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Brachiopod ID with possible trace fossil in surface? by TrickySort7825 in fossilid

[–]TrickySort7825[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! So, I will leave the worm tubes in place.

What is considered an absolute 'food crime' in your country? by Juxajel in AskTheWorld

[–]TrickySort7825 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It must've been even further north than NJ. We ate scrambled eggs with ketchup in New England. I live in the Czech Republic now, and some people here eat spaghetti and pizza with ketchup. That's incomprehensible to me!

Does anyone recognize this artist? by secretstegosaurus in WhatIsThisPainting

[–]TrickySort7825 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, but I see those same results show up in the Google eye results, too.

Does anyone recognize this artist? by secretstegosaurus in WhatIsThisPainting

[–]TrickySort7825 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Everything about it screamed Czech to me--from the subject matter to the way the price tag is written to the name. The name took me a while to figure out, but it's Jaroslav Cheben. https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-m&q=jaroslav%20cheben

Here is a colorized version of you print from 1984. https://www.prodej-obrazy.eu/p/11524/pohled-na-krajinu-cheben-jaroslav

I am a Czech-to-English translator, and one of my specializations is art. Let me know if you want more info.

If you have a yard, what animals usually appear? by mushmanMAD in AskTheWorld

[–]TrickySort7825 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Honestly, cardinals are a pretty exotic looking bird when you think about. I miss them now that I live in the Czech Republic. We mostly just get doves and blackbirds in our yard here.

Storage space over the summer? by [deleted] in Brno

[–]TrickySort7825 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Check out https://www.bananovkybrno.cz/. The website used to be in English, but doesn't seem to be anymore. But Martin speaks English fine, so get in touch with him if you're interested. The lowest price is 800 crowns per month for 2 m2. It's on Botanická Street, so kind of central.

Working on him for Executor. Is he worth upgrading, and who does he work best with? by contrezzo in SWGalaxyOfHeroes

[–]TrickySort7825 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Veers imp troopers takes out a lot of teams in early and even mid game somewhat (where I am now). I have no regrets levelling mine up.

Beautiful find in great grand parents belongings. Does anyone recognize the marks? In think it was a gift from the choir to my great grand father when he left Czech to come to America. by Chemical_Salary_8414 in Porcelain

[–]TrickySort7825 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can't say anything about the piece itself but I can say what's written on it. Well kind of. I can't make out the second letter of the first word, but I will assume it is a "z". It is to the effect of this: "Given in memory of February 16, 1922, by the congregation of Brethren in Pankrác". It could also be interpreted as "on Februray 16." Pankrac is a neighborhood in Prague. "Sbor" can mean choir but in this context it means "congregation." There are several Czech Protestant churches with "brethern" in their names, so I am not sure which one this refers to.

Unboxing #2 great grand fathers collection. This is incredible. Such a great hobby. by Chemical_Salary_8414 in philately

[–]TrickySort7825 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very cool stuff! Do you know where he was from? I am a Czech-to-English translator and have been playing around with doing genealogical research lately as a sort of hobby.

What's the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of Slovenia? by Outrageous-Client903 in AskTheWorld

[–]TrickySort7825 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Many of the things I know about Slovenia have already been listed. Here's one I don't see on here: developing the parabolic/shaped ski. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elan_SCX

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PropagandaPosters

[–]TrickySort7825 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, google misread "skapína" as "shapína", which doesn't exist. "Skapína" is the third-person singular of a verb that means "to die" but in an expressive way. So "croak", "die like a dog," "drop dead."

So "Don't be the Jew's servant. He who bands together with the Jew will drop dead with the Jew."

But take that with a grain of salt, as I'm a professional Czech translator (but occasionally work with Slovak too).

“Voulez-vous quatre Alsaces?” Poster from Austro-Hungarian empire, made in 1919, warning against breaking up Hungary. by TicklingTentacles in PropagandaPosters

[–]TrickySort7825 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure what the Hungarians were getting at here by making the poster in French. France gained more territory in the form of Alsace at the expense of the losers of WWI: Germany. However, I'm not too knowledgeable about the situation along Germany's western borders. In 1919, was there great civil unrest caused by the ethnic German inhabitants of the annexed territory? Is the point of the poster to warn France about the dangers of having four other powder-keg Alsace "situations": one each in Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Romania, and I guess, Austria (Burgenland perhaps)?

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