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Germans can be credited with inventing one of the precursors to the bicycle. The German Baron Karl Drais von Sauerbronn invented the Laufmaschin, which translated to English means the "running machine." This invention looked like a bicycle without pedals and gears. Kind of like an adult sized push car with two wheels instead of four. This invention was displayed in Paris during April of 1818.
The Germans continued to express their interest and fascination in the development of bicycles, and the bicycle became an important part of their 20th century warfare. One of the first official bicycles manufactured by the Germans was the Elite-Diamant. This bike was created back in 1885 by the Elite Diamond Werks. This company not only manufactured bikes, but they also developed motorcycles.
Another early German bicycle manufacturer was Kalkhoff. This company started in 1919. They developed several 10-speed style bicycles during their early history. Today this company is still producing bikes, however, they have expanded their inventory to include 10 speeds, touring bikes, kids' bikes and mountain bikes.
When you are looking for an antique German bicycle to invest in you want to make sure you get the bike's back story. For example, many bikes were stolen by the Germans during World War II as they retreated. Bicycles were also used by the Germans during this war for delivering messages and for relaying military orders. If you can get written stories about the bike, photographs of the bike being used, or any other supporting information about the antique German bike that you want to buy, then you will increase the value of your bike and increase the chances that you will be able to sell the bike later on for a handsome profit.
Bicycles have been used for delivery vehicles almost since they first came on the market. If you are interested in antique bikes then you will want to learn more about antique courier bicycles. While German motorcycles and automobiles have flooded the American market, there is little evidence of antique German bicycles. Find out what antique German bikes are available for collection. Rideable antique bicycle replicas are the easiest way to add a little touch of nostalgia and charm to your bike collection or biking hobby. These replicas look and operate like the originals, but they are made with modern materials.
What Fitzgerald’S Short Stories Teach Us About The Man Behind The Great Gatsby
Although it's often said that the best writers write from personal experience, when you're a gifted alcoholic bumming around Europe during the Jazz Age with Ernest Hemingway and a schizophrenic wife, it's almost like cheating. The fact that F. Scott Fitzgerald was very much a man of his time certainly didn't hurt his portraying the era so brilliantly – or so tragically; in addition to the pervading sense of intoxicated irresponsibility that flows through his stories, much of Fitzgerald's best work is sprinkled with thinly-veiled references to his own troubled life.
Fitzgerald is of course best known for writing The Great Gatsby, but his 1931 short story "Babylon Revisited" is often considered the finest example of his immense talent. The story takes place in the aftermath of the decade-long party that was the 1920's, and like any good hangover, it's a complicated mix of guilty nostalgia and even guiltier regrets – especially when compounded by the fact that Fitzgerald's wife, Zelda, was committed to an asylum in this same year.
The story's main character, Charlie Wales, is visiting Paris (one of Fitzgerald's old watering holes) in an attempt to regain custody of his nine-year old daughter (Fitzgerald's own daughter was nine at the time) from his sister-in law, Marion; because Charlie was being treated for alcoholism during the time of his wife's death, he wasn't considered fit to be a father – and Marion couldn't have agreed more. The task now falls to Charlie to convince Marion that he has changed. This tense family dynamic was inspired by Fitzgerald's real-life sister-in-law, who loathed his alcoholism and tried to get custody of his daughter in Zelda's absence.
Seeing Paris brings back vivid memories of the very escapades that would later separate Charlie from his daughter, including an incident involving a drunken night tour of the city on a stolen tricycle (another gem from Fitzgerald's personal memory bank). Although Charlie "lost a lot in the crash" of '29, returning to the scene of his past recklessness drives home the fact that he "lost everything [he] wanted in the boom."
Two years after Zelda's hospitalization, Fitzgerald wrote the novel Tender is the Night, which follows a charismatic Dick Diver struggling not to live down to his character name by having an affair with an 18-year-old movie star; in addition to the obvious pain and suffering it would cause, Dick fears that an affair would actually disrupt his wife's mental health, as she suffers from – you guessed it – schizophrenia. (And since Fitzgerald had had an affair with a young starlet only a few years earlier, we're pretty sure Dick's intuition is right.) The novel also has a character named Tommy Barban, a callous mercenary who is widely considered to be based on Ernest Hemingway. (Suffice it to say that the Fitzgerald-Hemingway friendship had soured by this time.) Tender is the Night shares several themes with Babylon Revisited, including being set primarily in France (particularly in the Ritz bar in Paris) and featuring an overprotective sister-in-law (this time called Baby). More telling than the similarities between the stories, however, is the critical difference: while Charlie Wales's story ends on a note of hope, Dick Diver continues on a downward spiral that suggests a change for the worse in Fitzgerald's emotional state.
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Did you buy any Obama merchandise to remember this election, and if so, what?
I thought about buying a t-shirt for nostalgia's sake --- maybe something my kid could one day steal from my closet, but ended up getting mostly unoffocial Obama swag from cafe press.
I bought a bunch of mugs, which is funny as I don't drink coffee, and for the most part I'll use them for water, milk, sodas, and...you guessed it...Kool-Aid.
I regret not buying that "Baby Seals for Obama" tee shirt that I saw a street vendor selling. I know that I will always regret that choice.
Taste My Rainbow [97] - Woulda Coulda Shoulda
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