That’s interesting, here in Germany a 50€ note is very common, a 100€ note is not that common but people do use it from time to time, we also have a 200€ note that is definetly rare and then there even was a 500€ note which is basically extinct by now.
But we probably also use more cash here, I’ve never heard of a place here that doesn’t accept cash, only of places that don’t accept cards.
I’m paying for fiber, copper here would be more expensive for less speed lol.
They put it in a few years ago in the whole neighnorhood.
1Gbit for 40€ per month here in Germany, the US is much worse afaik.
Even pretty cheap chinese temp controlled irons where the control is on the iron itself (with a screen and button) work very well.
I bought one like that for 20€ some years ago and the difference to an expensive iron is lower than one would expect.
There are also some irons that have a USB C Plug and open source firmware, there was some hype on them a few years ago, but I haven’t tried it.
Bike tires don’t usually weigh more than 300g.
Car tires usually weigh more than 7kg and you need 4 instead of two.
The only slightest bit of an argument here could be for trains.
I also need maybe 5 specialised tools to service my bike (which is veeeery easy to do compared to doing it on a car) and those tools together cost less than 200€. Then I spend around 200€ a year or less on parts to service my bike, and I use it to go to work every day.
My car is sooooo much more expensive than that, even though I do most stuff myself.