Teacup Cafe XXXIX - Page 47

***Rían*** · 09-17-2010, 10:17 PM

yeah, I'm looking forward to camping in the desert in a few weeks - should get some spectacular views!

Gwaimir Windgem · 09-17-2010, 10:30 PM

Apparently, anti-papal protestors were spotted in Britain with signs decrying, "Down with this sort of thing." Father Ted Lives!

The last sane person · 09-17-2010, 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gwaimir Windgem

Apparently, anti-papal protestors were spotted in Britain with signs decrying, "Down with this sort of thing." Father Ted Lives!

That made my day.

***Earniel*** · 09-18-2010, 06:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Acalewia

I wasn't using it because of the street lights they installed that flooded our yard with artifical light. Couldn't really see the stars very well

Over here, we have the Night of Darkness: once a year the lights get extinguished in a lot of places, and amateur and professional stargazers drag out their telescopes and start gathering. Sometimes I think it's a pity it only happens once a year. Way too much artificial light on at night. And the night-sky is so pretty.

***Jonathan*** · 09-18-2010, 06:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eärniel

Over here, we have the Night of Darkness

Is that a national thing then? If so, it seems Belgium really cares for its stargazers

It doesn't happen to coincide with Earth Hour, does it?

***Earniel*** · 09-18-2010, 08:36 AM

Flemish only, I think. Walloonia isn't as urbanised and doesn't have light-pollution to the same degree. But not every town joins in, of course, so depending on where you live you might not even notice. But it is customary from participating towns and cities to set up activities like night-time forest walks or drinks by candle-light. Some of the astronomy clubs or telescopes open for visitors or hold excursions.

The Nacht van de Duisternis (Night of Darkness) has been around a little longer than Earth Hour, and lasts a whole night (20h-8h). Takes place in October. But the reasons for organising it are pretty much similar: that too much light at night can have negative effects on the health of humans and nature, that a more rational use of the light and the required energy may not be a bad idea and that otherwise the gorgeous night-sky becomes permanently invisible in the glare. It is said that from space, you can see the outline of Belgium (or at least Flanders) at night like a shining beacon, just from the many lights that are on.

So it is not directly done for the astronomers, but it is they who profit of it the most.

I believe the Netherlands have something similar around the same time, The Night of Night.

**Mari** · 09-18-2010, 08:47 AM

I've never heard of it, but maybe in the West and South?

Acalewia · 09-18-2010, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eärniel

Over here, we have the Night of Darkness: once a year the lights get extinguished in a lot of places, and amateur and professional stargazers drag out their telescopes and start gathering. Sometimes I think it's a pity it only happens once a year. Way too much artificial light on at night. And the night-sky is so pretty.

America needs to do something like that for stargazers. I mean many of the Western States don't have the light pollution problem, but I would love to just sit in the yard and stargaze again like I used to

Noble Elf Lord · 09-19-2010, 03:37 AM

Starsky is still quite beautiful in Finland IMO, especially during winter. We're lucky. Hope it gets better for everyone else.

***Jonathan*** · 09-19-2010, 04:15 AM

To my knowledge, sadly, light pollution is not in decline anywhere. But Finland is still scarcely populated and the cold air and dark nights during wintertime make for good stargazing conditions.

*Listens to Stargazers by Nightwish*

Well, yesterday it was Afghanistan. Today the turn has come to me and my fellow compatriots to seek out the ballot boxes, like we do every 4th year in September. I managed to be first person to vote at my polling station, something which gave a certain satisfaction

Apparently the first voter gets to check that the ballot box is empty before they seal it. I accomplished this duty gallantly

Acalewia · 09-19-2010, 03:45 PM

Nice opportunity, hmm, Jonathon?

I gt a new phone and everytime I get a call or text my cat takes off like a bat out of hell. It's quite funny

***Earniel*** · 09-20-2010, 08:16 AM

A co-worker once had the meowing of a cat on her mobile phone to announce new text messages. It took me and another co-worker nearly half an hour of looking for a cat that must have strayed into the shop before figuring that out.

***Varnafindë*** · 09-20-2010, 12:15 PM

I want that!

Where do you find a sound clip that can be used on the phone?

***Rían*** · 09-20-2010, 05:19 PM

I had a dog barking for a ring a while back, and the cover for my phone was a little furry dog

Varna, I'm with Verizon, and I just used their library of sound clips for phones. I imagine every company has tones for sale, and I think you can also get them from other companies, too - try googling "cell phone ring tones" and look into it.

Gwaimir Windgem · 09-20-2010, 10:39 PM

I've just discovered a series of Henry VIII shorts, which as rather a history nerd, I find hilarious.

Grey_Wolf · 09-21-2010, 02:56 PM

“And we’re back on M.O.O.T. 102,2 with the Moots (featuring Hector himself and the Mootettes, doing funky moves) playing this classic Boney M tune slightly changed…”

Coolest Mooter you can see
He is Hector B

Coolest Mooter you can see
He is Hector B
Coolest Mooter you can see
He is Hector B

Hector Hector B
Hector Hector B
Hector Hector B
Hector Hector B

Coolest Mooter you can see
He is Hector B
Coolest Mooter you can see
He is Hector B

Hector Hector B
Hector Hector B
Hector Hector B
Hector Hector B

(spoken) He is crazy about the Moot
He believes in it
It loves it’s Hector

Coolest Mooter you can see
He is Hector B
Coolest Mooter you can see
He is Hector B

Hector Hector B
Hector Hector B
Hector Hector B

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtxlCsVKkvY

BeardofPants · 09-21-2010, 06:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gwaimir Windgem

I've just discovered a series of Henry VIII shorts, which as rather a history nerd, I find hilarious.

Those are AWESOME PANTS. Brian Blessed makes everythubg* hillarious!

*or if you touch type correctly, 'everything'

Gwaimir Windgem · 09-21-2010, 09:03 PM

WHO LET THE FROGS OUT!

***Tessar*** · 09-22-2010, 12:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gwaimir Windgem

WHO LET THE FROGS OUT!

You jerk, I almost snorted lemon-aid out of my nose I laughed so hard. I think I did get some up there when I hack-laughed, cuz now my sinus hurts. >.<

Gwaimir Windgem · 09-22-2010, 12:20 AM

My work here is done.

09-17-2010, 10:17 PM	#921
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	yeah, I'm looking forward to camping in the desert in a few weeks - should get some spectacular views! __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

09-17-2010, 10:30 PM	#922
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Apparently, anti-papal protestors were spotted in Britain with signs decrying, "Down with this sort of thing." Father Ted Lives! __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

09-18-2010, 08:36 AM	#926
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Flemish only, I think. Walloonia isn't as urbanised and doesn't have light-pollution to the same degree. But not every town joins in, of course, so depending on where you live you might not even notice. But it is customary from participating towns and cities to set up activities like night-time forest walks or drinks by candle-light. Some of the astronomy clubs or telescopes open for visitors or hold excursions. The Nacht van de Duisternis (Night of Darkness) has been around a little longer than Earth Hour, and lasts a whole night (20h-8h). Takes place in October. But the reasons for organising it are pretty much similar: that too much light at night can have negative effects on the health of humans and nature, that a more rational use of the light and the required energy may not be a bad idea and that otherwise the gorgeous night-sky becomes permanently invisible in the glare. It is said that from space, you can see the outline of Belgium (or at least Flanders) at night like a shining beacon, just from the many lights that are on. So it is not directly done for the astronomers, but it is they who profit of it the most. I believe the Netherlands have something similar around the same time, The Night of Night. __________________ We are not things.

09-18-2010, 08:47 AM	#927
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	I've never heard of it, but maybe in the West and South? __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

09-19-2010, 03:37 AM	#929
Noble Elf Lord Leaf-Crowned Lord Of Elvenpath Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Heaven by the looks of it. Hell by the feel of it. Posts: 1,052	Starsky is still quite beautiful in Finland IMO, especially during winter. We're lucky. Hope it gets better for everyone else. __________________ Hers.

09-19-2010, 04:15 AM	#930
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	To my knowledge, sadly, light pollution is not in decline anywhere. But Finland is still scarcely populated and the cold air and dark nights during wintertime make for good stargazing conditions. Listens to Stargazers* by Nightwish* Well, yesterday it was Afghanistan. Today the turn has come to me and my fellow compatriots to seek out the ballot boxes, like we do every 4th year in September. I managed to be first person to vote at my polling station, something which gave a certain satisfaction Apparently the first voter gets to check that the ballot box is empty before they seal it. I accomplished this duty gallantly __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

09-19-2010, 03:45 PM	#931
Acalewia Halfelven Daughter of the Dunedain, President of Entmoot Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: In trouble. As usual. Posts: 4,674	Nice opportunity, hmm, Jonathon? I gt a new phone and everytime I get a call or text my cat takes off like a bat out of hell. It's quite funny __________________ "Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life!"~ inked Don't meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. "Don't be such a sour wolf" Stiles ~ Heart Monitor http://www.wattpad.com/user/IceQueenofMitera

09-20-2010, 08:16 AM	#932
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	A co-worker once had the meowing of a cat on her mobile phone to announce new text messages. It took me and another co-worker nearly half an hour of looking for a cat that must have strayed into the shop before figuring that out. __________________ We are not things.

09-20-2010, 12:15 PM	#933
*Varnafindë* Princess of the Noldor (and Administrative Empress of the Lone Islands) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Imladris (and sometimes Norway) Posts: 3,304	I want that! Where do you find a sound clip that can be used on the phone? __________________ Signature picture art - Bard the Bowman - by vigshane Avatar art - Footsteps of Spring (a young Luthien) - by Henning Janssen

09-20-2010, 05:19 PM	#934
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	I had a dog barking for a ring a while back, and the cover for my phone was a little furry dog Varna, I'm with Verizon, and I just used their library of sound clips for phones. I imagine every company has tones for sale, and I think you can also get them from other companies, too - try googling "cell phone ring tones" and look into it. __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

09-20-2010, 10:39 PM	#935
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	I've just discovered a series of Henry VIII shorts, which as rather a history nerd, I find hilarious. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

09-21-2010, 02:56 PM	#936
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	“And we’re back on M.O.O.T. 102,2 with the Moots (featuring Hector himself and the Mootettes, doing funky moves) playing this classic Boney M tune slightly changed…” Coolest Mooter you can see He is Hector B Coolest Mooter you can see He is Hector B Coolest Mooter you can see He is Hector B Hector Hector B Hector Hector B Hector Hector B Hector Hector B Coolest Mooter you can see He is Hector B Coolest Mooter you can see He is Hector B Hector Hector B Hector Hector B Hector Hector B Hector Hector B (spoken) He is crazy about the Moot He believes in it It loves it’s Hector Coolest Mooter you can see He is Hector B Coolest Mooter you can see He is Hector B Hector Hector B Hector Hector B Hector Hector B http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtxlCsVKkvY Last edited by Grey_Wolf : 09-21-2010 at 03:01 PM.

09-21-2010, 09:03 PM	#938
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	WHO LET THE FROGS OUT! __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

09-22-2010, 12:20 AM	#940
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	My work here is done. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

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