Well Good Looking, glad to hear from you again; I should have figured, due to your profession, you would give the "little devil" an expertise hand so he`ll get a good grade in his school. All the Best to one of the finest cradles of Europe.
Forum: General Discussions

addendum. Wir sprachen ja von links!
Forum: General Discussions

Sehr verehrte Dame, sehr geehrte Herren, vielleicht hilft in Tschechien diese links weiter: Viel Glück!
Forum: General Discussions

addendum: Of course Fregatte got it right, but interesting from a German point of view are the comments of our non - German friends as to this subject-matter, balanced, knowledgeable and well written. Well, Gentlemen and of course Ladies, let`s have a nice weekend.
Forum: General Discussions

Hello Everybody, if I remember correctly, anybody wanting to join the Armed Forces in Germany in 1933 and at least until the start of the war had to renounce any membership of any party, even the NSDAP; so were the rules, especially for the navy. Furthermore it is a political as well a historical fact, that young men after 1933 being critical of the Nazi-regime "fled"e.g. into the
Forum: General Discussions

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, just found this link: Kind of interesting and you probably want try a little bit of German.
Forum: General Discussions

hello Hans, and maybe here as well: Lets see what will happen tonight,anyway the media is playing the big friendship symbols, rightly so. Have a nice day VEK
Forum: General Discussions

ps: Here you go in your language: Sorry about thinking about it before Prost and let teh fish swim in whatever,beer wine etc. VEK
Forum: General Discussions

Dear Mr. Pearson, herechnoor Viertel: It is the old down town quarter in Bremen with beautiful little pubs and fantastic little fish restaurants. And, if you are not careful, you can get terrible f... up. Used to be stationed close to Bremen with the Air Force and once in while we made Spähtrupps into the Schnoor Viertel needing the next morning at least a ten minute cold shower to rep
Forum: General Discussions

Hello John, thanky, also for your mail. I am in the process of moving so I am quite busy. Glad you enjoyed the part of Germany you visited.
Forum: General Discussions

Hello Dennis Martin, thanks for the info and well wishes and i hope you had some fun on Ester. All the Best.
Forum: General Discussions

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, just a short ps for St. Patricks Day, presumingly good news: and our Irish friends are leading the club; you know this very good Black Stuff!
Forum: General Discussions

Hello John and All, thank you for the invitation, but I`ll be in Southern Germany theses days. You and your father have in ball in Germany. Btw yesterday at CNN came a news flash claiming the Irish Government had cracked down on "craic" on St.Patricks Day; what does that mean? To All of you happy Easter!
Forum: General Discussions

Hello MPC, John and the honorable Rest of the "Gang", indeed, just had a few of the Black Ones plus the Sham Rock on the head in memory of St. Patrick and thinking about our late friend Barry (DO CHARA), who always reminded me to be careful with this stuff; well I guess I was, stopped counting after the second one now adding a few German Pils in order to be, indeed, heading to Barry`
Forum: General Discussions

Hello John, please check: As far as I know it is open to the public as museum boat. You have a nice trip.
Forum: General Discussions

Hello Mr. Sweli and All, depending on how long you plan your stay I would advise you fly into Hamburg and from there take the train to Kiel to connect with a bus to Laboe: Please check here for tourist information like hotel etc. After Laboe you may want to take a train to Bremerhaven to visit U 2540 a XXI boat from WWII. On the way back to Hamburg by train you find a recently decommission
Forum: General Discussions

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, just watched on NL - TV1 NOS: a report about a film found in US archives about the Dutch U 0-19 saved by an American destroyer in WWII after it hit something beneath the surface. Very impressive because the captain of the boat, still with us, saw the film just a couple of days ago and made very impressive comments about this event. I could find it on the a
Forum: General Discussions

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, just found this link in the net:
Forum: General Discussions

Hello Schalke, thanks for the message. For our English/American/Australian etc. speaking friends, the German article reports basically the same as the one in the telegraph but added that on Feb. 9th the Turkish Gentlmaen will tell an audience the exact location of U 23 There is supposed to some kind of conference going on right now in the UK gathering wrekc divers etc. from all over the world.
Forum: General Discussions

Hello Ladies and Gentlemen, please find a report on the same subject matter in Der Spiegel with a few pictures:
Forum: General Discussions

Hallo MPC and All, first of all, MPC, thank you for you fair summary to the subject as to why U 524 should be preserved intact, be that from the Anglo Saxon point of view or from us Continentals who signed the petition on her behave. Now reading the government response this line caught my eye: "...other than through the provision of grant-in-aid to sponsored museums which hold vesse
Forum: General Discussions

Dear Mrs. Noreen Scully, dear Mr. Jeffrey Scully, just watching Mr. Sheahan playing on German TV the Irish fiddle I thought something is missing. Missing is, from my point of view, to wish you all a happy New Year in spite of this tragic as well as sudden loss. But I am sure Barry will be keeping a close eye on us from a position, or more to the point a "situation room", also called
Forum: General Discussions

Hello MPC and All, Mann: Lebewesen, das die Fußballkarten für drei Monate im voraus kauft und mit den Weihnachtseinkäufen wartet bis Heiligabend. Man: a human being who buys tickets for a football game three month in advance but does his christmas shopping on the 24th, at the earliest one might add. Well you "outrank" me now, congratulation to this family promotion, boy or g
Forum: General Discussions

Dear Mrs Noreen Scully, hello All, “There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting.”, J M Synge (The Aran Islands) Well, that is the way Barry Scully, your dear husband, used to write me some personal messages via the Internet and on the forum; especially trying to quieting me about this famous Irish “Black Ones”. And I believe his messages, always knowledgeable and
Forum: General Discussions

Hello Gummi, I`ll have a few cold ones "auf Dein Wohl" as they say in Germany. Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag. and thanks a lot for your lasting creativity concerning your forum.
Forum: General Discussions

Hello Everybody, another "story" goes like this: There are more planes in the ocean than submarines in the sky." > > > >- From an old carrier sailor Courtesy of and with presumed permission from the very distinguished member of this forum.
Forum: General Discussions

Hello Io and the "rest of the gang", well dear Lady we all know you are the ultimate expert concerning personal and other inquires of U 96 on this forum, be that LWB or Fritz Grade for that matter. Also we all know your German is fantastic as to which I had the honor to experience. Concerning the former I believe you would be able to answer Paul`s question if you wanted to without hi
Forum: General Discussions

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, after cross checking my posts something happened? I probable goofed. Well let’s try again and see how it works: =589&tx_ttnews=113&cHash=bf2d95da97 Das Boot – Geschichte • Mythos • Film 16. November 2007 – 24. Februar 2008 Foyerausstellung Dienstag - Sonntag 9:00 - 19:00 Uhr Eintritt frei In den Jahren 1980/81 produzierte die
Forum: General Discussions

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, addendum: Having just talked to the press office emphasis of said exhebition is next the history of shooting the film is on the history of German uboats from 1906 till today.
Forum: General Discussions

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, kind of breaking news: =560&tx_ttnews=1&cHash=1f205c36b8 As far as I know, as of yet, the xhibition is kind of an extended version of the one recently displayed in Frankfurt.
Forum: General Discussions