Comments on: GB – VMFA XXX

By: Justthisguy

Justthisguy — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 02:22:13 +0000

Umm, Dad didn’t actually *say* “fingerspitzengefuehl”, being a good ol’ boy from GA with no German and little Latin. I just think it’s a good foreignism , like “brennschluss”, for which there is no good English equivalent. I think I may have come across it in one of Liddell-Hart’s books?

By: ASM826

ASM826 — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 21:28:35 +0000

Dave,

It’s a German word that describes having a sure instinct about something, sort of an insight or an intuitive understanding. I didn’t know, either.

ASM826

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 20:03:36 +0000

Justthisguy:

Fingerspitzengefuehl?

Dave

By: ASM826

ASM826 — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 22:38:54 +0000

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. So are they. If you were thinking about the picture, it’s a wonder you even posted on the right website.

By: Justthisguy

Justthisguy — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 21:46:47 +0000

Reminds me of the story my dear dead Dad told about how he got back from Saipan in 1945. He had the points to go home, and the friends and connections to get orders to catch a ride aboard USS Indianapolis. He said he had a bad fingerspitzengefuehl about it, and opted to wait for an airplane going his way. Glad he did so, or I maybe wouldn’t exist.

That’s what he told me; war story, y’know.

By: Jim C

Jim C — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 20:17:57 +0000

Oops, posted on the wrong post…