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« Reply #30 on: February 01, 2006, 08:16:51 AM » |
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I think in the 19th century they were all drunk at balls, so the orchestras got used to it. Or it was hiccoughs induced by a diet of sausages and goulash and the dreaded Sachertorte...
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« Reply #31 on: February 01, 2006, 01:28:05 PM » |
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You know perfectly well what I mean. That building is not the Staatsoper or the cathedral... But the Giant Ferris Wheel, the landmark of Vienna, second only in importance to the Alte Steffel, is by the river! You see it in the background?  |
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"Kindlein liebet einander!" - "Children, love one another!"
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« Reply #32 on: February 01, 2006, 01:30:09 PM » |
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We are. You have caught us/me out!
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"Kindlein liebet einander!" - "Children, love one another!"
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« Reply #33 on: February 01, 2006, 01:37:05 PM » |
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I think in the 19th century they were all drunk at balls, Are you feeling ok, Nigel? You seem to be especially contrary today.  You don't realy mean to imply attendents of balls in the 20th and 21st centuries were and are all stone sober? And what's wrong with Sachertorte eh? EH? EH?  |
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"Kindlein liebet einander!" - "Children, love one another!"
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« Reply #34 on: February 01, 2006, 04:14:56 PM » |
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With regards to the placement of the Danube within Vienna, it actually used to be much closer to the middle of the city. When Vienna first started out as a Roman outpost, the settlement was almost directly on the Danube, which curved out at the middle instead of going straight as it does now. This was fine for a few centuries, but the cultural boom in the 18th century and into the 19th brought more buildings closer to the river, which only made for a very bad situation whenever there was a large amount of rain or snow in a season. (In fact, the Danube flooded so regularly that there is even a specific name for its floodplain!) So, instead of constructing new main buildings or moving the important offices and functions further from the constant flood hazard, the Viennese just decided to move the Danube. They used a system of dams and locks and such, and over the course of the second half of the 19th century moved the Danube from its original curve to the straight line further from the center of town than it is today.
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« Reply #35 on: February 01, 2006, 05:32:40 PM » |
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The photo posted by uffeviking is of the Urania which is located along the Danube Canal at the mouth of the Vienna River where they meet just before they flow into the Danube River. Here's more info on the Urania from Wikipedia:
"The Urania is a public educational institute and observatory in Vienna.
It was built according to the plans of Art Nouveau architect Max Fabiani (a student of Otto Wagner) at the mouth of the Wien River and was opened by Emperor Franz Joseph as an educational center with a public observatory. It was named after the Muse Urania who represents Astronomy.
In the second World War the Urania was severely damaged and the dome with the observatory was totally destroyed. After its reconstruction, it was reopened in 1957. The observatory itself has been continually improved technically over the years.
Today, the Urania also has seminar rooms in which wide-ranging classes and lectures are given, a movie theater that screens at the annual Viennale film festival, and a puppet theater originally created by Hans Kraus."
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« Reply #36 on: February 01, 2006, 06:09:57 PM » |
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To use a popular GMG term, Sachertorte is - appropriately in the city of Mahler - overrated. But neither that, nor the fact that the river is consigned to the outskirts like an industrial canal, detracts from Vienna's greatness. It is, as a friend of mine once said, the most user-friendly capital in Europe: food, drink and toilets everywhere. And then there's the music-making, and nobody forces you to eat Sachertorte or look at Klimts...
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« Reply #37 on: February 02, 2006, 12:52:01 AM » |
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I enjoyed 2001: A Space Odyssey.  Yeah, and me...especially the bit where the "ape" throws the spaceship into the air! |
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« Reply #38 on: February 02, 2006, 12:57:08 AM » |
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Yeah, and me...especially the bit where the "ape" throws the spaceship into the air!
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« Reply #39 on: February 02, 2006, 01:48:51 AM » |
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Well, all right, the East River is "in the middle" :-)
What exactly do you mean by middle? I look out over the East River and on the other side is Queens. (LOL) |
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« Reply #40 on: February 02, 2006, 02:07:34 AM » |
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:-)
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« Reply #41 on: February 02, 2006, 02:47:03 AM » |
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:-)
Love the Charles River, BTW, but I haven't yet figured out if *that's* in the middle.  |
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« Reply #42 on: February 02, 2006, 02:50:04 AM » |
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Love the Charles River, BTW, but I haven't yet figured out if *that's* in the middle. Very much a border between The Hub of the Universe, and the People's Republic of Cambridge :-) |
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« Reply #43 on: February 02, 2006, 03:25:12 AM » |
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Very much a border between The Hub of the Universe, and the People's Republic of Cambridge :-)
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« Reply #44 on: February 02, 2006, 03:27:00 AM » |
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And by "Hub of the Universe," you mean NY, right? If that's what Oliver Wendell Holmes meant by the phrase . . . . |
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