Metpage Member Check In Thread

[Krzych]

Well, I'm stuck at work so testing internet in my mobile... Sucks anyway!

[cfmoran]

Just 3 days before I'm heading for a trip to Normandy to visit the D-Day beaches and monuments.

That's pretty cool. I went with my parents and sister back in the 80's. My Grandfather fought there. We were talking to this pleasant German fellow who also fought there. Everything was good until my mother came to the realization "Hey, this might be the guy who shot my father!" We walked away shortly thereafter. Pretty surreal!

[pimpachu2001]

@school

It's examweek here so all week long I'm correcting exams of my students. At least I have some Metallica bootlegs here to ease the pain hahaha!

You teach?!

I am also a high school teacher - world history and European studies for advanced students.

[Pete-Rock]

Just 3 days before I'm heading for a trip to Normandy to visit the D-Day beaches and monuments.

That's pretty cool. I went with my parents and sister back in the 80's. My Grandfather fought there. We were talking to this pleasant German fellow who also fought there. Everything was good until my mother came to the realization "Hey, this might be the guy who shot my father!" We walked away shortly thereafter. Pretty surreal!

This whole thing is so surreal. I'm german but I have nothing but the greatest of admiration and respect for the bravery of the allied and especially the american forces who fought there. When Dick Winter, leader of the Easy Company (whose story is told in Band Of Brothers) was still alive some years ago I already booked this trip to the Normandy where he was the guide to show ppl all the places. But I cancelled because I felt like ashamed and insecure how he would react if a german guy were around on this trip. And I was in my 20s at that time and therefore unsuspicious to ever have had anything to do with Germanys past and today I'm pretty sure he would have been cool with it or even appreciated it. I wish there had never been this whole third reich thing because it still affects ppl today as you can see in this or cfmorans story.

[damageinc]

Well said Peter. Talking about Band of Brothers, Shifty Powers once said this about german soldiers:

"We might have had a lot in common. He might've liked to fish, you know, he might've liked to hunt. Of course, they were doing what they were supposed to do, and I was doing what I was supposed to do. But under different circumstances, we might have been good friends."

And I think that says it all. In wartime everything is twisted and evil, so it cannot be compared to peacetime.

[no leaf clover]

@school

It's examweek here so all week long I'm correcting exams of my students. At least I have some Metallica bootlegs here to ease the pain hahaha!

You teach?!

I am also a high school teacher - world history and European studies for advanced students.

Yes, I teach. I teach history.

And I totally agree with what Zoltan and Peter said here above.

I hope Normandy will be just as inspiring as my trips to battle fields of World War I have been.

[Pete-Rock]

Well said Peter. Talking about Band of Brothers, Shifty Powers once said this about german soldiers:

"We might have had a lot in common. He might've liked to fish, you know, he might've liked to hunt. Of course, they were doing what they were supposed to do, and I was doing what I was supposed to do. But under different circumstances, we might have been good friends."

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[Bluefalcon]

Getting pumped for what will be an awesome (but busy) week of shows.

Mon - Mastodon w/ Gorjira
Tue - Machine Head w/ Chimaira, Shadows Fall & Times of Grace
Wed - Devin Townsend w/ Meshuggah
Thu - Slipknot w/ Trivium
Fri - Soundwave Festival

[hellawaits77]

My girlfriend loves The Big Bang Theory. I don't hate it, but I can't really get into it.

[hellawaits77]

Getting pumped for what will be an awesome (but busy) week of shows.

Mon - Mastodon w/ Gorjira
Tue - Machine Head w/ Chimaira, Shadows Fall & Times of Grace
Wed - Devin Townsend w/ Meshuggah
Thu - Slipknot w/ Trivium
Fri - Soundwave Festival

Holy shit!! That's an awesome week. Make sure you eat well so you aren't dragging by the end!