Wednesday Open Thread

by dvx Wed May 2nd, 2012 at 11:45:42 AM EST

Come in and say your peas.

Wednesday Open Thread | 29 comments (29 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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And queues.

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman

by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Wed May 2nd, 2012 at 11:46:02 AM EST

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What - we have to stay in line to comment?

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Wed May 2nd, 2012 at 11:55:00 AM EST
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Well, since most commenters are out of line anyway, it wouldn't do much good, I guess.

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman

by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Wed May 2nd, 2012 at 11:58:37 AM EST
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Otherwise, you have to hold your peas.

_{It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue
- Queen Elizabeth II}

by eurogreen on Wed May 2nd, 2012 at 11:59:03 AM EST
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Hard after a meter of dvx Kölsch.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Wed May 2nd, 2012 at 03:26:42 PM EST
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Just planted my peas (4.00 / 4)

on Sunday. Cukes won't go in for a couple of weeks yet.

Just pulled up our Autumn broccoli, too. Very unusual that we've been eating broccoli all Winter. Brussel Sprouts, too, but that's not unusual, though they started to move toward seed stage about a month ago. Still eating Swiss Chard from last year - fresh, that is. Haven't needed the frozen Chard, and at this point it seems unneeded. Compost pile, I guess.

paul spencer

by paul spencer (spencerinthegorge AT yahoo DOT com) on Wed May 2nd, 2012 at 11:58:13 AM EST
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Re: Just planted my peas (none / 1)

We've planted peas too, in a big pot on the balcony. It's not like having a garden, but we can still get our hands dirty.

_{It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue
- Queen Elizabeth II}

by eurogreen on Wed May 2nd, 2012 at 03:41:26 PM EST
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Re: Just planted my peas (4.00 / 2)

Got my snow peas in the ground just in time for 30C temperatures! Will try again in the fall and then in March next year. At least I now have the beds prepared. Tomatoes going in the ground today and tomorrow, then all of my pepper plants. Then I will be busy putting up the supports for my 50% aluminet shade cloth. Right now it is a big, expensive box just sitting there.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Wed May 2nd, 2012 at 05:04:38 PM EST
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Lucky you, to have snow peas! I'm not much a fan of regular style peas, but I absolutely adore snow peas (probably due to once a week Chinese dining out somewhere in the Valley, starting at an early age). Never heard of growing them in these parts though. I imagine they need much hotter weather to thrive. Well, good luck ... I'm sure envious.

by sgr2 on Thu May 3rd, 2012 at 10:54:44 AM EST
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I have been growing them for years and Hamburg hasn't exactly tropical climate.

by Katrin on Thu May 3rd, 2012 at 11:07:07 AM EST
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Oh really? Well that's interesting. Maybe I'll give them a try if I can find seeds. First, I need to find their Finnish name ... something "herne" probably, "lumiherneita" maybe? No, probably isn't that simple.

Well, thanks for the info/encouragement.

by sgr2 on Thu May 3rd, 2012 at 01:54:03 PM EST
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Does anybody from the southern hemisphere hang around in this joint?

by asdf on Wed May 2nd, 2012 at 12:06:58 PM EST
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There's me. I am a contraripodian, from New Zealand, but I've mostly been living in France for the past 25 years.

What can I do for you, mate?

_{It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue
- Queen Elizabeth II}

by eurogreen on Wed May 2nd, 2012 at 12:10:09 PM EST
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Well, the discussion was all about springtime gardens and stuff like that, and I was thinking about some other climatological viewpoints. Living in France doesn't really help...

by asdf on Wed May 2nd, 2012 at 12:21:35 PM EST
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Maybe vbo will show.

'tis strange I should be old and neither wise nor valiant. From "The Maid's Tragedy" by Beaumont & Fletcher

by Wife of Bath (kareninaustin at g mail dot com) on Wed May 2nd, 2012 at 02:15:32 PM EST
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Munich police typo (none / 1)

The Süddeutsche, in an article about concentration camp survivor Martin Löwenberg, mentions what must be one of the most spectacular "typos" ever.

Der Staat hat sich keinen Gefallen getan mit diesem Verfahren. "Der Angeklagte", so steht im Urteil, und es klingt wie Hohn, "hatte für sein Verhalten weder einen rechtfertigenden Grund noch einen entschuldigenden Anlass." Und die Münchner Polizei hat sich gar zum Gespött gemacht mit ihrer Schlampigkeit, weil sie in den Akten Löwenberg als "Kfz-Häftling" bezeichnete. Dieter Hildebrandt hat diese Passage in seine letzte Scheibenwischer-Sendung eingebaut.

by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Wed May 2nd, 2012 at 02:59:55 PM EST

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That's "motor-vehicle-prisoner" (car thief?) instead of "concentration-camp-prisoner": "KZ-Häftling"?

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Wed May 2nd, 2012 at 03:33:26 PM EST
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Yes, though I doubt it means car thief (a Google search only turns up references to this case).

by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Wed May 2nd, 2012 at 03:36:30 PM EST
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No, it's about the word or abbreviation Kfz. The typo is stupid enough in any case, but to make it worse: Kfz was introduced by the Nazis to replace the un-German "auto(mobile)". There were many of these language purification words, and Kfz is one that survived (not only written, but spoken too: ka-eff-tset) and is used without a thought for that background. You could sort it in the LTI category.

by Katrin on Wed May 2nd, 2012 at 04:31:23 PM EST
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I'm watching the Sarko-Hollande show (4.00 / 2)

the Big Debate. Practising yoga breathing exercises so I don't lose my rag while the prez is speaking. He's losing his, which is good.

_{It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue
- Queen Elizabeth II}

by eurogreen on Wed May 2nd, 2012 at 03:39:37 PM EST

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I'm keeping away. But all Hollande has to do is stay mint-fresh cool.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Wed May 2nd, 2012 at 03:42:02 PM EST
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One is not an unbiased observer, but he seems to be giving a decent impression of a cucumber, even though Sarko keeps calling him a liar.

_{It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue
- Queen Elizabeth II}

by eurogreen on Wed May 2nd, 2012 at 04:02:12 PM EST
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Holland is being shredded on his Energy Policy, which unfortunately sucks. He cannot come out with a clear victory now.

Vencit omnia veritas.

by Luis de Sousa (luis[dot]a[dot]de[dot]sousa[at]gmail[dot]com) on Wed May 2nd, 2012 at 03:59:37 PM EST
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I don't think anyone's mind will be changed thanks to an energy policy debate. The voters who care about it (a minority, unfortunately) already know who they'll be voting for.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Wed May 2nd, 2012 at 04:26:59 PM EST
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Now the discussion on Europe is going much better.

Vencit omnia veritas.

by Luis de Sousa (luis[dot]a[dot]de[dot]sousa[at]gmail[dot]com) on Wed May 2nd, 2012 at 04:35:02 PM EST
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Not watching and not planning to. Vivement dimanche.
But I worry that the campaign for parliament is going to be just as ugly, if not worse.

Wind power

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Wed May 2nd, 2012 at 04:49:27 PM EST
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Well, the right will be demoralised and backed into a corner. The ugliness will be all their own.

Unless Sarko pulls off a narrow upset. Then I would predict a narrow majority for the left in parlament, thanks to the FN.

_{It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue
- Queen Elizabeth II}

by eurogreen on Wed May 2nd, 2012 at 06:32:30 PM EST
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50% Renewables by 2025. Not impossible, but... Anyway Holland has now found more space to make his Energy Policy clear.

Vencit omnia veritas.

by Luis de Sousa (luis[dot]a[dot]de[dot]sousa[at]gmail[dot]com) on Wed May 2nd, 2012 at 05:07:28 PM EST
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His proposition is actually : reduce the share of nuclear to 50% by 2025. Not as good, but considerably easier.

_{It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue
- Queen Elizabeth II}

by eurogreen on Wed May 2nd, 2012 at 06:29:06 PM EST
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