[Rhodes22-list] Politics - Hitler Youth

[Andrew Collins]

Chris

God willing and the river don't rise we will split our time between Spain
and NYC if and when I get to retire. My wife is from Tenerife, Canary
Islands. What I've been looking at is the sailing there, which is very
different from LI Sound, which is basically a lake with tides. There the
bottom drops fast and it is all blue water and one needs skills that I do
not think I have yet, a seaworthy keel boat, a convenient port and lots of
money. I've talked to people who have sailed fron island to island, and this
is real sailing, no day sails. Maybe chartering is a way to get one's feet
wet.
Getting back to Germany, we are going to a family reunion this coming July
in and around Munich so my kids can meet my cousins and their kids, which
will be fun.

Good beer will flow! Prost!

Andrew
s/v Carmen

On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 9:53 PM, Chris Geankoplis <napoli68 at charter.net>wrote:

> How Neat Andrew,
>                            I was only there about 2 or three years but I
> loved it and met my wife of 35 years there.  You seemed to have adapted,
> any
> chance of retiring way back east?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Collins" <sailingvesselcarmen at gmail.com>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>  Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 2:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Politics - Hitler Youth
>
>
> Chris
>
> The short version is that my father was billeted on the top floor of my
> mother's house in Riedenburg (near Nuernberg) right after WWII. One thing
> led to another and my father, who is Texan but doesn't like it there, ended
> up working for Radio Free Europe in Munich. It was a great place to grow
> up.
>
> Over the years I have met many ex-Gastarbeiter from all over, Italy,
> Turkey,
> Greece.
> We all ended up here in 1970, ostensibly coming home, but for myself and my
> brother and sister it was moving to a new country, we spoke the language
> and
> knew something of life here but man was it different!
>
> Andrew
>
> On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 1:50 AM, Chris Geankoplis
> <napoli68 at charter.net>wrote:
>
> > So Andrew, how did you end up in Munich.  I was a gast arbeiter and went
> to
> > school there, met my wife there.  Drank too much bier and am told I
> didn't
> > do so well at school...but I don't remember.
> >
> > Chris
> >  ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Andrew Collins" <sailingvesselcarmen at gmail.com>
> > To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 5:36 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Politics - Hitler Youth
> >
> >
> > Brad
> >
> > You made my day.  Use that dieresis ( two dots above a vowel)!  I grew up
> > in
> > Munich and know the region well.
> >
> > Prost!
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 9:53 PM, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Andrew,
> > >
> > > Grüß Gott
> > >
> > > I haven't figured out that "omelet" thingy yet.
> > >
> > > Brad
> > >
> > > On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Andrew Collins
> > > <sailingvesselcarmen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Brad
> > > >
> > > > It is *Bad Tölz!*
> > > > Andrew
> > > > sv Carmen
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> You've heard the story here before.  The book "Last Days of Patton"
> by
> > > >> Ladislas Farago mentions a Hans Weindl in the acknowledgments and
> > > >> tells the story of Hans in the first chapter remembering Patton
> > > >> driving through Bad Tolz with the claxon horns blaring.  Bad Tolz
> was
> > > >> the site of the SS training camp and was headquarters for Patton
> after
> > > >> WW2 until his death.  Hans (now deceased) was the step-father of my
> > > >> ex-wife and we vacationed every year in Bad Tolz. Hans and I got
> into
> > > >> a lot of trouble together combining long nights, German beer, and
> war
> > > >> stories.  His father was Chief of Police of Bad Tolz and when Hans
> > > >> came home from a Hitler Youth meeting in the closing days of the war
> > > >> with an antiquated rifle, his father took away his gun and locked
> him
> > > >> in the attic until the American tanks rolled into town.  Where was I
> > > >> going with this?  Oh yeah, it is official now.  This thing has
> morphed
> > > >> into a freaking cult.
> > > >>
> > > >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW9b0xr06qA
> > > >>
> > > >> Brad
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