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toughguy12
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posted 06-07-2001 04:58 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for toughguy12   Click Here to Email toughguy12     Edit/Delete Message
Does anyone else want to talk about anything?

now and again
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posted 08-02-2001 06:00 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for now and again   Click Here to Email now and again     Edit/Delete Message
about what?

Peter
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posted 08-05-2001 04:16 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Peter   Click Here to Email Peter     Edit/Delete Message
Yep!
Must have something to talk about. If we don't, could be pretty boring.
Tell you what .. been a lot of ants around this area. Not seen many in fifteen years in the cottage.
Now .... marching all over the place.
Are we (men) being taken over by Ants ?
Mind, up to now ours are only little piddly things. Don't fancy living somewhere where the ants eat your house down overnight !

Gordon
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posted 08-05-2001 07:25 PM           Edit/Delete Message
Ants!
Seen plenty of them this year, but not as many wasps as usual. Mind you that might have something to do with the fact that I removed two nests from my loft while they were still being built, whereas last year they were well established before I noticed them. On the other hand, it might be due to the dismal weather up here, the 'British heatwave'of the last few weeks only came as far north as Carlisle. Only two dry days in July, Scotland's summer lasted from 2pm to 4pm on the 16th! I was working and missed it.

AJR
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posted 08-06-2001 05:16 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for AJR     Edit/Delete Message
We seem to have lots of ants too - but no ladybirds. Three ants' nests close to the house, which I have had to eradicate.
Typically, it was while I was at a Classical Concert in Rochester Castle Gardens that the ants flew this year. They were a terrible nuisance, as we were all getting covered with them. Must have killed over 100 that landed on me in about 15 minutes.

Fox Atreides
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posted 08-06-2001 04:27 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Fox Atreides   Click Here to Email Fox Atreides     Edit/Delete Message
hey, just got back from vacation, saw 6 castles, will tell later, byers

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Peter
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posted 08-08-2001 04:35 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Peter   Click Here to Email Peter     Edit/Delete Message
There goes the peace & quiet ...
...... Hi Fox.

Fox Atreides
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posted 08-08-2001 05:03 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Fox Atreides   Click Here to Email Fox Atreides     Edit/Delete Message
sorry...i'll go if you say so, tell me when i do something wrong ok?

now I'll tell about burg Eltz:

Ah! i didnt like it at all, found it rather fake...not a real castle, though the history about the 3 families was interesting.

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Gordon
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posted 08-08-2001 06:01 PM           Edit/Delete Message
Welcome back Fox. I'm sure Peter was kidding, that's why he posted with a wink. Which other castles did you go to?

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duncan
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posted 08-08-2001 06:25 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for duncan   Click Here to Email duncan     Edit/Delete Message
Hi Fox welcome back, i think Peter was jokeing and i'm sure if you were in troble some one would let you know.
Now my discussion in BYOC might have gotten me into some hot water, but hey, isn't that what plumbing is all about?
What castles did you like that you got to go see?

Fox Atreides
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posted 08-09-2001 05:05 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Fox Atreides   Click Here to Email Fox Atreides     Edit/Delete Message
good, for the rest i've seen the reichburg cochem, the erenburg, the winneburg, and burg thurant, and...i thought there was one more....

anyway, i like the winneburg the most, it was a kinda large ruin, on top of a large hill (1,5 hours very steep walk to the top) with not much standing, but what was there was very good

-to be continued-

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Peter
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posted 08-09-2001 03:10 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Peter   Click Here to Email Peter     Edit/Delete Message
Of course he did something wrong.
I'm still waiting for a postcard.
Naw .. nice to have you back.
Have visted Burg Thurant, which is quite impressive. I have a picture of it on the wall by the side of me. If I recall correctly Fox, aren't there some towers down in the village\town as well ?
Same with Cochem. Impressive remains down in the town as well. Good town gate.
Would like to get back in that area some day.

Fox Atreides
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posted 08-09-2001 04:18 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Fox Atreides   Click Here to Email Fox Atreides     Edit/Delete Message
yes, there were towers, havent seen too much of them tho...

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Merlin
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posted 08-10-2001 11:45 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Merlin   Click Here to Email Merlin     Edit/Delete Message
The problem with Burg Eltz is, that the original medieval castle with its origin in the 11th/12th century has been 'renovated' for a large amount of money at the end of the 19th century. This is something of the worst that can happen to a castle, because in those times people tried to rebuild everything in a romantic, pseudo-medieval style. Although: Eltz is not as extreme as Neu Schwanstein, because most parts of the structure are still original.

Good information for non-german-speakers:
http://www.burg-eltz.de/e_content.html

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Fox Atreides
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posted 08-10-2001 12:05 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Fox Atreides   Click Here to Email Fox Atreides     Edit/Delete Message
yep, agree, in the ehrenburg they had oprganised some stuff, harder to see things, but it was a very impressive castle

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