Be nice to every one thread [Archive]

arildno

Sep10-05, 07:44 AM

Absolutely no insults are allowed, every one has to be nice to each other.

I posted my photo ,oh what the heck be cruel if you like. :tongue:
A man whose smile is natural and has a ready twinkle in his eyes is attractive, no matter his age. :smile:

gurkhawarhorse

Sep10-05, 07:50 AM

my dear lorinda
such a good post!!! :approve:

arildno

Sep10-05, 08:15 AM

my dear lorinda
such a good post!!! :approve:
You've got such an interesting username!
gurkhawarhorse-sounds like some fierce warrior who knows how to ride a mighty steed.
Perhaps I'm wrong, though..

Sep10-05, 08:18 AM

Since arildno told us he's gay, is he trying to come on to everybody? Or is it just me?

gurkhawarhorse - sounds like some fierce warrior who knows how to ride a mighty steed.

A man whose smile is natural and has a ready twinkle in his eyes is attractive, no matter his age.

Death greets you with young, warm men.

Sep10-05, 08:20 AM

A man whose smile is natural and has a ready twinkle in his eyes is attractive, no matter his age. :smile:
"ready" twinkle? I just noticed this. Ready for what? To ride a mighty steed? :eek:

arildno

Sep10-05, 08:21 AM

Since arildno told us he's gay, is he trying to come on to everybody? Or is it just me?
It is so fun to induce panic reactions in straight men; can't say that counts as come-ons, though.

gurkhawarhorse

Sep10-05, 08:23 AM

by the way what the [EDIT=strike the heck]heck [/heck] is mighty steed? :confused: :confused: sorry :redface:

arildno

Sep10-05, 08:26 AM

warhorse-do you think you can ride to war on a sickly pony????
gurkha-fierce, Nepalese warriors.

gurkhawarhorse

Sep10-05, 08:36 AM

how did u know that? i thought only we nepalese and some british people know that
btw, how can u see midnight sun in norway?

gurkhawarhorse

Sep10-05, 08:40 AM

actually my username was chosen by my brother, he is a gurkha.

arildno

Sep10-05, 08:46 AM

how did u know that? i thought only we nepalese and some british people know that
Because gurkha means cucumber in Swedish.. :wink:
btw, how can u see midnight sun in norway?
I can't; I live too far south.

gurkhawarhorse

Sep10-05, 08:51 AM

doesnt matter because gurkha is just the wrong english pronounciation. it actually gorkhali (people) of the country gorkha. gorkhali was too hard so gorkha became popular, and then came gurkha. now people think gorkha means keeper of the cows, wtf, wtf, wtf.
present nepal is the expanded form of gorkha empire. it became 150 times its own size!!!
anglo nepal war and there was a treaty nepal lost land like germany in ww1. the impressed british called my ancestors to join them in their world conquering mission. they went and still go.

arildno

Sep10-05, 08:55 AM

doesnt matter because gurkha is just the wrong english pronounciation. it actually gorkhali (people) of the country gorkha. gorkhali was too hard so gorkha became popular, and then came gurkha. now people thin gorkha means keeper of the cows, wtf, wtf, wtf.
present nepal is the expanded form of gorkha empire. it became 150 times its own size!!!
anglo nepal war and there was a treaty nepal lost land like germany in ww1. the impressed british called my ancestors to join them in their world conquering mission. they went and still go.
Interesting!
Was the Gorkhali Empire originally centered about Katmandu (present day capital of Nepal, I think..), or is that part of the region subjugated by the gorkhali?

wolram

Sep10-05, 08:59 AM

gurkhawarhorse, many reguards to your, bro such a fine army and brave men.

gurkhawarhorse

Sep10-05, 08:59 AM

no,

well, the king of gorkha. P.N. Shah, was actually trying to conquer kathmandu valley but he knew it was hard to defeat the 3 countries there (they were as a whole called nepal so that is why we call ourselves gorkhali but our country is named nepal). so he went by conquering smaller ones to increase power and isolated ktm valley and defeated it after 3 wars.
his second son kept on going and nepal emerged.

arildno

Sep10-05, 09:02 AM

How many professional gurkhas are serving in the British army today?
Are they chosen from ex-patriate Nepalese families living in the UK, or is there some sort of contests back in Nepal from which the toughest ones (say, the winners) are awarded the opportunity of serving for the British?

gurkhawarhorse

Sep10-05, 09:03 AM

nearly 50 % of all soldiers in the anglo-nepal war did suicide 25 % became sages left everything and went to forent to pray to god, remaining some went to be gurkha but now many go because of the money they get. u must have guessed we r geeedy lol.

arildno

Sep10-05, 09:05 AM

gurkhawarhorse

Sep10-05, 09:06 AM

no, not nomads but mountain tribe indeed

gurkhawarhorse

Sep10-05, 09:07 AM

gurkhawarhorse, many reguards to your, bro such a fine army and brave men.
nah, thanks but its the ££££££s :redface: :redface: :biggrin:

arildno

Sep10-05, 09:10 AM

gurkhie, could you provide a few answers to this post as well?
How many professional gurkhas are serving in the British army today?
Are they chosen from ex-patriate Nepalese families living in the UK, or is there some sort of contests back in Nepal from which the toughest ones (say, the winners) are awarded the opportunity of serving for the British?

gurkhawarhorse

Sep10-05, 09:13 AM

dunno how many r there, hundred thuosands?

yep, there r tests annually. 44 out of 250 in each district (75 districts r there but tests happen in 10 now because of maoists) go to england. some come back failing the tests there.

hypatia

Sep10-05, 09:17 AM

What a nice thread, hope the sun gets to shine a bit on everyone today!

arildno

Sep10-05, 09:26 AM

What a nice thread, hope the sun gets to shine a bit on everyone today!
We still have a beautiful late summer here in Norway; I hope everyone else has equally nice weather as we are having right now! :smile:

Joel

Sep10-05, 09:37 AM

Here in Finland the temperature is high for the season, the sun is shining and there are very little signs of autumn. In addition, I only have two boxes left to unpack in my new flat. This is already starting to look like a home! :smile:

hypatia

Sep10-05, 09:38 AM

gurkhawarhorse, I hope your likeing your new location, and have settled in. Your home country is just magical, I hope to go back one day.

gurkhawarhorse

Sep10-05, 09:38 AM

i thought england would be cold, brought many jackets.
i m melting.

arildno

Sep10-05, 09:39 AM

hypatia

Sep10-05, 09:40 AM

Hold tight to them, it will get colder, you have my word on it.

gurkhawarhorse

Sep10-05, 09:42 AM

gurkhawarhorse, I hope your likeing your new location, and have settled in. Your home country is just magical, I hope to go back on day.

thanks. actually i came here for 4 years of studies with my brother. i m liking this place. really friendly people. they all call me naz like my previous friends. but the society is a bit weird. the girls in my school wear low chested dunno what u call that, and short skirts and come to hug me :blushing: . thought it would be a racist society but it is really cool. my english is really bad. need to say 'pardon' every time

Joel

Sep10-05, 09:51 AM

Finland is a great country with many fine traditions.
Saunas, for example..

Oh, yes! Rooms heated up to nearly 100 degrees celsius must be quite exotic, quite different from southern european high-huminidy and low-temperature Saunas/Baths. Combined with a cold lake they can be a bit straining for the heart though, better be safe than sorry there.

Norway, on the other hand, has talkative and friendly people, and high mountains. That's definitively different from Finland! Norway is an astonighingly beutiful country, both visually and in spirit.

gurkhawarhorse

Sep10-05, 09:53 AM

still confused about sun rising in the mid-night!!!

Lisa!

Sep10-05, 09:54 AM

You mean I shouldn't post here Sir?

arildno

Sep10-05, 09:57 AM

Combined with a cold lake they can be a bit straining for the heart though, better be safe than sorry there.
A bit of physical exertion producing a lot of sweat can, indeed, be hazardous to the old.
It should be reserved for the young.

Norway, on the other hand, has talkative and friendly people, and high mountains. That's definitively different from Finland! Norway is an astonighingly beutiful country, both visually and in spirit.
Well, the mountains are doing fine without my attendance, but you are right, Norway is the most beautiful country in the world (with the deep, melancholy Finnish forests coming in on a shared 2.place..)

arildno

Sep10-05, 09:57 AM

still confused about sun rising in the mid-night!!!
It doesn't rise at midnight; it never goes down. That is, you have normal daylight all through the 24 hours.

wolram

Sep10-05, 09:58 AM

You mean I shouldn't post here Sir?

Feel free Lisa, i am sure you have some good stuff to say.

gurkhawarhorse

Sep10-05, 09:59 AM

so that explaines it.
cool. in england too in sun rises at 3 in morning and sets in 9 at night.

arildno

Sep10-05, 10:02 AM

so that explaines it.
cool. in england too in sun rises at 3 in morning and sets in 9 at night.
Where I live in Norway during high summer, the sun rises around 3 I think, and sets at 11 at night, This means we have a sort of night-time (no midnight sun!), but the color of the sky has a soft blue tone, rather than going black.

gurkhawarhorse

Sep10-05, 10:04 AM

in my home u dont see sun for long time in northen valleys. mountains block it really long.

gurkhawarhorse

Sep10-05, 10:06 AM

yay i am going tomorrow with my brother to see what sea looks like.
wait let me post this everywhere.

Joel

Sep10-05, 10:07 AM

Well, the mountains are doing fine without my attendance, but you are right, Norway is the most beautiful country in the world (with the deep, melancholy Finnish forests coming in on a shared 2.place..)

I definitively agree, the most beutiful of the one's I've visited, that is. Not just to advertice my own thread, but since it came up, here (http://physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=86438&highlight=nordic+beuty) are pictures of mountains and fjords in Norway.

So, who is the other one sharing the second place?

gurkhawarhorse

Sep10-05, 10:07 AM

Sorry! The administrator has specified that users can only post one message every 30 seconds. :cry: :cry: :cry: :grumpy: :grumpy: :grumpy: :grumpy: :devil: :devil: :devil: :devil: :surprised :surprised :surprised

arildno

Sep10-05, 10:08 AM

in my home u dont see sun for long time in northen valleys. mountains block it really long.
There are a few deep valleys in southern Norway that experience the same at winter's time; in the Northern Norway, where you have midnight sun during the summer time, you have during autumn and winter, the "time of darkness", lasting several months, when the sun doesn't rise at all.
That's one of the major reasons why I never want to live in Northern Norway..

arildno

Sep10-05, 10:10 AM

I definitively agree, the most beutiful of the one's I've visited, that is. Not just to advertice my own thread, but since it came up, here (http://physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=86438&highlight=nordic+beuty) are pictures of mountains and fjords in Norway.

So, who is the other one sharing the second place?
Oh, there are many countries sharing 2.place, probably a few I don't know about yet..

gurkhawarhorse

Sep10-05, 10:11 AM

0=nepal :wink: :smile:
ok, well if u wish 2.

arildno

Sep10-05, 10:12 AM

nepal :wink: :rolleyeyes:
That's one..

gurkhawarhorse

Sep10-05, 10:13 AM

That's one..

u just quoted my edited post. u r really fast.

Joel

Sep10-05, 10:13 AM

0=nepal :wink: :smile:
ok, well if u wish 2.

Oh, definitively. Judging by the pictures, the mountains there is something I really want to see for myself someday.

gurkhawarhorse

Sep10-05, 10:15 AM

well, dont even think about going to nepal now.
well do go to nepal if u wish to be abducted by those dic*heads

arildno

Sep10-05, 10:18 AM

well, dont even think about going to nepal now.
well do go to nepal if u wish to be abducted by those dic*heads
You're talking about the Maoists, right?
Are they the ones that one of the royal family conspired with and instituted a massacre of the rest of the Nepalese royalty a few years ago?

Joel

Sep10-05, 10:21 AM

Well, maybe not now, but one day. :smile: I hope the casefire lasts.

gurkhawarhorse

Sep10-05, 10:23 AM

no dunno, who was that another dic*head.

well, 2059 nepalese year, 9:00 at night, kathmandu, royal family sits together.
6 people with the same face of our prince comes ,.... massacare. queen's body had 50 bullets in body!!!.
prince claimed to have commited suicide by an AK-47. dead prince becomes king for 3 days.
new king.

arildno

Sep10-05, 10:28 AM

I'm sad your home country is in such turmoil.
From what I knew of Nepal (and I know very little), it seemed a very peaceful country until the royal massacre.
After that, it seems to have gotten into a chaos that no one outside bothers with.
Are there, for example, UN personnell present in Nepal trying to keep some order and afford security to the average person there?

gurkhawarhorse

Sep10-05, 10:30 AM

dunno.

well there were maoists 8 years before the massacare but everything was in control

wolram

Sep10-05, 10:30 AM

gurkhawarhorse

Sep10-05, 10:31 AM

P.N. Shah is crying :cry:

wolram

Sep10-05, 10:39 AM

P.N. Shah is crying :cry:

Now, Now, this is not a crying thread, every one has to be.
:biggrin: :rofl:

Lisa!

Sep10-05, 10:51 AM

:biggrin:(:cry::cry::cry:)

Astronuc

Sep10-05, 10:57 AM

Be nice to every one thread I saw this title in GD when I first got onto the forum. Immediately thought - this has to a Wolram thread. :biggrin:

Nice thread Woolie! And very appropriate. :smile: :cool:

Lisa!

Sep10-05, 11:00 AM

I saw this title in GD when I first got onto the forum. Immediately thought - this has to a Wolram thread. :biggrin:

Nice thread Woolie! And very appropriate. :smile: :cool:
:cool: isn't allowed in this thread because it seems alittle :uhh: ! :biggrin: ( :cry: )

JamesU

Sep10-05, 11:03 AM

Everyone go be hateful now. not :biggrin: ( :cry: ) but :grumpy: ( :biggrin: )

wolram

Sep10-05, 11:07 AM

Any one traveled up the E40 ? into east germany around dresden way, there
are some lovely scenes to see.

arildno

Sep10-05, 11:09 AM

Any one traveled up the E40 ? into east germany around dresden way, there
are some lovely scenes to see.
No, but I have been in York.
Beautiful town.

wolram

Sep10-05, 11:12 AM

I saw this title in GD when I first got onto the forum. Immediately thought - this has to a Wolram thread. :biggrin:

Nice thread Woolie! And very appropriate. :smile: :cool:

Thank you most kindly :blushing:

Lisa!

Sep10-05, 11:13 AM

wolram

Sep10-05, 11:18 AM

No, but I have been in York.
Beautiful town.

I rarely visit towns or cities, to me the picture post card serenity has gone, it
may return with pedestrianisation of city and town centers, but that may be
years away if ever.

arildno

Sep10-05, 11:20 AM

I rarely visit towns or cities, to me the picture post card serenity has gone, it
may return with pedestrianisation of city and town centers, but that may be
years away if ever.
Well, then you should visit Whitby. Absolutely amazing little spot, in my opinion.

Joel

Sep10-05, 11:20 AM

Sure there are many nice things, but it just so happens that when I think of 'nice' memories of people and places tend to pop up.

Other nice things include: My newly set up desk and just completed homework, a party tonight, my new curtains and an anticipating feeling towards the start of the smester.

arildno

Sep10-05, 11:22 AM

my new curtains
Yes, curtains are nice. Let's have an amicable swapping of nice curtain-stories, or what? :smile:

wolram

Sep10-05, 11:24 AM

What's this thread about? Being nice or traveling? It seems people get speechless when they want to be nice. I mean they just can talk about the weather, food, traveling, memories and stuff like that!(:cry:)

I think you have a hard shell with a soft center old chapess, have you never
visited some place that remains in your memory. :biggrin:

wolram

Sep10-05, 11:28 AM

Yes, curtains are nice. Let's have an amicable swapping of nice curtain-stories, or what? :smile:

My daughter came and helped give my room a spring clean, it is amazing what
a little elbow grease can achieve, my room looks like a new pin :biggrin:

arildno

Sep10-05, 11:29 AM

I cleaned out my curtains a few months ago; it was amazing how much nicotine had hidden itself within them.
Now, my curtains are new and shiny! :smile:

Joel

Sep10-05, 11:31 AM

Yes, curtains are nice. Let's have an amicable swapping of nice curtain-stories, or what? :smile:

Absolutely.

My new curtains havn't been picked out yet, they only exist in my thoughts at the moment. However, they will be a light shade (yet thick enough to keep the light out) of some natural colour (green, brown, red), lightly textured and preferable of some material that doesn't collect so much dust. I have nearly 3m to the roof, white walls and beech/white coloured furniture, and since the appartment is just one room and rather small I hope to keep the feeling of space, given by the high rooft, by having these light curtains. What do you think of that and what kind of curtains do you prefer? :smile:

wolram

Sep10-05, 11:35 AM

Joel

Sep10-05, 11:39 AM

My daughter came and helped give my room a spring clean, it is amazing what
a little elbow grease can achieve, my room looks like a new pin :biggrin:

Now there is another good reason for having children. Check! :smile: :wink:

Joel

Sep10-05, 11:45 AM

you sound very organised, and parties are a favorite pf topic.

Only when I have to and don't have too much to do. This is the last weekend before the bulk load of my courses start and hence this appartment needs to be livable before that. I have a tingling feeling that nothing will feel organized, when hell breaks out on monday. :smile:

Ps. I'll be sure to post any interesting stories I may encounter tonight.

arildno

Sep10-05, 11:52 AM

Absolutely.

My new curtains havn't been picked out yet, they only exist in my thoughts at the moment. However, they will be a light shade (yet thick enough to keep the light out) of some natural colour (green, brown, red), lightly textured and preferable of some material that doesn't collect so much dust. I have nearly 3m to the roof, white walls and beech/white coloured furniture, and since the appartment is just one room and rather small I hope to keep the feeling of space, given by the high rooft, by having these light curtains. What do you think of that and what kind of curtains do you prefer? :smile:
Your ideas sound very fine.
I also like curtains in light colours; I have a set of rather heavy, green ones in my living room I'm not entirely happy about, I'll try and change them soon.

matthyaouw

Sep10-05, 11:57 AM

Well, then you should visit Whitby. Absolutely amazing little spot, in my opinion.

Absolutely. I love Whitby. Plus it's surrounded by the North Yorkshire moors, which are beautiful. Some of the villages nearby are amazing, espescially the fishing ones further along the coast.

arildno

Sep10-05, 11:59 AM

Absolutely. I love Whitby. Plus it's surrounded by the North Yorkshire moors, which are beautiful. Some of the villages nearby are amazing, espescially the fishing ones further along the coast.
I didn't take my time to explore the countryside around; are there possibilities for back-packing in the area?

BTW, do you have a nice curtain story to share with us?

Lisa!

Sep10-05, 12:01 PM

Well Sir, when I saw your thread first, I thought you wanted to practise how to be nice in your real life. It doesn't take too much to be nice through internet, but of course you're just talking about nice memories now. Some of people aren't nice to people whom they meet in their real lives! Have you ever been in a very sad and depressing situation but :smile: at people who you meet? I mean behaving in a way that people who like to see you happy, think you're the happiest person in the world while you are about to burst into tears? We should discuss here how to be nice to everyone most of the time!

I think you have a hard shell with a soft center old chapess, Snail? :biggrin:

have you never
visited some place that remains in your memory. :biggrin:

Have you ever had a dream which you've wished it lasted forever?

matthyaouw

Sep10-05, 12:07 PM

Backpacking would probably be possible. There are enough footpaths to get about easily. I'm not sure about accomodation though. I've only day tripped to the area, or spent a few days at the same place, so I've never really looked into backpacking.

I have venetian blinds, so My curtains havn't moved in about a year.

wolram

Sep10-05, 12:11 PM

By Lisa,
Have you ever had a dream which you've wished it lasted forever?

Yes i have, i dream of living in a country cottage set in beautiful countryside
with a few good freinds, i think about it all the time.

Lisa!

Sep10-05, 12:14 PM

Have you ever tried to make it real?

wolram

Sep10-05, 12:20 PM

Have you ever tried to make it real?

I think i would have to travel backwards in time, or have mega bucks, and
there is little chance of that.

wolram

Sep10-05, 01:48 PM

Has every one stoped being nice ??? well i suppose you all did your best :approve:

arildno

Sep10-05, 01:49 PM

Has every one stoped being nice ??? well i suppose you all did your best :approve:
I'm still nice.

wolram

Sep10-05, 02:06 PM

I'm still nice.

Arildno, do you know any thing about this ? http://www.kaupang.uio.no/eng/index.html

Lisa!

Sep10-05, 02:09 PM

Do you remember "nice people are boring"?:wink:

arildno

Sep10-05, 02:10 PM

Arildno, do you know any thing about this ? http://www.kaupang.uio.no/eng/index.html
Well, I was unaware that there was major researches going on in the Kaupang district now, but I certainly knew that the region was the major trading centre in Southern Norway in Viking times.

I'll check out what has been written about it in Norwegian sources.

hypatia

Sep10-05, 02:14 PM

I wonder if vikings had curtians?

Joel

Sep10-05, 02:21 PM

I wonder if vikings had curtians?

I will not bet my head on it, but I think they only had curtains, no windows. (Alternatively, you could say their windows where made of lether, but... whatever).

wolram

Sep10-05, 02:27 PM

They must have been a hardy people, but not as brusque as depicted in books,
some must have been fine crafts men.

arildno

Sep10-05, 02:31 PM

They must have been a hardy people, but not as brusque as depicted in books,
some must have been fine crafts men.
Indeed.
Some actually had to build the Viking ships, for example..

Joel

Sep10-05, 02:36 PM

They must have been a hardy people, but not as brusque as depicted in books,
some must have been fine crafts men.

Oh, yes. They traded a lot and managed to sail up shallow rivers with their flat hulled boats; all the way from russia, to north america and to the Mediterranean sea. On second thought, concidering the amount of contact they had with other culutures, they must have had glass. Glass was common during the roman times and again in the middle ages, only during the time in between I think there have been less of it, if IRCC from a glass exhibition in Florence.

wolram

Sep10-05, 02:41 PM

Oh, yes. They traded a lot and managed to sail up shallow rivers with their flat hulled boats; all the way from russia, to north america and to the Mediterranean sea. On second thought, concidering the amount of contact they had with other culutures, they must have had glass. Glass was common during the roman times and again in the middle ages, only during the time in between I think may have been less of it, if IRCC from a glass exhibition in Florence.

I was looking at some viking beads to day, a tv show called time team attempted to reproduce one, it was more difficult than they thought.

http://www.regia.org/glass.htm

wolram

Sep10-05, 02:56 PM

I am unsure of the authentisity of this article, it is some thing to think about
if it is true.
http://www.lochness.co.uk/exhibition/viking.html

Joel

Sep10-05, 02:59 PM

I was looking at some viking beads to day, a tv show called time team attempted to reproduce one, it was more difficult than they thought.

http://www.regia.org/glass.htm

Fascinating! They seem to have done a lot in glass, altough they imported some of the more difficult work. Next time I think first.

Regarding glass windows, the only mentioning on the page seems to be this:

In the later Anglo-Saxon period, glass was used modestly for some church windows. To date only blue glass seems to have been found, with the odd pieces displaying some decorative brushwork on them. Clear window glass may have been used in the homes of a few wealthy people although this is not certain.

Joel

Sep10-05, 03:02 PM

I am unsure of the authentisity of this article, it is some thing to think about
if it is true.
http://www.lochness.co.uk/exhibition/viking.html

I'm sorry, but I can't resist: Eminent researchers like me are only devoted to the science and research of Loch Ness and would never issue statements unless we thought they were true.

Are you allowed to say eminent researcher and Loch Ness in the same sentence?

With that said, who knows... Maybe. But it didn't become clear what time peried they where talking about in the press release.

gurkhawarhorse

Sep10-05, 03:04 PM

am i the only one who went offline and missed all these nice talks?

wolram

Sep10-05, 03:07 PM

If i remember correctly Roman glass was recycled by later peoples, it seems an
art that was lost and found to some degree more than once.

gurkhawarhorse

Sep10-05, 03:11 PM

excuse me, my i have your attention please,

this thread is hijacked.
i repeat, this thread is hijacked.
just like before

Joel

Sep10-05, 03:11 PM

If i remember correctly Roman glass was recycled by later peoples, it seems an
art that was lost and found to some degree more than once.

Yes, this is what I remember from the glass exhibition, it was lost after Roman times. What I don't remember is when it was re-invented. But concidering the different techniques presented in your first link, it seems there was some kind of new production after roman times, even if most of the items where made by recycling old glass.

wolram

Sep10-05, 03:11 PM

I'm sorry, but I can't resist:

Are you allowed to say eminent researcher and Loch Ness in the same sentence?

With that said, who knows... Maybe. But it didn't become clear what time peried they where talking about in the press release.

I could not find a follow up article, on the other hand not all loch ness research
is crackpot.

gurkhawarhorse

Sep10-05, 03:12 PM

whoa, romans knew about glass?

goes to ripleysbeliveitornot.com

wolram

Sep10-05, 03:14 PM

excuse me, my i have your attention please,

this thread is hijacked.
i repeat, this thread is hijacked.
just like before

You have our attention horsey, hi jacked you say, nay, just blowing out some
cobwebs,

gurkhawarhorse

Sep10-05, 03:17 PM

whot? sorry mister, but u just got me confused!!!

Joel

Sep10-05, 03:17 PM

I could not find a follow up article, on the other hand not all loch ness research
is crackpot.

I don't know, but I don't doubt it. I do know there is plenty of real research about many myths, Atlantis, as another example.

Joel

Sep10-05, 03:18 PM

whoa, romans knew about glass?

goes to ripleysbeliveitornot.com

Egyptians also knew about glass. :smile:

http://www.glassonline.com/infoserv/history.html

gurkhawarhorse

Sep10-05, 03:19 PM

guess the old gorkhalis were too dumb to even know what sand is :cry:

Joel

Sep10-05, 03:23 PM

Yeah, well... The europeans where too dumb to know about gunpoweder before the 13th century. Nobody gets 'em all. :smile:

gurkhawarhorse

Sep10-05, 03:30 PM

ah... we borrowed gun powder from chinese, and looted guns from british.
well in all the wars nepal has ever fought, it has never used any thing called gun.
well, lost none.

wolram

Sep10-05, 03:32 PM

http://www.geocities.com/ladysveva/BeadHistory.html

This is a good history of glass bead manufacture, it seems the vikings made
and imported/traded beads.

Joel

Sep10-05, 03:55 PM

http://www.geocities.com/ladysveva/BeadHistory.html

This is a good history of glass bead manufacture, it seems the vikings made
and imported/traded beads.

Interesting, indeed. But did they use it for windows, the ultimate question remains? :smile:

I found this (http://www.stainedglass.org/main_pages/sgaa/historySG.html) history about glass windows, sadly without a mentioning of vikings.

wolram

Sep10-05, 04:09 PM

Interesting, indeed. But did they use it for windows, the ultimate question remains? :smile:

I found this (http://www.stainedglass.org/main_pages/sgaa/historySG.html) history about glass windows, sadly without a mentioning of vikings.

I think the answer must be that it was far to valuable to use for windows,
the roman method of, "blowing", glass into tubes and then cutting and forming
it into flat sheet, seems to have been lost for some time, any other method ie
casting would be slow and expensive, but that is only my take on the matter.

Smurf

Sep10-05, 05:21 PM

Everyone who's posted in this thread except me (and pengwuino if he has) is a dumbass.

gurkhawarhorse

Sep10-05, 05:24 PM

I cannot take this anymore
I'm saying everything I've said before
All these words they make no sense
I find bliss in ignorance
Less I hear the less you'll say
But you'll find that out anyway

gurkhawarhorse

Sep10-05, 05:25 PM

Everyone who's posted in this thread except me (and pengwuino if he has) is a dumbass.
I find the answers aren't so clear
Wish I could find a way to disappear
All these thoughts they make no sense
I find bliss in ignorance
Nothing seems to go away
Over and over again

Chorus

Shut up when I'm talking to you
Shut up, shut up, shut up (2x)

I’m about to break!

Chorus

klusener

Sep10-05, 05:28 PM

How the hell did this thread go from discussing being nice to glass beads?

gurkhawarhorse

Sep10-05, 05:30 PM

How the hell did this thread go from discussing being nice to glass beads?

hijacked by the starter of the thread himself :rofl:

wolram

Sep10-05, 06:03 PM

How the hell did this thread go from discussing being nice to glass beads?
well you pheasant pluckers wouldn't have a clue, so go dip your wicks in candle
fat, and have a ball.
:rofl:

Astronuc

Sep10-05, 07:32 PM

I rarely visit towns or cities, to me the picture post card serenity has gone, it
may return with pedestrianisation of city and town centers, but that may be
years away if ever. England and Scotland have some wonderful small and midsize towns to visit.

And in Germany - see Rothenburg ob der Tauber - walled city overlooking Tauber Valley.

In Spain - Salamanca (find Cervantes) and Toledo are so cool! You have to see them in person - it's better than post cards.

Sep10-05, 08:52 PM

England and Scotland have some wonderful small and midsize towns to visit.
Yes, so does Afghanistan, and Borneo.

Astronuc

Sep10-05, 11:43 PM

Yes, so does Afghanistan, and Borneo. I very much want to go to Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran and Pakistan - all have very interesting histories, and I very much wish to experience the Karakoram and Pamirs. Hopefully that won't be too far in the future.

matthyaouw

Sep11-05, 06:33 AM

England and Scotland have some wonderful small and midsize towns to visit.

They do! Do you have any favorites?

rocketboy

Sep11-05, 12:16 PM

9 pages in 13 hrs (up until my post here)...that's pretty impressive. Check out the first page, there are posts minutes apart frequently.

arildno

Sep11-05, 12:17 PM

Every country has nice towns, particularly all the home towns of PF'ers! :smile:

Joel

Sep11-05, 05:15 PM

I think the answer must be that it was far to valuable to use for windows,
the roman method of, "blowing", glass into tubes and then cutting and forming
it into flat sheet, seems to have been lost for some time, any other method ie
casting would be slow and expensive, but that is only my take on the matter.

That would be my take too. In addition, contrary to southern countries, glass windows in the north would have had to isolate cold, which probably was better done with lether.

wolram

Sep11-05, 05:42 PM

That would be my take too. In addition, contrary to southern countries, glass windows in the north would have had to isolate cold, which probably was better done with lether.

Joel, i could on another occasion, talk about this in depth, excuse me please,
i am some what distracted.

Sep12-05, 01:58 AM

I very much want to go to Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran and Pakistan - all have very interesting histories, and I very much wish to experience the Karakoram and Pamirs. Hopefully that won't be too far in the future.
I hope you don't get shot! :cry: Are you white? I would never think about visiting no matter what the history. That would be a debt to society!

Sep12-05, 01:59 AM

wolram

Sep12-05, 04:46 AM

So does arnildo blow well?

I would not know, i have all ways wanted to try glass blowing though.

Artman

Sep12-05, 09:55 AM

So does arnildo blow well?This being the be nice to everyone thread, I would have to say that although I have not witnessed arnildo blowing, I am sure that he can blow with the best of men and that his blowing in no way sucks. :biggrin:

Joel

Sep12-05, 10:19 AM

Joel, i could on another occasion, talk about this in depth, excuse me please,
i am some what distracted.

While interested, I suspect my knowledge would come short quite shortly, but I'll gladly continue this (or any other) discussion with you later, Wolram. I hope your distraction is pleasant or short. :smile:

Btw, In last night's party I got a high heel on my toe and a lecture in how to make a glass that indicates how much liqoir you have left, by changing the colour of a small lamp in its foot. Later someone lured me to dance ripaska in the middle of the dance floor. :shy:

Also, somewhere around midnight we got some unexpected guests, when our Rector marched in, apparently after having been to a doctor promotation earlier. (The inscription was earlier in the day...) He shaked very well to The Summer of 69! :biggrin:

wolram

Sep12-05, 10:30 AM

by Joel,
While interested, I suspect my knowledge would come short quite shortly, but I'll gladly continue this (or any other) discussion with you later, Wolram. I hope your distraction is pleasant or short.

I am sorry joel, i had a raging tooth ache, Awww, your poor foot those heels
really hurt.
I must admit it is years since i read up on the history of glass, and forgot how
interesting the subject is, i will have to find an up to date book.

wolram

Sep12-05, 11:50 AM

As far as i can find, the eariest engish glass window dates to 1180, and
the germans were makeing glass by the blowing method in the 11th century.

Furnaces for glass manufacture have been found in Glastonbury, York, Kent
and Lincoln dating to the 7th century

Glass imported to 5th century Ireland from the mediterranean has been found.

So there is a huge span of dates, and i dare say that the first glass window
pre dates 1180

arildno

Sep12-05, 01:47 PM

This being the be nice to everyone thread, I would have to say that although I have not witnessed arnildo blowing, I am sure that he can blow with the best of men and that his blowing in no way sucks. :biggrin:
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Sep13-05, 12:55 AM

although I have not witnessed arnildo blowing, I am sure that he can blow with the best of men and that his blowing in no way sucks. :biggrin:
Well put. .

Astronuc

Sep13-05, 01:27 AM

I hope you don't get shot! :cry: Are you white? I would never think about visiting no matter what the history. That would be a debt to society! I have been mistaken for Arab and Jew, Italian, Spanish, Greek, and other Mediterranean and Middle Eastern nationalities. During the summer, my skin gets rather dark.

Anyway, I do plan to go to Afghanistan and Pakistan - they have some great mountains. :biggrin: