With only obligatory reference to the Brothers Keepers song, we have received a double warning for this weekend. The first, and more innocuous, of the two is that we are supposed to have bad weather this weekend. We have been warned that we might get 30-40 cm (circa 12-16 inches) of snow and should stock up on food, water, candles. . .
Hopefully it won’t get that bad. Though, if it does, we’ll build a fort in our apartment (pictures will, of course, be taken).
Unfortunately, if we do end up having a snow day on Monday, we will have to resort to the methods of the 1990s to discover if there is no school. No, the Waldorf School does not have high-end Honeywell Instant Alert systems that text message you when school is cancelled (so we won’t find out at 4pm the day before). They do not have anyone to update the website to inform us if school is on or not. There is not even a telephone number we can call to find out if school is in session. No, we will have to listen to the radio or watch the television (or out our window) to see if the buses are running or if school is canceled. Oh, the technological atrocities of yesteryears.
In other warning news, today was officially boar-hunting day. From 9-13 hunters were allowed to go into the woods and – that’s right – hunt wild boar. So, first of all, that finally determines if there was any validity of wild boars in the forest (at least in my mind; feel free to have your own opinions). Second of all, and I quote, “you are not allowed to go into the forest . . . are supposed to pay a good attention when you are around the forest [and] there is danger of stray bullets and boars running out in despair!” I believe that sums up the second warning. I slept through the boar-hunting season (the joys of long-term jetlag), but Vicki said that she heard a gunshot this morning. We’ll keep an eye on the local menus.
Well, dear friends of the Earth, we will still be careful as we walk next to the forest today and hope that you all have an enjoyable, safe, and forewarned wild-boar hunting day.
Dear Mike, thank you for the incredible 7 minutes of German Rap, of which I understood one non-English word. The style was definitely Original Gangster, which you don't really get in the US anymore because of the revolution in our music industry.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, be sure to watch out for and dodge any stray flying vicki's? Glad to hear you guys made it back safe.
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ReplyDeletewild boar (sanglier in french) can be very dangerous... especially for.... your car if you have the bad luck to meet one in the forest (I had this "sehr schelchte" experience a few years ago. Usually i'm not a big fan of hunters, but if they kill the wild boars I mayn meet on the roads of Germany (above the snow, the ice etc...) well, thanks hunters !!