What's up in the Middle

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dstanners wrote: Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:58 am This morning (clear weather) I can see Bonn, or at least the Siebengebierge all the way from my place in glorious Eifel...about 30 miles east of me as the crow flies, so you're definitely "in the middle".
If you can see the Drachenfels, I'm waving at you.
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wheatism wrote: Sun Mar 03, 2024 11:03 am Where did 'Toytown' come from anyway?
I always thought that it was a reference to Noddy and Big Ears - characters thought up by Enid Blyton - who lived in Toytown, where everything was perfectly neat and tidy.
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nina_glyndwr wrote: Sat Apr 13, 2024 8:14 pm I always thought that it was a reference to Noddy and Big Ears - characters thought up by Enid Blyton - who lived in Toytown, where everything was perfectly neat and tidy.
"The site was originally created in August 2002 as "Toytown Munich". The name originated from the observation that Munich was an unusually clean, well-organised, and crime-free city. In mid-2006, the site merged with Britboard, another expatriate site geared toward British expatriates in Germany. Shortly thereafter a decision was made to expand to cover all of Germany and the name was changed to reflect this."
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Oh, Nina as well! Fabtastic! Loads of lovely people coming back to play!
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Hmm, I'm surprised Frankfurt doesn't have its own sub-section.
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kaffeemitmilch wrote: Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:03 am Hmm, I'm surprised Frankfurt doesn't have its own sub-section.
You better get going providing content AND a motto, because otherwise...
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editorL wrote: Fri Apr 19, 2024 8:46 pm
kaffeemitmilch wrote: Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:03 am Hmm, I'm surprised Frankfurt doesn't have its own sub-section.
You better get going providing content AND a motto, because otherwise...

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Haha. Hey, I was just saying I was surprised. Didn't say you had to create one, yo.
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There used to be a Frankfurt or Rhein-Main page back in the day run by Moondancer, but that's long gone. I believe Frankfurt is too much of a transient city for people to get very involved in something like toytown. It's full of younger people now who come to work or study for a few years and then move on. They also communicate in other ways and they have their own groups to meet with.

I live about 40 kilometres south-east of Frankfurt and, although I used to go in fairly regularly, I have little reason to go there these days.
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Fietsrad wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2024 6:59 pm Bonn, a Small Town in Germany, I think it is in the far west 🙂

Middle might be Kassel or Bielefeld
Clearly Leipzig is the middle as the home of MDR ;)
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Hello all from Wiesbaden. I'm glad to see this is still going.
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Glad you found us! Welcome back!

What was your name on the former board or have I just forgotten your name? Highly probable. :)
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So, there's an election watch party in Frankfurt on the 5th/6th. If you're interested, message me and I'll give you the details to RSVP. It will be near the Hbf.
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Fraufruit wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 10:29 am have I just forgotten your name? Highly probable. :)
I feel like languid corpse is not a name any of us would have forgotten :lol:
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