It's quite late in the afternoon in Blaustein and I am working on O'Connors website, which though not as woeful as some, it has many of the design mistakes you shouldn't expect anymore. Underlines being the most annoying! I have been resting since the 19th and so have a lot of time to catch up with everything including this log. I have redesigned my old website using DWT files for speed and simplicity and I am planning to move all to a paid for host who provides perl. The problem with blogging is that none of it is really up to Sam Pepys and I'm often concerned and reflective that this is just a set of idle and fairly unimportant notes. Spending time making this more descriptive, more literary and more purposeful seems to involve a great deal of effort!
Someone on Quora asked the loaded question - why are Germans so unfriendly - and when I read this at the crack of dawn I could not resist the temptation to answer it with one finger typing on my tablet. So here is the text below German social behaviour is different from say, English speakers. English is a mid-subtle language. Saving face and politeness are important, being perfect is less important. German dignity comes from merit. Being perfect is important. 1. We generally avoid direct refusals English : We'll see what we can do . German. No . 2. Specific confirmation of informal social events. English: "Are you going to the pub on Friday? Probably/possibly/perhaps /maybe." (avoids No) German: " Yes + time/No ." 3. The imperative: (which is considered abrupt or rude in English even if you have authority. Imperative sentences are normal in German.) English: "Could you give me that book?" German: " Give
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