My favorite sentence from German A at college (c. 1964) was: "Ich muss die
Rundfunkrechnung bezahlen", which means "I have to pay my radio license
fee".



On 1/26/06, Sunil Hari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> My favorite german word is still einspritzung - "fuel injection".
>
> There was an MB ad with techno music in the background, showing photos of
> people and their Benzes.  One of them was Kareem Abdul Jabbar with a 109
> or
> a 116.  That was cool just based on his size next to the car.  The final
> tagline was "No one takes a photo with their toaster."
>
> On 1/26/06, Christopher McCann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I did see (forget where - DARN!) my childhood hero  (Dr. Werner von
> Braun,
> > chief architecht of US rocket program,  specifically the fabulous Saturn
> V
> > (and the Nazi V2 for that matter))  standing next to his ponton outside
> the
> > Kennedy (then Cape Canaveral)  main office building. Very cool picture.
> > Perhaps the greatest engineer  of all time drove a Benz. :-)
> >
> >   P.S. learned a cool new German word: Racketenflugplatz -
> > rocket  launching field. Maybe I can label the 240D's section of the
> > driveway  with that word. HAHAHA!
> >
> >   Chris
> >
> > Alan Duff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:  If you are looking for
> celebrity
> > cars, have a look at this one. Apparently
> > some old commie owned it and managed to outlive the Russian mafia.
> > http://tinyurl.com/bdxw3
> >
> > Alan Duff
> > Knoxville,TN
> >
> >
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> > Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri
> > -2005 Blue Point Siamese, "Rose"
> > -1992 Volkswagen Golf, diesel, 185K km, "Nanook"
> > -1987 300TD, 151K, "Rotkäppchen"
> > -1985 300SD, 211K, "Wulf"
> > -1976 240D, ?K, "AKP-Wagen" (Alternativen Kraftstoffs Prüfenlastwagen)
> > -1972 Jacobsen 21" Turbo Vent
> > -1971 Case 222 Hydrive, 12HP Kohler, 38" deck, Snowcaster, "One Banger"
> >
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