SteveZilla Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Egg daisies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingly Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Spoilered for animation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Self-directed glass-bottom boat tours! Now I know where to take that snorkeling trip.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Self-directed glass-bottom boat tours! Do you know where this was? The water and rocks remind me of ROttnest Island off the coast of Australia, near Perth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Assault Pioneer; Military Pioneers "Prinz Eugen der edle Ritter/ wollt dem Kaiser wied'rum kriegen Stadt und Festung Belgerad! Er ließ schlagen eine Brukken, daß man kunt hinüberrucken mit der Armee vor die Stadt..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Well, they are Canadians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escafarc Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures So if we run up against Evil treants and vegipygmies we're good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNakagawa Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Because taking out trees is really, really tough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Because taking out trees is really' date=' really tough.[/quote'] Then what you need are ... rocket-propelled chainsaws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrix3 Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures spoilered for animated gif It looks like the guy JUST makes it in that door... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Assault Pioneer; Military Pioneers "Prinz Eugen der edle Ritter/ wollt dem Kaiser wied'rum kriegen Stadt und Festung Belgerad! Er ließ schlagen eine Brukken, daß man kunt hinüberrucken mit der Armee vor die Stadt..... Interesting. What is this from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Interesting. What is this from? It's about the victory of Prince Eugene of Savoy over the Turks in Belgrade in 1717. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures It's an early eighteenth century folk song celebrating, as tkdguy points out, Prince Eugene's taking of Belgrade in 1717, and his defeat of a large Turkish relief army in the process. As was often the case in Danubian warfare, victory in the campaign depended on good pioneering. Which is why, unlike many patriotic war songs, this one begins with the hero building a bridge. A translation of the full lyrics can be found at one of the links in my original posting. Here's a baroque print: The website I lifted this from has more detail, although it took forever to load, just FYI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Hawk Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Assault Pioneer; Military Pioneers "Prinz Eugen der edle Ritter/ wollt dem Kaiser wied'rum kriegen Stadt und Festung Belgerad! Er ließ schlagen eine Brukken, daß man kunt hinüberrucken mit der Armee vor die Stadt..... Fun fact on Prinz Eugen: he was so popular, that during WW1, five different countries had ships named for him. HMS Prince Eugene (UK), KMS Prinz Eugen (Germany), RIS Eugenio de Savoi (Italy), ANS Prinz Savoi (Austria-Hungary), CS Eugen (Russia). In World War 2, this number was reduced to three (UK, Germany, Italy) due to the lack of Austrian seacoast and the unpopularity of nobles in Russia. Post war, the US 'acquired' the German Prinz Eugen, and it was re-designated USS Prince Eugen until sunk at Bikini Atoll. So, six countries have had ships named for Prince Eugen, five at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Spoilered for animated gif. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Do you know where this was? The water and rocks remind me of ROttnest Island off the coast of Australia' date=' near Perth.[/quote'] Unfortunately, no. I did find two different sites that had this picture by doing a Google Image search on "Top 25 Inventions of 2011" (taken from the image's URL). But neither of those (nor the page I originally got it from) have any info. I'm at work, otherwise I'd try that image search website where you can give it an image to find the same way Google can find words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Spoilered for animated gif. That's neat! If they make it like a 'wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man', it could look like a ghost rising up out of the subway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narf the Mouse Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures You're right - That is a neat picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures ... Is that the Major? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures ... Is that the Major? Why, yes it is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures And very modern. But just not a General as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures That's neat! If they make it like a 'wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man'' date=' it could look like a ghost rising up out of the subway.[/quote'] The story behind it with more art: http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1273045 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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