Another year over, and a new one just begun

[aquaMat]

This is unbelievable !!

How can a city put away things which are so characteristic for its look....they were almost like

promotional tools

for England, IMO.

In Germany, shortly after the once state-owned Telekom (used to belong to the Post) became a private enterprise, they changed their look (their

corporate identity

) to a screaming pink..... so all the old dark-yellow phone boxes disappeared (almost completely), and the new ones were not only pink....but they weren't boxes any longer (!)..... just lampposts with a phone and a big, pink sign.

Say it's raining and you need to phone....your problem if you get soaking wet.

However, those yellow phone boxes were not as

typical

(and also not as beautiful) as those red british ones.....

But why have the buses gone?  I can't believe it......