Went cruising the lake the other day with ms White and ms Whiter. Always satisfying to bring those who don't get a nice tan like myself :).
Yesterday I got another cortisone shot, which kinda took me down for the rest of the day. I cannot describe how much it hurts when the doc pokes a pen on my shoulder to find the sorest spot, then sticks a needle straight into it. Hopefully it will help this time for a longer period than a couple of weeks.
Today I went shopping for some paraphernalia for the boat. At first I had difficulty finding it, then I realized I don't know the name of it, not in my mother tongue, not in English and certainly not in German. It's like an elastic piece of string or a rubber band with hooks in both ends. On the package it says Gepäckarm, which I translate to luggage arm (Bras a baggage in French and Braccio del portapacchi in Italian in case you were wondering). Weird. But I managed to describe it in German, and an assistant located it for me. And they were very cheap. Excellent!
Also today was the last day of the second German class. The new one begins on Thursday. Never any rest!
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Last few days
Went cruising the lake the other day with ms White and ms Whiter. Always satisfying to bring those who don't get a nice tan like myself :).
Yesterday I got another cortisone shot, which kinda took me down for the rest of the day. I cannot describe how much it hurts when the doc pokes a pen on my shoulder to find the sorest spot, then sticks a needle straight into it. Hopefully it will help this time for a longer period than a couple of weeks.
Today I went shopping for some paraphernalia for the boat. At first I had difficulty finding it, then I realized I don't know the name of it, not in my mother tongue, not in English and certainly not in German. It's like an elastic piece of string or a rubber band with hooks in both ends. On the package it says Gepäckarm, which I translate to luggage arm (Bras a baggage in French and Braccio del portapacchi in Italian in case you were wondering). Weird. But I managed to describe it in German, and an assistant located it for me. And they were very cheap. Excellent!
Also today was the last day of the second German class. The new one begins on Thursday. Never any rest!
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in English, or at least U.S. English, those are called "bungee cords"
just in case you want to file that one away in your list of English vocabulary!
John, N.J.
Hey, but I don't plan to bungee-jump with'm! But ok, suppose I can jump into the Zürichsee ;)
in Australian English its 'occy straps' or, full version, octopus straps. Also not entirely logical
And now I have to find out what it is in my mother tongue, just out of curiosity.
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