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Re: OFF TOPIC: New Disk Drive In WinTel PC
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Tony Furnivall <[log in to unmask]>
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Tony Furnivall <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 18 Apr 1998 10:35:30 -0500
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At 06:09 PM 4/16/98 +0100, Roy Brown wrote:
>In article <v0313031bb15aea051438@[199.245.241.39]>, F. Alfredo Rego
><[log in to unmask]> writes
>>
>>Do people *HAVE* to use PCs even though they hate them?  The Germans have a
>>wonderful saying, "Kein Mensch muss m|ssen", which I have never been able
>>to translate effectively into any other language.
>
>Nearest I got was Brooklynese: 'Nobody oughta hafta'.


Get's my vote! This is one of those "have to dream in the language"
concepts, and Roy, despite his location has captured the original spirit in
the terms of another foreign language! Well done!
Tony

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