tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post2132456386516835269..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Ein "Mauerspecht"Minnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-31103787159892378842019-11-10T19:19:02.284-06:002019-11-10T19:19:02.284-06:00I have a chunk, about the size of my hand. It was ...I have a chunk, about the size of my hand. It was a gift from a Berlin exchange student we hosted some years ago. He wasn't even born when the wall came down. Miss Cellaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16056319889765739429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-23704305127258478492019-11-10T12:03:18.439-06:002019-11-10T12:03:18.439-06:00I know someone who was on a military base when the...I know someone who was on a military base when the wall came down and he brought back some sizeable chunks, I imagine that was true for many.Janet Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09000402098592720913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-58756605147084134452014-11-09T21:39:38.093-06:002014-11-09T21:39:38.093-06:00This seems a relevant place to mention an art inst...This seems a relevant place to mention an art installation commemorating the fall of the wall - tracing the route of the wall in thousands of glowing balloons.<br />http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/technology/berlin-wall-recreated-using-8000-4588437Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-64317852953796739112014-11-05T11:13:24.461-06:002014-11-05T11:13:24.461-06:00For Christmas that year, my Mom gave me a piece of...For Christmas that year, my Mom gave me a piece of the Berlin Wall in a glass locket, just a small chip, really, with traces of coloured paint on the smoother outward-facing side. I had seen the Wall standing, and it left an impression, to say the least. At the time, I could never have imagined receiving such a present.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-80459846446381645752014-11-04T16:40:48.675-06:002014-11-04T16:40:48.675-06:00Looks like an interesting movie. Review here -
ht...Looks like an interesting movie. Review here -<br /><br />http://culture.pl/en/work/rabbit-a-la-berlin-bartek-konopka-piotr-rosolowski<br /><br />- including a video interview with the filmmaker.<br /><br />The DVD is not in our library, but I've requested it on interlibrary loan. Tx for the tip.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-15831351370026646812014-11-04T13:45:37.041-06:002014-11-04T13:45:37.041-06:00Never mind. Just re-read the article and my eyes ...Never mind. Just re-read the article and my eyes must have skipped over the explanatory paragraph. Sheesh.<br /><br />Lurker111<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-73021423252212241332014-11-04T13:43:09.692-06:002014-11-04T13:43:09.692-06:00"Mauerspecht" is a strange word, as &quo..."Mauerspecht" is a strange word, as "Mauer" = "wall" and "Specht" = "woodpecker".<br /><br />Usually German combined-words tend to make more sense. Anyone have an explanation?<br /><br />Lurker111<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-75935297538696753262014-11-04T12:55:37.896-06:002014-11-04T12:55:37.896-06:00Best documentary I've seen was about the rabbi...Best documentary I've seen was about the rabbits of the Berlin wall:<br />http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1410281/<br /><br />Trailer:<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEHi4DE2uAYS.Normanhttp://www.ghoulagogo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-49382299185223791722014-11-04T08:23:17.058-06:002014-11-04T08:23:17.058-06:00Of course, the main deterrent of the wall wasn'...Of course, the main deterrent of the wall wasn't the concrete, it was the guards and the minefield. So what happened to the minefield when the 'Osties' burst through?Sue Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04386142309332609673noreply@blogger.com