Stormbringer Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 1 minute ago, SuperG.Girl said: how much time it took you to do it? 5 hours 17 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah.Adams Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Just now, Stormbringer said: 5 hours 17 minutes frak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17 Moments of Spring Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 17 hours ago, Cult Icon said: Junger was already a daredevil before he fought in the world war. Are you talking about the Michael offensive? ... i don't know, i'm not into war history. but i read in the epilogue that his pour le mérite was a big thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILUVAdrianaLima Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 1 hour ago, SuperG.Girl said: frak Double frak! O.o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cult Icon Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 28 minutes ago, 17 Moments of Spring said: i don't know, i'm not into war history. but i read in the epilogue that his pour le mérite was a big thing. Yes, it's the highest award that the nation can bestow on a soldier- (like the Medal of Honor, Victoria's Cross, Hero of the Soviet Union) Holders of the PLM continued wearing it during their service in the second world war: GFM von Bock (Army Group Center/South), GFM Rommel (Afrika Korps, Panzer Army Afrika), and IIRC Major Junger (again in WW2). And of course, Hermann Goering Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 1 hour ago, SuperG.Girl said: frak 5 minutes ago, ILUVAdrianaLima said: Double frak! O.o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILUVAdrianaLima Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 After 1 hour I would park the bike on the side of the road, put a for sale sign on it and just eat my dam pizza already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enrico_sw Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 18 hours ago, Stormbringer said: First +100 km on the new bicycle today!! (103.6 km... that's 64.4 miles for the metric impaired) Well done Did you have uphill parts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enrico_sw Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 @Cult Icon Do you know/like this song? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 1 hour ago, ILUVAdrianaLima said: After 1 hour I would park the bike on the side of the road, put a for sale sign on it and just eat my dam pizza already You lazy ass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 36 minutes ago, Enrico_sw said: Well done Did you have uphill parts? Thanks! Yes! Half of it was uphill. Some VERY steep parts too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enrico_sw Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Just now, Stormbringer said: Thanks! Yes! Half of it was uphill. Some VERY steep parts too. Great! In the Andes? Which part? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotportugal Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 I'm so hooked on Mad Men!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enrico_sw Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 On 22/10/2017 at 7:48 PM, Cult Icon said: I'm glad that you brought up BoB- this series means a lot to me and brings back a lot of memories. My next door neighbor growing up was a Jewish retiree and veteran of the 101. Airborne. As a matter of fact, BoB brings a lot of memories for me as well. Of the series itself, and of people I used to watch it with as well. I remember many moments of the series. Like the moment where Compton sees his friends getting hit by a mortar. This scene was in the opening credits. I even remember the musical notes that are played the moment where he stands alone letting his helmet go (it's a turning point in the opening credits melody, even the instruments change). I also remember with whom I was the first time I saw it. It's good to have memories of people, of books/series, of history. We live in a world where we always have to go forward without ever looking behind. But memories are treasures. Our politicians have pulsions of "making a clean slate of the past", because they claim to replace it with a bright future. IMHO, they don't see that a huge part of their PC thoughts are like ideologies, soft ones, but still. It bothers me. The ones who claim to be better than our past don't even know it to begin with. I've always found it key to understand our past. As time goes by, many good people are left behind. Also many mistakes; but repairing past mistakes often lead to new mistakes (anyway, making this message... reminded me of past rambling on with other people a while ago ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enrico_sw Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 One of the greatest scenes. Nostalgic, hopeful and then hopeless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enrico_sw Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 I'm thinking that this guy is a freakin' genius! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enrico_sw Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 ^ this guy made two great albums in the 70s and then was forgotten in the US. At the same time, he became a superstar in South Africa (without knowing it during nearly 30 years!) His music is perfect. The melodies seem simple at first, but they are very rich, and the lyrics are just great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stromboli1 Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 5 hours ago, SuperG.Girl said: frak 4 hours ago, ILUVAdrianaLima said: Double frak! O.o 4 hours ago, Stormbringer said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 4 hours ago, Enrico_sw said: Great! In the Andes? Which part? More like in the foot of the Andes. And there's many hills within in the city too. I'll be cycling in the Andes by the end of November Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cult Icon Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 13 hours ago, Enrico_sw said: One of the greatest scenes. Nostalgic, hopeful and then hopeless. ^^ Very good scene. The effect of being under attack by artillery barrages, rocket artillery, dive bombers, and carpet bombing is incredible for the effected. This was a signature scene too: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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