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Birthday Rover by Aaron

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Built for my birthday and Febrovery.

Birthday rovers are useful for exploring Party Worlds: collecting birthday presents, detecting cake deposits, and providing data to help you avoid Pinkie Pie. They are also very, very slow and thus always late. (My birthday was on February 11th.) XD

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So yes, I turned 15. :D

Due to generous financial gifts from my close and extended family I managed to accumulate quite the tidy sum and have spent the past two weekends putting it to good use. I haven't even attempted to do a loot picture; been too busy. However, I received or was able to purchase:

Hive crawler on clearance for 50% off!!! :D

A bunch of epic Bionicle components, old cockpits from Ice planet, Insectoids, etc, cool old fig heads, old pieces, etc, from that vintage brick store

Some series 12 CMFs and 2 small Lego Movie sets

A medium-sized BL order coming in!

Sorting all these bricks has taken up my MOCing time recently, but you can expect

at least three spaceships, MLP Discord, and some alien battle machines soonish.

Have a nice day/night and please C&C! :D

DSCF0554 by Rico Pfirstinger

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Echoes by Beccy

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Another one from the Manor House. Unfortunately, this place is becoming a bit of a tourist spot and people have been setting up 'scenes' around the house. It obviously makes for an interesting shot but it ruins the authenticity of a house naturally in decay. I have mixed feelings on that issue.

I know I tend to post a lot of portraits when I go to places like this but I do take a lot of close-ups of items as well so I might get round to posting some of those soon. In the meantime, here's another SP ;0)

Oh yeh, one more thing - my PRO account expires in a few days and I'm just wondering whether I really need to renew? I guess stats are useful and all but is it such a big deal not to have one? Any thoughts?

Handheld postal scale - useful up to 2 oz by Monceau

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My dad used this scale for years. Now we use it.

Scales - Our Daily Challenge

113 - Useful, for 120 pictures in 2020

Simplex Typewriters, Santa's Favorite, 1908 by Alan Mays

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See also the front of this die-cut Santa advertisement.

Simplex Typewriters, Santa's Favorite, 1908

Sample of work of Simplex No. 1, $1.00: This machine will delight any boy or girl and older folks find it useful.

Sample of work of Simplex No. 2½, $2.50: A neat little note size typewriter that will please Glays or Joe, or Mama for social correspondence.

Sample of work of Simplex No. 5, $5.00: It will write a letter like this on wide business paper like Father's.

Simplex Lithograph Co., New York.

Originally posted on Ipernity: Simplex Typewriters, Santa's Favorite, 1908.

The Point in HDR by Dave

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"The most pleasant and useful persons are those who leave some of the problems of the universe for God to worry about."

~Don Marquis

Ok, this time I promise, this is the last shot of the Point that I will be posting for a while! I couldn't resist processing this one though, I love the way the sun is casting light over part of the bridge and the other part of the bridge is in shadow!

Also, I am now on 500px! Follow me over there as well! It's a pretty cool site, but I am definitely still getting used to it!

As always, you can read about the processing I've done on this shot and all my images on on my website.

New blog post today, A break in the clouds! Check it out if you have a chance!

I hope you all have a great weekend!

I don't mind invitations, but please no big, shiny, flashing, glitter graphics, they will be deleted. Also, please contact me if you would like to use my pictures for any reason, as all rights are reserved. Thanks!

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NikonZ70-200f2-8VRS_70f2-8_72817 by Gordon Laing

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Sample image taken with a Nikon Z 70-200mm f2.8 VR S. If you find my reviews and samples useful, please treat me to a coffee at www.paypal.me/cameralabs

These samples and comparisons are part of my Nikon Z 70-200mm f2.8 VR S review at:

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Feel free to download the original image for evaluation on your own computer or printer, but please don't use it on another website or publication without permission from www.cameralabs.com/

Colorful decorative pumpkins at a pumpkin patch, useful for fall projects and backgrounds by m01229

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Colorful decorative pumpkins at a pumpkin patch, useful for fall projects and backgrounds

BrickArms Prototypes by The Chef!

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Yeah, these are all of my BrickArms prototypes. Most were gifts, others were prizes, and a few were traded "gift for gift."

But now that I have your attention, I'd like to say that I'm "back" again, for now. I've been swamped down with schoolwork after coming off of 15 days of being sick with Bronchitis. Gosh those were some horrible days.

Now that I have less work, and more free time, I'll be a bit more active.

Thanks guys!

-Chef

You have to scratch carefully with these tools by Ken Bergman

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Talons are useful, but you have to use them carefully.

Barred owl (Strix varia) at Dillant-Hopkins Airport, Swanzey, NH

(23 Noveomber, 2024)

I was once useful by Jeremy Brown

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BREAK 220 CHRISTMAS SET by Kaycee LaMoon

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3298 F298DRJ by Andrew Critchlow

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Fresh from Northern Counties 3298 is in the hands of the vehicle inspectors. Surely a new bus shouldn't need an inspection ? Well yes they did and even then the first trip out would often result in a breakdown call. Ostensibly for sound deadening the under engine tray was useful for catching springs etc. which fell off in service.

Street - Friendly delivery in the times of covid-19 by François Escriva

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Useful !

A useful umbrella by Brian Henham

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A Barn Owl stretching its wing from inside its tree-trunk home

Paper Clips by Amanda White

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Useful little things until you knock half a box of them off a shelf and into your printer!

1972-1984 RENAULT R5 by Sander Toonen

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On my way back home I found several old cars in the garden of the house of an inactive car mechanic. The place was deserted.

It was like a journey back in time. As if the clock had stopped working at Jan. 1, 1985 or so...

Some 25 cars from the 70s and a few from the 80s were lying there, overgrown by plants, rusting and decaying. All stranded projects.

Some people have the habit keeping everything in their life... this is how it can end.

Note the rear door: there's no paint at all anymore...

I wonder if there are still any useful parts at this wreck.

The R5 was designed by Michel Boué (1936-1971), and introduced in 1972.

In Aug. 1979 the 5-door version was presented, and came in !980 on the market.

956cc,

Production period R5 Phase I 3-door: 1972-1984, 5-door: 1980-1984.

Number seen: 2.

Fresse-sur-Moselle (Fr.), Vosges, Rue d'Alsace, N66, May 8, 2016.

Take A Seat by Brenda....

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These rockers were at the front door of the lodge, they made you feel very welcomed...

Useful window - Mumbai 2023 by bag_lady

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Dharavi, Mumbai

Asia's largest slum, Dharavi, lies on prime property right in the middle of India's financial capital, Mumbai (Bombay).

It is home to more than a million people. Many are second-generation residents, whose parents moved in years ago.

Today's Dharavi bears no resemblance to the fishing village it once was. A city within a city, it is one unending stretch of narrow dirty lanes, open sewers and cramped huts.

In a city where house rents are among the highest in the world, Dharavi provides a cheap and affordable option to those who move to Mumbai to earn their living.

Rents here can be as low as 185 rupees ($4/£2.20) per month. As Dharavi is located between Mumbai's two main suburban rail lines, most people find it convenient for work.

Even in the smallest of rooms, there is usually a cooking gas stove and continuous electricity.

Many residents have a small colour television with a cable connection that ensures they can catch up with their favourite soaps. Some of them even have a video player.

Dharavi also has a large number of thriving small-scale industries that produce embroidered garments, export quality leather goods, pottery and plastic.

Most of these products are made in tiny manufacturing units spread across the slum and are sold in domestic as well as international markets.

The annual turnover of business here is estimated to be more than $650m (£350m) a year.

The state government has plans to redevelop Dharavi and transform it into a modern township, complete with proper housing and shopping complexes, hospitals and schools.

Making myself useful by Vera Wylde

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Working as a stage kitten at the Vermont Burlesque Festival

50 Ways to Love Your Lever by swoofty

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Keep this one in your bag of tricks. I've used this many times before, but never on a large sacle like this (is 10 bricks 'large scale'?). Can be very useful.

Useful legs by pineider

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CatTech - Categories Tutorial by Zooby

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This video explains how to set up Categories on the CatTech website. Categories allows you to name and create specific buttons for your products on the Cat Hud. This is useful if you sell a variety of items and you want to group them accordingly. Categories makes it incredibly easy for customers to find what they are looking for. You can filter Adult items and For Sale items and Categories can be added or deleted.

KT Cutting the grass! by Katie Lewis

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KT actually making herself useful!

Front window bashing behind Class 25 'Rat' 25249 on 1E08 the 08.17 Holyhead-Newcastle - approaching Manchester Victoria by Chris (The Mighty Hood 😎)

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Travelling the railway in the British Rail era

Between 1983 and 1991 I spent many happy hours with my friends riding the rails around the UK. Fortunately, I managed to record many of the railway locos and scenes encountered on film for posterity. Those days are now long gone, but happily the photos remain for me to reminisce over and share ;)

I was fortunate to 'fall on" a Rat-hauled working in the summer of 1986, towards the end of their useful life on BR. I was at Chester station when NB Peak 45040 rolled in on 1E08 - the 08.17 Holyhead - Newcastle, and was promptly failed. Lucky for me, the only available loc to take the service forward was 25249 😎:) The loco performed well, and took the train as far as Manchester Victoria. Unfortunately, it was deemed unsuitable for a traverse of the pennines, and was taken off in lieu of NB Duff 47110. Still a lucky break - and I took advantage of the lack of bashers by hogging the front window all the way 😎:)

In this view, we are hanging out of the front window again 😎 on the approaches to Manchester Victoria. The distinctive building in the background is Cook Street Brewery, Chapel Street, Salford, Lancashire - thanks to mrrobertwade (wadey) for the photo link below (which has a very detailed description :)

Thanks to Guy & Adrian for the gen below :)

Now confirmed - '1E08 08.17 Holyhead-Newcastle. 25249 substituted for failed 45040 at Chester - got as far as Man Vic where it was hastily removed and 47110 took it forward' - Thanks to adrianhancock1967 & @Kendo

Locomotive history - D7599 / 25249 was new to Tinsley (41A) on February 5th 1966. Further transfers were:

October 1966 to Eastfield (65A) on loan.

September 1967 to London Midland (Midland) Lines.

June 1968 to Nottingham Division (D16).

December 1969 to Birmingham Division (D02).

October 1971 to Manchester Division (D09).

March 1972 to Liverpool Division (D08).

November 1972 to Preston Division (D10).

May 1973 to Kingmoor.

July 1973 to Springs Branch.

Renumbered as 25249 February 23rd 1974.

September 1974 to Kingmoor.

January 1975 to Springs Branch.

October 1975 to Longsight.

August 1977 to Toton.

November 1980 to Springs Branch.

October 1982 to Crewe.

Withdrawn January 28th 1987.

25249 was withdrawn on January 28th 1987 and was the 305th Class 25 withdrawn - one of four of the class retired that month.

After withdrawal 25249 was stored at Basford Hall until sold to Vic Berry's, Leicester - moved with 25199, 25244 & 25906 to Humberstone Road on June 2nd 1987 and into Vic Berry's yard the next day. It was added to the stack by October 1987 and was scrapped during the last week of March 1989.

The British Rail Class 25, also known as the Sulzer Type 2, was a class of 327 diesel locomotives built between 1961 and 1967 for British Rail. They were numbered in two series, D5151–D5299 and D7500–D7677. In 1974, they were renumbered in the series 25001-25327.

The first 25 locos became known as Class 25/0 and were built at BR Darlington Works. The Class 25/1 locomotives were built at Darlington and BR Derby Works. The Class 25/2 locomotives were built at Derby with some built at Darlington. The final batch of locomotives were designated Class 25/3 and built by Derby Works and Beyer, Peacock and Company of Manchester.

The Class 25s were primarily designed for freight work, but a significant number were fitted with boilers for heating passenger trains. Throughout the 1970s they could be found at work across the whole of the British Rail network although the Eastern and Southern Regions never had a long-term allocation.

Though regular performers into the early 1980s on Crewe-Cardiff passenger trains, they are best known in that respect for their use on the summer Saturday trains to Aberystwyth, a task they relinquished in 1984. They were also often seen in action when the WCML wires were down, dragging trains, and rescuing failed locomotives, mainly on the LMR. The final Class 25 locomotive was withdrawn from operational service in March 1987. More info here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_25

Taken with a Soviet made Zenith TTL camera and standard lens.

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Sunset At Phnom Bakheng by spanjavan

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Camel Talk by Kaye Menner by Kaye Menner

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I close up of a camel who looks like he is talking or maybe complaining about the camel rides he has to do. Who knows ? Funny face / funny expression.

Camel rides at Victor Harbor along the beach, South Australia, Australia.

A popular place for tourists and fun to view.

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Slesse-Crossover by Dru!

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From North Illusion, 2013. I was looking through my Flickr pics and realized I didn't have this shot online. Useful because it's got the main climbs and descent all in one photo.

Z-Bots Meretrix the Explorer by Shannon Sproule

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Arms can be useful for seeing with. This guys started off with a red, orange and white colour scheme but I wasn't feeling it so I switched to the medium azure with pearl dark grey/black and it worked a lot better.

Jellyfish by Popeyed

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are 97% water or something, so how much are they doing? Just give them another 3% and make them water. It's more useful. ― Karl Pilkington. Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium -Aichi, Japan.

DSCF0304 by Rico Pfirstinger

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Armed and useful by Annie Maid

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L1110120 LADY OF THE LAKE - Howtown Pier by John Luxton

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Ullswater Steamers operate all year round providing a useful transport link between Pooley Bridge and Glenridding. In this December view MY LADY OF THE LAKE has just arrived at Howtown Pier to set down and pick up passengers.

Click here for more photographs of Ullswater Stemers: www.jhluxton.com/Shipping/Shipping-Companies-Pleasure-Ste...

The M.Y. LADY OF THE LAKE was ordered by the Ullswater Steam Navigation Company, a predecessor of the current Ullswater Transit and Navigation Company, to a design by Douglas Henson of Penrith.

She was built by T.B. Seath & Co. at Rutherglen near Glasgow, transported in three sections by rail to Penrith, and thence by horse drays to Waterside near Pooley Bridge.

She was assembled on the slipway at Waterside and launched on 26 June 1877.

In 1881 the Lady of the Lake sank at her moorings but was re-floated by a team of divers. In 1936 she was converted from steam to diesel power.

The vessel sank again in 1950 in a severe storm, but was again re-floated. In 1965 the vessel was badly damaged by fire and was out of service for 14 years, before being restored and reengined.

She was re-launched on 19 May 1979 by William Whitelaw MP.

Ullswater 'Steamers' provides pleasure ‘steamer’ sailings on Ullswater in the north-eastern part of the English Lake District. It is based in Glenridding, Cumbria. Founded in 1855, it currently operates five diesel powered vessels between four locations on the lake. The oldest vessel in its fleet was launched in 1877.

The company was founded as the Ullswater Steam Navigation Company in 1855, and originally moved mail, workers and goods between the Greenside Mine at Glenridding and the village of Pooley Bridge at the opposite end of the lake.

On 13 August 1859, the company's first purpose-built vessel, the paddle steamer ENTERPRISE, was launched, although it subsequently sank in the lake. In 1877, the company introduced the steam powered pleasure steamer MY LADY Of THE LAKE, and this was joined in 1889 by the MY RAVEN. Both are still in service.

In 1900 the company was renamed as the Ullswater Navigation and Transit Company. In the 1930s, the company converted its fleet of two steam powered pleasure cruisers, the MY LADY OF THE LAKE and the MY RAVEN, to operate on diesel engines. In 1954 Sir Wavell Wakefield bought a controlling shareholding in Ullswater 'Steamers' to prevent the company from being wound up. The company is still in the ownership of the family of Lord Wakefield, as Sir Wavell subsequently became.

In 2001, the company started to operate sailings during the winter; it had previously only operated during the summer season. Between the years of 2001 and 2010, three additional vessels were acquired by the company, these being the LADY DOROTHY, LADY WAKEFIELD and WESTERN BELLE. All three were acquired from previous salt-water service and conveyed to the lake by road. In 2015 a new jetty was opened by the company at Aira Force.

Once Useful by Doug

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Old farm trolley and trailer seen in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

100F0574 by Rico Pfirstinger

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DSCF1846-Pano by Rico Pfirstinger

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