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RE: "Where were you when..." No. 2

Doing one of my 3weeks Refresher Course in the Swiss Army.
Yeah,i know I am old,but definitely not Ancient.
But getting back to the Subject.We did not find out until that Evening in the Restaurant.
When asked,why we were not told of what happened by the Military,the answer was since the News were of a political nature and involved a Foreign Leader they were under no obligation to tell us.
Same thing happened the year before during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

wonder sometimes what the worl would be like if those three guys,John,Martin and Bobby were still alive.

RE: Why dating services are in decline

Yeah,Right!

RE: Are There Really Men Out There Who Likes Women Who Don't Drink??

I usually get sad when I see people like that,remembering the Heartaches when I was in that situation.When I used to drink like that

RE: Are There Really Men Out There Who Likes Women Who Don't Drink??

don't forget,if you hang around a Barbershop long enough,you WILL get a Haircut

RE: Are There Really Men Out There Who Likes Women Who Don't Drink??

RE: Are There Really Men Out There Who Likes Women Who Don't Drink??

yes,when you have been through the Wringer yourself,you don't insist that other people are getting into the same predicament.
Then you ask a Lady what she'd like to drink and respect her choice.

RE: Are There Really Men Out There Who Likes Women Who Don't Drink??

yep,usually causes break out all over peoples Livingroom.
Pretty embarassing actually,so I gave it up.
had some Good Friends helping me to give it up,actually.


Yes,that is how I usually break out and worse

RE: freshly baked bread!

yep,it's a "Kachelofen" Kachel for those nice Tiles.
Used to live in an old Farmhouse near Zurich as a Boy,where we had such a Contraption.Come to think of,my Ma did bake Bread in that a few times.
Never got such Bread again,a pity actually.
Yeah those Old Ovens.The Landes Museum up here in Zurich has a beautiful Collection of them.That really must be a Jewel of Kachelofen- Building in your House

RE: Unbelievers in Global Warming

not possible.
The Voltage from the Cells are Direct Current,the Network is Alternating Current.
Best thing to have two Systems in your House.An A-C System and a D-C System and use the D-C System from the Cells-Batteries for some Light-Duty APPS like Lighting,running small DC-Applications and such.Then use the AC from the Net for any High Power APPS that need AC like Fridges,Cooking and others,unless you have the opportunity to use Gas to do the Cooking

RE: Unbelievers in Global Warming

nope,they are Direct Current Devices and the Substances used in the Manufacture are also not exactly Environment friendly.
Add to that the Lead and the Acid and other Additives of the Batteries.

RE: Unbelievers in Global Warming

one problem with that scenario.
The Lead-Acid Batteries for the Storage.The Materials used in the Manufacture of the Solarcells,huge pollution Sources.Now if it were "Passive Solar Energy"we might have a good Case for Solar Energy.But not when the Chemicals to produce Clean Energy might be greater pollutants than the fallout from conventionel sources.
Inconvenient Facts,but true.

RE: 1st Aug .. NATIONAL SWISS DAY

that's the feeling I have been getting since I came back to Switzerland two years ago.
All the Traditions turned Upside down.

Yeah,this too sometimes

RE: Why English is the hardest language to learn

Heck,dont you remember Simpson,Homer Simpson,Bart's Dad.

RE: Why English is the hardest language to learn

anything,almost.
Just remove it from its Context and you'll get some strange results.

RE: Why English is the hardest language to learn

Perfect Language for Diplomats

RE: LET'S TALK ABOUT EUROPE AND EUROPEAN PEOPLE

and Collectivism,or should I say "Gleichschaltung" will miraculously set us free?
The Other similar Experiments in History have all gone,some of them with a Whimper,some of them with a Bang,same of them with a Whimper and a Bang,but All Gone!
Europe is about 200 years and a Bazillion Languages too late.
Economic Treaties would have made much more sense than a Political Union.

RE: Could you marry

exactly my Sentiment

RE: Could you marry

One of the Ancient Greeks summed it up by declaring that "LOVE JUSTIFIES MARRIAGE"
Attributed to Pythagoras or his Wife Theano "For it is not marriage that sanctifies love, It is love which justifies marriage"

Sums it up nicely IMHO

RE: Share your most embarrassing moment

Guess that learned you.................
to stay off them Beans

RE: MORAL LAW....

you forgot the 28000 pounds "Daysy-Cutter"
Sad thing is not that the Weapons exist,but that they have to be used,since some people only understand Force as a means of Communication.
I have never accepted that a Mans desire to Kill me and my desire to Live are mere differences of opinion.
And as long there are Hordes of Svages aroun,believing they have a right to kill me just because I live differently or believe differently. any Means of Selfdefense IS proper.You won't get far with'Peaceprinciples' in the Face of some crazed Savage of any Persuasion.
Action speaks Louder than Words!

RE: MORAL LAW....

Thanks.
Glad to be around.Look like I've made a good Choice for a change.
Hate it when I just 'Muddle' through.

RE: Leaving everything behind

you sure need all the Luck anyone could wish you.
Just moved back here two years ago,after a 36 year stay Overseas.
Switzerland can be a pretty dreary place even if you have Family here.So I wish you all the best of Luck and hope you will find some Friends and Compagnionship soon.

RE: Solving mid life crisis in men

that Bird not only dropped him in It,the Bird dropped It on him.

RE: MORAL LAW....

Yep,you hit the Nail on the Head.
In William Shakespeare's Own Immortal Words:To Thine Own Self Be True!

RE: MORAL LAW....

not sure there is such a thing as a Moral Law,since one is Moral by Choice, not by Coercion.Case in Point,a Bankrobber stops robbing Bans for the sole reaso of being afraid to get caught an going to Prison,will rob a Bank again as soon he is reasonably sure that it is safe to rob that particular Bank and get away with it.Only if he becomes convinced that his energy is better spent by Honest work will he change.Reward has alwas worked better than Coercion.So Morality cannot be made into Law,because it would always be Counterfeit,forced,coerced and therefore involuntary.Sorry if I pontificated,but I am the New Kid on the Block and somewhat feel like a Kid in the Candistore

New Kid On The Block

yes I will follow all kinds of threads on this Site,as far as time allows.Trying to keep busy,stops you from living in your Own Head too much.It can be a Baaaad Place sometimes.Causes you doing that and that
Not very productive

New Kid On The Block

It's good to find so many new Friends.Was kind of apprehensive for quite a while to sign up ona site like these,but then Need is the Father(or Mother ) of all Invention.But then some things occurred recently in my life that kind of propelled me over the Treshold.

New Kid On The Block

New Kid On The Block

New Kid On The Block

I think it was more like Intuition.