tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Jul 26, 2014 10:41:38 GMT
  It is nightime where some of our members live -- I'd like to see a constellation. |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Jul 26, 2014 11:03:45 GMT
 Next target.......... A burin on a stamp. |
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Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Jul 26, 2014 11:31:52 GMT
Ha ha - Rodney, that was "constellation", not "Constellation" ... A burin, fittingly engraved by Czeslaw Slania.  When I was 10 years old, the family moved and as part of the furniture arrangements, my bedroom received the old record player and a stack of unwanted records. One of my favourites was this track, a #1 hit in 1959 (and promptly banned by the BBC in Britain, as was the earlier version by Louis Armstrong). Find one or both of the songwriters (there are no stamps featuring the man who authored the English translation, however). Ryan |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Jul 26, 2014 11:40:37 GMT
I say, What a capital idea!
Nice stamp indeed, illustrates the poor old engravers have to engrave everything back to front,
I wonder if Slania did his own value tablets, or just limited himself to the vignettes.
PS: Mack the Knife, one of my all time favs too.
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Post by Perfs14 on Jul 27, 2014 22:18:26 GMT
 Find..er..gumnuts! |
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Jul 27, 2014 23:18:23 GMT
Will these do?   If so, how about a Guest House... |
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Post by stoltzpup on Jul 28, 2014 2:55:37 GMT
Does a postcard count? If it does, I'll come up with another topic.  |
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Jul 28, 2014 11:08:58 GMT
That will work for me...assuming that I got the gumnut hunt correct.
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Post by stoltzpup on Jul 28, 2014 13:07:10 GMT
OK, then. Find next seven men in a rowboat.
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Post by Perfs14 on Jul 28, 2014 16:28:30 GMT
Gumnuts A-OK!  |
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Philatarium
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Post by Philatarium on Jul 28, 2014 17:23:18 GMT
I'll admit, I had to look up what a gumnut was. I did not realize it's from the eucalyptus tree. And I had never encountered a eucalyptus until I came to California. My college campus had groves of them on the land that formed kind a barrier between the boundary of the college town and the main part of the campus. I used to ride my bike through them to run errands in town. Magnificent aroma. I don't know how common they are in most other parts of the US, and I didn't realize, until about 10 minutes ago, that they are not supposed to be common here in California, either. Rather, they are considered a "moderate" invasive species, brought in from Tasmania! There was a deliberate effort to plant them here in the 1870s, thinking it would be a quick way to produce more lumber. (Turns out they were wrong.) Anyway, they are several streets I drive in this area that still have eucalypti lining them, and I love driving through there, and it makes me nostalgic for their abundance in Northern California (where there's more moisture and they are more of an invasion problem, compared to the drier climate here in Southern California). Who knew? I didn't. Here are several interesting sources: www.independent.com/news/2011/jan/15/how-eucalyptus-came-california/blogs.kqed.org/science/2013/06/12/eucalyptus-california-icon-fire-hazard-and-invasive-species/www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_focus/history/la-as-subject/who-eucalyptized-southern-california.htmlAre they present in other parts of the US, or in other parts of the world? |
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Londonbus1
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Post by Londonbus1 on Jul 28, 2014 18:02:36 GMT
Absolutely ! The pic below does not show them that well but this is part of an area I have been trying to develop in to a park for our villagers. A work in progress.  Also, a year or so ago we planted over 200 'miniature' Eucalyptus trees in the vicinity of our Bee-keeping house. We get great free honey year round !! The trees do not grow much more than 8 feet tall whereby those in the pic are enormous !! Eucalyptus trees were brought over from Australia in the 1950's to dry out swamps and lessen the chances of catching Malaria. It worked. They are not all over this tiny country but we have quite a number. I'll be on the lookout for the species that produce gumnuts ! Londonbus1 |
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Post by Perfs14 on Jul 29, 2014 21:53:30 GMT
They are all over Australia and are not restricted to Tasssie. I know that a variety of species were imported to Ethiopia and Eritrea and probably in other parts of the world. they are very nice trees but make excellent bushfires, which they have been suspected of actually starting on occasions, as a way to rid themselves of competition! To which Banksias have responded by being able to reproduce after their seeds have been literally roasted in fire...evolution is fine thing!
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Post by Perfs14 on Jul 29, 2014 21:58:51 GMT
I think that stoltzpup deserves 1 point, as I have not been able to find a boat with exactly 7 men (and by the look of it no one else has either)...I found stamps with any number from 1 to hundreds, but not 7. But before he can gain his point he has to post the image of the stamp and then choose the next topic. Well done stoltzpup! |
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Post by stoltzpup on Jul 30, 2014 1:06:42 GMT
I assume they're all men because I think Columbus's crew were all men. 
If there is no objection, find an iron mill (not my avatar). |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Jul 30, 2014 1:42:20 GMT
As an aside,
It may be pertinent to consider the times of Colombus.
The "Nina" had a crew of 30, and the average age was 16 as I recall.
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Post by stoltzpup on Jul 30, 2014 1:46:00 GMT
Hummmmm. Your point being that some in the boat are boys, not men?
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Jul 30, 2014 8:45:49 GMT
Not really, just bringing to notice, the age of seafarers, in days gone by, I think Nelson went to sea at 14, So, yes, I guess they could be men and boys, as we see it today. With Colombus times, I think the "ship's boys" were around 10 years old and up, but whether they were aboard the first trip I'll have to re read my book. Anyhows, I doubt, if they were aboard, they would be anywhere near the ship's cutter on landing featured on the stamp, they'd probably be back aboard cleaning the bilge. |
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Post by Perfs14 on Jul 30, 2014 9:13:00 GMT
When I was looking for that stamp i would have taken men,boys, women, girls cats and dogs ...as long as I could count 7 heads  Good one stoltzpup! |
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Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Jul 30, 2014 11:22:05 GMT
find an iron mill (not my avatar) Here's a 1951 Polish stamp that shows a steel mill in Nowa Huta. According to Wikipedia, the steel mill was not yet finished at the time - construction on the district of Nowa Huta only began in 1949, with the intention of building a model communist city, as with Stalinstadt in East Germany (construction began there in 1950, again with a steel mill as the primary industry).  What's next? Hmmm - how about the subject of this piece of music? Find him on a stamp. (Neither the music nor the subject have anything whatsoever to do with the yo-yo, but it was such a fantastic leap of reasoning that I had to choose this performance.) Ryan |
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Jul 30, 2014 16:11:41 GMT
I don't have this in my collection so I had to borrow it from the web (Scott 3091; Feb. 22, 1996):  Let's see a stamp depicting any female pilot (except Amelia Earhart). |
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Post by stoltzpup on Jul 30, 2014 20:16:12 GMT
I would have thought the Canada collectors would have been all over this one.
What stamp has ten feet but only five hands?
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Jul 31, 2014 0:43:20 GMT
Too recent to be familiar I'm stuck in the 1800's right now.
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Post by stoltzpup on Jul 31, 2014 10:48:08 GMT
A better description: What stamp has ten colorful running feet but only five hands?
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Post by stoltzpup on Jul 31, 2014 22:02:31 GMT
Ten feet but only five hands. Time elapsed.  Here's something to find closer to Frog's era. Find and orphan rock. |
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Post by stoltzpup on Aug 1, 2014 12:06:00 GMT
Expanded clue: Find a "Little Orphan Rock."
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Post by Perfs14 on Aug 2, 2014 19:49:14 GMT
mmmm... I wonder if the game has entered a new phase of solving riddles rather than just exploring the vast range of topics that can be found on stamps, which was the original purpose of the comp. Perhaps there would be more answers forthcoming if we returned to that original aim? Just my 2c's worth |
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Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Aug 2, 2014 20:34:32 GMT
I meditated upon Collective Soul Cat:
and I meditated upon Dubstep Cat:
and I meditated upon Nyan Cat:
after all, the internet is made of cats and I figured it would give me insight into Bud's clues. But all I did was watch cats for hours, without figuring out anything about rocks and stamps ....
Ryan
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Post by stoltzpup on Aug 2, 2014 23:43:49 GMT
Little Orphan Rock in the Yangtse River -- China Treaty Ports- Kewkiang, Scott # 13.  A volunteer can select the next topic. |
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Aug 3, 2014 11:46:56 GMT
... A volunteer can select the next topic. To keep things moving along, I'd like to see a baby (but not Jesus) on a stamp. |
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