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<p>[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 1148243, member: 5066"]Meanwhile, going to pick up the hussy today and, she better BEHAVE!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":p" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Been doing a little research on this form, TOUGH going in a foreign language, trust me, dang foreigners! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I now think this form is Swiss & it appears the door when locked is SUPPOSED to keep drawers closed as well.</p><p>The form is called a <b><font size="6">Schaffreiten... which translates to "sheep free"</font></b></p><p><font size="6"><b>"A <b>sheep free</b> is a <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6bel" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6bel" rel="nofollow">piece of furniture</a> for the storage of food, which was widespread until the <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/19._Jahrhundert" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/19._Jahrhundert" rel="nofollow">19th century</a> . Typically, there are several small <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schublade" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schublade" rel="nofollow">drawers</a> arranged one above the other on the left side . To the right is a large lockable compartment divided by one or more shelves. A Schaffreite is designed so that when the door is locked at the same time the drawers are blocked."</b></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 1148243, member: 5066"]Meanwhile, going to pick up the hussy today and, she better BEHAVE!:p Been doing a little research on this form, TOUGH going in a foreign language, trust me, dang foreigners! :hilarious: I now think this form is Swiss & it appears the door when locked is SUPPOSED to keep drawers closed as well. The form is called a [B][SIZE=6]Schaffreiten... which translates to "sheep free"[/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=6][B]"A [B]sheep free[/B] is a [URL='https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6bel']piece of furniture[/URL] for the storage of food, which was widespread until the [URL='https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/19._Jahrhundert']19th century[/URL] . Typically, there are several small [URL='https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schublade']drawers[/URL] arranged one above the other on the left side . To the right is a large lockable compartment divided by one or more shelves. A Schaffreite is designed so that when the door is locked at the same time the drawers are blocked."[/B][/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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