+DamhuisClan Posted September 2, 2009 Author Posted September 2, 2009 A jiffy is an actual unit of time, and it is very short moment of time. Well done!! Do you know the actual 'unit of time'? IOW Define 'short moment'. Not sure the actual unit of time sorry. But it is something like a 1,000,000 of a second. My question has to do with flags. Most flags in the word revolve around 3 colours. Which flag was the first flag in the world to use tri (three) bands.
Ding bat Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 Hi one and all I would think the Dutch flag. Ding bat
+DamhuisClan Posted September 2, 2009 Author Posted September 2, 2009 Hi one and all I would think the Dutch flag. Ding bat DING bat (Darn ... he must have heard us talking about it the other day)
Ding bat Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 HI Dont blame it on me it is the first thing i thought of Any way here it goes. Where did the tulip originate from please for those who know the answer please dont answer. Ding bat P.S: I was just joking any one can answer.
+DamhuisClan Posted September 2, 2009 Author Posted September 2, 2009 HI Dont blame it on me it is the first thing i thought of Any way here it goes. Where did the tulip originate from please for those who know the answer please dont answer. Ding bat P.S: I was just joking any one can answer. Wow! Another one I know. Its somewhere in the Northern Hemisphere.....
+the pooks Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 tulips from amsterdam surely - ther's a song by that name...
+cincol Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 (edited) I know the tulip is found extensively just across the "dam" from where I am in what was known as Persia [or the Ottoman Empire] - today's Iran/Kazakstan/Turkey/Northern Iraq/Western Pakistan. Not sure if it actually originated from there, but worth a guess. I was paging though a coffee table book of Iran here the other day with magnificent photos of extensive fields of tulips of many different colours. If it was not for mountains in the background I would have thought the photos were taken in Holland. Edited September 2, 2009 by cincol
+Discombob Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 yes i also thought Asia somewhere, but I would have gone for China
+Team Ginger Posted September 3, 2009 Posted September 3, 2009 Not sure the actual unit of time sorry. But it is something like a 1,000,000 of a second. 1/1000 of a second actually.
+Carbon Hunter Posted September 3, 2009 Posted September 3, 2009 OK my guess - Persian (specifically Iran)?
+Discombob Posted September 3, 2009 Posted September 3, 2009 Hey Cmon INokia and Carbon Hunter, Cincol and already guessed Persia, Iran and Turkey
Ding bat Posted September 3, 2009 Posted September 3, 2009 My Guess would be Turkey Well done Inokia you got it right. I also thought Holland but i looked it up and it was Turkey. Thanks Ding bat
+iNokia Posted September 3, 2009 Posted September 3, 2009 Cincol, go for it you had the answer first.
+cincol Posted September 3, 2009 Posted September 3, 2009 (edited) Thanks iNokia - you could have run with it. Nokia is better known for communications devices and technology nowadays. However, the company has been around since it was founded in Finland in 1865. What did it start out manufacturing? Edited September 3, 2009 by cincol
+cincol Posted September 3, 2009 Posted September 3, 2009 paper? or was it lumber/wood sawmill? Certainly on the right track and in the right direction but not the correct co-ords yet.
+the pooks Posted September 4, 2009 Posted September 4, 2009 paper? or was it lumber/wood sawmill? Certainly on the right track and in the right direction but not the correct co-ords yet. I recall reading something about it quite recently - I'm going to kick myself when I hear the answer.
+cincol Posted September 4, 2009 Posted September 4, 2009 paper? or was it lumber/wood sawmill? Certainly on the right track and in the right direction but not the correct co-ords yet. I recall reading something about it quite recently - I'm going to kick myself when I hear the answer. I think "the pooks" are close enough on this one. The correct co-orda are halfway between the 2 waypoints mentioned - Nokia started off as a PULP milling company. They processed the milled lumber before the papermaking process. Go for it!
+Carbon Hunter Posted September 6, 2009 Posted September 6, 2009 paper? or was it lumber/wood sawmill? Certainly on the right track and in the right direction but not the correct co-ords yet. I recall reading something about it quite recently - I'm going to kick myself when I hear the answer. I think "the pooks" are close enough on this one. The correct co-orda are halfway between the 2 waypoints mentioned - Nokia started off as a PULP milling company. They processed the milled lumber before the papermaking process. Go for it! Bummer - I knew this one. Comes from not being online over the w/e. Yep - the cellphones came as they needed to have good comms between their forestry workers out in the field. The two way radios that were available were not effective, so they started develop0ing their own. These then developed into cellphones as we know them today. And voila - the rest is hisotry. I believe they still do own shares in the original pulp mills - but the current pulp market is so depressed, I'd think they'd be out of them in the near future.
+Discombob Posted September 6, 2009 Posted September 6, 2009 wow, I'll have to see if my friend who works for Nokia knows that, except that since he started working there, I have not seen him for 6 months, because they drive him like a slave
+the pooks Posted September 6, 2009 Posted September 6, 2009 OK - next one... What is a baldrick? (sound familiar - where did you hear hear that word?)
+Carbon Hunter Posted September 7, 2009 Posted September 7, 2009 Blackadder - ? - my guess is an imbecile - or one who is a little slow?
+the pooks Posted September 7, 2009 Posted September 7, 2009 Blackadder - ? - my guess is an imbecile - or one who is a little slow? Blackadder indeed, but the word describes an item/thing, not an attribute of a person. The word was there before Blackadder the TV series.
+anlufu Posted September 7, 2009 Posted September 7, 2009 A sword belt worn from the shoulder (according to my Mum)
+Carbon Hunter Posted September 7, 2009 Posted September 7, 2009 A barrel or plank (hey we should be good at balderdash
+the pooks Posted September 7, 2009 Posted September 7, 2009 A sword belt worn from the shoulder (according to my Mum) Your mum's right anlufu! your turn from dictionary.com "a belt, sometimes richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip, supporting a sword, horn, etc. "
+anlufu Posted September 7, 2009 Posted September 7, 2009 Shows what being a crossword addict can do for you!! Okay a question from Mum: What is "Tatting"?
+DamhuisClan Posted September 7, 2009 Author Posted September 7, 2009 Somehow I seem to think it has something to do with nets.
+anlufu Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 Lace making! Have done it myself! Wow - you tat too? Will have to have a "tatting event" Well done - you're it.
+anlufu Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 BTW - tatting is an old craft where, using a series of small knots in thin twine, and a small shuttle you make very pretty lace.
+tomtwogates Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 Maltabella made of Fava beans? He he - where does this all come from!!
+trevorh7000 Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 Maltabella made of Fava beans? and a nice Chianti.
+Discombob Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 well, we all know fala is to speak in portuguese, and bella is beuatiful, so something that speaks beautifully? Maybe something to do with music?
+cincol Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 Isn't it an equine variety that the tsokolosh [or a leprechaun] would find quite comfortable riding? About the size of a German Shepard.
+cownchicken Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 Yes, a miniature horse. Cincol, you're it.
+cincol Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 (edited) Who wrote "Tess of the D'Urbavilles"? Edited September 8, 2009 by cincol
+Discombob Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 thats what I first thought, but on 2nd thought, I think it was Thomas Hardy
+cincol Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 thats what I first thought, but on 2nd thought, I think it was Thomas Hardy All yours DB - right on the nail!
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