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28th February 2010, 04:48 AM
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 Isn't the ukiran in a rather Malay/Bugis position?  If the keris were to have developed in Scandinavia, I bet it would likely have fur-coated sheaths 
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1st March 2010, 06:38 AM
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Our winter:- 25 June 2009 (middle of winter) at our place.
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1st March 2010, 03:43 PM
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1st March 2010, 05:08 PM
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Alan would love the company !! @Kai Wee , I just kind of like the way the handles look canted out a little ...  A 3 luk Kelengan Sepang lurks within that wrongko .
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1st March 2010, 09:25 PM
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Sorry David.
Couldn't resist it. After all that snow I figured the page needed to be brightened up a bit. |
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1st March 2010, 11:00 PM
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1st March 2010, 11:27 PM
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That's just a tiny Grinner Jussi .
We have those leetle fellers over here in New England too  They make surfing a very interesting pastime . Last edited by Rick; 1st March 2010 at 11:56 PM. |
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3rd March 2010, 01:43 PM
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i have a malay/indonesian pirate klewang in a fur-coated sheath. of course most of the fur has worn off now.and david, one of the most expensive coffees comes from there, apparently they get a civert cat to eat the coffee fruits, and it poops out the beans and they charge a small fortune for them (kopi luwak). supposedly tastes heavenly, but as i've never had the pleasure, maybe some one else can comment edited: p.s. - from the reference wiki article in the para. above, kopi muncak may be possible here, we have a number of muntjac deer in residence on the neighbourhood farms where i walk the greyhounds, i'll have to leave out some unroasted coffee beans hidden in some fruit and see what happens. Kopi manusia is another possibility
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3rd March 2010, 02:20 PM
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3rd March 2010, 04:25 PM
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one of my favourite stores in al khobar, KSA was the coffee store, it had bags and bags of beans on display in a rather large room of all different beans and roasts, you'd tell them which beans, which roast and how much of each and what kind of coffee maker you used and they'd grind them right in front of you.
i'd buy a kilo at a time of arabica in a half and half mix of 'italian' roast (darkest) and 'american' roast (kinda medium-dark). they did their own roasting. wonderful smelling store. wonderful coffee. much better than the pre-ground common muck you get in supermarkets. i occasionally buy a bag of 'specialty' coffee beans at the local costa coffee bar and grind them myself. beans and ground coffee get put in the freezer till used to keep the flavour in. i use one of the french press coffee things, never a percolater. p.s. kopi luwak was 'only' £26.50 ($40) for 50grams (1.76 ounces) at a place i found here that had it. have we gone far enough off topic yet? |
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3rd March 2010, 04:56 PM
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Keurig .
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