Bush in Stralsund: Sealed with a Kiss and a Barrel of Fish - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News

Bush in Stralsund: Sealed with a Kiss and a Barrel of Fish - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News

......and a pic of cheering crowds!

Up ,Up And Away

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July 11/06 3:19 p.m.

So folks, where the arrow points we will hang out from Sunday next for one week, including our" little fan" and the dog. The hotel has small family units, spartanic but nice and we have a walk of 5 min. to the beach. We are taking the bikes, our grandson will put us on the tour de Netherlands , I'm sure. It will be a sportive week for the oldies!
Hopefully the weather plays along,so whoever is reading this, keep your fingers crossed -THANKS -

CALEXICO +++ Garden Ruin +++ E-Card

CALEXICO +++ Garden Ruin +++ E-Card

July 09/06 2:36
SOME VERY NICE MUSIC........as long as it is available. Some of my linked music vanishes.Tough luck! so enjoy it for now!

Super Duper GERMANY...and the last WM-QUIZ

July09/06 9:36 a.m.

Now we have won after all,or? France and Italy should not even bother to play tonite, all the fans will have a hangover from last nite and wont be able to watch! And our little fan * must really have been satisfied this time.
Landfraus' and the dogs' favourite player you can see here and who can guess,who it is,gets a personalized (from Landfrau) picture post card....oder

wie wärs mit 3 Panini - Tütchen, Timm????

*klick it - link!

Great Advice?

Berti Vogts :Hate does not belong in the stadium. One is to realize such feelings at home together with its wife in the living room. not my translation!

July 08/06 3:19

Now, Landfrau asks: Is Berti Vogts by any chance a macho?

Two more games,and how are all the fans going to cope with the big void? Maybe some might notice, how our government has fooled up on us, our frontwoman pretending,that nothing but Fussball is occupying her mind right now. Guys and dolls, you will be back to your gloomy selfs pretty soon,sun always sets at nite and after summer there will be fall and winter.

More About FOOTBALL

July 04/06 - A great day for another flag-happy nation. - and,mark my words,did I not mention before,that we are in for a rude awakening?

(SPIEGEL-Online)
Out in the fan fests, nobody seems to be bothered by the hordes of German teens proudly partying in black, red and gold. The fact that fans from other parts of the world have been heaping praise on the Germans as friendly and helpful World Cup hosts has done much to strengthen a national self-esteem and confidence that has long been somewhat weak. The football tournament is also helping Germany to shed an image that has long plagued it -- the baseless and antiquated stereotype of goose-stepping Huns without any sense of humor. Spain's El Mundo newspaper probably said it best with this recent headline: "Germany falls in love with Germany."
So how long will the New Germany's coming out party last? And what will happen if the German team loses to the clever Argentinians in Friday's quarter-final? Will the big party turn into a hangover? Probably not. At least some World Cup euphoria should survive through the summer. But wait until fall, when the leaves turn and the skies above Berlin go gray. Even if the World Cup provides the 0.3 percent boost to the economy that economists are predicting, Germany's structural problems and depressing mass unemployment can't be kicked away by footballers. Chancellor Angela Merkel and her grand coalition government took a major risk by passing unpopular tax increases this month as the majority of Germans were totally bewitched by football mania. At some point, the masses will be in for a rude awakening.

.....of course Friday`s quarter-final is snow from yesterday. Today we kick the Italians out! Basta!!

How Crazy Can You Get!

#610 (click it, its a link!) July 30/06

Early afternoon and its hot,hot,hot! We will have bar-b-que tonite,will be even hotter. Landfrau had been to her first FOOTBALL-party (at our kids place) Friday nite (had to miss out on the first one at friends place on account of a nasty stomach-intestine virus), must say, I am not so swept off my feet by the allover enthusiasm,but facinated by watching the fans. If we win the championships,Germany will develop wings and fly away, to football heaven, or maybe to bear heaven, but that we leave up to the Bavarians. I start talking nonsense,like that silly football, hope you can listen to it, good luck!

Bruno der B?- Das Spiel

Bruno der B?- Das Spiel IT IS A LINK -play your game!

Are you a bear hunter too?

Requiem For A Bear

June 26/06 5:34 p.m.

Bear Bruno is dead, has been shot this morning in Bavaria. Well, they claim he has been a juvenile delinquent (should have been named "Billy the Kid" - and what happened to him, we all know). _ Fact is, that we are a country of "Dumkoffs" (an unvoluntary word- creation of one of my American friends,which really hits the spot,Dummkopf - jerk- and Dumpfbacke - fathead - combined),not beeing able to handle one poor ,in Europe almost extinct,creature,without beeing so triggerhappy.
Now the nation is split into bear lovers and bear haters,and the hunters,who have been wise enough to go into hiding, have been threatened with murder, so has been the Minister of Environment.- There should be a sign at our borders:
BEARS BEWARE!

Might take the steam off our soccer team,if they do not make the finals.
So folks,more about FOOTBALL the next time!

It's Never Too Late..

June 24/06
.......for an old brain to learn something new. Landfrau tries to set a hyperlink (did not know till yesterday what it means) well, here try: aussies, and? does it work, folks?

There`s more than Soccer! (THIS IS A LINK -KLICK IT)

June 21/06 7:41 p.m.

Friends, there is more to life than soccer. Might be, that whole of Germany is happy,cheerful and buddy-buddy right now, wait till the whole shennagan is over, we will be back to our normal drab selves. And listening to the debate in the "Bundestag" today, we are in for not such good times. Where are all the promises, Merkel & Co. made before the elections?? The rich wont be harmed much, the poor are poor anyway, but its the people in the middle,like us, we are being skinned. And there is nothing we can do, except turning into Michael Kohlhaas, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kohlhaas who had been drawing the asshole-card in the end anyway.

So,rather enjoy that great song "Moon River", sung by Audrey Hepburn in that charming movie BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S.

gabemac: weallspeakfootball music video

gabemac: weallspeakfootball music video just klick!

Yeah, yeah - Is Spain down the drain?

For My Faithful Blogreader!

June 15/06 2:07 p.m. - This kids' mother has "a" birthday today! Congratulations and many more healthy ones to come!

Is It In The Genes?

June 14/06 10:03

No goal yet, have a look at our Mega-Fan!

Hundstage..

June 14/06 4:33 p.m.

....thats what we call the weather we are having right now here in Germany, hot and dry, nice, although thunderstorms are predicted for tonite. Another kind of "Hundstage" (dogdays - free translation) Landfrau had last weekend. Daughter No.2 parked her dog, mad Max, with us for the weekend. So right away our dog,Shaylor, started limping, turned out, some bug must have bitten his paw or he got something in from a plant. Anyway, had to take continious walks, since one slow and one megafast dog did not match,decided to take the bike with Max, encountered a neighbour with two hysteric dachshounds, on the leash,mind you, which intrigued Max into a kickstart towards the nuisance to show them manners, almost ended up in a tangle of one neighbour,2 dachshounds, 1 bike,Max and Landfrau. Quote daughter:I always get off the bike when we encounter other dogs. Quote Landfrau: Should have told me before. - Next mad Max decided to chase a rabbit, for a while he has not been seen anymore, came back fortunately without getting onto the mainroad. Quote daughter: You have to tell him before the walk "do not chase rabbits today"! Quote Landfrau: Should have told me before. Well, otherwise everything went o.k., actually Max is a nice doggie, a little unruly ,maybe? But it has been o.k. too, when he was picked up including his -ugh-smelly blanket Sunday nite. -

Latest soccer news, Spain beat Ukraine 4:0 - Ole'- Tonite we will be at war, Germany against Poland! And we are having a houseguest till Monday morning, the MEGASOCCER-FAN there is, our grandson (9). Landfrau hopes, that by this time she will have gone back the one dress size she has aquired after quitting smoking. There is always hope!!!

The Game Is On...

June 9/06 6:50 p.m.

....... Germany rejoyces (up to now) and the woman watching Television is Landfrau.

Word of the Day: TOOOR!

Der Text in englischer Originalfassung - K�lner Stadt-Anzeiger (just klick)

...and Landfrau is already fed up with those soccer- loaden times.
Us Germans are even start to fly flags, some of them are ours,black -red-gold!
AMAZING!!!!

A Birthday Child!

You have not lost that smile!

June 05/06 12:53 p.m.

Herzlichen Glückwunsch, meine "Grosse" und einen dicken Sack voll Gesundheit und nur Gutes im neuen Lebensjahr!

Photography by Rod Pasibe

Photography by Rod Pasibe

June 04/06 3:47 p.m.

Just something to enjoy!

Soccer,Soccer,Soccer-Championships -....

June 02/06 4:15 p.m.

W M !!!! There is no escaping it. Hard to find an item, not connected. Bad thing is, you start playing along,without actually wanting it. Landfrau bought toiletpaper today, each sheet printed with a quiz-question. Since we have the ultimative soccer-fan, our youngest grandson (soon 9 ys.old) in our family,we have an obligation. He will stay with us for a few days in a couple of weeks, the quiz will keep him busy (too). We are in for hard times, ole'!