Am 14. Feb, 2008 schwätzte [EMAIL PROTECTED] so:
Ok, I know this is probably the stupidest question ever brought up here, but...What, exactly, is a "Stammtische"? A *fest, hoe-down, or what?
We prefer shovels :). Essentially the Free Software Stammtisch is a chance to hang out and talk about stuff over food and drink. There's no agenda, not even a requirement to talk about Free Software. Free Software is the most common topic, but I've recently heard talk about cars, Greece, moving to San Francisco, Medieval dance and adopting kids. http://www.LuftHans.com/Free_Software_Stammtisch The Free Software Stammtisch is a social environment for GNU, Linux, *BSD and Free Software enthusiasts that meets every third Tuesday of the month. A Stammtisch is the table at which regular customers meet. In Germany, it's common for groups of friends or people with common interest to get together on a regular basis. English terms that might encompass similar activities would be special interest group and bridge club. Stammtisch often gets directly translated as "regulars' table". In Germany there are many, many Stammtische. Some are groups of friends that have been meeting since they were kids and some are people with a common interest such as a Motorrad Stammtisch ( motorcyle enthusiasts meeting ). Stammtische generally meet at bars and restaurants, so it's a social eating and drinking activity. ciao, der.hans -- # https://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.CiscoLearning.org/ # "I interviewed Jonathan Winters once in the late '80s, it was as if he were # narrating a hallucination that I didn't see." -- Terry Gross, 03Aug2006
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