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Re: Ownership again!
Posted by James D on Fri Sep 06, 2002 12:21:59 PM
In reply top Ownership again! posted by andy saunders on Thu Sep 05, 2002 04:45:54 PM
"its mine - give it back"
Sounds like the German government trying its luck to me. Though they have got to be kidding about being the true succesors to the Third Reich??
I live in Germany and believe me, coming from England, the level of burocracy in this country has to be experienced to be believed. This would be just the sort of scheme some bored civil servant would cook up. The petty inter-departmental squabbling about who really owns those engines from Frankfurt surprises me not one bit. It will run and run and for the simple reason that there might be a chance to squeeze a few Euros out of somebody over it.
I have had a similar arguement with an AngloSpanish colleague about the ownership rights of Gibraltar. His suggestion that we "give it back" was met by my comment that he return half of his country to its rightful and proper owners, the Moors. Or is it the Roman Empire? Where does it all end?
Cheers
James