Author: eklastic
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Today Is St Nicholas Day
Children put a boot outside their door and wait for the telltale heavy steps. He brings small presents – traditionally apples, nuts and tangerines. By the time I was little he also brought chocolate. And today there may be toys. I think that’s where the … Continue reading Today Is St Nicholas Day
What a Waste!
Lauralee had a conniption when she caught Cletus with the broken beer bottles.
Is It the Tower or Am I Slant Eyed?
When the old tower was condemned because the wood was rotten they built a new one. It’s slanted.
The new tower adds 34 metres to the 577m of the (a hill in the Odenwald), has 192 steps, the inclination angle to the horizontal level is 54,3°. And the panoramic view is amazing – given the correct weather conditions, naturally.
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I’m a Fan of Grinning Cats
And of course, Henry is grinning while watching my computer screen with all those grinning cats on display. I’m a Fan of … # 185
Keep off the Bridge!
Walking happily along, following our marked trail, we came upon this little brook. There was a small bridge with a sticker “Keep off!” on it.
This looked like a challenge to him:
Actually, to all of us.
German Yammering
There are lots of synonyms and near synonyms of “to yammer”. One of them is “to nag”. The same in German, many of them wonderfully onomatopoeic: jammern, wimmern, motzen, (weh)klagen.
German car number plates from Nürnberg and Kaiserslautern come in handy for an illustration.
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