[rollei_list] Re: Grossly OT: California and Politics

I presume you saw the film 'Goodbye, Lenin'.  I was
talking with a former Ossie a few months ago (now in
Backnang, near Stuttgart) and we both had a few laughs
about the movie.  He got a big kick about the
Spreewald Gherkin and the jar.  He said it was really
like that, the movie that is.  By my estimate of his
age, I would guess him to have been about the same age
as the fellow in the movie (in 1989).

John

--- Peter J Nebergall <iusar4s@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I am in the US; the family is from Eisenach.
> 
> On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:03:34 -0700 (PDT) John Jensen
> <jwjensen356@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > Peter, are you still in Germany?  By your previous
> > responses I took it that you are in the U.S.
> > 
> > John
> > 
> > --- Peter J Nebergall <iusar4s@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > > I have a couple of Soviet-era cameras... Kiev,
> > > Start, Fed...  and I have
> > > to agree...   
> > > As an Ossi myself, I laugh at Pentacon's first
> > > request after unification,
> > > which was for the west to "please send
> accountants;
> > > we do not know how
> > > much our products cost us to manufacture..."
> > > Governments do a poor enough job of their job --
> > > governing.  Keep away
> > > from all else....  bitte sehr?
> > > 
> > > P.J. Nebergall
> > > 
> > > On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 14:30:35 -0700 "Peter K."
> > > <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > writes:
> > > > Just be glad governments don't manufacture
> > > cameras. Imagine the cost 
> > > > to
> > > > mannufacture and the quality, or lack of I
> should
> > > say.
> > > > 
> > > > On 9/27/05, Jeff Dilcher
> <dilcher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 06:42:40PM +0000,
> > > jon.stanton@xxxxxxxxxxx 
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > > "Giving one out of 4 dollars I earn to the
> > > government isn't the 
> > > > root of
> > > > > all evils, but when I can't afford the
> camera I
> > > want, itis pretty 
> > > > low on the
> > > > > tree..."
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Don't kid yourself....You give far more
> than
> > > 25% to the
> > > > > government...even at the lowest tax bracket
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I know. Then include state tax, local sales
> tax,
> > > car tax, gas tax, 
> > > > and
> > > > > (insert your favorite tax here).
> > > > > I feel guilty. I should be doing more....
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