Random Thought Thread

[WValtakis]

Oh, and here's an OG B42XR that I used to build a 1watt blue laser before you could buy em back then

 

[Blues]

I've got navy blue on...draw your own conclusions.

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

Timmy, you can't wear orange on St. Paddy's day...

prove it

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

Oh, and here's an OG B42XR that I used to build a 1watt blue laser before you could buy em back then
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wip thread please

very cool

 

[Mendoman]

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There is/was a smoking museum in Eureka, Ca. The older marketing was the best part.

 

[EMCEE]

Happy St. patty’s Day, ya crazy bastids !!!

 

[yoko]

I was going to post a pic but I can't find my "kiss me I'm Asian " shirt

 

[WValtakis]

wip thread please

very cool

It's over on CandlePowerForums, 10-15 years ago...you can search my username over there "WValtakis2". Nothing too crazy, I turned a housing that would hold the diode and collecting assembly in dimensions that would drop in and replace the stock LED/Reflector/lens assembly.

 

[bluemax_1]

It's over on CandlePowerForums, 10-15 years ago...you can search my username over there "WValtakis2". Nothing too crazy, I turned a housing that would hold the diode and collecting assembly in dimensions that would drop in and replace the stock LED/Reflector/lens assembly.

Was there already a WValtakis?

 

[EMCEE]

I was going to post a pic but I can't find my "kiss me I'm Asian " shirt

 

[WValtakis]

Was there already a WValtakis?

No, I'm "Wilfred Valtakis II" ...seemed like a good idea at the time

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

Happy St. patty’s Day, ya crazy bastids View attachment 2120428!!!

you look like a giant leprechaun.

awesome

 

[EMCEE]

you look like a giant leprechaun.

awesome

I’m only 5’2” and I’m Norse and French.

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

I’m only 5’2” and I’m Norse and French.

same difference.

you should carry around a box of lucky charms. today at least .

 

[EMCEE]

^^^You, my friend, have jokes for days and I love it. Happy St. Patty’s ! Hope all is well for you and yours.

Best regards

 

[oldmanwilly]

I’m only 5’2” and I’m Norse and French.

If your people come from Normandy you could just say "Norman" and cover both.

 

[EMCEE]

If your people come from Normandy you could just say "Norman" and cover both.

Fine historical point, sir. However, my ancestry is French and Norse, as in Scandinavian. All that is simply the past and more importantly, we are Americans.

 

[Blues]

And to further confuse the issue of Lilliputians from Northern Europe...

Is Nordic the same as Scandinavian?

The terms Scandinavia and Scandinavian are often used as synonyms for Norden and Nordic in English. Some insist that Scandinavia refers just to Denmark, Norway and Sweden (or even just to the Norwegian-Swedish peninsula), and does not include Finland or Iceland.

(I'm a mutt...and a proud American as well, Michael.)

 

[evergreensSequoiaseucalyptusandOaks]

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[Hammer67]

And to further confuse the issue of Lilliputians from Northern Europe...

To put a finer point on it, some insist that "Scandinavia" only refers to those countries which contain part of the Scandinavian mountains - Norway & Sweden. There is a tiny section of the mountain range that enters Finland at its very northern tip, but there are basically just low hills at that point, and no one cares.

"Nordic" is the more encompassing term for Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland.