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2004-09-18 -Short Attention Span Theater-
Germany Opens 171st Annual Oktoberfest
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Posted by Fred 2004-09-18 12:07:49 PM|| || Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 God is good and like his folks happy.
Posted by Shipman 2004-09-18 12:18:25 PM||   2004-09-18 12:18:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 I don't drink beer, but I have to admit Oktoberfest was fun.

I heard the Loewenbrau lion in the background on a news report one year and got nostalgic. (He nods his head, pats his stomach, and says "Luuuuurrrvvvenbroi" (phonetic) in a deep voice. You could hear him all over the Munich Fest grounds.)

Those were the days.
Posted by Barbara Skolaut  2004-09-18 12:32:31 PM||   2004-09-18 12:32:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 They're dangerous! Oktoberfests are dangerous!

My very first one, I managed to fall down the stairs when I came back to the hotel. On my back. Head first. Concrete stairs.
Posted by Fred  2004-09-18 1:28:28 PM||   2004-09-18 1:28:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Stairwells. . .why do they hate us?
Posted by Doc8404 2004-09-18 1:36:41 PM||   2004-09-18 1:36:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 My company (based in Mass) always has a European customers "technical seminar" in Germany at this time - strictly coincidental, I'm sure. My group is always well represented there. Unfortunately, my job is not "customer-facing," so I'm never invited :-(
Posted by Xbalanke  2004-09-18 1:36:59 PM||   2004-09-18 1:36:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 That's your own damn fault, Fred. You should have continued drinking instead of going back to the hotel. :-p
Posted by Barbara Skolaut  2004-09-18 1:37:39 PM||   2004-09-18 1:37:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 TGA - if you read this thread, is the Loewenbrau lion still above the Loewenbrau tent in Munich? I thought I read somewhere that it wasn't. That breaks my heart; I loved that lion. :-p
Posted by Barbara Skolaut  2004-09-18 1:39:48 PM||   2004-09-18 1:39:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Suggested reading:

The Drawing of the Dark
Posted by mojo  2004-09-18 2:19:25 PM||   2004-09-18 2:19:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Here you go, Barbara:

Löwenbräuzelt
Posted by True German Ally 2004-09-18 2:31:19 PM||   2004-09-18 2:31:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Thanks, TGA! Made my day. (Ah, nostalgia)

Sorry I forgot about the umlaut in "braeu." But how did you make an actual umlaut show up in print in an English-based blog? I'd love to master that one.
Posted by Barbara Skolaut  2004-09-18 2:35:23 PM||   2004-09-18 2:35:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Barbara, on a German keyboard you can type them right in.
On an Enlish keyboard use

ä = Alt + 132
ö = Alt + 148
ü = Alt + 129
Ä = Alt + 142
Ö = Alt + 153
Ü = Alt + 154
ß = Alt + 222

Or use html code

& auml;
& ouml;
& uuml;
& Auml;
& Ouml;
& Uuml;
& szlig;

(eliminate space after &)
Posted by True German Ally 2004-09-18 2:47:41 PM||   2004-09-18 2:47:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Danke schön, TGA!

I did run across the "alt" version earlier, but couldn't make it work. Didn't realize there was an html version (though of course I should have).

Löök öüt, Räntbürgers - I'm ünßtöppäble nöw!! :-p
Posted by Barbara Skolaut  2004-09-18 3:30:15 PM||   2004-09-18 3:30:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 what about nordic letters--like the halo above A in swedish, the slash through the O etc?
Posted by lex 2004-09-18 3:35:21 PM||   2004-09-18 3:35:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Ã¸= alt 0248
Ã¥= alt 0229
Posted by Frank G  2004-09-18 3:38:33 PM||   2004-09-18 3:38:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 character map is your friend
Posted by Frank G  2004-09-18 3:39:08 PM||   2004-09-18 3:39:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 All nordic letters you can handle!

Æ æ Å å Ä ä Ð ð Ø ø Ö ö Þ þ
Posted by True German Ally 2004-09-18 3:39:37 PM||   2004-09-18 3:39:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 Here's a link which has all of the various character tables, and a lot more, just FYI. Note that on the bottom-left is where the table choices are offered - and I've selected the URL-Encode Reference table, so it's bold-faced.

The menu offers most everything - and the handy text box allows you to try things out - so you can be sure beforehand.
Posted by .com 2004-09-18 4:06:24 PM||   2004-09-18 4:06:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 Here's a simpler table, lol! Sorry about the other... more for the webbie.
Posted by .com 2004-09-18 4:20:53 PM||   2004-09-18 4:20:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 The Germans should enjoy Oktoberfest while they can, it will be over in a decade or so when Germany implements Sharia.
Posted by A Jackson 2004-09-18 6:05:34 PM||   2004-09-18 6:05:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#20 Thanks to all contributors for the tips on typing characters. I am saving this page as a favorite for future reference.
Posted by jules 2 2004-09-18 6:28:21 PM||   2004-09-18 6:28:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#21 "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy". Benjamin Franklin.
Posted by Deacon Blues  2004-09-18 7:00:16 PM||   2004-09-18 7:00:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#22 Ummmmm, beer!
Posted by Steve  2004-09-18 7:31:16 PM||   2004-09-18 7:31:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#23 Classified as "staple food" in Bavaria...
Posted by True German Ally 2004-09-18 7:33:11 PM||   2004-09-18 7:33:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#24 Ã¤ = Alt + 132

When I try this I get ±³². Couldn't find the ^th, though.
Posted by Angie Schultz 2004-09-18 9:56:17 PM|| [http://darkblogules.blogspot.com]  2004-09-18 9:56:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#25 TGA - So true. Liquid bread.

Märzbier for Fasching, Weissen for summer (My wife and I call it "Germon Limonade"), Festbier for the early fall, and whatever the local brewery makes the rest of the year round (plus sneaking in Pils if you are over toward Prague). Bayern is my second home... well the only place other than the US that I felt at home - and I felt more at home in München, Augsburg, Nürnberg and Weiden than I did Boston Mass.
Posted by OldSpook 2004-09-18 10:14:21 PM||   2004-09-18 10:14:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#26 hold the alt down and type 132
ä
Posted by Frank G  2004-09-18 10:18:25 PM||   2004-09-18 10:18:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#27 Cincinnati,Ohio has the second biggest Oktoberfest celebration after Munich -- held this weekend. But naturally done Cincinnati style ...instead of drinking yourself silly, you can eat yourself sick. But there is lots of Lowenbrau for Barbara, and the only other genuine Hofbrahous opened last year across the river on the Kentucky side. There are lots of strong-armed girls there to carry the Mass-es, and plenty of Bavarian descendents in real dirndls and lederhosen.
Posted by trailing wife 2004-09-19 6:35:23 AM||   2004-09-19 6:35:23 AM|| Front Page Top

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Posted by .com 2004-09-19 7:59:01 AM||   2004-09-19 7:59:01 AM|| Front Page Top

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