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Well, did you do something stupid again? Got stuck? Always those wheelchair hooligans... ts, ts...

Well... the poor man should use the public paths with his wheelchair instead of the railway tracks. Firstly, he doesn't fit there (maybe he should lose weight), secondly, it's a bit bumpy when rolling, and thirdly, there might be some oncoming traffic from time to time, which certainly won't politely move out of the way just because there's a wheelchair user.

Using public roads is certainly more advisable (and above all, healthier); but apparently, they're too boring for him, because even here in the Red Sea, at a depth of about 18 meters, one isn't safe from this wheelchair user. Instead of growing old, gray, and fat in peace, and physically deteriorating or calcifying properly, as befits a respectable retiree, this individual has even begun to annoy the fish.

But...

Who really is Bahnrolli?

This is a normal "crazy" wheelchair user who, for example, has fulfilled his dream of owning a garden railway.

Since a "normal" railway layout was out of the question due to his physical limitations (you can't just stand up and put a derailed vehicle back on the tracks), it had to be a layout that you could drive onto with a wheelchair and do not damage it.

Since 1995, a garden railway layout has been created, which has since become a hobby for the entire family. On the following pages, you can take a look at the track plans and some photos.

But it's not just the garden railway that's of interest here. In 1997, he added compressed air diving as a hobby, which, in addition to its health benefits (it strengthens the lungs immensely), is also a lot of fun, although the wheelchair user hadn't been out of his swimming club's pool until 2001. It would be even better if the man were happy to be alive at all!

But what can I say? Typical infantile senility! With the help of the Kamski diving school in Leipzig-Markleeberg - Cospudener See - he even successfully completed the theory and indoor swimming pool training. Anyone interested should have tuned in to the MDR program "Selbstbestimmt" on June 30, 2001, at 10 a.m. - they even showed this diving school underwater, with him as a "hardworking" nerd (-:)_..... Meanwhile, the same series also featured a complete portrait of him and his superfluous "gimmicks," which aired on MDR on April 26, 2003 (which, thank goodness, hardly anyone did, and anyway, what is MDR???).

Then this strange fellow has nothing better to do than to periodically wander around the world, filming colorful fish or worthless junk on the sea floor; or playing with other eternally immature contemporaries with that boy's toy... ahem, the train. Years ago (1998), there was even an entire TV show that made it onto YouTube "Verrückt nach Eisenbahn - Modellbauer in ihren Königreichen" (Crazy for railway - model constructors in their empire) on several german TV-stations. As if that weren't enough, it's also filmed and distributed to the public he should really be held accountable for spreading addiction.

The internet seems to be an ideal medium for a suitable presentation of these interests; there are plenty of other crazy people hanging around here. The effort to illustrate everything in various languages, as well as in photos and short video clips, connects all activities synergistically, with traveling and filming/editing/producing videos/DVDs on the computer necessarily included as interests and tools. All photos, video clips, and a large portion of the animated GIFs with their constant fidgeting are self-created and intended to encourage visitors to linger on this site. The international contacts that have since resulted create starting points for future projects so, welcome (should I say at this point...).

You are interested to contact him? You can get him on uwe.bahnrolli@t-online.de. He would be very pleased about that.