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General Discussion => Talk Zone => Topic started by: JimR on September 09, 2010, 07:05:13 pm
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i'll be mostly away for the next three weeks. bring 'em home!
Jim
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Enjoy your trip, Jim!
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Jim, enjoy your wonderful trip. I'm envious!
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Jim, enjoy your wonderful trip. I'm envious!
We're all envious, have a great time. I'm sure you will...
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Good luck and happy birthday, Jim. Have a great time!
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I'm using you as my advance scout for things I should do in the next 10 years. Let me know how it goes!
And Happy Birthday!
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Sounds like an awesome trip. Have a great time!
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Enjoy your trip, Jim. Safe travels!
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I missed it. Where're you going?
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Enjoy it Coach!
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i'll be mostly away for the next three weeks. bring 'em home!
Jim
Float on (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTAud5O7Qqk&ob=av3e)!
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Have a wonderful trip, and a happy birthday.
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Prost!
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Ois Guade zu Deim Geburdstog!
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Ois Guade zu Deim Geburdstog!
Hey, moderators: it appears that Fredia has broken into BudGirl's account.
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Have fun, Jim... happy b-day.
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Happy birthday. And you suck. Sorry, I am a jealous, jealous man.
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bitterly jealous
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bring back lots of wonderful memoires, they far outvalue anything else
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bring back lots of wonderful memoires, they far outvalue anything else
If you can find it (it's been out of print for quite some time), I would recommend The Last Year of Thomas Mann. A Revealing Memoir by His Daughter, Erika Mann (1958).
Incidentally, Erika and her brother Klaus (author of Mephisto) fled Germany in 1933 after the Nazi's took power. The two of them had founded a Munich cabaret called Die Pfeffermühle, which specialized in political anti-nazi rhetoric. They left for Zurich and had their German citizenships revoked by the Nazis. Effectively a ship without a port, Ericka, who was a lesbian, took up a marriage of convenience with the English poet W. H. Auden, who was also gay. The marriage bestowed Ericka with British citizenship and she became a prominent journalist and covered the Nuremburg Trials.
Klaus, also gay, ended up as a staff sargeant in the U.S. Army and wrote many reports from postwar-Germany. However, his homosexuality, combined with his radical political views, got the attention of the FBI. He ended up committing suicied by overdosing on sleeping pills in 1948 in Cannes.
I'm sure there are plenty of other great memoirs you can bring back from your trip. The saga of the Mann family, for me, is one of the many great stories of Munich.
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...committing suicied...
Fredian?
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What did you say, Bench? I nodded off there for a minute.
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I'm sure there are plenty of other great memoirs you can bring back from your trip. The saga of the Mann family, for me, is one of the many great stories of Munich.
Yup. I really liked the TV adaptation "Mannimal".
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If you can find it (it's been out of print for quite some time), I would recommend The Last Year of Thomas Mann. A Revealing Memoir by His Daughter, Erika Mann (1958).
Incidentally, Erika and her brother Klaus (author of Mephisto) fled Germany in 1933 after the Nazi's took power. The two of them had founded a Munich cabaret called Die Pfeffermühle, which specialized in political anti-nazi rhetoric. They left for Zurich and had their German citizenships revoked by the Nazis. Effectively a ship without a port, Ericka, who was a lesbian, took up a marriage of convenience with the English poet W. H. Auden, who was also gay. The marriage bestowed Ericka with British citizenship and she became a prominent journalist and covered the Nuremburg Trials.
Klaus, also gay, ended up as a staff sargeant in the U.S. Army and wrote many reports from postwar-Germany. However, his homosexuality, combined with his radical political views, got the attention of the FBI. He ended up committing suicied by overdosing on sleeping pills in 1948 in Cannes.
I'm sure there are plenty of other great memoirs you can bring back from your trip. The saga of the Mann family, for me, is one of the many great stories of Munich.
Mann was closeted gay, too, or at least bisexual. That was the speculation, anyway, and a story like Death In Venice could lead one to think so.
Not that it mattered. What a terrific, depressing story.
The best book I think I've ever read - period - is The Magic Mountain. Mann is in my all-time top five, definitely.
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a story like Death In Venice could lead one to think so.
Definitely gay.
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What did you say, Bench? I nodded off there for a minute.
Munich is a fascinating place with a rich and diverse cultural history. Enjoy.
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Travel safe, Coach.
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Have a great trip, Jim. And happy birthday too. But I guess that Bench is going to inherit your policing of me! lol
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Jim, just make sure you avoid the touristy places for beer drinking. If you're there, it's definitely one of the touristy places, so you'd better have a few beers so you won't feel so bad. And if that makes you feel better, have a couple more. Don't go out to any of the smaller towns though. They'll be covered up with people carrying Lonely Planet tour books. Definitely to be avoided.
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Mann was closeted gay, too, or at least bisexual. That was the speculation, anyway, and a story like Death In Venice could lead one to think so.
Not that it mattered. What a terrific, depressing story.
The best book I think I've ever read - period - is The Magic Mountain. Mann is in my all-time top five, definitely.
Wow, I did not realize other people could passionately love the Astros and Thomas Mann (NTTIAWT). Kudos!
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Message from Jim:
Drinking a Spitfire on the QM2! My best to all our TZ friends. Let them know the Old Man is well and happy.
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Message from Jim:
Drinking a Spitfire on the QM2! My best to all our TZ friends. Let them know the Old Man is well and happy.
Tell him that he needs to hurry back as I am as surly as ever! It's like being a kid in the candy store without Coach here to police me, although I must say that Bench is doing pretty well.
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Message from Jim:
Drinking a Spitfire on the QM2! My best to all our TZ friends. Let them know the Old Man is well and happy.
Assuming it's cask conditioned, Spitfire is the second best beer on the planet. After Shepherd Neame's Master Brew...
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Assuming it's cask conditioned, Spitfire is the second best beer on the planet. After Shepherd Neame's Master Brew...
Never had the Master Brew. But Spitfire Ale is awesome, from my home county of Kent, and has some of the greatest advertising (http://regmedia.co.uk/2010/02/16/neame_poster.jpg) ever devised.
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Good to hear from Coach. Hope he's taking thorough beer notes.
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Never had the Master Brew. But Spitfire Ale is awesome, from my home county of Kent, and has some of the greatest advertising (http://regmedia.co.uk/2010/02/16/neame_poster.jpg) ever devised.
It's awesome; a lot smoother than Spitfire (which is already smooth), with a really great taste. I never saw it further east than Maidstone, even in SN labelled pubs (like the Duke of Wellington in Belgravia, was an awesome pub).
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It's awesome; a lot smoother than Spitfire (which is already smooth), with a really great taste. I never saw it further east than Maidstone, even in SN labelled pubs (like the Duke of Wellington in Belgravia, was an awesome pub).
Okay Snobs I had some Saint Arnold Oktoberfest last weekend. Not saying I am quitting the Bud, but it was pretty good.
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Okay Snobs I had some Saint Arnold Oktoberfest last weekend. Not saying I am quitting the Bud, but it was pretty good.
Drinking Octoberfest and smoking weed aren't mutually exclusive.
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Drinking Octoberfest and smoking weed aren't mutually exclusive.
If you're about to embark upon a 20 course meal, it's downright necessary.
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Okay Snobs I had some Saint Arnold Oktoberfest last weekend. Not saying I am quitting the Bud, but it was pretty good.
Hey, thanks to to much good beer, my waistline has told me that my favorite beer right now is Bud 55, and I'm agreeing with it. Since we moved back to the States I went from a 32 to a 34...
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Hey, thanks to to much good beer, my waistline has told me that my favorite beer right now is Bud 55, and I'm agreeing with it. Since we moved back to the States I went from a 32 to a 34...
No grown man should have a 32 inch waist.
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No grown man should have a 32 inch waist.
[BrettWallce]What if each of my legs is 32 inches around?[/BrettWallace]
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Message from Jim:
Drinking a Spitfire on the QM2! My best to all our TZ friends. Let them know the Old Man is well and happy.
Good for Coach. Crossing from NY to South Hampton on the QM2 was one of my best vacations.
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No grown man should have a 32 inch waist.
I got there for a brief period last year. Lacking any muscles, it made me more embarrassed than having a gut did. It didn't last long.
Not because of embarrassment, but because of food.
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Drinking Octoberfest and smoking weed aren't mutually exclusive.
The hell you say.
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No grown man should have a 32 inch waist.
Porque? It's a reasonable size. I was about the same height and weight as Biggio, and am heading that way again.
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Porque? It's a reasonable size. I was about the same height and weight as Biggio, and am heading that way again.
It's a horribly unreasonable size. I blame it on Hollywood...making men feel like they have to be Abercrombie & Fitch models. For God's sake man, we're not all Ken dolls!!!
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It's a horribly unreasonable size. I blame it on Hollywood...making men feel like they have to be Abercrombie & Fitch models. For God's sake man, we're not all Ken dolls!!!
Now, to be clear, we're not talking about the clinical definition of the waist, we're talking the spot which is as far up as you can pull your pants before they hit your belly.
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Happy Birthday (a little early) Coach ... All together now ...
Ein Prosit, ein Prosit, der Gemütlichkeit.
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Eins! Zwei! G'sufa!!!
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Hoch soll zie Leben, hoch soll sie leben, drei mal hoch... Hoch! Hoch! Hoch!
Happy birthday, Coach!