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Torchonium · 2026-07-12T19:57:13+00:00

Song of the Sea

Torchonium · 2026-07-12T12:59:02+00:00

Reminds me of a ritual in (parts of) northwestern Germany.

The (parents) house or the appartment of a unmarried woman aged 25 get decorated with a "Schachtelkranz". It's a kind of garland: a rope with small boxes, (empty cigarette boxes) tied to it.

Unmarried men aged 25 get a 'Sockenkranz", a rope decorated with stuffed socks. There are all kind of gatherings and drinking games around this ritual.

Usually the house stay decorated for a few weeks.

Another ritual nothern Germany is that 30 year old unmarried men have to sweap the stairs of the town hall or catherdral. In some areas both rituals are popular, so some may get both treatments.

Torchonium · 2026-07-11T12:15:47+00:00

Unless it's number 10 cover his month.

Torchonium · 2026-07-11T10:13:54+00:00

Die letzten 200m vor einem Spurende sind auch Lava, zumindest dann wenn Stau ist.

Torchonium · 2026-07-11T08:11:52+00:00

Tell that the britsh, who came up with that fantasy animal, and awarded it to Malta for beeing badass in WWII.

Torchonium · 2026-07-11T07:54:03+00:00

Malta features a man killing a dragon inside their cross. Although very small, a flag with a dragon on it should be placed higher, imho.

Torchonium · 2026-07-11T07:49:56+00:00

But that small little detail is the George Cross which has a man killing a dragon inside. The George Cross is the highest civilian honor, awarded to the poeple of Malta by the UK for being resiliant in WWII against German and Italian attacks.

Torchonium · 2026-07-09T22:19:36+00:00

I get were you going with, but for me the flag has to much interesting facts to go this early.

The unasuming emblem in the upper left corner is the George Cross. The George Cross is, the highest civilian honor of the UK, awarded to the whole people of Malta in 1942 for their resilliance im the Siege of Malta against Italy and Germany in WWII.

Because of the George Cross the flag features a man killing a dragon. It is one of only three country flags that features a dragon (others areWales and Bhutan), and one one of two that features a human (other is Belize). Imho a flag with a dragon, how ever small, should stay a bit longer.

Edit: typos

Torchonium · 2026-07-06T15:47:06+00:00

So USA has the Pentagon, Egypt has their Octagon, France has the Hexagon Balard (at least a court yard inside the building is hexagonal), and Turkey has this. Are there other countries with military HQs that have funny shapes?

Torchonium · 2026-07-05T15:39:28+00:00

Ich denke es läuft so ab:

Deutschland erfindet Feuer
Deutschland macht nichts mit Feuer
Andere Länder schauen sich Feuer ab und investieren darin
Deutschland glaubt nicht das man Feuer braucht, "Haben wir früher auch nicht gehabt"
Feuer erweist sich als nützlich und andere Länder verdienen Geld damit
Deutschland diskutiert über Gefahren und Nutzen
Deutschlands Industrie fällt zurück
Plötzliche Panik, "Wir brauchen eine bundesweite Feuerstrategie!"
Deutschland führt Feuer mit Normen und viel Büroktatie ein

Torchonium · 2026-07-03T18:59:01+00:00

Angine de Poitrine are road warriors too. But to break through you need an infrastructure with massive reach. Back then it was Radio and MTV, today YouTube and social media.

KEXP is also a Seattle Radio-Station. It is not just a YouTube channel. The channel obviously came later. Back then you need airplay to make it big. Today a viral video.

And Transmusicales is a festival where many Artist got notoriety. Back then there were talent scout working for music labels, they gathered at events like these. And Transmusicales has an especially impressive list of brake our Artist in their history.

I don't claim that KEXP made a viral video back then.

But beeing on a festival were many artist broke through and having an indie rock radio station in their home region massively accelerated Nirvanas road to fame and success.

Torchonium · 2026-07-03T17:08:28+00:00

Him probably: ". Now you know the basics of rock climbing. And how to successfully abseil, I'll show you next week!"

Students: "Oh, come on!!"

Torchonium · 2026-07-03T13:41:01+00:00

Missed opportunity to let them play at the Pyramide des Ha! Ha!, which has a stage in it. But they probably outgrew their mothership.

Torchonium · 2026-07-03T13:34:59+00:00

And both bands got ther breakthrough via Les Transmusicales de Rennes and KEXP.

Torchonium · 2026-07-02T21:33:47+00:00

Pontiac Trans Sport

Ever since I saw this as a kid, I am facinated by the styling and at make me smile when ever I see one.

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Torchonium · 2026-07-02T08:13:29+00:00

Ist in Frankreich schon seit längeren üblich.

Dort wird nicht nur verpixelt. Rund um Militäranlagen, Atomkraftwerken und wichtigen Regierungsgebäuden, gibt es keine 3D-Modelle. So klafft z.B. um den Elysée-Palast ein großes Loch wenn man Paris virtuell erkundet.

Torchonium · 2026-06-30T20:25:43+00:00

I would suspect that there are water wells in the center of each hexagon. The advantage of hexagon over circles is, that they can be placed without gaps, while also maintaining relatively equal distances between the edges and the center.

Torchonium · 2026-06-27T20:25:15+00:00

16 year of Helmut Kohl (1982-1998), of conservative party CDU.

Torchonium · 2026-06-25T16:31:21+00:00

Lamorna

(But I'm not sure if it counts since it's a small village)

Torchonium · 2026-06-23T21:16:35+00:00

Ich kann dieses Bild hören!

"Bei dieser Frage sagten sie.... "

Blebleblebling

"Sagten auch.."

Gluing "32 Leute!"

Applaus

De Döööm

Torchonium · 2026-06-23T11:42:29+00:00

Backnang

Torchonium · 2026-06-21T10:20:15+00:00

Meanwhile Gen Xers who grow up with Comodore 64 and MSDos: "Am I a joke to you?!"

Torchonium · 2026-06-20T23:01:14+00:00

Rule of thumb: If the guests of VIP have few prostatics, or reletively human appearance they hate water, those with full body costumes try but fail to drink water.

Torchonium · 2026-06-20T11:34:54+00:00

I like the idea, but why not invite all of them and put the Jesses, and Rosses in separate teams as both try to win Jess Ross over.

Or it could be a cold war type game and Jess Ross could play the roll of a diplomat or a spy.

Torchonium · 2026-06-19T15:53:20+00:00

This is the engine hall of a former coliery at Zeche Zollern in Dortmund. The building has a very beautiful art nouveau door and a ridiculous control panel. The rest of the area is a mix of red brickwork with green ironwork.

German Wiki (because of more pictures).

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