On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 01:40:57 GMT, Bill Magee
wrote:
In message , MM
writes
This is what I can buy in Germany:
http://www.karstadt.de/shop/ats_150_tauchsieder.asp
You immerse it in a suacepan or similar container to boil water.
Widely available all over Germany. I never learned the English word
for it! Where can I get one in England? I just did a search for
"immersion heater", but am just getting the kind that fits in the
water tank in the airing cupboard.
MM
Hi,
Back from my time living in Ffm, SWMBO and I have learnt to search on
google.de for those things which the Germans just do well, or just
expect to buy as on any day out. You might even try amazon.de.
[gentle mickey take]
After your time in Germany, I would have hoped
you would have learnt enough German to search
for a "tasche tauchsieder" or even just a
"tauchsieder" ;-)
(ie, a "cup" immersion heater / cup heater).
[/gentle mickey take]
The first shop result on google.de brings up four different mains
powered ones.
If you check back to my first three posts on this subject you'll note
that I mentioned Karstadt in my third and "all over Germany" in my
first! I had already done what you suggested (through
www.google.de)
several weeks ago, but not posted a message yet.
One of the good things about being in the EU is that they will usually
ship to the UK - and even with shipping it is often still cheaper than
then the UK.
Mit Freundliche Grussen!
[gentle mickey take]
Should be:
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
(You need the dative plural after mit; and the u in Grüßen needs an
umlaut. The adjective freundlich is not spelled with a capital F. The
sharp s, or sz, is not obligatory, but preferable. Some German
typewriters did not have the character, so ss was an acceptable
alternative. By the way, umlaut is the English rendition of Umlaut,
which, being a German noun, is written with a capital letter.)
Here is an interesting note (in English) about the German double-s:
http://german.about.com/b/a/125792.htm
Here is an excellent page for those beginning German:
http://www.duden.de/index2.html?neue...s/regel21.html
[/gentle mickey take]
MM