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Re: THE MINT HOUSE

Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 11:38 am
by npap
kenetics wrote:Hey npap, are you off on one of your expeditions for the summer?
(I'm sure he will fill us in on all the adventures he's probably involved in!)
Hello Ken,
How are you doing old boy? :)
As you correctly guessed, I am off to a new expedition. I am also recharging the batteries.
But my Internet connection is poor in these mountains.
Hope to get back soon.
_., .__., ._, .__.
:)

Re: THE MINT HOUSE

Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:15 am
by Lady Quindecim
Hmmm... I have been away from this thread for too long. not sure why. Mercy, I have been away from this whole Mint forum for too long.
That being said, let me just touch on some earlier posts, if I may.
The Earth is alive and she is resilient. But it is high time we cleaned house - no matter what fable, parable, doctrine or creed one wants to use to explain why. Just get-er-done. No more excuses (not directed at anyone, just in general.)

And welcome all blessings.

I hope the expedition was all it was meant to be,

Re: THE MINT HOUSE

Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 2:41 pm
by npap
Lady Quindecim wrote:Hmmm... I have been away from this thread for too long. not sure why. Mercy, I have been away from this whole Mint forum for too long.
That being said, let me just touch on some earlier posts, if I may.
The Earth is alive and she is resilient. But it is high time we cleaned house - no matter what fable, parable, doctrine or creed one wants to use to explain why. Just get-er-done. No more excuses (not directed at anyone, just in general.)

And welcome all blessings.

I hope the expedition was all it was meant to be,
A heartfelt welcome to you Lady Quindecim.
You are so right. We must clean house if we want a healthy environment.
Cheers,
npap

Re: THE MINT HOUSE

Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 11:02 am
by Lady Quindecim
npap wrote: A heartfelt welcome to you Lady Quindecim.
You are so right. We must clean house if we want a healthy environment.
Cheers,
npap
Thanks and 'Cheers' to you too.

Had I not noticed before that your web page is in Greek? Not to say it is Greek to me, which it is, but that like, it is in Greek to everyone?

Re: THE MINT HOUSE

Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 2:27 pm
by kenetics
I hope the expedition was all it was meant to be
We expect a full report! :D

Re: THE MINT HOUSE

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 6:41 am
by npap
Hello Ken,
I have kept notes during this expedition since it was almost impossible to come on live. :)
The wireless Internet connection was many times impossible, mostly because of magnetic disturbances created by strange
flying objects on mount Olympus.
And all this in spite of the sophisticated equipment that was provided by the technical department in the Zeus headquarters :lol:

I hope to be able to report in detail the extraterrestrial phenomena that I was fortunate enough to experience during my trips
with the Zeus vehicle. :D

Expecting to be back home shortly.
Cheers,
npap

Re: THE MINT HOUSE

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 6:49 am
by npap
Lady Quindecim, there was a time when English was all Greek to me :lol:
So, for my English speaking friends, I have made a bi-lingual blog .

http://mygrandpasworld.blogspot.com/
Greetings from mount Olympus and the Zeus gang.

npap

SEASON'S GREETINGS

Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2010 8:27 am
by npap
SEASON'S GREETINGS TO OUR MINT FRIENDS

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SAVE OUR PLANET FOR OUR CHILDREN AND THE GENERATIONS TO COME

Re: THE MINT HOUSE

Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2010 8:34 am
by willie42
Merry Christmas to All and happy Holidays :D

Undelivered WW1 postcard

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:16 am
by npap
Can anybody identify these WW1 soldiers? How about a translation for the back of the card?

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Re: THE MINT HOUSE

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 4:10 pm
by germanix
Hi npap, I did try to do a translation but I was not very easy as the writing is not that clear. However I can tell you that this postcard was written by a german soldier to a friend who was also a soldier at that time. The card is addressed to a Karl Kamerer who at that time was with the reserve Infantry Regiment of the 7th Company. The writer is obviously on of the gentleman on the photo but I do not know which. He starts off by telling his friend that he had this postcard made of himself and he wanted his friend to have a copy there off. He then tells him that at the time he was well.
from here onwards the writing is not at all very clear and I can only identify odd words in each following sentence but the general message is.
Why have I not heard from you for so long?
He then seems to call his friend a sour cucumber and tells him if he does not hear from him soon he will be highly upset
The rest is not clear to me.
Hope this helps somewhat

Undelivered WW1 postcard

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 7:43 am
by npap
Dankeshoen for the translation Germanix :)
I was hoping that this postcard would be very valuable to the descendants
of the gentlemen in the picture.
I hope that someone recognises his ancestors in it.

I found the card in an uncle's collection of souvenirs; he passed away quite some time ago. He was a World War One veteran who was sent to the European front in 1917 and was a casualty of poison gas. But he died in the US at the age of 95. :o
I have another postcard that I will post here, hoping to help the descendants of those men that fought in the futile WW I war.

I may rescan the postcard at a higher resolution and try to make it as readable as possible.
I hope that some people will be interested.

Thanks again Germanix. :) Good work!
npap

PS. In this clearer scan, the stamp on the postcard reads: Fereinslazaret Traunstein----Neues Krankenhaus
Note: Lazarets were isolation or quarantine places.

ANOTHER WW1 POSTCARD

Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 7:24 am
by npap
Here's another WW1 postcard that may be of interest to some people.

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Re: THE MINT HOUSE

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 2:02 am
by richyrich
Just completed some new living areas for the Mint House . . . that's what I love about this, freedom to make my computing experience whatever I want it to be . . . ahhh ! . . Image


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click the pic for 1920x1200 widescreen. feel free to explore the new dimensions of our home!

regards, richy . :mrgreen:

Re: THE MINT HOUSE

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 5:52 am
by npap
Yes, Richyrich.
That is an architectural marvel, to say the least.
It also defies gravity in the top floor :lol:

Re: THE MINT HOUSE

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 11:21 pm
by kenetics
Great design, Richy!

I have no trouble navigating those stairs. But oddly enough, the beer seems to leave my glass on the upper levels. :?

Re: THE MINT HOUSE

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:34 am
by npap
Try a glass of frozen beer, Ken :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_H5ZIoZSBo

How are you doing old boy?

Re: THE MINT HOUSE

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 4:08 pm
by kenetics
By jove, that just might work! I nominate npap for "idea of the day". :lol:

Re: THE MINT HOUSE

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 6:00 am
by npap
kenetics wrote:By jove, that just might work! I nominate npap for "idea of the day". :lol:
Thanks!
Antireeze was one of my ideas too. Just got my patent. :lol:

Re: THE MINT HOUSE

Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 7:23 am
by casey972oo
richyrich wrote:Just completed some new living areas for the Mint House . . . that's what I love about this, freedom to make my computing experience whatever I want it to be . . . ahhh ! . . Image


Image
click the pic for 1920x1200 widescreen. feel free to explore the new dimensions of our home!

regards, richy . :mrgreen:
Yeah ! ... ' richyrich ' ! ... there was a guy ... named ' Escher ' ! ... ' Maurits Cornelius Escher ' ! .. from Holland ! ...

who did this ' Graphic ' originaly ! ... google it ! ... he is dead ! ...

casey972oo

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