Where am I most likely to see vampires ?
Aug 14th 2003, 9:10 pm
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Re: Where am I most likely to see vampires ?
e-head wrote:
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> just kidding.
> %^)
>
> but seriously, has some kind of cheesy tourist business built up around this
> ?
>
> transylvannia is in Chech Republic right ?
>
> is there a Count Dracula Castle someone ?
> or one reputted to be owned in the past by vampires ?
> can i buy bundles of garlic to protect myself ?
>
> anyone know where that vampire movie by Roman Polanski was filmed ?
>
> cheers,
> e
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>
> just kidding.
> %^)
>
> but seriously, has some kind of cheesy tourist business built up around this
> ?
>
> transylvannia is in Chech Republic right ?
>
> is there a Count Dracula Castle someone ?
> or one reputted to be owned in the past by vampires ?
> can i buy bundles of garlic to protect myself ?
>
> anyone know where that vampire movie by Roman Polanski was filmed ?
>
> cheers,
> e
Just talk to any woman.....
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There will always be death and taxes; however death doesn't get worse
every year.
Aug 14th 2003, 11:12 pm
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"Where do vampires learn to suck blood?" "At law school."
"e-head" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> just kidding.
> %^)
> but seriously, has some kind of cheesy tourist business built up around
this
> ?
> transylvannia is in Chech Republic right ?
> is there a Count Dracula Castle someone ?
> or one reputted to be owned in the past by vampires ?
> can i buy bundles of garlic to protect myself ?
> anyone know where that vampire movie by Roman Polanski was filmed ?
> cheers,
> e
"e-head" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> just kidding.
> %^)
> but seriously, has some kind of cheesy tourist business built up around
this
> ?
> transylvannia is in Chech Republic right ?
> is there a Count Dracula Castle someone ?
> or one reputted to be owned in the past by vampires ?
> can i buy bundles of garlic to protect myself ?
> anyone know where that vampire movie by Roman Polanski was filmed ?
> cheers,
> e
Aug 15th 2003, 1:08 am
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Re: Where am I most likely to see vampires ?
> >
> > anyone know where that vampire movie by Roman Polanski was filmed ?
Wasn't made at Boreham Wood Studios, was it?
> > anyone know where that vampire movie by Roman Polanski was filmed ?
Wasn't made at Boreham Wood Studios, was it?
Aug 15th 2003, 1:21 am
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"6079 Smith W." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > >
> > > anyone know where that vampire movie by Roman Polanski was filmed ?
> Wasn't made at Boreham Wood Studios, was it?
The location shots were apparently done in
Ortisei, an Italian ski resort in the Dolomites
Keith
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> > >
> > > anyone know where that vampire movie by Roman Polanski was filmed ?
> Wasn't made at Boreham Wood Studios, was it?
The location shots were apparently done in
Ortisei, an Italian ski resort in the Dolomites
Keith
Aug 15th 2003, 2:32 am
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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:
> Larry Larson wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:43:00 GMT, "e-head" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >Where am I most likely to see vampires ?
> >
> > 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
> Good one! (Wish it weren't so nearly true, figuratively speaking.)
The Vampires of the White House would make an excellent horror film. We
could watch in vicarious fear as million lose their jobs; as the ill and
handicapped have services ripped from their desperately clutching fingers;
as pale pasty old men in musty offices gleefully gather more and more of
the wealth to themselves, licking their lips at the sight of underfed and
undereducated children across the nation; as the Constitution of the US is
eroded and the forests are destroyed ..... ooooooh, spoooooooky....
> Larry Larson wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:43:00 GMT, "e-head" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >Where am I most likely to see vampires ?
> >
> > 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
> Good one! (Wish it weren't so nearly true, figuratively speaking.)
The Vampires of the White House would make an excellent horror film. We
could watch in vicarious fear as million lose their jobs; as the ill and
handicapped have services ripped from their desperately clutching fingers;
as pale pasty old men in musty offices gleefully gather more and more of
the wealth to themselves, licking their lips at the sight of underfed and
undereducated children across the nation; as the Constitution of the US is
eroded and the forests are destroyed ..... ooooooh, spoooooooky....
Aug 15th 2003, 3:00 am
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> We met some Romanians in Vietnam this spring and got the sense that by the
> time they'd traveled through Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam, they were pretty
> much sick and tired of all the Dracula questions from everyone they met.
> miguel
I can imagine ...
I'm in the midst of reading Anne Rice's books right now though,
and have Vampires on the brain big time ...
> time they'd traveled through Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam, they were pretty
> much sick and tired of all the Dracula questions from everyone they met.
> miguel
I can imagine ...
I'm in the midst of reading Anne Rice's books right now though,
and have Vampires on the brain big time ...
Aug 15th 2003, 3:14 am
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On 14 Aug 2003 23:58:19 -0700, [email protected] (Nick
Pinkava) wrote:
>In Central and nw of South America ;-)
And Mexico. The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum here at Tucson has a
vampire colony.
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Pinkava) wrote:
>In Central and nw of South America ;-)
And Mexico. The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum here at Tucson has a
vampire colony.
************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
Aug 15th 2003, 7:29 am
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Hatunen wrote:
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> And Mexico. The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum here at Tucson has a
> vampire colony.
Well, if you include bats, why not mosquitoes? (In which case Alaska
and the upper Midwest in Ameirca would also qualify - as well as most
tropical/semi-tropical parts of the world.)
>
> And Mexico. The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum here at Tucson has a
> vampire colony.
Well, if you include bats, why not mosquitoes? (In which case Alaska
and the upper Midwest in Ameirca would also qualify - as well as most
tropical/semi-tropical parts of the world.)
Aug 15th 2003, 7:48 am
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On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 12:29:33 -0700,
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Hatunen wrote:
>>
>> And Mexico. The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum here at Tucson has a
>> vampire colony.
>Well, if you include bats, why not mosquitoes? (In which case Alaska
>and the upper Midwest in Ameirca would also qualify - as well as most
>tropical/semi-tropical parts of the world.)
There are vampire mosquitos, so named?
************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Hatunen wrote:
>>
>> And Mexico. The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum here at Tucson has a
>> vampire colony.
>Well, if you include bats, why not mosquitoes? (In which case Alaska
>and the upper Midwest in Ameirca would also qualify - as well as most
>tropical/semi-tropical parts of the world.)
There are vampire mosquitos, so named?
************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
Aug 15th 2003, 2:04 pm
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Hatunen wrote:
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> On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 12:29:33 -0700,
> "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >Hatunen wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> And Mexico. The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum here at Tucson has a
> >> vampire colony.
> >
> >Well, if you include bats, why not mosquitoes? (In which case Alaska
> >and the upper Midwest in America would also qualify - as well as most
> >tropical/semi-tropical parts of the world.)
>
> There are vampire mosquitos, so named?
Not by name, only by function!
>
> On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 12:29:33 -0700,
> "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >Hatunen wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> And Mexico. The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum here at Tucson has a
> >> vampire colony.
> >
> >Well, if you include bats, why not mosquitoes? (In which case Alaska
> >and the upper Midwest in America would also qualify - as well as most
> >tropical/semi-tropical parts of the world.)
>
> There are vampire mosquitos, so named?
Not by name, only by function!
Aug 15th 2003, 4:50 pm
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Having stayed at that hotel, wouldn't have surprised me to see
vampires..............
Bob Fusillo wrote:
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> My God, Dave, you are OLD!
> rjf
>
> > >news:[email protected]...
> > >> On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:43:00 GMT, "e-head" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >> >Where am I most likely to see vampires ?
> > >>
> > >> 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
> > >
> > >Transylvania Ave?
> >
> > Transylvania 6-5-oh-oh-oh
> >
> >
> > ************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
> > * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
> > * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
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vampires..............
Bob Fusillo wrote:
>
> My God, Dave, you are OLD!
> rjf
>
> > >news:[email protected]...
> > >> On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:43:00 GMT, "e-head" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >> >Where am I most likely to see vampires ?
> > >>
> > >> 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
> > >
> > >Transylvania Ave?
> >
> > Transylvania 6-5-oh-oh-oh
> >
> >
> > ************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
> > * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
> > * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
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Aug 15th 2003, 6:25 pm
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1. Transylvania is a region of Romania. It is in the central part of
the country.
2. Bram Stoker never went to Romania but he somehow found out about
Castle Bran, aka Dracula's Castle, which if you have read the book and
seen or been in the castle is a pretty good setting for the book.
3. The person recognized as the model for Dracula was a Romanian king
by name of Vlad Tepes who was the son of Vlad Dracul (Dracula). He was
born in Sighisoara, which is why the theme park was proposed for that
town which is a great midieval town and in my opinion a Dracula theme
park would have ruined it.
Vlad Tepes was feared because he impaled thousands of people and would
sometimes set a table before them and drink their blood as they were
being impaled. He basically scared the Turks out of Romania by doing
this.
4. It is doubtful if Tepes ever spent a night in Castle Bran. But
there is a major (for Romania) tourist trade built up around the
castle. I would call it interesting rather than cheesie even though
some of the items sold do come with cheese.
Dan
the country.
2. Bram Stoker never went to Romania but he somehow found out about
Castle Bran, aka Dracula's Castle, which if you have read the book and
seen or been in the castle is a pretty good setting for the book.
3. The person recognized as the model for Dracula was a Romanian king
by name of Vlad Tepes who was the son of Vlad Dracul (Dracula). He was
born in Sighisoara, which is why the theme park was proposed for that
town which is a great midieval town and in my opinion a Dracula theme
park would have ruined it.
Vlad Tepes was feared because he impaled thousands of people and would
sometimes set a table before them and drink their blood as they were
being impaled. He basically scared the Turks out of Romania by doing
this.
4. It is doubtful if Tepes ever spent a night in Castle Bran. But
there is a major (for Romania) tourist trade built up around the
castle. I would call it interesting rather than cheesie even though
some of the items sold do come with cheese.
Dan
Aug 15th 2003, 8:57 pm
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Re: Where am I most likely to see vampires ?
Of course, the Greeks invented everything, including vampires.
"The history of the vampire legend has its roots in ancient Greece. There were several creatures that may not have looked like present day vampires, but they were a threat to humans. The empusas were shapeshifters and so could appear as beautiful women. In this disguise, they could entice young men to marry them. On the wedding night, the empusas would proceed to drink the groom's blood. The laminas were slightly different from the empusas. They were able to remove their eyes (although I don't see what's so great about it), change into women, and drink huge amounts of blood. The striges drunk the blood of young children. They would change themselves into birds and fly in the nursery window to feast upon the sleeping children"
http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/.../int-vamp.html
Seriously, there is a strong vamipire tradition in Greece, particularly the northern part of the country.
"The history of the vampire legend has its roots in ancient Greece. There were several creatures that may not have looked like present day vampires, but they were a threat to humans. The empusas were shapeshifters and so could appear as beautiful women. In this disguise, they could entice young men to marry them. On the wedding night, the empusas would proceed to drink the groom's blood. The laminas were slightly different from the empusas. They were able to remove their eyes (although I don't see what's so great about it), change into women, and drink huge amounts of blood. The striges drunk the blood of young children. They would change themselves into birds and fly in the nursery window to feast upon the sleeping children"
http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/.../int-vamp.html
Seriously, there is a strong vamipire tradition in Greece, particularly the northern part of the country.
Aug 16th 2003, 6:15 am
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Dan wrote:
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> 1. Transylvania is a region of Romania. It is in the central part of
> the country.
Depends upon when in history - my Transylvanian co-workers considered it
part of Hungary, before the Communists took over after WW2. (And they
CERTAINLY considered themselves "Hungarian", even though they spoke
Romanian as well!)
>
> 1. Transylvania is a region of Romania. It is in the central part of
> the country.
Depends upon when in history - my Transylvanian co-workers considered it
part of Hungary, before the Communists took over after WW2. (And they
CERTAINLY considered themselves "Hungarian", even though they spoke
Romanian as well!)
