> I’m not sure if this will I KNOW that this doesn’t slot neatly into the DP concept, but a) I grew up just down the road b) I’m…
> Anthony Hammond (American dad, German mum) runs the Garage Winery just across the river in Oestrich-Winkel. He calls his wine Sugar-Babe, Rosamunde, Kickstart and Goldmarie, sells them in 0.25…
> 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…
> ..Nelson Mainz. They even name buildings after her over here. Shhhh. Especially if they’re the Hechtsheim warehouse of the Maler-Einkauf eG (Painters’ Supply Co-op) But don’t tell her –…
> When you have bits of your inner meniscus cut away via keyhole surgery, all the gunk and stuff that stays in the joint glues your kneecap to whatever else…
> …you’ll need a decent coffee grinder…” As Patrick would say. (What he actually said was “Now that you’re a farmer, John, you’ll need a tractor” which is why I’ve…
> I clear snow and do bits and pieces for the neat 164 year old neighbours across the road. And – as much I enjoy organic wheat beer – I…
> So. Farewell then Bat Resident Sinologist Alien Expert Occasional 50 Grad scribe Architect too Let’s hope she hasn’t been shanghaid in Shanghai E.J Thribb (17½) *”Bat” has been a…
> Image removed at the request of the parents Eva Hellmich 23.10.2009 3.8kg A real sweetie. Ms jb’s great-niece, actually, but she seems to have taken an instant liking to…
> Uschi and Christoph Niklas are just the finest people. They’ve worked all their lives to put their kids through school and into good jobs, they’re 5-fold grandparents (with another…
> Bookshops aren’t about books. They’re about people. Borders isn’t a real bookshop as far as I’m concerned. It’s just the “mortar” bit in the “Clicks and Mortar” business model.…
> 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…
>Holger Bergmann is my physiotherapist. He’s bloody good. He used to work in a big physiotherapy practice in Mainz-Mombach and kept my degenerating hip joint (sort of) pain-free for a…
>You can tell how good my dentist Klaus Höffler is by the fact that he doesn’t need to do a lot. When my old dentist retired in 1998, I spent…
>Adam Weber is a vintner in Bodenheim and the proprietor of the Urige (translates as natural, down-to-earth, real, authentic..) Weinkeller, a wine bar that’s open for 10 months of the…
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