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Heute treffen wir Klaus.
Das Team fand Klaus bei der Reparatur
des Zaunes seines Nachbarn.
Viel Spaß beim Interview.
Yes, I’m called Klaus Höppner
and I’m 52 years old.
And I was born in Rümpel
and that’s where I’m still living today.
I can’t kill a spider, I won’t do it.
A fly yes, but not a spider. On the contrary, I even give
her a couple of breadcrumbs and feed her yet.
Yes, it’s quirky, but that’s the way it is.
As a child I’ve always dreamt of becoming a policeman.
Why and wherefores I don’t know.
But that’s always been my dream.
But that never happened.
I would have had to finish high-school, but I didn’t
and went back to secondary school.
And then made my degree.
That was just due to laziness,
because smoking …
drinking …
and girls.
And then there was no time for homework anymore.
You copied it then in the mornings,
before school.
Yes, then I worked in construction for a while.
Later I started driving a truck.
And then, together with my other brother …
I worked as long distance driver in all of Germany,
but not abroad.
And then I did retraining as a mason.
But without going to school.
And I’ve been a mason ever since.
And I like it very much.
Only now, unfortunately …
My back and everything suffered from it a lot, the knee.
Now I’ve been unemployed for two years yet, right? 
And went to doctors a lot and …
Examinations.
The retirement request is also already filed.
Not early retirement,
invalidity pension they call it. Yes.
It’s still in the pipeline.
I’m a person with whom everybody gets along well.
There are no problems from any sides.
If you’d have one drink too much once …
and fucked up once …
Then you go there the next day and apologize,
“What’s my crime, what have I done?”
Because you don’t remember it yourself.
Yes, and then you can chat everything over.
It all works out.
I’m not afraid of …
of death.
I just hope I won’t end up
as a nursing case or …
Lying in bed or something like that.
I wouldn’t be in the mood for that,
I’d be embarrassed.
Then rather be gone.
I’d like a couple of more years
till my boy is grown up.
Four more years and then …
It may happen anytime.
We all have to go there. 
Thank God nobody knows when.
