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The Kea Parrot found in the Fjordlands in New Zealand. This one like others likes to ride along on cars going through the Homer Tunnel on the way to and from Milford Sound. They will often peck on the rubber seal on car windows, looking to be fed. Despite signs indicating not to do this, some are successful in their endeavor. Pesky but fun.
Milford-Tu Anau Highway 94
New Zealand
And sharp as a knife...
Macro Monday: #Danger
Width of the frame: 3 cm / 1,18 inches
Oh, how much I hate to accidentally cut myself on paper. And how much more often has that happenend compared to a knive accident in the kitchen. We are surrounded by potentially dangerous things, aren't we? And one of those things is the inconspicious paper, evil in the guise of the daily newspaper, a book, a white, empty sheet of paper, the information leaflet... Admittedly, I've slightely exaggerated the consequences here, because a "paper cut" is never that bloody, but it bloody well hurts anyway ;-)
Simple ingredients used: strip of paper (of course), placed on my semi-glossy white tile and fixated with a small piece of modelling clay (which I forgot to remove with the healing [healing!] brush, *sigh*), because the droplet of "blood" always made it fall over. The "blood" consists of water and glycerol, tinted with red watercolour. Glycerol increases the water's surface tension and helps to stabilise the droplets (thank you very much for the advice, Bine&Minka2007!). A 50-50 mixture is recommended, but you should experiment with the mixing ratio, I used a 40 (water) to 60 (glycerol) mixing ratio for this. You can also use glycerol only. Since it is a fairly greasy substance, I'd recommend to have a bottle of make-up remover at hand which works really well to clean the surfaces you've used the glycerol on.
Other uses for glycerol? On the bottle I got from my local chemist it says that fir branches and Christmas trees last longer when you add a little glycerol to the water (4 tablespoons of glycerol in 1 l of water), and it is also recommended as a frost protection agent for rubber seals of, for instance, fridge or car doors. Speaking of frost protection agent... I vaguely remember the 1985 diethylene glycol wine scandal, where Austrian wineries adulterated their wines with diethylene glycerol... but that's an altogether different matter... ;-)
A Happy Macro Monday, Everyone!
Nicht von Pappe...
...sondern scharf wie ein Messer kann Papier sein. Papier war sogar das erste, das mir einfiel, als ich das neue MM-Thema erfuhr. Denn wie oft habe ich mich schon versehentlich an Papier geschnitten. Sicherlich öfter als am Küchenmesser, das man ja auch mit entsprechender Sorgfalt handhabt. Papier hingegen, das harmlose Zettelchen, Blatt, der Beipackzettel... ein unachtsamer Moment und... Autsch! Natürlich habe ich hier etwas übertrieben, denn so "blutig" ist ein Papier-Schnitt selten, aber er tut schon ziemlich gemein weh... ;-)
Den schmalen Streifen aus etwas dickerem Papier habe ich mit einem kleinen Kügelchen Knete (das ich auch noch wegzustempeln vergessen habe...) auf der matt-glänzenden Fliese befestigt, weil der "Blutstropfen" das Röllchen immer zum Überkippen brachte. Das "Blut" ist eine Mischung aus Wasser und Glycerin, gefärbt mit roter Wasserfarbe aus dem Tuschkasten. Vielen Dank übrigens an Bine&Minka2007 für den Tipp mit dem Glycerin. Christa macht ja immer die schönsten Tropfenfotos und ich hatte vor einiger Zeit mal nachgefragt, wie sie ihre Tröpfchen stabilisiert. Das recht ölige Glycerin erhöht die Oberflächenspannung des Wassers, sodass die Tropfen fester werden und länger halten. Ich habe gelesen, dass allgemein ein 50-50-Mischverhältnis empfohlen wird, aber man sollte ruhig damit experimentieren, ich hatte z.B. eine 40(Wasser)-zu-60(Glycerin)-Mischung angerührt. Man kann auch das reine Glycerin nehmen. Make-up-Entferner eignet sich übrigens vorzüglich, um das Zeug auch wieder rückstandslos zu entfernen.
Und wofür kann man Glycerin noch verwenden? Auf meinem Fläschchen aus der Apotheke las ich mit Interesse, dass Tannenzweige und der Weihnachtsbaum länger halten, wenn man 4 Esslöffel davon auf einen Liter ihres "Trink"wassers gibt. Außerdem soll es ein hervorragendes Frostschutzmittel für Gummidichtungen z.B. an Kühlschrank- oder Autotüren sein. Apropos Frostschutzmittel... Da gab es doch vor ewiger Zeit (1985, ich musste gleich mal nachschauen) diesen Weinpanscher-Skandal... aber das ist ein anderes Thema ;-)
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Macro Mondays - Bottle(s)
My husband found this bottle embossed 'Harringtons Southend on Sea' in the mud at Barling Hall Creek (about 5 miles from Southend on Sea) at the site of his mooring for his fishing boat.
In the mid 19th Century, Southend on Sea, Essex had become famous for its natural waters and drinking fountains were established to capture the pure waters running under the streets. The first mineral water production company was set up in 1850 and called Harringtons Mineral Water Company Limited – originating in Rochford, Essex it soon moved to Clarence Street, Southend on Sea then moving again in 1897 to London Road, Westcliff on Sea in Essex.
A Codd-neck bottle (more commonly known as a Codd Bottle or a Marble Bottle) is a type of bottle used for carbonated drinks. It has a closing design based on a glass marble which is held against a rubber seal, which sits within a recess in the lip
The bottles are filled upside down, and pressure of the gas in the bottle forced the marble against the washer, sealing in the carbonation. The bottle is pinched into a special shape to provide a chamber into which the marble is pushed to open the bottle. This prevents the marble from blocking the neck as the drink is poured.
If you look closely in the neck you will see the marble is still in it !!
Das Norwegische Industriearbeitermuseum ist ein Industriemuseum in Rjukan, Norwegen. Es befindet sich im Kraftwerk Vemork und wurde 1988 gegründet, um den Erhalt der Industriegesellschaft zu ermöglichen, die von Norsk Hydro geschaffen wurde, als sie sich 1907 in Rjukan niederließen.
Die Forschung und Ausstellungen des Museums umfassen die Geschichte der energieintensiven Industrie in Norwegen nach 1900; einschließlich Wasserkraft , elektrochemischer Industrie und der Prämisse für die Arbeiter. Insbesondere dem lokalen Erbe von Tinn und der norwegischen Schwerwassersabotage wird hohe Priorität eingeräumt.
In den Kriegsjahren 1942 bis 1945 wurde das südnorwegische Rjukan in der Provinz Telemark Schauplatz einer brisanten Auseinandersetzung. Dort befand sich seit 1934 im Chemie- und Wasserkraftwerk Vemork die einzige europäische Fabrik (Norsk Hydro), die durch ihren immensen Energieüberschuss schweres Wasser in nennenswerten Mengen herstellen konnte.
Ende der 1930er Jahre hatten Otto Hahn, Fritz Straßmann und Lise Meitner das Prinzip der nuklearen Kettenreaktion entdeckt, woraus sich nach dem Ausbruch des Zweiten Weltkriegs ein Wettlauf mit den Alliierten um die Kontrolle über die Fabrik entwickelte. Für das deutsche Uranprojekt war dabei die Verwendung von schwerem Wasser als Moderator eines Versuchsreaktors vorgesehen, mit dem unter anderem waffenfähiges Plutonium hätte hergestellt werden könnte.
Somit richtete sich das Augenmerk der Alliierten auf die Anlage in Rjukan, deren Ausschaltung die deutsche Nuklearforschung auf einen Schlag neutralisieren konnte: Nach mehreren Rückschlägen wurde am 27. Februar 1943 von zwölf norwegischen Widerstandskämpfern (unterstützt durch das Special-Operations-Executive), die sich auf der Hochebene von Hardangervidda versteckt gehalten hatten, die Sprengung an der Hochkonzentrieranlage für schweres Wasser der Norsk Hydro Werke durchgeführt. Bereits wenige Wochen später war der entstandene Schaden jedoch behoben, und die deutschen Besatzer ließen die Produktion verstärkt wieder anlaufen. Die norwegisch-französische Koproduktion Kampf ums schwere Wasser (Kampen om tungtvannet, 1948), der britische Spielfilm Kennwort „Schweres Wasser“ (The Heroes of Telemark, 1965) sowie die norwegisch-dänisch-britische Fernsehminiserie Saboteure im Eis – Operation Schweres Wasser (Kampen om tungtvannet, 2015) handeln von diesen Begebenheiten.
Es folgten mehrere alliierte Bombenangriffe auf das Kraftwerk und die wiederaufgebaute Anlage, bis sich die deutschen Besatzer entschlossen, die Fabrik aufzugeben und 50 Fässer bereits produzierten schweren Wassers mitzunehmen. Die Konzentration des Deuteriumoxids schwankte zwischen 1 % und 99 %, sie wurde durch eine zweistellige Nummer auf den Fässern gekennzeichnet, die für Außenstehende keinen Rückschluss auf die Konzentration zuließ.
Die Eisenbahnfähre der Rjukanbanen namens Hydro, beladen mit schwerem Wasser, wurde am 20. Februar 1944 durch einen Sprengsatz im Maschinenraum sabotiert. Die Fähre sank binnen weniger Minuten auf dem 460 Meter tiefen Tinnsjø (norwegisch für ‚See bei Tinn‘). Fässer mit stark konzentriertem Inhalt, die nur teilweise befüllt waren, trieben nach dem Untergang an der Wasseroberfläche. Sie wurden von den Deutschen geborgen und drei Wochen nach der Versenkung nach Deutschland versandt und später im Forschungsreaktor Haigerloch verwendet. Beim Untergang der Fähre kamen vier deutsche Soldaten und 14 Zivilisten ums Leben.
Der Unterwasserarchäologe Brett Phaneuf erhielt mit einem norwegisch-amerikanischen Forscherteam 60 Jahre nach Untergang der Hydro die Genehmigung zu einer Tauchfahrt zur Hydro, jedoch mit der Auflage, nur genau ein Fass zu heben, da das Wrack offiziell als Kriegsgrab gilt.
Das sehr gut erhaltene Fass Nr. 26 ließ sich nach der Bergung mühelos öffnen, da der Dichtungsgummiring des Spundlochs nach über 60 Jahren noch intakt war. Laut der geheimen Ladeliste von 1944 sollte das Fass ein Destillat von 1,64 % schwerem Wasser enthalten. Tatsächlich ergaben Untersuchungen an Bord sowie später in London einen annähernd hohen Anreicherungsgrad von 1,1 % ± 0,2.
Mehr Informationen über das Kraftwerk und die Geschehnisse während des 2. Weltkrieges gibt es hier: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Industrial_Workers_Museum
und hier: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schweres_Wasser
The Norwegian Industrial Workers' Museum is an industrial museum in Rjukan, Norway. Located at Vemork Power Plant, it was established in 1988 to enable the preservation of the industrial society created by Norsk Hydro when they settled in Rjukan in 1907.
The museum's research and exhibitions include the history of energy-intensive industry in Norway after 1900; including hydroelectric power, electrochemical industry and the premise for the workers. In particular, the local heritage of Tinn and Norwegian heavy water sabotage is given high priority.
During the war years 1942 to 1945, Rjukan in the province of Telemark in southern Norway became the scene of an explosive conflict. Since 1934, the only European factory (Norsk Hydro) was located in the chemical and hydroelectric power station Vemork, which was able to produce heavy water in significant quantities due to its immense energy surplus.
At the end of the 1930s, Otto Hahn, Fritz Straßmann and Lise Meitner had discovered the principle of the nuclear chain reaction, which led to a race with the Allies for control of the factory after the outbreak of World War II. For the German uranium project, the use of heavy water as a moderator of an experimental reactor was intended, with which, among other things, weapons-grade plutonium could have been produced.
The Allies' attention was thus directed to the Rjukan plant, the elimination of which could neutralize German nuclear research in one fell swoop: After several setbacks, on February 27, 1943, twelve Norwegian resistance fighters (supported by the Special Operations Executive) who hidden on the Hardangervidda plateau, carried out the demolition at Norsk Hydro Works' heavy water high-concentration plant. However, the damage was repaired just a few weeks later and the German occupying forces restarted production. The Norwegian-French co-production The Battle for Heavy Water (Kampen om tungtvannet, 1948), the British feature film The Heroes of Telemark (1965) and the Norwegian-Danish-British TV miniseries Operation Heavy Water (Kampen om tungtvannet, 2015) deal with these events.
Several Allied bombing raids on the power plant and the rebuilt plant followed, until the German occupiers decided to abandon the factory and take 50 barrels of heavy water that had already been produced with them. The concentration of deuterium oxide varied between 1% and 99%, it was identified by a two-digit number on the barrels, which did not allow outsiders to draw any conclusions about the concentration.
The Rjukanbanen railway ferry called Hydro, loaded with heavy water, was sabotaged by an explosive device in the engine room on February 20, 1944. The ferry sank within a few minutes on the 460 meter deep Tinnsjø (Norwegian for 'lake near Tinn'). Barrels with highly concentrated contents, which were only partially filled, floated on the water's surface after sinking. They were salvaged by the Germans and shipped to Germany three weeks after the sinking and later used in the Haigerloch research reactor. When the ferry sank, four German soldiers and 14 civilians died.
Underwater archaeologist Brett Phaneuf and a Norwegian-American research team received permission to dive to the Hydro 60 years after the sinking of the Hydro, but with the condition that they only lift one barrel, as the wreck is officially considered a war grave.
Barrel No. 26, which is in very good condition, was easy to open after it was salvaged, as the rubber seal of the bunghole was still intact after more than 60 years. According to the 1944 secret loading list, the cask was to contain a distillate of 1.64% heavy water. In fact, investigations on board and later in London revealed an almost high degree of enrichment of 1.1% ±0.2.
More information about the power station and what happened during WWII can be found here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Industrial_Workers_Museum
and here: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schweres_Wasser
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This is the machine that took all the photos from the Lamington trip (well, of course the 20D had to take this photo). I had bought it 2 days after Christmas, and the camera has impressed me immensely. To the extent, that it is now my main camera by a long way.
I havent had any reason to complain about the focussing system and its accuracy. Accuracy seems to be at least as good as the 20D, and the focusing speed is a lot better, especially in low light. This, combined with a good high ISO performance, make it a mile better than the 20D in the rainforest.
A lot of the shots I have taken back were probably not possible using the 20D. Where the 20D would hunt for ages in low light, the 40D would lock in as per usual. And I had no hesitation using ISO 1000 and up to ISO 1600 (which was still reasonable). ISO 3200 was out of the question unless in a real emergency.
Other improvements over the 20D include better ergonomics, more rubber seals etc, more ISO selectability (in 1/3 stops), better flash conection and 3" LCD display (almost double the size of the 20D's).
Overall a great camera. Only niggles are the fact it doesnt like black birds (eg ravens, it wont focus very well on them) and the multi-controller on the back of the camera broke down for a week or so, but its back to normal now.
So, this is the replacement for the 20D. What a good camera it was, but what a great camera the 40D is.
Taken out at the Box Log Falls, Lamington NP, full frame, EOS 20D.
Glass preserving jar with rubber seal pressure clipped down with this catch. Designs vary - this is a French version bought containing plums.
Background a piece of black paper - or so I thought until I looked at the result!
Glass marble in a bottle. 19th Century fizzy drink bottle. As far as I understand the gas pressure pushed the marble up against a rubber o-ring at the top. When the bottle is tilted in one orientation, the marble rolls down to a trap formed by the shapes in the glass, allowing the drink out. This one was in very good condition for its age, though the rubber seal was crumbling away. This bottle is lovely green looking thick glass full of imperfections. It bears the name "Andrew & Atkinson of Hyde (England). They produced botanical beers and mineral waters and were formed around 1889, but didn't trade for too many years.
For sale from collection € 149,95
My City Bird Suitcase picture is used in The Travel Tips section on this website:
www.jaunted.com/tag/Travel Tips/4
Making it All Fit Together!
City Bird Logo Samsonite Special Edition Crew-Suitcase
City Bird Samsonite Worldproof Special Edition Epsilon Basic Green !NEW!***Crew-Suitcase*** with CTB Logo.
Suitcase made for and only used by CITY BIRD CREW, no more available. Stil new in Box.
Outside dimensions: 72 x 59 x 28 cm / Capacity: 75 l / Color: City Bird Green
Product Description:
• Durable polypropylene shells.
• Aerodynamic suitcases are equipped with a 2-4 Track wheel system for
Optimum flexibility. Turns soundless and stable 360° around.
• Three-point locking for maximum security.
• High gloss or silver hardware, which colour co-ordinates with the case.
• Deep rubber seal resists damp and dust.
• Numberlock with nameletters and info included.
• Includes pull-strap witch you can pull the Suitcase stable, without any problem.
• Inside: 2 sidebags, partition between 2 spaces, stretch-strap to keep clotes together.
• Produced according to the certified ISO 9002 Quality System.
Qualityproof:
• Handles/Straps: 5.000 cycles loaded.
• Droptest: Loaded.
• Wheels: 32.000 m loaded.
• Locks/Zippers: 7.500 x open/close
Dave: Bru, you having a good time in the water?
Bruno: Yup. Best time. Loving the lake. Do I look as awesome as I feel?
Dave: You look a lot like a seal.
Bruno: Seriously? Seal? The singer? Should I start singing "Kissed by a Rose?"
Dave: Nope not that kind of seal.
Bruno: California Golden Seal?
Dave: Nope, not the unsuccessful NHL team from the 1970's.
Bruno: Like a rubber seal, more commonly known as an O-ring?
Dave: Bruno, that was the next seal you thought of?
Bruno: Well, when I'm jumping a lot of people yell "Ooooooo" so I thought an O ring was just a particularly awe inspiring type of rubber seal.
Dave: Nope, not where I was going.
Bruno: Then I'm kind of lost.
Dave: You know, seals? Marine mammals?
Bruno: Really, of all the marine mammals out there wanted to go with a seal? The earless variety of pinnepeds?
Dave: Well, you have whiskers, look cute, swim well, and currently have your ears tucked behind your head.
Bruno: All valid points. But seriously, next time you think of marine mammals, go with polar bear. Those guys rock and I really think I could imitate one in the zoo. Fresh fish and a good place to swim in cold water, sounds like a deal to me.
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Bruno spending another summer day at the lake. He has a good life.
For sale from collection € 149,95
My City Bird Suitcase picture is used in The Travel Tips section on this website:
www.jaunted.com/tag/Travel Tips/4
Making it All Fit Together!
City Bird Logo Samsonite Special Edition Crew-Suitcase
City Bird Samsonite Worldproof Special Edition Epsilon Basic Green !NEW!***Crew-Suitcase*** with CTB Logo.
Suitcase made for and only used by CITY BIRD CREW, no more available. Stil new in Box.
Outside dimensions: 72 x 59 x 28 cm / Capacity: 75 l / Color: City Bird Green
Product Description:
• Durable polypropylene shells.
• Aerodynamic suitcases are equipped with a 2-4 Track wheel system for
Optimum flexibility. Turns soundless and stable 360° around.
• Three-point locking for maximum security.
• High gloss or silver hardware, which colour co-ordinates with the case.
• Deep rubber seal resists damp and dust.
• Numberlock with nameletters and info included.
• Includes pull-strap witch you can pull the Suitcase stable, without any problem.
• Inside: 2 sidebags, partition between 2 spaces, stretch-strap to keep clotes together.
• Produced according to the certified ISO 9002 Quality System.
Qualityproof:
• Handles/Straps: 5.000 cycles loaded.
• Droptest: Loaded.
• Wheels: 32.000 m loaded.
• Locks/Zippers: 7.500 x open/close
Was inspired to build something using a Pick a brick cup as a base by a fellow LUG member. This is what I came up with. Handle is attached via Lego magnets, and although hard to see, there is a blade in the cup and a rubber seal on the lid using a large motorcycle tire. Strawberry and banana were a quick afterthought.
"The EP2D is suitable for use at stations with high or low platforms. The seats are designed to be more comfortable than previous models, and the interior has luggage shelves, passenger information systems and HVAC which does not require air ducts on the roof. The windows are secured without rubber seals, and can be replaced in less than 2 h compared to up to a day for past designs.
The ‘state-of-the-art’ cabs have an updated design with a detachable ladder intended to prevent unauthorized persons climbing onto the roof."
After stopping at Kufstein I travelled to Wörgl then Innsbruck, and managed a shed visit. I wonder if the little tunnel passageway under the lines just south of the station is still in use?
2020 marks the 80th anniversary of the introduction of the E94 class of electrics, and 1020.10 was originally E94 088, of July 1943 built by Krauss Maffei.
ÖBB made a number of modifications to their locos over the years, most noticeably the replacement of the cab front windows, opting for two with rubber seals rather than three in a frame. Comparison with the shot of 194 562 will illustrate.
Recently I visited Conowingo Dam in Maryland, USA. As I arrived at the parking area I was taken aback by the presence of hundreds of Black Vultures, some on the ground, some on tree tops and quite a few on top of parked cars chewing away rubber seals around the car doors/windows and also wiper blades. They weren't eating the rubber - they were simply tearing them apart. After doing some online research I found out that there's no definitive conclusion as to why they exhibit this behavior. One seems to provide the most plausible explanation - the texture of rubber on cars is very similar to the skin of dead animals. The vultures were simply honing their skills on something that was readily available. There are signs at the park warning people of cars damaged by vultures. Some visitors even came prepared, they covered their car with tarp. I moved my rental car further down where there were more people and less vultures. I wonder what's next. Tires perhaps? If that happens, Nature's Cleaning Crew's taste for car rubber will not go well with humans. Conowingo Dam, Maryland, USA.
Picnic Point was not very well known when I was a boy. It was located in the coastal Banksia heaths south of Bermagui on the southern coast of New South Wales, and we camped there whenever we could. It was not a campsite, and there were no toilets: one went equipped with a spade. There were, however, clearings amongst the Banksias where it was possible for us to pitch a tent, or in the even older days, to park our van, which was just big enough to accommodate my parents, lying longitudinally, and myself at right angles to them, if we slept like sardines. Picnic Point was worth all such minor discomforts.
Anyone who has not been to Australia will require some explanation of Banksias. They are named after Sir Joseph Banks, the redoubtable botanist on board Captain Cook’s Endeavour, and it is difficult to think of a more fitting or beautiful tribute. They grow to the height of small trees, their foliage a deep green on the upper surface, and a smoky white on the undersides, but it is the flowers which are most spectacular: great spikes of inflorescence, fat as hedgehogs and full of nectar, attracting honeyeaters by day and possums by night. And when the flowers go over, the Banksias produce cones, punctuated all over with pouting, woody lips, or swollen, half-closed boxers’ eyelids weeping seeds. Each morning, I would listen to the honeyeaters jabbering raucously as they clawed the Banksia flowers, and then it would be time to rekindle last night’s campfire with Banksia wood and spent cones.
After breakfast, we would take the blue and white metal enamel plates down to the beach, scour them in the sand, and wash them in the rockpools as gobies darted between our fingers. On one of the rocky parts, there was an ancient fossilised tree from the Carboniferous, as weird as the Banksias, etched in stone. And up on the point itself, there were shellfish middens: charred remains left by the aboriginals who once inhabited this coast. They too must have lain awake at dawn, laughing at the honeyeaters’ jokes.
Best of all were the evenings, perched around the campfire on one-legged stools – my father’s workmanship – brewing coffee and scorching foil-wrapped potatoes in the embers, listening for scrabblings and squeakings in the night. One night, after we had gone to bed, a bandicoot chewed all the way around the rubber seal of our car-fridge, leaving a ragged fringe of incisor-marks. Every night afterwards, we kept our eyes open for the bandicoots: a gleam of a beady eye, a glimpse of a proverbial long-nose, a snuffle in the sandy soil as the marsupial searched for grubs. There was damper kneaded with grubby fingers, and cakes made out of sea-lettuce, and once, when there were other campers beside us, there were parrot fish roasted over the flames. And then there were the night-time forays, walking the silent heath in breathless awe, carrying the glow and hiss of my father’s pressure lantern, searching for moths and glowing eyes.
Some years later, I returned to Picnic Point. It was not an easy time, and my stomach was tied in griping knots. The road was wider, not the sand track I remembered, covered with the conical traps of ant-lions. The places where we used to camp were now official National Parks and Wildlife campsites, with concrete barbecues, and somewhere in the distance, I realised with horror, there must be a toilet, concrete and reeking of disinfectant. I walked out to the point and gazed out to sea. I wandered back and paused by a Banksia, and as I did so, a honeyeater burst out of it with cackling shouts. I closed my eyes, and for a moment, I was back then.
Photograph by Leslie Watson, c. 1976.
Hey guys, while I'm waiting for the correct weather conditions for a shot, here's some of my sweet gear I picked up throughout late 2014.
An Australian issue M1 pot helmet from Vietnam, plus an authentic Mitchell Pattern Cover; An M60 ammo can with rubber seals, and a 1/72 Bronco.
I'm very happy with this 'Nam loot, and hope you guys enjoy!
Cheers guys,
=Apoca-Bricks Now=
42103 and 4702 bring the noise to Glenbrook Gorge as they work with slippery track to haul the ABBA Express from Sydney to Parkes. The following day would see the train hauled by 4702 and 4716 out to Trundle for the 2019 ABBA Festival.
Sadly, despite having been caught in the rain more times than I can count, following this series of shots my venerable Canon refused to take any more photos, citing various error messages. I found a small gap in the rubber seal on my lens which indicates water having potentially gotten in through the weather proofing.
I'm still waiting for a prognosis from the camera hospital, but I'll certainly need a new lens if not a new body as well. So if this is the last photo I have from the old girl after eight wonderful years together, at least it was a big shot.
Now where's my 5D Mk II hiding...?
View of 118 055 & Austrian (ÖBB) 1118.01.
118 055 was last E18 to be built, being completed in Essen in 1955 by Krupps. It and 118 054 were the only builds after the war, from spare parts and salvage from bombing raids.
1118.01 was built as E18 42 in 1938, and ended up in independent Austria after the war as part of the ÖBB fleet. Austria subsequently modified the windows on its E18 & E94 locos with rubber seals, as well as going from three windows to two.
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Abused & Abandoned Jungle Dogs.
Crazed Primates, Jungle Wildlife.
First ---
This is a horrible photo but it's being used
to tell of the horrific conditions many
jungle dogs find themselves in.
And now it includes humans.
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The old dog you see belongs to a local
farmer. He wandered off and found himself
being brutally attacked by literally hundreds of
crazed insane jungle monkeys. The adult primates
would charge in, corner the old dog and start tearing
him to peaces. When I showed up with my crew we were
able to fend off many of the monkeys but in time we were
often overrun. Eventually the old farmer got word and came
for his wounded dog. I don't know if he lived but I hope he did.
The brown blur in the lower right is Rocky protecting me.
So, included is an article found in this mornings
English version of the Bangkok Post -----
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Macaque attack: Humans try to take back Lop Buri
PUBLISHED : 24 JUN 2020 AT 10:45
WRITER: AFP
A sterilization campaign is being waged against the monkeys
in Lop Buri.
LOP BURI: Residents barricaded indoors, rival gang fights and no-go zones for humans. Welcome to Lopburi, an ancient city overrun by monkeys super-charged on junk food, whose population is growing out of control.
Pointing to the overhead netting covering her terrace, Kuljira Taechawattanawanna bemoans the monkey menace across the heart of the 13th-century city in the central province of the same name.
"We live in a cage but the monkeys live outside," she tells AFP.
"Their excrement is everywhere, the smell is unbearable especially when it rains."
The fearless primates rule the streets around the Prang Sam Yod temple in the center of Lop Buri, patrolling the tops of walls and brazenly ripping the rubber seals from car doors.
Monkey brawl in Lop Buri shocks humans.
Monkey fight in Lop Buri shocks humans.
Their antics were largely tolerated as a major lure for the tourist hordes who descended on the city before the coronavirus outbreak to feed and snap selfies with the plucky animals.
But a government sterilization campaign is now being waged against the creatures after the epidemic provoked an unexpected change in their behavior.
As foreign tourism, Thailand's cash cow, seized up so did the flow of free bananas tossed their way, prodding the macaques to turn to violence.
Footage of hundreds of them brawling over food in the streets went viral on social media in March.
Their growing numbers, doubling in three years to 6,000, have made an uneasy coexistence with their human peers almost intolerable.
Some areas of the city have simply been surrendered to the monkeys.
An abandoned cinema is the macaques' headquarters -- and cemetery. Dead monkeys are laid to rest by their peers in the projection room in the cinema's rear and any human who enters is attacked.
Nearby, a shop owner displays stuffed tiger and crocodile toys to try to scare off the monkeys, who regularly snatch spray-paint cans from his store.
-- Simians in the city --
No one in Lop Buri seems to remember a time without the monkeys, with some speculating that the urban creep into nearby forest displaced the simians into the city.
Residents have taken it upon themselves to feed the macaques to prevent clashes.
But locals say the sugary diet of fizzy drinks, cereal and sweets has fueled their sex lives.
"The more they eat, the more energy they have... so they breed more," says Pramot Ketampai, who manages the Prang Sam Yod temple's surrounding shrines.
The macaques' mob fights have drawn the attention of authorities, who restarted a sterilization program this month after a three-year pause. (continues below)
Veterinarians get monkeys ready before a sterilization procedure by the Department of National Parks on Monday, in Lop Buri. (Photo: Reuters)
Wildlife department officers lure the animals into cages with fruit and take them to a clinic where they are anesthetized, sterilized and left with a tattoo to mark their neutering.
They aim to fix 500 of the creatures by Friday.
But the campaign may not be enough to quell their numbers and the department has a long-term plan to build a sanctuary in another part of the city.
But that will likely be met with resistance from the human residents.
"We need to do a survey of the people living in the area first," said Narongporn Daudduem from the wildlife department.
"It's like dumping garbage in front of their houses and asking them if they're happy or not."
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Now you have a better idea of what I deal with
everyday out here with 3000+ crazed monkeys.
For years I've pushed for a serialization program
but my pleas always fell on deaf ears. Even now
they are to little to late as the apes have taken
over. They have their own no-go-zone where
any human is viciously attacked and they have
their own cemetery where they lay their dead.
The corona virus will take out the weak
and the primates will finish off the rest.
Planet of The Apes has come full circle.
Jon&Crew, somewhere in the jungle
laying low, while keeping our powder dry.
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Mercedes 220Sb (W111) (1959-65) Engine 2195cc S6 OC M180.941 / R 6
Production 161119
Chassis Number 11101220138555
Refistration Number 671 XUS (Glasgow)
MERCEDES ALBUM
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The W111 was the the successor to the Pontoon, and is often referred to as the Fin Tail. The body is wider with a greatly increased glass area. Designed with energy absorbing crumple zones front and rear a first in vehicle design, and newly patented retractable seat belt., Designed for both European and US markets the car had up to the minute styling,the sleek new body featured tail fins, a styling device then much in vogue, which gave the models their nickname: Heckflosse (Fintail), with much attention paid to improving passenger comfort and safety, and better visibility.
The engine was an uprated version of the well proven 6 cylinder, fitted with twin carburettors and usually sold with an Automatic gearbox, producing 110PS and was good for 102mph Fuel-injected ‘SE’ versions followed, the coupé and cabriolet models lacking the saloon’s swiftly outdated tail fins, while front disc brakes were standardised on the 220 Sb in April 1962. Production ceased in 1965.
This car was presented for Auction Sale in the in show Coys Auction a three owner car, it underwent a major bare metal restoration in 2013. Works carried out include replacing the front floor panels, the inner and outer front sill panels, and the off-side front inner wheel arch, while the underside has been sealed and the body re-sprayed in its original Antique Ivory, rubber seals for the doors, windscreen, rear screen and boot have all been replaced. The seats have been reupholstered in red leather, and all the carpets replaced. Mechanically, the original engine has been stripped and reassembled with all new seals and gaskets. The car was described by the vendor as in excellent condition throughout. It sold for £ 11,150
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Shot 28.10.2016 at The Alexandra Palace, London REF 124-139
Plymouth Road Runner (1st Gen 1968-70) Engine 383 CID V8 (6273cc)
Registration Number BJB 459 J (Incorrectly listed as a 1970 model with the DVLA, number allocated from Berkshire)
PLYMOUTH ALBUM
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The Plymouth Road Runner is a mid-size car with a focus on performance, by 1968, some of the original muscle cars were moving away from their roots as relatively cheap, fast cars as they gained features and increased in price. Plymouth developed the Road Runner to market a lower priced, basic trim model to its upscale GTX.
Launched in 1968 as a 2-door pillared coupes (with a B-pillar between the front and rear windows), but later in the model year a 2-door "hardtop" model was offered The interior was spartan with a basic vinyl bench seat, lacking even carpets in early models, and few options were available. The standard engine was an exclusive 383 CID "Roadrunner" V8 engine rated at 335 bhp, the extra 5bhp attained by using the radical cam from the 440 Super Commando. A $714 option was the 426 CID Hemi rated at 425 bhp. The standard transmission was a four speed manual, but a three-speed TorqueFlite automatic was optional. Early four-speed 1968 Road Runners featured Inland shifters, which were replaced by Hurst shifters during the course of the model year
For 1969 the model kept the same basic look, but with slight changes to the taillights and grille, and side marker lights. All were 383 cu in (6.3 L) engine cars, except for ten which were equipped with a 426 cu in (7.0 L) Hemi. An Air Grabber option (N96 code) was introduced this year; it consisted of a fiberglass air duct assembly bolted to the underside of the hood that connected to twin rectangular upward-facing vents in the hood with Rallye red vent screens When the hood was closed, a rubber seal fitted over the large-oval unsilenced air cleaner.
For 1970 cars received a new front, and rear end looks to the basic 1968 body, Updates included a new grille, cloth & vinyl bench seat, hood, front fenders, quarter panels, single-piston Kelsey-Hayes disc brakes
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Shot 01.01.2018 at Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey Ref 132-232
Yes that is tape on the top of the windscreen, I assume the leading edge of the roof is seriously corroded or the rubber seal has perished, and it's to stop water ingress? Whatever the reason, I haven't seen a car with that much tape there for years. This thing is painfully original, even the numberplates are the ones it was sold with, and it was registered in South East London, which is exactly where I saw it. Not the nicest area it has to be said, but who cares when you see something like this.
There is washing windows and then there is washing the frames, the tracks, the rubber seals and the screens. :( . I LOVE clean windows. They add sparkle to life and sparkle to the dust on my toys shelves :(. I can be quite OCD when doing spring cleaning or deep cleaning having Q-tips, dental picks, toothbrushes, ice picks, knives, screwdrivers and a plethora of rags in my arsenal along with various cleaning products. So image my dismay after perfectly cleaning the first window, getting it all make in place only to see lots of scattered tiny little white short strands all over the window. Lint from the paper towel? I was so confused as I never had a problem with paper towels before. I tilted the window back out, I vacuumed the glass, the vacuum brush made smears, I cleaned the vacuum brush, rewashed the window, put back in place and "lint" was still there. I repeated the vacuuming procedure again, still "lint" I gave up and moved on to the next window. Later when I looked back at the first cleaned window the "lint" was gone. Maybe the "lint" was fairy babies just wanting to say hello. And if so then that means.............
Can you tell which window has been cleaned? The one on the far left has a screen and hasn't been cleaned. So you have a 50/50 chance to pick the right one.
The mold on Jerry's shop is next.
With a new Pentax K3 III announced last week my original K3 moves back a chapter. The lens is the 49mm from the 70s, so around 50 years old. The camera is from around 2013, so just under 10 years old. It is my main camera and has powered most of my images and films on Flickr. Every single point of the camera is marked by usage and yet nothing is broken or glued. The ethic that went into ergonomic and indestructible Takumars being part of the K3's DNA. There are six point marks on the screen and a cobweb of very fine scratches, but nothing to hinder. The text on the INFO and MENUE buttons has faded from being the pivot point when the camera is around my back or side, but apart from that, the rubber seals are eager, the top screen is a reporter, the buttons click, lock and roll, the hatches are all covered. The fake leather grips are holding tight, the thread is fine, and the shutter is as reliable as the sensor. It has shot through two name storms, walked through a waterfall, been in dust storms, under myriad international barbed wires, across river and mud, rock and reach. Hard sun and cold blast, one worn out battery and three to go. I look after the camera with a constant cleaning plan but once on the field it must follow me where ever I go. Beyond words like reliability, the pure strength of the top end Pentax cameras is important to me. I don't want back screens tilting and catching on bramble or rock when a micro HDMI screen attachment can help the other person who needs these Live View angles. I use the camera to see and document myriad prehistoric sites for text appraisal, and if it's not broken why get a new one? I certainly do not have the 2000 dollars, but seeing the specification and the innovations, it just seems around the price of a very good bike or a cheap hand-made canoe. The logical and appetising specification pulls me in, and one day this battered camera will become my back up. I'm not sure when, but at least I know the meaning of the price.
Currently short of time, the shots were a little rushed with my K50 and a Pentax A 28mm.
AJ
Plymouth Road Runner (1st Gen 1968-70) Engine 383 CID V8 (6273cc)
Registration Number SJW 131 G (Wolverhampton)
PLYMOUTH SET
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The Plymouth Road Runner is a mid-size car with a focus on performance, by 1968, some of the original muscle cars were moving away from their roots as relatively cheap, fast cars as they gained features and increased in price. Plymouth developed the Road Runner to market a lower priced, basic trim model to its upscale GTX.
Launched in 1968 as a 2-door pillared coupes (with a B-pillar between the front and rear windows), but later in the model year a 2-door "hardtop" model was offered The interior was spartan with a basic vinyl bench seat, lacking even carpets in early models, and few options were available. The standard engine was an exclusive 383 CID "Roadrunner" V8 engine rated at 335 bhp, the extra 5bhp attained by using the radical cam from the 440 Super Commando. A $714 option was the 426 CID Hemi rated at 425 bhp. The standard transmission was a four speed manual, but a three-speed TorqueFlite automatic was optional. Early four-speed 1968 Road Runners featured Inland shifters, which were replaced by Hurst shifters during the course of the model year
For 1969 the model kept the same basic look, but with slight changes to the taillights and grille, and side marker lights. All were 383 cu in (6.3 L) engine cars, except for ten which were equipped with a 426 cu in (7.0 L) Hemi. An Air Grabber option (N96 code) was introduced this year; it consisted of a fiberglass air duct assembly bolted to the underside of the hood that connected to twin rectangular upward-facing vents in the hood with Rallye red vent screens When the hood was closed, a rubber seal fitted over the large-oval unsilenced air cleaner.
For 1970 cars received a new front, and rear end looks to the basic 1968 body, Updates included a new grille, cloth & vinyl bench seat, hood, front fenders, quarter panels, single-piston Kelsey-Hayes disc brakes
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Shot 01.01.2018 at Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey Ref 132-231
Another basement discovery!
Reliance Coffee: “Better 7 Ways”
Reliance Coffee was a Seattle-based house brand for independent grocery stores. Independent stores carried all kinds of Reliance products from the 1930s to the early 1950s. Reliance Coffee’s slogan was “Better 7 Ways,” but it’s not clear what this meant, exactly?
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About the Silex Glass Coffee Maker
The first stacked vacuum coffee pot design patented in America of which a significant component was composed of glass, was James Van Marter’s 1898 design consisting of a lower metal chamber surmounted by a cylindrical glass upper chamber. An airtight seal was formed between the two chambers by wrapping the roughened surfaces with linen tape. By brewing the coffee in the closed upper chamber, Van Marter assures us that his apparatus will achieve "the thorough extraction of all the desirable elements [of the coffee-berry] without any loss of the volatile aromatic portions thereof." Again, this design was not totally new, and indeed appears to be a copy of the Repalier-style vacuum pots popular in Europe in the 1850's.
A recognizable double-glass vacuum pot does not appear in the patent records until 1914 - a "Coffee Percolator" designed by Albert Cohn of London. This design is clearly the direct descendent of Mme Vassieux’s French Balloon. That year also saw the design of an early Silex vacuum brewer designed by Gerhard Behrend of New York. A flurry of similar design patents were filed in the subsequent few years, all consisting of upper and lower glass vessels fitted together with a flexible stopper, some type of filter assembly, and a base to support the brewer over a spirit lamp. Because the glass vessels of this era were hand-blown, they each varied somewhat in size and shape. As a result, many early patents pertain to the design of handles, stands, and rubber seals that could adapt to these variations. A number of double-glass balloon vacuum pots appeared in the patents with imaginatively designed support stands.
In 1915, a vacuum coffee maker was made from Pyrex, the Corning Glass Work’s newly introduced ovenproof glass, and was marketed under the name "Silex." The name reportedly derives from the phrase, "Sanitary and Interesting method of making Luscious coffee. It is Easy to operate on account of its being X-ray transparent." The rights to the design had been acquired in 1909 by two sisters, Mrs. Ann Bridges and Mrs. Sutton, of Salem, Massachusetts who had it manufactured by the Frank E. Wolcott Manufacturing Company. With the availability of heatproof Pyrex glass, the Silex brewers did not suffer the same drawbacks as their French predecessors, and a new era of vacuum brewing was launched. By a fortuitous turn of events, a large number of these Silex brewers were sold to hotels and sandwich shops, providing large-scale exposure for the product. As a result, today the name Silex is almost synonymous with any glass vacuum pot.
A key patent in the development of the popular Silex line would appear to that of George Loggie of Lexington, Massachusetts. His 1917 design is identical to the earliest Silex models, and was assigned to one Hazel M. Bridges, who later filed the first patent on behalf of the Silex Company of Hartford, Connecticut. Mrs. Bridges’ patent was filed in 1926 and described a "novel and improved drainer for use in connection with the well known ‘Silex’ type of coffee percolators," which employed a spring tensioning clip to secure the filter in place. Her patent drawings show a freestanding vacuum pot sitting atop an electric stove. Throughout the 1930’s, Frank Wolcott and others registered a series of patents for improved vacuum brewers which illustrates the progression of vacuum pot designs marketed by the Silex Company. At the 1939 New York World’s Fair, the Silex Company’s exhibit was dominated by a seven-foot replica of a Silex glass coffee maker in operation.
baharris.org/coffee/History.htm
Ocean Park, Washington.
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Like two dogs in heat!
On April 23rd, the day I shot the iceberg at The Arches provincial park on the province's Great Northern Peninsula, I used a couple of lenses ... interchanging between the AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm and the Sigma Sport 150-600mm a number of times. I was on my way farther north to shoot the Aurora that night but just before I left the iceberg shoot I was going to use the Sigma one more time to get a few extra close-up shots. When I tried to remove the 24-70mm, though, I couldn't take it off!!! As it so happened, that was the lens I was going to use for the Aurora, so I continued on and managed to get a few shots before the fog moved in.
But I used my iPad and did a little research on the Internet before leaving the park and discovered ... to my chagrin ... that I definitely wasn't the first one to have a lens stuck on a Nikon camera body! Not by a long shot! I did more extensive research after I arrived back home and wasn't happy with what I found. It has happened to lots of folks ... on a variety of Nikon bodies and lenses. Does Nikon take ownership of this problem and fix it for free? What do you think? Folks have been charged anywhere from $600-$1400 to get this problem fixed. Most have been told it happened because of "impact damage"! Some have even been told they had installed the lens improperly!
I haven't been told anything yet, because I haven't decided if I'm going to send it in to Nikon Canada or not. I did contact them and mentioned I had read that people had been told their camera had been subjected to "impact damage" and that that hadn't been the case with most of them and certainly not with me! I was told that Nikon's term "impact damage" is just a way of stating it has damages not due to a manufacture defect! Amazing!!! I was also told Nikon's costs are under a flat rate system ... where the parts and labour are combined in one cost and full details regarding the repair will be provided once the repair has been approved and returned. Also, that the flat rate for the D810 model is $ $610.00! But it is just an average as the technicians will need to assess the camera and the cost maybe lower or it may be higher.
Plus, the shipping cost back to Nikon in Toronto ... fully insured ... is close to $300! Can't send it by Canada Post anyway because the maximum they insure anything for is far less than the full value of camera and lens. So it has to be by FedEx, Purolator, etc.
Some folks have discovered a screw has come loose in the mount ... either on the camera or lens. My suggestion to you ... keep checking them! Use a little jeweller's screwdriver. I don't think that's my problem, though. Others have found that the pin on the mount doesn't retract when the release button is pushed ... that it separates from the release mechanism and stays up. Sometimes if you jiggle the lens long enough apparently it will drop back and allow the lens to be released. Cost of shipping would be less then, at least. But it would still have to be repaired.
I've jiggled it until my right wrist is almost twice the size of the left one. :-) But I'm pretty sure that a separated pin isn't my problem either. How do I know that? Ok. Check out the other photo I just uploaded. What you will see is a feeler guage ... bought at NAPA. I had one already, but it was the wire type ... not the leaf type. The 4/1000 inch (0.102mm) will fit between the lens and mount ... you have to lift up the little rubber seal on the bottom of the lens ... and it's a little tight, but It will fit in there. Actually, 6/1000 inch will fit in there. So, I can feel the pin with it when it's in there ... both sides and even from the front (not much space to manoeuvre from the front though because the pin is close to the outside rim.) I can tell by moving the feeler guage and watching the release button that the pin and mechanism seem to be still attached. Thought I might be able to get it to retract if I bump it with the feeler guage. No luck, though. And I've bumped it from both sides and the front!
Anyway, any ideas?
Oh, the 'two dogs in heat' thing reminded me of a Paul Thorn song ... same title: "Two Dogs In Heat." But he does another one called "It's A Great Day To Whup Somebody's *ss." Definitely more appropriate in this situation, as far as I'm concerned! Paul Thorn? Used to be a boxer. Fought Roberto Durand. Once. :-)
So, that's why I'm back using my D300. Glad I kept it ... but 12 MP as opposed to 36? Well, I have to do something.
Blessed to have my partner my dearest friend and those that adore and embrace me as i do them. Just being a lovely and naughty rubber sealed pet :)
From Murrumbateman Winery. NSW
Mary opened it a couple of weeks ago, I pumped out the air, put in the rubber seal and stored it on the garage floor..
If you're on a highway and the Road Runner goes Beep Beep, just step aside or you might be in a heap! This 1969 Road Runner was on display at the 2021 Odessa Car Show held in downtown Odessa Missouri.
Plymouth paid $50,000 to Warner Bros.-Seven Arts to use the Road Runner name and likeness from their Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner cartoons (as well as a "beep, beep" horn, which Plymouth paid $10,000 to develop).[1] The Road Runner was based on the Chrysler B platform (the same as the Belvedere and Satellite), as a back-to-basics mid-size performance car.
The 1969 model kept the same basic look as the 1968, but with slight changes to the taillights and grille, side marker lights, optional bucket seats, and new Road Runner decals. The Road Runner added a convertible option for 1969 with 2,128 such models produced that year. All were 383 cu in (6.3 L) engine cars, except for ten which were equipped with a 426 cu in (7.0 L) Hemi.
An Air Grabber option (N96 code) was introduced this year; it consisted of a fiberglass air duct assembly bolted to the underside of the hood that connected to twin rectangular upward-facing vents in the hood with Rallye red vent screens. The fiberglass hood box had an "Air Grabber" sticker on the front. When the hood was closed, a rubber seal fitted over the large-oval unsilenced air cleaner. A decal with Wile E. Coyote saying "Coyote Duster" was on the air cleaner lid. The assembly ducted air directly into the engine. The vents in the hood could be opened and closed via a lever under the dashboard labeled "Carb Air."
The (A12) 440 engine option with 3X2 barrel Holley carburetors was added to the lineup at mid-year. The "440 Six Pack" had no wheel covers or hubcaps, only the 15x6" "H" stamped steel black wheels with chrome lug nuts. It featured a black fiberglass lift-off hood with 4 hood pins and a large functional hood scoop with a red sticker on each side saying "440 6BBL". The scoop sealed to the large air breather. All cars had a Dana 60 rear axle with a 4.10 gear ratio. Production of the 440 6-BBL A12 option Road Runner was approximately 1,432. The A12 option had an "M" as the fifth character in the VIN, rated at 390 hp (395 PS; 291 kW) at 4,700 rpm and 490 lb⋅ft (664 N⋅m) of torque at 3200 rpm, the same torque as the Hemi but at a lower engine speed. The Plymouth Road Runner was named Motor Trend Car of the Year for 1969. Domestic production for the three body styles was 81,125 with an additional 3,295 deliveries in Canada and other countries.
Source: Wikipedia
Taken moments later, a second miserable shot of this freight working from the Italian border town of Tarvisio to the huge yard complex at Villach in Austria.
I had come out here to Arnoldstein after advice from the shed foreman in Villach that the loco was on these cross border services. The light had been better when I arrived, and the ideal shot here with the bridge was going the other way towards Tarvisio, sadly the loco first appeared light engine and came back against the sun in abysmal cloudy Alpine haze!
Being a loco at Innsbruck in 1945, the dismantling of the Anschluss left her as part of the ÖBB fleet, renumbered to 1020.18. She was duly refurbished many years later to the ÖBB standard of two cabfront windows with rubber seals, and eventually the striking red livery.
Me and Sara made a batch of home made pickles!
Recipe
This is a great recipe, because it requires relatively little time (no overnight soaking or waiting), and the pickles stay crunchy!
What you're going to need:
-Fresh small cucumbers
-Mason Jars (with new caps)
-A large pot
-Vinager
-Dill
-Spices
-Sugar
-Salt
1- Preparing the Cucumbers and Dill
Wash the cucumbers and leave the ends on. Dry them using a clean cloth. Then, using a fork, jab them 3-4 times on each side. Set them aside.
Wash and cut the fresh dill, and set aside.
2- Preparing the Mason Jars
Make sure none of the jars are cracked!
The key to preserves is to kill off any microbial or bacterial life, and then seal in the food to keep any new microbes from creeping in. So we have to sterilize the glass jars. If you own a dishwasher you are in luck, because that's a great way to accomplish this, as dishwashers use very hot water.
If you don't own a dishwasher (like me), clean the jars and rinse them off. Put them in the oven at 200F. This is more than enough to kill off any bacteria.
Mason jars come with screw tops and detachable lids. The lid part has a rubber lining on its bottom side. You'll have to boil these lids in order to sterilize them and to soften the rubber seal. If you are re-using old Mason jars (which is great; they are designed to be reusable!), you'll have to get new lids as these cannot be reused. Replacement lids can be found anywhere you can find Mason jars.
You'll have to keep these lids lightly boiling as you'll need them to be hot when you put them on the jar.
3- Preparing the vinegar solution
For the vinegar solution you'll need your big pot, in which you will boil;
2 Quarts Water (10 cups)
1 1/2 Quart Vinegar (7 1/2 cups)
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup salt
Spices
Spice to your liking. Pickling spices can be purchased, or you can just throw in your favorites which would go well with dill pickles. Mustard seeds, Fennel seeds, Bay leaves, All Spice etc.
Once its boiling, lower the heat to keep it at a light boil.
4- Filling the jars
So now your cucumbers and dill is prepared, you have your vinegar solution at a light boil, your Mason jars are in the oven and your lids are in lightly boiling water. You're ready to pack the jars.
Grab a jar out of the oven (or dishwasher). Use some mitts, its hot glass! Put some dill on the bottom, then pack the jar with as many cucumbers you can. You might have to cut one or two to fit them. That's okay; keeping them whole is not mandatory. You can cut them all if you like. Leave a bit of space at the top for more dill, and so that the pickles are properly submerged. Pack some dill on top.
Now fill the jar almost to the top (leave 1/2 to 1/4 inch) with vinegar solution. If you want to avoid a huge mess, this works best with a ladle and funnel.
Now grab a lid from the boiling water and place it on top, securing it with the screw top ring. Screw it on firmly enough so that it is not loose and solidly in place, but do not tighten it too much! You'll do that later after it has cooled. The reason for this is that if you tighten too much now, when everything is hot, as it cools the metal will contract and this may crack the glass.
Thats it! Set it aside to cool off.
As they cool, every now and then you will hear a "pock!". This is the sign that your preserves are good: As everything cools, the liquid and small amount of air in the jar contracts, creating a vacuum. This sucks in the lid part so that it curves slightly inwards, showing that the contents are sealed in a vacuum.
In the event that one of your jar has not created a vacuum (the lid is not sucked inwards), it may mean that something was not done right, or air is getting into to jar somehow. Its not the end of the world but i would recommend putting that one in the fridge.
Built to top-of-the-range Pallas specification, this late-model DS 23ie retains its original fuel-injected 2,3-litre engine, which has been overhauled and fitted with a new clutch, and has the rare and desirable five-speed manual gearbox. Other noteworthy features include a metal sunroof and a rare towing hitch. The car was supplied new to Germany, where it enjoyed two owners, and resided in a private collection after the second German ownership.
In 2009/2010 the vehicle was fully dismantled and restored with great attention to detail, the work being documented on an accompanying CD. Classic-Data's accompanying appraisal rates this car as 'Condition 1' (Concours), consideration having been given to the numerous new parts used during restoration. These include the seat belts, complete exhaust system, rubber seals, tyres, high quality carpets, boot lining, stainless steel door sills, hydraulic spheres, brakes, water pump, stainless steel indicators, etc, while the fuel tank has been repaired and resealed. The car is finished in the stunning colour combination of copper metallic with beige/cream painted roof, while the restored, original interior is trimmed in brown leather with beige carpets and matching headlining of the finest quality.
The current vendor purchased the DS in September 2010, since when it has formed part of his significant private collection in the UK. Described as 'very good' in all departments, this well restored DS is offered with assorted restoration documents, old German Fahrzeugbrief and expired TüV.
Les Grandes Marques du Monde au Grand Palais
Bonhams
Sold for € 29.900
Estimated : € 35.000 - 45.000
Parijs - Paris
Frankrijk - France
February 2017
ÖBB 1118.01 met P 5405 (Linz - Kleinreifling) tijdens de stop in Garsten. Het personeel heeft de machine ter gelegenheid van de feestdag versierd. ÖBB 1118.01 zag het leven als DRG E 18 42 en werd gebouwd door Krupp en AEG in 1938. Na WO II verbleef DRG E 18 42 in Oostenrijk en werd als ÖBB 1118.01 ingedeeld. Na motorstoring werd de machine op 3 mei 1985 buitendienst gesteld en op 1 december 1985 gesloopt.
ÖBB 1118.01 at Garsten with a local train (P 5405) from Linz to Kleinreifling. The staff decorated the machine to mark the holiday. 1118.01 was built as E18 42 in 1938, and ended up in independent Austria after the war as part of the ÖBB fleet. Austria subsequently modified the windows with rubber seals, as well as going from three windows to two. In 1985 the locomotive was scrapped.
Following the previous European / EP photo, here's another site (also with Conder Flying Wing canopy) showing both the European and EP logos on the pumps. The European globes (was the text black or dark blue? hard to see) are the most interesting bit, but this particular format of EP globe (with prominent rubber seal between the two halves?) is also interesting, if a bit ugly. The "EP: save 6d." sign does make me wonder what the comparison was with, especially if European was (intentionally) sold as a more expensive "luxury petrol".
Whitehall Service Station is now Whitehall Service Centre goo.gl/maps/uWv63JNLAJwNQh3h9
Looking at old newspaper ads and stories, it seems as though this might have been a Murco company-owned station (Murco bought EP in 1967). Whitehall Service Centre held a grand opening of the forecourt and car care centre in September 1967, with "a skirl of Scotish pipers", according to the East Kent Times and Mail (I feel as though EP would have preferred girls in bikinis—and more demure 'debutantes' to represent the more sophisticated European brand), free gifts, 1s off on all purchases of more than four gallons, and quadruple Green Shield stamps. It changed over to Murco branding just a year later, in 1968, according to an advert for another "grand opening"!
Ramsgate, and Thanet more widely, seems to have been full of interesting brands and discounters in this era, from MW (Richard ffrench-Constant's photo) to Jentex, Clift (a bit later), Eagle, Trolene, and so on. In the late 1980s / early 90s, Ramsgate Motor Museum, now sadly closed, would be home to one of the finest collections of unusual (mostly post-war) petrol pump globes, part of the Sharpe Family Collection.
after my stuff got to toronto but before i had a job, i'd sit around taking pictures of my roommate dave's filthy highguy (cristal).
The beautiful and mischevious Kea which are one of the very few Alpine Parrots and are found only in the South Island of New Zealand. They are extremely intelligent and very mischeveous (one kept pecking the rubber seal of the sunroof of our campervan!). They have spectacular colouring of the underside of the wings. They have a very strange screeching call too