Wheres...?
An Mac Tíre Bán
Telmey?
Hippo?
GoldenArse?
Paul Carr?
Howard Beale?
Red Hand Luke?
Who am I missing?
Ray
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GoldenArse
"An Mac Tíre Bán" <ra...@iol.ie.> wrote in message
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> Harry Merrick?
> Telmey?
> Hippo?
> GoldenArse?
> Paul Carr?
> Howard Beale?
> Red Hand Luke?
>
> Who am I missing?
>
> Ray
Unki.
GA
An Mac Tíre Bán
wrote:
Me and Unki are erm... "talking"...
kateh
> Me and Unki are erm... "talking"...
Will wonders never cease. :)
I wish he'd come back to SCI......I need water-color lessons.
KateH
hmhawktoo
To busy with his arse to a mirror I suspect.
Sidheseeker
For transparent watercolor..
Lesson 1.
Squeeze color from tube onto pallettte..
Dip brush in water..
Mix desired colors..
Blot excess color from brush..
Apply color to wet or dry watercolor paper.. :-)
An Mac Tíre Bán
LOL!!
An Mac Tíre Bán
You make it sound sooooo easy! :)
Rick
> On 8 Jun 2005 13:22:14 -0700, "Sidheseeker" <sidhe...@ireland.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >kateh wrote:
> >> "An Mac Tíre Bán" wrote ...
> >> > Me and Unki are erm... "talking"...
> >>
> >> Will wonders never cease. :)
> >> I wish he'd come back to SCI......I need water-color lessons.
> >> KateH
> >
> >For transparent watercolor..
> >Lesson 1.
> >Squeeze color from tube onto pallettte..
> >Dip brush in water..
> >Mix desired colors..
> >Blot excess color from brush..
> >Apply color to wet or dry watercolor paper.. :-)
>
> You make it sound sooooo easy! :)
>
> Ray
>
Well, the numbers help....
kateh
> "An Mac Tíre Bán" wrote:
>> >> "An Mac Tíre Bán" wrote ...
>> >> > Me and Unki are erm... "talking"...
>> >>
>> >> Will wonders never cease. :)
>> >> I wish he'd come back to SCI......I need water-color lessons.
>> >> KateH
>> >
>> >For transparent watercolor..
>> >Lesson 1.
>> >Squeeze color from tube onto pallettte..
>> >Dip brush in water..
>> >Mix desired colors..
>> >Blot excess color from brush..
>> >Apply color to wet or dry watercolor paper.. :-)
>>
>> You make it sound sooooo easy! :)
>
That's acrylics.......watercolors don't have the numbers or I wouldn't need
Unki!
Kate(and Sidheseeker!)H :)
Rick
Well, what in the world does the Russian Alphabet have to do with painting?
Michilín
wrote:
>Harry Merrick?
>Telmey?
>Hippo?
>GoldenArse?
>Paul Carr?
>Howard Beale?
>Red Hand Luke?
>
>Who am I missing?
>
>Ray
Not who - what?
Three pounds of brain cells is my guess.
Michilín
Ně iad fŕsach, canaidh iad sěth ris.
They make a desert and call it peace.
Michilín
<arseo...@yahREMOVEhoo.com> wrote:
Oh YES! Let's have Unki back! Where are those alabaster buttocks!!
Madra Dubh
"Rick" <notgi...@alltel.net> wrote in message
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You are thinking of Ceramics, Rick.
kateh
> "Rick" wrote ...
>> Well, what in the world does the Russian Alphabet have to do with
>> painting?
>
> You are thinking of Ceramics, Rick.
What are you two goin' on about?
KateH
Madra Dubh
"kateh" <kat...@charter.net> wrote in message
news:4rXpe.18033$QX1...@fe06.lga...
We are tryin' to out ignorant each other, Kate.
Rick
Huh? I thought Ceramics was the study of words?
Rick
We'uns is pontificating on Acrylics, the Russian alphabet and Ceramics,
the study of words...
kateh
> "kateh" wrote ...
>> "Madra Dubh"
>>> "Rick" wrote ...
>>>> Well, what in the world does the Russian Alphabet have to do with
>>>> painting?
>>>
>>> You are thinking of Ceramics, Rick.
>>
>> What are you two goin' on about?
>> KateH
>
> We are tryin' to out ignorant each other, Kate.
I think we'll call it a draw.
Kate(pun intended)H :)
kateh
Frighteningly enough.......I think I get it.
Kate(geeze, I *gotta* get outa here)H :)
Madra Dubh
Madra Dubh
That would be "Semitics".
An Mac Tíre Bán
wrote:
I think you mean "Semtex"
Michilín
That's brilliant!
I only wish I had said it...
(but don't worry - I will!)
Michilín
wrote:
>On 8 Jun 2005 13:22:14 -0700, "Sidheseeker" <sidhe...@ireland.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>kateh wrote:
>>> "An Mac Tíre Bán" wrote ...
>>> > Me and Unki are erm... "talking"...
>>>
>>> Will wonders never cease. :)
>>> I wish he'd come back to SCI......I need water-color lessons.
>>> KateH
>>
>>For transparent watercolor..
>>Lesson 1.
>>Squeeze color from tube onto pallettte..
>>Dip brush in water..
>>Mix desired colors..
>>Blot excess color from brush..
>>Apply color to wet or dry watercolor paper.. :-)
>
>You make it sound sooooo easy! :)
>
>Ray
>
It is if you don't need your knuckles to remain balanced on your hind
legs. Get your wife to put up a beam for you to hang from while
painting.
kateh
> "kateh" wrote ...
>>> We are tryin' to out ignorant each other, Kate.
>>
>> I think we'll call it a draw.
>> Kate(pun intended)H :)
>
> Nope, Kate.
> "Drawl"
:) I stand corrected.
KateH
Rick
Was it leaning?
Madra Dubh
Agin the porch pole.......
Madra Dubh
"An Mac Tíre Bán" <ra...@iol.ie.> wrote in message
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Gelignite is no more?
Madra Dubh
"Michilín" <mic...@shaw.ca> wrote in message news:42a9e3c4.20961410@news...
Ah Highlander, you are too kind.
But what little word toying of this sort that I know, I learned on scs.
Michilín
<cca...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
The important thing is that it's the equivalent of physical exercise
for the brain and one of the various means whereby senility is pushed
back.
The others include:
1. inhaling pure oxygen on a regular basis.
2. eating blueberries
3. regular physical exercise and as we have already said above,
4. mental exercise, including a passion for something intellectually
challenging or at least fulfilling. Reading is excellent stimulation
for the brain because it stimulates active thought, while watching
television is passive and mind-numbing.
Madra Dubh
"Michilín" <mic...@shaw.ca> wrote in message news:42aa6350.4595778@news...
I believe in exercise as well.
Blueberries and oxygen I've not heard of.
Must give it a try.
I've a computer chess game that helps with the mental exercise..
That and my Spanish studies have convinced me of the efficacy of keeping the
brain active.
Some days I can find me way to the bath room unassisted.................
Michilín
<cca...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
Me too, but when I get there I sometimes can't remember what I came
for until the spreading puddle reminds me...
Oxygen was found to alleviate lost memory some years ago and so it you
want to question your granny about your family tree, give her a good
lungful of pure oxygen first and the old brain cells will leap back
into action. That's a thoroughly tested technique. You know of course
that you cannot inhale pure oxygen indefinitely because you will burn
your lungs, but half an hour or so does no damage.
Bluieberries have long been believed by Highland people to prevent the
onset of senility and indeed senility doesn't seem to be that common,
especially among Hebrideans aged 90 to 100 plus. The berry is very
commonly eaten in the Highlands as it's one of the few local ground
cover fruits that grows profusely. (Ground cover because of the local
climate; further south it becames quite a tall bush.) John Hopkins
University (in the US) has been studying folk remedies apparently and
several Highland remedies have been shown to be efficacious and have
led to innovative treatments.
In the case of blueberries, the JH studies seem to indicate that the
berries not only slow or even halt senility, but in some cases seem to
have reversed it. That's extremel;y good news for thousands of North
Americans who suffer from the condition.
Previous Highland remedies that have attracted attention are:
Fox glove tea: (Digitalis purpurea) produces digitalis for heart
problems, Lethal if mishandled so DO NOT try it without professional
advice. The tea is normally diluted until it is extremely weak. At
full strength it will stop your heart.
Feverfew (Chrysanthemum parthenium) meaning it is related to the teas
we drink, is commonly sold in Scottish pharmacies as an effective
remedy for migraine. To my amazement, it was unknown for this use in
North America until a few years ago when it was finally 'discovered".
Urine: Given that Highland culture has always been obsessed with
fighting and killing because of far too many people competing for far
too few resources, battle wound management forms a large part of the
Highland pharmaceutical compendium.
As Highlanders typically and deliberately kept their swordblades dirty
with blood, etc. so as to maximize the lethal effect of a sword nick
by infecting it, disinfection was not only understood but provided for
by urinating on wounds. Urine is virtually sterile and nearly
odourless when it leaves the body and is a mild astringent and
disinfectant. Worth remembering if you get a dirty cut in the wild -
get your buddy to piss on it until all the dirt is floated away, then
cover with something clean. Do NOT wash with water from a pond or
elsewhere unless it has been thoroughly boiled or disinfected with
water tablets. Ice too can be loaded with bacteria; just ask anyone
who had an iced drink in Mexico and got dysentary.
Spiderweb: Proteinaceous spider silk extruded from the spinnarets of
any of numerous arachnids of the order Araneae (spiders). Note the
word "Protein-aceous" Highlanders discovered years ago that when
treating a wound which was missing some of the interior flesh, as when
a chunk was chopped out by an arcing sword blow, stuffing the
remaining cavity with spider webs sped healing and renewal of the
flesh mush faster than bandaging it and allowing it to heal without
outside help. John Hopkins now uses sterilized spiderweb to speed the
healing of battle and accident wounds.
Whisk(e)y: (aqua vitae) was primarly used as medicine in Scot,land,
Ireland, Appalachia and the Deep South. It was used as anaesthetic,
disinfectant, a cure-all for coughs, colds and the flu and a sovereign
remedy for everything from baldness to French Disease.
Even today in the Highlands people still concoct a drink called Atholl
Brose which is used to revive calves and lambs brought into a hot
kitchen after being caught in snow drifts and near death. The alcohol
causes the veins to dilate, allowing heat to spread through the body
and radiate from the skin.
This is why your should NEVER drink alcohol if sleeping out in snow or
to make yourself feel better after being hauled out of an ice-covered
river as once your core heat has been used up, you will almost
certainly get hypothermia and die despite the best efforts of your
companions to keep you alive.
Anyone going into the bush should not ever go alone and should know
how to deal with hypothernia and other matters. I have never forgotten
a week I spent running out of rations when I sprained an ankle by
stupidly breaking a wilderness rule and climbing over a fallen tree
trunk rather than walking around it. Ther was no point in trying to
walk out until the ankle swelling subsided, as I would have made my
situation even worse. I had lots of time to sit with my foot immersed
in a cold mountain stream to make it shrink and tell myself what a
f***ing arsehole I was. It's those little slips and "innocent"
shortcuts that kill you.
One of my ancestors in the 1600s was caught with his son in a blizzard
in the mountains south of Inverness near the Drumochter Pass and they
decided that rather than get killed falling into a crevasse, they
would sleep out in the snow. (I've often done it; it's quite warm if
you know what you're doing.) The son carefully rolled a snowball and
placed his head on it, preparatory to going to sleep. The father, who
had been watching this with interest, got up and kicked the snowball,
away, saying that he had never thought to see the day that his son was
so soft - I believe the actual words used were a Gaelic form of "so
Frenchified" - that he needed a pillow...
Oatmeal brose was the commonest of the many forms od porridge eaten in
the Highlands and the correct method of making it should be put on
record. A quantity of coarse oatmeal - with salt 'to taste' as they
say - is placed in a bowl and boiling water poured over it. The water
must be boiling hard as it pours and there should be enough of it to
just cover the oatmeal. A plate is immediately placed over the bowl
like a lid, cooking the brose in its own steam. Slip a nut of butter
under the plate and into the brose and in four or five minutes whip
off the lid, stir the mass violently together, splash in some milk and
eat. You will never again be happy with the slop which passes for
porridge. Many people ate it without milk. I and countless others have
lived on it alone when out herding and gathering sheep for the annual
clipping, dipping and count.)
ATHOLL BROSE
Atholl Brose has been famous since 1475 when the Duke of Atholl
captured his enemy the Earl of Ross by filling a well where the Earl
liked to drink with this magical potion. Ross (not surprisingly) drank
deeply and was taken. As to what became of the rest of the well
contents... because this took place in Scotland it seems very unlikely
it was wasted!
3 tablespoonfuls oatmeal, heaped
2 tablespoonfuls liquid heather honey
Scotch whisky to make up 4 cups. (2 pints)
about 2 cups of water
some people also stir in 2 to 4 fluid ounces of thick cream.
Put oatmeal into a bowl, mix with water to create a thick paste.
Let stand for 1/2 hour.
In the next step, the aim is to save the liquid; not the oatmeal!
Strain liquid through fine strainer into bowl.
Press with back of spoon to extract all liquid, throw away oatmeal.
Mix liquid with honey, stir with silver spoon until well-blended.
Pour into quart bottle, fill up with Scotch whisky, cork tightly.
Always shake before using.
I love Atholl Brose. My mother thought it tasted like cat sick.
kfuz...@tinet.ie
Don't we all!
kfuz...@tinet.ie
Lesson 1.
Squeeze color from tube onto pallettte..
Dip brush in water..
Mix desired colors..
Blot excess color from brush..
Apply color to wet or dry watercolor paper.. :-) "
That's it really - except you forgot the magic mushrooms.
kfuz...@tinet.ie
it all the time. In fact, I have no time for these purists who say you
can't mixed media in a painting. Here is a painting I did of a full
moon over Sligo Bay recently. After I painted it I fell asleep on the
beach and when I woke up the next morning the seagulls were eating my
tubes of Indigo and Prussian Blue - at 30 Euros a tubes the bastards
had the most expensive breakfast in history. Not to mention they looked
more like Magpies than seagulls.
An Mac Tíre Bán
>http://www.celticcrossarts.com/enniscrone_moon.jpg
Beautiful picture Unki... However too easy to steal... Consider doing
something like the following to your pics you display on the Internet to
prevent your art just getting ripped off...
http://eirefirst.com/temp/unki.jpg
Marjana
<kfuz...@tinet.ie> je napisal v sporocilo
news:1118667166....@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com ...
We used to have water colours in tablets. Those in tubes were called
tempera...
Marjana
(those were the days!)
Telmey®
kfuz...@tinet.ie wrote t :
>"I need water-color lessons."
>
>Don't we all!
>
Ok I give up,,,,,, wat are colour lessons ??
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