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**Posted:** Tue Jul 15, 2008 3:43 pm

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Whoah! Sorry to hear this has been such a mission, Team Manchester. Well done for actually locating the ring's location cubicgarden - without all your efforts we wouldn't even be this far!

One thought for Chippy - you might want to dress suitably for collecting a "Very Expensive" piece of artwork... any upmarket suit options in the closet? Make sure someone gets a good photo of the outfit. Wink

**Posted:** Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:04 pm

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**Posted:** Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:23 pm

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Could the pronunciation be "thur-man-sha" instead of "...-tee-uh"? "...sha" was my first thought of the pronunciation.

**Posted:** Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:30 pm

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cubicgardencom · Boot Joined: 18 Jul 2007 Posts: 15

yes I was actually going to suggest to anyone else that they wear something smart.

I had my motorcycle jacket on with a T-shirt and to be fair looked very warm in the jacket, so sweating a little. Its a shame because the other two days I had a shirt and looked more professional.

I wont lie, it is frustrating that this woman wouldn't give me the ring after I found it. I was perfectly nice to her even after she refused and never raised my voice to her once. I even tried to explain the whole reason why we were there and she kept interrupting saying she didn't care and it made no difference.

Any I've started uploading the pictures to Flickr, so I'll post them up in the next post.

**Posted:** Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:44 pm

jasper · Unfettered Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 560 Location: Texas

Wow- but how are TheO operatives supposed to look and behave in art galleries?? Our only examples of looking and acting like loyal TheO ops seem to be dying your hair red orange like Markus or raving like Kentara. . . ? Sorry you ran into such difficulty.

**Posted:** Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:55 pm

cubicgardencom · Boot Joined: 18 Jul 2007 Posts: 15

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cubicgarden/2672997912/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cubicgarden/2672172295/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cubicgarden/2672175963/

Theres more photos here - http://www.flickr.com/photos/cubicgarden/tags/thelostring/

**Posted:** Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:02 pm

hmrpita

They certainly have a tough time spelling sculpture. Sheesh.

Also, 1920s not 1920's.

"Its origins and purpose are unknown."

Art has a purpose? Wink

**Posted:** Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:04 pm

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jasper · Unfettered Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 560 Location: Texas

**Posted:** Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:11 pm

lhall

Not sure what time chippy's heading out, but I wanted to wish all of you in Manchester the best of luck!

I'm at -6 GMT, so hopefully by the time I'm up, there'll be some gallery action. Smile

p.s. Don't forget to Twitter and photograph! Wink

**Posted:** Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:06 am

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**Posted:** Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:25 am

unagi · Unfettered Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 464 Location: Japan

I hope everything will be fine for Team Manchester today.
I'm looking forward to seeing the detals of the third ring.

By the way, Thermantia is pronounced as Te-ru-man-ti-a in Japan, which might have something to do with Latin pronunciation, where there's no "th"-sound.

**Posted:** Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:26 am

Tenchizard · Decorated Joined: 22 Sep 2007 Posts: 254

Just a little tip from a spanish speaker (which supposedly sounds a bit like latin). Here's a latin pronunciation guide:
http://www.leatherheadcatholics.org.uk/LatinSounds.shtml

An my take at Thermantia would be:
Th as in THomas (that is a T sound, not like a D)
E as in rEd (not ee, but spanish e)
R and M are no problem
A as in fAther (that's spanish A)
N no problem
TI like tee (that's a T sound and an spanish I)
A again as in fAther

As unagi said, japanese pronunciation seems quite close to latin one, only taking away that u in ru (as all their syllables finish with a vocal or n)

**Posted:** Wed Jul 16, 2008 6:08 am

runeix ftlr

definatly the dark glasses

**Posted:** Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:52 am

sapagoo

I'll keep an eye on cubicgarden's twitter, and post here for those watching at home.
Looks like chippy, cubicgarden, and davemee are all meeting at "love saves the day" cafe at 4pm local, which is 11am EDT, in about 18 minutes.

UPDATE #1: He's running late.

**Posted:** Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:42 am