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Travel Destination: Holland [message #58265]

Tue, 22 January 2008 19:29

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Folks,

I'm putting together a short tour of Europe mid-Feb and plan
to set aside 3-4 days to travel in Holland. What's
on your list of things I *must* see or do while I am there?

Cheers,

David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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Re: Travel Destination: Holland [message #58275 is a reply to message #58265]

Fri, 25 January 2008 04:48

ben.bighair
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Registered: April 2007

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On Jan 25, 7:23 am, Maarten <maarten.sn...@knmi.nl> wrote:
> On Jan 24, 2:23 pm, Paul van Delst <Paul.vanDe...@noaa.gov> wrote:
>
>> You only covered two...but there are three choices.
>> -5K: clearly impossible
>> -5C: not too impressive
>> -5F: == -20C. That deserves at least a raised eyebrow, surely?
>
> A raised eyebrow, certainly: what is that 'F' unit you keep referring
> too?

It is the Fanning unit for the pithy-reply as I from my early IDL
class. I can't remember if it uses an inverted scale or not.

Cheers,
Ben

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Re: Travel Destination: Holland [message #58277 is a reply to message #58265]

Fri, 25 January 2008 04:23

Maarten[1]
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Registered: November 2005

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On Jan 24, 2:23 pm, Paul van Delst <Paul.vanDe...@noaa.gov> wrote:

> You only covered two...but there are three choices.
> -5K: clearly impossible
> -5C: not too impressive
> -5F: == -20C. That deserves at least a raised eyebrow, surely?

A raised eyebrow, certainly: what is that 'F' unit you keep referring
too?

:-p

Maarten

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Re: Travel Destination: Holland [message #58306 is a reply to message #58265]

Thu, 24 January 2008 06:23

Paul Van Delst[1]
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Registered: April 2002

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Maarten wrote:
> On Jan 23, 2:43 pm, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm a tramp-around sort of guy. Cold doesn't scare me much.
>> It's 5 below here this morning. ;-)
>
> This is a scientific group, so that is either impossible, or doesn't
> impress me a lot ;-)

You only covered two...but there are three choices.
-5K: clearly impossible
-5C: not too impressive
-5F: == -20C. That deserves at least a raised eyebrow, surely?

:o)

cheers,

paulv

>
>> Thanks for the tips. I just heard an NPR story on the
>> 1953 flood yesterday. That would be something to see.
>
> Yes, that is rather impressive as well. There is a museum on Neeltje
> Jans
> http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=51.625813,3.7050962&z=13& amp;t=h&hl=en
> with history of the flood and the building of the dams.
>
>> I'm also planning to see the movie A Bridge Too Far
>> again. One of my favorite movies and it takes place
>> on the ground I'll be walking. :-)
>
> Be aware though the movie was shot at a different location (Nijmegen)
> than the actual bridge that was too far (Arnhem).
>
> Maarten

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Re: Travel Destination: Holland [message #58308 is a reply to message #58265]

Thu, 24 January 2008 05:32

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Maarten writes:

>> I'm a tramp-around sort of guy. Cold doesn't scare me much.
>> It's 5 below here this morning. ;-)
>
> This is a scientific group, so that is either impossible, or doesn't
> impress me a lot ;-)

I know what you mean. When Andrew Cool tells me it's 40
degrees in Adelaide I just yawn. Well, throw a sweatshirt
on, I think. ;-)

Cheers,

David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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Re: Travel Destination: Holland [message #58399 is a reply to message #58265]

Mon, 28 January 2008 11:55

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

Senior Member

Paul van Delst writes:

> If everyone that received help recently donated $10, would that affect the USD/Fanning
> exchange rate? :o)

Not likely, but it would help fund the ENVI kitty
so I can do map projections correctly. :-)

Cheers,

David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming (www.dfanning.com)
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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Re: Travel Destination: Holland [message #58400 is a reply to message #58275]

Mon, 28 January 2008 11:50

Paul Van Delst[1]
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Registered: April 2002

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ben.bighair wrote:
> On Jan 25, 7:23 am, Maarten <maarten.sn...@knmi.nl> wrote:
>> On Jan 24, 2:23 pm, Paul van Delst <Paul.vanDe...@noaa.gov> wrote:
>>
>>> You only covered two...but there are three choices.
>>> -5K: clearly impossible
>>> -5C: not too impressive
>>> -5F: == -20C. That deserves at least a raised eyebrow, surely?
>> A raised eyebrow, certainly: what is that 'F' unit you keep referring
>> too?
>
> It is the Fanning unit for the pithy-reply as I from my early IDL
> class. I can't remember if it uses an inverted scale or not.

Maybe it's a monetary unit? David can tell his wife: "All the (IDL) advice I have given
out over the past few weeks has netted me 100 Fannings! Awesome!"

If everyone that received help recently donated $10, would that affect the USD/Fanning
exchange rate? :o)

cheers,

paulv

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Re: Travel Destination: Holland [message #58496 is a reply to message #58265]

Wed, 30 January 2008 13:00

Gert
Messages: 11
Registered: December 2001

Junior Member

David Fanning wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I'm putting together a short tour of Europe mid-Feb and plan
> to set aside 3-4 days to travel in Holland. What's
> on your list of things I *must* see or do while I am there?
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
If you really need to stay in Holland for sightseeing, that's fine. If
you want to have good food too (and beer), you should drive 50 km south
and come to Belgium. I can recommend some places in Antwerp if you like :)

enjoy your trip,

Gert

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