Re: Das Ergebnis Ihres e-Mail-Kommandos

2009-12-09 Thread Frank King
Dear John, Many thanks for your comments... > Have you considered using the ... > "connect the dots" method. Well that's what I normally do but I set out the dots directly on the wall. I have a collection of strips of bendy wood which I use for joining the dots! The problem with transferring a

Re: Troublesome things these sundials!

2009-12-09 Thread Frank King
Dear Tony, I can see you are tempted... > Perhaps the 'staff of office' for the BSSCSS > Secretary should be a bespoke gun by Messrs. > Holland & Holland... I'll duly propose you as Secretary; all we need is a seconder and the job's yours! There will probably be a bit of a quibble about the c

RE: Das Ergebnis Ihres e-Mail-Kommandos

2009-12-09 Thread John Carmichael
Jim Tallman asked me: Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 9:52 AM To: 'Frank King' ; 'Thomas Steiner' Cc: sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: RE: Das Ergebnis Ihres e-Mail-Kommandos Hi Thomas & Frank: Laying out a coordinate grid system to mark wall sundial faces can get very tedious especially if the

RE: Das Ergebnis Ihres e-Mail-Kommandos

2009-12-09 Thread John Carmichael
Hi Thomas & Frank: Laying out a coordinate grid system to mark wall sundial faces can get very tedious especially if there are lots of curved analemmas. Have you considered using the eassy method that most of the wall sundial painters in Italy, France and Austria use? I call it the "connect the d

A sundial quiz from Yahoo answers

2009-12-09 Thread Robert Terwilliger
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091207135021AACMNGh Bob --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial

RE: Troublesome things these sundials!

2009-12-09 Thread Peter Tandy
Hi Tony, This gets ever more curious! "..alleged to have performed acupuncture on a park bench" I didn't know that park benches even felt pain! I shall henceforth be much more gentle when I plonk myself down after a long walk. No doubt there will soon be a pressure group campaigning for

Re: Troublesome things these sundials!

2009-12-09 Thread Tony Moss
Frank King wrote: > Dear Tony, > > You may have stumbled on a new sport... > > >> He is also said to have fired an air pistol >> at a *clay* sundial and urged the patient to >> do the same." >> > > I am familiar with Clay Pigeon Shooting and I > can well imagine that when the novelty of doi

Re: Troublesome things these sundials!

2009-12-09 Thread Frank King
Dear Tony, You may have stumbled on a new sport... > He is also said to have fired an air pistol > at a *clay* sundial and urged the patient to > do the same." I am familiar with Clay Pigeon Shooting and I can well imagine that when the novelty of doing that wears off and you want something a li

Re: Troublesome things these sundials!

2009-12-09 Thread Tony Moss
Thaddeus Weakley wrote: ** Having *raised this hare* I felt compelled to find out more about the sundial of which a Google search has increased the information slightly as follows: > "Stephen Sterling, who has practices in Sunderland and Seaham, is > alleged to