Three biggest surprises in Europe
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On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 13:40:18 +0200, Tom Peel
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>alex wrote:
>> Jens Arne Maennig schrieb:
>>
>>> Tom Peel wrote:
>>>> [email protected] wrote:
>>>>> Tom Peel wrote:
>>>>>> We asked our visiting Mexican students. The answer was:
>>>>>> 1. In Germany, the mustard.
>>>>> surprised, how ?
>>>> Very strong.
>>> Only partly true:
>>> http://www.haendlmaier.de/produkte/p...ausmacher.html
>>> My favorite strong mustard is still the French "Maille Moutarde Fine de
>>> Dijon au Miel". The strenth combined with the sweetness of the honey -
>>> just delicious.
>>> Jens
>>
>>
>> There are lots of local / regional mustard producers in Germany with all
>> kinds of mustard. Haendlmaier produces an awful bavarian paste.
>>
>Correct.
>To all those who replied wrt mustard, the brand in question is none
>other than the Düsseldorfer Löwensenf, one of the world's finest
>mustards. Replies praising Belgian, French or bavarian mustard will be
>disregarded as displaying ignorance of the Düsseldorf brand.
I'd like to praise Groninger Mustard.
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<[email protected]> wrote:
>alex wrote:
>> Jens Arne Maennig schrieb:
>>
>>> Tom Peel wrote:
>>>> [email protected] wrote:
>>>>> Tom Peel wrote:
>>>>>> We asked our visiting Mexican students. The answer was:
>>>>>> 1. In Germany, the mustard.
>>>>> surprised, how ?
>>>> Very strong.
>>> Only partly true:
>>> http://www.haendlmaier.de/produkte/p...ausmacher.html
>>> My favorite strong mustard is still the French "Maille Moutarde Fine de
>>> Dijon au Miel". The strenth combined with the sweetness of the honey -
>>> just delicious.
>>> Jens
>>
>>
>> There are lots of local / regional mustard producers in Germany with all
>> kinds of mustard. Haendlmaier produces an awful bavarian paste.
>>
>Correct.
>To all those who replied wrt mustard, the brand in question is none
>other than the Düsseldorfer Löwensenf, one of the world's finest
>mustards. Replies praising Belgian, French or bavarian mustard will be
>disregarded as displaying ignorance of the Düsseldorf brand.
I'd like to praise Groninger Mustard.
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Martin
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Martin wrote:
> On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 13:40:18 +0200, Tom Peel
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>alex wrote:
>>>Jens Arne Maennig schrieb:
>>>>Tom Peel wrote:
>>>>>[email protected] wrote:
>>>>>>Tom Peel wrote:
>>>>>>>We asked our visiting Mexican students. The answer was:
>>>>>>>1. In Germany, the mustard.
>>>>>>surprised, how ?
>>>>>Very strong.
>>>>Only partly true:
>>>>http://www.haendlmaier.de/produkte/p...ausmacher.html
>>>>My favorite strong mustard is still the French "Maille Moutarde Fine de
>>>>Dijon au Miel". The strenth combined with the sweetness of the honey -
>>>>just delicious.
>>>>Jens
>>>There are lots of local / regional mustard producers in Germany with all
>>>kinds of mustard. Haendlmaier produces an awful bavarian paste.
>>Correct.
>>To all those who replied wrt mustard, the brand in question is none
>>other than the Düsseldorfer Löwensenf, one of the world's finest
>>mustards. Replies praising Belgian, French or bavarian mustard will be
>>disregarded as displaying ignorance of the Düsseldorf brand.
>
>
> I'd like to praise Groninger Mustard.
Accepted pending a personal appraisal. For Löwensenf, see www.loewensenf.de
T.
> On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 13:40:18 +0200, Tom Peel
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>alex wrote:
>>>Jens Arne Maennig schrieb:
>>>>Tom Peel wrote:
>>>>>[email protected] wrote:
>>>>>>Tom Peel wrote:
>>>>>>>We asked our visiting Mexican students. The answer was:
>>>>>>>1. In Germany, the mustard.
>>>>>>surprised, how ?
>>>>>Very strong.
>>>>Only partly true:
>>>>http://www.haendlmaier.de/produkte/p...ausmacher.html
>>>>My favorite strong mustard is still the French "Maille Moutarde Fine de
>>>>Dijon au Miel". The strenth combined with the sweetness of the honey -
>>>>just delicious.
>>>>Jens
>>>There are lots of local / regional mustard producers in Germany with all
>>>kinds of mustard. Haendlmaier produces an awful bavarian paste.
>>Correct.
>>To all those who replied wrt mustard, the brand in question is none
>>other than the Düsseldorfer Löwensenf, one of the world's finest
>>mustards. Replies praising Belgian, French or bavarian mustard will be
>>disregarded as displaying ignorance of the Düsseldorf brand.
>
>
> I'd like to praise Groninger Mustard.
Accepted pending a personal appraisal. For Löwensenf, see www.loewensenf.de
T.
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On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 14:17:14 +0200, Tom Peel
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>> I'd like to praise Groninger Mustard.
>Accepted pending a personal appraisal. For Löwensenf, see www.loewensenf.de
I'd like to praise that too.
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Martin
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>> I'd like to praise Groninger Mustard.
>Accepted pending a personal appraisal. For Löwensenf, see www.loewensenf.de
I'd like to praise that too.
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Martin wrote:
> On 9 Jul 2005 03:00:05 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
> >
> >
> >Tom Peel wrote:
> >> [email protected] wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Tom Peel wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>We asked our visiting Mexican students. The answer was:
> >> >>
> >> >>1. In Germany, the mustard.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > surprised, how ?
> >> >
> >>
> >> Very strong.
> >>
> >> T.
> >
> >Interesting I find it mild, give them Horse Radish / Wasabi,
> >never fails to clear my nasal passages.
> Like wise Corona Beer?
> --
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or Tequila for my anal passage
> On 9 Jul 2005 03:00:05 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
> >
> >
> >Tom Peel wrote:
> >> [email protected] wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Tom Peel wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>We asked our visiting Mexican students. The answer was:
> >> >>
> >> >>1. In Germany, the mustard.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > surprised, how ?
> >> >
> >>
> >> Very strong.
> >>
> >> T.
> >
> >Interesting I find it mild, give them Horse Radish / Wasabi,
> >never fails to clear my nasal passages.
> Like wise Corona Beer?
> --
> Martin
or Tequila for my anal passage
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On 9 Jul 2005 05:58:46 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
>Martin wrote:
>> On 9 Jul 2005 03:00:05 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >Tom Peel wrote:
>> >> [email protected] wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > Tom Peel wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >>We asked our visiting Mexican students. The answer was:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>1. In Germany, the mustard.
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > surprised, how ?
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Very strong.
>> >>
>> >> T.
>> >
>> >Interesting I find it mild, give them Horse Radish / Wasabi,
>> >never fails to clear my nasal passages.
>> Like wise Corona Beer?
It's not to be sniffed at!
>or Tequila for my anal passage
ditto!
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>Martin wrote:
>> On 9 Jul 2005 03:00:05 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >Tom Peel wrote:
>> >> [email protected] wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > Tom Peel wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >>We asked our visiting Mexican students. The answer was:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>1. In Germany, the mustard.
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > surprised, how ?
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Very strong.
>> >>
>> >> T.
>> >
>> >Interesting I find it mild, give them Horse Radish / Wasabi,
>> >never fails to clear my nasal passages.
>> Like wise Corona Beer?
It's not to be sniffed at!
>or Tequila for my anal passage
ditto!
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On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 13:10:50 +0200, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 12:29:38 +0200, Jens Arne Maennig
><[email protected]> wrote:
>>Tom Peel wrote:
>>> [email protected] wrote:
>>>> Tom Peel wrote:
>>>>>We asked our visiting Mexican students. The answer was:
>>>>>1. In Germany, the mustard.
>>>>
>>>> surprised, how ?
>>>
>>> Very strong.
>>Only partly true:
>>http://www.haendlmaier.de/produkte/p...ausmacher.html
>>My favorite strong mustard is still the French "Maille Moutarde Fine de
>>Dijon au Miel". The strenth combined with the sweetness of the honey -
>>just delicious.
>http://www.haendlmaier.de/mp3/hausmacher.mp3
>Includes a quick yodel, or was that a Mexican suffering?
WTF was that???
Dammed if I'll be trying that stuff in a hurry!
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>On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 12:29:38 +0200, Jens Arne Maennig
><[email protected]> wrote:
>>Tom Peel wrote:
>>> [email protected] wrote:
>>>> Tom Peel wrote:
>>>>>We asked our visiting Mexican students. The answer was:
>>>>>1. In Germany, the mustard.
>>>>
>>>> surprised, how ?
>>>
>>> Very strong.
>>Only partly true:
>>http://www.haendlmaier.de/produkte/p...ausmacher.html
>>My favorite strong mustard is still the French "Maille Moutarde Fine de
>>Dijon au Miel". The strenth combined with the sweetness of the honey -
>>just delicious.
>http://www.haendlmaier.de/mp3/hausmacher.mp3
>Includes a quick yodel, or was that a Mexican suffering?
WTF was that???
Dammed if I'll be trying that stuff in a hurry!
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"Donald Newcomb" <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> 3. In London, traffic from the right.
>In Dublin at the crosswalks they have painted signs and arrows on the
>pavement that say "Look Right ---->" They probably have had a number of
>American's run when over stepping out on the road, after looking left.
Denting our cars.
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>"Tom Peel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> 3. In London, traffic from the right.
>In Dublin at the crosswalks they have painted signs and arrows on the
>pavement that say "Look Right ---->" They probably have had a number of
>American's run when over stepping out on the road, after looking left.
Denting our cars.
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"Tom Peel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> 3. In London, traffic from the right.
In Dublin at the crosswalks they have painted signs and arrows on the
pavement that say "Look Right ---->" They probably have had a number of
American's run when over stepping out on the road, after looking left.
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news:[email protected]...
> 3. In London, traffic from the right.
In Dublin at the crosswalks they have painted signs and arrows on the
pavement that say "Look Right ---->" They probably have had a number of
American's run when over stepping out on the road, after looking left.
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DRNewcomb (at) attglobal (dot) net
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On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 10:18:37 -0500, "Donald Newcomb"
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>"Tom Peel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> 3. In London, traffic from the right.
>In Dublin at the crosswalks they have painted signs and arrows on the
>pavement that say "Look Right ---->"
London does this too, of course. I'm curious as to when this practice
began. Does anyone know?
>They probably have had a number of
>American's run when over stepping out on the road, after looking left.
I think the most famous case of "looking the wrong way" involved
Churchill being run down in New York following WW2.
Gordon
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>"Tom Peel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> 3. In London, traffic from the right.
>In Dublin at the crosswalks they have painted signs and arrows on the
>pavement that say "Look Right ---->"
London does this too, of course. I'm curious as to when this practice
began. Does anyone know?
>They probably have had a number of
>American's run when over stepping out on the road, after looking left.
I think the most famous case of "looking the wrong way" involved
Churchill being run down in New York following WW2.
Gordon
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On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 16:13:26 +0100, Padraig Breathnach
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>"Donald Newcomb" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>In Dublin at the crosswalks they have painted signs and arrows on the
>>pavement that say "Look Right ---->" They probably have had a number of
>>American's run when over stepping out on the road, after looking left.
>Denting our cars.
And British cars can ill afford yet another reason to be put "in the
shop."
Gordon
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>"Donald Newcomb" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>In Dublin at the crosswalks they have painted signs and arrows on the
>>pavement that say "Look Right ---->" They probably have had a number of
>>American's run when over stepping out on the road, after looking left.
>Denting our cars.
And British cars can ill afford yet another reason to be put "in the
shop."
Gordon
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Hi,
>>http://www.haendlmaier.de/mp3/hausmacher.mp3
>>Includes a quick yodel, or was that a Mexican suffering?
>
> WTF was that???
The reason we should have banned Bavaria from joining the federation.
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>>http://www.haendlmaier.de/mp3/hausmacher.mp3
>>Includes a quick yodel, or was that a Mexican suffering?
>
> WTF was that???
The reason we should have banned Bavaria from joining the federation.
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On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 11:14:25 +0100, Padraig Breathnach
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>"andy" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>Uzytkownik "Tom Peel" <[email protected]> napisal w wiadomosci
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>>> 3. In London, traffic from the right.
>>right, it's so uncommon to know, there's left side traffik in the UK
>>BIG surprise!
>>;)
>I think drivers adjust better than many pedestrians.
When you drive, you do fine until you get to a turnaround...
Nathalie in Switzerland
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>"andy" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>Uzytkownik "Tom Peel" <[email protected]> napisal w wiadomosci
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>>> 3. In London, traffic from the right.
>>right, it's so uncommon to know, there's left side traffik in the UK
>>BIG surprise!
>>;)
>I think drivers adjust better than many pedestrians.
When you drive, you do fine until you get to a turnaround...
Nathalie in Switzerland
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On 2005-07-09, Tom Peel <[email protected]> wrote:
> To all those who replied wrt mustard, the brand in question is none
> other than the Düsseldorfer Löwensenf, one of the world's finest
> mustards.
I used to buy Löwensenf in Germany, but now I have trouble finding it.
> To all those who replied wrt mustard, the brand in question is none
> other than the Düsseldorfer Löwensenf, one of the world's finest
> mustards.
I used to buy Löwensenf in Germany, but now I have trouble finding it.
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"Padraig Breathnach" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Denting our cars.
Those body fluids are quite corrosive and tend to mess up the brightwork.
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> Denting our cars.
Those body fluids are quite corrosive and tend to mess up the brightwork.
;-)
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"Donald Newcomb" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Tom Peel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > 3. In London, traffic from the right.
> In Dublin at the crosswalks they have painted signs and arrows on
the
> pavement that say "Look Right ---->" They probably have had a
number of
> American's run when over stepping out on the road, after looking
left.
I should imagine that there are far more Continentals than Americans
in Dublin, and they too are used to drive-on-right.
Boston is the only city where I've lived that one need to look both
ways when walking across a one-way street.
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> "Tom Peel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > 3. In London, traffic from the right.
> In Dublin at the crosswalks they have painted signs and arrows on
the
> pavement that say "Look Right ---->" They probably have had a
number of
> American's run when over stepping out on the road, after looking
left.
I should imagine that there are far more Continentals than Americans
in Dublin, and they too are used to drive-on-right.
Boston is the only city where I've lived that one need to look both
ways when walking across a one-way street.