Gentlemen, living in Germany (West) with lots of relatives in the former communist part of it, and being a descendant of Estonia, I feel urged to explain the often desperate supply situation in communist countries (without having "connections" as Viesturs explained). The best way is by telling a joke:
A man comes into a department store in Dresden (East Germany). He looks around and finally asks a salesman: "Don't you have no carpets?" The salesman answers keenly: "Of course we do! No carpets are at the upper floor, down here we have no furniture." Peter Blodow Kent A. Reed schrieb: > Interesting observation, Igor. Knowing how Ronald cribbed flagrantly > from other sources he may have heard it from others. Or, the German > engineer I spoke with may have cribbed from Ron. Too much time has > passed to figure this one out. > > Still, there are plenty of other jokes. My sister married a > naturalized-American who was born and raised in Germany and who traveled > on both sides of the West/East side of the country. They told me tons of > the German versions. > > Now, back to Viesturs math problem. > > Regards, > Kent > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What Every C/C++ and Fortran developer Should Know! Read this article and learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help Windows* and Linux* C/C++ and Fortran developers boost performance applications - including clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
