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Category Archive: Mainz

31 Oct

>"No, over here…….." – #1143

> Had to feel sorry for this guy. It was like watching someone herd cats. “No, not YOU… YOU… no, the other group. Now put your hands in the air…
31 October, 2010 at 12:00 3 Comments
30 Oct

>Hey! My basketball…..#1142

> …is in there somewhere….. Reminds me of the Frenchman who lost his beret in a cow paddock and tried on 4 before he found one that fit….. Happy Halloween
30 October, 2010 at 11:00 2 Comments
29 Oct

>Undrab – #1141

> I always though “olive green” was like …..greener? Signora Anna on the market told me how to preserve olives. First, whack your olive with a hammerNext, put it in…
29 October, 2010 at 11:00 4 Comments
28 Oct

>My mate Felipe – #1140

> Out and about with cousin Ruth and Mrs jb the other week at Cafe Dinges. The two of them were talking away and at the neighbouring table, Felipe’s mum…
28 October, 2010 at 11:00 6 Comments
27 Oct

>’Arping on – #1139

> Jean Arp was one of the founding circle of the Dada movement and is omnipresent in these parts. This sculpture in front of Mainz’s Rathaus (town hall) and the…
27 October, 2010 at 11:00 5 Comments
26 Oct

>A lonely little – #1138

> petunia sunflower in an onion sugar beet patch. The original over here
26 October, 2010 at 11:00 1 Comment
25 Oct

>Multi-Kultli reloaded – #1137

> This here guy’s a magician. At the Fellow Citizens Festival the other day/week/month. Pour various coloured oils onto water. Make patterns. Carefully plop a sheet of paper onto the…
25 October, 2010 at 11:00 4 Comments
24 Oct

>The legendary Billy Crash -#1136

> In real life, Martin Kijaszek is a graphic designer. Runs his own advertising agency. The rest of the time, he’s Billy Crash, troubador extraordinaire, singing blues in the local…
24 October, 2010 at 11:00 5 Comments
23 Oct

>Days gone down – 1135#

> Gerry Rafferty – Baker St. Good album. Sitting outside (well, actually, yes. In Mallorca. 22ºC. Sunshine. Eat your hearts out) is definitely something to look forward to. But then…
23 October, 2010 at 11:00 2 Comments
22 Oct

>Ouch – #1134

> The new synagogue in Mainz (don’t ask what happened to the old one – read your history books..) was inaugurated by the Federal President at the beginning of last…
22 October, 2010 at 11:00 7 Comments
21 Oct

>A dog for all seasons – #1133

> Of all the folk one meets at the TSOW, Falco is one of the most affectionate. His owner (invariably dressed in hunting kit with plus-fours) tells me that he’s…
21 October, 2010 at 11:00 6 Comments
20 Oct

>"Alas poor Anemone Japonica hupehensis…" – #1132

> Gave us great enjoyment until the ravages of time turned the blossoms into tight little balls of kapok and the shredder transported it to Plant Heaven aka the compost…
20 October, 2010 at 11:00 5 Comments
19 Oct

>Goo goo g’joob – #1131

> Poultry stand lady at the market is a dab hand at transferring eggs from a big tray to the standard 10 egg box. 2 at a time. Almost robotic.…
19 October, 2010 at 11:00 3 Comments
18 Oct

>Politically speaked….#1130

> Germany has a Mixed Member Proportional voting system, unlike the “First past the post” system in the UK and the Electoral College system in the USA for presidential elections.…
18 October, 2010 at 11:00 2 Comments
17 Oct

>Hey farmer, farmer… – #1129

> ……put away your DDTI don’t care about spots on my apples,Leave me the birds and the bees – please. Joni Mitchell, Big Yellow Taxi, 1970 Heritage apples on display…
17 October, 2010 at 11:00 2 Comments
16 Oct

>7 games – #1128

> 21 points. Bayern Munich, the perennial championship with an annual budget that approximates the GDP of a small country, is a mere 3 points away from the relegation zone.…
16 October, 2010 at 11:00 3 Comments
15 Oct

>"I am alone….#1127

> …I am not lonely”Neil McCauley played by Robert de Niro in “Heat” 1995 The Café Dinges delivery van thingie parked/abandoned in the Mailandgasse,  contemplating the pure ugliness of the…
15 October, 2010 at 11:00 2 Comments
14 Oct

>Busy Lizzie – #1126

>   Sibylle “Oh, go on – take my photo if you have to” Kallweit is one of Odile’s Busy Lizzies. She’s also an excellent photographer. Odile featured her at…
14 October, 2010 at 11:00 5 Comments
13 Oct

>Unchain my….#1125

> …chairs. People around here are like magpies.  Leave something lying around and it’ll disappear itself in a flash. Outside Weinhaus Michel, Jakobsberg. Trivia alarm: I’ve just checked and discovered…
13 October, 2010 at 11:00 3 Comments
12 Oct

>"Prediction is very difficult…. – #1124

> Not even a cumulo-cimbus-mirrus to deface a perfectly blue sky ….especially if it’s about the future.”  Niels Bohr Meanwhile. Somewhere in the village, it’s winter with sleet and decidedly…
12 October, 2010 at 11:00 6 Comments
11 Oct

>BFFs – #1123

> You meet just the nicest people at the TSOW. Emma and Johanna (5 and 7 months respectively) for instance.
11 October, 2010 at 11:00 4 Comments
10 Oct

>All roads….-#1122

> ..lead to the drain. Market square in Mainz. Put it down to jet lag.
10 October, 2010 at 11:00 4 Comments
09 Oct

Schill (n) – #1121

Shill (n): a person who helps another person or organization to sell goods or services without disclosing their relationship with the seller Schiller: Bloke on a pillar on the eponymous…
9 October, 2010 at 11:00 2 Comments
08 Oct

>Multi-Kulti -# 1120

>The Knowledge Fair in Mainz (scroll back a couple of weeks – can’t link in Blogpress) coincides with the strangest darned events on the market square in front of the…
8 October, 2010 at 00:00 3 Comments
06 Oct

Please be seated – #1118

> As you can tell, the combination of jet lag (just get over it and it’s time to go home…), the constant search for affordable WiFi (Nelson airport this morning…
6 October, 2010 at 11:00 2 Comments
05 Oct

>Half empty? Half full? #1117

> David Slack, a New Zealand writer, journalist and bon vivant describes himself on Twitter as “Whisky drinker. Glass always half full” Given that I’m in his necks of the…
5 October, 2010 at 11:00 2 Comments
04 Oct

>King for a day – #1116

>   I  used to have one of these. For a day. Guy I used to work with (he was in Los Angeles, I was in Frankfurt) told me that…
4 October, 2010 at 11:00 7 Comments
03 Oct

Clone me. Please -#1115

Here I am, stuck in Meg and Ben territory (and being studiously ignored by Meg, who should perhaps check her cellphone..) suffering blue skies, 18ºC and sitting in the Boatshed…
3 October, 2010 at 11:00 4 Comments
02 Oct

>Dream on – #1114

> “People who don’t believe in miracles aren’t realists” Thus spoke Walter Scheel, a former Federal President. Things like this aren’t meant to happen. The local team, Mainz 05, yo-yos…
2 October, 2010 at 11:00 3 Comments
01 Oct

>Monthly Theme Day – Graffiti #1113

> Don’t understand this stuff at the best of times (I lost track when “Kilroy was here” gradually disappeared from view and when people stopped writing “Clapton is God”) but…
1 October, 2010 at 11:00 5 Comments
30 Sep

>Well, how about that… #1112

> Just gone done and won another prize…. The local city monthly “Der Mainzer” runs a photo competition sponsored by Saturn*, a big box consumer electronics outfit. This was “Refreshment”.…
30 September, 2010 at 11:00 7 Comments