Old Weather Forum

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Feb 17, 2018 3:19 pm

Michael Purves looking for very obscure Greenland places: "Okay... which no-longer-in-use-and-replaced-by-Inuit-name did they use THIS time?"

Michael wrote:Sat Feb 17, 2018 3:36 pm That would be me!

My favourite so far is Qaqqatsiaq 66.03 -53.45 Qeqqata

I call it, "Who needs U?"

Caro wrote:Sat Feb 17, 2018 5:21 pm Great picture.

Composition, lighting, attire ... all first class.

Michael wrote:Sat Feb 17, 2018 5:37 pm The composition and lighting, yes. However, my family is not known for elegance in attire. Indeed, our attire is far from elegant!

AvastMH wrote:Wed Feb 21, 2018 11:49 pm Such sartorial elegance, Michael! Well chosen hanibal He looks a little quizzical - possibly because the lat. and long. provided in the ship's log relates to water. Whereas Michael has discovered that a number of our ships have taken cross country routes - ahem!

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Feb 24, 2018 9:51 am

Bob announces the release of the next version of Ice Hunting spreadsheets.

Helen J wrote: I like the use of a more traditional means of communication - very clever, hanibal!

AvastMH wrote:Tue Feb 27, 2018 11:46 pm Excellent!

(Is it just me or does that horn look like a very large parsnip?

Hanibal94 wrote:Wed Feb 28, 2018 6:52 pm Perhaps he hollowed it out and used it as a horn before eating it?
No need to be wasteful!

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Mar 03, 2018 9:47 am

Signs of OW Addiction #239: You become so obsessed with OW that it drives you to insomnia!

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Mar 10, 2018 9:28 am

"Oh, woe is me! I cannot edit my ship histories because naval-history.net is broken!"

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Mar 17, 2018 1:21 pm

Science is the light in the darkness, the means by which humanity has gained enormous power and knowledge over the centuries.
By contributing to citizen science, you too can help this great and worthy cause!

Dean wrote:Sat Mar 17, 2018 11:32 pm

The OW Team & Moderators discuss the issues with our current Server Team.

Dean wrote:Fri Mar 23, 2018 11:23 pm

Letting the server people know we won't be put off much longer!

Michael wrote:Sat Mar 24, 2018 1:08 am Nothing succeeds like violence! (Or so they would have us believe.)

AvastMH wrote:Sat Mar 24, 2018 10:40 pm I'm almost tempted to ask which lot we are...the pirates or the valiant few on the dock?

Hanibal94 wrote:Sun Mar 25, 2018 8:27 am Pretty sure we're the pirates - I'm about ready to swing a cutlass myself!

Helen J wrote:Sun Mar 25, 2018 10:48 am Burnishing my cutlass as we speak!

Dean wrote:Sun Mar 25, 2018 4:42 pm We shall smash their docks and overwhelm the server people from our mighty ships! They shall fear our wrath!!

Dean wrote:Tue Mar 27, 2018 12:35 pm

AvastMH wrote:Mon Mar 26, 2018 10:42 pm OK - Pirates we are then. After taking the Dock we'll have to go for a general political overthrow at the Dockyard cafe so that we can have a somewhat less dangerous take-over with a bun-fight followed by a few pints of grog tea.

And we can show off our new Togs.

AvastMH wrote:Tue Mar 27, 2018 10:05 pm Ooo lovely! Are we still spending the 420,000 on outfits then? Super. I'd like my chain mail in titanium please

Michael wrote:Tue Mar 27, 2018 10:57 pm I thought the $420 K was for grog!!!

Helen J wrote:Wed Mar 28, 2018 2:08 pm Perhaps it could do for both? I rather fancy my chain mail in platinum, with gold highlights .... though with all that grog, I probably wouldn't mind what it was made of.

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Mar 31, 2018 9:34 am

Midnight in the Dockside Cafe.

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Apr 07, 2018 9:40 am

Zooniverse moderator giving tour to rich VIP: "In the early years, all our projects were astronomy, but since then we have expanded to a wide range of fields, such as geography, history, biology and... HEY! Wake up!"

AvastMH wrote:Sat Apr 07, 2018 10:33 am that's soooo funny hanibal. When people ask about the zooniverse I keep the explanation short - wouldn't dare mention everything because they'd run a mile.

Michael - I spotted the globe. Would it help to pinpoint any places that you are stuck with?

Michael wrote:Sat Apr 07, 2018 2:28 pm Another great one, Hanibal. Yes, the globe would help! That and a magnifying glass!

Hanibal94time=1523699499 wrote:

OW'ers celebrate the return of NavalHistory.net after a long absence.

jil wrote:Sat Apr 14, 2018 11:07 am Three cheers!

AvastMH wrote:Sat Apr 14, 2018 12:22 pm Wonderful! This will have us full of joi de vivre

Dean wrote:Sat Apr 14, 2018 1:05 pm Three Cheers AND a 21 gun salute!!!!

Helen J wrote:Mon Apr 16, 2018 2:11 pm Splice the mainbrace and extra rum all round!

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Apr 21, 2018 8:26 am

Scientists showing off Zooniverse project results to the general public.

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat May 05, 2018 4:24 pm

OW'er somehow ends up at a completely different Zooniverse project: "Oh! Excuse me, fellas - I must have taken a wrong turn back there!

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat May 12, 2018 9:41 am

Exhausted Ice Hunter in the evening: "Maybe it wasn't a good idea to do a whole month in one go!"

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat May 19, 2018 9:24 am

OW'ers arguing whether science or history is more important, until the moderators (in yellow) arrive to break it up.

(The truth is: Neither is more important than the other. They're both very valuable!)

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat May 26, 2018 7:42 am

OW'er tries to recruit relative: "Are you SURE you don't want to do citizen science with me? I'll give you this pretty flower!"

Dean wrote:Fri Jun 01, 2018 2:56 pm

The Mods meeting to plan our next area of research.

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Jun 09, 2018 8:56 am

OW'ers trying and failing to sweet-talk the mod.

Randi wrote:Sat Jun 09, 2018 2:44 pm

Mods trying to sweet-talk Zooniverse?

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Jun 16, 2018 9:19 am

Les reparateurs de forum OW.

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Jun 23, 2018 8:36 am

OW'ers are tempted by other Zooniverse projects:
"Come join me! I'm way more fun!"
"No, join me - I am medical, and thus very important!"
"I have fancy statistics and badges!"

AvastMH wrote:Sat Jun 23, 2018 11:56 am Oh what a brilliant picture hanibal! This is soooo true. And the worst are the projects who need to finish but have come to a standstill and that you feel too guilty to leave hanging in mid air and go off and do a day's work for and then feel doubly guilty when you leave them the next day, so then you feel sad for them but you feel guilty about your own project losing you for a day...and....and...and...
OK - I've heard the siren calls

Randi wrote:Sat Jun 23, 2018 1:40 pm Excellent!

Michael wrote:Sat Jun 23, 2018 3:28 pm This is one of your best!

Helen J wrote:Sat Jun 23, 2018 9:25 pm Absolutely brilliant! Oh, and just between us, which one offers badges?

Hanibal94 wrote:Sun Jun 24, 2018 10:48 am Just between us - it's Notes From Nature. They have quite a few.

Helen J wrote:Sun Jun 24, 2018 10:43 pm Well, I'm always open to a bit of bribery, so I may just have to wander in that direction ....

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Jun 30, 2018 8:36 am

Signs of OW Addiction #94: You enjoy the ocean too much to care if your clothes get wet!

Craig wrote:Sat Jun 30, 2018 5:08 pm Not to mention being swept out to sea.

Michael wrote:Sat Jun 30, 2018 5:53 pm I guess swept out to sea is a good metaphor for an OW addiction.