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[–] TRock@feddit.dk 5 points 2 months ago

The only thing typically missing from these windows, are a hook or latch to prevent the windows from repeatedly opening and shutting when its windy

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I am thinking of airtight windows! No other country can build such airtight and beautiful windows. - Angela Merkel in a 2004 interview, answering the question of what emotions Germany arouses in her

[–] jlow@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 months ago (5 children)

We have these here in the UK but the mechanism is the other way round, so that it makes to sense 👍

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Do you mean it makes sense like how your school lunch ladies appear to be called dinner ladies? That kind of sense?

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 5 points 2 months ago

All meals in Britain are called "dinner" somewhere in the country :)

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Maybe it makes sense like how private schools there are called "public schools" and public schools are called "private schools". I will never understand that one.

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[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 months ago

I mean. Yes?

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago (15 children)

So if a squirrel falls in the window while you’re gone, it’s stuck there until you open the window the right way?

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[–] shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I have this window in my bathroom and I'm from the UK.

[–] hanke@feddit.nu 4 points 2 months ago

U might be part german though

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