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In lugnet.harrypotter, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.harrypotter, Johannes Koehler writes:
> > Hello!
> >
> > I just found this auction on eBay.de:
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.de/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1609513871
> > Take a look at the images. Do they look like fake?
>
> Seem reasonable to me. My German ain't the greatest and no time to babelize
> it (in MSP airport and have to dash for a flight in 5 min) but I am reading
> that this auction is for the instructions only and it seems to have reached
> 1000 DM (but from a bidder with 0 feedback... probably fake) already.
Well, now it's closed, and simply says at the top:
Für diesen Artikel werden keine Gebote mehr entgegengenommen.
Der Verkäufer hat diese Auktion vorzeitig beendet.
Sollten Sie weitere Fragen haben, wenden Sie sich bitte an den Verkäufer.
(Or, in Englisch:)
"No further bids taken for this item. The seller has ended this
auction early. If you have further questions, address them to the
seller."
I went and looked at the bid history, which gives the explanation
why the seller cancelled all the bids:
'Erklärung: Meine Katzen haben sich heute Nacht über die Anleitungen
hergemacht'
(Or...)
"Explanation: My cats pitched into the instructions tonight."
That may be a bit too literal, any Germans want to help? I'm
not sure what idiomatic assumptions might be taken with "sich
ueber hermachen."
> I agree those look like adventurers car wheels on the loco. You know, if
> they modified the mold a bit to give deep flanges on one side and not the
> other, those might actually work fairly well, and that might be cheaper than
> all new tooling. Friction worries me though.
What about rubber bands of some kind in the grooves? I know they've
used Technic rubber bands around wheels before in small Technic
sets, this could be a further evolution...
best
Lindsay
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| (...) Alta Vista translates it as "My cats made themselves tonight over the guidances." That sounds, to me, like his cats peed on the instructions. Funny stuff. I wonder if that's the German way of saying "my dog ate my homework." Neat looking (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) Whoops, wasn't clear, sorry! I meant TOO MUCH friction and I was worried about the axle centers. That engine looks unpowered so doesn't need to increase "adhesion" (the technical term for the kind of desireable friction that keeps driven (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) Seem reasonable to me. My German ain't the greatest and no time to babelize it (in MSP airport and have to dash for a flight in 5 min) but I am reading that this auction is for the instructions only and it seems to have reached 1000 DM (but (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.trains)
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