The Chat Thread

[Tapio Dimitriyevich Shostakovich]

Entschuldigung!

Aber wofür? You're innocent!

[Opus106]

Whoa! This forum needs more threads/posts like this one.

[Dr. Dread]

Yes. KevinP at one time listened to classical music...

[ChamberNut]

Does anyone else think Einstein looks exactly like Grieg? 

[Dr. Dread]

[Dana]

Have they ever been seen together?!

[Dr. Dread]

I am going to see Judas Priest and Whitesnake. 

[karlhenning]

Taking Eric? 

[Dr. Dread]

Taking Eric? 

[Dr. Dread]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHAshi4vdbg     

[Lethevich]

Kind of related to the recent German talk: can any German member of the forum confirm a pointless observation I have made? (Which in its total lack of interest to other people, obviously becomes vitally interesting to myself )

Basically, text on the spines of books I have generally run from top to bottom, but two ones I have that were translated into English but still printed by a German publisher have spines going from bottom to top - is this standard practice in Germany or are they just weird (I have a couple of English ones in this format too, but they are uncommon)?

[Tapio Dimitriyevich Shostakovich]

Interesting, Lethe! Having a look at my/wifes 1000s of books, text on the spines of german books goes either from bottom to top or horizontal, on the bolder ones.
I can see only very very few books with top->bottom; they are computer/computer science, technical/related, but also from german publishers. But also on the vast majority of technical books text is bootom->top.

EDIT:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchrücken
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spine_(book)#Spine_orientation_and_titling_conventions

[Lethevich]

Thanks! It may be small and petty, but this is something I shall remember (and annoy people by telling them about it when I run out of things to talk about) forever 0:)

[knight66]

Thanks! It may be small and petty, but this is something I shall remember (and annoy people by telling them about it when I run out of things to talk about) forever 0:)

It is a question you can ask new acquaintances to test whether or not they will be your kind of people. It will be an elect club of great white souls.

Mike

[Opus106]

Chopin had a great signature!

[Opus106]

1729th post0:)

[Tapio Dimitriyevich Shostakovich]

Chopin had a great signature!

The mirroring looks pretty perfect; sure this isn't a fake?

[Opus106]

The mirroring looks pretty perfect; sure this isn't a fake?

You should ask the Wikipedian who uploaded it.

[Dr. Dread]

My name is Dave.

And I'm a musicaholic.   

[Keemun]

You should ask the Wikipedian who uploaded it.

If it's on Wikipedia, it has to be true.