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ET voilà comment Maya se rafraîchit par ces grosses chaleurs....
Rien de tel qu'un bon bain bien froid ;-)
Maya in a cold bath because it's so hot outside here in France....
So funny !!!
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Our annual Lincoln weekend.
We ate well on the Saturday, blimey!
An all-you-can-eat breakfast in the morning at the Premier Inn was followed by lunch back at Lawson's.
2 courses for £16. I had the amazing beef again, while Gemma had pasta. Then we washed it down with glorious sticky toffee pudding.
On the night we went back to Carouself then on to Popworld.
What a brilliant day and a cracking weekend.
January 23, 2012
+3 in comments (my brother liked the last one, but, whatever)
All the snow has melted and now it is raining. This winter sucks.
Today went by so quickly. Usually I hate Mondays but today was the opposite. Everything seemed to be SO funny! I swear, something was wrong with me x)
English exam on Wednesday. I'm actually like asdfghjkl; because I have to write an essay in 1.5 hours and memorize all important quotes or something. UGH BUT I HAVE SUCH A BAD MEMORY... I should go study now instead of rambling on... (flickr is like the second biggest distraction for me these days)
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All best wish happy and take care 2021
Aber Lin
Feb/19/2021
Earlier in the week someone had kindly commented on one of my old bike photos from the early 70s/80s and I was wondering if the bike was still being ridden by someone.
I knew there was a way of looking into this on the Governments website in the UK.
www.taxdisc.direct.gov.uk/EvlPortalApp/
I found that my Suzuki cafe racer that I designed and built was in use for another 10 years after I sold it and hopefully its now in someones collection on a Statutory Off Road Notice rather than having been broken up or whatever.
As I can remember nearly every registration number of every vehicle I've driven and had half an hour to spare, I did a check on each one with some quite interesting results - especially the BMW.
Choosing this vehicle was a total mistake and came in between my first two Skoda Octavia vRSs and despite costing over twice as much, was half the car, so to speak.
A motor industry insider once told me something in confidence, which I took with a pinch of salt at the time although its always been at the back of my mind.
The vehicle check showed that after I got rid of it its never been on the road since - which given the car was only two years old when I waved a cheery goodbye to it, seems a bit odd. So a number of possibilities I think:-
Its now preserved in a museum as a classic (probabilty - absolutely zero)
Its now preserved in a museum as a warning to other hapless customers (mmm)
Some farmer is letting his twelve year old kid use it on the farm because it was absolutely useless on the road (whilst the last bit is true, the probabilty is zero to slight)
It got written off (possible, because despite being a 4x4 its ability to grip the road with those 19" alloys and that low profile tyre combination was abysmal)
Someone disliked it as much as I did and a. pushed it off a cliff or b. torched it (probability - very high - even if this isn't the answer, it should be)
or.......................
my friend was correct. Which is amazing, if true.
But don't ask me what it is......cos I can't tell ya.
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I went with my friend Charlotte to an event on Prince's Avenue. I've been a few times before - it's called Beat The Clock. They play 70s and 80s and lots more - all played from 7" vinyl. Old school!
We had a cracking night and danced most of the night away.
While we were there, someone tok a photo of me while I was on the dancefloor, and I absolutely love it! I have it in colour and black and white, and I have to say I prefer the black and white - it's more atmospheric. Totally love the photo and it will be one I print out to put up on my wall!
At Beat The Clock. What a great night. And I totally love this candid photo!
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For our Camera Club monthly project: September - Black & White.
I noticed these when we were making our way back home from Nottinghamshire and took some photographs through the windscreen of the car as we were approaching the site.
History:
The Clipstone Colliery dates from the early C20 when a new excavation was begun by the Bolsover Colliery Company to exploit the 'Top Hard' coal seam in the vicinity of Clipstone village in Nottinghamshire. The sinking of the pit shaft was interrupted by the First World War, and the development of the colliery site did not resume until 1919. The new colliery was operational by 1922, and went on to become one of the most productive pits in Britain, delivering four thousand tons of coal per day by the 1940s. In the post-War period, the colliery underwent further development to access the Low Main Seam, a deeper seam of coal located almost eight hundred feet below the Top Hard seam. In order to exploit these rich new reserves of coal, a pair of new winding engines were installed to operate the coal and man shafts at the colliery. Two headstocks, linked by a central powerhouse were completed in 1953 to the designs of architects Young and Purves of Manchester. The headstocks were constructed by Head Wrightson Colliery Engineering of Thornaby-on-Tees and Sheffield, whilst the winding engines were manufactured by Markham and Company in Chesterfield.
The engines were 'Koepe' winders, a system of friction winding developed by the German mining engineer Frederick Koepe in the 1870s, and first installed at the Hannover Colliery in Westphalia in 1877. The Koepe system was particularly well-suited for use in deep mines, as it permitted winding from increasing depths as a colliery developed, as at Clipstone. Most British collieries used drum winders, designed to operate to a specific depth, and it was necessary, when using this system, to close a shaft and install a new winder drum and longer winder rope if a shaft had to be deepened. Koepe winders were installed throughout the German and Dutch coalfields from the late C19 onwards. There were a small number of late C19 and early C20 installations in England, but the Koepe system was not widely used until the post-War re-investment in and re-structuring of the mining industry after 1945. After the nationalisation of the coal industry in 1947, the advantages of the Koepe winder became more and more apparent as increased coal production needed to drive the post-War recovery became a priority. Central government funding for colliery expansion meant that sites such as Clipstone could invest in improved systems and increase production by working deeper seams more effectively.
Prior to nationalisation, the Bolsover Mining Company had become the third largest enterprise of its kind in Britain. Its Clipstone pit included one of the two deepest shafts in the country, and the new headstocks were the tallest such structures in Europe at that time. In the context of Britain's post-War mining industry, Clipstone was a state-of-the-art colliery, employing over thirteen hundred men at its peak, and produced almost a million tons of coal in 1986. The colliery ceased production in 2003 and the site has now been cleared of all the colliery structures and transportation systems with the exception of the winders, headstocks and powerhouse. This part of the colliery site had been listed, prior to closure, on the 19th April 2000 and now stands surrounded by security fencing within the recently remodelled colliery landscape. Since the pit closure, the powerhouse building and the machinery and electrical equipment it housed have been comprehensively vandalised and stripped of metals with high scrap value. The interiors of the building are heavily damaged, and there is now some evidence of localised structural failure. An application for consent to demolish the building and headstocks was made in 2003 to Newark and Sherwood District Council but has not yet been determined. English Heritage received an earlier request to de-list the building and headstocks, but this application was not taken forward as the application to demolish remains under consideration by the Local Planning Authority.
Taken with my Canon EOS 7D and Canon EF 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Lens, converted to B&W in Lightroom and framed in Photoshop.
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Comment qui savaient causer aux dames...à la belle époque !....;-))
PS : J'ai la même pour les hommes...............(Si vous êtes sages !!!)
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Our friend Trisha was up in Hull so we met up with her on Friday night. We tried a new place in the Prince's Quasy shopping centre called Iron Lilies, a nice looking new bar that has opened, but you had to book a table and we hadn't so we ended up sat outside for a drink.
After that we went to the Old Town to the Scale and Feather, before heading back to The Star to finish the evening. A lovely time!
In The Star.
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My first LFF since October 2023 and we had a great time.
We started off in LFF's new start venue,Bridge End Social. LFF has been cryng our for a suitable start venue since the MArriott repurposed theirs back in December 2022. Bridge End Social seems to tick all the boxes - it was a great start venue,
From there we wen to the PAck Horse an we were joined by our friends Janet and Phil. Then on to The End and we finished the night in Smokestack.
In The End with Lyn.
To see the animated image scroll down to the first comment (below) or view original size (1000 x 1000; look above in the "actions" menu).
Details and History
The Library of Congress website offers a multitude of historical images, many with no known restrictions on use. This image is derived from the 1860-1863 stereograph, possibly by Edwin Emerson, depicting Troy N.Y., C.F.H. (Charles F. Himes) and Prof. O.N. Rood, Warren's house in background, looking n.
Both were members of the Amateur Photographic Exchange club, which functioned from 1860-1863 when its secretary was called to war. Many of the earliest surviving stereographs in the LOC collection were generated via this exchange. As noted in a brief history (Image 1952, vol1, issue2, page4) one of their correspondents was Oliver Wendell Holmes. He invented the Holmes stereoscope and gave the design away. The instrument proved so popular it drove most rivals out of the market.
Copyright Advisory
The purpose here is not to duplicate the original image, from the Library of Congress website, but to generate a downloadable animated gif to assist viewing and presentation. There are no known restrictions on publication.
LOC source page: www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2005686184/ .
Technical trivia
Image manipulations and gif generation done with StereoPhotoMaker, a freeware program by Masuji Suto & David Sykes.
comments by me & fellow fotologgers:
mbvision @ 2003-10-08 18:49 said :
One hour left of work, and then I have a four day weekend. Just looking forward to some rest, and my 10 year high scholl reunion. How is your day?
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stills @ 2003-10-08 20:36 said :
...hi... it is so nice to have someplace to debrief... am oriental dance... then got the bamboo... and some pine... and I found these 2 beautiful ridiculously expensive metalic leaves to add to the `collection`... heirlooms... one string of lights isn`t working... my husband`s gone for the evening so I`m spending some time finally printing my `best of fotolog` not that all these albums and paper make any sense ...but with the fotolog learning curve so great I`m a lot more ruthless in the choices... wondering too how to get more courageous, expansive, something here... perhaps it`s a matter of skipping a beat before hitting the shudder... a heartbeat...
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stills @ 2003-10-08 20:36 said :
... that`s a.m.
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stills @ 2003-10-08 20:37 said :
and that`s shutter...hope your day was a good one... do tell...
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petitesoeur @ 2003-10-09 01:33 said :
just got home from my day today -)here was my day: "fog of war" press screening -- took photos of errol morris, ate lunch with the rest of the press office, got some work accomplished @ my desk, got dressed for the evening, "young adam" public screening: shot tilda swinton & ewan mcgregor & david bryne in the greenroom -- another photographer kicked me in the shin, hung out in the greenroom -- having seen the film @ its press screening -- listened to the q&a -- went to the after party for a 1/2 hour & then went to the nyc fotologgers meetup
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mxp @ 2003-10-09 16:33 said :
this is great. i actually thought about doing this, but now it`s been done. damn! ;) (i think i still might do it)
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stills @ 2003-10-09 21:26 said :
... why don`t you do it here?
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stills @ 2003-10-10 14:13 said :
...will post some sukkah pics in a few days.... meanwhile there`s some on www.fotolog.net/jerusalem
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stills @ 2003-10-10 14:14 said :
... Hag Sameach!
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jackies @ 2003-10-10 17:37 said :
Grr... they SAID the fog would burn off and it would be sunny. Lies, I tell you, lies! What a grey day today... I love both of your fotologs!
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In her concluding comments at this year’s UBCM conference, Premier Christy Clark announced that B.C. will be moving forward with a bridge to replace the Massey Tunnel and that there will be infrastructure planning grants available for Northwest LNG communities.
The UBCM conference is a chance for local governments to engage with each other and the provincial government and an opportunity for local governments to meet face to face with provincial cabinet ministers. It allows for an exchange of ideas and best practices, all aimed at making B.C. a better place. To find out more about what’s happening at this year’s conference, head to the BC Government Newsroom: www.newsroom.gov.bc.ca/2013/09/ubcm-2013.html
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Comment se réveiller quand on est extrêmement fatigué des neurones ?
Selon l'ami Vince, la technique est extrêmement simple : il suffit de se verser plusieurs verres de raki sur la tête... Il est cependant important que le raki soit a bonne température, lesté de quelques glaçons.
Sur la photo d'illustration on note que maître Hich est quelque peu dubitatif mais il est vrai qu'il n'a pas que peu profité de la fraicheur du raki sur son doux visage.
Reste que votre serviteur est également circonspect. Certes ensuite, les deux compères ont été particulièrement alertes, allant jusqu'à trémousser leurs corps d' éphèbes sur les pistes endiablées de bars d'Oberkampf. Dans le même temps pourtant, les jeunes femmes avec lesquelles ils tentaient de guincher ont passé l'essentiel de la soirée à tenter de les éviter, agrémentant souvent leur ostracisme d'une moue dégoutée et d'une formule lapidaire : "passez votre chemin, pouilleux, vous puez le pastis !"
Ce à quoi les compères rétorquaient en choeur :" meuh non meufs, ch'est de l'Ouzoooo..."
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