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“rarissima avis” was especially for you, Nicolas.
Jul 27, 2009,22:16 PM
As you were the first person I had seen use the term "a rare bird".
Cheers
Andrew
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The 1000 Watch Project…
By: AndrewD : July 26th, 2009-19:51
A Boston-based architecture firm are sponsoring the 1000 watch Project. They wanted to acknowledge how integral wristwatches are to our lives and what is lost when they no longer function and must be discarded. People are encouraged to contribute their wa...
they should have asked Nicholas
By: Mech : July 27th, 2009-21:50
he alone can contribute 10-20% pieces to the project, come to think about it, they should just send Nic 10 invitations and they will have PP and Langes in their entire effort Mech.
LOL, Mech...
By: amanico : July 27th, 2009-21:54
I'm afraid you over rate my collection... But including my Dream List, you may be right! Best, Nicolas
you see
By: Mech : July 27th, 2009-22:13
you've dreamed this far, most of us haven't hahahaha Mech.
"At my back...
By: pplater : July 27th, 2009-03:42
... I hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near" (with thanks and apologies to Andrew Marvell, who needed twelve words to say much the same thing) ;-) Cheers, pplater.
"Why......."
By: MTF : July 27th, 2009-08:44
"Why a 'perpetual calendar' year display showing only 1984 - 2004?" For our "engagement", I gave my then-fiancee a solitaire diamond ring; 1 month's salary. She gave me a Citizen quartz watch; 2 month's salary.....it seemed fair at the time. It had glow-i...
More Latin …
By: AndrewD : July 27th, 2009-16:19
I know some of you have singlehandedly embarked on you own personal 1000 Watch projects, so thanks to those who have already submitted some great epitaphs. Nothing like a bit of Latin to make the mundane seem special. Here are a few more that seemed to me...
Great post, Padre Andrew!
By: amanico : July 27th, 2009-21:42
It may sound weird, but I loved my Latin classes! I'm very attracted by " Memento Vivere "... A Must! Best, Nicolas
No... Really, Andrew ?
By: amanico : July 28th, 2009-04:04
Are you saying that this expression directly comes from my mad brain? I was sure I read it here, before... Best, Padre Nicolas
You were the first person …
By: AndrewD : July 28th, 2009-15:47
… I took notice of using that phrase, but I can’t be sure who started it. Using the search function there are 278 matches to the phrase “rare bird”. I cannot search back to the first use of the term due to an error in the Search function at the moment, bu...
10 words, huh? Tough one.
By: dxboon : July 28th, 2009-02:17
I'll go with this phrase from the immortal songbook of Simon & Garfunkel (The Bangles also put their spin on the song in the 80s), "Time, time, time, see what's become of me." Great post. Cheers, Daos
I'd go for...
By: Wooster : July 28th, 2009-14:03
... 'hic sunt eones'.
Lions where you are going or where you came from?
By: AndrewD : July 28th, 2009-15:26
Hi Wooster, good to read you again. Hic sunt drocones (here there be dragons) of course is the other famous phrase written on maps. Fear of the unknown. We still have it. Here is the Hunt-Lenox Globe from the early 1500’s, the oldest map known with ...