Mundane News

[classic33]

Shoulder to the wheel

Nose to the grindstone.

 

[Hebe]

Walked in the drizzle this morning. Considering asking the lbs to replace a tube for me on the Vita as it has new tyres that made my hands bleed when I put them on. I suspect I might have introduced the slow puncture at the same time. I expect I’ll end up going for the bleeding hands option first as I do miss a good attempted fettle.

 

[Speicher]

This request is not mundane, but peeps might be able to help.

Where do I find a map of Europe from 1900 and find out how the boundaries changed over the following fifty years. I would like to know if Prussia was a country or an Empire, and the name of that area now.

I am the first to admit that my knowledge of European (geographical) History is very limited, possibly non-existent.

 

[Andy in Germany]

This request is not mundane, but peeps might be able to help.

Where do I find a map of Europe from 1900 and find out how the boundaries changed over the following fifty years. I would like to know if Prussia was a country or an Empire, and the name of that area now.

I am the first to admit that my knowledge of European (geographical) History is very limited, possibly non-existent.

The answer to that is "yes", and also "no" and "maybe". Depending on where and when.

This video says it far better than I can, and is much funnier. It's worth pausing when there's lots of text on screen.



As an aside, the little Splinter of Prussia in the south is called Hohenzollern, and still has a strong local identity.

 

[Reynard]

Cool, grey and drizzly here chez Casa Reynard.

I slept well, although I did go to bed quite late, because every time I lay down, I started coughing, so it was easier to sit up and read until all that passed. Then I went out like a light. Best night's kip in a couple of weeks.

Put away all the laundry this morning after letting it dry on the clothes horse in the bathroom overnight. I also popped out to get the parental unit's prescription. Writing and painting planned for this afternoon.

It is almost time for luncheon and I has a hungry.

And I've just sneezed.

 

[biggs682]

Not drizzling here

 

[Reynard]

Guten tag.

Dzień dobry

 

[Reynard]

This request is not mundane, but peeps might be able to help.

Where do I find a map of Europe from 1900 and find out how the boundaries changed over the following fifty years. I would like to know if Prussia was a country or an Empire, and the name of that area now.

I am the first to admit that my knowledge of European (geographical) History is very limited, possibly non-existent.

Most of Germany was a collection of city-states and small principalities / duchies until united by the Kaiser in the 1800-ish. But with the Kaiser being Prussian, they sort of took precedence in the 2nd Reich. The majority of the senior German military officers in WW1 were Prussian, as the region had a very strong military tradition.

The eastern borders of Prussia yo-yoed around a bit, mainly in lockstep with the western borders of Poland and, at one point, the Baltic States. That part of Poland is called Pomorże, and includes Gdynia and Gdańsk. In the inter-war years, Gdańsk (Danzig) was a Free City with neutral status - accorded to it in the Treaty of Versailles.

Prussia came into being thanks to something of an ooops moment by one of the Polish kings in the middle ages, who invited Teutonic Knights to help fight against the Tartars and gave them land to settle as a thank you. The kingdom, as it was, came to an end with the formation of the Weimar Republic in 1919.

 

[Andy in Germany]

And I've just sneezed.

Oh, that was you was it?

 

[Hebe]

It's still drizzling. I can't get my brake noodle released to get the wheel off so I've taken the unsatisfactory alternative of putting more air in the tyre instead. I'll try again in a minute when I've finished today's coffee. 💪💪

 

[Reynard]

Oh, that was you was it?

*yes*

 

[Reynard]

Lovely luncheon of one slice of wholemeal bread with stuffing and mustard, one with Cornish cheddar and apricot chutney, plus a pear, an orange and two

 

[Reynard]

My post on upside down racecars got deleted from the jokes thread @Andy in Germany

Hey ho... But to reiterate, upside down racecars is expensive. One of my mates did this back in 2004. Apparently it's my fault, because the day before, I'd remarked that no one had rolled an ASCAR yet... But Verge got called "The Flying Dutchman" thereafter...

Even more ouch (both ouch hurty and ouch the wallet) was an ex, who managed to total a Porsche GT3 by landing it on its roof on top of a barrier. We'd already parted ways a while by then, but he could so easily have become my ex ex...

 

[Andy in Germany]

Lovely luncheon of one slice of wholemeal bread with stuffing and mustard, one with Cornish cheddar and apricot chutney, plus a pear, an orange and two

That'll keep you going...

 

[Tenkaykev]

Two slices of home made wholemeal bread with Gouda and Stokes brown sauce ( gouda needs brown / red sauce )