Re: [MBZ] Komputenmachine

2015-02-05 Thread Ed Booher via Mercedes
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/05/humor-found-in-volkswagens-pidgin.html EdB On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 4:03 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: In the 60s when VW could only be bought on a waiting list, someone had little stick on signs for the WV switches that were

[MBZ] Komputenmachine

2015-02-03 Thread Alice Strickland via Mercedes
'Reminds me of a great little article by Art Buchwald probably 40 years or so ago. I kept it as the front page of my B-52 flight checklist for many years until I retired in '81. I still have it here somewhere. 'Can't remember it all, but it starts something like this: Das Komputenmachine

Re: [MBZ] Komputenmachine

2015-02-03 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Tue, 3 Feb 2015 13:32:45 -0500 Alice Strickland via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: 'Reminds me of a great little article by Art Buchwald probably 40 years or so ago. I kept it as the front page of my B-52 flight checklist for many years until I retired in '81. I still have it here

Re: [MBZ] Komputenmachine

2015-02-03 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
In the 60s when VW could only be bought on a waiting list, someone had little stick on signs for the WV switches that were metzgereddeutsche . They were funny. The only one I remember is the wiper switch label was drizzleflippen maybe 15 years ago at the Boone and Scenic Valley RR they had