RE: Troublesome things these sundials!

2009-12-07 Thread Peter Tandy
Tony, Most Curious! Why would a (presumably sane) physiotherapist suggest firing at a sundial? Was it a test to see if the 'gunman' could even find one! (How many are there in the Sunderland area?). Surely there are easier targets to find than that? Do we know if he succeeded and what dama

Re: Troublesome things these sundials!

2009-12-07 Thread patrick_powers
Peter Tandy probably echoes the astonishment of all of us that any sane person would suggest shooting at a sundial but there is at least one other example that I know of. The otherwise excellent dial at Minster Abbey (on the Isle Sheppey in Kent, UK) is one. The poor image attached might jus

Restauration of Buetzower Sundial

2009-12-07 Thread Josef Pastor
Dear Dialist, see the newspaper report on above indicated sundial in North-east Germany at: http://www.nordkurier.de/index.php?objekt=nk.magazin.heimatgeschichte &id=608881 Best regards Josef Pastor --

Re: Das Ergebnis Ihres e-Mail-Kommandos

2009-12-07 Thread Thomas Steiner
Hi, I sent this email last week to the mailingslist, but it did not appear. Perhaps I made a mistake or it was not accepted due to the attachment. I linked it now at http://picasaweb.google.at/lh/photo/0eDgi0IBH4-W0PiUtb3ALg?feat=directlink Thanks for your ideas and comments, Thomas 2009/12/1 :

Re: Das Ergebnis Ihres e-Mail-Kommandos

2009-12-07 Thread Tony Moss
Thomas Steiner wrote: > Hi, > I sent this email last week to the mailingslist, but it did not > appear. Perhaps I made a mistake or it was not accepted due to the > attachment. I linked it now at > http://picasaweb.google.at/lh/photo/0eDgi0IBH4-W0PiUtb3ALg?feat=directlink > Thanks for your ideas an

Re: Das Ergebnis Ihres e-Mail-Kommandos

2009-12-07 Thread Frank King
Dear Thomas, I like your design. You ask for ideas and comments. Here, in order, are the steps that I use myself for a big wall sundial: 1. Make a careful survey of the wall. The wall will NOT be flat. No wall is ever flat!!! It won't be vertical either. No wall is ever vert

Re: Troublesome things these sundials!

2009-12-07 Thread dbell
>The poor image attached might just > be small enough to get transmitted but it certainly shows the extensive > damage. Wow, looks like most STOP signs in the southern US, peppered with bullet holes... Some kinds of stupidity are universal, I guess. Dave -

=RE: Troublesome things these sundials!

2009-12-07 Thread John Carmichael
Maybe it was canon sundial, and they thought it was the enemy's secret weapon! From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of Peter Tandy Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 3:52 AM To: Tony Moss; Sundial Mailing List Subject: RE: Troublesome things t

2 minutes 35 seconds for a sundial from Negrar in ITALY

2009-12-07 Thread Reinhold Kriegler
Dear friends, may I recommend a new film of 2 minutes and 35 seconds about a big sundial with a very good spirit in Negrar, province of Verona in Italy, built by Giuseppe Ferlenga: http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=DE &v=R9Rm5XA3XXc Le

Re: Troublesome things these sundials!

2009-12-07 Thread Aimo Niemi
Hi, 2009/12/7 Peter Tandy > Tony, > > Most Curious! > > Why would a (presumably sane) physiotherapist suggest firing at a *sundial > *? Was it a test to see if the 'gunman' could even find one! (How many are > there in the Sunderland area?). Surely there are easier targets to find > than that?