No hard feelings, i misunderstoot you.
Fred
----- Original Message -----
From: Adam Altman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: GTS-1000 Owners List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 7:26 PM
Subject: Re:
> Oops!
>
> Sorry Fred--it just came out wrong. I agree with you.
> I'm always embarrassed that we Americans (and me
> specifically) don't feel it's important to learn other
> languages. I'm always amazed that when I tell people
> I spent 3 months riding through western Europe that
> they say "Well, at least you didn't have to worry
> about the language, since everyone there speaks
> English." Not only is it not true (in the
> countryside, I spent a lot of time pointing and making
> signs with my hands, like rubbing my belly for
> "hungry" and putting my hands together under my head
> for "sleep"), it's incredibly self-centered. In my
> experience, even in England where the language is the
> same, people tend to see Americans as loud, rude jerks
> who feel they have to convert people to their own
> language and custom. I always got a good reaction
> when I made an honest effor to learn another person's
> language or custom.
>
> I did notice the asker was Dutch, but since I happened
> to know the same trick, I thought I'd guess at the
> translation in case someone else didn't know the trick
> and didn't want to ask. I've heard lots of people
> receommending sanding the edges of tires.
>
> So, I think we agree on everything Fred! Probably
> even the malevolent effects of American (pop) cultural
> imperialism. If we ever meet up I'll buy you a beer
> and tell you about my experience in Ceske Budovice in
> the Czech Republic and just how embarrassed I was to
> be American.
>
> Adam
>
>
> --- fred schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Sorry i didn't know why you are pissed about it but
> > i didn't know the
> > englisch or american word for it. But i know the
> > asker was dutch and
> > schuurpapier is dutch. The most important thing is
> > he gets an answer.
> >
> > Fred schneider
> > Holland
> > ps be glad the language is englisch, we always have
> > to learn other languages
> > and when we make a mistake you get reactions like
> > this.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Adam Altman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 4:56 PM
> >
> >
> > > For those of us too self-important to think any
> > > language besides English would ever serve any
> > purpose,
> > > I'm guessing "schuurpaper" means "sandpaper."
> > It's
> > > an old trick--sand down the sides (not the
> > sidewall!)
> > > to get the mold lubricant off the tire.
> > >
> > > ADam
> > > --- fred schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > Take some schuurpapier and
> > > > use it on the sides of the tyre.
> > > >
> > > > Fred Schneider
> > > >
> > >
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