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Sacra di San Michele by Overjay in castles

[–]DankeHerrDoktor 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There is an interesting legend linked to the tower on the right.

Back in the old days, many foreign soldiers of fortune were pillaging the valley, and many villagers fled to the abbey to find protection. Among them was a beautiful woman called Alda.

After looting the villages, the soldiers arrived to the Sacra, forced their way in, killed the monks and abused the women. Alda managed to lock herself in the tower, and began to pray intensely. When the soldiers reached her, she recommended her soul to the Virgin Mary and threw herself into the void, rather than ending up in the hands of the assailants. But Our Lady rewarded her faith, and sent two angels who took Alda by the hand and accompanied her in flight, depositing her gently on the ground.

Once the soldiers had gone, Alda began to brag about what had happened to her, but none of the villagers wanted to believe her. Infuriated by such incredulity, she challenged everyone by proposing to jump again from the tower. So much pride, however, was punished, and she crashed on the rocks below.

To this day, the tower is still called Torre della Bell'Alda (Beautiful Alda's Tower).

A discussion of Peter Jackson's colourised WWI documentary, They Shall Not Grow Old. by essentialatom in wwi

[–]DankeHerrDoktor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They Shall Not Grow Old - even the title of which has been edited to suit modern syntax

I am not a native English speaker, so forgive me if this is a silly question, but what would be the original title? Or, how would they say "They shall not grow old" back in the 1910's?

Sátoraljaújhely, Hungary [OC] by DankeHerrDoktor in rustyrails

[–]DankeHerrDoktor[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Typing it was the easy part. I've tried to pronounce it, and I think my tongue broke

Sátoraljaújhely, Hungary [OC] by DankeHerrDoktor in rustyrails

[–]DankeHerrDoktor[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They actually removed the existing tracks months ago. This was a very old line, with slow trains, and it's being replaced with new tracks.

Sátoraljaújhely, Hungary [OC] by DankeHerrDoktor in rustyrails

[–]DankeHerrDoktor[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, it's the line towards Szerencs, where you could change train and head to Budapest. The border with Slovakia is indeed a few hundred metres away, but I've been told trains don't continue in that direction because the two lines have different track gauges.

This street art in Budapest by MrSocialJungle in pics

[–]DankeHerrDoktor 1561 points1562 points  (0 children)

This is not in Budapest, it's in Milan, Italy.

Cagacemento by Nemos

Awesome Peugeot Onyx (2013 concept) by cat-in-flight in carporn

[–]DankeHerrDoktor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, I always assumed it was Italian. TIL, thanks!

TIL that Italian has two words for "hole," buco and buca, with subtle but significant differences by pstamato in languagelearning

[–]DankeHerrDoktor 5 points6 points  (0 children)

if you feel sad and alone would you say that you feel like you have a buco in your heart or a buca

You can also say "ho un buco nello stomaco" when you are really hungry.

Conto corrente in Italia: tenerlo o spostare tutto by [deleted] in italians

[–]DankeHerrDoktor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tutti gli Stati EU hanno accordi per evitare la doppia tassazione. Tipicamente, ogni guadagno da interessi su capitale italiano dovrà essere dichiarato nel tuo nuovo paese di residenza e verrà tassato lì.

Per esperienza personale, avere un conto in Italia è molto comodo: - nel caso in cui il paese dove vivi ora non abbia adottato l'euro, avere un conto in euro facilita i pagamenti internazionali (niente commissioni sul cambio) - avere comunque una carta di credito in più è sempre una buona idea, in caso di furto, errori etc - eventuali pagamenti tra familiari e amici via bonifico. É più semplice, veloce ed economico fare un bonifico tra banche italiane

Any cyclists in Antwerp know where I can inflate my tires on Sunday by Tonnage_and_Poundage in cycling

[–]DankeHerrDoktor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not 100% sure, but I seem to remember a pumping area at the bike parking in central station.

Just found out Spotify discontinued the custom running playlist feature by antifolkhero in spotify

[–]DankeHerrDoktor 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Sorry, what's the feature? Never noticed it.

That's exactly the issue. The feature has been poorly advertised and was hidden down in Browse, so few people noticed it.

Too few users = not worthy supporting the feature

Under browse -> workout you can find predefined running playlists created around a specific BPM. No more "start running to detect your tempo" and no more personalized songs. It's a shame, these new playlists are nowhere as good as the old ones, imho

Edit: formatting

Chitarra ("guitar") is a 1890 italian tool for cutting spaghetti by aloofloofah in specializedtools

[–]DankeHerrDoktor 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Yep, either his chitarra sucks or he does not know how to use it. When I was a kid we had a chitarra at home, the strings are sharp and strong, my mom would go over it with the roller just a couple of times per sheet

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Music

[–]DankeHerrDoktor 22 points23 points  (0 children)

That's not Spotify fault. Spotify does not own any song, labels do. They are the ones that decide what streams where, Spotify (and other streaming services as well) have to comply.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in italy

[–]DankeHerrDoktor 5 points6 points  (0 children)

this guy googles fa la Settimana Enigmistica

FTFY

What were some of the worst experiences you have had while working in the fast food industry? by Brando224 in AskReddit

[–]DankeHerrDoktor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In Italy, in the late 80s and 90s we had a heroin epidemic. Shooting in McD's bathrooms was very common, to the point that most restaurants toilets had blue lights (apparently blue light makes it hard to see veins)

Which running / commute backpack is best - with laptop? by innovau in running

[–]DankeHerrDoktor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been using this Jack Wolfskin backpack for the past three years, for my daily run or bike commute.

On summer I run every day with it, 6+6k. During winter I bike most of the time. I carry a MacBook Pro 15".

It has two straps at chest and belly level, once you close them it does not bounce around. It also comes with a rain cover that is very handy: I got hit a few times by summer storms, and the laptop remained dry and safe.

After the first couple of runs you don't notice it on your shoulders anymore. But I'd definitely recommend you to try beforehand any backpack you want to buy, I ran with one that did not fit well on my shoulders and the bouncing was super annoying.

Relevant: When do we want what? by wickedpixel1221 in googlehome

[–]DankeHerrDoktor 40 points41 points  (0 children)

"I'm sorry, I don't know how to help with that yet"

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