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The headquarter of their company is only 10 miles from my home, in a university town, full of young people. So blessed that maybe a part of the solution to this

by geff82 6y ago

The headquarter of their company is only 10 miles from my home, in a university town, full of young people. So blessed that maybe a part of the solution to this crisis comes from "my" region.

davrosthedalek 6y ago
I was born in Mainz, and lived there for 30 years! Beautiful city, if anybody is in the area, come visit (but don't go to the "Ebsch Seit"=Wiesbaden :) The university has a particle accelerator (MAMI), they do tours!
- fllawless 6y ago
  As a resident of Mainz-Kastel, I am offended. The Ebsch Seit enjoys the far superior view across the Rhine.
  - davrosthedalek 6y ago
    Rechts des Rheins ist auch noch Mainz :)
  - rv-de 6y ago
    Is that a double-joke? Or whatever it is being called. Like seemingly a blow against Mainz but what do you see across the Rhine from Kastel? Mainz. there's your superior view ... maybe I'm overthinking it.
    - davrosthedalek 6y ago
      Mainz-Kastel is a district of Wiesbaden, right across from Mainz. As the name implies, it used to be a part of Mainz, but after WWII, the Rhine was a convenient border between the French and US occupied regions, so it was made a part of Wiesbaden. Culturally, Mainz-Kastel is very much Mainz though, sharing for example the tradition of "Fassenacht", Mainz Carnival. So most people there feel like being Mainzer, and enjoy the beautiful view from across the river onto the Mainzer Schloss (Palace).
C19is20 6y ago
That's excellent. Well done for being so close. Hope nothing bad happens locally that would ever make you apologise for being where you are (from).
- notRobot 6y ago
  I can't quite tell, are you being sarcastic? If so, I'd just like to point out that there's nothing wrong with being proud of the place where you're from or of the accomplishments of the people of the community there.
  - rv-de 6y ago
    of course, he's being sarcastic. people tend to be patriotic about the good stuff and forget about the rest. that's his point.
    - C19is20 6y ago
      Well spotted, and you're absolutely correct - I was being sarcastic, and to be so on this site took an awful lot of consideration, especially as I refuse to use '/s'. Further regarding my 'point' (dig?), I would have responded the same had the poster said '...as a German I apologize for [obvious historical things]'. The irony that the couple are immigrants added an extra dimension.
      - rv-de 6y ago
        I also refuse to tag sarcasm. Your typical computer nerd tends to be also a bit high on the autism spectrum which correlates with difficulties at identifying irony and sarcasm - which explains the downvotes even for statements which are in line with the HN mainstream (like your's). Keep the sarcasm coming!
  - C19is20 6y ago
    .../s. Because parochialism. Using soccer (any sport) as an example - City a fans hate local City b fans when they play each other. When a or b play c (out of local area) a and b fans are against c. Proud to be from a+b. If a, b, or c play against d (very far) then a, b, and c become United. Ie, North-South divide. At a national level a-z are suddenly patriotic and suddenly everything is America's fault. God, I hate team sports almost as much as the misuse of commas and religion :-)
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jansan 6y ago
That may help offsetting the burden brought to Mainz by having Karneval and ZDF.
- rv-de 6y ago
  And having brought movable type printing to the western hemisphere - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Gutenberg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Gutenberg
- davrosthedalek 6y ago
  What do you mean burden by having Karneval? These are fighting words, my friend!
- tannhaeuser 6y ago
  Maybe Mainz will give credit to Sahin and put him as a puppet onto a carnival progression car come next Rosenmontag, though I guess the vaccine won't come in time for this year's carnival season starting tomorrow to be fun.
cmrdporcupine 6y ago
Huh, neat. My father is from Mainz, and I still have family there (I'm Canadian). I've been over many times, last time for my Oma's funeral. My Opa worked for the city for decades, helped with post-war reconstruction, I believe the title was Baudirektor at some point, not clear. When I was 19 I went over for the first time and over several days he took me through the whole core of the city, building by building telling me the history of what was there before the war, what was there now, things he was involved in, where he went to school, his grandparents, their parents, and so on. Made a huge impression on me. It's a lovely city.

by geff82 6y ago

The headquarter of their company is only 10 miles from my home, in a university town, full of young people. So blessed that maybe a part of the solution to this crisis comes from "my" region.

davrosthedalek 6y ago

I was born in Mainz, and lived there for 30 years! Beautiful city, if anybody is in the area, come visit (but don't go to the "Ebsch Seit"=Wiesbaden :) The university has a particle accelerator (MAMI), they do tours!

fllawless 6y ago
As a resident of Mainz-Kastel, I am offended. The Ebsch Seit enjoys the far superior view across the Rhine.
- davrosthedalek 6y ago
  Rechts des Rheins ist auch noch Mainz :)
- rv-de 6y ago
  Is that a double-joke? Or whatever it is being called. Like seemingly a blow against Mainz but what do you see across the Rhine from Kastel? Mainz. there's your superior view ... maybe I'm overthinking it.
  - davrosthedalek 6y ago
    Mainz-Kastel is a district of Wiesbaden, right across from Mainz. As the name implies, it used to be a part of Mainz, but after WWII, the Rhine was a convenient border between the French and US occupied regions, so it was made a part of Wiesbaden. Culturally, Mainz-Kastel is very much Mainz though, sharing for example the tradition of "Fassenacht", Mainz Carnival. So most people there feel like being Mainzer, and enjoy the beautiful view from across the river onto the Mainzer Schloss (Palace).

C19is20 6y ago

That's excellent. Well done for being so close. Hope nothing bad happens locally that would ever make you apologise for being where you are (from).

notRobot 6y ago
I can't quite tell, are you being sarcastic? If so, I'd just like to point out that there's nothing wrong with being proud of the place where you're from or of the accomplishments of the people of the community there.
- rv-de 6y ago
  of course, he's being sarcastic. people tend to be patriotic about the good stuff and forget about the rest. that's his point.
  - C19is20 6y ago
    Well spotted, and you're absolutely correct - I was being sarcastic, and to be so on this site took an awful lot of consideration, especially as I refuse to use '/s'. Further regarding my 'point' (dig?), I would have responded the same had the poster said '...as a German I apologize for [obvious historical things]'. The irony that the couple are immigrants added an extra dimension.
    - rv-de 6y ago
      I also refuse to tag sarcasm. Your typical computer nerd tends to be also a bit high on the autism spectrum which correlates with difficulties at identifying irony and sarcasm - which explains the downvotes even for statements which are in line with the HN mainstream (like your's). Keep the sarcasm coming!
- C19is20 6y ago
  .../s. Because parochialism. Using soccer (any sport) as an example - City a fans hate local City b fans when they play each other. When a or b play c (out of local area) a and b fans are against c. Proud to be from a+b. If a, b, or c play against d (very far) then a, b, and c become United. Ie, North-South divide. At a national level a-z are suddenly patriotic and suddenly everything is America's fault. God, I hate team sports almost as much as the misuse of commas and religion :-)

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jansan 6y ago

That may help offsetting the burden brought to Mainz by having Karneval and ZDF.

rv-de 6y ago
And having brought movable type printing to the western hemisphere - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Gutenberg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Gutenberg
davrosthedalek 6y ago
What do you mean burden by having Karneval? These are fighting words, my friend!
tannhaeuser 6y ago
Maybe Mainz will give credit to Sahin and put him as a puppet onto a carnival progression car come next Rosenmontag, though I guess the vaccine won't come in time for this year's carnival season starting tomorrow to be fun.

cmrdporcupine 6y ago

Huh, neat. My father is from Mainz, and I still have family there (I'm Canadian). I've been over many times, last time for my Oma's funeral. My Opa worked for the city for decades, helped with post-war reconstruction, I believe the title was Baudirektor at some point, not clear. When I was 19 I went over for the first time and over several days he took me through the whole core of the city, building by building telling me the history of what was there before the war, what was there now, things he was involved in, where he went to school, his grandparents, their parents, and so on. Made a huge impression on me. It's a lovely city.