JimAttrill 24 Posted April 23, 2015 I notice two things after joining the 'dark side'. One is that the clock in the crew room is of british make and has a 'broad arrow' aka 'Pheon' on it which means it is British Government property. For those who haven't seen one before, here is one: Also, when I tried to take on a pilot with the name Blücher WOFF refused and stated that I could not use such a character. It has a thing about umlauts, so I suppose it would complain about Herr Göring as well I have posted this here because it makes a change from the 'other' place Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
33LIMA 972 Posted April 23, 2015 It was after all Goering who is reported to have said, complaining about the Mosquito '...There is nothing the British do not have. They have the geniuses and we have the nincompoops. After the war is over I'm going to buy a British radio set - then at least I'll own something that has always worked.' So it's not to be wondered at, that the WOFF clock is MoD (then War Department?) property, marked with the ever-present crowsfoot. Either the WOFF Huns - sorry, Germans - purchased it, in line with Der Dicke's later sentiments...or perhaps it was 'liberated' as war booty. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimAttrill 24 Posted April 24, 2015 The interesting thing is that WOFF doesn't mind umlauts in 'place of birth' as it happily took Düsseldorf .... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted April 24, 2015 The interesting thing is that WOFF doesn't mind umlauts in 'place of birth' as it happily took Düsseldorf .... The place of birth can be treated by WOFF as just a written entry; here WOFF can use any characters. The pilot name though must be implemented in the WOFF Manager, and there it must be "script-save", which means: no special characters like umlauts. LIMA, I wonder if that Göring quote is true or propaganda. After all, it was an idea by the British industries, to write "Made in Germany" on all "Hun" products - it was meant to be a hint to turn people off buying them. Now, how can it be that it became a trademark for quality instead? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimAttrill 24 Posted April 25, 2015 The first radio I bought was a transistor Nordmende in Germany in 1970. Lovely radio with a wooden case. My parents had a PYE radio for the blind at the time. This was a 40s valve radio with four settable presets which was very unusual but easy to use. Eventually that radio went phut and I gave them the Nordmende as I was off to Saudi. Everybody liked this radio except the cat which was used to the heat of the valves. The cat then migrated to the top of the television Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted April 25, 2015 Everybody liked this radio except the cat which was used to the heat of the valves. The cat then migrated to the top of the television Mmuahahahahaaa!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimAttrill 24 Posted April 26, 2015 I spent quite a few years watching news readers with a cat on their heads. They didn't seem to mind at all The now deceased cat would not like modern TVs which don't get hot like the ones in the 60s. I remember that in those days you were warned to switch off the tv on going to bed because they tended to burst into flames. Some even had an automatic fire extinguisher inside. This was early colour tvs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted April 27, 2015 Oh dear - I had no idea that TV was SO dangerous...? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
