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"You make me wanna put my phone down. When we're alone, I wanna zone out. Baby, with you, I ain't got no doubts. I'm just trying to let you know now"
September 18, 2019 – the offer www.flickr.com/photos/51192881@N00/48952476853/in/datetaken/
October 1, 2019 the payment $4,000 “friends and family” www.flickr.com/photos/51192881@N00/48949342351/in/photost...
Oct 19th - Oct 20th (almost 3 weeks later) buyer blocked with no tracking. He makes a post on wclub with a screenshot (the tiny screenshot that appears int the texts above) showing that he had paid $4,000- that the seller had blocked him on facebbook, Instagram and Flickr – and to date, had not actually mailed his dolls- she labels him "liar and scammer and bully" and sends above text.
She claims that only after she had shipped the buyer opened a paypal dispute- which she won
flickr.com/photos/51192881@N00/48987661016/in/datetaken/
But... the tracking showed that she paid for her label on Oct 20th (sunday) and dropped the package at USPS Oct 22. That was after the paypal dispute was long over.
2nd story- after she shipped the dolls and after buyer opened a paypal dispute, she was able to "intercept" the package and swap out the grails for something he "deserved"
Then it was pointed out that there is no "package intercept" for USPS international mail ....
3rd story- her neighbor the postal master was able to get the package for her so she could swap out the dolls.
evidently violating: www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1708
Now she just admits she never sent the dolls and laughs at him (See her flickr page- there is only one rant still up)
They have over 60 bones in their shells. Each bone in a tortoise's shell is connected to one another. It doesn't look like it, but they are also able to feel when their shells are touched because of the nerve endings in them.
Flying over the spectacular Milford Sound on a flight from Queenstown to Milford Sound. The "tiny" ship in this photo is in fact the gigantic Royal Caribbean "Ovation of the Seas" cruise ship.
The flight with Milford Sound Scenic Flights in a GA8 Airvan was one of the highlights of the holiday.
Mask (noun).
1. Covering for all or part of the face as a disguise or for protection.
2. Some kind of behaviour for pretension to be, passing oneself of as, impersonating, simulating or posing as.
As long time Japanese antique collector I took masks of old Japanese theatre Noh and Kyogen for definition of this word...
The date of man's invention of masks is unknown, their use is certainly several thousands years old. It's a fact that masks in one form or another have made their appearance in every culture shows how important role they have played in a human life.
With the development of dance and true drama, masks became less primitive and more artistic. Immobility of a mask, which seems such a disadvantage when compared with the living human face, makes about it a certain air of the supernatural and fantastic, that's why masks are widely used up to the present day.
Among the people of the world who still actively use masks, the Japanese are in many ways outstanding. Let's go back to 14th century when theatre No and Kyogen begins his history and the masks of this show became one of the finest dramatic masks the world has ever seen. I try briefly summarize the characteristics of the Noh and Kyogen masks. Mask of Noh is a mask of tragedy, mask of the Kyogen is the mask of comedy. A typical present-day No performance consists of five Noh plays, divided of three comic interludes of Kyogen, both the tragic and the comic elements being heightened in effect for the best contrasting result. Good and evil in Noh drama reflects these both sides of real life...
In real life you also making choice between good and evil. Many people wearing masks covering their real personality, as a artists playing roles not really belonging to them and as final result ruining the life of themselves or others. Make a right choice between good and evil, take a right mask or even take it off, throw it away and be yourself.
All masks and pictures used for this image are from my collection.
Created for The Dictionary of Image
Better viewed large.
Monday Healthy Fact
Lemons contain a high amount of vitamin C, soluble fiber, and plant compounds that give them a number of health benefits. Lemons may aid weight loss and reduce your risk of heart disease, anemia, kidney stones, digestive issues, and cancer. {Sharing The Knowledge}
REFERENCE: www.healthline.com/nutrition/6-lemon-health-benefits
Little known fact: Bossk was actually a laid back fella when off duty. As a rule, the Trandoshan metabolism didn't allow him to go out in the freezing temperatures on Hoth (danger of triggering a hibernation cycle), but around noon it wasn't that bad. After the Empire's "incident" on Hoth, Bossk spent some free time hanging out with his friend TK-24/7. Flying the Slave 1 with a remote and using it as a snowblower was great fun, Bossk just couldn't wipe that smile off his face.
Another view of the Lego Slave 1, it's a wonderful ship, I really like how it changes it's appearance when looked at from different angles. Also, TK-24/7 has wrong pants! How did I miss that?
Seems to me that it used to be easier to get good photos of coyotes in Yellowstone. At one time they weren't as shy and skittish as now. This may just reflect their more highly tuned danger-radar as the wolf population thrives. Or, since they are too easily rewarded for begging for food, the fact is that rangers often have disincentivized begging behavior in the coyotes, since wildlife-feeding behavior in humans is much harder to extinguish.
This thin but healthy-looking individual was running down the middle of the road, as its kind is like to do in winter where the snow isn't so deep. I and one other car slowly followed it until it found the spot where it wanted to leave the road and check out the landscape under the trees. A couple of times Coyote stopped and sniffed, then looked back at the assembled 2-car paparazzi before heading off to the wilds.
Yellowstone National Park.
* Code for hazing, that is, shooting bean-bags or just something scary and loud, to encourage wildlife to relocate, in the case of coyotes, usually that means away from picnic areas and pullouts where people get out of their cars and fall prey to the sad, hungry expressions coyotes manage almost as well as domestic dogs do.
Facts about Japan using Japanese calligraphy (shodo) to give a brief insight into Japanese cities. June 2016
Banana slugs are commonly found in the foggy redwood Pacific coast forests of northern California, Oregon and Washington. They are land mollusks which means they have a soft body unprotected by a shell with no vertebrate. They eat old decomposing leaves, and dead organic matter . They are the garbage men and women of the forest, a very good thing. They in turn are eaten by snakes, racoons, large birds and the occasional human.
They are true hermaphodites which means they can be male, female or both at once.
When they mate, they insert their penises into each other at the same time. The strange fact is that sometimes, but not always, when they finish mating one slug will chew the penis off the other, a process called Apophallation. Sometimes it happens that both slugs engage in chewing so that at the end of the mating encounter, both slugs are penis-less. It doesnt grow back.
When I was at a family camp the kids go hunting to find these slug and enter it in a race a rather slow one. They they were released back to the redwoods. Like snails if you try to touch their stalk like eyes they can suck them inside their body to protect the. A slimy and useful creature and fun to look for on your hike in the forest.
PS: Ask Alexa, Siri, Amazon, and Spotify to play songs by
JOHN WILLIAM HAMMOND (use all 3 names) It's great
flic.kr/p/2pnLRes A Flckr link to great nature video
10 Fascinating Facts About The Hummingbird Moth
Hummingbird moth is the common name used for the numerous types of hummingbird moth species which include: Hummingbird Hawk-Moth, Sphinx moth, Common Clearwing Hummingbird moth, Snowberry Clearwing Hummingbird moth, Five-Spotted Hawkmoth, and White-Lined Sphinx.
Just like the hummingbird, the hummingbird moth’s buzzing and humming sound is created by its rapid wing movement.
The next time you spot a hornworm caterpillar munching on your plants, you are looking at a future hummingbird moth. This caterpillar is named for its hornlike appendages.
The moths featured in the 1991 film, The Silence of the Lambs were “death’s-head hawk” moths, a type of hummingbird moth. According to IMDb, the moths were treated like celebrities. “They were flown first class… and had special living quarters.”
The fast-moving hummingbird moth has a rapid wingbeat up to 70 beats per second (depending on the species), enabling it to fly up to 12 mph.
Instead of a beak like a hummingbird, it has a long tongue-like proboscis that rolls out of its coiled tube to reach the nectar deep inside flowers. Its tongue is about double the length of the moth’s body.
It has large, menacing eyes that appear to warn predators to keep their distance. Also protecting it from potential predators is its close resemblance to a bird, instead of a bug.
They range in length from 2—2.5 inches long and are covered in gray hair that resembles feathers, with white, rust or brown markings or variations. Their wingspan ranges from 2 to 6 inches depending on the species. The Snowberry Clearwing moth has clear wings.
The hummingbird moth can be found not only in North America, but in Europe, Africa, and Asia.
After mating, the female moth lays eggs on plant leaves such as honeysuckle, cherries, hawthorns, and viburnums. The hatched caterpillar feeds on its host bush or vine.
-Farmers Almanac
The fact that you don't see me doesn't mean I'm gone!
Where to start todays text?
I've had a very cool day yesterday with all the people who were part of my 365 project.
(There will be a folow up photo somewhere this week of the coolest present EVER!)
It's been crazy... 365 photos.
When I started it I didn't really know what I was getting myself into.
I've learned so much from doing this, not only about photography and photoshop, but also about myself.
It's like there was a click somewhere this year that I found a way to make thoughts, dreams, fears into photo ideas!
I know my friends and family are all pretty awesome, but that they would help the way they did this year and that they would put as much effort and support in my project!!
You rock guys!! Thanks!
Thanks Bob for making the huge numbers for me!
It's been great getting to know you this past 365 days! I really love your nature shots and hope to see many more!
Also thanks to Daniela! for helping out online a lot!
It's so nice I can always count on your honest opinion :)
A big thank you to Arno for being such an awesome guy and an inspiration
(and for making me laugh almost on a daily base :) You write the funniest stuff!)
I have to thank my beautiful wife.
I can honestly say that this project would not have existed without her.
She was always willing to go out for shoots even though she just came home from work or was tired!
I felt your unconditional love and support every day! I don't think I can find words nice enough to say how I feel about that.
Thank you love!
And last... all the people here on FLickr!
Thank you all for you comments, your favs and the support!
I really hope you all have enjoyed it as much as I have :)
x Paula
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A couple stroll around on Zou-no-hana Park/Terrace in Yokohama, Japan.
Always Best when you Press "L" for LARGE
Can we get to 400?
Stuff about me
1. I'm not revealing my name. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
2. My favorite lego themes are DC and Marvel Superheroes
3. I play the alto sax and bassoon
4. My favorite band is the Beatles
5. DC > Marvel
6. My top ten favorite songs (in no particular order)Return of the Mack by Mark Morrison, Misery by The Beatles Get Lucky by Daft Punk, Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison, Stronger by Kanye West, Somewhere over the Rainbow by Israel Kamamskdhjsjsushdjiausj, Yesterday by The Beatles, Harder Better Faster Stronger by Daft Punk, Billie Jean by Michael Jackson, Cool Patrol by NSP.
7. I watch the Game Grumps frequently.
8. My favorite foods are Hershey kisses, chocolate animal crackers, and cheese rice cakes
9. My favorite villains are mr freeze, two Face, killer Croc, Bane and Joker
10. My favorite heroes are captain America, Batman, and wolverine
11. I'm weak to spices and sour
12. My favorite games include Oregon Trail, PVZ, PVZ Heroes, Crash Bandicoot, New Super Mario Bros, New Super Mario Maker, and both of the L4D games
13. Xbox360> PS3
14. I love quoting spongebob.
15. The Killing Joke and B:TAS are overrated. I love B:TAS, but the Killing Joke is weird
16. My first superhero lego set was the cat woman vs Batman 2012 set
17. What got me into Superheroes was the New Spider-Man Adventures (the Canadian Spider-Man show on MTV)
18. I don't like sports but I enjoy playing basketball
19. I love anything grape flavored
20. I'm weak to red lobster biscuits and kittens
21. I'm a shopaholic
22. I don't like ninjago
23. I never got into Star Wars
24. I don't like anime, but assassination classroom rocks
25. My pet peeves include when people talk over me, when people don't wash their hands after sneezing in their hands or getting them dirty, people sneezing in their hands, people not covering their sneezes, and other germ stuff
26. Andy's chocolate mints ROCK!
27. I wanna see a wolverine movie but instead of his claws he has bacon strips which can regrow and I want him to fight sabretooth who's claws are made of turkey bacon
28. I'm not high
29. I use apple barrel paint
30. I think my first follower was Dave Green so thank you!
31. I love piranhas and angler fish.
32. I'm not vegan or vegetarian
33. According to buzzfeed, my inner potato is tater tots
34. That's me.
Thank you Kyle for tag :D
Rules:
✧ Give 10 random facts about your doll
✧ YouTube link of the song that reminds you of that doll. ^^
Okay, here are 10 facts about Izaya Orihara :3
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•Izaya's parents are unknown, but he have two younger twin sisters and one younger half-brother. So when he was a child he grown up with grandfathers.
•He likes to play twisted versions of chess with himself in his room, often using the chessboard as a representation of the battles in his town, giving him the fitting appearance of one who watches over the world and controls people actions.
•Izaya is a powerful and skilled underground informant. He usually gives information for his own enjoyment.
•He is also a member of the Dollars group. Izaya is the one who anonymously recruited most of their members, sending out invitations saying the Dollars have no rules except that you have to say you are one of them.
•Izaya is usually talking about the latest rumors of gangs, urban myths, and otherwise stirring up trouble in online chatrooms while at the same time pretending to be a girl. He even talks like a girl on occasion, especially online where he actually does pretend to be female.
•He claims to love humanity, and greatly enjoys putting people in miserable or chaotic situations in order to observe their reactions.
•Izaya is cunning and charming but despite this, women are not interested in him and he isn't very interested in women as well.
•Although Izaya enjoys conflict, often showing up wherever there is potential for one, he usually stays out of it, preferring to observe the fight instead of directly taking part in it.
•Izaya have old enemy, with a strong desire to murder him in the most painful way as possible.
•Goal – To create a war!!
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The song that reminds him - www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQolXZR_cI0
Hope you will like it (^ｰ^)
;-) Texto en castellano mas abajo ;-)
Excuse me the many mistakes that sure I have committed in the translation, I hope that it is understood regardless!
Development of the trilogy blog – pride – persons.
The second part of this trilogy that I dedicate to explain, and to explain myself, because I use the captions (feet) of my photos as if they were my personal blog. This time I will comment because I feel proud, basing on my concept of person that I exposed in the first photo of the trilogy.
I am a heterosexual crossdresser girl. It is a fact … but, what does it means? If I you tell the truth, I don´t know it with certainty. It seems as if every crossdresser girl had her own definition … probably because there are many branches inside the crossdress … but this it is another theme. I suppose that to the others happen like to me, I am ashamed instinctively of this facet of my life, it is something cultural, the image of the "transvestite" is at least ridiculous, laughable, even I fall down in it without thinking it. It is like if it was so unnatural, so out of place, so incomprehensibly … why a sane man, that considers himself as man, would try to pass off as a woman?... And this it is the nice image, also there is the vicious image, in which you are a disgusting pervert which who know how many more barbarities will do. It is not to feel very proud … not. But the reason wins to the instinct, I am a person, and as such I have reasoning and feelings, and they say to me that this it is not the reality, it is not my reality. Maybe it is a parafilia, as some people say, or maybe it is the aptitude to overcome the assigned role and experiencing positive sensations that are denied to us without reason. I do not have answers, disease or quality, I don´t know, but I know that I do not have motives for which to be ashamed. I am a person, with multiple characteristics, but none of them defines me lonely and to be a crossdresser girl is not the exception, only it is a small part of me. Globally I am not discontented with me, do not understand me badly, I should improve very much as person, but if tomorrow I would die and I would have to give account for my life and for what I am, I believe that I would go out in peace, and it is a motive of pride. The global pride like person, to feel yourself well with total honesty is what really matters. And the pride for the different characteristics that I have? It is a different pride, with different purposes, bad some as arrogance, and other more positive as the reaffirmation. The pride that I feel for be a crossdress girl is of this type. If the things were as they should be, surely I would not feel proud for it, would be another characteristic more as to have small foot or the dark eyes. But unfortunately the things are not like that, and some groups have had to use pride as method of defense, as reaffirmation against discriminations and injustices.The example most clear is the homosexuality. I am hetero and it allows me to see the situation from out, impartially, and I believe that they do very well in feeling proud, because understandable better or worse, what harm do it?, why to make to feel badly to a person for a quality that goes implicit in that person?... My crossdress does not harm anybody either and though I can give up practising it, it is not anything that could make disappear of me, as I cannot change my liking or my way of being, it is a part of my intimate self. So, if I see it good for the others, why not for me?
I look around and see so many motives for what the people should be ashamed, so many attitudes, so many actions that cause so much harm … And later I look at me, being ashamed instinctively for wearing a dress or for feeling feminine … Not … I refuse to accept it, it is possible that in the moment I could not avoid the instinct, but I refuse to accept consciously a shame that does not correspond to me, because of it I am proud! This one is not an allegation in order that we all go out to the light and feel us superproud (though it would be very well also I understand that it is very difficult and dangerous), it is for feeling us well with ourselves and we do not torture psychologically ourselves without motive. The crossdress makes me feel good, and when I dress and look at the mirror, there goes out for me a smile of satisfaction and pride. I am proud!!
Desarrollo de la trilogía blog-orgullo-personas.
Segunda parte de esta trilogía que dedico a explicar, y a explicarme a mi misma de paso, el porque utilizo los pies de fotos como si fueran mi blog personal. Esta vez os comentaré porqué me siento orgullosa, basándome en mi concepto de persona que expuse en la primera foto de la trilogía.
Soy una chica crossdresser heterosexual. Es un hecho… pero, ¿que significa eso? Si os digo la verdad, ni yo misma lo se con seguridad. Parece como si cada chica cd tuviera su propia definición… quizás porque hay muchísimas ramas dentro del crossdress… pero ese es otro tema. Supongo que a las demás os pasará como a mí, me avergüenzo instintivamente de esta faceta de mi vida, es algo cultural, la imagen del “travesti” es como mínimo ridícula, risible, yo misma caigo en eso sin pensarlo. Es como si fuera tan antinatural, tan fuera de lugar, tan incomprensible… ¿por que un hombre cuerdo, que se considera hombre, intentaría pasar por mujer?... Y esa es la imagen amable, también está la imagen viciosa, en la que eres un pervertido asqueroso que ha saber que barbaridades mas hará. No es para sentirse muy orgullosa… no. Pero la razón vence al instinto, soy una persona, y como tal tengo razonamiento y sentimientos, y ellos me dicen que esa no es la realidad, no es mi realidad. Quizás se trate de una parafilia como dicen algunos, o quizás sea la capacidad de superar el rol asignado y experimentar sensaciones positivas que nos son negadas sin razón. No tengo respuestas, enfermedad o cualidad, no lo se, lo que si se es que no tengo motivos por los que avergonzarme. Soy una persona, con múltiples características, pero ninguna de ellas me define por si sola y ser una chica cross no es la excepción, solo es una pequeña parte de mi. Globalmente no estoy descontenta de mi misma, no me entendáis mal, debería de mejorar muchísimo como persona, pero si mañana muriera y tuviera que rendir cuentas sobre mi vida y lo que soy, creo que saldría en paz, y eso es motivo de orgullo. El orgullo global como persona, el sentirse bien con una misma de forma totalmente sincera es lo que realmente importa. ¿Y el orgullo por las diferentes características que tengo? Ese es un orgullo distinto, con distintas finalidades, algunas malas como la soberbia, y otras mas positivas como la reafirmación. El orgullo que siento por ser una chica crossdress es de este tipo. Si las cosas fueran como deberían de ser, seguramente no me sentiría orgullosa por ello, sería otra característica mas como el tener los pies pequeños o los ojos negros. Pero desgraciadamente las cosas no son así, y algunos colectivos han tenido que tirar de orgullo como método de defensa, como reafirmación ante discriminaciones e injusticias. El ejemplo mas claro de esto es la homosexualidad. Yo soy hetero y eso me permite ver la situación desde fuera, imparcialmente, y creo que hacen muy bien en sentirse orgullosos, porque se entienda mejor o peor, ¿que mal hacen a nadie?, ¿por que hacer sentir mal a una persona por una cualidad que va implícita en ella?... Mi crossdress tampoco hace mal a nadie y aunque puedo renunciar a practicarlo, no es algo que pueda hacer desaparecer de mí, al igual que no puedo cambiar mis gustos o mi forma de ser, es parte de mi yo íntimo. Así que si lo veo bien para los demás, ¿por que no para mí?
Miro alrededor y veo tantos motivos por lo que la gente debería avergonzarse, tantas actitudes, tantas acciones que hacen tanto mal… Y después me miro a mí, avergonzándome instintivamente por ponerme un vestido o por sentirme femenina… No… no lo acepto, puede que en el momento no pueda evitar el instinto, pero me niego a aceptar conscientemente una vergüenza que no me corresponde, ¡por eso estoy orgullosa! Este no es un alegato para que salgamos todas a la luz y nos sintamos superorgullosas (aunque eso estaría muy bien también entiendo que es muy difícil y peligroso), sino para que nos sintamos bien con nosotras mismas y no nos martiricemos psicológicamente sin motivo. El crossdress me hace sentir bien, y cuando me visto y me miro al espejo, me sale una sonrisa de satisfacción y orgullo. ¡¡Estoy orgullosa!!
PS: Si quieres ver un video con este look (If you want see a video with this look):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GHQJ03rBJg
Si quieres ver una versión reducida en Flickrs (If you want see a small version in Flickrs):
www.flickr.com/photos/61410455@N08/6319457850/in/photostream
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A small pool of heavy oil sits in a ~ 3 foot by 1 foot hole on the south side of CA 58 just west of McKittrick in Kern County, Califonia. This natural seep is one of the many that make up an area known as The McKittrick Tar Pits. In some areas, one of the first clues that oil is present in the subsurface is the fact that it sometimes finds its way to the surface through faulting or porous rock. Places where oil, asphalt or tar naturally comes to the surface are called an oil / tar seep or brea. Sands that are saturated with heavy asphalt or tar are called tar sands. The tar pits here lie on the western flank of the Temblor Range where alluvium covers Holocene alluvial gravels, fluvial sandstone, and lacustrine shales. These in turn overlie the kerogen-rich Miocene Monterey Formation. Most of the kerogen represent the preserved bodies of microscopic organism such as diatoms that live in the upper few meters of the ocean. The Monterey has many diatom rich beds called diatomaceous shales. Heat and time changed the soft body parts into liquid hydrocarbon and associated gas. About the same time, movement of the San Andres and associated faults help form the Temblor Range. Faulting and cracking of the rocks formed pathways for the oil to migrate up out of the Monterey, Some of the oil became trapped beneath an impermeable cap of Monterey Formation that slid of the Mountains. Most of the tar seeps occur in place where erosion has removed the Monterey cap (deposited by the landslide) and allowed the porous sandstone beds to be exposed and leak the oil.
As with its famous cousin, the La Brea Tar Pits, to the south, McKittrick's oil seeps also trapped its fair share of animals. Paleontologic studies of these seeps began in the early 1900's. Both the University of California and the Kern County Museum excavated the site in the 1940s. As of 1968, paleontologists identified over 43 different mammals and 58 different bird species. Bison, saber-toothed cat, dire wolf, camel and elephant, as well as smaller animals have been identified. Some of these species are now extinct. Most of the animal remains date back to the Pliestocene (10000 to 40000 years ago).
The Tulumne Yokut were the first people known to exploit the tar. Spanish explorers noted that they used it as a glue, a waterproofing agent, and related uses. It was so useful they found other tribes willing to trade for it. Early European settlers found similar uses, In the early 1860's the Buena Vista Petroleum Company began digging the tar at the seeps. In some cases Mining techniques were employed. A worker would be lowered down into the mine, then would fill buckets with the asphalt, while someone at the surface would pull it up. It was incredibly dirty and hot, As a result many miners chose to work naked and be washed at the end of the day. The Job had it dangers too, The workers not only had to contend with the tar in the pits, but also the hot weather of the San Joaquin Valley and noxious fumes from the oil, tar and gas. In the end, the mines were not very economical. The first oil well, The Standard Oil No. 1, was drilled in 1899. The well discovered oil and McKittrick Field was born. It became a major oil producer and is still producing today,
Facts about the Prinsengracht I picked up whilst drawing this:-
1) "Prinsengracht" means "Prince's Canal" and is named after the Prince of Orange, William I.
2) Anne Frank House - the canal house in which Anne and her family hid from Nazi persecution during WWII - is located along the Prinsengracht.
3) It is the longest of Amsterdam's canals.
4) The Western church is located here and has witnessed the burial of Rembrandt, as well as the marriage of the former Queen of the Netherlands, Queen Beatrix.
5) The Dutch taxing system of the 17th century taxed on the basis of width; the wider the area used beside the canal, the more one was taxed, hence the long, narrow houses standing shoulder to shoulder which line the canal.