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Okay, I know it's hard, so here's the solution:

The power station in Großkrotzenburg had an open day (much like 2007). The last time, you could not get inside one of those 100m tall cooling towers, but this time is was possible.
Pretty cool, eh?

Movie Time

A few weeks ago I happened to watch the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. When I looked for information on the movie I came across one of those top 100 movie lists, which led me to wondering which of those movies I've actually had seen.

Well, here's the list from the American Film Instidute from 2007 (incl. the German titles)

1. Citizen Kane -- Citizen Kane (1941) --> yes

2. The Godfather -- Der Pate (1972)

3. Casablanca -- Casablanca (1942) --> yes

4. Raging Bull -- Wie ein Wilder Stier (1980)

5. Singin' in the Rain -- Du sollst mein Glücksstern sein (1952) --> yes

6. Gone with the Wind -- Vom Winde Verweht (1939) --> yes

7. Lawrence of Arabia -- Lawrence of Arabia (1962) --> yes

8. Schindler's List -- Schindler's List (1993)

9. Vertigo -- Vertigo - Aus dem Reich der Toten (1958) --> yes

10. The Wizard of Oz -- Der Zauberer von Oz (1939) --> yes 7 / 10, not too bad a start

11. City Lights -- Lichter der Großstadt (1931)

12. The Searchers -- Der schwarze Falke (1956)

13. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope -- Krieg der Sterne (1977) --> yes

14. Psycho -- Psycho (1960) --> yes

15. 2001: A Space Odyssey -- 2001: Odyssee im Weltraum (1968) --> yes

16. Sunset Boulevard -- Boulevard der Dämmerung (1950)

17. The Graduate -- Die Reifeprüfung (1967) --> yes

18. The General -- Der General (1927)

19. On the Waterfront -- Die Faust im Nacken (1954)

20. It's a Wonderful Life -- Ist das Leben nicht schön? (1946) --> yes 12 / 20 (I'm not 100% sure on "The Graduate", but do think I saw it in my 'I watch anything Dustin Hoffmann' phase)

21. Chinatown -- Chinatown (1974)

22. Some Like It Hot -- Manche mögen's heiß (1959) --> yes

23. The Grapes of Wrath -- Die Früchte des Zorns (1940)

24. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial -- E.T. der Außerirdische (1982) --> yes

25. To Kill a Mockingbird -- Wer die Nachtigal stört (1962)

26. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington -- Mr. Smith geht nach Washington (1939)

27. High Noon -- Zwölf Uhr mittags (1952) --> yes

28. All About Eve -- Alles über Eva (1950)

29. Double Indemnity -- Frau ohne Gewissen (1944)

30. Apocalypse Now -- Apocalypse Now (1979) Only three more here, and not 100% sure on "High Noon"

31. The Maltese Falcon -- Der Malteser Falken (1941) --> yes

32. The Godfather Part II -- Der Pate - Teil II (1974)

33. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -- Einer flog über das Kuckucksnest (1975)

34. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs -- Schneewitchen und die sieben Zwerge (1937) --> yes

35. Annie Hall -- Der Stadtneurotiker (1977)

36. The Bridge on the River Kwai -- Die Brücke am Kwai (1957) --> yes

37. The Best Years of Our Lives -- Die besten Jahre unseres Lebens (1946)

38. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre -- Der Schatz der Sierra Madre (1948)

39. Dr. Strangelove -- Doktor Seltsam oder: Wie ich lernte, die Bombe zu lieben (1964) --> yes

40. The Sound of Music -- Meine Lieder - Meine Träume (1965) 19 / 40

41. King Kong -- King Kong (1933)

42. Bonnie and Clyde -- Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

43. Midnight Cowboy -- Asphalt-Cowboy (1969)

44. The Philadelphia Story -- Die Nacht vor der Hochzeit (1940)

45. Shane -- Mein großer Freund Shane (1953)

46. It Happened One Night -- Es geschah in einer Nacht (1934)

47. A Streetcar Named Desire -- Endstation Sehnsucht (1951)

48. Rear Window -- Das Fenster zum Hof (1954) --> yes

49. Intolerance -- Intoleranz (1916)

50. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring -- Der Herr der Ringe: Die Gefährten (2001) --> yes 21 / 50 I'm fairly sure I have never seen the original "King Kong" (except, of course, for the famous last scene in New York)

51. West Side Story -- West Side Story (1961) --> yes

52. Taxi Driver -- Taxi Driver (1976)

53. The Deer Hunter -- Die durch die Hölle gehen (1978)

54. MASH -- MASH (1970)

55. North by Northwest -- Der unsichtbare Dritte (1959) --> yes

56. Jaws -- Der weiße Hai (1975) --> yes

57. Rocky -- Rocky (1976)

58. The Gold Rush -- Goldrausch (1925)

59. Nashville -- Nashville (1975)

60. Duck Soup -- Die Marx Brothers im Krieg (1933) 24 / 60

61. Sullivan's Travels -- Sullivans Reisen (1941)

62. American Graffiti -- American Graffiti (1973)

63. Cabaret -- Cabaret (1972) --> yes

64. Network -- Network (1976)

65. The African Queen -- The African Queen (1951)

66. Raiders of the Lost Ark -- Jäger des verlorenen Schatzes (1981) --> yes

67. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? -- Wer hat Angst vor Virginia Woolf? (1966)

68. Unforgiven -- Erbarmungslos (1992)

69. Tootsie -- Tootsie (1982) --> yes

70. A Clockwork Orange -- Uhrwerk Orange (1971) 27 / 70

71. Saving Private Ryan -- Der Soldat James Ryan (1998) --> yes

72. The Shawshank Redemption -- Die Verurteilten (1994)

73. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid -- Zwei Banditen (1969)

74. The Silence of the Lambs -- Das Schweigen der Lämmer (1991) --> yes

75. In the Heat of the Night -- In der Hitze der Nacht (1967)

76. Forrest Gump -- Forrest Gump (1994) --> yes

77. All the President's Men -- Die Unbestechlichen (1976) --> yes

78. Modern Times -- Moderen Zeiten (1936)

79. The Wild Bunch -- The Wild Bunch - Sie kannten kein Gesetz (1969)

80. The Apartment -- Das Appartement (1960) --> yes Whoohoo, five more. 32 / 80

81. Spartacus -- Spartacus (1960) --> yes

82. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans -- Sonnenaufgang - Lied von zwei Menschen (1927)

83. Titanic -- Titanic (1997) --> yes

84. Easy Rider -- Easy Rider (1969)

85. A Night at the Opera -- Skandal in der Oper / Die Marx Brothers in der Oper (1935)

86. Platoon -- Platoon (1986)

87. 12 Angry Men -- Die zwölf Geschworenen (1957) --> yes

88. Bringing Up Baby -- Leoparden küsst man nicht (1938)--> yes

89. The Sixth Sense -- The Sixth Sense (1999) --> yes

90. Swing Time -- Swing Time (1936) 37 / 90

91. Sophie's Choice -- Sophies Entscheidung (1982)

92. Goodfellas -- Good Fellas – Drei Jahrzehnte in der Mafia (1990)

93. The French Connection -- French Connection – Brennpunkt Brooklyn (1971)

94. Pulp Fiction -- Pulp Fiction (1994)

95. The Last Picture Show -- Die letzte Vorstellung (1971)

96. Do the Right Thing -- Do the Right Thing (1989)

97. Blade Runner -- Blade Runner (1982) -- > yes

98. Yankee Doodle Dandy -- Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

99. Toy Story -- Toy Story (1995) --> yes

100. Ben-Hur -- Ben-Hur (1959) --> yes 40 / 100 I notice, if the movie is either a western, or a war movie, the chances are good I won't have seen it. Or it has something to do with the mafia. Or if it's really, really old (like black and white, no sound old). Or sometimes in the 40th or 50th. There are a couple maybe's, where I'm fairly sure I've seen it, but this believe might be based on the fact that certain scenes are shown someplace else. Like the 'King Kong on the Empire State Building' scene. Or Charlie Chaplin eating his shoes in 'Gold Rush'. (I'm fairly sure on those two that I haven't seen the whole movie ...)

Place Holder

The only knitting I did this week was the second crosswords potholder and I'm not done with it yet, so no pictures.

Other than that, I've spent most of yesterday with the new Super Mario Galaxy 2 game on my wii. 'Luckily', the weather was bad, so I didn't feel too bad staying indoors all day. I've got 30 stars already and I'm looking forward to get some more tonight, when the rest of Germany is watching the football game ...

Twinkle, twinkle

After seven years of service, I've decided to retire my old home computer and get a new one. The last week of my vacation and this weekend I worked hard on breaking it in (without breaking it). I even managed to get my old printer working (with a different driver, but who cares? It does print). There is still some software missing - not every thing that worked with my XP software is working with the new Windows 7 version.

But I'm getting there.

One thing that's driving me crazy is that I can't cut and paste pictures here in my blog as I was used to. I make do, but it used to be easier. No idea what the problem is, but the good old Ctrl+X followed by Ctrl+V doesn't work. I think the problem is the Ctrl+V as the pictures disappear all right after the first step. But they never show up again ...

Anyway, what was I saying?

Ah, right. I made some jewlery.

This bracelet is knitted after stringing about a million beads (okay, maybe not a million - the instruction says 1,650) onto a stretchy cord. The knitting part is rather quick, the beading part not so much ...

The yellow/red/gold one is more of a test balloon and it turned out a bit on the wide-ish side for my wrist.

The blue one contains some larger facetted beads as well as some large hearts.

Over pentacost I finished one pair of socks - pattern is Sam from the book 'Sock Innovation' by Cookie A. The cables were slowing down my knitting speed to a crawl, but, luckily, the foot part is all stocking stitch and went much faster.

The second pair I finished just today are Lacy Scallops Socks. I'm not particularly fond of the picot edge, but don't hate it so much I'll be ripping it up. The rest of the socks I love. I even managed an almost perfect matching pair.