"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

BigBiscuit said:
Some of the best of times are sitting at the top of a boat ramp at the end of a day and watching the fun. I've owned boats for many years and seen it all when it comes to boat ramp follies. :D
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Yes, this. I've never owned a boat, but on our teenaged list of things to do if you're broke and bored was sitting and watching the boat ramp follies.

Weather note: I saw the Cedar Waxwings a few days ago, so Spring is not far behind. At least for Central Texas and due north. (noting bird migration is at least as reliable as groundhog monitoring)
 
Baby Max is amost in the kindergarten. My wife had to start work again - at least for two half days a week. He´s in contact with many other kids so he seems be ill all the time. It is said, that this will go on about a half year and then it will be better. I really hope so. When he is ill, my wife are ill some days after that as well.

Here is me with him, just some minutes ago

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The kindergarten go him ready for bed... ;)

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Reason for editing: Some people just can´t stop it! Actually - I feel attacked and offended!

For the fellow forum members that want to see the pics, and know it better - you know where I am to find. Please PM :(
 
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Germany must have a different definition of Kindergarten that the US. My son started it at 5 here and was one of the young ones. Here it is part of the school system (Kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd Grade, ect). Regardless he is a cute kid!
 
Thanks for the kind words and the advice. FYI: In Germany usually small kids go to Kindergarten between 3 -6. After that there is the Elementary School etc etc.
But some years ago they introduced that women should work after one year after the birth. Since then it was at the age of 3. In the time before it also called "Kinderkrippe" - "childrencrip". This is for the very young and small children. One to three years...
 
oldrifleman said:
Germany must have a different definition of Kindergarten that the US. My son started it at 5 here and was one of the young ones. Here it is part of the school system (Kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd Grade, ect). Regardless he is a cute kid!
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The Germans invented the kindergarten, Americans only adapted it. I figure they can run their kindergartens any way they want to.

The word translates as children’s garden.

I see rows of rug rats, feet buried in the soil. And teachers with watering cans.

Creepy.
 
Yep everyone does things their way and that is the way it should be:thumbup:. Enjoy the time with your son, they are lots of fun as are daughters. I spent Monday at the gun range with my 12 yr old daughter ( sorry. forgot to take a picture :grumpy:), lots of fun, my son will get to join us this summer (he is 8). I figure I need to spend as much time as I can with them as they will be gone before long. Steven
 
Raymond1000 said:
The Germans invented the kindergarten, Americans only adapted it. I figure they can run their kindergartens any way they want to.

The word translates as children’s garden.

I see rows of rug rats, feet buried in the soil. And teachers with watering cans.

Creepy.
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I don´t know where you have your knowlegde or wisdom. But everyone can have his own opinion. FYI: To work in the Kindergarten as an educator you need to do a five year education. The examinas they have to do is very hard. A friend of mine, I was in school with, did that education and she has here examinas.

I don´t want to offend or step too close, but the words you are writting are hard to read.

... Sorry to hear such an opinion after all those years. It makes me sad.

Get to your own conclusion, if you will.

Call me what you want - my intention was to do some nice pics of my son nothing more. "Raws of rug rats [...] Creepy."
What do you think do we (in Germany) have here?!

Sorry - but too much is too much! :barf:
 
Humppa,
I do not believe he was trying to be insulting.
I'm pretty sure it was supposed to be humor that did not translate well.
 
Thanks for clearance, 1066vik.

I will send Raymond1000 a VM for further clearance.

But if something like this is said in Germany it is an offense; not on The System per se, but on the parents themselves.
That being said: I hope it is more clear now for my "explosion" and making my blood "boil" - as a father of such a wonderful son.
 
Did you guys know that Froebel's Kindergarten concept was introduced in London before it was taken to the US? It didn't take off in England but was widely acclaimed in the US following the first one opened by Margarethe Schurz in Wisconsin. :)
 
Paul,

do you have further information on the Fröbel´s Kindergarten? All I could find (on german sites) were advices on their facilities in bigger german cities like Berlin, Munich, Cologne etc.

The Kindergarten i.e. children´s crip Max is going is by Catholic Church (the majority of Bavarians are catholics, as well as Austrians).

But the origin in of the Kindergarten is definitelly in Germany - at least the word. Even the word is strange to read in english, as well as rucksack and some others ;)
 
Thanks for the links, my friend.

I haven´t heard of Mr. Fröbel and Mrs. Schurz, yet.

(It is much easier for me to read and understand in german language of course, so I used that type of writing)

I hope it gives and insight of the system of these facilities and not to mention them as "childrem storage rooms" as they are pronounced here as well.
 
Hi Andi,
Raymond's remark was not meant as an offence and had nothing to do with Max or the Kindergarten he is in, but was a comment about the expression 'Kindergarten' itself.
You know, literally translated a 'garden of children', so the image that pops into your head is a field with children sticking in the ground like plants and the teachers are watering them so they grow...
And that is kind of a creepy image if you think about it :eek:.

Hope that clears things up a bit :).
 
Gevonovich said:
So much for Global Warming..
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Global temps are actually above average this winter. Globally, January 2015 was the second warmest on record.

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/

January 2015 also had largest Antarctic sea ice extent on record.

For those interested, do a little research on the "little ice age" that hit Europe and N. America particularly hard from the mid-seventeenth century through the eighteenth century.
 
Humppa said:
I don´t know where you have your knowlegde or wisdom. But everyone can have his own opinion. FYI: To work in the Kindergarten as an educator you need to do a five year education. The examinas they have to do is very hard. A friend of mine, I was in school with, did that education and she has here examinas.

I don´t want to offend or step too close, but the words you are writting are hard to read.

... Sorry to hear such an opinion after all those years. It makes me sad.

Get to your own conclusion, if you will.

Call me what you want - my intention was to do some nice pics of my son nothing more. "Raws of rug rats [...] Creepy."
What do you think do we (in Germany) have here?!

Sorry - but too much is too much! :barf:
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I was making a pun. A pun is a play on words. It confuses sound and meaning of multiple words or concepts. Such word play should be cleaver, ridiculous, or preferably both. I expect German speakers also make puns, but I don’t really know.

I’ll offer a famous example, coincidentally connected with gardens. Starting with some background information a native English speaker wouldn’t need.

1. The word horticulture means the art and science of cultivating a garden.
2. There’s an old saying that, “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.”

At the Algonquin Round Table, someone challenged Dorothy Parker to use the word horticulture in a sentence. Dorothy didn’t hesitate: “You can lead a whore to culture, but you can’t make her think.”

Nobody imagined that Parker didn’t know the difference between a farmer, a horse, and a prostitute. Nor that she confused drink and think out of ignorance. It was just clever, ridiculous word play.

I have every confidence that highly intelligent, highly educated, highly motivated German teachers can tell the difference between a child and a rosebush at first glance.
 
Humppa said:
Thanks for clearance, 1066vik.

I will send Raymond1000 a VM for further clearance.

But if something like this is said in Germany it is an offense; not on The System per se, but on the parents themselves.
That being said: I hope it is more clear now for my "explosion" and making my blood "boil" - as a father of such a wonderful son.
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I understand -- I used to be a high school science teacher.
references to "overpaid babysitter" do not sit well with me if I have a reason to believe the person talking is not kidding or being sarcastic, even if it was not their intent to insult me specifically.
 
Well inspite of being two men down (one to a very harsh red card and another in the sinbin for an offence so trivial that wouldn't normally even merit a whistle blow) my Ulster boys squeezed out a win to move them up to second in the table. I'm a happy chappie :)
 
Raymond1000 said:
I was making a pun. A pun is a play on words. It confuses sound and meaning of multiple words or concepts. Such word play should be cleaver, ridiculous, or preferably both. I expect German speakers also make puns, but I don’t really know.

I’ll offer a famous example, coincidentally connected with gardens. Starting with some background information a native English speaker wouldn’t need.

1. The word horticulture means the art and science of cultivating a garden.
2. There’s an old saying that, “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.”

At the Algonquin Round Table, someone challenged Dorothy Parker to use the word horticulture in a sentence. Dorothy didn’t hesitate: “You can lead a whore to culture, but you can’t make her think.”

Nobody imagined that Parker didn’t know the difference between a farmer, a horse, and a prostitute. Nor that she confused drink and think out of ignorance. It was just clever, ridiculous word play.

I have every confidence that highly intelligent, highly educated, highly motivated German teachers can tell the difference between a child and a rosebush at first glance.
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Raymond: Thanks for clearing the written above.

We also make puns in german language. I was thinking about an attack somehow; be it me, my son or whatever.
No offense taken anymore. I hope we can let this go down the road and no more talking about this.
 
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