Saudi Arabia

FNorm · 05-22-2010, 06:26 PM

Alvin,

Yeah, I'm sure I don't know if the two languages use the same written characters. Maybe not as the Persian LP.08s don't have arabic numbers. ??? Might be like English 'english', and American 'english'. I once tried to do the crossword in the London Times. NOPE! Where I can whip right through the NY Times.

FN

suum cuique · 05-22-2010, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by FNorm

Alvin,

Yeah, I'm sure I don't know if the two languages use the same written characters. Maybe not as the Persian LP.08s don't have arabic numbers. ??? Might be like English 'english', and American 'english'. I once tried to do the crossword in the London Times. NOPE! Where I can whip right through the NY Times.

FN

There is a huge difference between Arabic and Farsi, like Russian and English.
BTW,the numbers we are using nowadays are based on Arabic numbers like 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
instead of Roman numbers like I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X
The Arabs teached mathematics in their universities thousands of years before Sokrates, Pytagoras and other genies in Greece even were born,
about 4000 years before the German born genie Einstein developed his theories.

lew1 · 05-22-2010, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by suum cuique

There is a huge difference between Arabic and Farsi, like Russian and English.
BTW,the numbers we are using nowadays are based on Arabic numbers like 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
instead of Roman numbers like I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X
The Arabs teached mathematics in their universities thousands of years before Sokrates, Pytagoras and other genies in Greece even were born,
about 4000 years before the German born genie Einstein developed his theories.

I hate to askn this, but what have they done in the last 2000 years?

Curly1 · 05-23-2010, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by lew1

I hate to askn this, but what have they done in the last 2000 years?

They have boned us for oil

WG dog · 05-22-2010, 07:03 PM

Ed,

If it sounds like fun, you might go hunting in the desert for "Saudi diamonds" (quartz) which can be cut into very nice diamond looking stones for not much money. Could be good souvenirs.

A buddy who was in Saudi Arabia working would go out in the desert at first light to see the stones glint or sparkle in the slanting sun light. Found a bunch of the stones. Had them cut/faceted in Bangkok for a few bucks. He had fun for years giving them away or selling them for $5-15 a stone to recoup the cost of cutting them. He had match boxes full of "Saudi diamonds" that looked like real diamonds.

http://dubaibestbuys.blogspot.com/20...-diamonds.html

Gene

Not sure, but I think the link is showing faceted "Saudi diamonds" and not CZ.

05-22-2010, 06:26 PM	#1
FNorm Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 978 Thanks: 68 Thanked 127 Times in 108 Posts	Alvin, Yeah, I'm sure I don't know if the two languages use the same written characters. Maybe not as the Persian LP.08s don't have arabic numbers. ??? Might be like English 'english', and American 'english'. I once tried to do the crossword in the London Times. NOPE! Where I can whip right through the NY Times. FN

05-22-2010, 07:03 PM	#5
WG dog Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 142 Thanks: 1,282 Thanked 37 Times in 24 Posts	Ed, If it sounds like fun, you might go hunting in the desert for "Saudi diamonds" (quartz) which can be cut into very nice diamond looking stones for not much money. Could be good souvenirs. A buddy who was in Saudi Arabia working would go out in the desert at first light to see the stones glint or sparkle in the slanting sun light. Found a bunch of the stones. Had them cut/faceted in Bangkok for a few bucks. He had fun for years giving them away or selling them for $5-15 a stone to recoup the cost of cutting them. He had match boxes full of "Saudi diamonds" that looked like real diamonds. http://dubaibestbuys.blogspot.com/20...-diamonds.html Gene Not sure, but I think the link is showing faceted "Saudi diamonds" and not CZ.