I was with a girlfriend when she got her nipples pierced. Her pupils got huge and her eyes kinda rolled around and then my head started to feel unbalanced and everything got kinda dim and I had to sit down.
Yeah, when my lady friend couldn't wait anymore, she decided to keep her bra on and that turned out to be a mistake. She about lost her mind because, you know, blood flow, elevated blood pressure, adrenaline, endorphins ...
... and then there was a little bit of a mess on my chest.
She kept apologizing and crying and I couldn't say enough to tell her that no, it's okay, I'm more concerned that you are in pain but that really didn't seem to do what I wanted it to. In the end, it was all I could do to help her salvage her dignity by bundling up with her on the couch and watching movies until she calmed down. The fresh pot of tea helped, but I feel that Arnold Schwarzenegger's Commando was the deciding factor.
Why am I not surprised that you are completely in tune with cold, robotic, Terminator intelligence?
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Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
edited September 2014
This isn't really on topic for the thread but there's not a better place to put it, and it's about old stuff which maybe kind of counts? We visited my nan yesterday and my dad brought some things she'd given to him a while ago which originally belonged to her dad, things from the wars. He wanted my nan to identify and translate what she could, as everything's in German. I always find my nan's family history fascinating, especially when it comes to the world wars because obviously it's all from the other side to what we usually hear about in this country. I know some people here like old stuff so thought I'd share some pics. @timspork's ghost ?
Try and ignore my nan's delightful carpet.
Document folder from WW1. Was quite surprised it has clear plastic on the inside, I kind of assumed that would have been a later invention
ID tag thing, a piece of card inside a locket that I think is made of brass. 'Assentjahrgang' is the year he joined the army, 'geburtsjahr' is his birth year.
The religion thing is interesting. It originally said 'catholic' but that's crossed out and replaced with 'evang' which apparently means anglican protestant, because he converted. Though my nan said that in 1917 he renounced his faith completely and became an atheist. For the rest of his life wouldn't even go inside a church. He never explained why but I guess living through trench warfare can maybe make you question things.
WW1 kit list
WW1 pay book.
Same book, probably my favourite photo. Just look at it. Look at that picture of him! His moustache! Holy shit. Also those are all four-leaf clovers he kept for luck, still there 100 years later.
Then his WW2 pay book. According to Wikipedia
The volkssturm was a German national militia of the last months of World War II. It was set up, not by the traditional German Army, but by the Nazi Party on the orders of Adolf Hitler on October 18, 1944. It conscripted males between the ages of 13 to 60 years who were not already serving in some military unit as part of a German Home Guard.
One of the last times I went home I saw Opa's ahnenpaß which is a book detailing his family tree back several generations - it goes back to the late 1600's on some branches - which was necessary during WW2 to prove he didn't have any of that pesky Jewish blood. I'll try and get pics of that next time I go home. I always find this stuff so surreal and amazing to look at.
Plus everyone back then had phenomenally good handwriting. Like woah.
(EKD/evangelical is not anglican though, just protestant. Anglican is specifically the church of england. Though obviously they all sort of came about post-Reformation. I think before 1922 you could pretty much guarantee that evangelical meant Lutheran, but I'm not totally sure about that).
That is fascinating, you're right, we usually see stuff from the British side so that is really interesting! The lettering, stamps and handwriting is so neat and beautiful.
It occupies a similar position in the german state/social strata. Sorry, I have a mild fascination with christian sectology and can nerd out over that kind of shit, it's really not relevant to the cool stuff you posted.
That is fascinating, you're right, we usually see stuff from the British side so that is really interesting! The lettering, stamps and handwriting is so neat and beautiful.
Seriously. Check out this postcard
To be fair though, Platy has stupidly nice handwriting as well. Maybe Austrians just take more pride in their penmanship than we do.
That is fascinating, you're right, we usually see stuff from the British side so that is really interesting! The lettering, stamps and handwriting is so neat and beautiful.
Seriously. Check out this postcard
To be fair though, Platy has stupidly nice handwriting as well. Maybe Austrians just take more pride in their penmanship than we do.
Uuurgh its so beautiful. I feel the urge to improve my handwriting!
Smof, all of that is amazing and your Opa was handsome like wow.
I guess technically he's my dad's Opa because I think it means grandad. But my nan always calls him that, in the confusing way people start referring to their own parents as grandparents once they have their own children.
True story, my whole life I thought his name was actually Opa. I only learned about three years ago that it means grandad and his name was Rudolf.
Smof, all of that is amazing and your Opa was handsome like wow.
I guess technically he's my dad's Opa because I think it means grandad. But my nan always calls him that, in the confusing way people start referring to their own parents as grandparents once they have their own children.
True story, my whole life I thought his name was actually Opa. I only learned about three years ago that it means grandad and his name was Rudolf.
Yeah, if he served in WWI, then he was definitely old enough to be your great-grandfather, or auf Deutsch: Urgroßvater, or 'over-great-father' ... roughly.
Opa is like saying 'Pop-pop' or 'grandad' or 'grandpa,' but Großvater is the proper nomenclature for 'grandfather' and it transliterates as 'great-father.'
It's just one of those colloquialisms that evolves with time.
It's also really cool that you have all of that stuff because it's a connection to a past that many of us struggle to find.
Yeah, if he served in WWI, then he was definitely old enough to be your great-grandfather, or auf Deutsch: Urgroßvater, or 'over-great-father' ... roughly.
ur- is a cognate of Greek arche which you can for example find in "archbishop" or "archangel". So an Urgroßvater is something like your arch-grandfather. In practice, it designates things which are of old age or ancient, like Urwald (untouched forest) or Urzeit (prehistory).
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That is fascinating, you're right, we usually see stuff from the British side so that is really interesting! The lettering, stamps and handwriting is so neat and beautiful.
Seriously. Check out this postcard
To be fair though, Platy has stupidly nice handwriting as well. Maybe Austrians just take more pride in their penmanship than we do.
How is it all old timey people are gorgeous? Anyone ever notice that? All photos are of gorgeous people. All of my four of my uncles who served in WW2 look like goddamn models.
How is it all old timey people are gorgeous? Anyone ever notice that? All photos are of gorgeous people. All of my four of my uncles who served in WW2 look like goddamn models.
When you only took like one photo every three to five years, you made damn fucking sure you looked like a stoic slice of steaming hot ass-cake.
There's already literally hundreds of photographs of me looking like plain old regular ass on the internet, why the fuck even bother now.
Imagine everything past 7:40, but with a nipple ring.
Man, I gotta do something about this. It's gone from afraid of heights to dizzy when other people go up on ladders, now to sick to my stomach when I watch rooftop kung fu fights.
That ain't right.
Hey smof (@Brovid Hasselsmof), this could be where your Opa lived if I read the address correctly and the street numbers didn't change.
Oh wow, thanks Platy. Was that the address from the WW1 or WW2 stuff? I shall save those pics to show my nan next time I see her. I reckon she'll be amazed.
Edit: If I'm reading things right only the ww2 book has an address visible. So if that is the correct building my nan should recognise it as she would have been living there at the time. Awesome.
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Hey smof (@Brovid Hasselsmof), this could be where your Opa lived if I read the address correctly and the street numbers didn't change.
Oh wow, thanks Platy. Was that the address from the WW1 or WW2 stuff? I shall save those pics to show my nan next time I see her. I reckon she'll be amazed.
Edit: If I'm reading things right only the ww2 book has an address visible. So if that is the correct building my nan should recognise it as she would have been living there at the time. Awesome.
Please let us know her response. This whole thing is super fascinating!
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Yeah, when my lady friend couldn't wait anymore, she decided to keep her bra on and that turned out to be a mistake. She about lost her mind because, you know, blood flow, elevated blood pressure, adrenaline, endorphins ...
... and then there was a little bit of a mess on my chest.
She kept apologizing and crying and I couldn't say enough to tell her that no, it's okay, I'm more concerned that you are in pain but that really didn't seem to do what I wanted it to. In the end, it was all I could do to help her salvage her dignity by bundling up with her on the couch and watching movies until she calmed down. The fresh pot of tea helped, but I feel that Arnold Schwarzenegger's Commando was the deciding factor.
Why am I not surprised that you are completely in tune with cold, robotic, Terminator intelligence?
Try and ignore my nan's delightful carpet.
ID tag thing, a piece of card inside a locket that I think is made of brass. 'Assentjahrgang' is the year he joined the army, 'geburtsjahr' is his birth year.
The religion thing is interesting. It originally said 'catholic' but that's crossed out and replaced with 'evang' which apparently means anglican protestant, because he converted. Though my nan said that in 1917 he renounced his faith completely and became an atheist. For the rest of his life wouldn't even go inside a church. He never explained why but I guess living through trench warfare can maybe make you question things.
WW1 kit list
WW1 pay book.
Same book, probably my favourite photo. Just look at it. Look at that picture of him! His moustache! Holy shit. Also those are all four-leaf clovers he kept for luck, still there 100 years later.
Then his WW2 pay book. According to Wikipedia
One of the last times I went home I saw Opa's ahnenpaß which is a book detailing his family tree back several generations - it goes back to the late 1600's on some branches - which was necessary during WW2 to prove he didn't have any of that pesky Jewish blood. I'll try and get pics of that next time I go home. I always find this stuff so surreal and amazing to look at.
Plus everyone back then had phenomenally good handwriting. Like woah.
(EKD/evangelical is not anglican though, just protestant. Anglican is specifically the church of england. Though obviously they all sort of came about post-Reformation. I think before 1922 you could pretty much guarantee that evangelical meant Lutheran, but I'm not totally sure about that).
edit: holy shit, dat moustache
Seriously. Check out this postcard
To be fair though, Platy has stupidly nice handwriting as well. Maybe Austrians just take more pride in their penmanship than we do.
Uuurgh its so beautiful. I feel the urge to improve my handwriting!
And also buy purple ink.
I guess technically he's my dad's Opa because I think it means grandad. But my nan always calls him that, in the confusing way people start referring to their own parents as grandparents once they have their own children.
True story, my whole life I thought his name was actually Opa. I only learned about three years ago that it means grandad and his name was Rudolf.
Yeah, if he served in WWI, then he was definitely old enough to be your great-grandfather, or auf Deutsch: Urgroßvater, or 'over-great-father' ... roughly.
Opa is like saying 'Pop-pop' or 'grandad' or 'grandpa,' but Großvater is the proper nomenclature for 'grandfather' and it transliterates as 'great-father.'
It's just one of those colloquialisms that evolves with time.
It's also really cool that you have all of that stuff because it's a connection to a past that many of us struggle to find.
Cool story, @Brovid Hasselsmof.
ur- is a cognate of Greek arche which you can for example find in "archbishop" or "archangel". So an Urgroßvater is something like your arch-grandfather. In practice, it designates things which are of old age or ancient, like Urwald (untouched forest) or Urzeit (prehistory).
Imagine everything past 7:40, but with a nipple ring.
Back when my great grandparents were alive they were also Opa & Oma.
We totally do not.
Wait a minute......
Satans..... hints.....
When you only took like one photo every three to five years, you made damn fucking sure you looked like a stoic slice of steaming hot ass-cake.
There's already literally hundreds of photographs of me looking like plain old regular ass on the internet, why the fuck even bother now.
A tip in your direction, kind sir.
Man, I gotta do something about this. It's gone from afraid of heights to dizzy when other people go up on ladders, now to sick to my stomach when I watch rooftop kung fu fights.
That ain't right.
Oh wow, thanks Platy. Was that the address from the WW1 or WW2 stuff? I shall save those pics to show my nan next time I see her. I reckon she'll be amazed.
Edit: If I'm reading things right only the ww2 book has an address visible. So if that is the correct building my nan should recognise it as she would have been living there at the time. Awesome.
Heard you the first time.
*cups hand to ear* WHAT?
THERE IS NO DANA, ONLY ZUUUUUUUUUL!!!!
Please let us know her response. This whole thing is super fascinating!