"We want Lars!....we want Lars!....or if you're so inclined.....Wir wollen Lars!....wir wollen Lars!"

Slowly transitioning to Dr. Lecter

Battling the Beavers. Once he try's the German food there, he will run to Cal.

Wasn't AG a pedophile?

bearister said:

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Wasn't AG a pedophile?

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bearister,

I challenge James Holzhauer to put his answer to that one in the form of question. The fake smile would
come off his face real quick...or not

Hard to understand how that guy knows every answer.

The only suspense is will Alex still be alive when someone beats him.

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Battling the Beavers. Once he try's the German food there, he will run to Cal.

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We win most battles with Corvallis, but I am not sure Berkeley even has any German food, unless Top Dog counts, in which case we kick everyone's ass (except maybe Wisconsin?).

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oskidunker said:

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Battling the Beavers. Once he try's the German food there, he will run to Cal.

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We win most battles with Corvallis, but I am not sure Berkeley even has any German food, unless Top Dog counts, in which case we kick everyone's ass (except maybe Wisconsin?).

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it's even difficult to find a lot of German food in Germany. But if you are with a local, they can take you to some great places

I love Germany. I just came back from a two week tour of Germany watching Bundesliga (soccer) matches. I will be estatic if Lars comes to Cal.

Germany is my second (after US, of course) or third most favorite country in the world (I have been to well over 100 countries).

German Engineering: Amazing (love MBZ, BMW and Porsche).

German Beer: Excellent.

German Food: Not so much.

Go Bears!

If you have not dined at Berkeley's award winning restaurant Gaumenkitzel, 2121 San Pablo (2 blocks south of University) make plans to do so! Great food, good beer.

Speisekammer in Alameda is pretty good, and not too far to go.

6164bear said:

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Speisekammer in Alameda is pretty good, and not too far to go.

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Ziehmeinkette and Fikmitdir are can't miss options.

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If you have not dined at Berkeley's award winning restaurant Gaumenkitzel, 2121 San Pablo (2 blocks south of University) make plans to do so! Great food, good beer.

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Wow, I'm not normally a fan of German food, but that looks really good. I'm sure Lars wil try it sometime if/when he becomes a Bear.

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Mama Bear said:

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If you have not dined at Berkeley's award winning restaurant Gaumenkitzel, 2121 San Pablo (2 blocks south of University) make plans to do so! Great food, good beer.

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Wow, I'm not normally a fan of German food, but that looks really good. I'm sure Lars wil try it sometime if/when he becomes a Bear.

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if you ever get to Germany try the white asparagus!

What is Lars' last name?

The return of Hartmut Ortman.

concordtom said:

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What is Lars' last name?

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I believe I heard it was "Smith."

concordtom said:

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What is Lars' last name?

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2019 class German C Lars Thiemann ('00) has cut his list of schools down to California, Oregon State and Saint Mary's.He's going to start his visits on June the 2nd.
The 7'0 big man from Bayer Giants Leverkusen is among the 18 players called to the U20 national team camp


That's from a tweet of several ago.

https://api.2basketballbundesliga.de/pics2/2018_2019/pc/4038

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The return of Hartmut Ortman.

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His name was (is???) Hartmut Ortmann,
but don't sweat the last name.

I posted that we probably couldn't have more diverse names than LARS and KAREEM.

My mind went back 20 years or so........to.....wait for it....Helmut Ortman.

So what's really diametirically opposed to "Hartmut" as a first name???.....Damn near anything..

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oskidunker said:

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The return of Hartmut Ortman.

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His name was (is???) Hartmut Ortmann,
but don't sweat the last name.

I posted that we probably couldn't have more diverse names than LARS and KAREEM.

My mind went back 20 years or so........to.....wait for it....Helmut Ortman.

So what's really diametirically opposed to "Hartmut" as a first name???.....Damn near anything..

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Yipes, I took a look at the 1988-89 roster. One of Hartmut's teammates was EricBear.

SFCB withdrew his name from the transfer portal but I think EricBear is gone.

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SFCB withdrew his name from the transfer portal but I think EricBear is go

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ROTFLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Between Cal, Moraga, and Corvallis, isn't the recent past showing most International European recruits going to Moraga? Hopefully with Fox, it will now be different?

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Between Cal, Moraga, and Corvallis, isn't the recent past showing most International European recruits going to Moraga? Hopefully with Fox, it will now be different?

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UC Berkeley has a stellar reputation overseas. St Mary's - not.
Fox is doing a great job recruiting internationally. If St Mary's was a preferred destination, that's over.

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3Cats4CAL said:

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Between Cal, Moraga, and Corvallis, isn't the recent past showing most International European recruits going to Moraga? Hopefully with Fox, it will now be different?

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UC Berkeley has a stellar reputation overseas. St Mary's - not.
Fox is doing a great job recruiting internationally. If St Mary's was a preferred destination, that's over.

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We're all perhaps assuming that these guys (Big German in particular) are good students. I've found that every country has their so-so students and even their lunkheads. As many a German told me, back in the 20th century, shrugging their shoulders, "Hey, we DID lose the War..." (used to explain a number of things)

Germany is the most impressive EU country I've visited. Sometimes stereotypes have a basis is truth. Generally I find Germany to just work. Highly educated population, great public transportation, clean cities, courteous service., strong economy, good culture, friendly, helpful people

The above things, plus high percentage of English speakers and safe compared to many EU (and compared to US) countries, makes Germany my favorite EU country to visit