http://www.bisanz.cc/bavarian2/

Just some pics of the smallest possible international meeting

AlpineRAM

ps: Don't tell me that my truck needs to be washed

 

I like him already, especially his flag in the rear window. Where were the pics taken? I've never seen roof shingles quite like those in pic1154. Are those shingles or tiles? And is the house in a high wind area? Nat
...and a while back someone mentioned your wife was involved in Dolphin therapy, what is that if you don't mind me asking?

 

Looks like you had a great time!



Tony

 

Yep we had a great time!




Nat: These are roof tiles. The area is not very high wind, but those roofs stand well over 100 km/h winds.
The pics were taken in Wollomoos (the only town in Germany sporting 4 o's) in northern Bavaria- the home of Sepp. This was the 4th international meeting we had. (We two CTD drivers )

It wasn't my wife who was involved in dolphin therapy (asides of supporting me getting the events through and being patient with me )
The therapy was for a little girl named Lisa. I know I have been very lazy on the progress reports, but I was really occupied with fundraising for a little boy who needed help after a liver transplant.
Lisa is very well, and the first dolphin therapy was very successfull. A side effect nobody had considered before was that she started sleeping through the night and had much more energy to learn from then on. Her second therapy was a great success too. I really want to thank all the folks who donated and helped. One of the results of the generosity of the DTRonians was that for the second therapy some local donors wouldn't want to be outdone by some foreigners. So this was a very good initial shove into the right direction.
Some reading about the dolphin therapy can be found here:
http://www.dolphinhumantherapy.com/


AlpineRAM

 

Sounds challenging and must be some kind of rewarding to be involved with kids who have special needs. Thanks for the update. You obviously are a busy man. Nat

 

I'm a busy man... well not really. I'm a self employed computer technician and do repair US cars electronics as a second job. Since the economy is really down over here I still have time to do other things.
Like repairing hovercrafts and showing them off to local fire brigades....
http://www.bisanz.cc/hovercraft/index.html#images

And I think that as a person with straight limbs and a working brain you get some responsibility for those who lack one or more of those. So I try to help where I can if I see people in need.

AlpineRAM

 

That's great your involvement with the challenged. You're right. Seems to me there's a lot of people in need around here too; some physical, others emotional, many financial.
Lots of people without jobs. The textile and manufacturing jobs were a big part of our local economy and those jobs have either gone to Mexico or to China.
You may remember me mentioning my wife's dad (career Navy man) died last August; Teresa and I "adopted" her retarded brother Greg. (His aptitude is that of a 7 year old.) Although he can feed and dress himself and do odd jobs like mow grass, he tires quickly has to take naps. He requires constant supervision like a 7 year old. To keep his interest in anything, we have to make a game out of it. Later today we’ll go bowling and do the buffet thing.
Take care, Nat

 

Nat:
Sepp (the guy with the red ram) is in fact the straightest shooting guy
I have met to this day(pun intended).
He's the kind you may call three a.m. with a problem, and he pops out of bed, no questions asked.
He is also the rangemaster at Munich rod and gun, has forgotten more about guns than I ever knew and has a huge collection.
rob

 

You guys talk like it's only a short distance rock-throw to each other. Has he a genuine affection for the U.S.? or is the flag just decoration? Nat

 

Sepp has a genuine affection for the US- and he's spending time there regularly. (Just came back from a 4 weeks trip Canada and USA)

Nat, I think it's great that you take care of your brother in law. I salute you!
Don't you think that you understand now: "He's not heavy, he's my brother" in a way totally different than before?
Tell Greg my best wishes across the pond!
My brother is also handicaped- about the aptitude of an 8 year old child. That big fact in my life brought my attention to the help for handicapped people. (And I think I know about the efforts that go along with care)

Sepp isn't only a heck of a shooter himself, but also a very good trainer. (He showed me my errors in shooting and what I did wrong all the time within 5 minutes after he saw me. And though it's hard to get rid of deeply ingrained behaviour he made me shoot considerably better in no time. )
Sepp and egghandler are about 450 kms away from me. (road distance)

AlpineRAM

 

I'll tell him you said hello from Austria and show him on the globe. Thanks. I hear you and I already felt that way about Greg. Greg is older than my wife so he and I have always been close. Once when we visited from out of state, he asked if I could sleep in his room instead of with Teresa in her room. But that's another story... hee hee
I used to shoot in my own field at 100-200 yard targets and loaded my own ammo. A childhood friend has a 1000 yard range 4 miles away but I don't have anything that will hold up that far.
100-200 yard plinking is about all I get to do these days and rarely do that anymore, but I still luv to watch the experts. Nat

 

Nat: I know about ideas some folks get- and how uninhibited they'll mouth them- at least my brother will.
I'm not good at shooting, let's say proficient for my use. Range visits and ammo are really expensive over here. I'm fascinated by the accuracy of some experts. I loved to do combat shooting but nowadays you get some very questioning looks if you do so. (They think you are training to be a radical or whatever)

AlpineRAM

 

So when I pull out my old maps, where do I start looking for Wollomoos? North of Nurnberg?

 

A little to the east from a line from Munich to Augsburg- Follow the road from Munich to Dachau and on straight. If your maps are really good you'll find it- or at least Aichach.
You can also look it up at www.map24.de and plan a route

AlpineRAM

 

simply fly or drive in to munich.
we'll certainly be happy to show you 'round.
rob