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    Last year I heard this question in the radio on my way to work. The right answer would have earned you 10000€. Let's see who might have won that money here: Albert Einstein was 17 years old in 1908 (my fault, should be 1896) and worked at the Oktoberfest. What did he do there?

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      Last year I heard this question in the radio on my way to work. The right answer would have earned you 10000€. Let's see who might have won that money here: Albert Einstein was 17 years old in 1908 (my fault, should be 1896) and worked at the Oktoberfest. What did he do there?

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      He was a steward. Except that he was born in 1879, so he was 29 when he worked there. A non-famous Albert Einstein was 17 in 1908 and worked at there, but he was in charge of releasing the tigers when the crowd got too rowdy, and had nothing to do all week.

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        Last year I heard this question in the radio on my way to work. The right answer would have earned you 10000€. Let's see who might have won that money here: Albert Einstein was 17 years old in 1908 (my fault, should be 1896) and worked at the Oktoberfest. What did he do there?

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        Wrong year. He was born 1879 and it was 1896 when he worked for his father's company Elektrotechnische Fabrik J. Einstein & Cie.

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          Last year I heard this question in the radio on my way to work. The right answer would have earned you 10000€. Let's see who might have won that money here: Albert Einstein was 17 years old in 1908 (my fault, should be 1896) and worked at the Oktoberfest. What did he do there?

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          Pole dancing for cash :laugh:

          Now is it bad enough that you let somebody else kick your butts without you trying to do it to each other? Now if we're all talking about the same man, and I think we are... it appears he's got a rather growing collection of our bikes.

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            He was a steward. Except that he was born in 1879, so he was 29 when he worked there. A non-famous Albert Einstein was 17 in 1908 and worked at there, but he was in charge of releasing the tigers when the crowd got too rowdy, and had nothing to do all week.

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            I stand corrected. I misread a somewhat lengthy sentence that mixed up all kinds of facts about the place where he worked with other events in the year 1908. So it was in 1896 when he worked there, but not as a lion tamer or steward.

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              Pole dancing for cash :laugh:

              Now is it bad enough that you let somebody else kick your butts without you trying to do it to each other? Now if we're all talking about the same man, and I think we are... it appears he's got a rather growing collection of our bikes.

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              Relative close, but wrong.

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                Wrong year. He was born 1879 and it was 1896 when he worked for his father's company Elektrotechnische Fabrik J. Einstein & Cie.

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                Yes, the date is correct. And what did they do at the Oktoberfest? Don't say that they drank beer.

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                  Yes, the date is correct. And what did they do at the Oktoberfest? Don't say that they drank beer.

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                  Working for his father's company as unskilled electrician installing light bulbs. Can be all found in the web :)

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                    Working for his father's company as unskilled electrician installing light bulbs. Can be all found in the web :)

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                    Still, that would have earned you some money. But only if you did not misread the one I found and mixed up the dates.

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                      Last year I heard this question in the radio on my way to work. The right answer would have earned you 10000€. Let's see who might have won that money here: Albert Einstein was 17 years old in 1908 (my fault, should be 1896) and worked at the Oktoberfest. What did he do there?

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                        Still, that would have earned you some money. But only if you did not misread the one I found and mixed up the dates.

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                        Not only you mixed up the dates but also a contributor to the English Oktoberfest - Wikipedia[^] page:

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                        In 1901, Albert Einstein was a laborer in the construction of the Wiesn. As an assistant in the family-owned electrical company Elektrotechnische Fabrik J. Einstein & Cie, he mounted the bulbs in the Schottenhamel marquee.

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                          Relative close, but wrong.

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                          Pole dancing for pleasure? :laugh:

                          Now is it bad enough that you let somebody else kick your butts without you trying to do it to each other? Now if we're all talking about the same man, and I think we are... it appears he's got a rather growing collection of our bikes.

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                            No, no, and no. Sorry. If you look further up, we have not only gotten the year right, but also already found out what he did.

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                              Not only you mixed up the dates but also a contributor to the English Oktoberfest - Wikipedia[^] page:

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                              In 1901, Albert Einstein was a laborer in the construction of the Wiesn. As an assistant in the family-owned electrical company Elektrotechnische Fabrik J. Einstein & Cie, he mounted the bulbs in the Schottenhamel marquee.

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                              It was really written a little confusingly. Sorry.

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                                Not only you mixed up the dates but also a contributor to the English Oktoberfest - Wikipedia[^] page:

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                                In 1901, Albert Einstein was a laborer in the construction of the Wiesn. As an assistant in the family-owned electrical company Elektrotechnische Fabrik J. Einstein & Cie, he mounted the bulbs in the Schottenhamel marquee.

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                                Jochen Arndt wrote:

                                he mounted the bulbs in the Schottenhamel marquee

                                See I was right.. pole dancing! I'm guessing the bulbs were at the top of the dancing poles - you'd have to be careful how you mounted them though, they'd be really hot back in the days before energy saving ones - could be a very nasty accident! :laugh:

                                Now is it bad enough that you let somebody else kick your butts without you trying to do it to each other? Now if we're all talking about the same man, and I think we are... it appears he's got a rather growing collection of our bikes.

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                                  Jochen Arndt wrote:

                                  he mounted the bulbs in the Schottenhamel marquee

                                  See I was right.. pole dancing! I'm guessing the bulbs were at the top of the dancing poles - you'd have to be careful how you mounted them though, they'd be really hot back in the days before energy saving ones - could be a very nasty accident! :laugh:

                                  Now is it bad enough that you let somebody else kick your butts without you trying to do it to each other? Now if we're all talking about the same man, and I think we are... it appears he's got a rather growing collection of our bikes.

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                                  Brent Jenkins wrote:

                                  See I was right.. pole dancing!

                                  Not really. The poles are too thick. But table dancing might apply.

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                                    Brent Jenkins wrote:

                                    See I was right.. pole dancing!

                                    Not really. The poles are too thick. But table dancing might apply.

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                                    A 17 year old apprentice has got to make his money somehow.. :laugh:

                                    Now is it bad enough that you let somebody else kick your butts without you trying to do it to each other? Now if we're all talking about the same man, and I think we are... it appears he's got a rather growing collection of our bikes.

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                                      Pole dancing for pleasure? :laugh:

                                      Now is it bad enough that you let somebody else kick your butts without you trying to do it to each other? Now if we're all talking about the same man, and I think we are... it appears he's got a rather growing collection of our bikes.

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                                      What is it that you have with dancing Poles?[^] :-)

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                                        Pole dancing for pleasure? :laugh:

                                        Now is it bad enough that you let somebody else kick your butts without you trying to do it to each other? Now if we're all talking about the same man, and I think we are... it appears he's got a rather growing collection of our bikes.

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                                        And what will come next? Dancing Laps?[^]

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                                          What is it that you have with dancing Poles?[^] :-)

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                                          Give it to me baby, yeah! :omg:

                                          Now is it bad enough that you let somebody else kick your butts without you trying to do it to each other? Now if we're all talking about the same man, and I think we are... it appears he's got a rather growing collection of our bikes.

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