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Re: word for where the water does not run on facades
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Ralph Walter <[log in to unmask]>
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"Wars are not won by evacuations." -- Churchill
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Tue, 28 May 2002 20:18:09 EDT
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In a message dated 5/28/2002 9:25:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
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> >> What the F*** is the German term?
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> sinter
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>

Ken (and Kraut),

Sinter in English refers to some sort of mineral crud that gets deposited,
and according to my Kraut dictionary, means the same thing.

It just dawns on me (at 8:15 at night) that "sinter" sounds familiar because
it's part of the name of "Sinter Claus" ---- Santa Claus.

Ralph

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