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Do Germans have big cellars?
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Do Germans have big cellars?
ARW wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news...where-33381772 And HTF did he get it down there? By the sound of it, it's more of an underground garage than a secret cellar since the locals knew about it and he'd had it out before. Interesting demonstration of modern paranoia; an old man who has kept a tank in the same vein as people keeping traction engines and old cars, is treated as if he's going to be going on another Killdozer attack. -- Scott Where are we going and why am I in this handbasket? |
Do Germans have big cellars?
On Fri, 03 Jul 2015 20:34:27 +0100, Scott M wrote:
Interesting demonstration of modern paranoia; an old man who has kept a tank in the same vein as people keeping traction engines and old cars, is treated as if he's going to be going on another Killdozer attack. Bit more to it than that, by the sound of it. Prosecutors in the nearby city of Kiel are investigating whether the man's military collection violates Germany's War Weapons Control Act. But his lawyer says the weapons are no longer functional, therefore shouldn't be restricted. Local prosecutors were tipped off about the cellar's contents by colleagues in Berlin, who searched the home for stolen Nazi art earlier this year. |
Do Germans have big cellars?
On 03/07/2015 20:34, Scott M wrote:
ARW wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news...where-33381772 And HTF did he get it down there? By the sound of it, it's more of an underground garage than a secret cellar since the locals knew about it and he'd had it out before. Interesting demonstration of modern paranoia; an old man who has kept a tank in the same vein as people keeping traction engines and old cars, is treated as if he's going to be going on another Killdozer attack. It does rather depend on whether he had any significant munitions, which curiously is not mentioned. In the UK there is an immediate mention of the bomb squad if there is thought to be any possibility of explosives. |
Do Germans have big cellars?
On 03/07/2015 19:43, ARW wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news...where-33381772 And HTF did he get it down there? A lot of continental homes still have big cellars - cheap source of cool air in summer and a good place to store wine & beer. How they got it out again is probably a good clue to how it went in. -- Regards, Martin Brown |
Do Germans have big cellars?
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newshound writes On 03/07/2015 20:34, Scott M wrote: ARW wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news...where-33381772 And HTF did he get it down there? By the sound of it, it's more of an underground garage than a secret cellar since the locals knew about it and he'd had it out before. Interesting demonstration of modern paranoia; an old man who has kept a tank in the same vein as people keeping traction engines and old cars, is treated as if he's going to be going on another Killdozer attack. It does rather depend on whether he had any significant munitions, which curiously is not mentioned. In the UK there is an immediate mention of the bomb squad if there is thought to be any possibility of explosives. The munitions collector from St. Albans is currently being prosecuted. Not sure of the grounds. Perhaps illegal metal detecting:-) -- Tim Lamb |
Do Germans have big cellars?
"Tim Streater" wrote in message .. . In article , newshound wrote: On 03/07/2015 20:34, Scott M wrote: ARW wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news...where-33381772 And HTF did he get it down there? By the sound of it, it's more of an underground garage than a secret cellar since the locals knew about it and he'd had it out before. Interesting demonstration of modern paranoia; an old man who has kept a tank in the same vein as people keeping traction engines and old cars, is treated as if he's going to be going on another Killdozer attack. It does rather depend on whether he had any significant munitions, which curiously is not mentioned. It did mention a torpedo. Plenty of HE in one of those. Only if its still got it in it and isn't a practice torpedo. |
Do Germans have big cellars?
On 03/07/2015 20:34, Scott M wrote:
ARW wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news...where-33381772 And HTF did he get it down there? By the sound of it, it's more of an underground garage than a secret cellar since the locals knew about it and he'd had it out before. Interesting demonstration of modern paranoia; an old man who has kept a tank in the same vein as people keeping traction engines and old cars, is treated as if he's going to be going on another Killdozer attack. Except that you don't need a licence to collect traction engines, but you do need one in Germany if you want to collect weapons of war, whether deactivated or not. -- Colin Bignell |
Do Germans have big cellars?
On Saturday, 4 July 2015 11:36:39 UTC+1, Nightjar wrote:
Except that you don't need a licence to collect traction engines, but you do need one in Germany if you want to collect weapons of war, whether deactivated or not. That's Germany for you. In Britain the government is selling off bits of the military and the BBC on ramco. Owain |
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Do Germans have big cellars?
On 03/07/2015 19:43, ARW wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news...where-33381772 And HTF did he get it down there? Multi-level underground carpark, by the final seconds of the video* on Der Tagesspiegel website. He also had a great big flak cannon and some torpedos, but no u-boat was mentioned... (* http://www.tagesspiegel.de/weltspieg.../12001682.html) |
Do Germans have big cellars?
On Friday, 3 July 2015 19:43:34 UTC+1, ARW wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news...where-33381772 And HTF did he get it down there? -- Adam Probably an old friend. Drove it halfway to Moscow seventy years ago. Typical of the EUSSR mentality that they've taken it from him. A garage owner has a Russian tank parked on the forecourt just up the road from me. http://showmystreet.com/#0v10ug_-1gue6_g-5_10 |
Do Germans have big cellars?
"harry" wrote in message ... On Friday, 3 July 2015 19:43:34 UTC+1, ARW wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news...where-33381772 And HTF did he get it down there? -- Adam Probably an old friend. Drove it halfway to Moscow seventy years ago. Typical of the EUSSR mentality that they've taken it from him. Nothing to do with the EUSSR, that's just the krauts being terminally stupid. A garage owner has a Russian tank parked on the forecourt just up the road from me. http://showmystreet.com/#0v10ug_-1gue6_g-5_10 |
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On 05/07/2015 06:31, harry wrote:
On Friday, 3 July 2015 19:43:34 UTC+1, ARW wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news...where-33381772 And HTF did he get it down there? -- Adam Probably an old friend. Drove it halfway to Moscow seventy years ago. Typical of the EUSSR mentality that they've taken it from him... It was Britain and our Allies who banned Germans from owning tanks, both in 1919 and in 1946. -- Colin Bignell |
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On Sun, 05 Jul 2015 10:45:14 +0100, Nightjar "cpb"@ wrote:
On 05/07/2015 06:31, harry wrote: Typical of the EUSSR mentality that they've taken it from him... It was Britain and our Allies who banned Germans from owning tanks, both in 1919 and in 1946. I wonder why...? Obviously, the small detail that if it WAS an "EUSSR" rule, then it'd apply equally across all EU members - including the UK - escapes Harry. |
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On Sun, 05 Jul 2015 09:52:34 +0000, Adrian wrote:
Obviously, the small detail that if it WAS an "EUSSR" rule, then it'd apply equally across all EU members - including the UK - escapes Harry. Im with harry never let the facts spoil a good story steve |
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