Addicted OW'er reacts badly to sudden loss of Internet connection.
Helen J wrote:Sat Dec 15, 2018 4:29 pm
Cursing the gods of the internet!
AvastMH wrote:Sun Dec 16, 2018 9:45 pm
Oh yes....been there - staring mad eyes, the shaking fist. Notice the brewing clouds of 'slow internet' over the festive season creeping quietly over the hills behind?
Dean wrote:Mon Dec 17, 2018 1:05 pm
That looks like me on a 'regular' basis waiting for the modem to boot & connect.
For Security we turn the modem off when not using the computer so we are 'invisible' to hackers. Takes about a minute to boot & connect. Not long but......
Joan (in the peach dress) with fellow OW'ers at her marvelous birthday feast.
(This is the last one for 2018 - as I am on vacation, the next one will be on January 5th)
Randi wrote:Sat Dec 22, 2018 2:15 pm
Another good one Hanibal.
Quite a birthday party, Cleopatra Joan!
I wonder which which is more uncomfortable: the dress or the helmet (I suspect the dress).
By the way, real pearls do not dissolve in vinegar, so you better talk to your jeweler.
Enjoy your vacation!
AvastMH wrote:Sun Dec 23, 2018 12:25 pm
Oh I know how to celebrate a birthday! It is, of course, the company that makes it.
And the trick to throwing such a wonderfully ostentatious party is to benefit from the kind administrations of a truly excellent party organizer.
What it feels like when you're working on one of the hardest ships in all OW (Patterson, Blenheim, Grafton...)
(I still get shivers when I think about the Patterson!)
Randi wrote:Sat Jan 05, 2019 1:30 pm
It must be Saturday!
Yes, I remember Blenheim
Hurlock wrote:Sat Jan 05, 2019 3:12 pm
The devil is in the detail.
Michael wrote:Sat Jan 05, 2019 3:52 pm
I started OW l on Grafton and ended OW lll on Patterson. It says something, I think, about my need for self punishment.
Helen J wrote:Sat Jan 05, 2019 4:12 pm
Well, I don't know what it says about me - I did a good bit on Grafton, a lot on Patterson, and edited Blenheim! Great pic, hanibal ...
AvastMH wrote:Sun Jan 06, 2019 12:42 am
Oh boy!! I'm glad I didn't end up with them. My worst moment was probably working out exactly how many ways you could mis-spell Scapa Flow/Scarpa Floe/ Scarp Flo.....you get the idea. Well done the brave of the Patterson, Blenheim, Grafton.
Not-yet-OW'er gets visited by Poseidon in his dreams: "Thou shall join oldweather.org, and thou shall transcribe, edit and participate in the forum until thy last dying day!"
AvastMH wrote:Mon Jan 28, 2019 8:44 pm
That's a very good one hanibal! Perhaps we out to make it into a welcoming card
OW'ers reminiscing about achievements of the past:
"Look, there's the Ark Royal! She was the Royal Navy's first purpose-built aircraft carrier, and I got to work on her!"
"There's the Bee - she was the first vessel I ever did! Brings back memories..."
"I see the HMS Invincible - her logs about the Battle of the Falkland Islands were really good!"
Bob wrote:Sat Feb 09, 2019 1:19 pm
I think I see the Jamestown!
AvastMH wrote:Sat Feb 09, 2019 6:46 pm
I can see the Rodgers and the Acacia
Dean wrote:Tue Feb 12, 2019 12:25 am
A True Tribute to all our hard work!!
Nice Job, Hanibal!!
Tegwen wrote:Tue Feb 12, 2019 12:52 pm
Those with masts must be the Cadmus Sloops. All in one place.
Dr. Faust wonders if he could sell his soul to the devil in exchange for the power to read any handwriting, no matter how bad, and know every place name, no matter how old and obscure.
Moderator attempts to recruit from another Zooniverse project: "The work we do isn't nearly as back-breaking as this - and we have fancy outfits and swords!
Care to join us?"
OW'er checking her personal messages just one more time before going to bed.
AvastMH wrote:Sat Mar 16, 2019 12:12 pm
Oh - that's me for sure!!!
Always the hope of another little nugget of fun before dreamland
Randi wrote:Sat Mar 16, 2019 1:19 pm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman_Reading_a_Letter_(Vermeer) wrote:While the contents of the letter are not visible, the composition of the painting is revealing. The map of the County of Holland and West Friesland[7] in the Netherlands on the wall behind the woman has been interpreted as suggesting that the letter she reads was written by a traveling husband.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Blaeu wrote:Blaeu's maps were featured in the works of the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer of Delft (1632?1675), who holds a position of great honor among map historians. Several of his paintings illustrate maps hanging on walls or globes standing on tables or cabinets. Vermeer painted these cartographical documents with such detail that it is often possible to identify the actual maps. Evidently, Vermeer was particularly attached to a Willem Blaeu ? Balthasar Florisz van Berckenrode map of Holland and West Friesland, as he represented it as a wall decoration in three of his paintings. Though no longer extant, the map's existence is known from archival sources and the second edition published by Willem Blaeu in 1621, titled Nova et Accurata Totius Hollandiae Westfriesiaeq. Topographia, Descriptore Balthazaro Florentio a Berke[n]rode Batavo. Vermeer must have had a copy at his disposal (or the earlier one published by Van Berckenrode). Around 1658 he showed it as a wall decoration in his painting Officer and Laughing Girl, which depicts a soldier in a large hat sitting with his back to viewer, talking with a smiling girl who holds a glass in her hand. Bright sunlight bathes the girl and the large map on the wall. Vermeer's gift for realism is evidenced by the fact that the wall map, mounted on linen and wooden rods, is identifiable as Blaeu's 1621 map of Holland and West Friesland. He captures faithfully its characteristic design, decoration, and geographic content.[3]
Michael wrote:Sat Mar 16, 2019 3:25 pm
Very, very cool, Randi! Wow!
And thank you, Hanibal. That's me, first thing in the morning, and last thing at night.
AvastMH wrote:Sat Apr 06, 2019 9:15 am
I'm with the guy with blue jacket sat on the right hand side with his head in his hand. I've never been anything but perplexed with the Galaxian Zooites' projects. Give me a light air and luffed sheets any day
Dean wrote:Sun Apr 07, 2019 11:51 pm
I'm with Joan as to light air. Luffed sheets don't help the sailboat to move though.
AvastMH wrote:Mon Apr 08, 2019 11:09 am
You're welcome Dean
Despite being the daughter of a sailor I have to admit that being on a ship that is going nowhere is probably advisable for me. I must have 'landlubber' written through me like Blackpool Rock. Luffing would certainly leave me laughing...until I got sacked by the ship owners later in the year
Be wary when hunting for sea ice - or else, the ice may hunt you.
AvastMH wrote:Sat May 04, 2019 12:03 pm
or perhaps will hunt you....
Randi wrote:Sat May 04, 2019 1:31 pm
Hanibal's:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sea_of_Ice wrote:The stern of the wreck is just visible on the right. As an inscription on it confirms, this is HMS Griper, one of two ships that took part in William Edward Parry's 1819-1820 and 1824 expeditions to the North Pole.
