Posted on 08/13/2005 10:02:43 AM PDT by fox news fan
Edited on 08/13/2005 10:14:35 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Sorry, my heart was broken by Charles Babbage's daughter, and I haven't been the same since.
spewww! palatable only when spiced with some old-fashioned COBOL and Fortran.
babbage? the 19th century mechanical computer's inventor?
I'm going mackeral fishing, see ye all later!
I didn't get on so well with the old geezer. I guess you could say we had our differences, but his daughter was brilliant!
I wouldn't want to tangle with them militarily.
Everything they use is made of Titanium.
Just a point of advice for you. Don't ever go mackerel fishing in a Swiss lake. The same thing that puts the holes in Swiss cheese causes ...
... you guessed it. Holy Mackerel!
ARRRRGH!
too early for PUNishment
later, y'all - gots me some figgerin' ta do
"Later on in the course of man's development he would use antlers as knives, arrow heads as well as pick axes and jewelers then, somewhere along the line, he discovered that, by heating horn from cattle and sheep, he could mould it and from there on in there was no looking back - well not much anyway!"
"It was also discovered that horn could be de-laminated and, having done that, the thin pieces were found to be clear-ish, at least clear enough to almost see through, so these were used to make the 'glass' for lanterns (or more properly 'lant-horns'. This thin horn was also used for filling in the holes in the sides of their houses - not exactly double glazing but better than cold air! In fact the invention of mass- production techniques for glass almost scuppered the horners business back in the 16th century- apparently some of the small panes of glass inside the Guildhall in London are still of original horn."
"Certainly horn working has had its ups and downs over the centuries much like any other kind of business but, over the years, horners have made book pages , walking sticks, shoe lifts ( or more properly shoe horns), window panes, lantern panes, spoons, knife handles, sword and dagger handles, tobacco jars, hunting horns, powder horns, drinking horns, snuff mulls, ink wells, cupping horns (medical), bow ends for longbowmen as well as needlework tools, lacemaking tools, condiment holders and combs - to mention but a few items from their range."
http://speyside-horn.co.uk/history.htm
Good luck, KP.
I am picturing an episode with both of us.
ROFLOL!
Looks interesting. Are you writing the script?
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No script yet. (I'm not a creative writer.) But I am picturing something with guns and mayhem on the ground, and me floating down from the heavens.
Devil worshipers?
I thought that was.....nevermind. ;-)
Break a leg fishing!
But I bet they like us Bob.
I bet they really do!!!
That's too funny.
What would we all look like if we were South Park characters?
Scary!
Well, OK.
If no one else wants it.........3,2,1.....,...,...
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