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Tag: #Fandango
If I saw this car on the road
this bespoke Porsche, I’d yield to it – heck, I don’t want to end up on somebody’s plate. In the 1980s (I believe) Porsche issued a model that was quite a lot cheaper and according to most people a lot uglier than their famous 911 … Continue reading If I saw this car on the road
Nesting Mouse
A friend of mine who knew that I liked the Gruffalo gifted me these nesting dolls: the mouse inside the snake, the snake inside the owl, the owl inside the fox, the fox inside the Gruffalo. This did not diminish the mouse’s chance against the others.
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All Saints and the Joys of Federalism
The Hessian lion helping me to double dip for
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Proximity . How come?
Coming Saturday is a public holiday in parts of Germany, the catholic parts (many of the public holidays in Gemany are traditionally based on the church calender), i.e. all shops will be closed. We live in the state of Baden-Württemberg, and so I won’t be able to go shopping here. However, having the advantage of living in close proximity to another state, i.e. the state of Hesse where All Saints is not an official holiday, I can get on my bicycle and drive less than 5km to the west or 10km to the north and and I can shop at my hearts content if I feel the need to do so.
The Facilities at the Biggest Wine Festival in the World
More than 600,000 visitors need to be catered for. What caught my eye was that the use of the toilets is 70 cents each time – but it’s possibly to book a flatrate, 5 Euro per day. By my calcutation this means you have to go the loo more than 7 times to break even.
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Worry Bacon or Heartache Blubber?
The German expression “Kummerspeck” is often translated as “grief bacon” or “worry bacon” – it describes the added pounds that magically appear around your waist after a breakup.
Personally, I think both translations are wrong, as “bacon” is a misnomer, “blubber” would be my preferred paraphrase.
Now this little penguin looks miserable enough and has blubber around its waist, so its girth qualifies as “heartache blubber” but I wonder if it is really due to emotional overeating in its case?
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This One Is Wild
Arrow slots or crenels are ususally vertical slits in thick walls in medieval buildings. Archers could shoot on possible attackers through them without exposing themselves unnecessarily. This is Castle Wildenstein, in the southern parts of the Black Forest. They decided to go horizontally if these … Continue reading This One Is Wild
Walking Brothers and Sisters
One of the things I like about our so-called running group is that we have actual runners, some faster and more ambitious, yet never competitive, and we have us: footsore due to injury, hangover effects, or simply ageing joints. We all go on the run … Continue reading Walking Brothers and Sisters
