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India. Oh god that's not good (visiting @Batard, not visiting France). @Batard did say he went on an all night session and 'lost a friend'. I hope he just meant lost him during the night, not actually anything more sinister.

Wait, what! - 9GAG

One for @nudge when she out and about buying her veggies in the market and wants to avoid the local riff raff.. Personal space and all that

Appreciation thread for everything nautical, regardless if it's old vessels, modern container and cargo ships, massive cruise liners, tiny boats or just the peculiarities of sea travel in general. I'm fascinated by ships; they are marvels of engineering for me. Amerigo Vespucci, also known as the most beautiful ship in the world. Still part of the Italian navy as a training ship.

Alright. Now I want to try capers. I meant the same day btw. I did not eat olives while applying shower gel.

He's a legend Ambros, Danzer, Fendrich. All quality singers-songwriters from Austria. Probably the only German-speaking singer I prefer over them is Marius Müller-Westernhagen, but he sadly has no concerts planned at the moment Have fun in Eastern Germany! But it's still Germany, don't expect culture shock You never had Soljanka before? I love it, great for hangovers... You probably had Königsberger Klopse? Senfeier? Berliner Leber? All that comes to mind to me.

Booked tickets for Wolfgang Ambros concert in Innsbruck for April 2022... Austria here I come again

Well, he is honest.

Seeing dolphins is so cool when they swim along your ship! We went dolphin and whale watching in Tenerife a few months ago, and it was one of the best experiences I ever had.

It was nostalgic memories for me, sitting on a deck chair at the stern and looking around and seeing the deep blue ocean only and sky around and the slipstream of the ships propellers as it sailed along then you would get the occasional dolphins following the ship or you knew when you were nearing land as gulls were fighting over the ships jettison where the cookhouse would discharge leftover food from the mess kitchen.

I have always had a love for the old galleys of Greece and Rome back in the day.. We should bring them back and we can put all the criminals in them doing continuous round the UK cruises as a form of hard labour.. You keep going round until either you pass away or complete how ever many years it is you get...

In the German section we have two members popping up shortly and then vanishing for while again who come to mind immediately. @Chadwell and @Relling

I googled the pic and it came up with a load in Pinterest like this one

Idk, there's a part of me that feels that most people who get brainwashed, want to be brainwashed. If you're willing to challenge yourself, read, and think critically, you are basically impervious to being brainwashed. You can still be wrong and have biases, but you're not going to end up a complete fool. And all the resources you could ever need to be moderately well-informed are on the internet. Books also don't cost that much. Most people who get brainwashed don't want to think hard, or read anything lengthy or complicated, or challenge their own beliefs. Nonetheless, they want to feel smart. And if you want to feel smart without doing any of the things that smart people actually do, then the only way is to believe in nonsense and conspiracy theories that all the "sheep" don't accept. It also helps if you hate certain people - minorities, intellectuals, the government - and somebody comes along with a theory that makes all your prejudices justified. Often, these people aren't really convinced that something is true - they already wanted it to be true, and somebody just came along and gave them what they needed. So yeah, I have very little sympathy for them.

Just got my second jab with only 4 days to spare until I hit the 12 week deadline. Never heard anything from my local health board and checked and no appointment had ever been made for me. So I had to go to a drop in centre during my lunch break. And they wonder why the young in the UK "aren't getting their jabs".

Nah, just a normal flat for four days. Apparently it has a nice terrace too. And it was not all expensive.

Hah, I only have a shower at home. But at the apartment in Aue I'll have has a bath tub, even a Sauna. So bath beer is definitely on the menu.

Wait, what? You never had a beer in the shower? you've been missing out! with a good technique, it's easy to avoid water accidentally diluting the good stuff, you'll improve with enough practice literally one of the best things you can do in a shower. Alternatively, having a beer while taking a bath is also a good entry point for beginners. Warning though: it's easy to get too relaxed and fall asleep after a few

I don't know, that actually sounds like a great upgrade to just having a beer in the shower

You never tried capers? I love it. Just a bit of sour, light vinegary taste. Either way, you don't have to worry about it, as restaurants tend to use as few capers as possible as they are quite costly Also liver is not intestines.

Feuerfleisch and sächsischer Sauerbraten are both worth testing. Enjoy your trip.

Oh and thank you. Where are my manners?

Soljanka? You're going to Central Germany not to river Wolga, for fuck sake.

Expect him to be much better next season. One of those drivers that's very exciting to watch when he's on top of his form, glad he'll get another chance to show his talent.

When we stopped (docked) in Aden that's when the Bum Boats came out and they would come beside the ship and throw ropes up to the decks with cups or tins attached, you would look at the gifts they had in their boats, point out what you wanted, they would call out or indicate with their hands how much to put in the cups/tins and then they would pull the rope down and your gift would arrive in the cup/tin. My old man being an ex-navy man knew all of their tricks what they would try to do, he kept hold of the rope until they put the gift in the tin as one of the guys tried to pull the cup down with the money in it and keep the gift, my old man just kept hold of the rope and tin with the money in and yelled out " PUT THE GIFT IN THE FUCKING TIN!!!", the guy did as he knew my old man would not give him the money without the gift. The only sad bit for me what I remember was stopping in Port Said and going on a walk around with my mum, dad, wee brother and sisters, you seen a lot of beggars and some of them were deformed with hands missing arms pulled out of joint and there was one young child must have been around 4 years old sitting on the side of the road with no arms or legs and with a tin cup around her neck with string crying and a note in English asking for money, my old man told me later that the parents would deform their children when they were young so they could beg for money, I never knew to this day if he was right about that.

Growing up the only holidays we did were on cruise ships, I absolutely love sailing and as someone who likes to travel as much as possible, they allow me to see as many countries as possible within a 1-2 week period. I've ticked off most of Europe, so had planned to start sailing around America before Covid struck! Will be in this thread quite a bit though, love being out at sea.

Good thread seeing my old man was a sailor in the subs during the war and in the merchant navy after WWll _______________________________________________________________________ I have mentioned this before one of the greatest experiences and a nostalgic one for me was when we emigrated to Australia in 1960 and we went by ship, the SS Himalaya, 6 weeks at sea and we stopped at Gibraltar, Port Said and Aden and through the Suez canal. And the funniest site we saw was an Arab dressed all in white and sitting in the sand with his cloak pulled up having a crap, we all yelled at him having a good laugh and waving to him and he stood up and waved back then continued where he had left doing his bit in the sand, I was only 11 years old then. But it was a brilliant time, when we crossed the equator the captain of the ship dressed up as King Neptune and sat on a pole stretched across the swimming pool with a pillow and we all took turns and slid across the pole and tried to knock him off with a pillow. We all were classed as emigrants so we were all allocated at the stern of the ship and paying passengers were at the front of the bow, many a time as kids we sneaked into the front end of the ship for a runaround and got chased back by sailors on duty. SS Himalaya When we were at primary school in the 50's our class spent a day travelling to London and a tour of the Cutty Sark in Greenwich.

I miss @IgnisExcubitor, hope he's alright

Only 2 spring to mind and that was @Walker(aka @Cure) popped back in and posted a few times then vanished again (2019) then @Large, came back and said hello then vanished again (2019).

It's because they are on my side of the bed this week and not his...

I'm wearing mine and still misread it like you

Wow - i misread the link as 'michael-schumacher-corona/ I need my glasses

So who's the husband and who's the wife - TB or Berserker ?

He is probably well under the thumb by now... bet he has a limited amount of gaming and internet time, The rest is spent washing up/cleaning and other general household chores...

I liked Brian best when he was called Cannabis.

Made Couscous salad yesterday. Couscous is seriously great, and you can combine it with so many different things. Today I made pasta (Farfalle) with a simple, tomato - feta sauce. Also included caramelized onions, grated carrot and herbs de provence. Good stuff.

Sounds like concrete evidence to me

Nah, it's like this.

This post makes me feel like I need a walking stick.

When the end of the world comes it going to be far more frightening than we could ever imagine possible... Like an horror film - 9GAG

Surely not - what a coincidence... @Whiskey said he was reading the exact same one the other day.

Huh? Brian is back. It's @Eco.

Dad joke of the day: I just learned the German word for constipation Farfrompoopin

found one more, a very rare one of @Bluewolf and @SirBalon riding their motorbike before both got married and had to sell it