[NTLK] FoFa - 6th followup

Forrest newton_phoenix at mindspring.com
Tue May 26 23:36:03 EDT 2020


Do I get one of THOSE if I guess it right? 😁

Mahalo,
Forrest

Sent from my T-Mobile iPhone 11

> On May 26, 2020, at 8:34 PM, Forrest <newton_phoenix at mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
> Frank:
> 
> No matter how this FoFa thing turns out, this has been very entertaining, or what passes for Entertainment during “these trying times” (really growing to hate that phrase—it is being used almost as a cliche now).
> 
> Thanks for the efforts and giving us all something to do through these, uh...yeah.
> 
> BTW would the Monty Python reference be—the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch?
> 
> (“One of the sacred relics Brother Maynard carries.”)
> 
> Now we have TWO puzzles to solve!
> 
> Mahalo,
> Forrest
> 
> Sent from my T-Mobile iPhone 11
> 
>> On May 26, 2020, at 2:54 PM, NewtonTalk <newtontalk at pda-soft.de> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> A desk stand for our Newtons
>> 
>> Nope...
>> 
>>> A stand allowing Newt to be at least somewhat vertical
>> 
>> Nope. But I'm under the impression that a stand is something y'all really
>> want...
>> 
>>> IT?S A PUTTING GREEN!
>> 
>> Nope. But that reminds me of one of Monty Python's movies. There was this
>> guy who always had a small part of his property with him wherever he went.
>> Does anyone recall which movie that was?
>> 
>>> 9th hole at Tapawingo Prairie!
>> 
>> Close. But... nope...
>> 
>>> Is it electronic?
>> 
>> This is one of the things you're supposed to guess.
>> 
>>> Is it for a Newton?
>> 
>> This is another thing you're supposed to guess. Be aware that I never said
>> that. What I said was that it's for am member of the Newton family. This
>> family consists of more than plain vanilla Apple Newtons. Then again: I
>> never said it's NOT for a Newton. Could even be for a plain vanilla Apple
>> Newton. Might be a huge step in the right direction if y'all stop making
>> assumptions.
>> 
>>> the curve of that piece matches the lower left or right side of an eMate
>> profile
>> 
>> Sort of. That, however, might be a coincidence. Then again, it might not.
>> 
>>> a new case to convert your 2x00 and keyboard into an eMate form factor
>> 
>> Nope. But that's an interesting idea.
>> 
>> The next image is here:
>> 
>>   <https://www.pda-soft.de/scratch/WhatIsThis/WhatIsThis07.png>
>> 
>> And here are the images you already know, just for convenience's sake.
>> 
>>  <https://www.pda-soft.de/scratch/WhatIsThis/WhatIsThis06.png>
>>  <https://www.pda-soft.de/scratch/WhatIsThis/WhatIsThis05.png>
>>  <https://www.pda-soft.de/scratch/WhatIsThis/WhatIsThis04.png>
>>  <https://www.pda-soft.de/scratch/WhatIsThis/WhatIsThis03.png>
>>  <https://www.pda-soft.de/scratch/WhatIsThis/WhatIsThis02.png>
>>  <https://www.pda-soft.de/scratch/WhatIsThis/WhatIsThis01.png>
>> 
>> 
>> Good luck!
>> 
>> Frank
>> 
>> -- Newton software and hardware at http://www.pda-soft.de
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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