Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Feb 11th 1858 Virgin Mary appears to St. Bernadette? http://www.catholicpilgrims.com/lourdes/lourdeschronology.htm also http://chi.lcms.org/history/tih0211.htm > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+tim=kairosphoto.com@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+tim=kairosphoto.com@leica-users.org]On Behalf Of B. > D. Colen > Sent: March 18, 2005 8:15 AM > To: 'Leica Users Group' > Subject: RE: [Leica] Weird question - HELP! > > > Thanks to everyone who responded - I am now prepared for the Trivial > Pursuit tournament. :-) Seriously, I really appreciate the responses, > some of which were pretty amazing, but unfortunately I don't think > anyone hit it. I have two candle sticks, which are constructed of small > Kutani hand-painted vases set on ormolu bases with ormolu candle holders > in the neck. Each of the candle holders is inscribed with a date, > suggesting that these were for presentation - one is 11 Februar, 1886, > the other 11 Februar, 1868. I am selling them separately on Ebay - the > auction already closed on the 1886. Now the obvious solution to this > puzzle is that these are indeed a pair, and some idiot reversed the 8 > and the 6, and they are either both dated 11 Februar, 1886 or 1868. OR - > there is some cosmic significance to the 11 Februar date. Given the > weird things people have come up with, I'm now leaning very hard toward > the mistake theory. > > And why didn't I offer them as a pair? Simple, SWMO fed them to me for > posting one at a time. :-) > > B. D. > > P.S. I only mentioned Ebay because I am NOT selling anything > photographic there. ;-) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Eric Ladner > Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 1:49 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Weird question - HELP! > > > A few things that happened on February 11, involving France or Germany: > 1720 - Sweden & Prussia sign the Second Treaty of Stockholm to end The > Great Northern War > 1793 - Prussian troops occupy Venlo, Netherlands > 1810 - Napoleon Bonaparte marries Marie-Louise of Austria > 1858 - The apparition of Mary first appears to 14-year-old Bernadette > of Lourdes France > 1896 - Oscar Wilde's "Salome," premiered in Paris. [Later an opera by > Richard Strauss--I know that's stretching to bring in Germany] > > My favorite had nothing to do with France or Germany: 1800 - birth of > William Henry Fox Talbot, Wiltshire England, photographic pioneer > (brings photography into the thread!) > > Give us a clue what you're looking for, so we can narrow down the > search. > > --Eric > > On Mar 17, 2005, at 2:03 PM, B. D. Colen wrote: > > > Does any LUGGER know, or have any idea, what significance 11 February > > might have, particularly in German or French history? > > > > I realize this is a strange question - and I also realize it has > > nothing > > to do with Leicas or photography, but what the heck.... > > > > Thanks in advance - > > > > B. D. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information