+mizapf Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Just for information - I actually did not follow the discussions on the Yahoo groups for a long time by now, so I shut down my account there. If you know of people looking for me over there, AA is the place to find me. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsy Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 I think I'll not be far behind you. Yahoo mail is a mess. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 I have not checked the TI listserv there in ages. Everything I need seems to be here on AA and in a much more user friendly format to boot. I guess I keep the account alive for sentimental (?) reasons... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 I turned off delivery of the emails this week (I was still getting them), but I didn't kill my account just yet. Everyone knows to find me at my web address anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 I think I'll not be far behind you. Yahoo mail is a mess. ...and how! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 My Yahoo emails automatically drop into a dedicated folder just in case I have a desire to poke at them. Once I figure out what to do with the dedicated Geneve Yahoo group, I'll probably cut ties myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 same same. just watching the mails for 10+ years, but have been online there only for some times, and was desperate for the GUI everytime I am sure I am the next, cutting this rope. The last one switch the light off, please 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 (edited) Feels like a party here ... the first one says "gotta go now", all others joining ... In German we have the word "Aufbruchstimmung" for that. [Just checked: it is indeed quite difficult to find a suitable English translation for that (which fits the same contexts)] Edited July 9, 2015 by mizapf 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 oder: "Die Wende" (the change) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 Come on, "Wind of change" ... (whistle ... whistle...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Come on, "Wind of change" ... (whistle ... whistle...) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4RjJKxsamQ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 A case of wanderlust would also describe it quite well in English, Michael. . .the desire to get up and move on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted July 10, 2015 Author Share Posted July 10, 2015 Sort of, but does not fit all situations. It is funny to see that the German language exported many terms that cover, I'd say, complex mental attitudes or states that are not easily described in words, even by native speakers - think of Gemütlichkeit or Angst, or your cited Wanderlust. Aufbruchstimmung (literally "departure mood") is somewhat the positive counterpart to restlessness. In the more concrete meaning it refers to the positive excitement when you are just about to go on a long-awaited journey. In a more abstract meaning it refers to the atmosphere that you sense in you or in a group of people who feel motivated to leave the current state of a lack of prospects, of stagnation, of depression (could say, getting up their a**es, getting in gear) with a firm expectation that things will turn for the better now. And on said party, this mood shows up when it's already late but no one dares to leave first, and then there is some common agreement to go. After unification, in East Germany there was a lot of Aufbruchstimmung (as long as people believed Chancellor Kohl's claim that we would soon find "blooming landscapes" and no impact on taxes and so on). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Nah, you're totally right, Mizapf. There's no direct analogue in English (even though everyone knows the emotion. Sometimes I'll deliberately announce "Well, I'm going to be that guy and be the first one out" just to see who follows, hehe. ) Some German words make their way across directly for that reason, 'schadenfreude' comes to mind. I like knowing that "aufbruchstimmung" exists for the party aspect, although I probably won't be able to remember it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 yeah, maybe Aufbruchstimmung is something like "rising, self-sprouting common optimism" ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith99er Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 'Self-sprouting' is my new favourite phrase 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I have to keep my Yahoo mail account for testing various scenarios and configurations. For instance, I was testing my mailing list server and needed to see how messages were displayed and received on GMail, Yahoo, Hotmail, and AOL. That is the only reason I have any of those accounts. It's funny -- I chose random user names for each and within a week I was receiving spam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrax27407 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I think that whole group is spam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 I think I'll not be far behind you. Yahoo mail is a mess. Ditto on that. I'll have to do some consolidation, but the photo below is what finally did it for me (after not logging in for just two days). I've not been to the Yahoo TI-groups in quite a while either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 I have not checked the TI listserv there in ages. Everything I need seems to be here on AA and in a much more user friendly format to boot. Ditto. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Yes, and at any login at Yahoo I have to do many clicks around NOT to enter my handynumber, NOT to change my password very annoying "education" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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