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@Stanley Doble : The Goggomobil wasnt a car from the Borgward Corporation, it was built by Glas. Glas was another relatively small german car manufacturer. Glas went bankrupt in the late 1960ies and the company was bought up by BMW. @All other: While nearly noone of you have ever driven a...

I second Fading Fast. No man wants an anorexic, too skinny woman! That phenomen of size zero and below is a competition amongst upper-class-woman, because "competition" is an important value within the upper-class. When men reduce women only to their body... What do they want? anorexic...

I am german. These documents have nothing to do with V2-rockets. They are a map-exercise to teach military strategy to new wehrmacht-officers.

I listened to "Swinging Hamburg" on the "Hamburger Lokalradio" http://www.swinginghamburg.de/?rubrik=presse&content=jazz-im-radio You can listen to them at FM 96.0 Mhz (if you live in or near Hamburg) or via livestream on the internet.

The wristwatch suggests that this man fought in europe WWI. Wristwatches became popular in military at those times. Before WWI, wristwatches did exist, but they were considered unmanly. Wristwatches were for ladys and the wristband wasnt leather - it was gold or silver or something like that.

A mathematical book from 1790 about geometry with old illustrations.

57° F today here in Hamburg. Yesterday and the day before very similar. Drawback: Had 2014's first mosquito bite this monday.

It is interesting how the meaning of a word changes over the decades. "Sportanzug" nowadays means tracksuit in german and hip-hoppers et. al. wear them.

My grandfather riding a triumph motorcycle, could be a "TM 500"

Thats cows look mad. Mad couch...

I live in a house that was built in 1932. If it was 1940, i would miss the heating central heating system. There would be a stove in every room. The windows wouldnt be insulating glass and plastic frame, they would be real wood - but with only one single glass. I would freeze like hell, because...

There is an old gas station here in hamburg, it opened 1954. It was a quite normal gas station for many years. Then it was converted into a place where used cars where sold. After that, it was an empty ruin which nobody cared about. In 2010, it was restored and now it is a place where friends of...

Thats what i feared.

I am not quiet slim, not fat either. I'd say moderate. Dont know my waist and chest size. That 37 inch inseam is measured on a suit made to 2013s fashion. For jeans, my inseam is only 36 inch and my waist is 34 inches. Edit: I just found a list of actors with my size. When it comes to slim or...

My trousers inseam is 37 inches and my jacket arm length is 27.5 inches - measured on a modern suit i bought this year.