It does sound too much of the NS times...
... the National Socialists, in other words.
I would avoid using terms such as [i]Drang nach Osten[/i] or [i]Lebensraum[/i] or referring to Berlin as the [i]Reichshauptstadt[/i].
I've kidded German friends about things like this and they typically don't find it funny at all.
Extreme nationalism has only resulted in bad things for Germany and they are quite sensitive to such issues.
The phenomena of having them openly fly German flags is very recent and is all related to the success of the [i]Nationalelf[/i] or the German national football team.
A long term inflation perspective
A topic which invariably came up in conversations with friends during my last visit to Germany was the price of gasoline. This would then lead to a discussion about how prices in general have risen at unprecedented rates.
This, of course, led me to ask myself: How have prices for services at FKK clubs evolved in the time I’ve been indulging in these services?
I found some old notes from my very first FKK trip in 1999 and thought I’d do a pricing comparison.
Back then pricing was in DMarks but the Euro was on the horizon and eventually became the payment currency in the January, 2002 time-frame.
The exchange rate for this conversion was 1.95583 DMarks to 1 Euro. For purposes of keeping things simple, let’s just say it was 2.00 DM to 1.00 Euro.
If you remember that far back, the conversion of the DMark to the Euro led to all sorts of jokes about the new “Teuro”. The Euro was perceived to be a smokescreen for everyone to raise prices across all businesses. That was the prevailing worry.
I compared the entry fee plus a single session for the following clubs: Inges/Arena, Babylon, Blue Note, PHG for the 1999 and 2008 time frame. I also compared the three session rate at the Grimbergsauna (a Red Carpet club) and the PT rate at Hilden Superparty (which later moved and became PT Mettmann) for the same time period. (Note: Entry fees first followed by the per session fee.)
Inges/Arena, before 50 (a special entry fee, she said when I entered this club – I believe it was normally 100 DMarks) + 70 = 120 DMarks, after 35 + 50 = 85 Euros
Babylon, before 70 + 150 = 220 DMarks, after 35 + 75 = 110 Euros
Blue Note, before 100 + 70 = 170 DMarks, after 55 + 30 = 85 Euros
PHG, before 100 + 100 = 200 DMarks, after 50 + 50 = 100 Euros
Grimbergsauna, before 230 DMarks for three sessions, after 30 + (30 times 3) = 120 Euros
Hilden/PT Mettmann, before 200 or 250 DMarks, after 100 or 120 Euros
I did not compare the pricing of extras or extended sessions to keep things simple.
PHG offered a BJ with and a BJ without option previously. I compared pricing for the BJ without.
I am trying to find my notes on Bernds from this time period but haven’t succeeded yet.
The FKK world at that time was lot simpler. Red Carpet clubs were where I cut my teeth. Oase had just opened. I don’t believe Atlantis was in the picture yet. GT and World were a twinkle in someone’s eyes.
The results of this comparison surprised me. This rough sampling points to almost no price inflation over the past nine years in Euro terms.
If you earn dollars though, there definitely has been inflation.
The average dollar to Euro exchange rate in 1999 was $0.94. It is around $1.57 these days which means in dollar terms rates have increased 67% or 5.9% per year on a compound annual rate for the past nine years.
This compound annual rate is derived from the following equation:
FV = PV X ((1 + i) ^n)
Where FV = Future value, PV = Present value, i = interest rate, n = number of compound periods.
So solving for i or the interest rate,
((FV/PV) ^ (1/n)) – 1 = i
In other words, take the nth root of the future value divided by the present value and deduct one from that quantity.
There have not been any differences in services provided during this time frame so I think this is an apples to apples comparison. As I’ve written before, the concept of post-coital time has totally disappeared. I would be curious to see if its returned to Babylon. The mix of women has changed at these clubs in favor of Romanians and Bulgarians.
I'm working on this equation, dude!
[QUOTE=Breadman]What's the equation for solving the post-coital decrease?
((FV/PC) ^ (n/1)) +1 = i ? with PC being post coital and FV being fuck value ;-)[/QUOTE]
I'm still trying to get by "the heat of the meat is directly proportional to the angle of the dangle". :)