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Cerebus:

--- Quote from: SparkFly on September 17, 2020, 02:05:28 pm ---I bought a new tube of Autosol metal polish paste last week, which has "Paste made in F.R. of Germany" written on it. Is Germany today technically the FR of Germany? Or just Germany?

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Yes, Germany is a federation of states: NRW, Bavaria, Hessen and so on. The formal title (in English) is the Federal Republic of Germany (Ger: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) but that's a bit of mouthful so in English most people just say 'Germany'. (cf 'Britain' versus 'The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland').
bc888:

--- Quote from: Alex Eisenhut on September 09, 2020, 10:40:06 pm ---Germany reunited sometime in 1990, right? For how long did stuff say "Made In West Germany" after that?
I am thinking of prepared food packets and stuff like that.

I found some +-30 year old cake frosting at my Dad's place and I want to know how old it is.

The expiry date is written Aug 92. It says Made in West Germany.
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Why are you going to eat 30 year old cake frosting? Hmmm. Sig Sauer had stamped a bunch of P220 W.Germany. They simply struck out the W. part and sold them until they were gone, also approx 1992. Regarding E. Germany mfg being crap I have 2 words in refutation: Carl Zeiss.
GlennSprigg:
Not German, but I remember my Grandfather, 45 years ago, bought a load of boxes of WW2 Army rations.
They contained tins of what I think they called 'Bully-Beef', which is something like 'Spam'.  ;D
I remember him actually eating them, and he didn't die!!   :phew:
Nusa:

--- Quote from: GlennSprigg on September 20, 2020, 09:34:56 am ---Not German, but I remember my Grandfather, 45 years ago, bought a load of boxes of WW2 Army rations.
They contained tins of what I think they called 'Bully-Beef', which is something like 'Spam'.  ;D
I remember him actually eating them, and he didn't die!!   :phew:

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Pretty sure bully-beef is just another name for corned beef.
Cerebus:

--- Quote from: bc888 on September 20, 2020, 04:04:50 am ---
--- Quote from: Alex Eisenhut on September 09, 2020, 10:40:06 pm ---Germany reunited sometime in 1990, right? For how long did stuff say "Made In West Germany" after that?
I am thinking of prepared food packets and stuff like that.

I found some +-30 year old cake frosting at my Dad's place and I want to know how old it is.

The expiry date is written Aug 92. It says Made in West Germany.
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Why are you going to eat 30 year old cake frosting? Hmmm. Sig Sauer had stamped a bunch of P220 W.Germany. They simply struck out the W. part and sold them until they were gone, also approx 1992. Regarding E. Germany mfg being crap I have 2 words in refutation: Carl Zeiss.

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If you want to cherry-pick manufacturers and have them stand for the whole, then I can refute your two word refutation in one word: Trabant.  :)
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