+cownchicken Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 I think it is a buikspreker. Possibly heard this while watching those dreadful variety shows that were on SABC TV years ago! Quote Link to comment
+tomtwogates Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 It is that in Dutch - so I agree with CnC Quote Link to comment
+Discombob Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 'n gooiprater? Quote Link to comment
+anlufu Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 I think it is a buikspreker. Possibly heard this while watching those dreadful variety shows that were on SABC TV years ago! Yup - buikspreker it is. You're it... Quote Link to comment
+the pooks Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 (edited) Wow - I beat Carbon Hunter!! Thanks for the clue. What is the Afrikaans word for "Ventriloquist"? Buikspreker Our Belgian neighbour is always making comments about English and Afrikaans and Dutch - can't understand why it is not called a tummy-talker. It's one of her first words she was proud of being able to pronounce - that and gynaecologist! Edited to add: Oops - didn't realize it has been answered already. Edited September 15, 2009 by the pooks Quote Link to comment
+cownchicken Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Anyone know the origins of the word Spanspek? Quote Link to comment
+tomtwogates Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 something to do with Spanish bacon - was offered to someone for breakfast in lieu of bacon - Spaanse Spek. Quote Link to comment
+cownchicken Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 You're it Tom! Sir Harry Smith, governor of the Cape in 1850, was married to a Spanish lady. During their sojourn in the Cape, Lady Smith always insisted on fresh sweet melon for breakfast rather than the more traditional bacon and eggs. Because of her Spanish origins the kitchen staff at the governor’s residence started referring to this as Spaanse spek, whish later evolved into ‘Spanspek’ Quote Link to comment
+tomtwogates Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Okay here goes - what is Jakow Trachtenberg know for? Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 He built the first steam engine in SA? Quote Link to comment
+tomtwogates Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 He built the first steam engine in SA? No not SA related Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 It was the birth name of Babe Ruth? Trachtenberg sounds so familiar - I'm sure I've heard the answer? Quote Link to comment
+tomtwogates Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 It was the birth name of Babe Ruth? Trachtenberg sounds so familiar - I'm sure I've heard the answer? Again no, but I agree it sort of rolls off the tongue, let's see if you were correct CH Quote Link to comment
+anlufu Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Wasn't he something to do with maths? I think I remember the name from high-school - but can't think why. Quote Link to comment
+tomtwogates Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Close enough Anlufu and it seems no one else is going to bite. He developed the Trachtenberg speed system of basic mathematics in which a nine year old boy who know the system are able to multiply 5132437201 by 452736502785 to get 2323641669144374104785 in seventy seconds. He was an engineer with a brilliant mind who originated his system of simplified mathematics when he spent years in Hitler’s concentration camps as a political prisoner. A shortage of paper caused him to work it all out in his head with only the final theories being written down. Folk who use the system do it all in their heads and only write down the answer! I remember reading about it many years ago and thought it would be good party trick and bought the paperback, but there are a ton of rules to remember and a calculator is still easier! Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Yep - It was back there in the "unlikely to be used again" file 0- so access was a little slow Quote Link to comment
+anlufu Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 (edited) Wow - I seemed to remember something about maths. Okays - The practise of "Women and children first" was first used not far from Hermanus in 1852. What did it apply to? Edited September 25, 2009 by anlufu Quote Link to comment
+tomtwogates Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 I know this I think it was when the Birkenhead went down on Birkenhead Rock off Danger point near Gansbaai in 1852 - she was a paddle steamer and was carrying reinforcements to the war in Natal. She was also carrying women and children - when she hit the rocks the servicemen lined up on deck to allow the women and children to get into the lifeboats first. A plaque near the site reads - nine officers, three hundred and forty-nine of other ranks and eighty-seven of the ship's company lost their lives. Every woman and child was saved! Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Yep - I also recall this as the Birkenhead sinking. A famous portrait of the soldiers lined up on deck while women and children left on the life rafts. Quote Link to comment
+anlufu Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 I know this I think it was when the Birkenhead went down on Birkenhead Rock off Danger point near Gansbaai in 1852 - she was a paddle steamer and was carrying reinforcements to the war in Natal. She was also carrying women and children - when she hit the rocks the servicemen lined up on deck to allow the women and children to get into the lifeboats first. A plaque near the site reads - nine officers, three hundred and forty-nine of other ranks and eighty-seven of the ship's company lost their lives. Every woman and child was saved! You're right. 400 men drowned - including the captain and all 200 women and children were saved. Quote Link to comment
+anlufu Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 I know this I think it was when the Birkenhead went down on Birkenhead Rock off Danger point near Gansbaai in 1852 - she was a paddle steamer and was carrying reinforcements to the war in Natal. She was also carrying women and children - when she hit the rocks the servicemen lined up on deck to allow the women and children to get into the lifeboats first. A plaque near the site reads - nine officers, three hundred and forty-nine of other ranks and eighty-seven of the ship's company lost their lives. Every woman and child was saved! You're right. 400 men drowned - including the captain and all 200 women and children were saved. Quote Link to comment
+tomtwogates Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Okay - what is the name now, of what was originally called the "de Gevelbergen"? Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 OK gevel is a dutch name for a facade - so I'm goign to go with the "back" of Table mountain - perhaps the 12 Apostles? Quote Link to comment
+tomtwogates Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 OK gevel is a dutch name for a facade - so I'm goign to go with the "back" of Table mountain - perhaps the 12 Apostles? Well done Carbon Hunter - I have always felt that Gevelbergen is a more apt name than Twelve Apostles - as there are more than twelve of them and only one bears the name of an Apostle and that is Judas Peak right at the end overlooking Llandudno So over to you Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Wow - I love it when deduction and guesses work out! OK - what place was originally known as SOUTH BARROW and was known to have whales in the river mouth / estuary (and it is speculated that the indigenous name is derived from this)? Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 PS - this is in South Africa Quote Link to comment
+cownchicken Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Hermanus? Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Not Hermanus. Quote Link to comment
+cincol Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Wow - I love it when deduction and guesses work out! OK - what place was originally known as SOUTH BARROW and was known to have whales in the river mouth / estuary (and it is speculated that the indigenous name is derived from this)? Well let's see - coming from Carbon Hunter this must have some connection to the paper industry or environmental sciences. As the latter does not apply to this question it must be paper related. The places in SA linked to paper that are on rivers near the sea are on the Umkomaas and Tugela Rivers. However neither has estuaries BUT the South Coast is known for whales and not the North Coast ........... so I will guess that it could be 'Mkomazi?? Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Wow - I love it when deduction and guesses work out! OK - what place was originally known as SOUTH BARROW and was known to have whales in the river mouth / estuary (and it is speculated that the indigenous name is derived from this)? Well let's see - coming from Carbon Hunter this must have some connection to the paper industry or environmental sciences. As the latter does not apply to this question it must be paper related. The places in SA linked to paper that are on rivers near the sea are on the Umkomaas and Tugela Rivers. However neither has estuaries BUT the South Coast is known for whales and not the North Coast ........... so I will guess that it could be 'Mkomazi?? Not bad Holmes. Yep - it's Mkhomazi - which is said to be derived from the "Cow Whales" that were often visible in the estuary (before silting and the rail/road bridge started blocking the mouth. Large ships used to dock fairly far up the estuary to load and offload cargo until well into the 20th Century. BTW: You forgot both the Mvoti in stanger and Richard's Bay as options from the pulp and paper industry too (and PE) An aside - while Did you guys know that a Kitty Hawk fighter plane ditched somewhere near the current highway bridge into the Umkomaas River just after the war. The plane was never ever found or a crash site identified. It sank into the quick sand and was never seen again. I feel this is a cache in the making - or a real treasure hunt waiting. Quote Link to comment
+cownchicken Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 It is an Australian marsupial. Have a fluffy one that my son brought back from Australia. Quote Link to comment
+cincol Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 It is an Australian marsupial. Have a fluffy one that my son brought back from Australia. Go for it! Quote Link to comment
+cownchicken Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Staying with strange Australian animals - what makes an echidna different from most other mammals? Quote Link to comment
+GlobalRat Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Staying with strange Australian animals - what makes an echidna different from most other mammals? They lay an egg Quote Link to comment
+cownchicken Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Yep - go for it GR! Quote Link to comment
+Team Ginger Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 So how are they then classified as mammals? Quote Link to comment
+cincol Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 So how are they then classified as mammals? Anything that is warm-blooded and suckles its young is generally a mammal. The duck-billed platypus lays eggs but suckles its young and is warm-blooded - thus it is a mammal. Quote Link to comment
+GlobalRat Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 What is a Church Key? Quote Link to comment
+cincol Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 (edited) What is a Church Key? It is the KEY that unlocks the door to the Church! Edited October 3, 2009 by cincol Quote Link to comment
+tomtwogates Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 What is a Church Key? It is the KEY that unlocks the door to the Church! TA Dah! Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 OK - I'll try think out the box. How about a "key" in a computer program that aloows the developer to take access or make critical changes? Quote Link to comment
+Cardinal Red Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 What is a Church Key? It's an implement to facilitate adult beverage acquisition. Quote Link to comment
+GlobalRat Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 (edited) What is a Church Key? It's an implement to facilitate adult beverage acquisition. Right you are, although it's equally effective on kiddy beverages and those old tins of tomato cocktail and ideal milk Edited October 4, 2009 by GlobalRat Quote Link to comment
+cincol Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Right you are, although it's equally effective on kiddy beverages and those old tins of tomato cocktail and ideal milk GR - Cardinal Red is from the US and probably doesn't read the Forum that regularly. Perhaps you need to give him a nudge that he has a question to ask? Alternatively you might need to ask the question which State has the Red Cardinal as its state bird! [My daughter lived in that State for a while. ] Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 I say you are it cincol - no movement Quote Link to comment
+iNokia Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 GR - Cardinal Red is from the US and probably doesn't read the Forum that regularly. Perhaps you need to give him a nudge that he has a question to ask? Alternatively you might need to ask the question which State has the Red Cardinal as its state bird! [My daughter lived in that State for a while. ] My guess would be Arizona. Quote Link to comment
+GlobalRat Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Yep, you snooze you lose... play on.. Was curious to the answer, so did some research, it seems it's the state bird of seven US States Quote Link to comment
+cincol Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 Yep, you snooze you lose... play on.. Was curious to the answer, so did some research, it seems it's the state bird of seven US States Ouch!! GR, you are correct. Only the US would have 7 states sharing the same bird!! That is crazy. Anyway, as that was not "really" a full blown question I will ask a more legit question. Which state has the Roadrunner [beep-Beep] as their State Bird? Quote Link to comment
+GlobalRat Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 Which state has the Roadrunner [beep-Beep] as their State Bird? There's probably no relation but will base my guess on the Wile E. Coyote cartoons and the "beep beep" roadrunner which seem to be based on landscapes in either Arizona or New Mexico Quote Link to comment
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