Disc parking which can make a one-hour parking zone as short as thirty minutes, possibly resulting in an unjustified parking ticket. On March 31, 1979 the conference of ministers of transportation in the European Union decided that a European standard should only use designs with a single clock face. The standardized clock disc was introduced as federal law in Germany in November 1981, and similar designs were adopted in other European countries. From 1998 the old parking disc designs began to be abolished. France set the last date to 2007, while in Switzerland (not an EU member) the EU parking disc design
The Dreaded P. D. Q. Bach Collection The Dreaded P. D. Q. Bach Collection The Dreaded P. D. Q. Bach Collection is a collection of works by Peter Schickele under the pseudonym of P. D. Q. Bach originally recorded on the Vanguard Records label by the composer. It includes the complete contents of the first five P. D. Q. Bach albums, plus the never-before-released ""Sanka" Cantata". 1. In the Vanguard Vault, Part 1 (new track)<br> 2-19. Peter Schickele Presents an Evening with P. D. Q. Bach (1807-1742?)<br> 20-31. 1-9. continued<br> 10-33. 1-20. P. D. Q. Bach's Half-Act Opera, "The Stoned Guest" 1-29. The Intimate P. D. Q.