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Mustard the cocker spaniel seems to think the toilets are out of order. What is a poor dog to do?
COVENTRY, UK December 2017
The sun came out yesterday through the clouds and illuminated the State House in Providence, Rhode Island. Unfortunately, it didn't do the same for the waterfront, where I really wanted to take pictures! Next time ...
From Wikipedia
The current State House is Rhode Island's seventh state house and the second in Providence after the Old Rhode Island State House. It was designed by the architectural firm of McKim, Mead, and White and constructed from 1895 to 1904. The building had a major renovation in the late 1990s.[1]
The building served as the United States Capitol exterior in the 1997 film Amistad. It also served as the "City Hall of Capitol City" in Disney's Underdog.
Hand built during 1970 in Stuttgart, Germany this 3.5 litre V8 engined Mercedes 300SEL was a remarkable car in its day. The self levelling air suspension meant that this car handled like a boat, smoothening out all the bumps on the road, but simultaneously making the maneuverability a cautious exercise - the suspension was a delicate mechanism. I always felt during aggressive turns that the body would snap off the chassis if I turned really hard. Not to mention the problem of the huge amount understeering from the wheel.
The engine itself was a powerhouse. Even with the bonnet closed, the 175ºC heat would be seething into the cabin. A lady friend of mine burnt her little toe when she unknowingly placed it on a part of the passenger floor. The air conditioning never worked and the car smoked just as much as Dad did. With an automatic gearbox the fastest I ever did with this was about 140km/h on the M2 (don't tell anyone)- I would have loved to take it to about 180km/h+ but never had the guts to do it. I know this car will kill me the moment that I think that it can do what I want it to do. You see this car drives YOU. She decides how fast she wants to go and you simply get in sit down and shut up. But when you get confident and start thinking that your able to take over the driving experience she gets very angry VERY QUICKLY. I've never estimated her ability to punch a hole through a concrete wall, but if I were to estimate, I'd say that I'd still be under-estimating!
The comfort in this car was unreal. We had the leather seats replaced and upholstered with new leather from cows from Santa Monica, California (I don't know why they had to be imported) but the quality was superb. It was like sitting on the world's fastest leather couch.
What attracts me to this car is how the designers incorporated the vertical headlight configuration to the classic Mercedes grill. When I look at other 300SELs on the street and see the singular headlight, I laugh because it looks so ugly- like someone wearing oversized goofy glasses. The vertical configuration looks so sophisticated and elegant. Looking at horizontal head lamps on other cars is so boring and urbane, I'm really glad that Mercedes did the vertical on the 300SEL -it's so pretty.
The proportions of the car, I feel are spot on. Being 20cm longer than the 280 (the 300SEL's poor gimpy cousin) the passenger rear windows are elongated and clear - perfect for a princess to be waving out of at plebs who couldn't afford such classic motoring . The rounded front and rear windows flowed with the cabin shape adding to the aerodynamic profile and aesthetic simplicity.
The doors as well had a lovely supple weight to them - they were heavy and felt strong. They curved also, and made the archytypal door closing sound. I'd learn to appreciate this sound often, because the engine was so unreliable that I'd be getting in and out of it to open the bonnet to figure out what was wrong.
Here, me and my Dad spend an afternoon cleaning the Mercedes, shining and polishing, drying and air blowing to a nice reflective finish.
Currently the head gasket in the engine has eroded and a few other components need fixing, not to mention that the transmission needs to be replaced.
Trapeze artist flying high at the circus.
No safety net either!
Update: This shot made it onto Flickr Explore/Interesting pages for 16 November 2006 reaching number 57.
Thanks for all the faves comments and views. And advice!
Snow, snow and more snow :-)
The mosquito screen is still in one side of the window and that makes it look a bit blurry.
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After a long day of skating street with a crew that rarely gets together, a ride home in the back of the truck was needed. Lights, cool breeze, it was relaxing. Shot this on the freeway. I like out of focused lights.
Misty morning - getting early now for these morning trips
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work inspired by the book "Manhattan Out" by the famous French photographer and Magnum member Raymond Depardon
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She crushes the lifeguard's head! With a move like this, her future is in pro wrestling.
This peaked at #171 on Explore. Yay!
Comfort from Tanzania and Sindy from South Africa Out on the Town Petticoat Lane Sunday Street Market Fashion The Duke of Wellington English Pub Toynbee Street London
Le jeu a été un grand succès chez les amateurs d'arcade, à tel point qu'il est souvent considéré comme un des meilleurs jeu de course d'arcade.
Il est remarquable de par son matériel novateur (comprenant une cabine de jeu mobile sur un système hydraulique), ses graphismes et sa musique innovante.
work inspired by the book "Manhattan Out" by the famous French photographer and Magnum member Raymond Depardon
Delta ticket agents man the booths to get tickets reissued to stranded passengers in Atlanta. The last time I was stuck in Atlanta due to weather all of these ticket booths were vacant. It was nice to see the six folks on this side and four on the other to be there to offer some sort of help. Though with the number of people needing help I still stood in line for three hours before talking to an agent. (I was on the phone for two and a half hours trying to get a resolution before I got to the end of the line, but the person on the phone was stuck on hold with another department needed to approve the new ticket for Sunday. All this when I was flying Friday. My way out happened to be the Standby flight on Saturday I received from one of these ticket agents).
Even the TechOps folks from Delta were out this day handing out snacks and water to people.
Recently, I had a day out with SS Frankie Stein and here she is sitting on the head of a Superlambanana (sculpture from Liverpool).
Taken by my dad.
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