Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[Sarlacc]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Good question.

That was before the internet (obviously) and before electronic translating hand held devices were available.

That left small translating dictionaries and "baking soda" just wasn't listed ...... I reckon most tourists just didn't buy baking soda .......

Wanna hear ......... the rest of the story .... ??

She didn't shave under her arms and like most German girls, just masked body odor with oily perfume. That takes some getten used to .......


humfrz

Okay

I'm probably a few years younger than you, but as a kid I had to ride my bicycle to the library every time I wanted to look something up. So I know what it was like before cellphones with Google translate on them.
I also remember those tiny, rather useless dictionaries.

I just figured if you were settled in enough to bake cakes, you'd invest in a decent Englisch-Deutsch Wörterbuch.

Anyway, unshaven armpits are still quite common in Europe; and personally I don't see what all the fuzz is about.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Sarlacc

Anyway, unshaven armpits are still quite common in Europe; and personally I don't see what all the fuzz is about.

I was going to remind humfrz that you're Norwegian but am glad I held off.

I agree with you. This North American (Western?) obsession with body hair is ridiculous. I genuinely feel bad for what women put themselves through.

[Teseo]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

I was going to remind humfrz that you're Norwegian but am glad I held off.

I agree with you. This North American (Western?) obsession with body hair is ridiculous. I genuinely feel bad for what women put themselves through.

What about Egyptians?

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Teseo

What about Egyptians?

Is that where it started?

I just find it barbaric but we all give in to the norms. I shave some of my face but boy, I really enjoyed letting it grow out over the holidays.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Sarlacc

Okay

I'm probably a few years younger than you, but as a kid I had to ride my bicycle to the library every time I wanted to look something up. So I know what it was like before cellphones with Google translate on them.
I also remember those tiny, rather useless dictionaries.

I just figured if you were settled in enough to bake cakes, you'd invest in a decent Englisch-Deutsch Wörterbuch.

Anyway, unshaven armpits are still quite common in Europe; and personally I don't see what all the fuzz is about............

Well, ya, I reckon I do have a few years on you ......

Well, as a kid, at least you DID have a library to ride your bike to ....I had to wait till the library came to town ......

In Germany, we did most of our shopping at the post Commissary or PX ...... I just forgot the baking soda .......

Yep, the big book of English-German words would have been nice ....... but, we couldn't afford one of those on $216 per month pay.

Yep, the hairy armpits and hairy legs on women was quite common ...... but to me, at least, there was just something weird about looking a hairy legs wearing nylons ......

Like, I never got used to warm soda or warm beer either.





humfrz

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

I was going to remind humfrz that you're Norwegian but am glad I held off.

I agree with you. This North American (Western?) obsession with body hair is ridiculous. I genuinely feel bad for what women put themselves through.

OK, by me ......... she is all yours ........





humfrz

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Is that where it started?

I just find it barbaric but we all give in to the norms. I shave some of my face but boy, I really enjoyed letting it grow out over the holidays.

Ultramaroon on News Years Day .........


humfrz

[Sarlacc]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Like, I never got used to warm soda or warm beer either.
humfrz

So, you were old enough to drink beer when the refrigerator was invented?

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Sarlacc

So, you were old enough to drink beer when the refrigerator was invented?

Hell, I ain't THAT old ..........

I just didn't like beer served at "cellar temperature".


humfrz

[krayzie]

Originally Posted by Sarlacc

So, you were old enough to drink beer when the refrigerator was invented?

I take it by refrigerator you mean the Toyota Corolla?

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[krayzie]

Whatever happened to those doom and gloom threads on the possibility of the next gen twin I should post this on there (spoiler alert: our car future is bleak).

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[Teseo]

Well its official

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Teseo

Well its official

What is official?

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

What is official?

That neither you nor I speak Japanese.