Amiga listings on eBay Germany

[Iggy]

I do speak German, anyway. I'm a linguist.QUOTE]

I envy you. That seems like a tough language to learn. But it would be cool to actually converse with some of my friends in their native tongue.

Good luck with the auction.
I've bought a lot of neat things via Ebay.

[DutchinUSA]

Parlez-vous Francais?
Sprechen sie Deutsch?
Spreekt U Nederlands?

I really wish there was such a portal

Mom, dad, sister, grandma etc in the Netherlands
Uncles, Aunts etc in Germany
And my little family, wife, daughter, stepson and me in the US here

C'mon Scotty, beam me up :banana:

[danbeaver]

And I would not be too worried  about translating your messages to German.
There are far more Germans that speak English than Englishman that speak German.

Hmm, possibly a result of events that occurred on 7-MAY-1945?

[Iggy]

Hmm, possibly a result of events that occurred on 7-MAY-1945?

A tad unfair bringing that up with a generation too young to be held responsible for it, don't you think?
Besides, most Germans I know carry a lot of unresolved guilt about that.
And who bought up all the British automotive nameplates?

A lot of Japanese speak English fairly well too.
And I don't think it had anything to do with WWII.

In fact, I would lay the responsibility on the US.
After that war, we made it our business to export and adapt our business practices to these markets and helped those countries structure their recoveries.

English is just the language of business. And we didn't invent the language, but at least when we speak it we don't sound like Jason Stathem mumbling an unitelligible line from 'Blitz'.

[Darth_X]

Recently, I've done various searches on eBay Germany which often bring up some interesting results, but usually these listings say "Versand nach: Deutschland", meaning that the item will only be sent to an address or a buyer in Germany, not anywhere else. Can anyone think of a way to get round this restriction? I'm fairly sure this is against EU law, so I don't know how eBay has been getting away with this.

Here's a current listing of a recent attic find. You can actually collect this one in person, but it's "Versand nach: Deutschland" only!

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Commodore-Amiga-2000-inkl-Tastatur-Joystick-Quickshot-II-Turbo-und-Maus-/330922437407?pt=Klassische_Computer&hash=item4d0c83ab1f

What country are you in? USA?

[Iggy]

What country are you in? USA?

What? The bias shows?
Just to level off, this country is NOT what it used to be (and at times we've been downright evil).
The problem is I grew up in the '60s and '70s when people were still optomistic,  the economy was still working and our politician had only gone slightly bull goose looney.
I make  no excuses for the things we have done wrong, but from the time right after WWII right through my formative years all we did was export technology.
I remember reading a biography of Soichiro Honda where he marveled at the fact that we would give plant tours, and other information out freely.
You don't think the Germans let people walk through their plants, do you?

And my bias against the British starts with really turd like poducts like the Norton motorcycle. Something that had to be made virtuarly by hand because the parts weren't sized consistently.

But it is not my intention to draw fire here. I just don't think the Germans constantly need WWII rubbed under their noses. How many people did our ally Stalin kill?

Finally I'm hoping our economy recovers, because we could take everything down otherwise.

[A6000]

Anti-British sentiment is taught in American schools, it becomes part of the American psyche.

[Iggy]

Anti-British sentiment is taught in American schools, it becomes part of the American psyche.

Actually, I think it has more to do with history.
They did burn our Capitol to the ground in 1812.
Besides, I'm Irish so I'm already inclined to  dislike the British since during the potato famine the British holdings in Ireland still made Ireland a mass exporter of food.
When I think of England, I don't think of noble things like Common Law, I tend to think more about Dickens.

But when it comes down to it, I think we get more anti-French indoctrination.
And the French came to our aid during our Revolution.

Don't expect people in the US to make sense.

[A6000]

Exactly, when American children are taught their history, they are given plenty of reasons to dislike and distrust the British people despite the fact that the guilty parties are long dead.
Maybe we could have more peace in the world if no-one remembered their history.

[Iggy]

Ow, you turned my own argument on me!
I relent, you're right, blaming the sons for the sins of the fathers is stupid.
Here's to a more gobally tolerant culture.

I appologize.
But we are SO far off target we risk shutting down the thread, so I'll just shut up.

[danbeaver]

Iggy,

Ever actually been to Germany?  America has the largest number of military bases and personnel there outside the USA. It has the largest American military hospital outside the US as well. While the Germans hate the US for being there, to do commerce with 227 bases and 40,000 servicemen plus their families, they have a better than average knowledge of English.  Why is the US there as opposed to the Germans military being in Delaware?  It does have to do with the outcome of WWII.  Sweep it under the rug if you want, but those who forget history are bound to repeat it.

[A6000]

Iggy,

.......those who forget history are bound to repeat it.

I do not believe that cliche for one second.

[danbeaver]

I do not believe that cliche for one second.

Or can't remember it?

[Iggy]

I do not believe that cliche for one second.

We now agree on a second thing.
History sometimes serves to indoctrinate prejudice.

Besides, I have not run into too many Germans that hate us.
Nobody likes an invading military force.

Perhaps, considering the tensions in the regions around Germany and Japan, it is time to let them build up their defenses.

[A6000]

Or can't remember it?

History books are filled with wars, they are not forgotten, yet still there are more wars, every year there are wars being waged around the world.
History teaches us why we need to have another war.

[Iggy]

Make that History and Religion.
Its amazing we are still here.
And no great wonder that we have always predicted our eventual fall.
Hope I don't live to see it.

And I hope, when I am gone, that this is over for me.

The idea of eternal life terrifies me.