I know this is off topic but,
As a member of this mailing list for the past 3-4 years I need your help.
I am studying English acquisition. and since most of you ( from outside the
U.S. ) have very good English, I have two questions that came up in class
about foreign speakers:
1) Are Americans arrogant about speaking English?
2) Given a choice, in what country would you choose to live?
You can e-mail me privately
at:
UNDBKB at aol.com
Thanks,
Barry.
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Off topic HELP!
Message 391 -
2002-06-24 at 04:33:53
HorizonHse
Duckburg landmarks
Message 392 -
2002-06-24 at 09:39:55
hi,
duckburg landmarks include:
o shacktown
o mcbrine pickle works
o city hall
o hotel where the status seekers meet
o fairgrounds where donald tries out for the olympics
o duckburg river
regards
duckburg landmarks include:
o shacktown
o mcbrine pickle works
o city hall
o hotel where the status seekers meet
o fairgrounds where donald tries out for the olympics
o duckburg river
regards
Sigvald Grøsfjeld Jr.
Duckburg landmarks
Message 393 -
2002-06-24 at 10:07:55
McBrine pickle works
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What is this landmark?
Sigvald :-)
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What is this landmark?
Sigvald :-)
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Gerd Syllwasschy
Stranger Than Fiction
Message 394 -
2002-06-24 at 10:24:17
> From: "Frank Bubacz" <frankbubacz at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Stranger Than Fiction
> Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 13:04:41 +0200
>
> It seems to me that, in the original unedited ten-pager, there was more to
> see of the police and also of the psychiatrist. Let's call this "instinctive
> guesswork"... ;-)
I agree. And the alligator may have been good for some additional
panels, too. Ever asked yourself how in the world they managed to get
Old Satchel Face into the emisser?
> However, there's one thing irritating me: The panel in the third row of the
> sixth page looks to me as if it should be at the end of the page, because to
> me it depicts a bigger suspense factor than the panel actually ending the
> page. At least in the visual sense.
You may be right. Come to think of it, Gyro's remark about the storm
getting fierce in the first panel of that page seems somewhat uncalled
for. Maybe it was preceded by a panel of Donald fighting his way against
the wind. (Yes, I noticed there is some rain visible in the background.
And yes, I noticed Barks was building up the storm pictorially on the
preceding pages. Nevertheless, I'm not sure he would have relied on the
reader remembering this after two pages playing mostly in-house, with
hardly any storm.)
On the other hand, I tend to think that the editors would have prefered
to confine their cuts to a single place if possible. Otherwise it would
have meant too much extra work for the layouter. Remember the other
9-page WDC story, The Madcap Mariner, where they seem to have omitted
one complete page without caring much for continuity. But I'm not 100 %
sure of this, either.
Gerd
> Subject: Re: Stranger Than Fiction
> Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 13:04:41 +0200
>
> It seems to me that, in the original unedited ten-pager, there was more to
> see of the police and also of the psychiatrist. Let's call this "instinctive
> guesswork"... ;-)
I agree. And the alligator may have been good for some additional
panels, too. Ever asked yourself how in the world they managed to get
Old Satchel Face into the emisser?
> However, there's one thing irritating me: The panel in the third row of the
> sixth page looks to me as if it should be at the end of the page, because to
> me it depicts a bigger suspense factor than the panel actually ending the
> page. At least in the visual sense.
You may be right. Come to think of it, Gyro's remark about the storm
getting fierce in the first panel of that page seems somewhat uncalled
for. Maybe it was preceded by a panel of Donald fighting his way against
the wind. (Yes, I noticed there is some rain visible in the background.
And yes, I noticed Barks was building up the storm pictorially on the
preceding pages. Nevertheless, I'm not sure he would have relied on the
reader remembering this after two pages playing mostly in-house, with
hardly any storm.)
On the other hand, I tend to think that the editors would have prefered
to confine their cuts to a single place if possible. Otherwise it would
have meant too much extra work for the layouter. Remember the other
9-page WDC story, The Madcap Mariner, where they seem to have omitted
one complete page without caring much for continuity. But I'm not 100 %
sure of this, either.
Gerd
Olaf Solstrand
McBrine pickle works
Message 395 -
2002-06-24 at 13:24:34
SIGVALD:
>McBrine pickle works
>--------------------
>
>What is this landmark?
I think this is the factory where the beginning of the "Forbidden Valley"
story takes place, and that McBrine is the bad guy which follows Donald and
HD&L to Qualma Vista (?) so that they cannot collect the bugs that will save
all the (agurk - can someone please translate) in Duckburg so that he can
sell all his year-long stored cans of pickle.
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>McBrine pickle works
>--------------------
>
>What is this landmark?
I think this is the factory where the beginning of the "Forbidden Valley"
story takes place, and that McBrine is the bad guy which follows Donald and
HD&L to Qualma Vista (?) so that they cannot collect the bugs that will save
all the (agurk - can someone please translate) in Duckburg so that he can
sell all his year-long stored cans of pickle.
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Sigvald Grøsfjeld Jr.
"Hidden Mickey's"
Message 396 -
2002-06-24 at 13:54:13
Hi all!
It's not only in comics you can find "hidden
Mickey's". Yesterday I photographed a formation of
metall-covers in a road close to where I live:
http://duckman.pettho.com/mickey.jpg
Sigvald :-)
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It's not only in comics you can find "hidden
Mickey's". Yesterday I photographed a formation of
metall-covers in a road close to where I live:
http://duckman.pettho.com/mickey.jpg
Sigvald :-)
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Sigvald Grøsfjeld Jr.
McBrine pickle works
Message 397 -
2002-06-24 at 14:01:44
Olaf Solstrand <harryklein at hotmail.com> wrote: >
>>McBrine pickle works
>>--------------------
>>
>>What is this landmark?
>
> I think this is the factory where the beginning
> of the "Forbidden Valley" story takes place, and
> that McBrine is the bad guy which follows Donald
> and HD&L to Qualma Vista (?) so that they cannot
> collect the bugs that will save all the (agurk
It's CUCUMBER. Difficult that one, I had to check the
dictionary myself. It's easier with tomat/tomato,
eple/apple, etc.
> in Duckburg so that he can sell all his year-long
> stored cans of pickle.
OK! Thanks very much for this information!
Sigvald :-)
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>>McBrine pickle works
>>--------------------
>>
>>What is this landmark?
>
> I think this is the factory where the beginning
> of the "Forbidden Valley" story takes place, and
> that McBrine is the bad guy which follows Donald
> and HD&L to Qualma Vista (?) so that they cannot
> collect the bugs that will save all the (agurk
It's CUCUMBER. Difficult that one, I had to check the
dictionary myself. It's easier with tomat/tomato,
eple/apple, etc.
> in Duckburg so that he can sell all his year-long
> stored cans of pickle.
OK! Thanks very much for this information!
Sigvald :-)
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H.W.Fluks
Duckburg Landmarks
Message 398 -
2002-06-24 at 14:10:35
Timo:
> How come Duckburg can have such old (medieval) buildings like
> Notre Duck and that castle in House of Hounts (US63) BTW?
To me they are not medieval. They are neogothic, built in the 1890s (or
early 1900s), in the era that romantic buildings were hip. I have seen some
perfect (and less perfect) copies of old European buildings in America, even
in California.
--Harry.
> How come Duckburg can have such old (medieval) buildings like
> Notre Duck and that castle in House of Hounts (US63) BTW?
To me they are not medieval. They are neogothic, built in the 1890s (or
early 1900s), in the era that romantic buildings were hip. I have seen some
perfect (and less perfect) copies of old European buildings in America, even
in California.
--Harry.
H.W.Fluks
A note for Sigvald
Message 399 -
2002-06-24 at 14:23:18
Sigfjeld Gr?svald (something familiar with that name...):
> I have now put the scans of "The Blueprints of The
> Money Bin" on-line:
> http://duckman.pettho.com/sc_cover/v_moneyb1.html
No thanks for copying the scans and not mentioning the sources (the original
booklet and the person who made the scans).
> I then have some comments about your Barkshomage-scans
> which I hope will be helpful for future scans
If you would have looked at the sources of the scans, you would have known
to whom to direct your critics.
> the scan of the second part of the Blueprints seems to
> have been done in a hurry. So I had to work for hours
> to get presentable graphics for my site.
Of course, you could also have asked the original scanner for new scans.
Besides, you didn't *have to* work for hours: no-one asked you to copy these
scans on your website.
--Harry.
> I have now put the scans of "The Blueprints of The
> Money Bin" on-line:
> http://duckman.pettho.com/sc_cover/v_moneyb1.html
No thanks for copying the scans and not mentioning the sources (the original
booklet and the person who made the scans).
> I then have some comments about your Barkshomage-scans
> which I hope will be helpful for future scans
If you would have looked at the sources of the scans, you would have known
to whom to direct your critics.
> the scan of the second part of the Blueprints seems to
> have been done in a hurry. So I had to work for hours
> to get presentable graphics for my site.
Of course, you could also have asked the original scanner for new scans.
Besides, you didn't *have to* work for hours: no-one asked you to copy these
scans on your website.
--Harry.
Sigvald Grøsfjeld Jr.
A note for Sigvald
Message 400 -
2002-06-24 at 14:47:26
> No thanks for copying the scans and not
> mentioning the sources (the original booklet
> and the person who made the scans).
1) The original English-language version of the
blueprints are NOT published so there is no booklet to
mention AFAIK.
2) My experience is that people normally don't wish to
have their name mentioned when they provide me with
scans.
> If you would have looked at the sources of
> the scans, you would have known to whom to
> direct your critics.
I did. But I don't know this Carey Furlong who is
mentioned as the person who did those scans so I don't
have his/her mailadress either. So the second best I
could do was to adress my tips (I am sorry if you took
it as negative critics) to the one who host the scans.
> Of course, you could also have asked the original
> scanner for new scans.
Sure, If I had known that person I would.
> Besides, you didn't *have to* work for hours:
> no-one asked you to copy these scans on your
> website.
No, but they definitely belongs there, so I had to do
it. And I am pretty sure that many people are now very
happy about what I did to those scans.
Sigvald :-)
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> mentioning the sources (the original booklet
> and the person who made the scans).
1) The original English-language version of the
blueprints are NOT published so there is no booklet to
mention AFAIK.
2) My experience is that people normally don't wish to
have their name mentioned when they provide me with
scans.
> If you would have looked at the sources of
> the scans, you would have known to whom to
> direct your critics.
I did. But I don't know this Carey Furlong who is
mentioned as the person who did those scans so I don't
have his/her mailadress either. So the second best I
could do was to adress my tips (I am sorry if you took
it as negative critics) to the one who host the scans.
> Of course, you could also have asked the original
> scanner for new scans.
Sure, If I had known that person I would.
> Besides, you didn't *have to* work for hours:
> no-one asked you to copy these scans on your
> website.
No, but they definitely belongs there, so I had to do
it. And I am pretty sure that many people are now very
happy about what I did to those scans.
Sigvald :-)
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Timo Ronkainen
Duckburg Landmarks
Message 401 -
2002-06-24 at 14:59:46
>From: H.W.Fluks at kpn.com
>To me they are not medieval. They are neogothic, built in the 1890s (or
>early 1900s), in the era that romantic buildings were hip.
That's a good explanation, especially for Notre Duck. But that castle in
House of Hounts seems to be in ruins, like ones in Scotland and some other
places. Like it's been there for nearly thousand years.
I don't know if copying these old buildings included copying very romantic
ruins in their excact condition?
Timo
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>To me they are not medieval. They are neogothic, built in the 1890s (or
>early 1900s), in the era that romantic buildings were hip.
That's a good explanation, especially for Notre Duck. But that castle in
House of Hounts seems to be in ruins, like ones in Scotland and some other
places. Like it's been there for nearly thousand years.
I don't know if copying these old buildings included copying very romantic
ruins in their excact condition?
Timo
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Halsten Aastebol
Editions of Taliaferro strips
Message 402 -
2002-06-24 at 15:14:52
At 13:17 24.06.02 +0100, Germund Silvegren wrote:
>Unfortunately I don't have it myself but I'm pretty sure the 1952 volume of
>Taliaferro's dailies was published in Norway a few years ago.
>/Germund
This series has reached at least 1955, maybe 1956.
Regards
Halsten
>Unfortunately I don't have it myself but I'm pretty sure the 1952 volume of
>Taliaferro's dailies was published in Norway a few years ago.
>/Germund
This series has reached at least 1955, maybe 1956.
Regards
Halsten
Germund Silvegren
Editions of Taliaferro strips
Message 403 -
2002-06-24 at 15:17:26
Unfortunately I don't have it myself but I'm pretty sure the 1952 volume of
Taliaferro's dailies was published in Norway a few years ago.
/Germund
>Timo said on this mailing list that the latest volume of the Taliaferro
>daily strips collection was the 1951 one (it is in the Inducks
>database). A similar book, from Norway I think, contains the strips from
>1951. My question is: has any later volume in Norway (or another country)
>been published? I was told that the Norwegian were a bit in advance
>compared to Finland, so maybe the 1952 volume has already been published
>there?
Taliaferro's dailies was published in Norway a few years ago.
/Germund
>Timo said on this mailing list that the latest volume of the Taliaferro
>daily strips collection was the 1951 one (it is in the Inducks
>database). A similar book, from Norway I think, contains the strips from
>1951. My question is: has any later volume in Norway (or another country)
>been published? I was told that the Norwegian were a bit in advance
>compared to Finland, so maybe the 1952 volume has already been published
>there?
H.W.Fluks
Duckburg Landmarks
Message 404 -
2002-06-24 at 15:31:03
Timo:
> that castle in
> House of Hounts seems to be in ruins, like ones in Scotland
> and some other
> places. Like it's been there for nearly thousand years.
> I don't know if copying these old buildings included copying
> very romantic ruins in their excact condition?
I haven't seen such in the USA, but there are indeed some "fake ruins" in
Europe, built in the 18th and 19th century.
Another possibility is that a 1890 house was really deserted in (for
instance) the 1920s, and started to look like a ruin in the decades after
that.
--Harry.
> that castle in
> House of Hounts seems to be in ruins, like ones in Scotland
> and some other
> places. Like it's been there for nearly thousand years.
> I don't know if copying these old buildings included copying
> very romantic ruins in their excact condition?
I haven't seen such in the USA, but there are indeed some "fake ruins" in
Europe, built in the 18th and 19th century.
Another possibility is that a 1890 house was really deserted in (for
instance) the 1920s, and started to look like a ruin in the decades after
that.
--Harry.
Sigvald Grøsfjeld Jr.
DB landmarks - Summary I
Message 405 -
2002-06-24 at 15:50:34
Hi all!
During the last few days there have been posted a lot
of good suggestions of important Duckburg Land Marks.
To help Don and the rest of us to keep the view I have
now made a list (sorted by the alphabet) of what I
think are the 15 best suggestions so far concerning
what I would have wanted to see as a tourist:
Fort Duckburg (in Black forest)
Gyro?s workshop
Junior Woodchucks Headquarters
Notre Duck
Scrooge?s Money Bin
Shacktown
Stadium of American Football (W MM Almanac 1)
The Baseball stadium (From: The Madball
Pitcher)
The Clock tower
The Duckburg Museum
The Duckburg Wax Museum
The lighthouse of Cape Quack
The Mad Duke's Castle
The McDuck zoo
The statue of Cornelius Coot
Sigvald :-)
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During the last few days there have been posted a lot
of good suggestions of important Duckburg Land Marks.
To help Don and the rest of us to keep the view I have
now made a list (sorted by the alphabet) of what I
think are the 15 best suggestions so far concerning
what I would have wanted to see as a tourist:
Fort Duckburg (in Black forest)
Gyro?s workshop
Junior Woodchucks Headquarters
Notre Duck
Scrooge?s Money Bin
Shacktown
Stadium of American Football (W MM Almanac 1)
The Baseball stadium (From: The Madball
Pitcher)
The Clock tower
The Duckburg Museum
The Duckburg Wax Museum
The lighthouse of Cape Quack
The Mad Duke's Castle
The McDuck zoo
The statue of Cornelius Coot
Sigvald :-)
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