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Oleg Volk

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My mother just returned from a three-week visit to Germany. She's had some choice comments about rudeness, disrespect for personal space and property,at the dolist attitudes among many. Wants to recover in America for a long time.

She's been getting confused by the election weirdness. I gave her a booklet with the text of the Constitution and some historic highlights: she's latched onto it, with a bookmark on Article 2. She gets to learn how to operate a USP45 later this week because that is now Dad's new gun.

I might have to share the country with commie vermin but my family (as well as my eventual family, if my luck holds in regards to a certain lovely gun-nut) is American. And that is a cause for a very happy smile.

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Oleg "peacemonger" Volk

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During my trip to Germany in September, I never got north of Frankfurt; spent most of the time down in Bavaria. Folks there are a lot more like the southern US, about politeness and friendliness.

What the heck, they refer to the folks north of Munich as "fishheads", and comment about the messiness, rudeness and general nebbishness. I won't even mention the comments about what was "der Ost".

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Hmmm. That's odd. When I was in Germany I found Germans in the American sector disliked Americans as a group. In Lower Saxony, they accepted us as individuals rather than stereotypes.

I once was in the awkward position of being invited to three families for Christmas Eve - the family Christmas. Luckily I fell ill with a 102+ fever and avoided offending any of the three families. ;)
 
My "Gramps" was from Bremen and came to the Southern U.S prior to WWONE He became a Southern Gentleman! Oleg, you seem to be getting there yourself!
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