Devil Diver

 

This is for Erika 😘

It´s the best I could do...

 

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See more here. Or visit Bro with a very cool guy!! Just scroll  down, if you like.

Henry 🦁

Blind people can feel/see me here. Can you?

Lille Family Time - He Knows Me

This is what I got via WhatsApp from Bro yesterday.

Sadly already from the car, too late to buy for real. He was Birthday-shopping for little Niece and certainly thought of me.

 

Because...

 

 

This could´ve been... me!!

Dad got a journey for two to  USA because he sold so many I-don´t-know-whats and as I am the older one asked me if I wanna join (Mom had to stay with the business, how dumb have they been...).

I happily said YES! and all was arranged on my name.

 

And then... I realized... it would be Dad and me only.

Only one of us would return, we were so much alike... we always fought.

So... Bro back then went on my name and they had a great time together.

And I have never been to the USA. 

 

So nice he remembered this huh?

And he was surprised I have this photo he had no idea of! 😘

 

 I just love this series! (not the new one, I saw one episode... not even till the end. Some things do not need a new version, in my eyes).

 

Then came this:

 

 

 

He also sent me this:

 

 

Just pop in Tuesday for more!

You will see for whom the socks in the Star-Trek-Crew-pic are!

Sometimes life is a bit scary because the T-pic sits in that post since Monday!

 

 

Listen To Your Admin (?)

 

 

We´re getting old(er) - Ingo woke up early with a cramp in his foot, I was awake hence also and thought, why not go to the market then.

It is the first day of Fall - buhuu.

So, I grabbed warm socks - after having even cold legs at the workshop yesterday!

 

And those above fell into my hands!

Hey, it´s not Christmas yet (though you get Stollen and Christmas cookies everywhere since weeks :-(...)

 

Anyhows. I put them on and...

 

 

They sure fit my PJs!!!

Well, my best-liked Admin, T, whom I just met yesterday as I was at the company for a workshop 😘 - he said he´ll call me Monday on Mr. Opsi, the night before getting to bed he had an idea on how to get rid of that guy...

 

He´d said, barefoot all through September still!!!

I have to cheat!

At least for the market.

 

We both have real wooden floors and enjoy them barefoot.. barefeet? Barfuß! - till the last day!

Sorry for the blurry pics, still pitch-dark here and yes, two posts as Henry wants to say "Hi!" for Eileen´s Critters.

Socks on or not, scroll down, if you like.

If you don´t feel like it...

 

Henry 🦁

 

 

How about you?

My colleague from pre-post has also real wooden floor - from 1915!!! 

 

 

 

 

To Pets

 

 

Henry 🦁 wanted to join Eileen with Saturday Critters!

See my glasses for size-reference.This is 8.0*10.5 cm - 3,1*4,1 inch.

I started this after thinking it is a joke but seeing Christine can do this, so I thought, give it a go.

And, especially for jumpy people like me this is great training ... and FUN.

The light came from the left, so no real shadow on his head or tail.

This is one of my coffee-mugs. 

So... "Hi, Eileen!"

 

I had a biiiig, looong talk with a new  - FEMALE!!! - colleague after our 3-day workshop on railway.

(I´m working in a men´s-world, so this is special)

We also talked about our pets.

We stood on a Friday on the sidewalk for 2 hours!!! 

My feet hurt like crazy walking 3+ km after that.

After a gazillion of subjects two unleashed dogs came near.

I am afraid of dogs.

On questioned why told her about our German Shepherd dog who was so aggressive when suffering cancer and being so much in pain and me being too young to ask my Mom to let her (her name was Inka) put down.

Just a couple of weeks ago, on a Sunday, her cat... she has twin-kids, a boy and a girl, 12 years old, played on the balcony on third floor. The sick family cat... she tried everything but understood the poor  guy was in too much pain.

She wanted to take him to the vet to put him "to sleep" come Monday.

Instead. I nearly cried... the desperate cat jumped off the balcony to death. Her kids saw it all and could not help, the cat was too fast, a last effort to end the pain.

Now who states animals cannot think. The cat never went onto the balcony much, but that day.

On a lighter, happier note: They still have his brother, 18 years old, a Granpa, so to say.

Some days he behaves like that, she told me, other days... like a teenager zooming around like crazy, making her kids happy.

I think we can learn a lot from animals, aka "Critters".

So... have a happy Saturday and give an extra-pat to your pet, if you have one (we don´t). 

If you come straight from Eileen, see Henry´s foot here... (two posts, I was forced to, kinda!)

FFO And Smiles

 

  

I am the oldest physics toy in the world!

Ingo put this lille pressie he made me in a bottle, where the devil-diver can dive up and down.

Devil is made beautifully... out of glass, and held by by-accident-glass-breaker... I am glad I got the following pics done without an incident!!!

A film-sequence is difficult, but here is some info: "A Cartesian diver or Cartesian devil is a classic science experiment which demonstrates the principle of buoyancy (Archimedes' principle) and the ideal gas law. The first written description of this device is provided by Raffaello Magiotti, in his book Renitenza certissima dell'acqua alla compressione (Very firm resistance of water to compression) published in 1648." read more here, if you like.

 

Do you get such romantic gifts from your loved one, too? 😉😘

As he has a (devilish) face I join Nicole´s FFO, who hopefully has no rain on her show!

This is a tough week in which I learn(ed) a lot at the workshop "Introduction to rail vehicle technology I + II" and on the way to III soon.

Learning is great and that makes me smile, also the fact that we start at 09:00 a.m. which allows me to get some things done, as I get up at 05:00 a.m. and could walk the 3 km / 1,86 miles  to the company in mostly good weather.

Yesterday I got a beautiful new brolly with dots fitting my Gurris 😍 

I LOVE summer rain!!! Sadly the rain´d stopped after the workshop...

 

 

Plus I met new nice and helpful colleagues and with all that I join Annie´s Smiles.

 

Yet...

 

Henry 🦁

 Have a happy Friday!

A Stroll To Town

 

 

Here are some pics of around the city - this week I head the other direction, but in the morning when it´s too dark for pics also there is nothing special (am at the company for a workshop without a laptop and certainly I only visit you all from my private PC).

If you´re interested here is historical background of Alte Waage. 

Behind this building you find St Andreas and opposite this beautifully decorated flower-house:

 

When you come from a bit more parallel way to the city you find this view:

 

 

I leave you with the museum near Henry:

 

 

They had an open day for the foyer that is still in renovation, you find them here, even in English for a change.

Off to ESE soon.

Henry 🦁 

 

 To learning! For yesterday´s experience just scroll down if you like.

 

 

 

 

 

Words for Wednesday

 I came back home late today to find River´s "Wednesdays Words on a Friday" have changed to "Words for Wednesday" and I can even join.

This week's words/prompts are: 

1. "that's not a good idea." "I know, but it's the best bad idea I've got." 

and/or: 

1. fire 2. rose 3. time 4. coins 5 peanut butter 6. shouting

Also try to use Charlotte's colour of the month which is Antique Pink for September

use either list or both, or mix and match, just have fun.

 

So here goes: 

Today at the workshop "Introduction to rail vehicle technology I" I learned that if a train catches fire it can still drive up to 15 minutes to reach a safe place for evacuation.

I certainly panicked and thought, come end of January next year... taking the ICE to Frankfurt...  "that's not a good idea.", but then "I know, but it's the best bad idea I've got."!

In panic I asked the lecturer if we can still run to the next cabin if we happen to be in the burning one.

And that is why a train never is over-filled, so it can take the people fleeing in.

He clearly lives in a theoretical world - how about in your place???

The other day I saw the very super-coolest tram - and left my cam at home for shouting out loud !

WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN (chances are high I see this tram again - wish me luck).

It had the groovy theme of the coolest time ever - the 1970´s - all over, with more than a rose in Antique Pink!

 

I remembered we "once" bought peanut butter - likely with no coins, as we use credit card mostly. It was... like Vegemite, nothing we liked! But kept it for in case I find a hearty recipe for it. And then of course forgot about it...

Went to search for it, put it on the induction-field for a good pic (very pro with my hand in it 😉).

 

Whilst typing a shouting from Ingo, "you bought peanut butter again?!!"

Certainly not.

"Peanut (our squirrel that I feed walnuts after learning peanuts are not good for them but the name stuck) will not like it", Ingo added.

Reckon we can still try the "butter" or does it go to the bin? 

If you have a non-sweet, yummy recipe (with meat or such), please share.

Also I learned today... if you see the vehicle driver run...

Henry 🦁 

 

 

It means he had to activate the emergency brake and a collision can very likely not be avoided!