A different sort of stash

[Littlemarten]

Verseihen Sie, aber mien Deutsch ist alt und kranklich.

 

[BarleyBop]

Ha! Google translate says:
"Forgive me, but my German is old and sickly"
Sounds like me!

 

[Jakko]

Now that's a moniker and a half!

They were serious about names back then

If you read German, I may be hitting you up for clarifications

But yes, I do read German (and comprehend what I read ) — look closely at the titles on the bookshelf in the photo I posted in the Panther Ausf. D thread. However, I am under the impression there are also some native German speakers around here, too.

 

[OldManModeler]

Bitte. Ich kann auch ein bisschen Deutsch. Aber an die zwei Jahre Gymnasium vor über 40 Jahren kann ich mich an nichts erinnern. Aber sie wirken immer wütend.

 

[BarleyBop]

... I attended French school until university. In high school, besides the mandatory French and English, you could take Spanish... for me, that extra slot was always reserved for Music!

 

[OldManModeler]

Should have gone with Spanish and Music. This guitar is amazing...

 

[BarleyBop]

This guitar is amazing

Very nice! Have probably heard him in his amazing cross-genre journey over the years, but was not concious of his name! Thanks for the tip-off.
Guess who has been a flamenco aficionado going on 20 years?
... my recent attempts at rasgueo and picado leave a lot to be desired, but I do try!

 

[BarleyBop]

Not in my current find, but a few years ago, when I got back in to modeling, I remembered the musty smelling hard cover books my Dad had read as a kid during the war and lent me on long car (and train) rides to the Maritimes; all summer I would look up into the sky, imagining some German Ace diving out of the sun on my six ...

Alas, they have not survived to the present day, but I did find them in Kindle form.
The improbable adventures of teenage Ace, Dave Dawson (American) and his buddy, Freddie Farmer (Brit), flying all manner of planes in every theatre of the war!

 

[BarleyBop]

Out of Egypt

We read about the coastal road over which so much of the war fought, so much of the armies moved eastward, then westward, just to be repeated again.
The line running along the coast is made up of the retreating Axis army... hope you can zoom in.
Like so many ants from this altitude.