Sorry if I offended someone with an attempt of "humor". I found this little saying at a German site. Not an American site. Any misspelling of the phrase would be theirs. Not mine. Mark Overlock ----- Original Message ----- From: <FredRump@earthlink.net> To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, 10 June, 2001 08:55 PM Subject: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] A Little Humor For The List > On 10 Jun 2001, at 18:54, _Mark wrote: > > > Fischers Fritz fischt frische Fische, frische Fische fischt Fischers > > Fritz. > > Well, if we're going to stumble we might as well do it right. > > Fischers Fritze fischte frische Fische, frische Fische fischte > Fischers Fritze. > > Fred > > > > > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE from digest mode send a message to: > GERMAN-LIFE-D-request@rootsweb.com and add the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the message and send. > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com >

Theola, I have to comment on the Birkenstock. I was going to by some when I was in Germany two years ago. I passed up some in rotherburg (because we were in a hurry to catch our bus) prices at American $15.00. I though ok, I can find some elsewhere. There prices are every bit as much as ours. $80 - $90 everywhere else. Maybe some have found them cheaper, but we sure did not. Makes me mad every time I think about passing them up. won't do that again. Gloria

And see, when we were in Osnabrück at a festival I drank the original Budweiser beer and again it is a light beer but it was tolerable.. Gail

My son also brews his own beer and makes a fantastic bock beer and he was trying to buy his hops from Germany. I prefer a dark beer over a light beer but I will have to admit that I really enjoyed Jever beer. Also, I couldn't figure out why I like the Mexican beer, Dos Equis XX Amber...then one day I took the time to read the label... "crafted by a German brewmaster in Mexico in 1897, the brand was named to commemorate the arrival of the 20th century Gail

In a message dated 06/10/2001 8:09:52 AM Mountain Daylight Time, lumby@air.on.ca writes: > Hello Dave and Carol > > Thanks for your comments: > > If you haven't been back since the USarmy (mostly) and all Canadian Troops > pulled out of Germany, you wouldn't recognise Heilbronn.>> Returned several > times, but not for several years now. We've also heard from others of the > changes. My 507th ASA Group was at the Badenerhof Kaaserned, and I > understand that is gone -- replaced by a residential development. > American Kaserne has been pulled down, with the exception of > one or two barracks, which are being converted in condominiums.>> That > would be the BIG Kaserne, we had the PX/Commissary, etc. ?? > > There is a lot of construction going on now and the Intercity S bahn goes > right through the centre of the city by the Church. It connects about 15 > towns and cities throughout the area and it has a rail right of way. The > Bahnhoff is under construction and the entire street in front of it is torn > up.>> Well, that's better, I guess, than the torn-up mess we had in 1959 > in some places, remnants and residue/detritus of the 1944 bombing !! > > Maybe you could comment on two matters I have always wondered about. > > 1) Who are the young German girls going to marry now that the Canadian and > American forces are gone? :)>> Ah, they're VERY mobile and will find a > man, regardless :-))) > > 2)When we were stationed in Munich from 1964 to 1967, I had access to the > PX . When I went in the front entrance, I saw piles and piles of American > beer. Schlitz, Miller, Schultz, Molsons etc. How come they were so > popular, when the best beer in the world could be purchased dirt cheap on > the local economy? :)>> That IS a puzzler !! However, the American > troops had to have THEIR native beers, eh? > > Those were the days huh?>> We look back on them very fondly -- perhaps > some of the best days of our married lives !! And friends we made there > have lasted yea these 42 years !! > > Ralf and Sonja Response from Dave Ross David and Carol (Benck) Ross Surnames for David Newton Ross; Denver, CO NEWTROSS@aol.com Ross (both sides); Owen; Wright (end of great-grandparent surnames): Alt; Bacher; Beckett; Bishop; Blue; Broad; Burton; Cole; Colonii/Colonius; Cooper; Critton/Critten; Damen; Deaver/Dever/Devor; Dechant/Dechen/Dechent; Dennis; Diebold/Debold; Dietrich; Demmitt/Dimmitt; Fox (Vogt); Frame; Franck; Frey; Garrett; Garth; Gies; Grimmel; Haas; Haggerty; Hawkins; Hehl/Heel; Heinemann; Hemler; Henry; Holzhausen; Jack; Jakobi/Jacoby; Jockers ; Johnson; Jones; Kirchhofer/Kirchhofter; La Roux/La Rue; Lane; Laubenstein; Laubscher; Leitner/Lightner; Loy/Leÿ; Lubberger; Mantz; Martense; Massey; Miller; Müll; Musser; Nesen/Schunck; Niese (a form of Nesen); Ogden; Parks; Parrish; Perrine/Prine; Proctor; Rambler/Rammler; Reed; Sale; Sharpe; Sharrett; Shell/Sheel; Shultz; Simonton; Smith; Sontag; Spriggs; Steurer; Stone; Treon/Trion/Drion; Trout/Troud/Traudt; Tutt; Usile; Vogt (Fox); Walker; Wallauer/Wallaner; Waters; Witt; Zoll Surnames for Carol M. (Benck) Ross (same e-mail address) Ackermann, Auler, Bauer, Baumann, Benck, Benker, Brauer, Brechwalt, Bruhn, Crackow, Dietel, Doehler/Dohler/Döhla/Döla, Ebels, Edelmann, Eiden, Elling, Erdmann, Evert(s), Fabig, Fehres, Fischer, Frehse, Grewe/Greve, Grube, Gruber, Gundlach, Haase, Haidig, Harder, Hartleb, Hertrich, Höffter, Höpner, Jarchow, Joern/Jörn, Junger, Katers, Kayser, Keppel, Kich, Kielgast, Kießling, Klemm, Knoll, Koch/Kock, Kriegling/Kritzlin, Krumm, Lang, Lauer, Linow, Möller/Müller, Peltzer, Petri/Petry, Pfeufer, Putz, Reinhardt, Rössler, Rübel, Rüp, Schiffmann, Schmidt, Schneider, Schroeder/Schröder, Schwab, Seiferth/Seifert, Sittig, Steiner, Taubmann, Thiel, Wagner, Wehrmann

Ah yes, Lois: The minibrews, my experience has shown, that are now quite prevalent in various locales are really quite superior to the "canned" beer available in stores. I've never, for instance, been a particular fan of Budweiser (though my wife is, if she's going to drink American beer at all), though I like Michelob. We were very recently in the Czech Republic and had opportunity to try the original Budweis -- and we didn't care for it at all !! Tastes do vary :-)) Dave Ross

Could have been the case. I am hearkening back to 1944-1945 when, as I recall, these matters were being discussed. I was in a mechanical drafting class at the time and a physics class. I did not take chemistry so I cannot make the same association you make. For me, it was an impressive idea. I was more interested (?) in foreign language at the time. I studied Spanish all four years to no utilitarian purpose, it turns out. I studied German 101 at Michigan State, also in 1945, under a Mrs. AXELROD, a giant of a woman with a heavy accent, also to no particular purpose since then (until now). Stan from Livonia, Michigan new e-mail address cownabor@htdconnect.com

In a message dated 6/10/2001 10:24:50 PM Central Daylight Time, Newtross@aol.com writes: > Is there truly "American Beer???" > > Sure there is. One of my sons brews his own. He even grew his own hops for a while. However it doesn't taste like anything you could buy in a store here. Lois

On a train in Germany, I happened to notice a backpack that said "Made in Amerika" which I thought was ironic because such objects are relatively rare in Amerika. My own backpack, purchased at Kmart, says "made in Thailand". I bought some Ricola cough drops in Switzerland, und they were very expensive. I was amused that I can get something made in Switzerland cheaper in the states than I could in Switzerland. Thomas Koch ----- Original Message ----- From: Theola Walden Baker <bakermail@alltel.net> To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 6:07 PM Subject: Re: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] NO MAIL > >Man, what I wouldn't give for a > > good, room temperature Hasenbraeu from Augsburg. > > Methinks you will have to settle for a Texas Shiner "Bock" Beer. :-) > > But Me also thinks (or wishes)--maybe our list should start a shopping > exchange network. But we might overwork our German friends with our > requests for German goods. (Heinz & Katharina, it's time for you to get > worried!) I wonder if they would care to have any American-made (well, at > least SOLD in America) goods? > > Frankly, I keep wondering how much more I pay for my Birkenstocks (usual > cost $90-$110) and my Haflinger shoes than my German shoe-wearing > counterparts have to pay for theirs. > > I'm an inveterate label reader, and I'm often amazed at how many products I > use that are *Made in Germany.* > > Theola > > > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > GERMAN-FOOD-L@rootsweb.com to subscribe send a message to: > GERMAN-FOOD-L-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > >

And you will find a lot of Wagner in Bugs Bunny, too. "I killed the rabbit" for example is the "Ride of the Valkyries". And don't forget Walt Disney's "Fantasia" Heinz _________________________ Heinz L. Zulauf Flotowstrasse 9 D-64287 Darmstadt Germany zulauf@bigfoot.de _______________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stanley A. Wickman" <cownabor@htdconnect.com> To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 12:59 AM Subject: [GERMAN-LIFE] Music in Cartoons > Re things German: I was pleasantly surprised when I finally learned that the > William Tell Overture was the accompaniment for both the riotous and the > placid in Bugs Bunny and a few other cartoons. > > Stan from Livonia, Michigan > new e-mail address > cownabor@htdconnect.com > > > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > GERMAN-FOOD-L@rootsweb.com to subscribe send a message to: > GERMAN-FOOD-L-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > >

Amen, Theola !! This is the funnest list on the net !! Dave Ross

My gosh, Dieter, you're right there aren't you !! Give our regards to the friends at Gasthof Sterne up on the hill there !! We'll be back with them in autumn of 2000. Dave Ross

Is there truly "American Beer???" Dave Ross

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: <Newtross@aol.com> An: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Gesendet: Sonntag, 10. Juni 2001 15:19 Betreff: [GERMAN-LIFE] Infestation of Americans in Germany in May !! > Thomas: There were LOTS of us over there, apparently !! Enjoyed your little > tale, too. Thanks for sharing. That area around the Bodensee and the > Ueberlingersee is one of our favorite areas, but there are so many "favorite" > areas:-))) > > Dave Ross > > Dave, thanks! . Dieter Joos Ueberlingen, Bodensee (Germany) djoos@dieter-joos.de Listmaster of RootsWeb's Baden-Wuerttemberg Mailing List

In the late 1940's my Dad studied German at Cornell either for his Masters in Education or his PhD in Sociology Margaret

My husband had the same experience only in the biochemistry area at Case Western Reserve in Cleveland :-) Marilyn

On 10 Jun 2001, at 19:09, Stanley A. Wickman wrote: >I recall that, when I was in high school, it was recommended that > engineering aspirants study German because all the definitive texts on > the appropriate scientific matters had been written and published only > in German. Engineering? You sure it wasn't chemistry? Never heard of this in engineering. Fred

On 10 Jun 2001, at 18:54, _Mark wrote: > Fischers Fritz fischt frische Fische, frische Fische fischt Fischers > Fritz. Well, if we're going to stumble we might as well do it right. Fischers Fritze fischte frische Fische, frische Fische fischte Fischers Fritze. Fred

What wonderful discriptions. They make me homesick, but how can that be? I have never been there....Still it is my dream to walk in the fields of my ancestors. .My great grandfather, Henry Whitmyer, (the americanized spelling )came to America from Wurttemberg in 1834-35 as a small child with his family first to PA, then on to OH and finally to IN where he settled in 1865. Your stories of the people, places and food, are next best to being able to go and see and taste for myself. Please continue Lorna June Whitmyre Thomas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry & Chris Thiessen" <jthiesen@ipa.net> To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 2:34 PM Subject: RE: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] NO MAIL > > Ralf, > > Thank you for sharing your trip. I long for the cool air of the > Schwartzwald and the beautiful villages. Sigmaringen is a lovely spot. I am > familiar with most of the places you mentioned. We lived just south of > Stuttgart in the small village of Mussberg for three years in the 90s. We > were back a couple of years ago for a visit. I am homesick just reading > your post! > Chris in MO > > > > > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this mail list send a message to: > GERMAN-LIFE-L-request@rootsweb.com and in the message add the word UNSUBSCRIBE and send. > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library >

I recall that, when I was in high school, it was recommended that engineering aspirants study German because all the definitive texts on the appropriate scientific matters had been written and published only in German. Stan from Livonia, Michigan new e-mail address cownabor@htdconnect.com