Kühe aus Deutschland (your language inside)

[HarryHH]

Typical cows from Germany.

Part 1
A world famous cow is the black and white colored one. She comes from Schleswig - Holstein. Two duchies united in 1867.
One of the 16 federal states, geographically between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea and in the north on the border with Denmark.
Motorway route via Hamburg to Norway, Sweden and Finland.
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Another product from Germany is `die Gummikuh´ -in yours language the rubber cow.
Do you know these or ever heard of it?

 

[Ulrich]

Daher der name 'Gummi Kuh'

 

[HarryHH]

Part 2 will follow soon ...

 

[HarryHH]

Happy Easter!!

Part 2
The history of the term rubber cow goes back a long time and probably comes it from vehicles with side transfers on driven axles: When starting, the body lifted.

A BMW Boxer with a new design of the rear wheel swingarm = Mono lever was given the nickname Gummikuh.
The test rider, a well-known motorcycle journalist, said after his test ride: “She lifts her butt when she starts driving like a cow getting up.
butt first.
The nickname "rubber cow" has survived for the BMW boxer´s to this day.

In Germany there are strict rules for registration plates. Follow our time from 1933 to 1945...
The letters AH/KZ/SA/SS/HJ/NS/SA/SS/SD are forbidden.
The number 18 too, sometimes: 1 = A, 8 = H >>A.H.

To honor the Gummikuh
Registration plate of my R 18.
R 18 and GK 18 was not available. So then GQ

 

[HarryHH]

Addendum
Playing with letters and numbers

In Austria it is easier to get a number plate for a car or motorcycle in many variations.

Mr. Neuner [nine/9] goes to the office in Vienna (Wien) and wants the number plate "NEUNER 1".

Operator: Mr. Neuner, that's not possible, there are too many letters and "W" has to be in front.

N. thinks longer about it and suggests "9 ER".

O. : That doesn't work either, the letters have to come first.
But he thinks it over and then suggests using Roman numerals "IX" for 9 and after that "ER 1".
That´s will be perfect.

N. is very pleased and orders his personal number plate for Wien ...

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