http://forum.opiumgewichte.com/ 2010-07-31T20:27:17+02:00 communityHost http://forum.opiumgewichte.com/thread/?thread__mid=112923103 2010-05-09T21:41:11+00:00 white elefant
our forum provider sold the forum platform some month ago to another internet company.
The new owner promised to continue software improvements and support. But, unfortunately, the opposite is true.
So in all the forums on this platform it is currently (and it seem to be since 3 month) not possible to upload pictures.
We await eagerly a solution, but nobody knows when.

Meanwhile there are at least two ways to publish pictures in your article.

1.
You can use other platform to upload your photos. For example: www.photobucket.com. It's for free, nearly unlimited webspace and easy to join.
After upload they offer the linkline you can copy and paste directly into your forum article to link to your photo. Easy to handle.
If you want to choose another image hosting provider please search the web for "free image hosting" (another example: www.flickr.com).
Some of our members already use this way.

2.
Another way, only for temporary solution (because of limited webspace) is, to send your pictures to my email address (info@opiumgewichte.com).
Please no bigger size than 150 KB/file or 10 MB/email.
I will upload your pictures to my webspace and post it to your article. Please tell me the requested position.

"Normally"
In our charged forum premium version 30 MB/user should be available for picture upload.
Picture-size should not be more than 150 KB (better approx. 100 KB). It corresponds roughly to 200 pictures/user. Not bad.

Kindly excuse any inconvenience.
I hope, our provider will find a solution very soon.

Best regards,
M.]]> http://forum.opiumgewichte.com/thread/?thread__mid=96947896 2010-04-16T19:06:30+00:00 white elefant
registration for new members is impossible at the moment. Our provider has some problems. I have no information, when this problem will be solved. Sorry for any inconvenience.
If you want to register please send an email to: admin@opiumgewichte.com (please choose an username).
I will register you directly in the admin interface andI will create a password, that you should change immediately after your login.

Thank you!

M.]]> http://forum.opiumgewichte.com/thread/?thread__mid=69303494 2010-03-13T22:33:58+00:00 white elefant As a consequence I had to revise the complete file paths in a lot of postings in almost all the forums.
As a result you see now the chronoligical order of the changes and not the chronological order of postings (especially in "View last activities").
If you find some images disappears, please send me an email or pm - I will revise it.

M.]]> http://forum.opiumgewichte.com/thread/?thread__mid=156684943 2010-02-13T09:53:22+00:00 white elefant To keep the forum free of spam, the system require, that the admin has to confirm each new registration.
Due to my trip to Burma, the confirmation was not possible during this period. All unconfirmed registrations were deleted after 10 days.
That's why, please register again.
I apologise for this inconvenience.
M.]]> http://forum.opiumgewichte.com/thread/?thread__mid=354274640 2010-02-13T09:37:30+00:00 white elefant M.]]> http://forum.opiumgewichte.com/thread/?thread__mid=298376248 2009-12-20T10:18:30+00:00 white elefant
wherever you are, wishing you and your family a peaceful Christmas season and a happy and healthy New Year 2010.
Many thanks for your continued participation.

Kind regards!
Michael

http://www.opiumgewichte.com/Gnu/Gnu_1.jpg

Wildebeest (Gnu), brass, 60 g, sub-Saharan Africa

***************************http://www.opiumgewichte.com/santa.gif**********************************]]> http://forum.opiumgewichte.com/thread/?thread__mid=581584130 2009-11-08T17:58:06+00:00 white elefant
http://www.sizes.com/units/charts/UTBLLaos_opium_wt.htm]]> http://forum.opiumgewichte.com/thread/?thread__mid=907137578 2009-08-12T20:35:04+00:00 white elefant We accept links to interesting websites placed in your postings.
Please post your link once and only once.
Do not place it in your signature, as it will be removed.
If your post appears to be merely to get advertising, it will be removed.

If you are interested in to support the forum or to exchange links we offer our special "links" website in the forum where your url could be added.
Please contact: info@opiumgewichte.com

Thank you!
Michael]]> http://forum.opiumgewichte.com/thread/?thread__mid=496663869 2009-07-16T17:27:23+00:00 Kim Woo
Here again, this is a second time for me trying to post on opiumweight forum.
I have attached more file about mini size of opium weight. If anyone interested you can click on my website: www.morakotgallery.com
wish to you enjoy my gallery. Also, I very happy to share about the opium weight with you.

Best wishes,

Kim Woo
]]> http://forum.opiumgewichte.com/thread/?thread__mid=83504360 2009-06-14T04:18:57+00:00 matt http://forum.opiumgewichte.com/thread/?thread__mid=931697491 2009-06-03T22:23:35+00:00 white elefant
http://www.tourismlaos.gov.la]]> http://forum.opiumgewichte.com/thread/?thread__mid=98573720 2009-03-22T13:10:21+00:00 white elefant
Thanks!
Michael

http://www.opiumgewichte.com/Ibex/Ibex.jpg
Bactrian Ibex weight (78 g)]]> http://forum.opiumgewichte.com/thread/?thread__mid=679988759 2009-03-21T17:42:15+00:00 matt
I will be back in south east asia for work for most of the summer and have lots of free time to travel and explore. Where should I go? What cites, shops, etc. would be on your list of best places to interesting authentic pieces?

Thanks.
Matt]]> http://forum.opiumgewichte.com/thread/?thread__mid=581189597 2009-02-15T13:35:01+00:00 white elefant Do you use another browser (e.g. Netscape, Opera, Safari)? Please let me know, if you have any problems to view the forum web sites in the right format.

M.]]> http://forum.opiumgewichte.com/thread/?thread__mid=674340635 2008-12-19T16:14:11+00:00 white elefant
Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays and all the best for the New Year to everyone.
Our Chinese friends have to wait for New Year some days more (end of January) and our friends in Thailand celebrate the New Year (Songkran) in April. Anyway, thanks to you and my best wishes.
My special thanks to those who take part in the discussions. You are the forum!

Michael

It’s not Santas Reindeer but a Bactrian Ibex weight (78 g)

http://www.opiumgewichte.com/Ibex/Ibex.jpg]]> http://forum.opiumgewichte.com/thread/?thread__mid=754996682 2008-12-15T16:13:07+00:00 hartmutmollat
Here I present five figurines I bought in Bangkok in 1982. Once these figurines have been given as lucky charms. Later on they came into trade as "weights". In Burma they were rare. I think these figurines have been cast by the same craftsmen which produced the weights using standard quantities of wax or brass. Therefore it can be explained that they often have a mass in grams which correspond to real weights, roughly 15, 31, 62, 124 g (never havier) which is not the system of Burma and may represent price rates. The mass of other figurines like the "pagoda weights" is often far from the weight standards and their multiples, proving that they are in reality no weights. Any evidence of wear and tear is missing.

I am not alone in the world with my opinion. Gerard Houben, the Dutch expert for weights all over the world agreed with me in this point (cf. his book: 5000 Years of weights, published in Zwolle, the Netherlands).

http://www.opiumweights.white-elefant.com/H.Mollat/Bi_Gew_R30_5_Fig_Bngkok_konv.jpg

The figurines shown here may have the following meaning (starting on the left side):

1. Monkey eating a fruit – "birth" in Buddhist belief
2. Elephant – Incarnation of the Buddha; first half of wednesday in Burma
3. Saddled horse - Chinese calendar animal
4. Hintha. Holy goose in Burma and in Thailand
5. "Dragon-serpent", Naga in Burmese; animal of saturday. An important mystic "animal" which has proper pagodas in Burma.

Since I have been in Burma I am less familiar with Thai customs. I would be glad, if forum members from Thailand could supplement the interpretation from their point of view.

These figurines don't loose their collecting value, but they are "Thai figurines", not weights at all. Apart from these figurines and the chinese calendar animals (rat, buffalo, tiger, hare, serpent, horse, goat, ape, cock, dog and pig) craftsmen are producing modern fakes such as cow, peacock, spider, octopus, snail, fish, turtle etc. which likewise are sold as "weights".

hartmutmollat]]> http://forum.opiumgewichte.com/thread/?thread__mid=952052844 2008-10-21T07:14:15+00:00 keith Keith (The New Boy)]]> http://forum.opiumgewichte.com/thread/?thread__mid=776479487 2008-10-07T21:09:21+00:00 white elefant Discuss anime, J-pop, daily events, language, pen pals, questions about Japan, and more...

http://www.japan-zone.com/]]> http://forum.opiumgewichte.com/thread/?thread__mid=646543037 2008-10-06T21:01:19+00:00 white elefant
http://www.japanvisitor.com/index.php?cID=366&pID=394&cName=Japanese%20Festivals&pName=festival-january (sorted by month)]]> http://forum.opiumgewichte.com/thread/?thread__mid=709104887 2008-10-06T20:51:40+00:00 white elefant
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