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El voluminoso edificio que preside la toma es la Casa de Amparo de Zaragoza, en la calle Predicadores. En la larga vida de su construcción por pabellones, entre 1880 y 1940, fue ganando terreno a los restos del convento de Santo Domingo, parte de cuyos pabellones aún se ven en la imagen, a su izquierda, antes del edificio del Ayuntamiento, luego instituto Luis Buñuel. Entre 1885 y 1906, el arquitecto municipal Ricardo Magdalena se encargó de la ampliación.
Al fondo, el río Ebro con el puente del ferrocarril del enlace entre las líneas de Barcelona y Pamplona, por el que está transitando un tren en dirección a la estación de la Almozara.
Fuente visual: Fototipia L. Escolá, en www.ebay.es/
Proyecto GAZA ("Gran Archivo Zaragoza Antigua"),
es un compendio de imágenes de la antigua Zaragoza (España), acompañadas de textos creados por José María Ballestín Miguel
y la colaboración de Antonio Tausiet.
You know when you have too much time on your hands and your on Ebay......its a paintball mask...dont ask why I just thought it looked good...
Well, a joke with possibly a good cause in mind..below is the actual text of the listing.
"A delightful & well aired example of some furniture that has definitely seen better days, in fact it's fair to say that it's minging. Included in this sale are the large patches of mildew, some rainwater & an assortment of field rodents that will have by now no doubt have moved in, all at no extra cost to the purchasor.
An early viewing is highly recommended & the suite can presently be seen to the eastern side of Down Road on the way to West Kington just off the A420 Nr Marshfield, Wilts. Buyer collects 'cos there's no way I'm ruining my car & due to it's unsecure location I am unable to guarantee it will still be there before the end of sale. Any proceeds will go to charity or behind the bar".
Questions and answers.
Q: Damn, gotta get me some of that leather action. Goes well with my bitches when we're getting down listening to the man Isaac Hayes & his Shaft soundtrack....
A: How refreshing & sartorially put! I wish you luck in your quest for 'bitches & leather' while you listen to the very talented Mr. Hayes, of which I possess several copies of his work, the pinnacle of which I believe is 'Chocolate Salty Balls' which he recorded under the pseudonym 'Chef' from the comic strip South Park. Happy Bidding & please look at my new listing! Best
Q: hi i dont think that carpet goes with the sofa ! i think this sofa could be made from cow hide !
A: Regrettably the carpet isn’t included in the auction although if you make a fair, balanced offer I’m sure we could accommodate, how much of it did you want? By the look of the picture we could run to a fair few acres. The cow hiding can be seen as a feint dot just above the left shoulder of the sofa (as we view it) Happy bidding & please look at my other items! Best
Q: Hello again, I see I've been outbid on this item! I have changed my mind about the pallet & brick/sofa combination and now would like to purchase and keep it where it is either as a Britart statement entitled "MY EBAY" akin to Tracey Emin's "MY BED" or alternatively as a Conservation Area for the rare noturnal creature "Neandertalis Maximus Ignoramus" more commonly known as the "Lesser Spotted Flytipper". Please could you tell me that "If I build it they will come", and also if you have seen any other creatures of interest that might persuade me to increase my bid. Thanks Ang x
A: Dear Grandly716, Yes it does indeed seem that you've been beaten in the bids, by some campanologist I see! With regards to the art installation I also noticed the similarity in the pieces random arrangement, although I noticed more of an 'Hommage' to Colombian sculptor Doris Salcedo, who you will recall in 2003 presented her installation '1600 chairs' at the 8th International Istanbul Biennial where she randomly & somewhat precariously stacked, er, 1600 wooden chairs between 2 buildings on an unremarkable downtown street. Why only the gods know. Happy Bidding! Best
Q: I'm glad you haven't employed a feng shui consultant to advise on marketing as i'm sure that would have placed bidding well beyond my means. I've bid £2.23 as i'm not sure how much a pint of beer is nowadays.
A: I'm pleased that you've noticed the venerable art at work here. My Feng Shui Masters (Far Kyou & Yure An Arze) are in discussions as to whether the 'Al Fresco' situation maximises the positive energy within the chakra's & Lei lines. Pint of beer at least £3.50. Well for a reasonable strength one. Happy Bidding! Best
Q: I am so laughing. You brought a smile to my face and a giggle to my belly, but i cant believe someone has actually bid on them.....thankyou for cheering me up.
A: Be here to witness the sale end & the successful bidder collecting, especially if it’s becksybarnes in his Great Aunts pickup. Now that will be funny…. Happy Bidding! Best
Q: Hi, Love the sofa it would definitely give the shabby chi(t)c look my half renovated house deserves. Why finish a job when there are so many more that can be started and left! The only thing missing is a coffee table to put the Tennents Super/Special Brew/Meths on. Could you check if there is an old pallet and a few bricks to complete the ensemble. Thanks for your time, x
A: I’ll have a rummage in the hedgerow for nature’s bounty knows no ends. If I can’t find a pallet, bricks & a 4 pack of Special Brew would you settle for a bottle of Thunderbird & Ray Mears? Happy Bidding! Best
Q: I dont suppose you know if there are any matching or colour co-ordinating scatter cushions near by, have you looked in the ditch opposite or maybe in the next layby.Have you contacted the palace as wills and kate are probably looking for furniture for their new home, they are probably strapped for cash after coughing up for the wedding.
A: I don’t recall any extra soft furnishings or cushions although Lawrence Llewellyn Bowen & Gok Wan were in an adjacent haystack getting very heated over the benefits of floral fabric patterns in scatter throws, or so they said. With regards to the royal wedding I’m sure the dress code states 3 piece suit but I’ll double check my invite. Happy Bidding! Best
Q: Could you tell me whether the armchairs fart when you sit down in them similar to those favoured by Reggie Perrin's Boss CJ in the original TV series & if they do, how long is the delay between buttocks firmly seated within the cushion & the raspberry?
A: You are all determined to get me to actually sit down on the festering objects, aren't you? I would suspect that looking at it from my safe distance of about 10 feet away & given their general age & amount of rainwater they've absorbed you more likely to get a soggy splutter rather than the proud, loud retort I recollect CJ's gave. I'll update my will, hurry that safety suit along & report back asap. Happy Bidding! Best
Q: Hi, I'm collecting old sofas for bar at Glastonbury festival which is how I came across your listing, however I think I will pass on these and even for my intended use they are a little too rough!! Simon.
A: No offence taken Simon. However having been to what was then known as The Glastonbury Fayre (Saw Steve Hillage & Peter Gabriel, Yeah Right-on Man) during the closing quarter of the 20th century these magnificent thrones would have been an unheard of luxury & something we would have eaten meat for. Still I wish you well in your quest, but you have 6 days left if you change your mind! Best wishes
Q: Hi , would some body be able to check if there is any small change packed away down the sides of the cushions to make my visit from Yorkshire fruitful.
A: Keep this up everyone, You're all determined for me to approach it aren't you? I'm on the phone to the MOD as they are nearer than Japan for a possible radiation suit. I would urge you to hurry the bidding tho' as I saw someone else last night who had come on a home viewing. Although to be fair they were shaking their heads & puffing loudly much like a tyre kicker muttering "Bloody Pikeys" although this may have been a ruse to lower the price. As for the small change I'll let you know. Happy Bidding! Best
Q: Hello, I am very interested in this magnificent suite. Could you let me know if these sofas are real leather or faux leather. Could you also give me an idea of dimensions as I will be borrowing my great aunts pick up and I need to know if there will be enough space. Thanks alot. Giles
A: As with previous enquiry I haven't gone too close. If enough people wanted detailed stuff I'll borrow an old unwanted fallout suit from Fukushima. Until then assume that it is leather. Unless it's not. Regards to your Great Aunts pickup it depends entirely if she will be driving,, you could then hold on to the suite in the back on top of it all, much like the characters at the start of "The Beverly Hillbillys" Happy Bidding! Best
Q: Hi, I'm very interested in this suite. Can you tell me if it has the British Standards safety label attached? It looks like it might be pre 'Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988'. I like to know I can fall asleep in front of the t.v with a fag on the go. Thanks, Jimmy.
A: to be honest I haven't wanted to actually be too close to the item. If I can find a passing yokel or immigrant type the PM has been talking about recently I'll send them in & update you. Good luck & as they say here "Happy Bidding" Best
Q: Hi, Love the sofa and it would be ideal to put on the touch line of my local football club (blackburn Rovers) They seem to spend most of their time sitting on their arses. Certainly cant be playing, looking at their performance this season. Anyway, next time your passing, could you throw a gallon of petrol on it and set it alight ? Would hate my beloved team to get bitten my any nasty creatures living in it. I have started the bidding, but hope it wont go for much more, as i have had to get a mortgage to pay for the gallon of petrol for you.
A: What a gent you are to start the bidding. I do hope for your sake that others join the fun or you may win - as for the de-infestation idea I'll give it a go but we had a heavy rainfall the other eve so fire may not catch. My deepest commiserations for your choice of football team. best wishes .
Nicely covering up much of the London red paint that was starting to show through is this eBay mega rear applied on Sunday to Trident 32976.
Seen here on Bridge Street on the Thistle Line 3.
Part of the Duvet Project. Floral cross from vintage pattern acquired in lot from eBay (pattern also in Hoop Love Vintage Transfers courtesy of chez60).
I'm not sure how I feel about my color choices. This took forever because I ripped out the original stitching I did on the little blue flowers (to change to THESE blues).
A bit nervous because like a ninny, I ironed the original vintage transfer onto the duvet. The test pattern worked out great (lulling me into a false sense of security) - but this pattern left some yellow-ish discolorations that I HOPE wash out.
Some of you may have noticed that, unfortunately, owing to the fact that a certain person who sells truck photos on eBay commercially has been lifting my images from this album and selling them I have had to remove 2300 photos that didn't have a watermark. I have now run around 1700 through Lightroom and added a watermark with the intention of bulk uploading them again. Rather than watermark the existing (hidden) files in Flickr one at a time it will be easier to do it this way. I definitely won’t be adding individual tags with the make and model of each vehicle I will just add generic transport tags. Each photo is named after the vehicle and reg in any case. For anyone new to these images there is a chapter and verse explanation below. It is staggering how many times I get asked questions that a quick scan would answer or just as likely I can’t possibly answer – I didn’t take them, but, just to clarify-I do own the copyright- and I do pursue copyright theft.
This is a collection of scanned prints from a collection of photographs taken by the late Jim Taylor A number of years ago I was offered a large number of photographs taken by Jim Taylor, a transport photographer based in Huddersfield. The collection, 30,000 prints, 20,000 negatives – and copyright! – had been offered to me and one of the national transport magazines previously by a friend of Jim's, on behalf of Jim's wife. I initially turned them down, already having over 30,000 of my own prints filed away and taking space up. Several months later the prints were still for sale – at what was, apparently, the going rate. It was a lot of money and I deliberated for quite a while before deciding to buy them. I did however buy them directly from Jim’s wife and she delivered them personally – just to quash the occasional rumour from people who can’t mind their own business. Although some prints were sold elsewhere, particularly the popular big fleet stuff, I should have the negatives, unfortunately they came to me in a random mix, 1200 to a box, without any sort of indexing and as such it would be impossible to match negatives to prints, or, to even find a print of any particular vehicle. I have only ever looked at a handful myself unless I am scanning them. The prints are generally in excellent condition and I initially stored them in a bedroom without ever looking at any of them. In 2006 I built an extension and they had to be well protected from dust and moved a few times. Ultimately my former 6x7 box room office has become their (and my own work’s) permanent home.
I hope to avoid posting images that Jim had not taken his self, however should I inadvertently infringe another photographers copyright, please inform me by email and I will resolve the issue immediately. There are copyright issues with some of the photographs that were sold to me. A Flickr member from Scotland drew my attention to some of his own work amongst the first uploads of Jim’s work. I had a quick look through some of the 30 boxes of prints and decided that for the time being the safest thing for me to do was withdraw the majority of the earlier uploaded scans and deal with the problem – which I did. whilst the vast majority of the prints are Jims, there is a problem defining copyright of some of them, this is something that the seller did not make clear at the time. I am reasonably confident that I have since been successful in identifying Jims own work. His early work consists of many thousands of lustre 6x4 prints which are difficult to scan well, later work is almost entirely 7x5 glossy, much easier to scan. Not all of the prints are pin sharp but I can generally print successfully to A4 from a scan.
You may notice photographs being duplicated in this Album, unfortunately there are multiple copies of many prints (for swapping) and as I have to have a system of archiving and backing up I can only guess - using memory - if I have scanned a print before. The bigger fleets have so many similar vehicles and registration numbers that it is impossible to get it right all of the time. It is easier to scan and process a print than check my files - on three different PC’s - for duplicates. There has not been, nor will there ever be, any intention to knowingly breach anyone else's copyright. I have presented the Jim Taylor collection as exactly that-The Jim Taylor Collection- his work not mine, my own work is quite obviously mine.
Unfortunately, many truck spotters have swapped and traded their work without copyright marking it as theirs. These people never anticipated the ease with which images would be shared online in the future. I would guess that having swapped and traded photos for many years that it is almost impossible to control their future use. Anyone wanting to control the future use of their work would have been well advised to copyright mark their work (as many did) and would be well advised not to post them on photo sharing sites without a watermark as the whole point of these sites is to share the image, it is very easy for those that wish, to lift any image, despite security settings, indeed, Flickr itself, warns you that this is the case. It was this abuse and theft of my material that led me to watermark all of my later uploads. I may yet withdraw non-watermarked photos, I haven’t decided yet. (I did in the end)
To anyone reading the above it will be quite obvious that I can’t provide information regarding specific photos or potential future uploads – I didn’t take them! There are many vehicles that were well known to me as Jim only lived down the road from me (although I didn’t know him), however scanning, titling, tagging and uploading is laborious and time consuming enough, I do however provide a fair amount of information with my own transport (and other) photos. I am aware that there are requests from other Flickr users that are unanswered, I stumble across them months or years after they were posted, this isn’t deliberate. Some weekends one or two “enthusiasts” can add many hundreds of photos as favourites, this pushes requests that are in the comments section ten or twenty pages out of sight and I miss them. I also have notifications switched off, I receive around 50 emails a day through work and I don’t want even more from Flickr. Other requests, like many other things, I just plain forget – no excuses! Uploads of Jim’s photos will be infrequent as it is a boring pastime and I would much rather work on my own output.
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eBay slot machines at the Palazzo in Las Vegas. The screens looked like Alamo Fire's PackRat in gambling form.
Image taken with a 12 pound lens bought on ebay, using my Canon 450d
EMU 303 sporting the 1980s Strathclyde orange livery.
There were 91 of the 3-car sets built by Pressed steel, Linwood in 1959-61 for the electrification of the Glasgow North and South side routes. The original order was for 35 sets, which was followed by a subsequent order for 56 sets.
The sets emerged painted in a new livery for BR passenger stock, that of Caledonian Blue. (electric blue) Over the years this gave way to standard BR rail blue.
A major refurbishment scheme took place in the late 1980s which saw sets emerged in Strathclyde orange livery, the refurbishing work saw gangways fitted internally and improvements to the passenger environment. In the mid 1990s the latest Strathclyde red and cream livery was applied to a handful of sets.
Replacement of the sets following introduction of Class 334s sets to the Ayrshire line in 2001-2002 saw the 303s phased out of traffic.
Now the 334's are soon to be replaced also.
This unit is now preserved at Bo'ness with SRPS.
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Some kinda Irony going on here: A physical storefront, affiliated with a purely virtual store (eBay), which is then captured by an affiliate (A9) of a competitor (Amazon, another virtual store).
www.familistere.com/site/index.php
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familistère_de_Guise
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familistère_(Guise)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_André_Godin
« Ne pouvant faire un palais de la chaumière ou du galetas de chaque famille ouvrière, nous avons voulu mettre la demeure de l’ouvrier dans un palais ; le Familistère, en effet, n’est pas autre chose, c’est le palais du travail, c’est le PALAIS SOCIAL de l’avenir.
Ce qu’il n’est pas possible de faire au profit de familles éparpillées et sans lien, les améliorations qu’on ne peut introduire dans le tohu-bohu des habitations ouvrières, ni à la ville, ni à la campagne, ni dans les caves, ni dans les mansardes habitées ; ce que ne permettent pas même les habitations ouvrières isolées les mieux construites, quel qu’en soit le système : le Familistère le permet, le palais social le rend possible, bien plus, il le rend nécessaire. »
Jean-Baptiste-André Godin La Richesse au service du peuple, le Familistère de Guise. 1875.
Les chiffres du Familistère : ( source Wikipédia )
10 millions de briques sont nécessaires à la construction des trois pavillons du Palais Social.
30 000 m² de surfaces sont offerts par l’ensemble des trois pavillons.
1 kilomètre de coursives parcourt les trois pavillons du Palais.
500 fenêtres percent les façades des trois unités d’habitation.
495 appartements sont aménagés dans l’ensemble des cinq pavillons du Familistère avant 1918.
1 748 personnes habitent au Familistère en 1889.
50 berceaux peuvent être installés dans la nourricerie du Familistère.
796 invités participent au banquet de la cinquième fête du Travail dans la cour du pavillon central en 1872.
1 000 spectateurs prennent place au théâtre en 1914.
1 526 employés travaillent dans les usines de la Société du Familistère en 1887.
2 500 est le nombre de record d’employés de l’Association du Familistère de Guise et à Bruxelles en 1930.
4 000 modèles d’appareils et d’accessoires sont fabriqués par la Société du Familistère en 1914.
210 000 appareils sont expédiés par les usines de Guise et Bruxelles en 1913-1914.
664, c’est le nombre de pages qui composent le livre Solutions Sociales publié par Godin en 1871.
JEAN-BAPTISTE GODIN ( ENGLISH )
Jean-Baptiste André Godin (26 January 1817 -29 January 1888) was a French industrialist and social experimentor born on the 26th of January 1817 at Esquéhéries (Aisne).
The son of an artisan, he entered an iron-works at an early age, and at seventeen made a tour of France as journeyman. Returning to Esquéhéries in 1837, he started a small factory for the manufacture of castings for heating-stoves. The business increased rapidly, and for the purpose of railway facilities was transferred to Guise in 1846. At the time of Godin's death in 1888 the annual output was over four millions of francs (4,160,000), and in 1908 the employees numbered over 2000 and the output was over 280,000.
An ardent disciple of Charles Fourier, he advanced a considerable sum of money towards the disastrous Fourierist experiment of V. P. Considerant (q.v.) in Texas (known as La Reunion. He profited, however, by its failure, and in 1859 started the Familistère, or community settlement, of Guise on more carefully laid plans.
The Familistère forms a town within the town of Guise. It comprises, in addition to a large factory, three large buildings, each four stories high, capable of housing all the work-people, each family having two or three rooms. The main building consists of three rectangular blocks joined at the corners. Each of these blocks has a central court covered with a glass roof under which children can play in all weather. There is no church of any sort. (There are, of course, churches within the rest of Guise). At the back of the main block there was a nursery. There is a separate block, known as the "economat", containing various shops, refreshment rooms and recreation rooms of various kinds(?), stores for the purchase of groceries, drapery and every necessity. This has recently (2008) been restored and is now a cafe, a shop selling books, postcards etc and an exhibition area. There were also allotments for the workers.
Opposite the main block there was a building containing a theater for concerts and dramatic entertainments and a primary school. There was also a communal laundry and swimming pool. This was a few years ago derelict but has now been restored. The swimming pool is still a swimming poll but the laundry is a meeting room and the drying room is now (2008) an exhibition room. In 1880 the whole was turned into a co-operative society, with provision by which it eventually became the property of the workers.
Godin manufactured cookers and heating stoves of many kinds mainly made from cast iron castings. Sometimes these were enameled. These are still to be found in use all over France. They can be found for sale on eBay.
This business was still owned by the workers in the 1950s but soon after was taken over by Le Creuset. It is not obvious that the factory is still functioning. It is seems the domestic building were privatised. The state of the domestic buildings was deteriorating but has recently been awarded EU money for it to be restored.
In 1871 Godin was elected deputy for Aisne, but retired in 1876 to devote himself to the management of the Familistère. In 1882 he was created a Knight of the Legion of Honor.
Godin was the author of Solutions sociales (1871); Les Socialistes et les Droits du travail (1874); Mutualité sociale et association du capital et du travail (1880); La Republique du travail et la reforme parlementaire (1889). See Bernardot, Le Familistère de Guise et son fondateur (Paris, 1887); Fischer, Die Familistère Godins (Berlin, 1890); Lestelle, Etude sur le Familistère de Guise (Paris, 1904); D. F. P., Le Familistère illustr, résultals de vingt ans d'association, 1880-1900 (Eng. trans., Twenty-eight years of co-partnership at Guise, by A. Williams, 1908).
Another eBay package came today. I’ve been meaning to buy this odd knock off body ever since @aubreysilver posted about finding them on Aliexpress but I wanted to buy it with the protection of eBay heh. I actually bought one the same time I bought my Allan and Eegee Andy head lot back in June but… it got lost around Russia so I finally took a chance on another one after being refunded.
This knock off body uses a Fashionista Ken torso and upper arms and legs but it uses Pivotal Ken forearms and calves. I’m really surprised at how high quality it feels for a clone doll cuz the vinyl limbs aren’t all shiny and greasy but rather relatively matte. I had to carve off excess flash around the joints before posing him but for a $5 body it’ll worth it.
I’m a little surprised how pale this body is cuz Andy has been on my clone Kristoff body since I got him and the match is better. However if any of my dolls had a farmer’s tan it has to be Andy I guess.
Also I got some Kumik pumps for She Ra which fit her perfectly.