[denco@comcast.n]

Originally Posted by brocknroller

Brock is heeding Henry's and Jerry's advice.

I always knew you couldn't think on your own, Brock. Be a man make your own decisions. Your afraid to argue with me because you know I will win.

[denco@comcast.n]

Originally Posted by joannec

I've read through most of this thread, unbelievable that it is. I think you guys need to get out more..........maybe a little birding wouldn't go amiss. When was the last time you saw a bird through those Nikons Dennis?

Yesterday.

[denco@comcast.n]

Originally Posted by Robert Wallace

I must agree Dennis you are entertaining
I like my Nikon 8x32 HGs they didn't seem too bad when I tried them against the EDG at an optics event. But of course street cred is higher with EDGs. Doubt the perceived optical superiority will improve my birdwatching ability in any case
Gosh 6 pages of responses and where is Brock?

"Gosh 6 pages of responses and where is Brock?"

He is copying Henry. Henry is his hero. He wants to be like him. Boring!

[denco@comcast.n]

Originally Posted by vop

Maybe the trick is to feed it until it blows. I remember that working out in a fairy tale.




In Atlantis according to Olaus Rudbeck, but he called it Manheim. You should read his theories, they are right up your alley!

Is there any intelligent life in Uppsala?

[denco@comcast.n]

Originally Posted by Robert Wallace

I must agree Dennis you are entertaining
I like my Nikon 8x32 HGs they didn't seem too bad when I tried them against the EDG at an optics event. But of course street cred is higher with EDGs. Doubt the perceived optical superiority will improve my birdwatching ability in any case
Gosh 6 pages of responses and where is Brock?

"I must agree Dennis you are entertaining"

At last an honest man with good taste!

[vop]

Originally Posted by denco@comcast.n

Is there any intelligent life in Uppsala?

He he... huhuhuh...he he... What? He said "Dennis" Huhuhu... he he... huhuhu...That's cool! He he... huhuhu... he he...

[Sancho]

Originally Posted by denco@comcast.n

Is there any intelligent life in Uppsala?

I would imagine so, Dennis. They've had a University there since 1477, some thirteen years before Caucasians decided to invade the territories now known as America.

[denco@comcast.n]

Originally Posted by Sancho

I would imagine so, Dennis. They've had a University there since 1477, some thirteen years before Caucasians decided to invade the territories now known as America.

I don't think VOP graduated.

[vop]

Originally Posted by denco@comcast.n

i don't think VOP graduated.

He he... huhuhuh...he he... What? He said "gra..., grad..., u ate?" Huhuhu... he he... huhuhu...That's a long word! He he... huhuhu... he he...

[jaymoynihan]

Originally Posted by Sancho

I would imagine so, Dennis. They've had a University there since 1477, some thirteen years before Caucasians decided to invade the territories now known as America.

Indeed. A pretty famous university. Played a role in the development of modern medicine. Very cultured city and state.
But we have never attacked Sweden, and as the American writer Ambrose Bierce wrote in The Devil's Dictionary (1911):
War: God's way of teaching Americans geography.

[black crow]

My Favorite Dictionary by far. One year I gave it for xmas to the relatives who would least appreciate it.

[looksharp65]

Columbus wasn't even among the first immigrants.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L'Anse_aux_Meadows

[mooreorless]

Thanks Lars for that link. I just can not imagine what it took to sail across there. :) One word comes to mind, Brave!

[looksharp65]

Originally Posted by mooreorless

Thanks Lars for that link. I just can not imagine what it took to sail across there. :) One word comes to mind, Brave!

True. Not necessarily "intelligent" but definitely brave .

[looksharp65]

Since this thread already is totally wrecked, allow me to be a little patriotic.
vop mentioned Olaus Rudbeck. There were two of them, and the younger (the son) had Carl von Linné as his student.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaus_Rudbeck_the_younger

In the text, his bird paintings are mentioned.
I have a life-size facsimile book and portfolio made after them, and they are truly beautiful. Those days, the bird was shot and pictured very quickly in order to mimic the vivid and natural colors of the living bird.

His father wrote the nationalistic epos "Atlantica", and like vop writes, the ideas are really far out, although the work confirms he was a true universal genius.

[ceasar]

Another, more contemporary, (and fictional) Swedish wildlife artist.

http://www.inspector-wallander.org/n...rs-father.html

Bob

[vop]

Originally Posted by looksharp65

Since this thread already is totally wrecked, allow me to be a little patriotic.
vop mentioned Olaus Rudbeck. There were two of them, and the younger (the son) had Carl von Linné as his student.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaus_Rudbeck_the_younger

In the text, his bird paintings are mentioned.
I have a life-size facsimile book and portfolio made after them, and they are truly beautiful. Those days, the bird was shot and pictured very quickly in order to mimic the vivid and natural colors of the living bird.

His father wrote the nationalistic epos "Atlantica", and like vop writes, the ideas are really far out, although the work confirms he was a true universal genius.

Yes, I also have that one. Many of the pictures are nice, but most of the passerines have some kind of swift-like body, and the owls makes you laugh all night!

[Sancho]

I was in Dublin today (another city founded by valiant Viking explorers), and one of the few camera shops that sell high-end binos has started stocking Nikon EDG. I tried the EDG 8x32, and just to show that they're only binos and one size doesn't fit all, I didn't like the handling. Kind of weighty and clunky, but not in a nice Trinoviddy-way, rather a compromise between open-bridge and closed that doesn't really work for me, as I couldn't use them "one-hand" comfortably. Great optics, although I had nothing with me to compare. And the Dublin retail price-tag? 1,700 euro, which is about 2,300 dollars. For that kind of money, I'd expect a degree from Uppsala University.

[vop]

Originally Posted by mooreorless

Thanks Lars for that link. I just can not imagine what it took to sail across there. :) One word comes to mind, Brave!

They didn't do it in one go.

Erik the Red, who was outlawed in Norway and went to Iceland. From there he sailed west and "discovered" Greenland. He settled there, and later his son Leif Eriksson went farther west and "discovered" America.

I bet they were brave though! I'll drink some mead to that!

[jaymoynihan]

I read in some book about the Vikings that the Normans were Vikings/Norseman that had invaded France around 1000 C.E. , then hung out in and took up the local language, and ended up conquering England a bit later....

Ah, yep, here is a map of their settlement. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._Expansion.svg

[flossiepip]

Originally Posted by jaymoynihan

I read in some book about the Vikings that the Normans were Vikings/Norseman that had invaded France around 1000 C.E. , then hung out in and took up the local language, and ended up conquering England a bit later....

Ah, yep, here is a map of their settlement. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._Expansion.svg

The Normans were lucky, if King Harold had not had to fight the Norwegian Viking army at Stamford Bridge, a battle he won, crushing King Harald Hardrada's army. A victory that came to symbolise the end of the Viking age, Harold would of won at Hastings.

Still your starting to go off topic with all this history!!!?

[NDhunter]

This thread has started out about Nikon, and now has drifted into nowhere, and
Sir Lostalots. Time to move on.

[ceasar]

Originally Posted by NDhunter

This thread has started out about Nikon, and now has drifted into nowhere, and
Sir Lostalots. Time to move on.

To where?

[vop]

I told you the way to end the troll was to keep feeding it nonsense...

By the way, how many thinks the thread started better than this?

[denco@comcast.n]

Originally Posted by Sancho

I was in Dublin today (another city founded by valiant Viking explorers), and one of the few camera shops that sell high-end binos has started stocking Nikon EDG. I tried the EDG 8x32, and just to show that they're only binos and one size doesn't fit all, I didn't like the handling. Kind of weighty and clunky, but not in a nice Trinoviddy-way, rather a compromise between open-bridge and closed that doesn't really work for me, as I couldn't use them "one-hand" comfortably. Great optics, although I had nothing with me to compare. And the Dublin retail price-tag? 1,700 euro, which is about 2,300 dollars. For that kind of money, I'd expect a degree from Uppsala University.

You could probably buy one for 2,300 dollars like VOP did.