Reading ginsterbusch's journal

Kneipentour = pub tour/drinking tour ;)

Just got my new digicam, Kodak CX 7310, and tested it on friday to saturday while being in Munich with friends of mine.

So if you want to see what I'm doing in my spare time, have a look over there: http://gfx.fwwd.de/kneipentour/

Some good ones:
- Internetfriseur - hair dresser - What The ...?!? Are you sitting there, with a computer in front of you, surfing the net, while you get your permanent wave done?!
- Mithrandir tries out his latest spell - *lol* nice random shot - there wasnt any big smoke to see .. thanks to the flash we all got enlightened ;)
- Nice selection - all this nice stuff you can buy at Abseits, München-Schwabing
- Happy Posing: me, some folks, some other folks, ... ;)
- The eagle's rising - *löl* actually you can see them playing some well-known game :D
- Somebody in the need for a big crapper? ;)
- Silent Bob - this guy wasnt very talkative during the evening; actually, he didnt say a word in 4 hours
- We all got a Big One ;)
- Dancing Queen - see image background, left upper corner
- Start of a battle - a headbang battle, for gods sake! ;)

BTW: I'm the guy with the glasses, the sun-burn, the long dark blond/light brown hair and the leather stuff all over ;)

cu, w0lf.

Fuck off the 30 seconds posting limit!

BTW: I'm the guy with the glasses, the sun-burn, the long dark blond/light brown hair and the leather stuff all over ;)

I think you are better when you don't try to have that evil smile depicted on your face ;)
I had a look at a few of the pictures you took... definitely interesting I have to admit. At least now I know for sure that our Health Minister has lied to the Italians when he said that anywhere in Europe it is strictly forbidden to smoke in public places, and that Italy was still far behind that. After that, the law passed and now smoking in public places is forbidden, unless you want to pay a 1000 Euros fine or worse.

I am kind of happy, because I really hate eating/drinking with someone who is smoking by my side. That is strange to say, considering that my dad has smoked until February 13th.

By the way, what kind of beer were you drinking? A particular brand of beer, or the local one or what? I am curious, because when I went to Germany I had this wonderful smoked beer (well I don't know how to define it... don't even know if there is a name for it) in a Bierstube, but I don't know its name nor if I could find it somewhere. In alternative there is always my wonderful Beck's that is always so good, but I'd like to see if I can find the other one too. On a side note... why does Beck's export the bitter only to the United States but not to Italy? We have only the lager here. It's not fair!! :P

Un bacio è un'apostrofo rosa scritto tra le parole "ti amo".

I think you are better when you don't try to have that evil smile depicted on your face ;)

Well, yes, I suppose this time it didnt work out very well - compared with these ;)

least now I know for sure that our Health Minister has lied to the Italians when he said that anywhere in Europe it is strictly forbidden to smoke in public places, and that Italy was still far behind that. After that, the law passed and now smoking in public places is forbidden, unless you want to pay a 1000 Euros fine or worse.

I am kind of happy, because I really hate eating/drinking with someone who is smoking by my side. That is strange to say, considering that my dad has smoked until February 13th.

Actually I absolutely dislike this nearly neo-fascistic/nazi-style campaign of 'better health thru punishment till death' that has been started thanks to the US of Arse (smoking in public places, pubs, etc.). Certainly THEY should look at themselves first: what about fast food, what about having the fattest citizens in the world? THATS a health problem, thank you very much!

I'm not against about some sensible action in this direction in general, but the way it is today done looks more like a twisted crossbreed between fashion/'in'-thing and witch hunt. Just recently I saw a bizarre scene evolve in Munich, Stachus S-Bahn station: there was an old man sitting on the other side of the bank I was sitting on, too, and was smoking. At first, I didnt recognize him doing so at all, only until some old woman started nagging and shouting around like some marketender what an unpolite man he was, smoking in the train station. Next on, pointing her index finger on him, next some other old man hunked over, etc. etc. Finally, the poor guy exploded and called them some rather nasty words, like being a bunch of neo-nazis and what they thought of their rude, fascistic behaviour. Personally I think he was kind of right - but I wouldnt have used such harsh words.

To take this a little bit further: What I'm thinking about for a year now is: let's create some armlet with a darker brown 'R' (stand for: smoker = Raucher) on a yellow-brown ground and wear it. Next on, let's create a 'Raucherausweis' which everyone has to carry with him/her, in case he/she/it gets controlled by the police. Third step: let's create camps where all those poor, unhealthy people get put in to (officially) cure them from their addictions (like eating too much, smoking, smoking weed, wearing long hair, drinking alcohol at all, listening to daemonic, unchristian music, etc.). Sounds like you heard that anywhere else before? Yeah, I think so too. ;)

By the way, what kind of beer were you drinking? A particular brand of beer, or the local one or what?

The local one, probably. Actually I wasnt drinking mere beer at all - it's called 'Goaßnmaß' and is a mixture out of dark beer, cola and cherry liquour. The dark beer probably was Löwenbräu Dunkel, not my favorite one but at least it doesnt taste that shitty like the standard Löwenbräu Weißbier or Helles. And mixed together like this you're not really able to taste a difference between dark beers AT ALL. :D

I am curious, because when I went to Germany I had this wonderful smoked beer (well I don't know how to define it... don't even know if there is a name for it) in a Bierstube

All against smoking but likes to drink Rauchbier? That's a strange concept, dont you think? Anyway, AFAIT smoked beer tastes like beer with smoke or even some more gruesome things - no, thank you, but I think I still got some sinues in my tongue. ;P

BTW: It's a speciality of Bamberg, which is NOT available anywhere else, so I suppose you were there. And to talk about Beck's: hell, babe, develop some taste! Pissbier!?! Nein danke!
But if you're a friend of throat gripping, harsh and bitter beer taste, you might want to try out Jever. A friend of mine recently told me this story: When he was at his father's site, his father asked him if he would want to drink a beer or two. He said yes to that, but then his father came back from the kitchen with 4 bottles of Jever Pils. The result was: My friend wasnt even half throu his first bottle when his father was finishing his second one. I was told by him that Jever is one of the most bitter brews at all. Outch.

We have only the lager here. It's not fair!!

Why aint that fair? I dislike Pils like hell - and if I aint got the choice, I'm even harsher in showing my opinion about this awful fact. So be happy that at least some of this shit - hey, there's good pils, too - try some local ones, not the mass production! - is available at all. Whining about lager - fucking hell, I wish I had that problem. Oh well, but if it was (for) Löwenbräu or Ayinger Bräu, I actually could understand your problem. ;)

cu, w0lf.

Fuck off the 30 seconds posting limit!

This post was edited by ginsterbusch on Jun 05, 2005.

Well, I do like some Italian beers, like Moretti. I also like Ceres and the Biere du demon. Beck's is my favorite though. I like its taste. I have drunk also Corona, Kronenburg 1664 (and I wonder now how I could like that shit when I was 15), Foster, Guinness... Lol I guess I like more or less all beers aside from Budweiser, Heineken and Adelscott :P

In Italy, we don't have several German selections, and the real other choice aside from Beck's would be Warsteiner, but I don't like that, because it's too light.

Oh and yes, I was in Bamberg... Just asked my dad in fact. And, well, I am not saying that I am against smoking; it's unhealthy for you, but then you're free to do what you want as long as you don't smoke underneath my nose while I am trying to eat. That's really the thing I stand the least.

Considering that my dad has been smoking for my whole life, and has just recently quit, well I think I am quite good in standing it. Many of my friends smoke, but they know that it bothers me if they do while we're eating, and so they don't. It's just common sense and respect really.

Just like this is why you shouldn't smoke in a restaurant. You might be done with your meal, but other people in tables next to you might still be eating. Your liberty ends where the liberty of someone else starts, and I think that non smokers have the right to avoid passive smoke. Therefore go Italy! You rule!! :P

Un bacio è un'apostrofo rosa scritto tra le parole "ti amo".

Just like this is why you shouldn't smoke in a restaurant.

Agreed! Feel free to smoke whatever you want, but then pollute your own air and not the one I have to breathe. I don't fart in your face or spit on your food either.

"God is dead." - Nietzsche, 1882 "Nietzsche is dead." - God, 1900

I don't fart in your face

Lol that was gross! It makes me think of dogs that are always there sniffing the... ahem... that! of other dogs!! Well, better I shut up here though, or Hawkeye might say something about me that I'd like to keep private :P And no, it is not that I smell butts of other people! So don't start thinking weird things! ;)

Un bacio è un'apostrofo rosa scritto tra le parole "ti amo".

It makes me think of dogs that are always there sniffing the... ahem... that! of other dogs!

Hahaha! :-) Actually that helps the dog determine the gender of the other dog, which tells them what to do with the new found friend/foe/playmate/sex partner. It's not as obvious as with us humans, you know. :-)

And no, it is not that I smell butts of other people!

Phew, that's quite a relief with next Saturday in mind. :-P

"God is dead." - Nietzsche, 1882 "Nietzsche is dead." - God, 1900

This post was edited by null on Jun 07, 2005.

I'm just fine with not smoking in restaurants; other people are there who might be asthmatic, or don't like the smell of smoke, or whatever. However, the trend towards banning smoking in bars and pubs strikes me as stupid, as does the mandating of some regions for all restaurants to be non-smoking, regardless of the preference of the proprietor. I'm not particularly fond of smoking during a meal, I think it ruins any enjoyment I can draw from eating, but were I to open a restaurant, I would want my diners to at least have the option to smoke if they so chose. As for pubs and bars, it seems to me that it should be mandatory to smoke if you're in a bar (if not a cigarette, perhaps a pipe? ^_^). It just strikes me as fitting.

I'll believe in anything if you'll just believe in anything

but were I to open a restaurant, I would want my diners to at least have the option to smoke if they so chose.

I perfectly agree with that. In fact the Italian law establishes that you can have a smoker's room, but it has to be separated from the non smokers' room, and there have to be ventilation things.

Though, many bars or restaurants here are too small to allow to have two rooms, or the ventilation systems result too expensive and hard to be affordable, and therefore in such cases the law has to defend the rights of those who don't smoke. Also because the smokers can always go out to smoke, but the non smokers can't just quit eating if they happen to sit close to someone who is smoking.

I still think that forbid smoking in public places is a great thing. And possibly I would also make it so that people cannot smoke at the bus stops. I don't know how many times I was standing there and a guy started smoking underneath my nose, and then moved close to me whenever I moved to stay away from passive smoke. I find it very very disturbing. If they want to have their lungs all black and yucky, that's their choice, but surely they shouldn't oblige me to passive smoke their crap.

Un bacio è un'apostrofo rosa scritto tra le parole "ti amo".

Yeah, agreed. Totally. I'm so sick of it.
Let's make a non-smokers-alliance! :)

What I hate most, is the argument of restaurant hosts, that they will make less money if they prohibit smoking. Hello? A real gourmet knows that no meal is nice with smoke! Thus, did they never think of the non-smokers who'll start visiting their restaurant if they'll finally prohibit smoking.

To be fair, I think it's okay if someone wants two different rooms as long as the air is seperated.

Anyway, I'm sure in future we won't have to bear smoke in public rooms (and trains) anymore. And I'm happy that my kids will grow up with a healthy lung.

"Sie wollen nichts anderes. Sie wollen kämpfen! Sie sind Soldaten! Fucking Wahnsinnige!" - Noel G.