Hi Allan, welcome to germany! (in the heart of germany) Where do you live now? I have to live over here, because I' was born here (as a native german...:-) And what culture shock do you speak about? That you had problems with DSL? If you have problems with german mentality, let me know: Perhaps I can give you some tips & tricks... Stefan >On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 retrophisch at mac.com wrote: > >> On 12/10/04 at 12:12 AM, allan at hise.org (Allan Hise) did send in to the >> ether: >> >> >With all these cubes from prominent list members for sale, I don't know >> >if there will be anyone left to answer my question, but here goes! >> >> Jesse, when the hell did you and I become "prominent"? >> >> Allan, why the overseas move? >> >> chris >> (who isn't so "prominent" as to know an immediate answer to Allan's >> dilemma) > >I moved because I saw an opportunity at one of my employer's German >locations and my wife & I thought it would be fun. I thought that after o >many business trips here I knew what I was getting in to, but has still >been a bit of a culture shock. Now that the cube is alive and the DSL is >on, it is starting to feel like home. > >Allan