http://timworstall.com/2010/02/08/fascinating-stuff-3/ It is all obvious or trivial except... Fri, 25 May 2012 22:17:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://timworstall.com/2010/02/08/fascinating-stuff-3/comment-page-1/#comment-40473 The Remittance Man Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:16:33 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=12987#comment-40473 <i>"Neither common sense nor lack of use nor logic nor loyalty of country stays these penpushers from the slow completion of their unnecessary forms"</i> “Neither common sense nor lack of use nor logic nor loyalty of country stays these penpushers from the slow completion of their unnecessary forms”

]]> http://timworstall.com/2010/02/08/fascinating-stuff-3/comment-page-1/#comment-40441 Matthew Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:17:05 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=12987#comment-40441 The Berlin Post Office kept going in 1945 almost until the end. The phone system worked to the point where Hitler's staff in the bunker trying to gauge the extent of the Russian advance were reduced to 'phoning numbers in the 'phone directory that were in East Berlin and asking those who answered if they had seen any Russians. The Berlin Post Office kept going in 1945 almost until the end. The phone system worked to the point where Hitler’s staff in the bunker trying to gauge the extent of the Russian advance were reduced to ‘phoning numbers in the ‘phone directory that were in East Berlin and asking those who answered if they had seen any Russians.

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