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Post by Hamish on Mar 18, 2005 17:19:43 GMT 7
One point is worth answering...
Einstein did his most important work in physics while in Europe before WWI.
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Post by motis on Mar 18, 2005 17:47:12 GMT 7
I thought Tesla was a Czech or something. He was born in Croatia, and emigrated to the States when he was 28.
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Post by Mr Nobody on Mar 18, 2005 18:02:18 GMT 7
And i had all these rubber czech jokes just waiting, and he turns out to be Croation. Dang. Did he lose the plot before or after going to the USA?
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Post by George61 on Mar 18, 2005 19:25:35 GMT 7
Jeeezz, you foreigners make me laugh!!
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Post by George61 on Mar 18, 2005 19:30:58 GMT 7
The wright brothers corresponded with, and got a lot of ideas from John Hargraves in Australia. He couldn't find an engine that was reliable enough, so they beat him to it. In those days people shared their ideas.
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Post by Raoul Duke on Mar 18, 2005 20:24:19 GMT 7
(sigh) OK, guys, if it's what ya want, then bash away. I just don't want people to take this too seriously and tear the place apart. While we're at it, LSD was discovered, if memory serves, by Saint Albert Hoffman, who was a Swiss. The Wrights did indeed correspond with an Aussie named Hargraves...regarding sheep maintenance. I think the real point is that it doesn't matter where this stuff came from...whether it was developed in America or some oily little person in some hazardous and unkempt foreign lab got lucky one day is really irrelevant. Wherever it came from, it took America to make it cool. And regardless of nationality, George is a pigeon-fancier or worse.
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Post by Mr Nobody on Mar 18, 2005 20:39:44 GMT 7
I'm a pigeon fancier, too. Especially that sort of red glazed Cantonese style. Yum. I could fancy a pigeon right now, as a matter of fact.
My father used to make a pigeon pie he used to like, but I reckon the Cantonese style kills it stone dead.
Anybody else fancy pigeons?
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Post by George61 on Mar 18, 2005 21:14:34 GMT 7
Yeah, I love pigeons...very delicious! You know, I reckon Raoul is taking this far too seriously. Whattya reckon fellas? Maybe we should just whisper from now on. I reckon this thread is driving him towards a nervous breakdown. he has lost control...probably the drugs, etc.......or the booze. Write everything in small size so he doesn't even notice. It's a shame, really. He seemed to be a very cool bloke. Let's be nice to him.
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Post by Raoul Duke on Mar 18, 2005 21:28:55 GMT 7
My Gawd...you people actually eat Sewer Falcons...Gutter Eagles...Feathered Rats? Still, if they'll sell it in a Chinese market or restaurant, I guess it must be wholesome... Especially since only I know which beer has my urine in it. C'mon, George, drink up! Here, this beer is on the house!
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Post by George61 on Mar 19, 2005 4:45:18 GMT 7
Thanks Raoul....I always appreciate a free beer. Especially one with flavour.
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Post by con's fly is open on Mar 19, 2005 15:02:40 GMT 7
It was actually a Frenchman, whose name escapes me, who was the first to fly. The Wright brother's flight was the first one where the pilot survived- the French guy crashed and was killed. I'll give it to Orville and Wilbur. Not dying, IMHO, is key.
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Post by Raoul Duke on Mar 19, 2005 15:42:39 GMT 7
It was actually a Frenchman, whose name escapes me, who was the first to fly. The Wright brother's flight was the first one where the pilot survived- the French guy crashed and was killed. But it wasn't in vain. The same engineering principles are still being used to produce Renault and Citroen cars.
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Post by George61 on Mar 19, 2005 15:43:19 GMT 7
Technically, people who ventured aloft in large box kites, could be said to be the first to fly. Alright, I know youse are talking about "powered" flight... Refrigeration also goes to Australia. We needed our beer cold even way back then.
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Post by George61 on Mar 19, 2005 15:44:20 GMT 7
...and don't forget, lawn-lovers, the rotary mower ALSO came out of Aus. We don't let the grass grow under OUR feet!
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Post by Lotus Eater on Mar 19, 2005 15:52:09 GMT 7
What about the Hills hoist - beloved of children for swinging on - and handy for a tarp for the barbie? Aussies also invented that crane thingy that creates itself as it climbs higher and higher.
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Post by George61 on Mar 19, 2005 16:31:38 GMT 7
yes, that crane thingy. Without it, chinese would still be living in Hutongs. I still can't figure out how they work!!
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Post by Raoul Duke on Mar 19, 2005 16:37:31 GMT 7
I still can't figure out how they work! Hey, there's a news flash.
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Post by George61 on Mar 19, 2005 16:47:01 GMT 7
Huh! That didn't last long, did it? I'm never afraid to admit I'm stupid....lacking in engineering knowledge. I realize my shortcomings, few that they are, unlike certain other parties to this board. I realize I'm mortal, that I won't live forever, that I don't know everything, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. That's what makes great Australians, truly great.
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Post by Raoul Duke on Mar 19, 2005 19:11:21 GMT 7
I realize I'm mortal, that I won't live forever, that I don't know everything, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. That's what makes great Australians, truly great. Yes. I can see where this sort of practiced humility would be an inevitable national destiny asset.
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Post by George61 on Mar 19, 2005 19:52:54 GMT 7
Naturally. It makes us universally loved. Well, up until the rodent, howard, turned some of us into rabid racists. On the other hand Shrubbery didn't have to try too hard to gather his ......no, I'm sorry. I can't go on. I must remember that I must be nice to the lesser mortals amongst us.
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Post by Raoul Duke on Mar 20, 2005 0:25:43 GMT 7
Right...in case any ever show up.
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Post by Mr Nobody on Mar 20, 2005 5:28:56 GMT 7
Montgolfier or something, hot air balloons, and that is why that was supposed to be HEAVIER THAN AIR.
Frogs in a basket don't count, except as food, IMHO.
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Post by Hamish on Mar 20, 2005 6:11:02 GMT 7
The latest news on this guy is that his head, arms, and chest crawled ashore but tangled with a ringed octopus as it did so. As it was gasping for breath on the beach, a funnelweb spider bit it on each nipple; a taipan struck it in the left eye and then slithered into its left nostril. The bloated half-man, covered with cane toads, was last seen being dragged off into a sewage lagoon by salt water crocodiles and waving its remaining middle finger in a obscene gesture. Australian authorities are considering filing obscenity charges against the bastard. “Such behavior gives Australia a bad image,” said the Prime Minister. Film at eleven. www.latimes.com/la-031905shark_wr,0,5707948.story?coll=la-home-utilities Shark Kills Diver Off Australian Coast From Associated Press 11:35 AM PST, March 19, 2005 CANBERRA, Australia — A six-meter (20-foot) shark bit a pleasure boat deck hand in half as he snorkeled with tourists off the west Australian coast, police. The man died instantly in the attack yesterday off the Abrolhos Islands about 400 kilometers (250 miles) north of the Western Australia state capital, Perth, Police Insp. George Putland said. "The 26-year-old man was bitten in half by the six-meter (20-foot) animal and death seemed to be instantaneous," said Putland, adding that the body wasn't recovered. Police investigation chief Sgt. Shaun Miller said the species of shark was not yet known and that he didn't know how many people were in the water with the victim at the time of the attack, 60 kilometers (37 miles) west of the coastal town of Geraldton. No one else was injured. Miller said the search for remains would resume Sunday.
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Post by Mr Nobody on Mar 20, 2005 6:28:13 GMT 7
The latest news on this guy is that his head, arms, and chest crawled ashore but tangled with a ringed octopus as it did so. As it was gasping for breath on the beach, a funnelweb spider bit it on each nipple; a taipan struck it in the left eye and then slithered into its left nostril. You are just being silly. Funnel webs only live on the east coast, Taipans don't live on beaches but run Triad gangs in Hong Kong, and everyone knows that blue ringed octopi are best served fried, Thai style, with chilli. The bloated half-man, covered with cane toads, was last seen being dragged off into a sewage lagoon by salt water crocodiles and waving its remaining middle finger in a obscene gesture. This is normal australian behaviour, yes. One last act of defiance, unless there is a beer nearby. PS I don't know why I am posting this. I liked the commentary more than the article.
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Post by con's fly is open on Mar 20, 2005 13:11:31 GMT 7
That happened to me once. Fortunately, in my country we have universal health insurance.
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