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Post by seguin on Jun 9, 2007 22:07:35 GMT -5
I´m with you and Nef, Davy! I got a great welcome here, I can´t say the same for the other two sites. This is the place where I feel the most at home. As for the Alamofilm site "battle", I still have´nt figured out what it was all about. I gather some people clashed and some "scolars" went off to create their own site - Alamo Studies. I´ve read their "renegade" thread but I have´nt found the threads that created the "battle" yet, only a thread with a heated discussion with a guy who seemed very anti-Texas and very pro-Mexican. He saw everything from a Mexican view, The anglo´s stole Texas from Mexico - they were slave traders - Seguin was a traitor to both countries etc. etc. Boy, was he on a rant! I think four Alamo forums is too much because Alamo buffs is a relatively small group. I would´nt be surprised if some of the forums close down at some point or just gets inactive due to lack of posts. As Nef says, if we can continue having stuff posted exclusively for Alamo Central, then I think the future looks bright. It´s a matter of having your own unique profile, a "site with a twist" as Nef puts it...
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Post by seguin on Jun 10, 2007 19:37:34 GMT -5
To become a member you must be invited. So far, no one I know including Nef, have not been asked to join. The people who created that board are the same ones who cause trouble over at the AlamoFilm site. As far as I'm concerned, they can have there board and I don't want to be a part of it. Wow - How elitist can you get? At least they should state that the site´s only for invited "scolars". It looks as if anybody can registrer. "Scolars only - and only after an invitation" - how pretencious...
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Post by seguin on Jun 8, 2007 22:07:29 GMT -5
I noticed yet another Alamo forum also hosted on Proboards like Alamo Sports and Alamo Sentry. It´s called Alamo Studies and it´s apparently created by a splinter group from the Alamofilm site. I wonder if there are Alamo buffs enough to make all four forums interesting. The site is down pt. Yesterday it worked. I guess it will be up and running again shortly. Here´s the link: alamostudies.proboards58.com/index.cgi
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Post by seguin on Jun 4, 2007 16:41:14 GMT -5
Wow - interesting news! Thanks, Davy! It probably won´t happen but maybe the federal government should take the critique of the system to heart, so secession won´t happen some time in the future. Here in Denmark we also have secession movements. One in Greenland (although they have Home Rule) and another one at the Faroy Islands (they also have Home Rule). Like Vermont, none of those parts of Denmark could survive economically without the huge amount of money they receive from our federal government. Something must be wrong with the system when ever people wants to secede, I would think...
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Post by seguin on May 21, 2007 15:59:47 GMT -5
It´s a very beautiful house and garden! I would´nt mind living there. So the Washington family took their surname from the hall. Does it say what name they had before?
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Post by seguin on May 17, 2007 20:11:42 GMT -5
Thanks for the answers, Davy! As for the avatar problem, I´ve tried several times (inc. just now) to upload one of the preloaded ones but they don´t work! And I did remember to click "modify profile"! - Strange, but it´s ok. It´s not important...
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Post by seguin on May 17, 2007 19:27:44 GMT -5
I´ve noticed some members have : Karma 2 or karma 0 f.ex. - What does that stand for? I´ve also noticed that different members have different titles or rank. What are the different titles and how do you get them? While I´m at it, I have a problem with uploading an avatar. I tried to choose one from the bunch but it did´nt upload! Is there something wrong with the uploading device? Another question. How do you upload an avatar from your own picture files (not from an URL address), if you prefer that?
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Post by seguin on May 19, 2007 14:47:59 GMT -5
Davy: I´m no expert on viking history but as far as I recollect Denmark and Norway had their own viking kings. However well after the viking age Denmark and Norway were united in the Kalmar Union, each country with their own king (1397-1524). And from 1536-1814 Norway was a part of the danish kingom together with Greenland, Faroe Islands and Iceland (Iceland got their independence in 1945 but Greenland and Faroe Islands are still danish). As for various "barbaric" tribes, none of them ever invaded Denmark. They did however invade the Roman Empire - or tried to.
rebAL: Thanks for the link! I still think it´s a funny name because Scandinavia (Denmark,Sweden and Norway) never had a common king, although Denmark and Norway had in certain historic periods. But of course, a ships name does´nt have to be founded in history. They can have all sorts of funny names...
Rick: How we stand the northern winters? How do you stand the summers in the southern states? ;D - Well, when it gets too cold we just shoot some of the polar bears who are roaming the streets and put on their fur ;D No really, there´s 7-8 years between real cold winters in Denmark. This winter was very warm. We never had any minus degrees except for some nights. It was so warm that nature got confused and flowers and plants started to grow buds in december! There was a lot of talk about the green house effect because of that. Of course this winter was abnormal. Usually there are periods in the winter where we get into minus degrees, but not extremely so. Maybe 5-10 degrees celcius at the most (I think you have to multiply by 3.5 approx. to get the degrees in Fahrenheit). Most of the time it´s 0-5 degrees celcius in the daytime in winter. If you want real cold winters you´ll have to travel to nothern Norway or northern Sweden. Denmark is too far south for that - thank God. When the leaves start to change? they start to change in March - April. So April-May would be a good time to visit Denmark, unless you prefer the summer time. When it´s real hot in the summer it´s about 25-28 degrees celcius. I think that´s about 75-95 degrees Fahrenheit. Personally I prefer 20-22 C. (68-75F.). I just hate when it´s so hot you´re sweating all the time.
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Post by seguin on May 17, 2007 19:13:31 GMT -5
rebAL, is the ship really called King of Scandinavia? - That´s a funny name because Scandinavia is three countries, Denmark, Sweden and Norway (and when you talk about the Nordic countries it includes Finland and Iceland too), so it´s hard to imagine a king of Scandinavia...
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Post by seguin on May 17, 2007 19:05:09 GMT -5
Thanks for the welcome, guys! Yes rebAL, you could say that we´re kind of neighbours. England is less than an hour away by plane or you can take the ship. I did´nt know that many danes take shopping trips to Newcastle, (I thought most of them went to London) but we have quite a lot of english people living here. I´ve met many englishmen here in my snooker club (I´m a bit of a snooker buff too)...
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Post by seguin on May 16, 2007 20:02:40 GMT -5
I forgot to introduce myself when I joined the forum. I´m 55 years old and from Denmark. I´ve always been interested in stuff like the Alamo, Davy Crokett, Bowie, the wild west, cowboys, indians etc. since I was a kid. This interest was re-kindled (?) when I read Jackson´s "Los Tejanos" and later saw the 2004 Alamo movie (I bought it on dvd of course, now I´m looking for a dvd with Wayne´s Alamo movie). Some years ago I taped an Alamo docu from the Discovery channel. I don´t remember the name of the docu (I have it somewhere in my video tape collection) but it was pretty good. Some Alamo expert was the host and he talked a lot about the military facts, the De La Pena account and demonstrated how to use a Bowie knife ( you hold it with the edge up, not down, in order to slash an enemy open by first using a thrust and then slice/slash upwards) etc. So it seems like the Alamo keeps popping up in my life every few years It´s a great forum you got here! Lots of interesting info and some great Alamo buffs too! I noticed that a lot of you also posts at Alamo Sentry, so I have Created an account there as well. I´m looking forward to participate in your discussions...
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Post by seguin on Apr 6, 2008 18:37:47 GMT -5
I´ll go for the Doberman story... ;D
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Post by seguin on Apr 5, 2008 20:42:05 GMT -5
Do drop in from time to time, Alex. As you can see, you are missed. That´s for sure! I hope you soon get some more spare time, Alex...
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Post by seguin on Apr 1, 2008 17:41:51 GMT -5
Have Al left the forum?
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Post by seguin on Jan 7, 2008 20:04:50 GMT -5
Another case of art imitating life, I reckon. Yes, as per usual. Good thing it´s not the other way around... ;D
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Post by seguin on Jan 7, 2008 0:03:23 GMT -5
That reminds me of the movie "Over The Hedge"! It´s a computer-animated movie about some animals (racoon, squirrel etc.) stealing food from trash cans and people´s houses. The movie is based on the comic strip of the same name...
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Post by seguin on Dec 10, 2007 23:37:01 GMT -5
It looks very idyllic! Lucky you, Bromy!
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Post by seguin on Nov 22, 2007 19:38:01 GMT -5
I won´t read Chip and Dale comic books ever again! Well, they´re not squirrels but chipmunks - but still, better not to take any chances with such pesky critters...
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Post by seguin on Feb 29, 2008 23:03:49 GMT -5
"Have I offended anyone?...No? - Oh, dear, I obviously have´nt explained myself clearly enough." ;D
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Post by seguin on Jan 23, 2008 10:22:50 GMT -5
Just great, Bromy! Simply hilarious! It made me laugh... ;D
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