
David M Mallon |

Couldn't make it downstate to visit my family on Thanksgiving due to work, so a few of them were going to visit me today in Syracuse. Got a call last night saying they were going to bail because they were too tired from Thanksgiving and Black Friday. I don't even know why I bother getting my hopes up.

aeglos |

I think I remember you telling me about that- its an awesome event, yes?
I still can't belive you don't have them in America, even the British and Italians have adobted them from us
Christmas marked is the most awesomest thing about christmas time, you have small sheds wo sell christmas stuff, all kind of seasonal food and mulled wine, mulled applewine and fire tonges punch
there are the huge comercial ones with 10thousands of visitors like WeihnachtsmarktFrankfurt strietzelmarkt Dresden Christkindlmarkt Nürnberg
and the small local ones where the local clubs organize everything, like the "choir Club selling mulled wine, the farmers wife club makes waffles, the volunteer fire fighters fry Bratwurst and the Soccer club sells Gulasch soup
these are the best ones, today we go to one of these in the neighbouring town Langenselbold, my hometown Gelnhausen host one on 3rd Advent Link

David M Mallon |

Freehold DM wrote:I think I remember you telling me about that- its an awesome event, yes?I still can't belive you don't have them in America, even the British and Italians have adobted them from us.
You can find them every so often in areas that have large German-American populations. I think my mother brought me to one somewhere when I was I kid, probably either in Wisconsin or Pennsylvania.

Rawr! |
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Couldn't make it downstate to visit my family on Thanksgiving due to work, so a few of them were going to visit me today in Syracuse. Got a call last night saying they were going to bail because they were too tired from Thanksgiving and Black Friday. I don't even know why I bother getting my hopes up.
That was lame of them. Sorry to hear that.

Kajehase |
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David M Mallon wrote:Couldn't make it downstate to visit my family on Thanksgiving due to work, so a few of them were going to visit me today in Syracuse. Got a call last night saying they were going to bail because they were too tired from Thanksgiving and Black Friday. I don't even know why I bother getting my hopes up.That was lame of them. Sorry to hear that.
What the badger said.

Limeylongears |

I still can't belive you don't have them in America, even the British and Italians have adobted them from usChristmas marked is the most awesomest thing about christmas time, you have small sheds wo sell christmas stuff, all kind of seasonal food and mulled wine, mulled applewine and fire tonges punch
there are the huge comercial ones with 10thousands of visitors
and the small local ones where the local clubs organize everything, like the "choir Club selling mulled wine, the farmers wife club makes waffles, the volunteer fire fighters fry Bratwurst and the Soccer club sells Gulasch soup
these are the best ones, today we go to one of these in the neighbouring town Langenselbold, my hometown Gelnhausen host one on 3rd Advent Link
There's a big one in Leeds.
Goulash soup sounds tasty.

DSXMachina |

aeglos wrote:
I still can't belive you don't have them in America, even the British and Italians have adobted them from usChristmas marked is the most awesomest thing about christmas time, you have small sheds wo sell christmas stuff, all kind of seasonal food and mulled wine, mulled applewine and fire tonges punch
there are the huge comercial ones with 10thousands of visitors
and the small local ones where the local clubs organize everything, like the "choir Club selling mulled wine, the farmers wife club makes waffles, the volunteer fire fighters fry Bratwurst and the Soccer club sells Gulasch soup
these are the best ones, today we go to one of these in the neighbouring town Langenselbold, my hometown Gelnhausen host one on 3rd Advent LinkThere's a big one in Leeds.
Goulash soup sounds tasty.
You're near Leeds? :O

David M Mallon |

David M Mallon wrote:Couldn't make it downstate to visit my family on Thanksgiving due to work, so a few of them were going to visit me today in Syracuse. Got a call last night saying they were going to bail because they were too tired from Thanksgiving and Black Friday. I don't even know why I bother getting my hopes up.That was lame of them. Sorry to hear that.
I don't necessarily blame them. I wouldn't want to visit me either. On the other hand, it bothers me when people say they're going to do something and then don't do it. So there you go, I guess.

Limeylongears |

Limeylongears wrote:You're near Leeds? :Oaeglos wrote:
I still can't belive you don't have them in America, even the British and Italians have adobted them from usChristmas marked is the most awesomest thing about christmas time, you have small sheds wo sell christmas stuff, all kind of seasonal food and mulled wine, mulled applewine and fire tonges punch
there are the huge comercial ones with 10thousands of visitors
and the small local ones where the local clubs organize everything, like the "choir Club selling mulled wine, the farmers wife club makes waffles, the volunteer fire fighters fry Bratwurst and the Soccer club sells Gulasch soup
these are the best ones, today we go to one of these in the neighbouring town Langenselbold, my hometown Gelnhausen host one on 3rd Advent LinkThere's a big one in Leeds.
Goulash soup sounds tasty.
Yep. Nearer Bradford, but not far away. You're up near York?

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Freehold DM wrote:Celestial Healer wrote:It has been proven that absinthe not just causes people to reconnect, it also brings about long periods of downtime!Ugh. Still moving. Plus it's cold. Plus I'm working a lot of hours at the moment.
I'm feeling very disconnected. I need my downtime
In other words...
Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder?
Freehold! I need that drink! Lately, I just find myself wanting to choke people, and that's a sign that stress is getting to me.
Maybe not absinthe, though... Man that stuff knocks me on my ass :)

Freehold DM |

Celestial Healer wrote:Freehold DM wrote:Celestial Healer wrote:It has been proven that absinthe not just causes people to reconnect, it also brings about long periods of downtime!Ugh. Still moving. Plus it's cold. Plus I'm working a lot of hours at the moment.
I'm feeling very disconnected. I need my downtime
In other words...
Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder?
Freehold! I need that drink! Lately, I just find myself wanting to choke people, and that's a sign that stress is getting to me.
Maybe not absinthe, though... Man that stuff knocks me on my ass :)
okay. Am out tonight for friend's bday party, will check finances and see how things go for potentially drinking this Friday?
There will be ass-knocking absinthe!
Man that's a great idea for a drink label. ..ass-knocker..hmm....

Drejk |

I am going to sleep before nostalgia embraces me completely - so many games I haven't played(and probably won't be able because they are for obsolete platforms, and getting images of their disks/roms for emulators isn't always an option), so many books I haven't read, so many movies that I haven't seen...
*sigh*

DSXMachina |

DSXMachina wrote:Yep. Nearer Bradford, but not far away. You're up near York?Limeylongears wrote:You're near Leeds? :Oaeglos wrote:
I still can't belive you don't have them in America, even the British and Italians have adobted them from usChristmas marked is the most awesomest thing about christmas time, you have small sheds wo sell christmas stuff, all kind of seasonal food and mulled wine, mulled applewine and fire tonges punch
there are the huge comercial ones with 10thousands of visitors
and the small local ones where the local clubs organize everything, like the "choir Club selling mulled wine, the farmers wife club makes waffles, the volunteer fire fighters fry Bratwurst and the Soccer club sells Gulasch soup
these are the best ones, today we go to one of these in the neighbouring town Langenselbold, my hometown Gelnhausen host one on 3rd Advent LinkThere's a big one in Leeds.
Goulash soup sounds tasty.
Harrogate, so mid-way between York & Leeds.

aeglos |

While listening to In Extremo. It's been long-long since I listened to them.
I have seen them live in the 90s on a local mediveal market (ren fair) playing for coins and söling self-made cd's and then again 5 years ago on a big festival at hockenheim ring with third billing, only Die Toten Hosen and Metallica played after them
they defenetly made their way
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Celestial Healer wrote:Celestial Healer wrote:Freehold DM wrote:Celestial Healer wrote:It has been proven that absinthe not just causes people to reconnect, it also brings about long periods of downtime!Ugh. Still moving. Plus it's cold. Plus I'm working a lot of hours at the moment.
I'm feeling very disconnected. I need my downtime
In other words...
Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder?
Freehold! I need that drink! Lately, I just find myself wanting to choke people, and that's a sign that stress is getting to me.
Maybe not absinthe, though... Man that stuff knocks me on my ass :)
okay. Am out tonight for friend's bday party, will check finances and see how things go for potentially drinking this Friday?
There will be ass-knocking absinthe!
Man that's a great idea for a drink label. ..ass-knocker..hmm....
Friday should be good.

DSXMachina |

Drejk wrote:While listening to In Extremo. It's been long-long since I listened to them.I have seen them live in the 90s on a local mediveal market (ren fair) playing for coins and söling self-made cd's and then again 5 years ago on a big festival at hockenheim ring with third billing, only Die Toten Hosen and Metallica played after them
they definitely made their way
They are brilliant, no surprise they were only 3rd billing.