in return for the camera the thieving bugg** probably had his finger and toe
nails nails pulled out and was sent down for 25 years hard labour cracking
rocks with a sledge hammer for 18 hours a day on a 1000 calories a day diet.
jh
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From: "Andrew Fildes" <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 12:57 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] don't say please !
> I'm sure the Australian first strike greeters would be polite but
> they're too busy laughing at you all.
>
> As for the Germans - I remember my surprise in the the seventies
> crossing from East to West Germany by train in Berlin and discovering
> that the Eastern military were polite, friendly and cheerful at 1am
> while the Western were surly and suspicious. So much for the propaganda.
> In fact it was on that Trans-Siberian trip that one of our group
> reported a camera stolen. At the next stop paramilitary police came
> on board, went right through it, found the camera secreted in a
> toilet and apologised profusely for their larcenous countryman. Now
> that WAS a surprise.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 09/03/2009, at 1:49 PM, Sue Pearce wrote:
>
>> I, too, have felt that our people, especially the TSA baggage
>> people are the
>> most rude. I have found the Brits, the Italians, the Spaniards and the
>> Portugese to be most polite. The baggage people in Amsterdam have been
>> exceptional.
>>
>> I can't say so much for the Germans.
>
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