Absent Friends & Missing Persons

[vinteuil]

I believe the ancient Egyptians depicted the Nile with its source at the the top flowing down to the delta and the Mediterranean at the bottom.

... which is why the Nile delta was so called :

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[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

The IOW Tourist Board says, "[Beaker people] called the Island "Wiht" (Weight) meaning raised or what rises over the sea. Then the Romans arrived in 43AD and translated "Wiht" into the name Vectis from the Latin veho meaning "lifting". It seems to have evolved into something like "the place that sticks out of the sea and divides the water into two".

I didn't know that. Them beaker people, eh?

The "Man" in "Isle of Man" doesn't mean "man", either - more akin to "Mountain"; the Manx equivalent of the Welsh "Ynys Mon", or "Anglesey" - which has nothing to do with Men, either - and certainly not those of the Angles or Saxon persuasion, either! (Mind you, "man" in Welsh means "place", so mebbe not .... )

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

... which is why the Nile delta was so called :

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(Hope Bbm is enjoying his holiday!)

[gurnemanz]

... which is why the Nile delta was so called :

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But not by the ancient Egyptians.

[vinteuil]

But not by the ancient Egyptians.

... but possibly by the Slightly Younger Egyptians. The (Hellenistic) Ptolemies fr'instance [305 BC - 35 BC].

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemaic_Kingdom

Did the Even Ancienter Egyptians have maps of the Nile?



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[vinteuil]

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... I hope Ferney is all right.

His Today's (Tomorrow's) The Day conked out a week ago, and no sign of him since.
I've tried to PM him, but his in-box is over-clogged...

Worried of Hammersmith...




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[Pulcinella]

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... I hope Ferney is all right.

His Today's (Tomorrow's) The Day conked out a week ago, and no sign of him since.
I've tried to PM him, but his in-box is over-clogged...

Worried of Hammersmith...




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Me too.
I think he mentioned recently that he had some eye problem; let's hope that gets resolved if it's what's keeping him at bay.
I really hope that moderating threads that were getting out of hand hasn't caused him to quit.
At one point he was hoping to get to Richard B's concert here in York on Friday.

[Joseph K]

I'd assumed he'd gone on holiday or something.

[jayne lee wilson]

Gosh.....come in fhg, come in.....are you reading us....

[Nick Armstrong]

Gosh.....come in fhg, come in.....are you reading us....

Yes, as Pulcinella mentioned, fhg is allowing himself a bit of time to deal with an ocular issue, so understandably, reading isn’t the easiest thing at the moment. I’m sure he’ll be back very soon, equipped for even greater vigilance

[Padraig]

Yes, as Pulcinella mentioned, fhg is allowing himself a bit of time to deal with an ocular issue, so understandably, reading isn’t the easiest thing at the moment. I’m sure he’ll be back very soon, equipped for even greater vigilance

In which case, best wishes for a good recovery, ferney, and thanks Caliban.

[Nick Armstrong]

In which case, best wishes for a good recovery, ferney, and thanks Caliban.

[edashtav]

In which case, best wishes for a good recovery, ferney, and thanks Caliban.

[Edgy 2]

Best wishes ferney

[Petrushka]

Hope Ferney's ocular issue gets sorted as successfully as mine was. Meanwhile, who's in charge...?