>>>>>>>>>>>>...
>>>>>>>>>>>>It's not a bug, it's part of the design.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Amen
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>You said "amen". It shows this's just a "wish", not "approval".. :)))
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>In the sence it's used in christian church it's approval. And it's the end word of a prayer it also mean "end".
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>So I say Approval / End
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Agnes (^.^)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I always thought Amen meant "Let it be so", as in "I beseech the Lord to make this [what's just been prayed for] happen".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Literally. So this is an approval to that was said in the prayer? Or do I understand the word the wrong way?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>We use (colloquial) "Amen und aus" -> "Amen and end" to express that there is nothing more to be said and we agree.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>So do we - "Amen to that"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Like an ending and agreement (just as amen comes at the end of a prayer) - So be it.
>>>>>
>>>>>So what was wrong with my statement?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>What does the off button link to on your signature agnes ?
>>>>
>>>>Are you coming over to buy the UK soon. less than one pound to the euro when you exchange now.
>>>>
>>>>Nick
>>>
>>>It states taht it shuts the internet down
>>>
>>>The problem is that all my money was on that cool island (nice one, Iceland is in german Island). No they put my kajak under requisition.
>>>
>>>There is still pound? Last time I visit UK I could pay with € everywhere ....
>>>
>>>Agnes
>>
>>Really. I expect major stores might take them, not sure about smaller shops and pubs etc . So if Icelandic banks had invested their disappearing money in Madoff would those two negatives have made a positive so they would get their money back.
>>
>>Hang on. One of my traps has just caught a rat. That'll do for lunch.
>>
>>My German relatives are coming over just after Christmas from Nuremburg. They where worrying about spending the money but I've told them they will spend a lot less here now than if they stayed at home.
>
>Even the taxi driver had an exchange rate.
>
>Don't eat the rat! Ship it to me. A politican here has suggestet to let the poor catch the rats and pay 1 EUR each!
>
>We are host to friends out of the Redmont area for the next weekend. Lets see how they feel.
>
>Agnes

I thought you were joking, then I discovered you were not:

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,596705,00.html