Some Swiss Precision

[Hans Tucker]

Top Secret Drum Corps Basel, Switzerland.

https://youtu.be/JHXNaYoguNU

[LewisM]

I collect Swiss militaria and firearms almost exclusively. Everything is so darned precise and perfect, it makes German stuff look like cheap chinese :)


Very proud nation in every respect.

[multiweb]

Even the holes in their émmental are the same size and spaced equally.

[LewisM]

Yes, that is why French made Emmentaller isn't as good :P

[RB]

I just have three words...

Greek Feta

:lol:

[multiweb]

I read there is a new drinking game that has taken over Russian roulette in outback Siberia. It consist of milking wild bears.

[LewisM]

Meh, that's old. You just tickle them under the chin and they are yours like a Moulin Rouge girl :P

[LewisM]

Agreed. 10000% better than that Danish "Feta" abomination that tastes like pasteurised cow mucus.

Hmmmm...Ελληνική φέτα is still only 2 words in Grook... even if I put Greek Feta Cheese in the translator. It's a conspiracy

[multiweb]

:lol::lol::lol:

[RB]

Hey sister, go sister, soul sister...



I left out the Greek word for Lady Marmalade

:lol:

[xelasnave]

My daughter in law is Swiss and so is her mother.
Alex

[Stephane]

Hi Alex, I too am from Switzerland. I came to Australia a few years ago and love it here. Thankfully already spoke fluent English having lived in England as a young child. The rumors of Swiss precision are true. Even trains & buses are almost never a minute late. Precision is great, but sometimes the lack of flexibility can be frustrating.

Regards,
Stéphane

[xelasnave]

Well welcome.
My grandkids also have Dutch ancestry and my experience with Dutch folk tells me they are rather precise..Alex

[LewisM]

Stephane - Grutzi Mittenand!



My best mate in Koppigen comes from a family of PTT employees. To say he's punctual and precise is an understatement :) And yes, flexible he isn't :P


He's slowly trying to teach me Bernese...which is like combining colloquial Swiss-German, High-German, Austrian twang and a lazy drawl...it sure puts a spin on learning another language

[LewisM]

A small selection of my Schweizer/Suisse/Swizzero militaria and ephemera (not showing firearms for obvious reasons).


I have all the helmet and cover variations up to 1954, a few Kepi, Mutzi and feldmutze. Various rucksacks ("Salt and Pepper" being my favourites) Besides the bayonets, I also have Offizierdolch M.43's, soldatenmesseren, axes and the like.

The ONLY binoculars I own are 1933 dated Zeiss Swiss Artillery issue and 1941 Swiss-made Kern - every bit as good or better than Zeiss. I frequently use them for astronomy use.


Yes, I am obsessive enough to label all my storage boxes using military designations and in Alte-Mittelschrift font :P

[Stephane]

Hi Lewis, all the best with the language! Swiss-German is a nightmare even to Swiss-Germans. The dialects vary so much from town to town that some towns barely understand one another (think outback Australia talking to country Scotland - they would lose one another at "G'day!") :lol:

I actually came from the French region of Switzerland where we sound like cavemen to the French from France. High-German was learnt at school. Swiss-Germans were out there to confuse us. Think "High-German = Astrophotography" whereas "Swiss-German = visual astronomy" - same roots, but worlds apart :rofl:

[Hans Tucker]

Wow .. that is one fine collection. Lucky it isn't era German War Memorabilia.