Asbach Uralt, naturally. None of your cheap French muck!
Asbach Uralt, naturally. None of your cheap French muck!
Dafydd Manton, A Legend In His Own Lunchtime!!www.dafydd-manton.co.uk
My Work Has Been Spread Over Many Fields!
Reminds me of many happy days in Germany where the big thing among my friends was, I dare to say it, Asbach with Coca Cola accompanied by much smoking of HB cigarettes; I should point out that we were all very much younger in those days.Originally Posted by dafydd manton
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
HB! You're brave! And it is sacrilege putting Coke in Asbach - and far too expensive, as well! What were you doing in Germany?
Dafydd Manton, A Legend In His Own Lunchtime!!
My Work Has Been Spread Over Many Fields!
Working in a steel works and learning the language.
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
Echt? Wunderbar! Sie ist eine herrlich Sprache!
Dafydd Manton, A Legend In His Own Lunchtime!!
My Work Has Been Spread Over Many Fields!
Ich würde sagen, dass Deutsch ist eher eine interessante Sprache als eine herrliche. Es gibt wenig Gelegenheit Deutsch zu sprechen in England, obwohl praktisch alle Sprachen der Welt sind hier zu hören in diesen Tagen.
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
Oh, I loved German - worked in it for five years, lived amongst the locals, went to local shops, local pubs. Had a whale of a time - Berlin, too, which helps. I went to Berlin twice, once for a year, once for five, theree years in Celle, near Hanover, and one year on a roving commission, centred on Dannenberg. All booze tax free, too!!! What a life!
Dafydd Manton, A Legend In His Own Lunchtime!!
My Work Has Been Spread Over Many Fields!
Just back from Hols. After four days shopping, in Kendal (shoes) Keswick (A new top) Windermere (plate rack for draining board)and Lancaster (nothing, but we had lunch) I eventually persuaded Mrs P to go for a lesurely walk among the fells and lakes of Cumbria. It was after all the reason (I thought) we had chosen to head Northwest in the first place.
The day dawned bright and clear and we actually managed one and a half miles above Hawes water before being forced back by a chilly breeze. Coincidentally Mrs P had spotted The Hawes Water Hotel a few minutes before this ill wind struck, so we had a refuge from the storm. The rest of the afternoon was spent in the Hotel lounge sipping expensive tea and listening to Mrs P saying, "This is nice," every 10 minutes or so. After that it rained every day.I think I would like Mrs P, Mrs Clem and Mrs Manton (and better halves of the other members of this club) to join LitNet!
~
"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
~
Do you really think we would even be so daft as to admit to it's very existence? This is our haven, our oasis, our sanity in a lunatic world!!!!!!
Dafydd Manton, A Legend In His Own Lunchtime!!
My Work Has Been Spread Over Many Fields!
I can answer that - the Wetherspoons in Nuneaton. Now I'm not a soft lad but I baulked at entering ...
Having said that, the Wetherspoons in Coventry offers coffee from 7am and does a cheap breakfast.
I find that quite civilised, though I haven't partaken yet.
The Wetherspoons near me is horriific - the Giro Jet Set, in Designer this that and the other, and tarty women with everything hanging out, tattoes and bottle blonde hair like drying straw. I went in once, left quickly and haven't been back. Dante couldn't have imagined it!
Dafydd Manton, A Legend In His Own Lunchtime!!
My Work Has Been Spread Over Many Fields!
I know what you mean. The one in Coventry is like that from the afternoon onwards too. It's right in the centre of town as well.
Just slipped the old avatar on again. Feels better.
Wot? No Watney's Red Barrel? (Now there was a horrific brew.)
Dafydd Manton, A Legend In His Own Lunchtime!!
My Work Has Been Spread Over Many Fields!
Germany is my second home, I first went there expecting to find it full of the ridiculously propagandist view propagated by UK governments, only to discover that my own people were either dupes or liars. While the 'Oh so liberal' UK sank beneath the weight of its own political and philosophical inconsistencies, Germany continued to rise to become the mighty industrial driving force for the whole of Europe. They are much more my kind of people than the English with their casuistic self-righteousness which continues to reduce them to the status of a third world country. Or to put it another way, es lebt Deutschland !
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
Bingo! I'd go back tomorrow, if I could!! I loved the lack of class distinctions, so long as you didn't sit uninvited at the Stammtisch! And the determination to enjoy life!
Dafydd Manton, A Legend In His Own Lunchtime!!
My Work Has Been Spread Over Many Fields!
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote
