deskthority

We already fell for that with Ireland!

Ugh, those guys. Couldn't we have joined together? Those early 2000s glory days would have been some fun…

I think everybody should join the euro, after which the Netherlands and Germany will get out to start their own guildermark.

Muirium wrote:Although we're further north than you are, I assure you an independent Scotland would be as useful to the Eurozone as a second Portugal! That's why I'm keen to get in. A true separate currency here would be serious bad news.

Guys we can only sell so many cars and tanks

How many tulips and wooden shoes for a tank?

I'd just as merrily use US Dollars, without their consent, like so much of the world anyway.

Don't suppose the Chinese government could use 5 million welfare addicted, non-multilingual, work shy, post-industrialists for something cunning? Renminbi could be handy too…

(Thanks for burying the hush hush thread! Next up, Obama…)

webwit wrote:How many tulips and wooden shoes for a tank?

Our tanks can't swim very well so I think you should rather invest in some green energy.

Quack!


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DD_tank

DD or Duplex Drive tanks, nicknamed "Donald Duck tanks", were a type of amphibious swimming tank developed by the British during the Second World War. The phrase is mostly used for the Duplex Drive variant of the M4 Sherman medium tank, that was used by the Western Allies during and after the Normandy Landings in June 1944.

I will buy the stabilizers off anyone if I end up not getting a spot

I too would love to buy the stabs if someone doesn't need them, although I only need 1 (already have 4 from one of these PCBs, need 5 total).

Coming to an end now.. What's the first and last character of the username you're using to bid on it ne0? I want to see who wins it!

wow I forgot about this. I guess some people found about it.

Sorry guys, our maximum bid was 540. They sold for 705

Crap! Oh well..

I wonder who got them.. Probably a group from the Chinese or Korean communities.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. Someone really wanted these PCBs...

Oof! The seller must be delighted. He has a big box to pack for Korea!

My highest bid was €700.

You got creamed!

That was entertaining to watch.

Was secretly hoping people would forget about it again.

What's up with your low max. bid for a group of 10 people?

For a group of 10 cheap people… (I was the cheapest of them all!)

plasticchair wrote:What's up with your low max. bid for a group of 10 people?

Well everyone was trying to get a good deal. I only summed our maximum bids and even replaced my and Muiriums bid with higher ones from people on the waiting list but it totalled at "just" 540

Muirium wrote:For a group of 10 cheap people… (I was the cheapest of them all!)

Sorry Mu, I even swapped you with someone who was willing to pay 70

tinnie wrote:My highest bid was €700.

Guess Ascaii's price for these switches is the actual going rate. My Nixdorf collection will remain at one, a lonely sampler.

And all that could have been... *sniff*

There were, what, 1000-1200 switches in that batch? Bet the bids would have climbed higher than they did. Ebay's always down to what the second keenest buyer is willing to spend. Tinnie got to be the fallguy this time…

Guess someone has to buy my Ducky Mini with 35 of them

Welp, sorry to see it went this way. I would have liked to help bid higher!

What was the highest individual bid in our group, Neo? Just out of curiosity.

Those were the bids after I swapped you and me with guys on the waiting list:
3x70, 5x50, 2x40

Hmm. Even ten of the top only adds up to a single Tinnie. We were outgunned good and proper.