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<blockquote data-quote="rob1" data-source="post: 2572708" data-attributes="member: 332"><p>I would have thought as an intelligent person you knew the reason germany wanted the euro so badly was precisely because the mark was SO strong it was making life very hard for their exporters, they got in bed with a load of basket cases and havent looked back, well until now and of course the money that those basket cases borrowed now cant be paid back and so all the euros germany made is now bailing them out, their people are getting fed up , the german finance minister is terrified that without our NET contribution the EU is bust </p><p>No one would argue that they make good stuff, although the fendt engine problems, and jd head gaskets etc shows they arent infallible, strangely a friend had a merc and said build quality was pretty poor, not that every british car is perfect.</p><p></p><p>Their attitude to housing is different many firms own homes which they rent out to workers just half of germans own their home where here it is two thirds,part of the reason for high house prices here is due to the ridiculous cost of building land,however have just googled the cost near me and they vary from 250,000 to over 400,000 so not that different, yes london prices are stupid but maybe that applies in berlin too.</p><p></p><p>I have not seen anyone have a go here at germans as individuals but from their national psyche, a bit like the french, as individuals they are very hospitable and warm but threaten their financial position and they close ranks and dump sheep in the docks etc, not that we wouldnt be better for doing a bit of that we play the fair game and try to be reasonable, not many other countries do, maybe its time WE played hard ball</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rob1, post: 2572708, member: 332"] I would have thought as an intelligent person you knew the reason germany wanted the euro so badly was precisely because the mark was SO strong it was making life very hard for their exporters, they got in bed with a load of basket cases and havent looked back, well until now and of course the money that those basket cases borrowed now cant be paid back and so all the euros germany made is now bailing them out, their people are getting fed up , the german finance minister is terrified that without our NET contribution the EU is bust No one would argue that they make good stuff, although the fendt engine problems, and jd head gaskets etc shows they arent infallible, strangely a friend had a merc and said build quality was pretty poor, not that every british car is perfect. Their attitude to housing is different many firms own homes which they rent out to workers just half of germans own their home where here it is two thirds,part of the reason for high house prices here is due to the ridiculous cost of building land,however have just googled the cost near me and they vary from 250,000 to over 400,000 so not that different, yes london prices are stupid but maybe that applies in berlin too. I have not seen anyone have a go here at germans as individuals but from their national psyche, a bit like the french, as individuals they are very hospitable and warm but threaten their financial position and they close ranks and dump sheep in the docks etc, not that we wouldnt be better for doing a bit of that we play the fair game and try to be reasonable, not many other countries do, maybe its time WE played hard ball [/QUOTE]
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