Nungali Posted April 16, 2017 True that. But if I allowed a potential opponent to get that close to me I would have made a serious mistake. (Some of my knives are four feet long.) Hmmm ... what's the diff between a 4 ' long knife from a 4' long one handed sword ? ..... Yes, it may look like an 'Indonesian Sabre ' ..... but is actually a straight sword that tried to piece my chest while I was practicing 'iron heart chi ' . 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marblehead Posted April 16, 2017 Hmmm ... what's the diff between a 4 ' long knife from a 4' long one handed sword ? All my swords are left-handed swords. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted April 17, 2017 I will have you know there are NO left handed swordsman ! You ..... incorrect fellow, you ! I havent learnt one single left hand sword technique. I asked why and was told there were no left handed swordsman . ? After some research I found out one was 'not allowed to be' left handed as a swordsman in Japan. How can this be so ? Surely a left handed man would learn to use a sword left handed ? .... but then I realised ; Some guy in feudal Japan ; " Hey ! I am a left - handed swordsman ! " "Oh really? Show us ." ......... chop ! ...... not anymore ! " ( Ohhhh .... that's what they meant by 'not allowed to ' . ) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cold Posted April 17, 2017 All my cutlery is and always has been Ambidextrous! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted April 23, 2017 I just got my recent cranial x-rays back .... the doc said he wanted to see what was going on my head ; 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cold Posted June 2, 2017 Where were these pics taken? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted June 3, 2017 Egypt - out in the middle of Western Desert , near Bahariya Oasis In the nearby 'The White Desert ' .... just next to 'The Black Desert ' 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted June 3, 2017 Crystal mountain - white desert ' It should once be put right, that the crystals from the known Crystal Mountain (28° 26' E and 27° 39' N) between the oasis Bahariya and Farafra, northern of the White Desert, are no Quartz crystals. They are probably Barite (Schwerspat, BaSO4) and/or Calcite crystals (Kalkspat, CaCO3), which to ascertain at the hardness of the crystals easily. Quartz (SiO2) has the hardness 7, Barite and Calcite the hardness 3.5-3.0 (Mohs-scale). Quartz crystal can scratch glass, Barite or Calcite can it not. The origin of this Crystal Mountain is interesting. The hill was opened during works at the road from Farafra to Bahariya by chance and destroyed in part. The material was installed into the road. Today is the Crystal Mountain a popular stop for the tourists. Still more interesting is the geological context. The hill is not a paleokarst cave with columnar-shaped stalagmites. It is a subvolcanic vault, which was emerged probably during the Oligocene age. The visible layers are e.g. White Desert limestone of the Khoman Fm.* (Late Cretaceous age), as well as a younger coal seam and hydrothermal impregnated reddish to brownish ferruginous layers. The strata are broken or brecciated and intensely with each other folded. It is to be ascertained intense heat. The coal seam e.g. was transformed to anthracite (?). The crystals have increased out of climbed hydrovolcanic solutions. The hot solutions were high concentrated with BaSO4 and/or CaCO3, which had been solved from the sediments. The solutions have penetrated into all cavities. After cooling of the solutions the crystals could increase. It were formed columns or round domes with crystals within. http://www.b14643.de/Sahara/Crystal-Mountain/ 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted June 3, 2017 ....... smash them up and use as road base ??? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marblehead Posted June 3, 2017 1 hour ago, Nungali said: ....... smash them up and use as road base ??? Sure, why not? They should withstand the sands of time. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted June 4, 2017 Tourism , thats why, people love going and looking at these sort of formations . Hopefully then went around the better ones and preserved them. In Namibia there are similar places , and climate, the road base ( and surface) there is made by layering sand and salt and watering it and rolling it , successively .... seems to last years , when worn, more salt and sand and water and rolling . Ends up sorta vitrified looking . 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marblehead Posted June 10, 2017 I doubt that will help much. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Starjumper Posted July 9, 2017 Kissing the fire dragon 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Starjumper Posted July 13, 2017 Averau and Monte Pelmo from Cortina D'ampezzo, Italy 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
idquest Posted July 19, 2017 3 hours ago, Lois said: 5-dimentional dragon leaking into our bland 3-dimentional space. Good. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zerostao Posted August 11, 2017 (edited) just your typical 140 year old mom with her 5 day old baby Edited October 12, 2017 by zerostao looked like pic didn't post 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marblehead Posted August 11, 2017 1 hour ago, zerostao said: looked like pic didn't post Looks that way to me too. It is probably too pretty to be seen here. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
