How I wish that my German teacher had paid more attention in class…[2]
I am after a circular needle. I want an Addi Lace needle. They have suddenly become far more available than previously. I decided that it was worth a look on eBay… sure enough, there are quite a few listed. But wait, what is this? Needle from the US of A – £10.86 plus £3.05 p&p…. needle from Germany – £3.66 (mail for p&p details)
I think that they are equivalent items, but the listing is in German and Babelfish (hey – when did Yahoo! take over Altavista?) is about as useful as Babelfish generally is – and my own German is weak in the extreme.[1]
Footnote [1] one year of a supposed two year 6th form O-level option…
Footnote [2] …lessons from which the teacher skived more often than not, and we had to teach ourselves. The second year simply failed to materialise
