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I bet you didn't know that this thread would have a part 2
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Erwin Schrodinger, the fella that had the cat named after him, was personally headhunted by Dev who met him in Geneva in 1939 and arranged visas for himself, his wife, and his mistress. :eek: They escaped Austria and made it to Rome where Dev phoned him and told him to meet him in Geneva where he sorted out visas for the three of them. They all lived in the same house on Kincora Road in Clontarf while Schrodinger worked in the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies in Trinity.
He also found the time to ride all around him, as it increased his creativity
He became a naturalised Irish citizen and stayed for seventeen years before returning to Vienna in 1956. He described his time in Ireland as some of the happiest years of his life and said Ireland was “the only place in the world where a person like me would be able to live comfortably and without direct obligations, free to follow all his fancies.”0 -
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I suppose for Schrodinger he could always say he was with both women and neither, at the same time. Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.
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LostinBlanch wrote: »Erwin Schrodinger, the fella that had the cat named after him, was personally headhunted by Dev who met him in Geneva in 1939 and arranged visas for himself, his wife, and his mistress. :eek: They escaped Austria and made it to Rome where Dev phoned him and told him to meet him in Geneva where he sorted out visas for the three of them. They all lived in the same house on Kincora Road in Clontarf while Schrodinger worked in the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies in Trinity.
He also found the time to ride all around him, as it increased his creativity
He became a naturalised Irish citizen and stayed for seventeen years before returning to Vienna in 1956. He described his time in Ireland as some of the happiest years of his life and said Ireland was “the only place in the world where a person like me would be able to live comfortably and without direct obligations, free to follow all his fancies.”
It has come out that he was a huge Bon Jovi fan with his favourite song 'Wanted Dead and Alive'. The most confusing time of his life was when he accidentally knocked down his neighbours cat. He said he didn't know whether to feel guilty or not.0 -
I suppose for Schrodinger he could always say he was with both women and neither, at the same time.
Well the wife was happy enough with the arrangement she was off having her own affairs. Holy Catholic Ireland was more welcoming of this arrangement than Oxford was. He tried to leave Austria for Oxford, but all the academics there were so scandalised by him openly living with his wife and mistress in the same house, that they told him that there was no position for him so they had to go back to Austria until Dev brought him to Dublin.0 -
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The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies has three schools for Cosmic Physics, Theoretical Physics and Celtic Studies because of the way they naturally go together
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Chinese explorer Zheng He's ship compared to Christopher Columbus' Santa Maria. They both lived in the same era:
Apparently he was in fact overcompensating for something
Zheng He[a] (Chinese: 鄭和; 1371 – 1433 or 1435) was a Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat, fleet admiral, and court eunuch during China's early Ming dynasty.0 -
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Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »I think in these challenging times, we all need the footage of that ant walking around on stilts.
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Capt'n Midnight wrote: »The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies has three schools for Cosmic Physics, Theoretical Physics and Celtic Studies because of the way they naturally go together
That's because Dev was they guy who set it up, he wanted an Irish version of the Institute of Advanced Studies in Princeton.
From wikipediaThe School of Celtic Studies owes its founding to the importance de Valera accorded to the Irish language. He considered it a vital element in the makeup of the nation, and therefore important that the nation should have a place of higher learning devoted to this subject.0 -
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A Swiss Guard (Vatican City) must be single and celibate and resign as soon as they marry. But they may wear the uniform for their wedding. Recruits to the guards must be unmarried Swiss Catholic males between 19 and 30 years of age who have completed basic training with the Swiss Armed Forces.
Along with the traditional halberd, they carry pistols and pepper spray. They also dress in plain clothes and are one of the few armies who enjoy the right to carry weapons unhindered in almost any European country. Their uniforms are also tailor made.
The most instantly recognisable armed force in the world, and probably the only one who wear tights. It's considered a sacred vocation, something one is called to, and there are Swiss families who've had a member in the Guard for centuries. Probably the only men's job with a marriage bar too.
The uniforms designer is often claimed to be Michelangelo, but in their current incarnation the uniforms were designed by a Guard Commandant back in the early twentieth century.0 -
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The most instantly recognisable armed force in the world, and probably the only one who wear tights. It's considered a sacred vocation, something one is called to, and there are Swiss families who've had a member in the Guard for centuries. Probably the only men's job with a marriage bar too.
The uniforms designer is often claimed to be Michelangelo, but in their current incarnation the uniforms were designed by a Guard Commandant back in the early twentieth century.
I'll see your Swiss Guard and raise you the Greek Evzones or Presidential Guard. They'd really put the fear of God into you. :eek::D
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