At 00:18 04.02.2003 -0800, lgiver at postoffice.pacbell.net wrote:
> On page 6, panel 5, there is a stack of
> about 32 bales. The 2 bales in the foreground of panel 3 on
> page 6
> are each labeled $9,000,000,000,000,000. If all 32 bales have
> this
> same amount, he has $288,000,000,000,000,000 in his bin.
No, no, no.. this must only be his pocket money!
I mean: $288,000,000,000,000,000! There's even a name for this number. At
least here in Norway. It would be called 288 billiarder (billiard = 10 to
the power of 15). And above that we have trillion (10 to the power of 18)
and then the last: trilliard (10 to the power of 21). Maybe not really
official, but at least that is the popular meaning of those figures.
The confusing one in this is "billion" which in Norwegian means 10 to the
power of 12!
The English billion, 10 to the power of 9, is milliard in Norwegian.
But my point is: Scrooge's fortune must be way above any nameable figure.
It's $ 17 umptillion 2 fantasticatillion 8 impossibillium 306 billion and
do not forget the 16 cents.
Isn't the number given by Donald as 500 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
000 ..some number of zeros...000 and 16 cents in "The Menehune Mystery"?
Regards
Halsten
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Halsten Aastebol
Would Scrooge exchange his money??
Message 31 -
2003-02-04 at 12:03:37
Vic Pratt
SPACE MOUSE
Message 32 -
2003-02-04 at 13:58:29
Greetings
Dennis wrote:
>No Dane, i do not despise posts advertising E-bay
>auctions.Anytime anyone finds Barks or Gottfredson
>items for sale i would like to know about it.
I agree with Dennis. I'm always interested to see
links to this kind of stuff on ebay...or anywhere
else...I like looking at it, even if I don't have the
bread to buy such things...
Anybody on the list heard of SPACE MOUSE? He appeared
in an Avon comic in the early fifties called FUNNY
TUNES. Any information appreciated...
Cheerio
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Dennis wrote:
>No Dane, i do not despise posts advertising E-bay
>auctions.Anytime anyone finds Barks or Gottfredson
>items for sale i would like to know about it.
I agree with Dennis. I'm always interested to see
links to this kind of stuff on ebay...or anywhere
else...I like looking at it, even if I don't have the
bread to buy such things...
Anybody on the list heard of SPACE MOUSE? He appeared
in an Avon comic in the early fifties called FUNNY
TUNES. Any information appreciated...
Cheerio
VIC
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SPACE MOUSE
Message 33 -
2003-02-04 at 14:14:42
In a message dated 2/4/2003 7:00:59 AM Eastern Standard Time,
thebeesong at yahoo.co.uk writes:
> Anybody on the list heard of SPACE MOUSE? He appeared
> in an Avon comic in the early fifties called FUNNY
> TUNES. Any information appreciated...
>
drawn by Frank Carin (who worked for gold key in the 60s), and i think some
of the stories written by Carl Wessler --- Space Mouse even had his own
comic.....
not too well done - but then i say that for all the
Avon humor comics
steven rowe
thebeesong at yahoo.co.uk writes:
> Anybody on the list heard of SPACE MOUSE? He appeared
> in an Avon comic in the early fifties called FUNNY
> TUNES. Any information appreciated...
>
drawn by Frank Carin (who worked for gold key in the 60s), and i think some
of the stories written by Carl Wessler --- Space Mouse even had his own
comic.....
not too well done - but then i say that for all the
Avon humor comics
steven rowe
JTorci3511
Free Comic Day: How do the comic stores get them?
Message 34 -
2003-02-04 at 14:56:20
Rob and/or Nancy McCallum wrote:
"I just talked to my local comic store and they see no listing for the Disney
free comic in the January (or Feb) order forms? So how do they actually
order it?"
It is featured on PAGE 12 of the FEBRUARY, 2003 issue of Diamond Comic
Distributors' PREVIEWS Catalog.
My comics retailer (Bailey's Comics of Lindenhurst, NY) was helpful enough to
actually point this out to me, when I asked. Please direct the attention of
the employees of your comic shop to do the same.
Also, a bit of advice to everyone... DON'T RELY ON YOUR COMICS RETAILER TO
AUTOMATICALLY ORDER THESE. Be proactive and specifically request them.
Not every retailer is obliged to participate in Free Comic Book Day - and not
all of them will. Those who do are not obligated to order and distribute
EVERYTHING offered by the promoting publishers. The Gemstone DONALD DUCK
ADVENTURES (...as much as WE all love this stuff) may not be considered a
prime offering by certain retailers. So, speak to them and express your
preference as soon as possible, as the ordering deadline appears to be about
February 15.
Thanks to the diligence of my retailer, I've pre-ordered both the DONALD DUCK
ADVENTURES and BATMAN ADVENTURES Free Comic Book Day offerings. I'd
recommend that anyone who desires any specific item associated with Free
Comic Book Day do the same.
Oh, and it also wouldn't hurt to make your retailer aware in advance of your
desire to purchase the coming line of Gemstone Disney comics -- and maybe
even start a "Pull or Reserve List", if one is offered. In this day of low
number ordering by retailers, it might be the best way to ensure that you get
the comics you want.
Joe Torcivia.
"I just talked to my local comic store and they see no listing for the Disney
free comic in the January (or Feb) order forms? So how do they actually
order it?"
It is featured on PAGE 12 of the FEBRUARY, 2003 issue of Diamond Comic
Distributors' PREVIEWS Catalog.
My comics retailer (Bailey's Comics of Lindenhurst, NY) was helpful enough to
actually point this out to me, when I asked. Please direct the attention of
the employees of your comic shop to do the same.
Also, a bit of advice to everyone... DON'T RELY ON YOUR COMICS RETAILER TO
AUTOMATICALLY ORDER THESE. Be proactive and specifically request them.
Not every retailer is obliged to participate in Free Comic Book Day - and not
all of them will. Those who do are not obligated to order and distribute
EVERYTHING offered by the promoting publishers. The Gemstone DONALD DUCK
ADVENTURES (...as much as WE all love this stuff) may not be considered a
prime offering by certain retailers. So, speak to them and express your
preference as soon as possible, as the ordering deadline appears to be about
February 15.
Thanks to the diligence of my retailer, I've pre-ordered both the DONALD DUCK
ADVENTURES and BATMAN ADVENTURES Free Comic Book Day offerings. I'd
recommend that anyone who desires any specific item associated with Free
Comic Book Day do the same.
Oh, and it also wouldn't hurt to make your retailer aware in advance of your
desire to purchase the coming line of Gemstone Disney comics -- and maybe
even start a "Pull or Reserve List", if one is offered. In this day of low
number ordering by retailers, it might be the best way to ensure that you get
the comics you want.
Joe Torcivia.
Donald D. Markstein
Scrooge vs. Euro
Message 35 -
2003-02-04 at 18:12:53
> Just for the record:
> In the Barks/Rosa universe Scrooge died in 1967,
> 100 years old. So in that universe it would most
> likely be HD&L who has to worry about the
> monetary challenges of our time.
And what record would that be? Rosa himself has said more than once that he
does not desire or expect his ideas about the Ducks' background to bind
other writers and artists. Obviously, they don't bind those taking part in
this discussion, because if he'd died in 1967, the discussion wouldn't even
be taking place.
Sigvald, you remind me of an American superhero fan, carefully cataloguing
all the intricacies of characters' lives, speculating on the gaps, and
"correcting" anyone who doesn't go along with your ideas. I rub elbows with
them every time I go to a comic book store, and burned out on that sort of
stuff years ago.
Quack, Don
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> In the Barks/Rosa universe Scrooge died in 1967,
> 100 years old. So in that universe it would most
> likely be HD&L who has to worry about the
> monetary challenges of our time.
And what record would that be? Rosa himself has said more than once that he
does not desire or expect his ideas about the Ducks' background to bind
other writers and artists. Obviously, they don't bind those taking part in
this discussion, because if he'd died in 1967, the discussion wouldn't even
be taking place.
Sigvald, you remind me of an American superhero fan, carefully cataloguing
all the intricacies of characters' lives, speculating on the gaps, and
"correcting" anyone who doesn't go along with your ideas. I rub elbows with
them every time I go to a comic book store, and burned out on that sort of
stuff years ago.
Quack, Don
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Kai Saarto
Scrooge vs. Euro
Message 36 -
2003-02-04 at 19:14:10
Donald D. Markstein wrote:
>>Just for the record:
>>In the Barks/Rosa universe Scrooge died in 1967,
>>100 years old. So in that universe it would most
>>likely be HD&L who has to worry about the
>>monetary challenges of our time.
>
>
> And what record would that be? Rosa himself has said more than once that he
> does not desire or expect his ideas about the Ducks' background to bind
> other writers and artists. Obviously, they don't bind those taking part in
> this discussion, because if he'd died in 1967, the discussion wouldn't even
> be taking place.
I don't think Sigvald was going to bind anyone from discussing this
subject. He was just making a point that this discussion wouldn?t be
taking place in Rosa universe. Obviously not in Barks' either. I'd like
to add that this wouldn't happening in the Rosa-universe just for the
fact that in it Ducks live in U.S. where there is no Euros to worry.
We?ll I guess there *are* European coins and papermoney in the bin, even
if U$ lives in U.S.
Its really frustrating sometimes to discuss these things since there are
so many different universes that ducks live in. We?ll should just keep
that in mind when discussing.
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>>Just for the record:
>>In the Barks/Rosa universe Scrooge died in 1967,
>>100 years old. So in that universe it would most
>>likely be HD&L who has to worry about the
>>monetary challenges of our time.
>
>
> And what record would that be? Rosa himself has said more than once that he
> does not desire or expect his ideas about the Ducks' background to bind
> other writers and artists. Obviously, they don't bind those taking part in
> this discussion, because if he'd died in 1967, the discussion wouldn't even
> be taking place.
I don't think Sigvald was going to bind anyone from discussing this
subject. He was just making a point that this discussion wouldn?t be
taking place in Rosa universe. Obviously not in Barks' either. I'd like
to add that this wouldn't happening in the Rosa-universe just for the
fact that in it Ducks live in U.S. where there is no Euros to worry.
We?ll I guess there *are* European coins and papermoney in the bin, even
if U$ lives in U.S.
Its really frustrating sometimes to discuss these things since there are
so many different universes that ducks live in. We?ll should just keep
that in mind when discussing.
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http://www.perunamaa.net/donrosa
KUR
Soapy Slick
Message 37 -
2003-02-04 at 19:19:02
In http://duckman.pettho.com/characters/characters.html they wrote that
Soapy Slick apeared in "Luck of the north" but according to
http://stp.ling.uu.se/~starback/dcml/chars/index.html he doesn't apeared in
it. Which version is the correct one?
Yours
Maciek
Soapy Slick apeared in "Luck of the north" but according to
http://stp.ling.uu.se/~starback/dcml/chars/index.html he doesn't apeared in
it. Which version is the correct one?
Yours
Maciek
Rob Klein
Scrooge vs. Euro
Message 38 -
2003-02-04 at 19:40:34
Regarding the question of Scrooge's exchanging his old European currencies for
Euro: Most of the comments made both on the YES side AND the NO side have
merit. After considering all the factors, I believe McDuck would do a little of
both. We cannot consider him to have "died" before the Euro, as some of the
current publishers will, or have already used Euro as Duckburg's new monetary
unit (not so?).
I believe that the cash in his money bin is a very, very small fraction of his
overall wealth (much of which is on paper, in stock, bonds, bank
accounts,etc.). He is so very, very wealthy, that he can afford to lose some
value to continue swimming in his money. However, he has money from all over
the world. I don't remember him having such an attachment to specific bills or
coins of the various European currencies. I believe that he can "have his cake
and eat it, too". He would likely exchange most of his European paper bills,
for Euro credit in banks. He would only keep special paper bills that had
significance (i.e. the first bill he earned from each country in each
denomination). He would keep all the coins, and add to them new Euro coins.
Then, later, after the bulk of the population has turned in their old
currancies,he would spend a very small amount of new Euro, to purchase BACK all
the Euro bills which would now be worthless, and would cost some money for
their governments to destroy. Scrooge would offer to take the worthless bills
AND Coins, of the hands of the governments, saving them the cost of doing the
destroying. It would probably cost more in manpower to melt down the coins,
than the end product metal would be worth.
Perhaps Scrooge might even be able to KEEP all the bills and coins for FREE,
AND actually EARN MORE MONEY to do so, by winning the paid contract to dispose
of the bills and coins. He would, thus, get all his money back and that of all
the other people; PLUS, earn more in doing so. He would now have even more
wonderful money to smell and swim and bathe in, and be the richer for it!!
THAT last scenario is MY VOTE for outcome to this question!!!!It fits Uncle
Scrooge best!!!
Rob
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Euro: Most of the comments made both on the YES side AND the NO side have
merit. After considering all the factors, I believe McDuck would do a little of
both. We cannot consider him to have "died" before the Euro, as some of the
current publishers will, or have already used Euro as Duckburg's new monetary
unit (not so?).
I believe that the cash in his money bin is a very, very small fraction of his
overall wealth (much of which is on paper, in stock, bonds, bank
accounts,etc.). He is so very, very wealthy, that he can afford to lose some
value to continue swimming in his money. However, he has money from all over
the world. I don't remember him having such an attachment to specific bills or
coins of the various European currencies. I believe that he can "have his cake
and eat it, too". He would likely exchange most of his European paper bills,
for Euro credit in banks. He would only keep special paper bills that had
significance (i.e. the first bill he earned from each country in each
denomination). He would keep all the coins, and add to them new Euro coins.
Then, later, after the bulk of the population has turned in their old
currancies,he would spend a very small amount of new Euro, to purchase BACK all
the Euro bills which would now be worthless, and would cost some money for
their governments to destroy. Scrooge would offer to take the worthless bills
AND Coins, of the hands of the governments, saving them the cost of doing the
destroying. It would probably cost more in manpower to melt down the coins,
than the end product metal would be worth.
Perhaps Scrooge might even be able to KEEP all the bills and coins for FREE,
AND actually EARN MORE MONEY to do so, by winning the paid contract to dispose
of the bills and coins. He would, thus, get all his money back and that of all
the other people; PLUS, earn more in doing so. He would now have even more
wonderful money to smell and swim and bathe in, and be the richer for it!!
THAT last scenario is MY VOTE for outcome to this question!!!!It fits Uncle
Scrooge best!!!
Rob
Klein
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Stefan Persson
Would Scrooge exchange his money??
Message 39 -
2003-02-04 at 19:56:02
Halsten Aastebol wrote:
> The confusing one in this is "billion" which in Norwegian means 10 to
> the power of 12!
> The English billion, 10 to the power of 9, is milliard in Norwegian.
Isn't 10^9 called "milliard" in Britain and "billion" in America?
Stefan
> The confusing one in this is "billion" which in Norwegian means 10 to
> the power of 12!
> The English billion, 10 to the power of 9, is milliard in Norwegian.
Isn't 10^9 called "milliard" in Britain and "billion" in America?
Stefan
Kai Saarto
Scrooge vs. Euro
Message 40 -
2003-02-04 at 19:59:01
Rob Klein wrote:
> Perhaps Scrooge might even be able to KEEP all the bills and coins for FREE,
> AND actually EARN MORE MONEY to do so, by winning the paid contract to dispose
> of the bills and coins. He would, thus, get all his money back and that of all
> the other people; PLUS, earn more in doing so. He would now have even more
> wonderful money to smell and swim and bathe in, and be the richer for it!!
>
> THAT last scenario is MY VOTE for outcome to this question!!!!It fits Uncle
> Scrooge best!!!
Haha! Agreed. This is the only scenario that actually made me laugh!
This would make a fine 10-pager.
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> Perhaps Scrooge might even be able to KEEP all the bills and coins for FREE,
> AND actually EARN MORE MONEY to do so, by winning the paid contract to dispose
> of the bills and coins. He would, thus, get all his money back and that of all
> the other people; PLUS, earn more in doing so. He would now have even more
> wonderful money to smell and swim and bathe in, and be the richer for it!!
>
> THAT last scenario is MY VOTE for outcome to this question!!!!It fits Uncle
> Scrooge best!!!
Haha! Agreed. This is the only scenario that actually made me laugh!
This would make a fine 10-pager.
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- Kai Saarto
http://www.perunamaa.net/donrosa
UNDBKB
Free comic Maharajah Donald
Message 41 -
2003-02-04 at 21:33:58
> I just talked to my local comic store and they see no listing for the Disney
>
> free comic in the January (or Feb) order forms? So how do they actually
> order it?
>
> Rob
It is listed on page 12 of the Preview catalog for February and Page 10 of
the retailer order form for February.
For those of you who said you have to pay to get these, the agreement with
Diamond Comics says: "You agree to give these comics away on May 3rd, 2003
with no purchase required. Participating retailers must have a storefront."
If you have no luck with your local store I can ship them to you for the cost
of my shipping.
Barry
>
> free comic in the January (or Feb) order forms? So how do they actually
> order it?
>
> Rob
It is listed on page 12 of the Preview catalog for February and Page 10 of
the retailer order form for February.
For those of you who said you have to pay to get these, the agreement with
Diamond Comics says: "You agree to give these comics away on May 3rd, 2003
with no purchase required. Participating retailers must have a storefront."
If you have no luck with your local store I can ship them to you for the cost
of my shipping.
Barry
Timo Ronkainen
Free comic Maharajah Donald
Message 42 -
2003-02-04 at 22:16:18
I've found out now that no Finnish Comics Store will have any of these free
comic book day comic books. It will be too expensive for them to have them
shipped overseas, only some loyal many year customers may have some from
possible samples.
I wonder if it might be possible to get this Maharajah Donald-book by
sending SASE and IRC (International Response Coupon) to someone? Are those
IRC's used anymore? (IRC is a coupon you can exchange into postage stamps
anywhere).
Timo
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comic book day comic books. It will be too expensive for them to have them
shipped overseas, only some loyal many year customers may have some from
possible samples.
I wonder if it might be possible to get this Maharajah Donald-book by
sending SASE and IRC (International Response Coupon) to someone? Are those
IRC's used anymore? (IRC is a coupon you can exchange into postage stamps
anywhere).
Timo
^^''*''^^
Cartoonist - writer - donaldist -
Timo Ronkainen ---------------- -
YO-kylä 52 A 26 --------------- -
20540 Turku ------------------- -
Finland ----------------------- -
timoro at hotmail.com
timoro at sunpoint.net
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Luck Of The North
Message 43 -
2003-02-04 at 22:28:33
KUR wrote:
>In http://duckman.pettho.com/characters/characters.html they wrote that
> Soapy Slick apeared in "Luck of the north" but according to
> http://stp.ling.uu.se/~starback/dcml/chars/index.html he doesn't apeared in
> it. Which version is the correct one?
Soapy Slick does not appear in Luck Of The North. (I'm looking at a copy of it as I write this).
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana."
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>In http://duckman.pettho.com/characters/characters.html they wrote that
> Soapy Slick apeared in "Luck of the north" but according to
> http://stp.ling.uu.se/~starback/dcml/chars/index.html he doesn't apeared in
> it. Which version is the correct one?
Soapy Slick does not appear in Luck Of The North. (I'm looking at a copy of it as I write this).
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana."
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Would Scrooge exchange his money??
Message 44 -
2003-02-04 at 23:01:04
At 18:56 04.02.03 +0100, you wrote:
>Halsten Aastebol wrote:
>
>>The confusing one in this is "billion" which in Norwegian means 10 to the
>>power of 12!
>>The English billion, 10 to the power of 9, is milliard in Norwegian.
>
>Isn't 10^9 called "milliard" in Britain and "billion" in America?
not anymore. 'Milliard' is a rather outdated word nowadays
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>Halsten Aastebol wrote:
>
>>The confusing one in this is "billion" which in Norwegian means 10 to the
>>power of 12!
>>The English billion, 10 to the power of 9, is milliard in Norwegian.
>
>Isn't 10^9 called "milliard" in Britain and "billion" in America?
not anymore. 'Milliard' is a rather outdated word nowadays
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which obeys its own special laws."
Sigvald Grøsfjeld Jr.
Luck Of The North
Message 45 -
2003-02-04 at 23:08:53
Dan Rosenberg wrote:
> Soapy Slick does not appear in Luck Of The
> North. (I'm looking at a copy of it as I
> write this).
Thanks for notifying me! The correct is off
course "North of the Yukon". I guess I was
confused by the fact that both titles includes
the word "north". They are IMO two of Barks'
simplest titles. No wondering that the
Norwegian titles were improved so that they
become much more meaningful an LESS confusing!
Sigvald :-)
> Soapy Slick does not appear in Luck Of The
> North. (I'm looking at a copy of it as I
> write this).
Thanks for notifying me! The correct is off
course "North of the Yukon". I guess I was
confused by the fact that both titles includes
the word "north". They are IMO two of Barks'
simplest titles. No wondering that the
Norwegian titles were improved so that they
become much more meaningful an LESS confusing!
Sigvald :-)