Friday, October 24, 2008

A direct post from Alan

I attended the Stammtisch last night at Herrenkeller,  and must say it was a blast. I am really, really pleased that I have been able to help at least a few people find connections in the Ulmer region through this blog. I have always run this thing sort of lazily, just forwarding Dawn's and Heather's, and other peoples E-Mails to the blog per mail. But today I have decide to write personally to anybody and everybody who looks in, to feel free to send me your comments, and critique.

 

Mrs. President Dawn, and Mrs. Vice President Heather, didn't expect such a crowd yesterday. There weren't nearly enough seats, and  few people had to sit out in the next room, but Heather was whirling like a Dervish (unfortunately without the cute tasselled hat) to get people chairs, greeting, and doing… wow! I was glad that I was already sitting, as I was getting dizzy watching her! Respect! Dawn has already said, that she will consider getting a larger room or table next month. It was full, hot, and loud! But I have to say, also one of the best Stammtische I've been to yet. Kudos to Dawn for organizing these things.

 

Lets keep it up and put Dawn and Heather to the test and see how many come to the next meeting ;-))

 

Best wishes, and a nice weekend.

 

DufG,

Alan

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Fw: [Americans in Ulm] New comment on Fw: English Stammtisch - Oct. 23rd.

Dear Courtney,
Thanks for writing ;-))
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Courtney
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 6:07 PM
Subject: [Americans in Ulm] New comment on Fw: English Stammtisch - Oct. 23rd.

Courtney has left a new comment on your post "Fw: English Stammtisch - Oct. 23rd":

hi dawn and heather,

i am an american new to ulm and just saw your post about the english language stammtisch! sounds great! hopefully i'll see you all there!

-courtney



Posted by Courtney to Americans in Ulm at 22 October, 2008 18:07

Monday, October 20, 2008

Fw: Indian Diwali Night in Ulm !

 
----- Original Message -----
 
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 3:57 PM
Subject: Indian Diwali Night in Ulm !

Hello Everyone,
 
As last year, this year too an Indian Diwali Night is being organised on 08th Nov 2008 in Ulm. It has cultural events, bollywood music, fashion show, Indian dinner and much more.
 
Please find attached the Invitation Flyer. If you would be interested to attend the same, please contact me at an earliest so as to issue the invitation ticket/s. Kindly do pass it on to your friends too in case they would also be interested to attend it.
 
Attached is the card !
 
With best regards,
Tanuj Dudeja
Contact No. : +49 174 2179821

Friday, October 10, 2008

Appoligies (again)

My appoligies to April and "ak.vorrat(?) about not answering thier comments. I will amend the blog, so that I get the comments per mail, and can answer in a timely manner. April, You would have to ask Dawn or Heather about the source of the movies (if you havent already done thus). I presume they are equiped with some sort of super human powers, but who knows?!? If they are, they will undoubtably deny it. ak.vorrat, I have somehow always found "flash mobbing" suspicious. There was hardly ever any flashing, and well, as we know, mobbing is immoral and bad for the working atmosphere, so I would suggest you leave this to the FKK crowd, which somehow should also count as flash mobbing. or flashing mobs. or what ever. DufG, Alan

Fw: English Stammtisch - Oct. 23rd

----- Original Message ----- To: Burton Heather Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 1:34 PM Subject: English Stammtisch - Oct. 23rd
Let's meet for English conversation on October 23rd at Drei Kannen Restaurant - Historisches Brauhaus starting at 7 p.m. The address is: Hafenbad 31/1 in Ulm Tel: 67717 Another new person found out about Stammtisch through Alan's blog. And she hasn't even moved to Ulm yet! We can hopefully welcome Kate to Ulm on the 23rd. We'll be upstairs in the room called - Die Laube. The reservation was made in my name - Waessle. Hope to see you there. Dawn and Heather

Friday, September 26, 2008

Fw: Dentist in Germany

 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 1:45 PM
Subject: Re: Dentist in Germany

Yeah, there is just no excuse (if he did it)
 
But I stay away from the gummi bears, LOL, i dont want any visits from my dentist!
 
Alan
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 1:35 PM
Subject: RE: Dentist in Germany

oh my GOSH what are the chances?! so i guess they twisted the story over here but can you IMAGINE?! how BRUTAL!!
 
thanks so much for listening and have some haribo gummy bears on me!


From: the.alheath.gmail [mailto:the.alheath@googlemail.com]
Sent: Fri 9/26/2008 7:24 AM
To: Visage, Michelle
Subject: Dentist in Germany

Hi Michelle,
I heard the story about the dentist in Germany that tied up the woman and took the bridges out of her mouth.
 
Funny thing, I live in Neu-Ulm, Germany where this happened.
 
According to the papers and police reports, he didnt tie her up or use any dental tools.
 
He rang her bell, and when she opened, he "just" grabbed her face, and pinched her cheecks together so that she had to open her mouth, then "just" removed the bridges. Apparently a neighbour who had also been to that dentist witnessed that the dentist was in the stairwell of the appartment house. He said he is innocent, and it must have been a look-alike.
 
The bridges are expensive here as well, and her (standard state health) insurance paid allot of the fees, but she still had to pay a part of the fees, which were still at about 400 EUROs (US$ 600), which she didnt pay for months, the dental assistants called and went by ften, but never got a response.
 
Cheers,
Alan

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Fw: English Stammtisch - Sept. 25th

----- Original Message ----- To: Burton Heather Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 12:42 PM Subject: English Stammtisch - Sept. 25th
Hi everyone
English Stammtisch will be on Thursday, September 25th starting at 7 p.m. - at Hundskomödie Restaurant again this month.
Hundskomödie is in Friedrichsau Park. You can park on the parking lot by the camper vans - which is very near the Ulm jail.
There is some construction work going on - but you can still park there. Or the streetcar will get you there, too.
In three months we'll be meeting at the Christmas Market!
Hope you can make it.
Dawn and Heather

Monday, August 11, 2008

Re: English Stammtisch

Hello Dawn,
Glad if I (my blog) can help. I will be in the states on the 28th, greetings to all.
Cheers,
Alan
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 7:52 AM
Subject: English Stammtisch

Hi Alan
Thanks for once again helping people find the Stammtisch group.  I've added Deidre's address to the list and written her a short email.  I'm sure newcomers are delighted to make contact right away after moving here.
See you
Dawn
ps - next meeting will be Aug 28th.  I haven't sent out the invitation yet.

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Sorry for the Schlamperei :-/

Sorry for the wrong google E-Mail address, it has been corrected. (ich schäme mich so ;-)
 

Welcome to Deidre!

Welcome to Deidre!
 
From: alan heath
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: Just arrived in Ulm

Hello Deidre, sorry for the delay, I dont check the Yahoo so often, better to write to the.alheath@gmail.com

The English Stammtisch meets about once a month, except maybe in July / August / September, because of vacation time in Germany. I will send this to Dawn Waessle (dd.waessle@arcor.de ) one of the organizers. Maybe she can add you to her Mailing list for the next meeting.

All I can say now is !! Welcome !!, hope you like it  ;-)

Cheers,

Alan

----- Original Message ----
From: deidre daria <dariadr@hotmail.com>
To: the.alheath@yahoo.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 6, 2008 4:32:02 PM
Subject: Just arrived in Ulm


From: dariadr@hotmail.com
To: the.alanheath@gmail.com
Subject: Just arrived in Ulm
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 09:22:50 -0400

Hi,
I am Deidre and I just moved to Ulm (five days fresh off the boat) from the U.S.  I saw your blog and was wondering if the americans/other english countries still meet from time to time.  If so, could you tell me when and where? 
Thanks,
Deidre