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It is fascinating to hear what some people have been up to, before and during the lockdown.👂👂
An example of this were the actions of Mrs Trebogus, her sister Trixie Trebillcock and Betty Beswetherick, shall we say these three ladies are of mature years but nobodies fool.👵👵👵
At the beginning of March following their instincts the three ladies decided to move in together. They had several articulated lorry loads of beer delivered by Sharps Brewery, plus quite a consignment from Camel Valley Vineyard. 🚛🚛🚛🍺🍺🍺🍷🍷🍷
Mrs Trebogus always kept much food in her freezer, plus she had a large vegetable garden and of course the ladies culinary skills were legendary, they were well prepared. 🍖🍖🍖🍎🍏🍋🍊
The ladies felt they would be good company for each other, sure enough their hunch was proved correct as three weeks later the whole country went into lock down, which the ladies had no problem with as they were the type of people in common with so many others that did as they were told. The ladies were able to follow instruction, had respect and complied, plus these ladies all came from special forces backgrounds which required them working in some hostile environments, Trixie worked as a bouncer at Mothercare for many years, yes these ladies are tough.👹👹👹
As the lockdown progressed many on line fitness videos sprang up, the ladies were very keen to keep themselves in peak condition so they followed along with many of these workouts, however none of the videos were of such intensity in order to keep the ladies bodies in absolute peak condition, it just did not stretch the ladies enough, Mrs Trebogus had an idea.💃💃💃
She owns a Mercedes ML63 AMG, so the three ladies went into the garage, Mrs Trebogus got hold of the front bumper and lifted the Mercedes up and down in order to tone her arm muscles.
The other two ladies also carried out this manoeuvre, as mentioned they are tough.
Trixie suggested to Betty that she got underneath the Mercedes, put her feet under the bumper and lifted it up and down with her legs in order to strengthen the thighs.💪💪💪
Everything was going swimmingly then Mrs Trebogus had a go as she likes to keep her thighs in special peak condition, there was an enormous crack, Mrs Trebogus’s left leg fell off. Nothing to do with the vacuum cleaner incident I must add.
Like you do, Mrs Trebogus dusted herself off and said this is not a problem as my car is an automatic (You still have to be there) but when the time comes and we are allowed out I still have my right leg in order to be able to drive. So she picked up her leg, hopped over and placed it in the big chest freezer she had in the garage.🏡
Trixie said “you should seek medical help”, no responded Mrs Trebogus we know the rules, we have been instructed to stay home, not to go out, we will wait until the lockdown is eased, I can still walk on the one good leg, do cart wheels with a slight shimmy, so I have nothing to complain about. Anyway like so many people, if we were really desperate there is always someone locally that can help out, that is human instinct. 🏃♀️💪
The weeks went by, sure enough, some of the lockdown measures were eased and in May people were allowed to drive for over an hour, but return on the same day. Not wishing to trouble the medical profession, Mrs Trebogus went onto the internet to look for alternative medical assistance, one name caught her eye, Mystic Peg, who specialised in limb reattachment services.👩💻
As Mrs Trebogus herself had worked with some of our special forces, she respected the anonymity of Mystic Peg who would only provide her post code, and a time to meet.👩💼
Like most of us long car journeys need to be planned, first you need a full tank of petrol, how many people keep a full tank of fuel just in case they need to go off at a minutes notice. Mrs Trebogus went and filled her Mercedes with fuel so that they could go off to the secret location.⛽️🚘
The sat nav coordinates were plumbed in and after quite some journey the three ladies reached their destination. Sure enough as our ladies got out of the car a fairy was waiting dressed in a Knights of the round table uniform, yes this was Mystic Peg, she said “come with me”, so Mrs Trebogus, with her leg under her arm, Trixie and Betty followed, they all set off into a park, keeping two meters away from Mystic Peg
Mystic Peg instructed Mrs Trebogus to sit on a special little stool, with a bit of her left hip hanging over the edge of the stool. Mystic Peg asked Mrs Trebogus to align the detached leg against her hip. Mystic Peg closed her eyes, muttered a couple of words and within moments, hey presto Mrs Trebogus’s leg was reattached and working like a new one.
As you can imagine (I can) Mrs Trebogus was so grateful to Mystic Peg for her services and asked what she owed her. Mystic Peg said "it is my pleasure to help good people like you and really it was such a simple job".😇👛👜💷💷💷
Mystic Peg went on to say, “as I have not seen many people for a while could I share a confidence with you Mrs Trebogus. Well don’t tell anyone but during the lockdown we had been made aware of a bloke who drove to this very location who could not see his hand in front of his face.
As none of us were on duty during lockdown he allegedly sat over there on a park bench, he gazed up towards the Magic Castle, bingo his eyesight came back, a miracle and he was able to drive all the way home to London”.🏰🙈😱
Mrs Trebogus responded to the fairy “you just cannot make that up”.😉
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"My work encompasses the cultural state of modern society from a personal context. Enslavement has always been prevalent as long as mankind existed. The shift in the state of enslavement however has drastically changed from an authoritarian state to a self-imposed one. The backdrop serves as the classic allegory of a prisoner staring at the light from the window. The irony of this situation acts as a satire on how we all have the choice to walk out of the cages that we entrap ourselves into as the door is always opened for us."
This shoot took a total of 3 weeks from pre-production to post-production. The first 2 weeks were spent on location scouting, gathering of the entire team and planning of logistics, props and wardrobe. The final week involved multiple visits to the site to plan and finally style the set. As this was purely a student project, I did the set styling together with props that were mainly uncovered trash. Objects like the broken typewriter was spraypainted silver to give it a nice sheen. Lighting tests were also conducted a day before the shoot to ensure the actual day will go on smoothly. A mixture of reflectors, color gels and flags were used to ensure I achieved the lighting I required. Unfortunately, I faced a slightly cloudy day which caused my lighting to be detracted a little differently from as I had planned it the day before. A final total of 4 different lights were used to fill in the direct sunlight which spilled through the doorway and the window to give it a slightly fantastical feel to it, together with the set design.
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Clowns are comic performers who employ slapstick or similar types of physical humour, often in a mime style.
Clowns have a varied tradition with significant variations in costume and performance. The most recognisable modern clown character is theAuguste or "red clown" type, with outlandish costumes featuring distinctive makeup, colourful wigs, exaggerated footwear, and colourful clothing. Their entertainment style is generally designed to entertain large audiences, especially at a distance.
Modern clowns are strongly associated with the tradition of the circus clown, which developed out of earlier comedic roles in theatre or Varietéshows during 19th to mid 20th century.
Many circus clowns have become well known and are a key circus act in their own right. The first mainstream clown role was portrayed byJoseph Grimaldi (who also created the traditional whiteface make-up design). In the early 1800s, he expanded the role of Clown in theharlequinade that formed part of British pantomimes, notably at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and the Sadler's Wells and Covent Gardentheatres. He became so dominant on the London comic stage that harlequinade Clowns became known as "Joey", and both the nickname and Grimaldi's whiteface make-up design were, and still are, used by other types of clowns.
The comedy that clowns perform is usually in the role of a fool whose everyday actions and tasks become extraordinary—and for whom the ridiculous, for a short while, becomes ordinary. This style of comedy has a long history in many countries and cultures across the world. Some writers have argued that due to the widespread use of such comedy and its long history it is a need that is part of the human condition.
The "fear of clowns", circus clowns in particular as a psychiatric condition has become known by the term coulrophobia
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The Great East Window at St Mary Redcliffe.
St Mary Redcliffe lost the majority of its medieval stained glass during the damage done by Parliamentary forces in the 17th century. In 1842, the committee responsible for the restoration of the church were mostly concerned with the condition of the stonework which was estimated to cost some £40,000 to repair, but were determined to have the large east window, which at the time was bricked up, filled with glass. In 1847, the committee awarded the contract for its design and implementation to William Wailes of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, one of the most prolific stained glass designers of the 19th century, who estimated the cost at £330. This window was replaced in 1904 by a design by Clayton & Bell; Wailes' window being destroyed.
The Church of St Mary the Virgin, widely known as St Mary Redcliffe, is the main Church of England parish church for the Redcliffe district of Bristol. The first reference to a church on the site appears in 1158, with the present building dating from 1185 to 1872. The church is considered one of the country’s finest and largest parish churches as well as an outstanding example of English Gothic architecture. The church is so large it is sometimes mistaken for Bristol Cathedral by tourists. It is, unsurprisingly of Grade I listed status.
The church is notable for its many large stained glass windows, decorative stone vaults, flying buttresses, rare hexagonal porch and massive Gothic spire. With a height of 84 metres to the top of the weathervane, St Mary Redcliffe is the second-tallest structure in Bristol and the sixth-tallest parish church in the country. The church spire is a major Bristol landmark, visible from across the city and until the completion of Castle Park View in 2020, was the tallest structure ever to have been erected in Bristol.
St Mary Redcliffe has received widespread critical acclaim from various architects, historians, poets, writers and monarchs. Queen Elizabeth I, on a visit to the church in 1574, described St Mary Redcliffe as “The fairest, goodliest and most famous parish church in England”; Simon Jenkins gives St Mary Redcliffe the maximum five-star rating in his book ‘England’s Thousand Best Churches’, one of only eighteen to receive such a rating, describing it as a “masterpiece of English Gothic”; and Nikolaus Pevsner says that “St Mary Redcliffe need not fear comparison with any other English parish church”.
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"I have always been vitally interested in physical conditioning.
I have long believed that athletic competition among people and nations should replace violence and wars. "
(Johnny Weissmuller - Austro-Hungarian-born American swimmer and actor, 1904 – 1984)
After taking a bath in the holy waters of the Ganges in Varanasi (Benaras), this man was applying some oil on his body which was drying under the sun.
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The Freemasons Tavern (also known as the Freemasons Inn and the Freemasons Inn and Restaurant) is a 19th-century pub in the Brunswick Town area of Hove, part of the English city of Brighton and Hove.
Built in the 1850s in a Classical style similar to the surrounding buildings in the rapidly growing Brunswick Town area, it was given a "spectacular" renovation when a restaurant was added in the 1920s. Local architecture firm Denman & Sondesigned an ornate Art Deco interior and an elaborate, brightly coloured entrance adorned with Masonic symbols. both the exterior and the interior survive in excellent condition.
The tavern is a Grade II Listed building.
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In un quartiere moderno . Che silenzio! Un silenzio quasi assordante! Poi d'improvviso spezzato dalla sua voce ...
Dov'è?! Ah, eccolo, lì, in alto, incasellato dentro il suo rettangolo ....
An almost brand new, never set out 2nd gen Turquoise Calsan Roto, with no wear on the wheels awaiting removal.
Downey, CA
March 8, 2016
🇬🇧 I just got an old Olympus E-300 in mint condition, along with a Zuiko 25mm 2.8 lens. I did it in search of that reminiscence of shooting with film, that cameras from the early 2000s still offered then. The famous color of its Kodak CCD sensor also made me go for it. I am not disappointed. This image is a RAW processed with Lightroom, WB auto and with the shadows a tiny bit lifted. It does not disappoint. I think I have found a wonderful toy.
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🇪🇸 Acabo de conseguir una vieja Olympus E-300 en perfecto estado, junto con un objetivo Zuiko 25mm 2.8. Lo hice en busca de esa experiencia cercana a disparar con película, que las cámaras de principios de los 2000s todavía ofrecían entonces. El famoso color de su sensor CCD de Kodak también me hizo ir a por ella. No estoy decepcionado. Esta imagen es un RAW procesado con Lightroom, WB automático y con las sombras un poquito levantadas. No decepciona. Creo que he encontrado un juguete maravilloso.
Manufactured when all 126s were Polish made, Italian production ceased in 1979.
Plenty of these still on the go in Italy, generally in better condition than 500s.
There's always something that gets me about snowplows. Was fascinated by them as a kid and that feeling really never left me. I remember lying in bed on winter nights and hearing the rumbling sound of the metal plow blade scraping along the road. In my mind I began to equate that sound with the possibility of staying home from school the following day. A great deal of hope and prayer went into wishing for snow days (and a great deal of disappointment often followed when school was not dismissed). Such is the lot of a kid. All these years later I still recall those early days as I lay in bed at night, hearing the state plows rumbling through the night. I watch as the as the brilliant strobe lights reflect off of the bedroom walls and ceilings, bright orange and green. I suppose it's a conditioned response, although any hope of a snow day is long, long gone. Every winter I try (and fail) to capture photos that convey a sense of the sentiment I carry for the plows. For me it's about how they work long corridors, back and forth, often in conditions that make most drivers want to stay home. But beyond that the sheer loneliness and monotony (not to mention enormity) of the job. Most people take them for granted but I'm still particularly keyed in, despite the passage of so many years. This photo comes about as close as any I've taken to capture this mood. I definitely wanted the head-on shot and with no other traffic in view, an almost impossible task. But one day while walking home from the village cemetery, I heard that distinctive rumble off in the distance. Suddenly the green and orange lights came into view. I just happened to be in perfect position for the shot, uphill looking down with the plow coming straight toward me. I zoomed in to compress the view, an effect heightened by the row of utility poles. There was not another vehicle in sight. It was just like being a kid again. The plow driver seemed amused at my excitement and the fact that he was being photographed. We exchanged waves as he went on his way.
Slowing to taxi speed during a winter landing. Notice the great condition of the runway. Provided by Logan's award winning snow removal team.
Engine 16 looks like it just came off the factory floor at Baldwin......can you tell it's over 100 years old?!? One can only dream of looking and moving as well as 16 at that age! The Baldwin-built Mikado pulled a morning Freight Train on both mornings of the 2023 Winter Spectacular and I was lucky enough to get a seat on the second day. I can't wait to spend a lot more time there in Rockhill PA, now that steam has returned to the region!
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Resulted in a good nights sleep
The bedroom was at 84.2 F an hour before bed time.
22.8 C from 29 C an hour before bed time.
Garden Village, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
The Tomato Pie is an upscale Italian Restaurant located in the heart of the Osborne St. Village in Winnipeg. The floors above appear to be apartment rentals from this image I took during the celebrations on July 1st this year when the street was closed for festival events.
And while the Tomato Pie is billed as a fun place to wine and dine, and it certainly is, I think the real fun probably takes place on the second floor.....just saying...:-)
Would you pay a little extra for a seat on the second floor.....lol,