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On 2008-01-25 00:54:59 +0000, (Steve Firth) said:

Andy Hall wrote:

This is classic slapstick and is appreciated in much the same way that Mr.
Bean is also popular.

You mean people would rather pluck out their eyeballs and roast them in
hot sand than watch it?

Well... we both know that cuisine is not a Teutonic strong point.

Humour tends to be in a different place as well.

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In article ,
Tony Quinn wrote:
"Meet The Wife", as made famous in The Beatles "Good Morning, Good
Morning" .... and I'd hardly call mid 60's an early TV sitcom.

Well, it's only some 7 years after the first sit-com on UK TV ('56 -
Hancock's Half Hour) which by the same criterion has been running 50
years. So how else would you describe it? ;-)

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*Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

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Andy Hall wrote:

Well... we both know that cuisine is not a Teutonic strong point.

It was when I was last there. Has it changed since the wall came down?

--
Eiron.

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On 2008-01-25 18:11:48 +0000, Eiron said:

Andy Hall wrote:

Well... we both know that cuisine is not a Teutonic strong point.

It was when I was last there. Has it changed since the wall came down?

I think that it's generally poor. A lot of it is poor quality of
basic ingredients, a problem in the UK as well, but I think worse in
Germany. Even Italian restaurants are not great there unless one is
lucky to find a good one. I find that using the restaurant guides is
pretty essential. OTOH, I don't particularly care for boiled meat,
fatty sausage derivatives and schnitzel of various kinds.

The UK used to have a poor reputation for quality and presentation of
food, but TBH, these days, as long as one chooses well, we are doing a
pretty good job, despite the limitations of available ingredients.

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Eiron wrote:

Andy Hall wrote:

Well... we both know that cuisine is not a Teutonic strong point.

It was when I was last there. Has it changed since the wall came down?

It was never great. There were always isolated pckets of good cooking,
but in general catering in Germany leaves everything to be desired.
Still, I've only been eating there since 1979 so perhaps there was a
golden age before that?

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"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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I know that theory - but had no success with it. My 4 element band
III
works fine for FM when horizontal but is dreadful on DAB
The latter being as you'd expect.

I must say that DAB aerials work very badly on FM. But FM aerials work
OK on DAB.

But if the FM aerial has a balun it tends to be crap on DAB. If the FM
aerial is a single folded dipole with a balun it is really crap for
DAB.

This is based on casual practical experience. I haven't bothered to do
tests.

Bill



What it comes down to Bill is that a non-yagi aerial is essentially a
piece of wire in the air - albeit high up in the air. There may be a
mismatch at the aerial end which could cause a couple of dB loss, but
the offset of the increased signal will far outweigh that loss.

Essentially any vertical aerial at roof height will give a so much
bigger signal that everyone will think it is brilliant, even if
technically it is not!


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Woody

harrogate three at ntlworld dot com

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"Woody" wrote in message
...
What it comes down to Bill is that a non-yagi aerial is essentially a
piece of wire in the air - albeit high up in the air. There may be a
mismatch at the aerial end which could cause a couple of dB loss, but the
offset of the increased signal will far outweigh that loss.

Essentially any vertical aerial at roof height will give a so much bigger
signal that everyone will think it is brilliant, even if technically it is
not!

Yes. In general this is correct. I call it the 'motorbike' principle, after
the man on one of the estates who put his old motorbike on his neighbour's
flat roof and used it as a CB aerial.

Bill

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On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 10:59:39 -0000,it is alleged that "Bill Wright"
spake thusly:


"Woody" wrote in message
...
What it comes down to Bill is that a non-yagi aerial is essentially a
piece of wire in the air - albeit high up in the air. There may be a
mismatch at the aerial end which could cause a couple of dB loss, but the
offset of the increased signal will far outweigh that loss.

Essentially any vertical aerial at roof height will give a so much bigger
signal that everyone will think it is brilliant, even if technically it is
not!

Yes. In general this is correct. I call it the 'motorbike' principle, after
the man on one of the estates who put his old motorbike on his neighbour's
flat roof and used it as a CB aerial.

Bill


Now _that_ would have made a lovely photo for your site :-)

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"Chip" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 10:59:39 -0000,it is alleged that "Bill Wright"
spake thusly:


"Woody" wrote in message
...
What it comes down to Bill is that a non-yagi aerial is essentially a
piece of wire in the air - albeit high up in the air. There may be a
mismatch at the aerial end which could cause a couple of dB loss, but
the
offset of the increased signal will far outweigh that loss.

Essentially any vertical aerial at roof height will give a so much
bigger
signal that everyone will think it is brilliant, even if technically it
is
not!

Yes. In general this is correct. I call it the 'motorbike' principle,
after
the man on one of the estates who put his old motorbike on his neighbour's
flat roof and used it as a CB aerial.

Bill


Now _that_ would have made a lovely photo for your site :-)

Yes, and I had a photo of it but it was pre-digital and I can't find it.

Bill

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On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 19:43:54 -0000, "Bill Wright"
wrote:


"Chip" wrote in message
et-News.net...
On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 10:59:39 -0000,it is alleged that "Bill Wright"
spake thusly:


"Woody" wrote in message
...
What it comes down to Bill is that a non-yagi aerial is essentially a
piece of wire in the air - albeit high up in the air. There may be a
mismatch at the aerial end which could cause a couple of dB loss, but
the
offset of the increased signal will far outweigh that loss.

Essentially any vertical aerial at roof height will give a so much
bigger
signal that everyone will think it is brilliant, even if technically it
is
not!

Yes. In general this is correct. I call it the 'motorbike' principle,
after
the man on one of the estates who put his old motorbike on his neighbour's
flat roof and used it as a CB aerial.

Bill


Now _that_ would have made a lovely photo for your site :-)

Yes, and I had a photo of it but it was pre-digital and I can't find it.

It wasn't an "Ariel" bike, was it?

:-)
--
Frank Erskine