My Daily Banana

 

 

 

Photo of the day:

 

 The Mammutleaf is growing. The leaves are forming. I wonder what it'll look like next week?

 

 

Word of the day:

 

seditious

moving people to rebel against the state or crown

German: aufhetzen gegen Bund und State

 

 

Name of the day:

Gordon

Derives from a Scottish surname meaning „spacious fort", also a Clan in Scotland „The House of Gordon"; not as many think „Gordon’s Gin"

My father George, worked in his young years as a joiner, for the clan chief the Earl of Huntly, at the Huntly Castle, Banffshire, Scotland

Event of the day:

30th. April 1904

Ice cream cone makes its debut

in St. Louis, Missouri, United States at the Saint Louis Exposition. It was said, that the ice cream vender ran out of bowls, so he used rolled-up waffles to serve his ice cream.

What would we do in summer without them? Slurp the ice cream out of our hands, lie on the beach with a bowl and? I know you can get waxed paper cups with dinky plastic spoons, but that’s not the same. Let’s honour the ice cream cone for valuable duties deemed to mankind.

Make your own, it doesn’t seem to be that much work (go to the link below):

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/homemade-ice-cream-cones/

 

 

 

Birthday of the day:

30th April 1933

Willie Nelson

in

Abbott, Texas, United States

country singer, not my cup of tea, but he often teams up with very good artists i.e. Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Rosanne Cash, Neil Young to name a few.

Here is a tune where Nelson sings with Wallon Jennings, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfXTCmWeNYo

 

Willie Nelson
 

 

Kris Kristofferson

 

Johnny Cash

Rosanne Cash

Neil Young

Died on this day:

30th April 1945

In Berlin, Germany

Adolf Hitler, German Dictator (1936-45), commits suicide at 56
No one, in their lifetime, has caused as much terror and pain as this man. Through him many have died Jews, Brits, American and many Germans. Shame on him! I hope the Autobahn took him straight to hell.

Only one thing positive can be said about the War. The End (and the get together of my mother and father)

Charlie Chaplin as the Dictator

Rule the World

Cycle ride of the day:

 

Well today the wind has changed from East to West. I expect the weather to change. The cycle round was very pleasant. I did a count of zero cars in the back roads.

Heike was at Kirsty’s, so I did a short detour; I can’t miss out on seeing the little ones. Martje was kaputt, she had been to the kindergarten this morning and was tired out from playing. She didn’t want to be photographed, she didn’t want a drink out of my water bottle and worst of all she didn’t want a kiss. The little one, Gretje was in the pram, this morning she had a vaccination and was sleeping it off. Like me after a drink.







http://connect.garmin.com/activity/489685932

 

 

 

The Challenge:

 

All's quiet on the Western Front. I'm doing FDH (friss die Hälfte! English: Eat half  of the normal!) and sport; cycleing, walking and gymnastics. It's time for you, my challengers, to get worried, Monday's payday ;-)

 

 

Bye, see you all tomorrow. Have a good day :-)

　

　

　

My Daily Banana

 

 

 

Photo of the day:

a sexy backside 

 

Word of the day:

 

redolent

 

strongly reminding ie. the old man’s manners were redolent of past days.

 

German: stark an etwas erinnern

 

Name of the day:

 

Daniel

 

Derives from the Hebrew Dnaiyyel meaning „God is my judge"

 

Event of the day:

 

29th. April 1707

 

English and Scottish parliaments accept Act of Union; form United Kingdom of Great Britain

I wonder if Scotland will stay part of the Union after the Scottish independence referendum on Thursday, 18th September 2014. If it becomes independent, will I need a new passport? Will they put up border crossings to keep out the Sassanachs? The Roman Hadrian built a wall to keep the Scots out of the Roman Empire, maybe the Scots could revamp the wall;-)
Will the Union Jack look like this?

 

minus

 

 

an you've got

 



 

 

 

Birthday of the day:

 

29th April 1931

Lonnie Donegan

in Bridgeton, Glasgow Scotland

Died 3rd November 2002

in Peterborough, England

About twenty years ago, I saw him live in Tondern, Denmark. It was one of the best concerts I’ve ever been to. He played skiffle Rock-a-Billie and a melody of his famous hits from the fifties and sixties. Who can’t remember „My Old Man’s a Dustman" or „Does Your Chewinggum Lose it‘ Flavour? (on the bedpost over night)"

Watch the two videos below, it’s worth it!

Does Your Chewinggum Lose it’s Flavour?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXp0i7Y1eVo

and

My Old Man’s a Dustman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODEShfdxoR0

 

 

 

Died on this day:

29th April 1980

Alfred Joseph Hitchcock

 

In Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California, United States

Born 13th August 1899

In Leytonstone, London, England

One of the greatest British directors (Psycho, The Birds)
 

Here’s the film trailer to „The Birds"

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2Im8Lu5pP0

 

and „Psycho"

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG3-GlvKPcg

 

Cycle ride of the day:

Today was a good day, none of the heavy traffic as of yesterday. Where I had twenty cars passing me, today I met not one. That’s the way I like it; when I get my head down pacing the kilometres.

See the pictures; isn’t that a sorry sight? Yesterday the patch of land was glowing with dandelions and today! I know they’re a menace to have in the lawn but they do look good when they are blooming.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/489092511

 

 

Bye, see you all tomorrow. Have a good day

My Daily Banana

 

 

 

Photo of the day:

 

An example of a well kept Friesian thatched roof farm house

 

 

Word of the day:

challenge

a call to someone to participate in a competitive situation or fight to decide who is superior in terms of ability or strength, to duel (Sir, choose your weapons)

German: die Herausforderung

Name of the day:

Boris

from the Turkic name Bogoris meaning „short“ or „wolf“

Event of the day:

28th. April 1814

The first allotment garden (Schrebergarten) was grounded by Pastor Schroder, in Kappeln, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

For my German speaking followers (you could also say that I’m too lazy to translate my own text):

Der Pastor bekam kein Gehalt, sondern ein Grundstück zur eigener Bewirtschaftung. Durch eine plietsche Eingebung (oder einfach Faulheit) teilte er den Grundstück in 24 Parzellen und verpachtete sie an einzeln Personen mit der Vorgabe, dass sie ein Verein gründen sollten. Pastor Schroeder hat such dann als Vorsitzender des Vereins ernannt; und hat eine Satzung erstellt.

Typical aerial view of an allotment garden

 

We also had an allotment garden, here in Niebüll, back in the 1980's. Fresh vegetables, fruits and a playing cum learning ground for our children.

Back in 1984, when we travelled over to Perth, Aussieland to visit Mama and Papa; it was strawberry time. As we couldn’t be there to pick them and we didn’t want the birds to feast on the sumptuous fruits. We asked a local handicapped home (die Mürwicker) if they would like to harvest the strawberries, in return were to keep the garden, weeding, mowing and such things.

When our holidays were over and we went back to the garden our neighbours had many tales to tell us about how comically they harvested and kept our garden, talking to the flowers and enjoying themselves.

 

Typical inhabitants of an allotment garden

 

Birthday of the day:

28th April 1908

Oskar Schindler

in Svitavy, Czech Republic

Died 9th October 1974

In Hildesheim, Niedersachsen, Germany

Austrian businessman and subject of the novel Schindler's Ark and the film Schindler's List. (d. 1974)

A hero of his time!

 

 

 

Died on this day:

28th April 1999

Sir Alf Ramsey

In Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Born 22nd January 1902

In Dagenham, Essex, England

Football manager. 1966, he managed the English national football team that won the World Cup. The best team England ever had and will ever have. The names of the players are immortal, Bobby Moore, Nobby Stiles, Gordon Banks, Geoff Hurst

 

 

 

 

Cycle ride of the day:

Wind, wind, wind; this north-east wind is getting on my willie. Today it souped up again to about five-six Beaufort. That wasn’t too bad, the sun was beating down and we had seventeen degrees centigrade.

In one of the crofts, in the backfields, there was a daffodil gathering, not the daffodils, the people wanting to see, worship, buy them or just be seen amongst the „in-Crowd“. I cycle the roads around there because it’s very quiet and hardly any cars pass me; in three days maybe one. Well this weekend it was like riding along main roads, I had continuous traffic coming from the front and the rear. I’m glad, cycling wise, that the weekend’s over.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/488262055

 

 

 

The Intercontinental Five Kilogram Challenge:

The duellers are:

Fraser Martin

 (live weight 98 kg) representing Victoria, Australia (seconded by Mrs Karen Martin)

against

Raymond Martin

(live weight 100.1 kg) representing Niebüll, Germany (seconded by Frau Heike Martin)

 

So we have a new dueller, my sister wants to participate.

The new particulars

 

Andrea Dunlop (born Martin)

(live weight: 89.5 kg) representing Perth, Australia (seconded by ??)

 

Good luck, let the best (wo)man win.

 

The challenge: Who can lose five kilos live weight the fastest?

Follow our challenge weekly, every Monday morning, on this blog, it will definitely be exciting.

 

 

Bye, see you all tomorrow. Have a good dayJ

 

My Daily Banana

 

 

Photo of the day:

 

It's spring. Yellow's the colour. Dandelion the flower

 

Word of the day:

garrulous

Excessively talkative, essecially on trivial matters

German: plappern, geschwätzig, Ackerschnacker

Name of the day:

Thomas

Greek form of the Aramaicname Ta‘oma‘ meaning „twin"

Event of the day:

27th. April 1981

Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse

Invented 1963 by Douglas Engelbart

 

 

Birthday of the day:

27th April 1959

Sheena (Shirley Orr) Easton

in Glasgow Scotland

 

I remember in 1980, seeing a British television documentary of a young singer from Scotland. She was young, sweat and had a great voice; destined for a great career. After seeing the documentary I forgot about her until the song „9 to 5“, reached the European charts in 1981.

Her best song ,until now was a country song, a duet with Kenny Rogers „We’ve Got Tonight“

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3BuITOx3Cs

 

 

Died on this day:

27th April 1988

David Scarboro

Sadly commited suicide at twenty, from Beachy Head, East Sussex, England

Born 3rd February 1968 in London, England

In 1985 he played the part of Mark Fowler in the „EastEnders“, but was written out of the series when he refused to play the part of a racist. He then withdrew himself from public appearances until the British tabloid started printing inaccurate stories of his life. In April 1988 he jumped from Beachy Head.

Another proud press achievement!

Watch a tribute to David Scarboro by his brother Simon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBnCNlWS88Q

 

 

 

Cycle ride of the day:

That was a ride, great!

Another week and I’ll have reduced my weight enough to sail on my racer. I’m not going on it before I weigh under one-hundred kilos! Hope it won’t be an anti-climax.

During the winter I gained more than ten kilos, I’ve lost three unto now, another five will be perfect; then I‘ll be down to ninety-five.

 

Fraser, how about it? Want to take on a challenge, which of us two can lose five kilos the fastest?

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/487832010

 

Bye, more again tomorrow. Have a nice day :-)

My daily banana

 

 

 

Photo of the day:

 

 

 

A Friesen door. The door is a carpenter’s master piece and the path with the two hedge rows running at ninety degrees to the door, artistic. That’s what you get when you can afford a landscape architect as-well-as a building engineer.

 

Word of the day:

 

taciturn

 

reserved or uncommunicative

German: schweigsam (kein Ackerschnacker)

 

Name of the day:

 

Ulysses

 

Latin form of Odysseus. Derived from the Greek odyssomai, and means „to hate" (Well, from now on I don’t like that name, imagine calling your newborn son "to Hate"?)

James Joyce used the name for the title of a book about a modernday anti-hero in, (was it Dublin?)

 

Birthday of the day:

 

26th April 570

 

Muhammed

 

founder of Islam, according to the Shi'a sect. Other sources suggest April 20. Observed according to the Islamic lunar calendar

 

 

 

Died on this day:

 

26th April 1989

 

Lucille Ball

in Los Angelies, California, United States

 

Born 6th August 1911

in Jamestown, New York, United States

 

 comedienne (I Love Lucy), dies of heart attack at 78

 

 

 

 

Event of the day:

 

26th April 1986

 

Worst nuclear disaster, 4th reactor at Chernobyl USSR explodes, 31 die. The follow up is also disastrous; it left burnt earth that can never be walked on by man again. A sarcophagus was built over the reactor but that is now porous and has to be renewed; a never ending epic disaster.

 

 

 

 

They never learn; look at Fukushima, Japan. How can an intelligent nation, like Japan, build a nuclear plant near a joint in the earth’s shelves? It wasn’t the earthquake that damaged the plant but the tsunami that was triggered off by it.

 

 

Macabre is; that Germany ruled to shut down all of its nuclear plants and turn Green because of this, Japan on the other hand is turning her plants on again.

 

Cycle ride of the day:

 

I arrived at the train crossing in Legerade and to my dismay they were closing. Oh well, a short pause after an hour of going flat-out, not a bad idea, but after five minutes a train rushed by and the level kept its position. Mist, another five to ten minutes of waiting, no thanks, the sweat on my skin is starting to form icicles (as a matter of speech, it’s seventeen degrees centigrade).

There’s a narrow dirt track running parallel to the tracks, I’m riding a cyclo-cross racer so the paths mine. The first time I’ve ever ridden a dirt-track on this bicycle. Wow, it was easy; I didn’t know I had that much control over my bike, when bent down grasping the bottom level bars.

After a mile or so, a bridge had to be crossed, the path is about fifteen degree steep with a hundred-eighty degree bend, three metre diameter. The climb isn’t the problem, it’s the bend. I was clicked into my pedals so I couldn’t put my feet down if it got tricky and it did, I was too slow and nearly tipped over, but nearly isn’t down kissing the ground, I recovered the bike and also managed that feat. I’m a hero;-)

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/486830262

 

 

 

More again tomorrow, have a nice day, be happy:-)