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Main Forum => Enter the voids of the OT-forum => Topic started by: Markus on September 22, 2008, 06:53:24 pm
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Hi folks,
this topic is to boast about fun stuff you bought that has nothing to do with music. :biggrin:
Let me start with two plants: Phyllostachus nigra (Black Bamboo) and Malus spp. "Pomfita", a red-fleshed apple. Both are going to grow on my roof-deck. :yeha:
I'm also gonna buy some Alraunen (mandragora, Madragora officinalis) soon. I'm already keeping two for a friend of mine, and they're so lovely and so poisonous that I can't give them away any more, so I'm buying her some new ones.
Cheers!
Markus Botanicus
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Ehm... The most recent thing I remember buying...
Lunch at school. :lol:
I could actually start whole a topic on inflation and economics if I begin talking about it... To make the long story short, the price has triplicated since I was in 7th grade (now I'm in 10th) :wacko:
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I bought a new pair of black trousers today ;D finally ;D haha
I'm actually very lazy to go shopping, but...this was necessary ;D
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last time I bought...
- a jacket for the Fall :)
- backpack
- jumper
- blouse
Now I don't need anything more.
ah..forgot. today ordered pizza :D
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Most recently
Opeth tickets for my son Sept 30
Nine inch nails tickets for my son in Nov I think
new amp for my son
opeth flag for my kids room
Pack of cigarrettes for myself
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Pack of cigarrettes for myself
:disgust: cigarratte will kill you...
Anyway, last things I bought:
a 10-trip pass for Madrid's Metro
and 2 tickets for the Haggard show next friday
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Pack of cigarrettes for myself
:disgust: cigarratte will kill you...
Anyway, last things I bought:
a 10-trip pass for Madrid's Metro
and 2 tickets for the Haggard show next friday
Off-topic:
I've just discovered that in "Tales of Ithiria" there's a very nice cover of "Hijo de la luna", from Mecano (Spanish old non-metal band). First I thought somebody had put the mp3 in that folder by error or as a joke... but not, Haggard covered that nice song :wub:
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I went to the bookshop today and found some nice books:
Virginia Woolf - Jacob's Room
Virginia Woolf - Between the Acts
- these are in Czech
and Thomas De Quincey's - Confessions of an English Opium Eater
- this one in English :unsure:
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Agh... First show of the school year tomorrow! :ninja:
Bought an AC adapter for a distortion pedal... We'll need it up there.
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Devours her new bergamot-cassis-orange flower scented shower gel
Just came from shower :wub:
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Devours her new bergamot-cassis-orange flower scented shower gel
Just came from shower :wub:
Did You say something? :blush: :blush: :blush:
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Devours her new bergamot-cassis-orange flower scented shower gel
Just came from shower :wub:
Did You say something? :blush: :blush: :blush:
It isn't fair reading my mind... :blush: :blush: :blush:
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I've bought an on-line course about Editorial Correction. That means a lot of time in front of the pc, but few time for free-foruming, free-chatting, free-shouting or free-whatever :ninja:
I had the need to study something... and that course seems really interesting to me. And it can help me in a future if I have to change my job :whistle:
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sub-notebook
Asus Eee PC 1000H
:w00t_jump:
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flu vaccine.
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Just got tickets to see Unleashed next sunday :yeha:
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Hey Alu,
Just got tickets to see Unleashed next sunday :yeha:
I see. :) That's why you're playing that right now, isn't it? Wish you a great deal of fun and a seriously aching neck on the day after! (If your neck's not aching after a metal concert you haven't really been there. :wink2:)
Cheers!
Markus
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Bought a new USB key.. it's just 1GB.. but it will do.. :)
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Wish you a great deal of fun and a seriously aching neck on the day after! (If your neck's not aching after a metal concert you haven't really been there. :wink2:)
Thanks man. As you can see here (http://ntsms.megatherion.com/index.php?topic=219.160), I did had a great time, and I do have an aching neck :biggrin: . Next shows in the menu will be all next year and include Kreator, AA, and the mighty Judas Priest.
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the siren of the woods EP
got many promos + Sonata Arctica - Silence
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New compu. :drunk: , now i can play World of Warcraft with no problem and also Diablo3 (when it will appear)
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I've just ordered a camera from Father Christmas! :wOOt:
Soon you'll have to survive a new flood of spam photos of me and my birds. :ninja:
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New Iced Earth cd , awesome btw!
yo yo yo
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Just something to drink and sweet stuff for NY eve.. I'll be out of Ljubljana and nowhere near shops..so I bought some stuff now.. plus of curse a lot of chocolate.. :wub:
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A rabbit, some potatoes, French and Spanish white wine, a x-mas "rosca", and a gift for my g.f. :wub:
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New Iced Earth shit , not what I expected but not bad either.
yo yo yo
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nothing - i'm broke.
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Hm... Last thing I bought...
Batteries or something like that. :lol3:
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Kebap ^_^
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more kebab for me and my roommate :wOOt: jesus christ in a kebab addict :yeha: if anyone comes to slovenia give me a call and i will take you to the best kebeb in whole EU
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milk and bread ^_^
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A very nice blouse.. sort of gothic looks.. with elvish sleeves.. I love it.. :wub:
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pack of cigarretes :P
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PS3 ... OMG just awesome!
yo yo yo
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Loke, I recommend you get yourself the games Fallout 3 and Assassin's Creed. :biggrin:
Played (or playing, in the case of Fallout) them both on PC and loved them!
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Today I've bought ner headphones. The old one is broken again! And an old computer is also broken, and a new mp3-player doesn't work. So I'm broken myself. :fireevil: :computer:
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Some more seeds: Melothria scabra (mouse melon) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melothria_scabra) and Ipomoea aquatica (water spinach) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipomoea_aquatica). :wOOt: Decided to grow some unusual vegetables this year.
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Red Hebrew keyboard stickers! :wOOt: Got it yesterday!
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:wicking: RESURRECTION!
:blush:
Today's amazon.co.uk order: A Rudimentary Treatise on the History, Construction, and Illumination of Lighthouses (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rudimentary-Treatise-Construction-Illumination-Lighthouses/dp/111019692X/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I1V1LLTBNDC62D&colid=1YVISXYQP3P1Q)
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Today's amazon.co.uk order: A Rudimentary Treatise on the History, Construction, and Illumination of Lighthouses (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rudimentary-Treatise-Construction-Illumination-Lighthouses/dp/111019692X/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I1V1LLTBNDC62D&colid=1YVISXYQP3P1Q)
Perhaps you might like to travel to Calella... :whistle:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3047/2766476812_7ecf5ac1c5.jpg?v=0)
More lighthouses pictures coming... In Menorca, I took like one million pictures from four different lighthouses there. When they're prepared, some will be posted :ninja:
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:wOOt: That's 250.000 pics per lighthouse! :wOOt:
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Oh, Luthy! :wub: Wish I could come in November :lol:
I suffer from terrible passion for lighthouses. :blush:
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A pot of sage, a pot of cat's mint, and grass seeds in a botanical fair near to my city. :)
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Cat's mint? :roll: Please make a video of them how they "drug" it :D :wub:
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They were not that excited about it as I expected... they chewed it a bit, whirling around and rubbing themselves to the plant, and smelling it for long time. They were much more interested than in other plants, but not gnawing it to bald like Capra would. :lol: I also saw Valeriana in the fair but I didn't dare to buy it... I gave the Valeriana tea I had to my mom and asked her to keep it for me, long before the cats have arrived. :D
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It's being said that some cats do not react to it at all :) Some a lot some less :)
Haha, You can share Your Valeriana tea with them when You need to make them asleep at night :roll:
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Just got my book from Amazon: A Rudimentary Treatise on the History, Construction and Illumination of Lighthouses.
:wub: :wOOt: :wub: :wOOt: :wub:
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Chrome Division - Doomsday Rock n Roll
awesomeeeeeeeeeee
yo yo yo
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:hop: Finally it arrived!!!
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Nice, congrats!
Too bad you can't be in Barcelona. I bet you'd enjoy the football match as well. :)
Cheers!
Markus
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I lost my fav card from the Thoth tarot deck I have - so I ordered now another version on Amazon. This time I chose the pocket size. I hope it will be still with nice precise pictures like the classic sized one :-\
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Wish you will enjoy this version, Kris :)
I also collected tarot card decks, there were several versions on my bookshelf :biggrin: among them including the Waite version, the Marseilles version, and of course the Thoth version :wub:
But I haven't played with them for a long time -_-
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Since the audio updating and the collection about Therion had begun, I am close to bankruptcy :ninja:
So I WON'T count the recent purchases one by one, or I will get mad at myself :sick:
I wonder why Lemuria is still on the road...It seems that will be the Christmas gift for myself :innocent:
Gothic Kabbalah has arrived, sooner than I thought. As far as I know, it's a controversial album. Now let me see...
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Oh, tell us then how You like it! :)
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Good luck, ladies!
Kris, I hops you'll like the new cards and do well with them. Monade, I hope you'll discover something for you in these albums, too.
Cheers!
Markus
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Oh, tell us then how You like it! :)
Yes, I will ;)
As Live Gothic contained some songs from Gothic Kabbalah, it's familiar to me :lol3:
I guess I will loop these albums the whole winter and finally post some loooong posts (even longer than my reply in Reviews of Sitra Ahra I'm sure) again :blush:
Latter you will find I am totally a chatter-box :evil2:
Oh the project the bankrupt and the reviews, what a winter it would be!
I might suffer a bankrupt on credit after the bankrupt on cash issure... Ooops! :cht:
Good luck, ladies!
Kris, I hops you'll like the new cards and do well with them. Monade, I hope you'll discover something for you in these albums, too.
Cheers!
Markus
I have discovered a lot :wub:
And need time to make a loooong list :lol:
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I met a friend today who got home from Finland for Christmas and got a lovely little pack from her with Finnish sweets and badges and these sort of things. :wub:
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Oh I am so envious :wOOt:
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:shares candy: :cheers:
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:wub:
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A fantastic book and calendar:
http://elscolorsoblidats.com/ (http://elscolorsoblidats.com/)
(http://elscolorsoblidats.com/fondos/portada.jpg)
It's all in Catalan or Spanish, but you can see some of the images. It's a short tales book based in fantastic drawings. The tales are for adult people, although they can be read by young people too...
It's fantastic :wub:
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Got t-shirts yesterday thanks to my Juda schoolmates :blush: (One more pink! :D will arrive as a birthday gift - that one is with the logo of Hebrew University Jerusalem)
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs276.snc6/180455_1807068093810_1153153870_2111515_2498966_n.jpg)
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How cool, Kris!
Or should that be ha-cool? :unsure:
The Superdavid is big fun... and the one on the upper left, is that letter also depicting a camel or something? Reminds me of an animal with its head somewhat down...
Cheers!
Markus
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These are letters Chet and Jod :) creating together Chai (life :)
Yeah, Super Jew is indeed funny - I really like that!
Thank You, Markus! ^_^
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Last week I got a package with fragrant holy grass, heart-leaf, camphor daisy, an edible Chinese flower which doesn't have a common name yet and a couple of allegedly all-curing miracle herbs. :lol3: :wOOt:
Cheers!
Markus Botanicus
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So I decided to revive the topic. :biggrin:
Last time the notebook chat was supposed to be placed here but I completely forgot about this topic.
Now there's other thing. Before yesterday I finally got my new (and the only one in my life ever so far) digi camera :) It's Samsung EX1 and I still haven't tried to work with it.
(http://static.trustedreviews.com/94|fa50be|389e_14565-ex1viewfront.jpg)
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I have bought a new one too. It's Fujifilm FinePix T200. It's a really small photocamera. Perfect for UNI, and for trips :)
(http://i.fotomaniak.pl/2011/01/t300.jpg)
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The mentioned new cap for the Sunday excursion at the airport.
(http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/421236_3132448227485_1153153870_3282646_1426690170_n.jpg)
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Wow, ladies,
enjoy your new cameras! Have fun with them and take a lot of great pictures to share with us. :)
Cute cap, Kris! Hope it's warm enough for the excursion.
Cheers!
Markus
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A really nice and sexy black velvet dress from H&M.. don't have a photo thou... no sleeves, and length about to the knees, so it looks elegant. :) Will post a pic when I have one!
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Sounds fine, Saphi! Have you bought the dress for any special occasion or just for going out?
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So I got a new SIM card at different provider today. Also got new cell phone for it.
Unfortunatelly while buying this I found some very bad news that's why my day was so bad.
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I've just bought Heroes of Might and Magic I-IV :D
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Something has arrived home... something precious...
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Wooow!
What exactly is that? The DVDs? "Treasure thresholds"? :lol:
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Those are memoirs of Pat Tallman (Lyta Alexander)
Check here (http://www.cafepress.co.uk/b5pat) :)
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I read that she appeared in 21 episodes of Star Trek: The New Generation! OMCD! I've recently watched all the series and didn't notice... Bad, bad me!!! :hit:
Btw... Nice purchase! I envy you now! :lol3:
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Ultimate B5 insider stuff, Kris? Why did you have to buy that - they should have given you five copies for free! :wink2:
Congrats, dear, and enjoy your precious!
Cheers!
Markus
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Oh yes she was! She was as a security guy somewhere, she also played a Klingon somewhere :D I did not notice too! :D She also doubled Dr. Crusher in one of the movies.
All stuff hidden in that preciousss :D When I am going to visit You and Carles in Barca I'll take the book with me =D
It was quite expensive (but when I see the size of the book - then not that much and part of the price went for charity which Pat Tallman supports). Also all the problems with customs declaration (came from USA and price higher than 30 USD) were worth it. Hiiiii :wub:
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I've bought some tea Pu-Erh :) One citrus and one with cranberries :)
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Do you like that tea, Agnes? I think I've never really tried it...
Cheers!
Markus
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I've tried a citrus one, good and tasty :) Try, if you have a chance.
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It's awesome kind of tea, Markus :-) Tastes like nice warm autumn.
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Exactly!!
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OK, miladies, I'll keep my eyes open. :)
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Markus, sorry for such a late reply, I was a bit absent around here. Actually I wanted to find a dress that would look like 18th century for carnival this week - weekend :) After I saw I will not be able to get what I want, that the only things available were at least 150 e and far away from the look I wanted to create, I decided to go into another decade, from around 1920 - to 1940... Sometime like that. My bf also found clothes more easily, so we looked awesome last Saturday. But the dress is also very elegant so very suitable for going out for dinner, theatre, a drink.. It wasn't bought for just a one - time thing.
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Sounds good, Saphi! :) Unfortunately, for some reason I can't see the pics on my computer. :bawl: :ninja:
Cheers!
Markus
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I'm sorry for pics, I don't have them yet. I asked friends that took pictures to send them to me, but I will have to wait. If nothing else, we will dress up some other time and make some photos ourselves. :)
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We have bought a cute little silver fir (https://www.google.hu/search?q=silver+fir&hl=hu&client=firefox-a&hs=tAl&tbo=u&rls=org.mozilla:hu:official&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ei=LxPSUL6zFY-Lswbn6oGwBA&ved=0CEcQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=607), with roots, for Christmas tree, and a truck. :D
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Nice, Lucy! You'll enjoy the tree for many years, and in the summer it can be outdoors, making forest honey. :wOOt:
And a truck on top of that! :wOOt: Umm... a truck? :unsure: A truck as in "truck"? :blink:
Cheers!
Markus
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And a truck on top of that! :wOOt: Umm... a truck? :unsure: A truck as in "truck"? :blink:
:roll:
Those are fantastic purchases!! And yes, I agree, a truk will be nice on it...
Why do you want a truck, if I can ask? (surely you need it to keep secret NTSMS inside and travel around the world picking the conspirators up, right?) :nosweat:
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After Christmas, we are going to plant the tree somewhere in "our" land. :)
A truck as in "truck"? :blink:
Aye (http://almodotanya.blogspot.hu/2012/12/ujdonsagok-almodotanyan.html)! :D
Why do you want a truck, if I can ask? (surely you need it to keep secret NTSMS inside and travel around the world picking the conspirators up, right?) :nosweat:
Now the Secret is not a secret anymore! :lol3:
János is going to carry the bees from Spring to late Summer, to catch up with flower opening. :) Depending on which kind of flower is opening at the moment. :)
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So he'll be a wandering apiarist (<-- new word you've taught me! :biggrin:)? :wOOt:
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I think I did not catch up on the latest conversation... can you please explain me all from the beginning? :blink:
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Hihi Markus! :lol:
So, our latest purchase is a truck, as you can see the photo on the blog. It's needed for the garden works at the homestead, and it's going to carry the beehives. The honey-giving flowers open in different times, so in order to produce a lot of different kinds of honey, we will have to transfer the bees to other parts of Hungary. The very first one is colza, and there are no colza fields near, so the bees will be transported near a big colza field. Then they come home to catch the first line of acacia. We live in a Southern part of Hungary where acacia bloom earlier than in the Northern parts, so after producing the first acacia honey, we will take the bees towards North, to catch at least another acacia blossoming. Then they will all come home again because we have vast wild tobacco fields near (it's a Hungarian speciality, that plant grows wild everywhere here). After that it's going to be sunflower time! and they will travel near a huge sunflower field. Then, as last plant, they might catch Solidago flowers in late Summer to make the bees stronger, preparing for winter time. :wink2:
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These are quite concrete plans, Lucy! :thumbup:
Wild tobacco, really? I didn't know that. :blink: How did it get there? I mean, it's not native to Europe. Did it escape from tobacco farms? And you're going to make tobacco honey? Aren't your customers going to need more and more of it? Won't they be craving for their first honey bun in the morning? Won't they be foul-tempered if they don't get a bit of your honey every two or three hours? :unsure:
Darn, what a business model! :evil2:
Cheers!
Markus
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Oh, thanks a lot for clearing me the idea :-) Sounds great! What a skilled bees they will be in travelling :nosweat:
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You are very welcome! :wink2:
This is that plant: Asclepias syriaca (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asclepias_syriaca)
They wanted to use it for producing a replacement for silk, but it didn't work. It's a very frequent and tough weed, it conquers a lot of territory. Here in Hungary we can use it because it gives a very good quality honey, that is absolutely free of pollens so allergic people can eat this one and only kind of honey :)
Personally I don't like it... it really has a side taste like tobacco, it even reminds me of whisky so... :sick: ...bleeeee... But other people might get used to it, that would be great, so we will have a fixed customer base indeed. :roll:
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I see, Lucy. So no actual tobacco. Was I the only one to think of the Simpsons episode with the tomacco? :unsure:
Anyway: Congrats on this big and important purchase! :thumbup: :yeha:
Cheers!
Markus
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New glasses :-/ and also MS Office 2010 for university students. Glasses should be done next week and Office installed by the end of this one.
By any accident, does anyone of you know where could I possibly get some nice pendant with goddess Kálí? :-)
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Nice stuff, Kris! :thumbup: Nice and useful.
You're aware that we'll want to see pics of you with the new glasses? :ninja: :wOOt:
For Kali-stuff my first recommendation is always this place (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalkutta#Etymology). If you don't find anything there, you won't find anything at all.
And it might really become difficult... do you have Indian stores in Praha? I remember one store that had a Nataraja, but I think they shied away from the dark mother... You might try the internet or make one on your own.
Cheers!
Markus
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Yes, I count on that. I would like to have a picture with the new glasses. They are going to be red.
Unfortunately Kolkata is bit to far :-/ Wish I knew someone to bring me one. But anyway, I am picky so I want to choose myself.
I am afraid no real Indian shops in Prague. But I will ask my teacher who teaches us about Hinduism and next semestre about Buddhism. She travels to India quite often...
I like Kali Ma a lot.... she's my favourite. :D
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New glasses, new haircut, new hairdye :D The last two not much visible though.
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you look fantastic :)
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:blush: Thank you
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That really suits you, Kris! :thumbup: You're really looking great!
I hope you're satisfied with the results?
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Yes, thank you, Markus. I really am. My hair was already horrible (I could not comb it after washing - the brush always got stuck, and it was very painful to try to get it out of the hair)... and the glasses in my opinion suit me well - most important is though, that they stay on my face and do not fall like the previous ones - that used to stress me a lot and I rather did not wear them. Of course, then I could not see properly on the PC or while studying.
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So now you're looking good in both senses of the word? :ninja:
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:ninja: yeah
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Haha! :lol:
Looking good, indeed! :)
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You know, Kris,
with that look you can play the (good-looking) superior lawyer or the (good-looking) immensely smart psychologist in any thriller. Seriously, you chose well! :thumbup:
Cheers!
Markus
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thanks ;D :blush:
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good-looking indeed :biggrin:
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Hi Kris!
It has been already said, but it's true: the glasses really suit you! Both glasses and you look very nice! :biggrin:
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A motor scythe and a chainsaw. :lol3:
Since then I can't see my child's father anywhere. But I can hear loud VVVVVVvvvvvvRRRRRRRRRrrrrr-s all the time. :biggrin:
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:roll:
Now that sounds like garden preparations for the spring! :biggrin:
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Well, Lucy,
a purchase like this needs thorough testing and I'm glad that your child's father is taking care of that. :thumbup:
Congrats and cheers!
Markus
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Hey folks,
my most recent purchse is one of those (http://www.powerballs.com). :wOOt:
Cheers!
Markus
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How exactly does it work? :)
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There's a rotor inside. By motions of your wrist you start turning it around, and the faster the rotor moves, the more resistance it puts up. So it gets harder to speed it up the faster it moves, and it gets harder to hold a firm grip on the thingy. I got myself one of the electronic powerballs - it flashes LEDs and measures the speed of the rotation. :biggrin:
As a beginner it's difficult to even start it. I had a lot of failed attempts first but now I can get it running quite easily. :)
Cheers!
Markus
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I see, thank you for an explanation :) Good luck with that thingy :biggrin: Seems to be a tough fellow!
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Hehe, thanks! Let's see if it helps me or if it's just a cute shiny toy. :lol3:
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I bought something too, yesterday. Not anything good for health but useful for sure. I had to buy some spring/early autumn shoes because I have only winter ones, then something like sandals (quite open shoes which means that if it is not warm you can get cold. And also sneakers but I cannot wear these with skirt and definitely not for official actions (exams etc). So I had to get some closed shoes and yet not warm.
I found some nice Mustangs for a reasonable price (on sale :biggrin: ).
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Congrats, Kris! :thumbup: Have fun with your new jeans and shoes.
Got all the clothes you need for spring now?
Cheers!
Markus
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I only got shoes :) - those are the Mustang. I don't have money for clothes now... but the shoes were a necessity. :)
I surely will have fun with those shoes. They have a short heel (wide not that needle one) and they make that clap clap sound :D
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Ah, I see - I got confused about the Mustang. Well, enjoy them! Clack-clack your way into spring! :)
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Whoa Markus! :thumbup: What colour is your Powerball?
Congrats, Kris, enjoy your new shoes! :wOOt:
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Mine's all green, Lucy - green housing and green LEDs.
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Hey folks,
this week I bought some light summer pants that I can wear to the office. Light fabric, both in weight / density and colour, so I can wear (and bear) it on warm and sunny days. Also bought some Bermuda-shorts for more casual occasions or the hottest day. I had to try three sizes, each smaller than the previous. I'm sure the sizes were manipulated to flatter the customers, but whatever the number - I think they look good on me, and that's what counts.
My most recent purchase, though, was a new UMTS-stick. I managed to break my old one this afternoon. A few days without internet? No mails? No NTSMS? No way! So I marched to the nearest electronics store with the old, broken stick and my netbook and asked for a new one. (In case they had none, I was even willing to make an additional new contract if it's not too expensive, just to get back online quickly.) The guy at the show offered me to try the new stick right there, so I fetched the SIM-card from the old one, put it into the new and tried it - successfully. So I was online again immediately - disaster averted! :nosweat:
Cheers!
Markus
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:lol3: We are slightly addicted. :nosweat:
Congratulations, to your new clothes, and the reason why you had to try that much! :bow:
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Enjoy your new clothes! :-)
I tend to have "size" problem quite often too, especially with t-shirts. Every company makes different sizes and also as the clothes are often being made in China etc, not every piece is the same size... Also it differs according to the cut of the clothes.
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Right you are, Kris. At least some companies write the cut on the label (i.e. regular fit or slim fit). But I'm also convinced that they prefer to write down smaller sizes because that makes their customers happy.
Lucy, I'm sorry to contradict you. We're not addicted in the least - getting online, especially in order to visit this forum, is an objective necessity.
Cheers!
Markus
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I have the same problem but with shoes! In ECCO store my size is 37..
but when I want to buy a pair of shoes in other store, there is a problem.. 37 is to small, 38 is too big..
that's why I'm wearing my ballerines since high school (5-6 years?) :)
So recently I've bought 2 box DVDs of Smurfes (for my god-daughter), for me - some cosmetics (there is -40% discount in Rossmann drugstore, and ordered a make-up brush Hakuro H54 (free shipping) - Poly knows this brand. Btw, Poly, how is the H60 brush you've bought?
@Kris - it happens to me in H&M - one t-shirt in S size was good on me, the second one of the same size, not! ;)
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Are you sure companies write a smaller size than the real one? My experience is the contrary: I usually have a 42 for pants... if the size is correct. But I've bought some that are 44, 46, even 48. Once, I bought a pair of jeans whose size was XXL / 50!!!! And I'm the same that always, and I'm still able to wear all my 42 jeans. I usually say "luckily I'm a grown up woman who knows the sizes are unreal; for a young teenager, worried about their weight, it must be very depressing to fit only in the "extra-size" clothes... :med2:
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Hey folks,
more clothing: I bought a red short-sleeved shirt. I'm attending a semi-formal event tonight and wanted to wear something beyond my usual office style. So I went to a store where I'd been served well before and left it with a nice new shirt. :biggrin: I'll iron it now, take a shower and leave.
Cheers!
Markus
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Have a nice evening :)
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Have a great evening, Markus!
Is this event something office-related? :whistle:
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Cannibal Corpse tickets :biggrin:
Well, technically I didn't buy them, my buddy did, but hey, Cannibal Corpse!
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Hey folks,
congrats, Jorge! Enjoy very much. When is the show? When do we get the review? Is your dad gonna join you?
Yeah, the evening was office-related: One of our communications trainers is retiring. So our big boss was there and many interesting people I didn't know yet. I'm so touched that she invited me, for she didn't invite many of my colleagues...
BTW: The event was in Leipzig, the next biggest city nearby. I was there early, strolled around - and stumbled across a "Fight Shop", a small store specialised in gear for fighting sports. So I could do some necessary shopping that saved me an errand tomorrow. :whistle:
Anyway, buying the shirt was so enjoyable: I walked into the store, told the guy approximately what I wanted, and he fetched just the right shirt for me. He brought a "slim fit" - one that emphasises what I'm proud of and hides what I'm less proud of. :lol3: He tried to make me try an even smaller one, claiming that it would perhaps sit a little tight on my chest and shoulders (flatterer!) but I wasn't in the mood for experiments and happy enough with the first one.
Cheers!
Markus
Cheers!
Markus
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that's the best shopping, Markus! :) you try it on - say OK, pay and leave :D
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Yeah, that's fun! Or in the long version you walk in, tell them to make you look good, try on what they bring, say OK, pay and leave.
Highly enjoyable! :thumbup:
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Congratulations! :yeha: Has anyone mentioned your new shirt? :)
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Thank you, Lucy!
Well, no one mentioned it, but I don't mind that. :)
Cheers!
Markus
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My dad is an entire ocean away from me :ninja: It wasn't him who got the tickets either, my buddy Alex got them.
So, tomorrow night we are embarking on an adventure to probably the most brutal moshing and headbanging I've experienced yet. I can't wait. :biggrin:
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Have a great time, One! :)
I bought a Sólstafir t-shirt about 4 weaks ago. It finally arrived :)
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Enjoy so much, Jorge! Have a brutal, loud and funny evening - and let us know what it was like!
Kris, congrats! Took a while to deliver, obviously, but I'm sure you're very glad now. :)
Cheers!
Markus
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Yes, I am. Yet there is one thing I am not so happy about. I did not notice (or it was not in the preview) that the t-shirt has a writing on it's back. I do not very much like what is written there. But for the rest I am glad, it is great shape, material and printing :)
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Finally, I've found a pair of casuals that are almost perfect for me.
http://www.obuvkatalog.cz/baleriny-1100259/
Usually I have a problem that 37 size is too small, 38 is too big.
I wish this pair of shoes was more classic than sporty but I'm glad I finally found something for me.
My last pair of this kind I've got for a 100-days-before-secondary school certificate exam-party ;) (so it was 5 years ago!).
Bought in Deichmann for 79 PLN :)
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Congrats, Agnes! Is that a good price?
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anything below 100 PLN is a good price for me - I bet that some of you know ECCO brand. My Autumn/Spring shoes costed 450 PLN (but with goretex, they have 3 years now).
There was a pair of the same shoes buy in grey (and with price of 39 PLN) but I think that black ones are better, suit everything :)
Why I chose exactly this kind of shoes? I need a strap or something that will keep my foot in a shoe. My feet are narrow.. and the shoe without a strap fall off from the side of the heel.. I bet you know what I mean :)
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I buy shoes at Deichmann very often but only one season thing. They do not last long. Only one shoes from there (really wonderful design) lasted 1,5 year. I loved them.
These are nice :) I hope they will serve you well :D
ECCO has great shoes! But it is too expensive for me too.
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Same here, Kris :) However, the pair of shoes I mentioned before (from 2008), is from Deichmann too ;)
I hope that someday I will have some extra money to buy another pair from ECCO (the one I have is the most comfortable pair of shoes I ever had) :)
Kris, I hope so :)
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Yeah, the inexpensive shoes usually don't last long.
I'm glad for you that you made a purchase you're happy with! You know, to me buying shoes is not such a pleasure. I kinda dislike it and only go because I have to. :wink2:
Which reminds me... ¬¬
Cheers!
Markus
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;)
I don't like to buy shoes too!, because of the problem mentioned before (37 too small, 38 too big) - and trying on 100 pairs doesn't help..
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i dislike any shopping :D
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I like shopping, but only when there are not TOO MANY PEOPLE in the shop. I hate to do a slalom ;)
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But you're ladies, ladies! :blink: You're supposed to be all mad about shoe-shopping...
:wink2:
Cheers!
Markus
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Lucky me I don't wear high-heeled shoes, I don't buy them at all (maybe one pair (max. 2) of normal or small heels).
The problem is that I can't wear that kind of shoes. Once I tried ones to a dress in a shop and had a problem with leaving the dressing room ;] :ouch:
Flat shoes are perfect for me! ^_^
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I've bought these shoes (since mine were too uncomfortable to wear): http://shopeu.ecco.com/pl/pl/ecco/ecco-flash_1468186/1468214
Regular price: 339.90 PLN - I've got them for 199.99 PLN :)
Also, I went to the travel company and bought a trip for me and my bf to Madeira :) We are leaving on Tuesday (2nd July) and coming back at night on 9th/10th July . :)
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Madeira is beautiful (at least from the pics)! :) Have a great time Agnes! :wOOt:
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:ninja: :pop: :ninja:
(http://www.hellpress.com/images/stories/flexicontent/portadas/orphaned-land-all-is-one.jpg)
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Agnes, they look very comfy and nice! Enjoy your holiday! I bet you will. :)
Luth: great design (as always from this band)! Have a good listening! :) :music:
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Ooops, somehow I managed to miss the link of the shoes! Agnes, those look like a pair of shoes I'd really like to wear! They look very comfy!
Lucy: The last two albums are a piece of art, not only the music, but the desing of the CD and the booklet. Really! Enjoying right now :music:
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Of course, my shoes are black ;) (I wanted white ones but there wasn't any white pair)
Enjoy the music, Luth :)
I will wave to you on Tuesday from the plane! ^^
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Another Melechesh t-shirt :biggrin:
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Congrats, folks,
to all of your purchases. Especially to Agnes - have a safe trip and a memorable time in Madeira. Tell us something about it afterwards and share some pics, please. :)
My most recent purchase is an e-book for the new Kindle Paperwhite I received for my birthday. :biggrin:
Cheers!
Markus
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Sure, I will take maaaany photos ;)
Thank you :) I can't wait! :D To be honest, the worst will be the flight - there and back - it will take 5-5,5 hours..
I've already prepared stuff to take - jeeeez - we decided to take 2 pillows! (cause the ones in hotels are too small for me) :)
Congratulations on your purchase, Markus!
On topic, I did another shopping yesterday. I've bought a snorkeling set - exactly this one: http://www.decathlon.co.uk/caraibes-100-ad-set-id_8174480.html - costed 70 PLN
+ a small ball to the water (If not for now, it will be perfect for swimming with my sister :) ) http://www.decathlon.pl/media/818/8180693/big_800PX_mediacom_408029252.jpg - perfect for kids, but since my hands are rather small, I decided to choose this one :) costed 10 PLN
+ frisbee! http://www.decathlon.co.uk/orange-d90-disc-id_8211386.html - costed 12 PLN
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Congratz, Markus!
May the Paperwhite be a great companion to you! :biggrin:
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Agnes, enjoy your trip!! I'll wave you back, only tell me the right time to look up! :lol3:
Markus: nice gift! I own a Kindle, a dirty-white one :nana: But I like it a lot, and I use it even more. I will never ever abandon the real paper Bücher... I mean... books, and I'll always be a kind of a nostalgic here. But Kindle is practical, light, quite cheap and easy to bring with me in my long travels on train (or any travel). Enjoy dein Geschenk!!! :biggrin:
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wave me back at 6.30-6.40 PM (I think that I will be above Barcelona in 3 hours ;) )
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Ok, that's a good time for me. I'll be able to be in the outside looking for your plane. Look at the coast line, I'll be there (not Barcelona exactly, but a little at the North). :ninja: :lol3:
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Bought last Wednesday: Another pair of bermuda shorts for the hot days. Plus a heavy skipping rope and a pair of boxing gloves. :box: :biggrin:
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A shirt by Olymp, size 40, slim fit, for a big business meeting we'll have after my vacations. :biggrin:
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Size 40?! :wOOt: Less than mine! :lol:
What colour is it?
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Haha! I'm not sure the sizes are comparable... with shirts they go by the collar size, and mine is 40 cm. The rest is done by the choice of the fit. Besides that I believe that your clothes are somewhat different in style than mine. :lol3:
It's white with blue stripes. :)
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I've been in the bookstore, and I've seen a book that caught my eye. I read the back cover, and decided I must read it. Not sure how such a subject can make a humor book, but I'll find soon.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0ScBoZ5BgII/UjHPt7CvY7I/AAAAAAAABrU/JoaNjr4cN2o/s400/ha-tornat-9788466417167.jpg)
In the back cover it says that the book has been sold a lot, and in Germany it is in all bookstores' shelves. Markus, have you heard of it? Have you seen it anywhere? The original title is Er ist wieder da (btw... I understand all the title with no help. I'm improving! :ninja:)
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Hey Luth,
it's amazing how little it takes to recognise that face, right?
It's true, this book is available in every German bookstore and it had some attention in the press. I didn't follow that, though, and I haven't read the book - so I can't tell you much about it.
Hitler and humour? Well, did you know that the Jewish author Ephraim Kishon wrote a book named "Mein Kamm" about the topic? (The title means "My Comb" but sounds very much like "Mein Kampf", i.e. "My Fight", a book by Hitler where he describes his ideology.) But there is a strange kind of humour in Germany where you just have to allude to Hitler and people start laughing. "Hahaha - Hitler! How funny!" I've never understood this kind of humour and that's why I had no closer interest in this book. I'm curious whether you find it worth reading!
Cheers!
Markus
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I'll tell you as soon as I read it! In fact, I didn't intend to read this book right away, but I'll do, as I'm sooo curious about it! I've read a review (from a Catalan reader) and s/he liked it a lot: it seems that the reader, apart from laughing of the evident fun that can happen when you put a person (whoever he is) from 70 years ago to the nowadays world, he or she also can see some connections from this past and Europe today (and it's scary!). I think that, if the book is intelligently written, it can be really good. In fact, it's said that humor is the only real thing that makes humans different from all other animals... we must use it to laugh and to fight, too!
And yes, when I saw the picture of the cover (so plain and easy as it seems), I didn't need a second to recognize what did it mean... :disgust:
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Hey Luth,
... he or she also can see some connections from this past and Europe today (and it's scary!). I think that, if the book is intelligently written, it can be really good.
Now, that sounds like an aspect that would lead beyond the "Hahaha - Hitler!"-humour and that would make the book worth reading.
BTW, there is a Hitler-parody that I enjoy: NNN - Neueste Nationale Nachrichten (Latest National News) in a German satiric TV-show. That's made of Hitler-speeches with a new text. Hitler talks about the latest actions of his political grandchildren, the party NPD. He always gets very upset about their stupidity and clumsiness and starts insulting them heavily. Talking of that bunch of idiots - I'm very glad that they didn't play a role in yesterday's elections for the Bundestag, our national parliament. They came out at 1% and there was no other extreme right party, either. This is good news!
Cheers!
Markus
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I thought about talking about the elections in this topic, but as it's "Recent purchases" and not "National (or international) news", I thought not. But your fault! You started!!
I think there has never been so much interest here in any foreigh country elections (apart from United States, of course...) than now in German elections. What do you think on Merkel's victory? Of course, talk only if you feel like to. :wink2:
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Dear Luth,
I wasn't aware that the elections received so much interest in Europe. Well, I will post a bit about it in the appropriate topic, but not right now - it's a lovely starry autumn night and I'll soon be going for another walk.
Cheers!
Markus
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So... I bought this (http://www.jacksonguitars.com/en-AU/products/search.php?partno=2916262585).
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Looks cool, Jorge! :thumbup:
Which colour? How's the sound? How does it feel in your hand?
Cheers!
Markus
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Transparent black. Sounds amazing, even when played through bass effect pedals. And man, so comfy.
One of the best purchases I've made in my life? You bet.
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Congrats, man! :) Give us a hint when you put something online, will you?
Cheers!
Markus
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I think I might record a cover of the first Therion song I've decided to learn soon :biggrin:
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Good plan! :thumbup: