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December 24th, 2012
The cool evening breeze blew gently down the now quiet high street. The people of Denver were finishing up their late-minute Christmas shopping, rushing to get the best deals and cheapest gift vouchers for their supposed loved ones.
In all the madness, one man walked calmly through the crowds of people.
This man was Dr. Saul Erdel, a brilliant scientist who worked in a private laboratory just outside of the city.
As he wandered aimlessly down the street, he thought to himself what exactly he was going to do this Christmas.
As he thought to himself, he came up to a quiet clothes shop front and gazed into the window.
The fancy suits positioned in the ever so slightly grimy window caught his eye first. Saul walked up to the window and sighed.
He wished he could afford something decent to wear. Unfortunately, his career choice did not make him enough money to spend on luxuries, in fact, it barley gave him enough to afford the basic essentials. That also meant no fancy bird for tomorrow's Christmas meal.
Even the promised festive discount in the window was not lenient enough for him to afford something nice to wear.
He let out a sigh, and continued to make his way down the street towards the local grocery store.
When he arrived at the store, the smell of the freshly cleaned floor hit him first.
He made his way down the narrow aisles and gathered the supplies he needed. Now fully stocked up, he wandered over to the checkout and picked up a newspaper.
"Will that be all, sir?"
He looked up at the man behind the counter and smiled.
"Yes, thank you."
The cashier scanned everything through, and placed it in a weak plastic bag.
"That'll be five twenty-five, please."
Saul sighed and looked up.
"Oh, damn. Could you make it four? I'm a little short on cash at the moment?"
The cashier frowned and shook his head.
"No, I'm sorry my friend. No can do."
Saul sighed and nodded.
"Okay. I guess I'll leave the tins."
The cashier re-scanned the items, now without the tins of boring, conventional rubbish of beans and sweet corn, and Saul paid the correct price.
When he arrived home, he stood outside the front of his apartment door and searched his pockets for his keys.
After a few seconds of flustered searching, he found his keys, opened the door and dropped his shopping bag in his small kitchenette.
He made himself a cold chicken sandwich and crashed on the small armchair in front of the TV.
He looked over his shoulder at the time.
Nine thirty.
He grabbed the remote off one of the chair's arms and flicked through the various festive shows and movies. After a few minutes of searching for something decent to watch, he felt his eyes getting heavier, and eventually, he fell into a deep sleep.
After about an hour, Saul awoke. He turned the TV off, and wandered over to a beaten-up chest of drawers.
He picked up a dusty picture frame and used his sleeve to wipe the murky glass.
The picture was of his wife, Tracy. It was taken on their wedding day, roughly thirty years ago.
She had died a few years back, after a hard battle with cancer.
He'd loved her very much, and wished he could spend just one more Christmas with her again.
Sighing, he realised how lonely he was.
He had no friends, his parents had both passed away years ago and he had no family living nearby.
Unable to sleep, he grabbed his coat and headed downstairs to his car.
The dark night sky welcomed him outside, partly lit with the orange glow from the centre of the city.
He climbed into his car, turned the key and headed out of the car park and off to his lab.
He used to be an astrophysicist back in his day, but now he privately worked on various different experiments, each one as big a failure as the last.
He hadn't told anyone (not that there was anyone to tell) about his latest project. He knew that if it did become something that resembled a success, the government would come knocking.
He parked up outside, and hurried into the lab.
Turning the bright, blinking lights on, he made his way into one of the main rooms and put his grimy white lab coat on.
He pulled up a tatty blue chair and sat at his desk, computer monitors blinking on front of him.
He had constructed a large, glass cylinder with fancy looking machinery around it. Thick electrical wires hung around the room, gently buzzing with energy. He picked up a Dictaphone, and started to speak into it.
"This is Doctor Saul Erdel, commencing experiment number one hundred and nine to find extra-terrestrial life."
He put the Dictaphone down, plugged some numbers into the computer monitor, and activated the machine.
A loud buzzing filled the air, followed by a loud puff of displaced air. A cloud of mist filled the glass cylinder, and after a few moments had passed, Saul deactivated the machine and picked up the Dictaphone.
"Attempt number one hundred and nine has shown no results."
He continued to turn on the machine for another few hours, with disappointing results.
He scribbled every unsuccessful test down on a piece of paper, until the floor at his feet was covered with scraps of badly torn paper covered in scruffy handwriting.
After running out of notes to record his useless experiments down on, he sighed heavily and banged his head against the desk.
"Merry Christmas, Saul."
He kept his head on the table, and eventually fell into a deep sleep.
One day he'd find something, he thought to himself. And maybe, just maybe, that day his loneliness would end.
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Well, here's my Christmas MM issue. Granted, it's not completely Christmassy, but I wanted to focus a bit on Saul's background.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it, and be sure to comment if you favourite.
Merry Christmas!
Also, fun fact: The lighting used in the second panel was actually the video below on my phone :P
The paint scheme, more than 75 lights, and its past role as a flying laboratory make this Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor unique.
Grimes Manufacturing Company was a pioneer in aircraft lighting. From the 1960s to the 1980s the company used this aircraft as its Flying Laboratory to test and demonstrate aircraft lighting. In 1973 the red, white, and blue paint scheme was applied. After being sold to another owner in 1986, the aircraft was damaged in an accident and fell into disrepair. In 1999, it was purchased again by Grimes and restored. The restoration was completed in 2008. The non-profit Grimes Flying Lab Foundation acquired the aircraft in 2003 and continues to operate it from Grimes Field in Urbana, Ohio.
This aircraft was built in 1944 as a C-45F Expeditor (44-47145), the military version of the Beechcraft Model 18 Twin Beech. The United States Army Air Force used it as a trainer. In 1953 it was re-manufactured as a C-45H for the United States Air Force.
Seen at Aerospace & Natural Science Academy of Toledo Open House and Aviation Expo.
In my lab.
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This was the former Laboratory Building for Clark Equipment. This corner of the building was used as a display room for the company's products.
Photographed using a Sony A7R using a PC Nikkor 28mm f/3.5 shift lens. The builtin level makes composing shift lens photos hand held easy. This one could be a bit sharper, but that is on account of a fault of a loose adapter. I am getting a Novoflex adapter as many of today's photos were ruined by an adapter which added unwanted tilt.
What an epic little place this is, the heat from the furnaces and the humming of transformers throughout!
Keighley Laboratories date back to 1920 making the site 102 years of age to the day of writing, not too much seems to have changed in here since the 1940's including the oil-fired furnace pictured here. The site specializes in heat treatment services and metallurgical research, which probably explains why she's fitted with new furnaces in the 1940's, possibly part of the war effort? Upon our visit only two workers where present on the night shift, making it feel a little eerie throughout the aging melt shop whilst in full flow! At the time they were heat treating a set of large marine diesel engine crankshafts.
The furnace pictured is a late 1930's oil-fired machine of the Incandecent Heat Company, Smethwick, Birmingham.
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practical chemistry acid-base titration demo (online teaching during covid-19 pandemic)
the day-job series :-)
camera - desktop PC camera.
Taken at the abandoned Sandos pharmaceutical plant
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A collection of books, artefacts & curiosities from all over the place! The usual suspects - Sideshow, dollhouse stuff, McFarlane toys, Mononofu and also parts from Mezco's wonderful Control Room Nemo set. There's even a vintage Capt. Scarlett gold bullion crate in there!
Tutkimustyötä tavaraopin ja kemian opetuksen tiloissa.
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My custom "Bride" minifig... >:D
Head & Hands - Oola (Star Wars)
Body - Marauder's Map Statue (Harry Potter)
Hair - Royal Guard Minifig (Series 5) - Her streaks are done in photoshop but I will be painting them on. This was a test run to see how it will look... as I wasn't sure about that royal guard hat. Buts its going to be pretty awesome! Lol!
Quinta da Regaleira
Sintra, Portugal
Quinta da Regaleira is an estate located near the historic center of Sintra, Portugal. It is classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO within the "Cultural Landscape of Sintra". Along with other palaces in this area (such as the Pena, Monserrate and Seteais palaces), it is one of the principal tourist attractions of Sintra. It consists of a romantic palace and chapel, and a luxurious park featuring lakes, grottoes, wells, benches, fountains, and a vast array of exquisite constructions. The palace is also known as "Palace of Monteiro the Millionaire", from the nickname of its first owner, António Augusto Carvalho Monteiro.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinta_da_Regaleira
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O Palácio da Regaleira é o edifício principal e o nome mais comum da Quinta da Regaleira. Também é designado Palácio do Monteiro dos Milhões, denominação esta associada à alcunha do seu primeiro proprietário, António Augusto Carvalho Monteiro. O palácio está situado na encosta da serra e a escassa distância do Centro Histórico de Sintra estando classificado como Imóvel de Interesse Público desde 2002.
Carvalho Monteiro, pelo traço do arquitecto italiano Luigi Manini, dá à quinta de 4 hectares, o palácio, rodeado de luxuriantes jardins, lagos, grutas e construções enigmáticas, lugares estes que ocultam significados alquímicos, como os evocados pela Maçonaria, Templários e Rosa-cruz. Modela o espaço em traçados mistos, que evocam a arquitectura românica, gótica, renascentista e manuelina.
pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinta_da_Regaleira
20100918_7D_IMG_2311_Regaleira
Quinta da Regaleira
Sintra, Portugal
Quinta da Regaleira is an estate located near the historic center of Sintra, Portugal. It is classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO within the "Cultural Landscape of Sintra". Along with other palaces in this area (such as the Pena, Monserrate and Seteais palaces), it is one of the principal tourist attractions of Sintra. It consists of a romantic palace and chapel, and a luxurious park featuring lakes, grottoes, wells, benches, fountains, and a vast array of exquisite constructions. The palace is also known as "Palace of Monteiro the Millionaire", from the nickname of its first owner, António Augusto Carvalho Monteiro.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinta_da_Regaleira
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O Palácio da Regaleira é o edifício principal e o nome mais comum da Quinta da Regaleira. Também é designado Palácio do Monteiro dos Milhões, denominação esta associada à alcunha do seu primeiro proprietário, António Augusto Carvalho Monteiro. O palácio está situado na encosta da serra e a escassa distância do Centro Histórico de Sintra estando classificado como Imóvel de Interesse Público desde 2002.
Carvalho Monteiro, pelo traço do arquitecto italiano Luigi Manini, dá à quinta de 4 hectares, o palácio, rodeado de luxuriantes jardins, lagos, grutas e construções enigmáticas, lugares estes que ocultam significados alquímicos, como os evocados pela Maçonaria, Templários e Rosa-cruz. Modela o espaço em traçados mistos, que evocam a arquitectura românica, gótica, renascentista e manuelina.
pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinta_da_Regaleira
20100918_7D_IMG_2309_Regaleira