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03 Oct

>Happy Anniversary – #570

> Karl Lehmann (Cardinal Karl Lehman, actually) has been the Bishop of Mainz for 25 years. I’m not actually on his team (Mrs jb is; I’m more of a Chreaster…
3 October, 2008 at 11:00 Leave a comment
02 Oct

>October 2008 Theme Day reloaded: Lines #569

> Mrs jb was insistent that I act my age on occasions… Ho hum. How boring. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants Albuquerque (NM), USA by Helen, American…
2 October, 2008 at 11:00 2 Comments
01 Oct

>October 2008 Theme Day: Lines #568

> I will not design ugly buildings I will not design ugly buildings I will not design ugly buildings I will not design ugly buildings I will not design ugly…
1 October, 2008 at 07:00 8 Comments
30 Sep

>You know you live in the country – #567

> … when folks turn up at the local supermarket on horseback. Severe lack of hitching posts, though. And bike racks, for that matter, but that’s another story…
30 September, 2008 at 11:00 3 Comments
29 Sep

>The Sky at Night – #566

> Don’t know who Paul Baumann is (I’ve researched and can’t find an astronomical link anywhere), but they’ve gone and named the observatory on the hill above Klein-Winternheim after him.…
29 September, 2008 at 11:00 1 Comment
28 Sep

>Inspired graphics – #565

> The wine from Rheinhessen is saddled with a shockingly bad reputation. It’s the largest wine-growing region in Germany and they’ve pumped out some dire stuff over the years –…
28 September, 2008 at 11:00 1 Comment
27 Sep

>The Big Dig – #564

> Or “Light at the end of the tunnel” Whatever. Not as ambitious as Boston’s major construction effort, but pretty hefty for Mainz, nonetheless. The A61 is the motorway that…
27 September, 2008 at 11:00 3 Comments
25 Sep

>15 Minutes of Fame – #562

> Everyone gets them, claimed Andy Warhol. Lisa Bund’s had more than her fair share, if you ask me. Not content with getting into the finals of Germany’s “American Idol”…
25 September, 2008 at 11:00 1 Comment
24 Sep

>These books… #561

> …are made for reading… Nida Kilian – being somewhat vertically challenged – was standing on a chair, sorting some books on one of the top shelves in “Shakespeare &…
24 September, 2008 at 11:00 2 Comments
23 Sep

>Happy Birthday to you… – #560

  Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, dear window, Happy Birthday to you The first of Marc Chagall’s windows was installed and consecrated in the Stephanskirche at the…
23 September, 2008 at 11:00 6 Comments
22 Sep

>School’s out….#559

> Or is it “Smells like teen spirit”? You only realise how many kids there are in Mainz when you’re waiting at the bus/tram stop in the Schillerstrasse when the…
22 September, 2008 at 11:00 Leave a comment
21 Sep

>Pug ugly – #558

> To badly misquote Oscar Wilde: “To have one of these dogs may be regarded as a misfortune; to have two looks like carelessness” Having three would probably fall into…
21 September, 2008 at 11:00 6 Comments
20 Sep

>Alphabetti Spaghetti – #557

> Years ago, I worked with a girl who insulted me to core by claiming in a v. derogatory voice that my culinary skills “probably didn’t even stretch as far…
20 September, 2008 at 11:00 1 Comment
19 Sep

>Roll your own – #556

> Back in the olden days, straw was gathered up into bundles. Then along came the hay baler that crept across the harvested fields and produced manageable chunks of biomass.…
19 September, 2008 at 11:00 3 Comments
18 Sep

Bavarian Brekkie – #555

  Seriously. This is what they eat in Bavaria mid-morning. Weißwurst, Süßsenf, Brezeln and Weißbier One of Mrs jb’s Xmas bribes, if I recall correctly. Do the following: Empty the…
18 September, 2008 at 11:00 4 Comments
17 Sep

>Shameless commercialism – #554

> The Christmas season encroaches more and more every year. The first decorations turned up in one of those smelly shops (to which I’m allergic on both olfactoral and financial…
17 September, 2008 at 11:00 Leave a comment
16 Sep

>Picasso – #553

>  The annual wine festival in Hechtsheim, another of one of Mainz’s once-was-a-village-but-it-got-gobbled-up suburbs, last weekend. Not a lot to recommend it – the wine’s so dire that you ask…
16 September, 2008 at 11:00 1 Comment
15 Sep

>True love – #552

> I’ve known Lena from across the road since she was a “littlie”, as Isla Leslie would say. “What’s your name? What are you doing? What’s that plant?  When’s your…
15 September, 2008 at 11:00 2 Comments
14 Sep

>Gone to seed – #551

> Not a very nice thing to say about me, but it’s probably true. Certainly applies to asparagus, though. Last harvest on 24 June, as they’ll let the frost take…
14 September, 2008 at 11:00 Leave a comment
13 Sep

>From Russia with love – #550

> Folks on occasion turn up at Ms jb’s office in the Vertical Village with gifts. Often it’s unadulterated bribery (“Can I have an apartment please?”. “Can you open my…
13 September, 2008 at 11:00 4 Comments
12 Sep

>The bridge to somewhere – #549

> At the moment, anyway. It links the path along the Rhine with Mainz-Weisenau, one of Mainz’s once-was-a-village-but-it-got-gobbled-up suburbs. I read somewhere that there are moves afoot to tear it…
12 September, 2008 at 11:00 2 Comments
11 Sep

>Devil may care – #548

> Or is it vampires that are repelled by Allium sativum? I’m confused
11 September, 2008 at 11:00 4 Comments
10 Sep

>Friendly looking place – #547

> The Burgschule (“Castle School”) in Nieder-Olm got a lick of new paint the other day. Looks pretty cool.
10 September, 2008 at 13:24 Leave a comment
09 Sep

>Ahoy there….#546

> These folks turned up over our place the other week. There’s a big hot air balloning centre in Harxheim, about 7km as the crow flies (or as the balloon’s…
9 September, 2008 at 11:00 1 Comment
08 Sep

>Paris Trout,…. – #545

> …Pete Dexter’s 1988 award-winning novel, has only recenetly been translated into German. Made big headlines in the serious broadsheets. This chappy is no relation. This is Dinner Trout. My…
8 September, 2008 at 11:48 2 Comments
07 Sep

>Hip, hip…..#544

> ..hooray. You can buy these on the market in bulk. (You can also get out the secateurs and plunder the hedgerows) You can also pay outrageous chunks of money…
7 September, 2008 at 11:00 2 Comments
06 Sep

>The Night of the Open Churches – #543

> What an excellent evening. Kick-off was in St Quintins, with musicians representing 4 continents – a didgeridoo-er especially for Helen, an Central Asian throat-singer on byzaanchy, an African drummer…
6 September, 2008 at 11:00 3 Comments
05 Sep

>So ein Pêche aber auch….#542

> “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half.” John Wanamaker US department store merchant (1838 – 1922) This is NOT…
5 September, 2008 at 13:19 2 Comments
04 Sep

>Could be good – #541

> Around here, churches are locked most of the time. Except the big ones and even some of THEM close down for lunch. {Shakes his head, muttering “Close down for…
4 September, 2008 at 10:18 9 Comments
03 Sep

>Dottie – #540

> This is Dottie, the most famous chook in Mainz. (“Dottie”‘s short for “Dotter” – “yolk” in German) Attracts kids of all ages, but I was fascinated by the conversation…
3 September, 2008 at 10:23 1 Comment
02 Sep

>Oooops… – #539

> I looked at this sign – it’s where you enter the market square in from of the Dom in Mainz – and thought…. “No. They can’t really mean that”…
2 September, 2008 at 11:00 1 Comment