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From: Martin on 17 Jun 2010 07:01 On 17/06/10 12:51, Tom P wrote: > erilar wrote: >> In article <87s8oqFvb6U1(a)mid.individual.net>, >> Tom P <werotizy(a)freent.dd> wrote: >> >>> erilar wrote: >>>> In article <87rnrcFn3bU1(a)mid.individual.net>, >>>> Tom P <werotizy(a)freent.dd> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I never understood what the appeal was in eating piles of gigantic >>>>> white asparagus stalks. >>>> Not even with "raw ham" and drenched in butter? >>>> >>> Sure, that's pretty good, but I don't need a whole plate full every day. >>> >>> T. >> >> Oh, I didn't have it the same way every day, but that's my favorite. >> > > I guess the ham helps to conceal the taste of the white asparagus. I like the taste of white asparagus.
From: Tom P on 17 Jun 2010 07:12 Martin wrote: > On 17/06/10 09:45, Martin wrote: >> On 17/06/10 01:20, John Karl wrote: >>> On 6/16/10 11:36 AM, Martin wrote: >>>> On 16/06/10 18:34, george wrote: >>>>> On Jun 16, 3:33 pm, "Erick T. Barkhuis"<erick.use-...(a)ardane.c.o.m> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> george: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Reminds me of my German wife always telling me not to eat any berries >>>>>>> in the forest in Germany as the foxes pee on them and this carries >>>>>>> some type of "near fatal (?)" disease!!! >>>>>> That must be something local, here. >>>>>> In the German village where I live, people keep constantly reminding me >>>>>> to only pick wild berries that grow at least one meter high, otherwise >>>>>> [the fox story]. I have no clue whether or not there's some truth about >>>>>> that claim, though. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Erick >>>>> I just asked my wife about this. She claims it is the fox tape worm. >>>> Also a risk of catching rabies "tolwort" >>> Actually, Tollwut. >>> >> Of course. There used to be signs with a bat symbol warning about "Wild >> tollwut" in Bavarian forests. Maybe there still are. > > This sort seems to be more common > > http://www.absperr-schilder-technik.de/q,Wildtollwut?PHPSESSID=49167fb841f136d9c57d545933084b00 Although it's supposed to be endemic, I have never personally heard of any humans getting rabies, which is just as well as it is an extremely unpleasant way to die. Another hazard in many parts of the country comes from two tick borne diseases - FSME (encephalitis, TBE) and borreliosis (Lyme disease). Both diseases result in long term debilitating illness. Yet another hazard exists if you walk barefoot across grass meadows where wild geese have left their droppings. These may contain the lava of fluke worms. Apart from that, enjoy your stay in Germany! T.
From: Martin on 17 Jun 2010 07:53 On 17/06/10 13:12, Tom P wrote: > Martin wrote: >> On 17/06/10 09:45, Martin wrote: >>> On 17/06/10 01:20, John Karl wrote: >>>> On 6/16/10 11:36 AM, Martin wrote: >>>>> On 16/06/10 18:34, george wrote: >>>>>> On Jun 16, 3:33 pm, "Erick T. Barkhuis"<erick.use-...(a)ardane.c.o.m> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> george: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Reminds me of my German wife always telling me not to eat any >>>>>>>> berries >>>>>>>> in the forest in Germany as the foxes pee on them and this carries >>>>>>>> some type of "near fatal (?)" disease!!! >>>>>>> That must be something local, here. >>>>>>> In the German village where I live, people keep constantly >>>>>>> reminding me >>>>>>> to only pick wild berries that grow at least one meter high, >>>>>>> otherwise >>>>>>> [the fox story]. I have no clue whether or not there's some truth >>>>>>> about >>>>>>> that claim, though. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Erick >>>>>> I just asked my wife about this. She claims it is the fox tape worm. >>>>> Also a risk of catching rabies "tolwort" >>>> Actually, Tollwut. >>>> >>> Of course. There used to be signs with a bat symbol warning about "Wild >>> tollwut" in Bavarian forests. Maybe there still are. >> >> This sort seems to be more common >> >> http://www.absperr-schilder-technik.de/q,Wildtollwut?PHPSESSID=49167fb841f136d9c57d545933084b00 >> > > Although it's supposed to be endemic, I have never personally heard of > any humans getting rabies, In Germany? > which is just as well as it is an extremely > unpleasant way to die. The treatment for suspected rabies is almost as bad as having it. > Another hazard in many parts of the country comes > from two tick borne diseases - FSME (encephalitis, TBE) and borreliosis > (Lyme disease). and Leptospirosis Weil's disease is in rat and other wild animal urine, a particular risk for those doing water sports. http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Leptospirosis/Pages/Introduction.aspx > Both diseases result in long term debilitating illness. > Yet another hazard exists if you walk barefoot across grass meadows > where wild geese have left their droppings. These may contain the lava > of fluke worms. Wild grown water cress almost certainly contains liver flukes. > > Apart from that, enjoy your stay in Germany! and your healthy salad sandwich
From: erilar on 17 Jun 2010 08:23 In article <798346813298409383.688297andy-nosignal.org(a)news.individual.net>, Andy Davidson <andy(a)nosignal.org> wrote: > .....He says, reading with ipad/Newstap, on a train with no 3G signal > :-) When I'm in Germany I spend a lot of time on trains. Sounds like a useful app 8-) -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.mosaictelecom.com/~erilarlo
From: erilar on 17 Jun 2010 08:31
In article <1jk7dkh.165ois15pooqzN%d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk>, d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote: > erilar <drache(a)chibardun.net.invalid> wrote: > > > > > No, my laptop screen is about > > twice the size of the iPad and I can multitask here. I just noticed > > today that it also loads youtube videos faster. > > So you do watch videos on your iPad. I think it would be nice to watch > any online video on the device, rather than those that Apple decide you > can. > > > Is that the flash thing? > > Which loads faster? My macbook loads the videos faster than the ipod. So does mine. Actually, the youtube videos I was watching and usually want to watch are all posted in the same place, but youtube won't let me subscribe for some reason. Using the iPad youtube app I don't get an offer to subscribe, but when I went in via Safari, despite being told I can use my google name and password, youtube itself then refused them when I tried to subscribe to that site. I don't recall any problem with the original google name and password when I signed up for googlemaps. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.mosaictelecom.com/~erilarlo |