For Primitive: (Dragon*Con)

Slynky · #1 September 10th, 2004, 03:22 PM

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Timstone said:
Glad to hear you think positive of them.
As RD knows, I'm from Holland. I think there are about three Dutchmen on this forum. Henk Brouwer was the first, then came Sparhawk and I'm the third.
Where did you went in my beautiful country?

Oh, like many, I did the tourist thing. Madurodam (spelling?) and Keukehof (spelling again?). But I rode around the country, too. I never took tour buses. Just drove where I wanted to. Now that I remember, Holland's road signs, as one approaches intersections, are unique. I liked them. But, I stopped off at a few castles and a famous cathedral (my spelling sucks today!).

One of the things I remember most is stopping at a lake to ask directions. Several young people (they were around 20 years old and I was around 28) stopped by to help. They had just finished swimming and were waiting on their friend to come and get them. The girl (the only one) asked if she could change out of her swimsuit in the back of my van. So, naturally I said "yes". So, she changed and her friends and I chatted at the driver's door. I remember wanting to look in the rear-view mirror but I remembered my American manners and never looked. To this day, I think how wonderful it is that so many Europeans can be so open about nudity.

Lots of people in Holland spoke English. Another thing I remember is that they spoke it with a British accent. Not like people in Germany (who really had not much of an accent at all). I found it interesting and just figured it was because Holland was so close to England.

Alneyan · #2 September 10th, 2004, 06:08 PM

Thanks for the links Slynky! I should check it out one of these days (or, in other words, later this evening).

I had forgotten the problem of getting the actual DVD in France though. While it can fairly easily be bought via Internet, the additional taxes tend to be impressive (in no specific order, shipping costs, duty taxes, "bonus" duty taxes for some goods, currency changes taxes, taxes to pay for all the expenses occurred by the previous taxes, and taxes to fund a swimming pool or two). But it looks like I am digressing once more.

So, back to the actual topic. The only thing I can say about this second tattoo is "gasp". But the first one... No, I shouldn't get started about wings and tattoos. And her look... *Goes away from the thread before fainting*

Alneyan · #3 September 10th, 2004, 07:23 PM

I seem to have been proven wrong this time; Amazon steps in as a worthy site if you need to import something (without suffering long shipping delays and prices closer to the ones practiced by armed robbers). Erh, what happened to my promise of stopping my wild rants?

However, if someone is willing to help me out with another matter, it would certainly be appreciated. The DVD in question belongs to the Zone 1 (US and Canada), while Europe is in Zone 2. Does this limit mean anything for computer DVD players, or is it only important for TV DVD players? Does it depend on the DVD player? Can you guess I am truly computer illerate? (Or anything related to electronics for this matter) Should I steal Deadstar's own DVD and be done with it?

Thanks in advance for any answer! I will remember I owe you a favour. *Grumbles*

Slynky · #4 September 10th, 2004, 09:05 PM

That sounds like a Fyron question

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Fyron · #5 September 10th, 2004, 09:30 PM

Zoning is not much of an issue with computers. DVD-ROM drives can read any zoned DVD. What might be an issue is your DVD playing software. There are programs that will bypass zoning garbage, such as AnyDVD, which runs in the background and descrambles the DVD info, allowing any software to play the movie. They have a trial Version you can use to play a single DVD. If zoning is going to be a big issue, might be worth the 40 dollars US to buy it.

Kamog · #6 September 10th, 2004, 10:54 PM

That's a very big tattoo. Those two Chinese symbols at the top mean "evil" and "poison".

Alneyan · #7 September 11th, 2004, 02:33 AM

Thanks Fyron! Now perhaps I should start looking for a DVD player to begin with. Yes, I seem to have expected the DVD to play without requiring an additional player; how naive of me.

Slynky · #8 September 11th, 2004, 09:42 AM

Another tall girl (in silver and black...sorry, Timstone

). But, just take a look at that expression on her face! Eat you alive, she would!

Slynky · #9 September 11th, 2004, 06:40 PM

Now, while I appreciate female costumes, I gotta admit this is a pretty good "Snake Plissken"! (oh, and what is filling his left hand isn't bad, either)

Alneyan · #10 September 11th, 2004, 08:47 PM

Thanks Fyron! I will be looking for DVD players as soon as I get a DVD to begin with (at least I have the DVD drive, even if it has served no purpose until now).

I cannot comment on the two girls; doing so would destroy what little remains of my sanity. Now we are only lacking the butterfly bra from Last year's thread, and... Well.