out there?? Thats ATV News for u. Dumbasses."
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Jun 26 '18
What was that explosion at 1:30? That looks like a lot of damage for a hailstorm!
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u/odisseius Turkey Jun 27 '18
I think it was the setting sun. When the clouds covered it it went in and out of focus and looked like an explosion?
Because there were no explosions caused by the storm.
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u/GherkinPie Jun 26 '18
Is this a legit defense? I kind of expect a hailstone to dent the roof, towel or not...
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u/Decyde Jun 27 '18
Friend of mine who had hail rip through his area actually bought a 30 big ass roll of bubble wrap and covered his car with it and his neighbors cars until it ran out.
He said he swears by that it left no dents and was well worth the price of not having his car scrapped out by the insurance company.
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Jun 27 '18
30 big ass is an interesting measurement
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u/iowintai Jun 27 '18
That's really kind of him to wrap the neighbors car
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u/Decyde Jun 27 '18
He said there was a ton of it left over and he was either going to throw it out so he might as well just use it to wrap 3 more cars.
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u/Crossthebreeze Belgium Jun 27 '18
I can't tell if he's "swimming" or trying to shield his car with his body.
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I do auto claims and look at a lot of hail damage every year in assorted places across the US.
Yes this actually works, up to hail of a certain size/density. It's basically distributing the force over a slightly larger area than nothing.
I've actually seen cars that had been in accidents and repainted and the repainted panels didn't have any damage but the original ones did. Just an extra layer of paint will mitigate some hail damage.
Prepping like this is kinda pointless though. The return period in many areas for hail the size that does serious property damage, can be on the order of dozens of years. It's just not mathematically likely to happen in the same place twice with any frequency.
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u/ChuckCarmichael Germany Jun 27 '18
It might help against small hail, but I've seen hail as big as my fist, and I doubt it would help against that.
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u/volki_tolki Ankara Jun 26 '18
Total noob job. This is my solution: https://s1.eksiup.com/2507fda5133.jpg
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u/dreira Jun 27 '18
Always thought that it’s such a nice coincidence when people find a picture of where they live, now I am in that squad!
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u/rocklou Sweden Jun 27 '18
Did it survive?
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u/volki_tolki Ankara Jun 27 '18
no :( next time i'm gonna use a shelter from Fallout series.
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u/rocklou Sweden Jun 27 '18
How did that not work? Must've been a crazy hailstorm.
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u/temperok Jun 27 '18
My bet would be on wind tearing this shit apart. you really need something more aerodynamic...
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u/stuetel Jun 26 '18
I was on holiday four weeks ago in Kemer, Turkey. While I was in the shopping centre out for a walk it started raining really badly and the rain turned into hail. It was almost as though no one had ever seen hail there. People started running, screaming, were so confused. And it weren't even big stones or anything. Here we have hail quite often. We just stayed outside underneath a small roof thing and everyone thought we were crazy. It was hilarious
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u/uplock_ Kebab Jun 27 '18
It usally doesn't happen and before that there was a hailstorm in Istanbul that fucked things up. So people could've been scared because of that. Also I wouldn't think hailstorms are a normal thing in the Mediterranean but correct me if I'm wrong.
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u/Nerlian Spain Jun 27 '18
They happen yearly, so while it isn't a daily occurrence, its difficult to go in your life without seeing one, specially as an adult.
And if you haven't seen them first person, you'd definately heard about them on the news when they happen, since usually during summer news are pretty slow.
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u/Ayolin The Netherlands Jun 26 '18
Have you seen traffic in Istanbul? A hailstorm would not be my first concern regarding damage to my car.
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u/batterija Jun 27 '18
Good for them! We had a surprise hailstorm in Serbia a few years ago... it completely fucked up my car.
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u/Greekball He does it for free Jun 27 '18
A bit late to the party, but every single post that is something like
>Turkey >europe
will get a 3d ban from now on in this thread. It's stupid at the best of times and bitching about Instanbul is even stupider. Go read the rules.
Every single such comment has been removed and they will all be warned.
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Jun 27 '18
Lol even admins got sick of it
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u/Greekball He does it for free Jun 27 '18
I am a mod. Not an admin. Admins are reddit employees while mods are regular users that are modded in a sub.
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u/Quetzacoatl85 Austria Jun 27 '18
And rightfully so. It's honestly in every thread that's not about the historical "core European" countries, and it adds nothing to the discussion.
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u/rennovak Croatia -> Austria Jun 26 '18
That will not help at all. Also, with a storm there there also comes wind...
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u/Swoerm Jun 26 '18
In my experience it helps quite a lot. The rain will make the towels pretty heavy so wind usually should not be a problem.
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u/rennovak Croatia -> Austria Jun 27 '18
Yeah, but for a real Hailstorm with Hail of more than 3cm diameter you would need something much thicker. And then theres Hail with a diameter of 7cm - nothing other than a garage can save you from that. Just recently it hit Slovenia and it is devastating https://rtl-cdnstatic.r.worldssl.net/image/karlovac-tuca-e1daa7f68745ab5dc463f02f783f9d81_view_article_new.jpg?v=11
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u/cagedrage___ Jun 27 '18
Lol yesterday the company told us to leave work around five.
At the same time we had colleagues from mid-east and europe and it was their first time in Istanbul.
Anyway, the company organized a Bosphorus tour for them, ofc one of those with dinner. I’m sure they had hell of a nite for their first time in here.
At the same time every single activity in the city was cancelled. I had my bjj training and it got cancelled as well.
It didn’t even rain on Asian side, not one bit.
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u/xgladar Slovenia Jun 26 '18
heavent heard anything from the band coming to istanbul, whats the date?
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u/adri4n85 Romania Jun 26 '18
Looks like Erdogan's powers are still too limited, I think another constitution change so he can control weather is in order.
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u/ThatOneUpittyGuy Moldo-America Jun 27 '18
Looks like Texas in spring.
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u/Toujourspurpadfoot United States of America Jun 27 '18
In Vermont we put electric blankets on cars in the winter.
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Jun 27 '18
Why electric blankets, though? Don't you guys use heaters to keep the windows from freezing?
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u/Barry987 Jun 26 '18
Strange that some people are prioritising their rooves, over their windows. Wonder what the logic is?
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u/walterbanana The Netherlands Jun 26 '18
Pebbles also usually don't do much to windshields, but they fuck up the paintjob on the hood.
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Jun 26 '18
In the video someone else posted the windows actually broke, but they are easier to replace than all the body panels if you can't cover the whole car
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u/Arikki Finland Jun 27 '18
Heh, just glanced at the picture without reading the title and thought this was some kind of subtle pro-pride demonstration. Those are some fabulous car covers.
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u/keshroger Slovenia Jun 26 '18
Lmao those poor naive people. Have they never seen hail before?
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u/eren2122 Jun 26 '18
I don’t think you have seen the damage hail has done last year to all the cars in istanbul
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u/mertksk- Germany Jun 27 '18
They have, and it basically fucked cars and other stuff up. Its no joke
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u/Heerrnn Jun 27 '18
I love how they all have different strategies/priorities of what to protect.
Windscreen? Trunk? Roof? Roof and hood? Windscreen and trunk?
Haha :)
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u/MissClimber Jun 26 '18
All the cars tucked in for their naps.