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zweitesich:
Went to Erfurt, the capital of Thuringia. Very nice city with a lot of restaurants and cool places to eat. It is unbelievable but the city got rich by producing blue dye out of woad. The citizens had to produce a lot of urine for that process so they drank aaaaaa lot of beer. Well now the dye producers are no longer there but they stlill are brewing this dark beer there.....
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zweitesich:
Setsubun, two days ago. Throwing the beans "hitting" an Oni demon and dropping them to the floor. Oni wa soto, fuku wa uchi!!! Roasted soy beans taste good :)
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zweitesich:
Read "All The Girls Love Michael Stone" by David Durham. The short story is featuring a cat. So I tried to talk to Nikki who is living in the house. I dont know if he was listening. Hope he will answer one time, in the short story the cats can talk but only to special persons.......
avrora:
Nikki is pretty creature :)
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zweitesich:
@dariianity I took a look today. This is the newer one, running on Sinumerik Siemens 840D SL software. X axis of that machine is 26m Y is around 6m. The older Waldrich Coburg and Skoda Heavy Cut are smaller but cheaper. Think they just machining the crown of a hydraulic press on that picture :)
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Finished the first tome of "Princes of Amber" by Roger Zelazny. Strange book with some confusing ideas. Easy and nice read but cannot find THE sensation in it. Will go for the second tome in a month or two to get some distance but..... well.... it is somehow... average.

avecalluna:
Highly recommend "A Night in the Lonesome October" his authorship)
zweitesich:
@avecalluna THX for your recommendation. I bought the new book for my Kindle and will read it. "Lord of Light" was really cool, especially the language. Maybe it is a lousy german translation of a good book. :)