Mundane News

[Reynard]

Watching Antiques Road Trip. Phillip Serrell is eyeing up a ladder...

 

[biggs682]

Let's hope the rest of the week is easier than today

 

[Hebe]

I'm wondering how much of today's Women's Tour I can get away with watching tonight.

 

[Reynard]

Time to put the painting away and have a

 

[oldwheels]

A nice day again and a little breeze kept the temperature bearable.
My bookshelves defeat me again.
I am looking for a small book describing the adventures of a couple of lads who set off on bikes with no set timetable or agenda. Much like my own youthful adventures.
Cannot find it but it is there somewhere.
I did find Mountain Days and Bothie Nights which kept me entertained. I was never a climber but did some scrambles on mountains like the Cobbler and easy ones in Glencoe and further north in Sutherland. Bothies we did use sometimes and there were also some semi secret howffs. Intersting times.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

A nice day again and a little breeze kept the temperature bearable.
My bookshelves defeat me again.
I am looking for a small book describing the adventures of a couple of lads who set off on bikes with no set timetable or agenda. Much like my own youthful adventures.
Cannot find it but it is there somewhere.
I did find Mountain Days and Bothie Nights which kept me entertained. I was never a climber but did some scrambles on mountains like the Cobbler and easy ones in Glencoe and further north in Sutherland. Bothies we did use sometimes and there were also some semi secret howffs. Intersting times.

Is a howff anything like an almost shebeen? If you know what I mean....

 

[Speicher]

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.

Thank you @Reynard for that summary.

I always thought that my Grandmother was German and her Father was Russian.

My Brother told me yesterday that my Great Grandfather was Prussian. He did not want to join his father's business, so he got on a boat and ended up in Jersey (possibly via America) where he met his wife. During WW1, he was interned, and returned to Prussia at the end of the war.

Later his wife joined him. So if Great Grandfather returned to his homeland, it could have been Prussia, or Weimar Republic.

So if my Grandmother was born in the Weimar Republic, does that mean she is German?

 

[Reynard]

Thank you @Reynard for that summary.

I always thought that my Grandmother was German and her Father was Russian.

My Brother told me yesterday that my Great Grandfather was Prussian. He did not want to join his father's business, so he got on a boat and ended up in Jersey (possibly via America) where he met his wife. During WW1, he was interned, and returned to Prussia at the end of the war.

Later his wife joined him. So if Great Grandfather returned to his homeland, it could have been Prussia, or Weimar Republic.

So if my Grandmother was born in the Weimar Republic, does that mean she is German?

Yes. The Weimar Republic is the name that was given to the German government / state during the inter-war years. Until the Nazis came to power in 1933 when Hitler became Chancellor, that is, and established the Third Reich. FYI, the First Reich was the Holy Roman Empire.

As for Prussia - depending on where exactly your Great Grandfather went back to after WW1, it would have either been in Germany, Poland or the Baltic States.

 

[oldwheels]

Is a howff anything like an almost shebeen? If you know what I mean....

There are similarities in that alcohol is often consumed but a shebeen is devoted to alcohol. A howff is an informal shelter primarily and not a drinking den. Much like a mountain bothy in atmosphere but not a formal building.

 

[PeteXXX]

Yes. The Weimar Republic is the name that was given to the German government / state during the inter-war years. Until the Nazis came to power in 1933 when Hitler became Chancellor, that is, and established the Third Reich. FYI, the First Reich was the Holy Roman Empire.

As for Prussia - depending on where exactly your Great Grandfather went back to after WW1, it would have either been in Germany, Poland or the Baltic States.

Every day's a learning day! 😊

 

[Reynard]

Anyways, time to feed the cats, and then it will be time to feed me.

 

[Ripple]

Very limited space in my room and unlimited imagination in my head.

p.s. camera points at the bird feeder and NOT at neighbours.

 

[biggs682]

Time for some springwatch relaxation

 

[tyred]

100 miles over two days and really feeling it now. Today was very hilly with a headwind. I need to work on my fitness. Nowhere near where I was this time last year.

 

[oldwheels]

There are similarities in that alcohol is often consumed but a shebeen is devoted to alcohol. A howff is an informal shelter primarily and not a drinking den. Much like a mountain bothy in atmosphere but not a formal building.

Edit to add a Bothan is more like a shebeen. Found on Lewis and probably other islands as well. Pubs would be a long way away and no transport other than feet so a male only gathering place would be easier with alcohol available.