Tons of old Photographs & Maps

[Olham]

Maybe it was shown here before, but better twice than never. Enjoy!

 

http://www.old-pictu...n-index-001.htm

 

There are also historical maps of the time around the Civil War and Great War. Here is a funny one:

 

 

 

And here for OvS:

 

 

Edited December 1, 2010 by Olham

[Burning Beard]

Olham,

 

Did I ever tell you that in an earlier life I was a surveyor.... don't you want me to get any work done?

 

Beard

[Slartibartfast]

Olham,

 

Did I ever tell you that in an earlier life I was a surveyor.... don't you want me to get any work done?

 

Beard

 

Work stop mentioning the W word in the mess old chap... just not on don't you know...

[Olham]

Chaps - I don't get a sillabel of what you both are talking about????

[Slartibartfast]

Work is the W word Herr Olham... and should not be used at the bar/mess. I was just joking with burning beard about mentioning the dreaded word...

[Burning Beard]

Olham, your english is so good that sometimes we forget that we may use a term, you may not have run across that is fairly common here.

 

The "W" word was explained, but in case you haven't run across surveyor, a surveyor measures land and then draws maps of what he has measured. I have drawn lots of maps so I am naturally interested in them.

 

Beard

[Olham]

Yeah, I did look up surveyor (didn't know the word's meaning) and so I slowly got it.

And you're right, my English is far from perfect.

Every now and then, I mix up "were" and "where", and recently I wrote I wanted to "hugg" someone,

when I wanted to say, I wanted to hug him. That can lead to enormous complications.

(Isn't the plural of "to hug" really having two "g"?)

Once someone wrote something, and I asked: "So what?"

Now I know it would be "Na und?" in German - which means something like "as if it mattered!"

What I meant to ask is rather: "So, what did you mean to ask exactly?"

So, please be patient with me, and tell me when I have expressed something wrong.

Edited December 1, 2010 by Olham