My quick trip to Germany

Onkel Neal · 07-01-12, 10:16 PM

I got to meet up with a couple Subsim members this weekend in Dusseldorf, Dan D and Penguin!

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=196302

I thought I better wear "the shirt" for this important occasion.

Jimbuna · 07-02-12, 05:06 AM

Been following the thread and looks like you had a great time.

Top marks to Dan D and Penguin for the hospitality shown to Neal (in the finest SubSim tradition).

Now...a close up of that infamous shirt

Onkel Neal · 07-02-12, 06:41 AM

For some reason, that picture makes me hungry...

Herr-Berbunch · 07-02-12, 06:41 AM

Crikey, how much did you win, Neal?

August · 07-02-12, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Crikey, how much did you win, Neal?

Enough not to be self conscious about dressing like that in public!

Jimbuna · 07-02-12, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

For some reason, that picture makes me hungry...

Aye there were a few bits and pieces on that bench I'd never previously tasted before....once I was able to get past Jason

Penguin · 07-02-12, 10:58 AM

It was very nice to meet Dan and Neal in person and hang around with them

Dan told me about the (in-)famous shirt and its history when we spotted Neal. Well, I don't think it's bad - but I have no taste anyway

And compared to the people running around the streets in Düsseldorf that evening - guys dressed in wedding dresses, animal costumes and other weird stuff - we were 3 super-models!

However it looks like I have glued Prince Charles' ears onto my head in that pic.

Herr-Berbunch · 07-02-12, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Penguin

And compared to the people running around the streets in Düsseldorf that evening - guys dressed in wedding dresses, animal costumes and other weird stuff - we were 3 super-models!

I didn't think Reece, McBee, and Krash could make it!

Penguin · 07-02-12, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

I didn't think Reece, McBee, and Krash could make it!

Jim and Steed apparently only made it to the airport:

http://translate.google.de/translate...894394&act=url

Dan D · 07-02-12, 04:04 PM

Like Neal, I would like to thank Penguin very much for being such a great host. You, Sir, are truly an original. It was also nice to meet your friends ***8222;Rat, Mozart, Aldi, Atze and Lumpi***8220; etc. and to listen to punk rock music until 4:30 a.m. I very much like the ***8222;Black Lips***8220; now and I dedicate this song to our cute waitress who was from Vermont/USA and who served Neal a cooled down ice tea when he asked for it.

Walked back to my car following the tram tracks the next morning. I bought a Börek (spinach, feta cheese) which was still warm because it had just left the oven, ate it and headed back home but had to take a 2 hours nap at a parking area on the autobahn because I felt exhausted.

Onkel Neal · 07-02-12, 04:13 PM

Haha, yeah, I forgot about the iced tea.

You think with all these restaurants and bars trying to be cool and exotic with their menu, they wouldn't fall down in spasms when a Texan asks for iced tea. Even the Vermont waitress tried to resist: I said, come on, that guy has ice in his drink, you can make tea, I bet you have sugar and lemon in your bar... make some iced tea!

I'll to the taxi driver who picked me up in the middle of the construction zone, where the sidewalks disappeared.

nikimcbee · 07-02-12, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

I didn't think Reece, McBee, and Krash could make it!

You are correct!

Jimbuna · 07-02-12, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Penguin

Jim and Steed apparently only made it to the airport:

http://translate.google.de/translate...894394&act=url

I only do airports if I'm getting a lift in a stretched limo on arrival

Onkel Neal · 07-02-12, 06:15 PM

Here's the tea, thanks, Vermont Girl!

Penguin · 07-03-12, 04:03 PM

I've uploaded a lighthouse-shirt pic to the other thread, for the people who want to print one for themselves

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Originally Posted by Dan D

Walked back to my car following the tram tracks the next morning. I bought a Börek (spinach, feta cheese) which was still warm because it had just left the oven, ate it and headed back home but had to take a 2 hours nap at a parking area on the autobahn because I felt exhausted.

Great that you remembered them, "my" summer band this year.
Well I also wasn't too alive the next day and didn't manage to play baseball like I told my friend - yes the old age (and some hangover

)

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Here's the tea, thanks, Vermont Girl!

Bringing back the secret of iced tea to the American expatriates

Favorite dialogue when we left: Waitress: "How do you know a guy from Texas?" Dan: "Is this so unusual to meet an American here" - W:"I have only met about 4 in the whole year I'm here"

We saw dozens of Americans walking through the town this night alone

, I explained to her that every American knows Düsseldorf because Grandpa Simpson parachuted into the city during WW2.

07-01-12, 10:16 PM	#1
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	My quick trip to Germany I got to meet up with a couple Subsim members this weekend in Dusseldorf, Dan D and Penguin! http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=196302 I thought I better wear "the shirt" for this important occasion.

07-02-12, 05:06 AM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,445 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Been following the thread and looks like you had a great time. Top marks to Dan D and Penguin for the hospitality shown to Neal (in the finest SubSim tradition). Now...a close up of that infamous shirt __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

07-02-12, 06:41 AM	#4
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Crikey, how much did you win, Neal? __________________

07-02-12, 04:04 PM	#10
Dan D Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: 9th Flotilla Posts: 839 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Like Neal, I would like to thank Penguin very much for being such a great host. You, Sir, are truly an original. It was also nice to meet your friends *8222;Rat, Mozart, Aldi, Atze and Lumpi8220; etc. and to listen to punk rock music until 4:30 a.m. I very much like the 8222;Black Lips*8220; now and I dedicate this song to our cute waitress who was from Vermont/USA and who served Neal a cooled down ice tea when he asked for it. Walked back to my car following the tram tracks the next morning. I bought a Börek (spinach, feta cheese) which was still warm because it had just left the oven, ate it and headed back home but had to take a 2 hours nap at a parking area on the autobahn because I felt exhausted. __________________

07-02-12, 10:58 AM	#7
Penguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Rheinische Republik Posts: 3,322 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	It was very nice to meet Dan and Neal in person and hang around with them Dan told me about the (in-)famous shirt and its history when we spotted Neal. Well, I don't think it's bad - but I have no taste anyway And compared to the people running around the streets in Düsseldorf that evening - guys dressed in wedding dresses, animal costumes and other weird stuff - we were 3 super-models! However it looks like I have glued Prince Charles' ears onto my head in that pic.

07-02-12, 04:13 PM	#11
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Haha, yeah, I forgot about the iced tea. You think with all these restaurants and bars trying to be cool and exotic with their menu, they wouldn't fall down in spasms when a Texan asks for iced tea. Even the Vermont waitress tried to resist: I said, come on, that guy has ice in his drink, you can make tea, I bet you have sugar and lemon in your bar... make some iced tea! I'll to the taxi driver who picked me up in the middle of the construction zone, where the sidewalks disappeared.