{"id":785,"date":"2013-09-07T05:18:42","date_gmt":"2013-09-07T05:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.w-anibal.com\/?p=785"},"modified":"2013-09-07T05:18:42","modified_gmt":"2013-09-07T05:18:42","slug":"why-germans-are-lenders-and-portuguese-are-borrowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.w-anibal.com\/?p=785","title":{"rendered":"WHY GERMANS ARE LENDERS AND PORTUGUESE ARE BORROWERS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are lucky enough to be a Portuguese citizen you surely have experienced shortage of something, if only the country\u2019s extension. \u00a0We may say that Portuguese are, therefore, potential borrowers. A Portuguese average vine grower does his shopping at supermarkets and buys cheap products, mostly Buyer\u2019s Own Brands. Let\u2019s say he buys a 1,5 litres square pack of orange juice at <a href=\"www.pingodoce.pt\">PINGO DOCE<\/a>. The Portuguese vine grower\u2019s family will then drink the whole lot and throw the empty pack away (luckily the family adheres to a recycling waste disposal system and this empty carton will have a SECOND application).\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.w-anibal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Imagem-2422-e1378479360285.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-786\" alt=\"Imagem 2422\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.w-anibal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Imagem-2422-e1378479360285.jpg\" width=\"560\" height=\"419\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, if if you are a proud German citizen you surely have witnessed other countries shortage of something. We may say that Germans are, therefore, potential lenders. <!--more-->A German average vine grower does his shopping at supermarkets and buys cheap products, mostly Buyer\u2019s Own Brands. Let\u2019s say he buys a 1,5 litres square pack of orange juice at <a href=\"www.pingodoce.pt\">PINGO DOCE<\/a>. The German vine grower\u2019s family will then drink the whole lot and \u2026 now comes the cultural and money making difference\u2026 the wine grower takes the empty carton to his vineyard and re-uses it as a new vine protection or a grow tube. After the protective service is well performed he will throw the carton away (surely the family adheres to a separative waste recycling system and this empty package will have a THIRD application).<\/p>\n<p>The money saved the German vine grower with the application #2 (out of 3) of <a href=\"www.pingodoce.pt\">PINGO DOCE<\/a>\u00a0empty juice square pack represents the surplus that German bankers have to act as lenders to 2 out of 2 application (therefore borrowing) countries such as Portugal\u2026<\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Q.E.D.\">Q.E.D.<\/a> is supported by a picture taken at <a href=\"www.deidesheim.de\">Deidesheim<\/a>, Pfalz, during <a href=\"www.mundusvini.de\">MUNDUS VINI<\/a> #13, where you may see the <a href=\"www.pingodoce.pt\">PINGO DOCE<\/a>\u00a0carton vine protections used by a German vine grower.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are lucky enough to be a Portuguese citizen you surely have experienced shortage of something, if only the country\u2019s extension. \u00a0We may say that Portuguese are, therefore, potential borrowers. 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