Posted on 11/16/2008 4:27:46 AM PST by CE2949BB
Veirtel mean quarter. In this case, a quarter hour. Basically, classes at German universities (and apparently Dutch and Scandanavian as well) start fifteen minutes after the time published in the schedule. There are various explanations, but the most popular is academic laxity.
I never heard of that. I know when I was in Switzerland, things were on time. Italy was very on time as well (trains, boats, etc.) Middle eastern countries not so. Greeks, not so. The French - oy! On any given day, there could be a strike - it could last minutes, hours, days. Se la vie.
Hitler made the trains run on time to Auschwitz, Treblinka, Sobibior and Belzec.
Yeah, in the documentary his son was telling about how Jones was screaming over the phone for his son to return.
“Not to worry, selective blindness works wonders.”
Doesn’t it just?
Watch toward the end of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rROWX3aQwuY&NR=1
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.