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Re: meanwhile in eastern Asia, was tablets and desktops was Has Microsoft [message #372267 is a reply to message #372250] Wed, 15 August 2018 17:42 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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<mausg@mail.com> wrote:
> On 2018-08-15, Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> <mausg@mail.com> wrote:
>>> On 2018-08-14, Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
>>>> On Tuesday, August 14, 2018 at 1:40:00 PM UTC-6, Andreas Kohlbach wrote:
>>>> > On Mon, 13 Aug 2018 21:25:57 -0400, J. Clarke wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >> For certain values. East Germany was east Germany because that's how
>>>> >> far the Russians got, and nobody wanted to make them leave.
>>>>
>>>> > Huh? All western powers wanted them to leave. Especially after the
>>>> > Russians showed again their intentions to extend their power with the
>>>> > Berlin Blockade 1948.
>>>>
>>>> He did not say "no one wanted them to leave". He said "nobody wanted to *make
>>>> them* leave". As in pushing them out by direct military force.
>>>>
>>>> After all, 1948 was also famous as the year when Russia exploded its first
>>>> atomic bomb.
>>>>
>>>> Desiring Russia to vacate East Germany, and risking World War III in order to
>>>> push them out are two different things.
>>>>
>>>> John Savard
>>>
>>> One should point out that the Russians still occupy Eastern Prussia,
>>> and the Poles Western Prussia, Posen, and Silesia. The Germans had
>>> to acknowledge the `de facto' position there so the Rest of Germany
>>> could unite. Some of the matches in the recent World Cup were played
>>> in Kalinengrad
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Oh, you must mean Königsberg
>>
> How did you enter the umlaut?...
>
> We have lots of that here as well..Gives a country that Southaamerican feeling.
>
>

IPad, and presumably iPhone, press and hold "o" and a list of accented
characters pop up so I can select one. Real computer I have to use
character map to pick.

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Pete
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