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....with a difference. Vending machines are a bit thin on the ground around here so Ive had to be inventive yet again.
Today the We're Here group members are using vending machines
Camera .. Rittreck View
Lens .. Fuji Photo Optical 210mm Barrel lens
Film .. Arista Edu Ultra 100 5x7
Shutter Speed .. 8 sec
Apature .. F4.5
Machines & Macchiatos is run by the Sydney Machina Social Club in Sydney, New South Wales.
It's a modern motoring club, for all types of Machines, Vintage, Classics, Customs, Rods, Modern Exotics, Motorcycles & more. If you love Ford Mustangs, Porsche 911, Ford GTHO Falcons, Corvettes, Ferrari then head down.
www.sydneymachinasocialclub.org/
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The Churchill had a difficult birth in 1940, followed by a troubled development and nearly suffered a premature death in 1942 before maturing into a useful tank. Some specialised versions remained in service with the British Army until 1965.
The Churchill had its origins in the A20, designed by the shipbuilders, Harland & Wolff. This tank was intended to support infantry on a battlefield dominated by trench warfare. The prototype proved to be unsatisfactory when it appeared in February 1940.
The first production tanks, (Churchill Mark I), were delivered in June 1941. In some respects the design was old-fashioned with its wrap-round tracks and hull-mounted 3-inch gun. A small turret carried the British 2-pdr tank gun. More seriously, the new tank was very unreliable. However it carried very thick armour on the front of the hull. The new tanks were the first to be fitted with the Merritt-Brown gear box that provided controlled differential steering.
By 1942 the War Office had decided to abandon the Churchill because of its unreliability. A major effort by the manufacturers and the Army improved its reliability and the tank was reprieved after demonstrating its usefulness during the fighting in the hills of Tunisia in 1942-43. The first German Tiger I to be captured by the Allies was disabled in combat with Churchill tanks of 48th Royal Tank Regiment. This Tiger is now owned by the Tank Museum.
The Churchill design was extensively modified in 1942-43 and a new turret was fitted mounting the British 75mm tank gun. Although this gun was inferior to the German long 75mm and 88mm guns, with its thick armour the Churchill Mark VII, introduced in November 1943, became a useful tank. It served with British troops in North West Europe and Italy.
The Churchill was designed to fit within the British rail loading gauge. As a result the hull was too narrow to accommodate the larger turret needed to mount the British 17-pdr tank gun. Thus the Churchill VII was inadequately armed when compared to other late war tanks.
One of the Churchill’s strengths was its adaptability to specialised roles such as flame-throwing, bridge-laying and mine-clearing. It was especially useful as the basis of an armoured engineer vehicle, the Churchill AVRE, (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers). Many of the specialised vehicles were developed by the 79th Armoured Division and were known as ‘Hobart’s funnies’, after the Division’s commander, Major General P C S Hobart.
Churchill gun tanks disappeared from the British Army quite quickly after World War II, but a small number of gun tanks and Crocodiles served with 7 RTR in Korea in 1950-51. Post-war developments of the AVRE and bridge-laying tanks remained in service with the British Army until the 1960s. A few Churchill gun tanks lingered in service with the Indian, Irish and Jordanian armies until the late 1960s.
In all, 5,640 Churchill tanks were manufactured. Small numbers of 6-pdr armed Churchills were supplied to the Soviet Union in 1941-42. Churchills also served with the Canadian Army, taking part in the disastrous Dieppe raid in 1942.
The Tank Museum’s Churchill above is the last Mark VII to be built and came to the Museum straight from the factory, so it is effectively brand-new, with almost no mileage on the clock. It is modified as a Crocodile flame-thrower and is displayed in the markings of the 34th Armoured Brigade in Normandy in the summer of 1944.
We're down in Coney Island for the usual reasons: it's time to ride the Cyclone, and eat hot dogs and fries from Nathan's, and walk along the boardwalk - which is completely falling apart, what's up with that? - and to see Starshine Burlesque's installment of Burlesque on the Beach at the Freak Show.
As night falls, the landmark Parachute Jump is a skeletal dark tower by the sea. It's painted bright red, but you wouldn't know that in this light.
MGK is open about his use of cannabis and he has claimed in many interviews that he smokes daily, describing it as a "source of happiness and a way people can feel a little more love" He has frequently mentioned cannabis references within sources of his music and rap persona, making it a forefront of both his rap and personal character
c/n 60
Built 1912 by Rumpler in Germany
The Taube was the first military aeroplane to be mass-produced in Germany, although it was designed and originally produced by Austrian Igo Etrich. Some 70 were built in total.
This floatplane example became the last genuine Taube to fly under its own power, in June 1922, when it celebrated the tenth anniversary of its own first flight.
After a long period in storage, it is now on display in a controlled environment as part of the Flysamlingen Forsvarets Museer (Norwegian Armed Forces Aircraft Collection).
Oslo Gardermoen, Norway.
26th May 2019
The following information is from the museum website:-
On April 19, 1912, the newspapers wrote that Swedish Lieutenant Dahlbeck would come to Norway and fly. Among other things, he would fly over the Navy's main base Karljohansvern in Horten. Some marine officers in Horten liked this badly just seven years after the dissolution of the union with Sweden. They decided to do something about the case and that same night, Premier Løitnant Hans F. Dons went to Germany to learn how to fly.
Soon after, officers began raising money for the purchase of planes and to cover the Dons' education. Several conditions meant that this education did not go so well, but planes were purchased and after ten trips with an instructor and three on their own, dons returned to Norway at the end of May without a certificate. However, there was no major obstacle at the time.
In Germany, dons bought a plane, a Taube with building number 60, for funds collected by the Norwegian naval officers, most of them his colleagues on the submarine "Kobben". The aircraft was shipped to Horten, where it arrived on May 28, 1912. After installation, the machine was given the name "Start".
On June 1, 1912, a historic event took place; first official Norwegian flight with a Norwegian pilot a Norwegian plane in Norway. After some flights, the machine was transferred to the Ministry of Defence on July 31, 1912, with effect from August 1 and under the condition of it to be used by the Navy. It was thereby the first military aircraft in Norway.
"Start" crashed several times during the service but was rebuilt. After an extensive crash on August 26, 1915, "Start" flew only once, on June 1, 1922 in connection with the tenth anniversary of the first flight.
The aircraft type was constructed by Austrian Igor Etrich, and the aircraft collection's copy is built under license by German Rumpler Luftfahrzeugbau GmbH in Johannisthal near Berlin. It first flew May 15, 1912. The first Taube flew in 1910, and until 1913 Rumpler built about 70 Taube in several varieties.
Taube set several records and attracted attention in much of Europe. The type was adopted by German Fliegertruppen des deutschen Kaiserreiches as reconnaissance aircraft and was in service at the outbreak of the First World War.
After many years of storage, "Start" was restored to Norwegian flight's 50th anniversary in 1962. It was then exhibited for many years in the Norwegian Technical Museum in Oslo before arriving at the Air Collection in the autumn of 2001. "Start" is now on display in the museum's special climate zone.”
First sketches and models for the Time Machine, a new interactive art project created by Pataphysical Studios.
In this brainstorm session, each team member sketched out their own ideas, then discussed them with the group, to design our upcoming time travel experience together.
Next, we plan to create a composite design with some of these ideas, to integrate them into a single blueprint.
To be continued ...
View more 'Pataphysical photos: www.flickr.com/photos/fabola/albums/72157623637793277
View our Time Machine slides:
docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Y-0SCKxvIOaM8wnz6h9TRl1Ek...
View more Time Machine photos:
www.flickr.com/photos/fabola/albums/72157659761749014
Learn more about Pataphysical Studios: pataphysics.us/
Pataphysical Studios is building a Time Machine for our next art exhibit. On a balmy spring afternoon, Drs. Rindbrain and Fabio created more visualizations of what the Time Machine might look like.
We sketched out several ideas for the inside and outside walls, for discussion purposes. On each side of the main screen, we designed round portholes through which we could interact with our guests -- or show scenes from the past or future. Behind each porthole would be a magic box that could feature artifacts from distant times -- or the head of a historical figure, projected onto a ‘life cast’. The rest of the inside walls would be used for other interactive artworks such as the Crazy Clock, which sings quotes about time when you press its big green button.
On the outside walls, we sketched out a Face Box that you could stick your head in to get your picture taken. It would include an Infinity Mirror made of LED strips cycling through the colors of the rainbow, with a camera at the end of this light tunnel. We also sketched out where time wonderboxes could be placed on the side walls, proposing that the left wall focus on the past and the right wall on the future. A graphic timeline across both walls could support that idea.
It was a productive meeting and we look forward to presenting these ideas to our fellow doctors at the next Time Machine meeting.
Fire in the hole!
View more Time Machine photos:
www.flickr.com/photos/fabola/albums/72157659761749014
See our brainstorm notes for the Time Machine:
docs.google.com/document/d/1rM9kjOu83Qewh1HwaA2nkzbGdmHb9...
Here’s our overview for the Crazy Clock:
docs.google.com/document/d/18h8uK5v-H3fvonbvJaTYOyvuiDDfv...
View more 'Pataphysical photos: www.flickr.com/photos/fabola/albums/72157623637793277
Learn about Pataphysical Studios: pataphysics.us/
Pataphysical Studios is building a Time Machine for our next art exhibit. On a balmy spring afternoon, Drs. Rindbrain and Fabio created more visualizations of what the Time Machine might look like.
We sketched out several ideas for the inside and outside walls, for discussion purposes. On each side of the main screen, we designed round portholes through which we could interact with our guests -- or show scenes from the past or future. Behind each porthole would be a magic box that could feature artifacts from distant times -- or the head of a historical figure, projected onto a ‘life cast’. The rest of the inside walls would be used for other interactive artworks such as the Crazy Clock, which sings quotes about time when you press its big green button.
On the outside walls, we sketched out a Face Box that you could stick your head in to get your picture taken. It would include an Infinity Mirror made of LED strips cycling through the colors of the rainbow, with a camera at the end of this light tunnel. We also sketched out where time wonderboxes could be placed on the side walls, proposing that the left wall focus on the past and the right wall on the future. A graphic timeline across both walls could support that idea.
It was a productive meeting and we look forward to presenting these ideas to our fellow doctors at the next Time Machine meeting.
Fire in the hole!
View more Time Machine photos:
www.flickr.com/photos/fabola/albums/72157659761749014
See our brainstorm notes for the Time Machine:
docs.google.com/document/d/1rM9kjOu83Qewh1HwaA2nkzbGdmHb9...
Here’s our overview for the Crazy Clock:
docs.google.com/document/d/18h8uK5v-H3fvonbvJaTYOyvuiDDfv...
View more 'Pataphysical photos: www.flickr.com/photos/fabola/albums/72157623637793277
Learn about Pataphysical Studios: pataphysics.us/
The Postcard
A postcard bearing no publisher's name that was posted in Bognor on Thursday the 22nd. September 1904 to:
Miss G. Moore,
c/o Mrs. Tanner,
Royal William Yard,
Stonehouse,
Devon.
The brief message on the divided back was as follows:
"just arrived here.
A lovely stay.
With love,
N."
The Bathing Machine
Note the bathing machines on the beach.
The bathing machine is a Victorian device that declined in popularity in the first decade of the 20th. century when mixed gender bathing became acceptable.
The machine allowed people (especially women) to enter the water without being seen in their bathing costume by the opposite sex. How times have changed!
There are two modern close-up coloured views of a preserved bathing machine on the pepandtim photostream - if you do a tags search, the codes 54BML98 and 34EAS32 will get you there.
Bognor Regis
Bognor Regis is a seaside resort in West Sussex on the south coast of England, 55.5 miles (89 km) south-west of London.
The resort was developed by Sir Richard Hotham in the late 18th. century on what was a sandy, undeveloped coastline. It has been claimed that Hotham and his new resort are portrayed in Jane Austen's unfinished novel Sanditon.
The resort grew slowly in the first half of the 19th. century, but grew rapidly following the coming of the railway in 1864.
In 1929 the area was chosen by advisers as a suitable place for King George V to recuperate, which led to its regal suffix, by royal consent.
Butlin's has been present in the town since the early 1930's when an amusement park and zoo were opened. A holiday camp followed in 1960, and this has more recently moved towards hotel accommodation with modern amenities.
The First Female Flight Attendant
So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?
Well, on the 22nd. September 1904, Ellen Church was born in Cresco, Iowa. She became the first female flight attendant.
After graduating from Cresco High School, Church studied nursing, and worked in a San Francisco hospital. She was a pilot as well as a registered nurse.
Steve Stimpson, the manager of the San Francisco office of Boeing Air Transport (BAT), would not hire her as a pilot, but did pass along her suggestion to put nurses on board aeroplanes to calm the public's fear of flying.
In 1930, BAT hired Church as head stewardess, and she recruited seven others for a three-month trial period.
The stewardesses, or 'Sky Girls' as BAT called them, had to be registered nurses, 'Single, younger than 25 years old; weigh less than 115 pounds [52 kg]; and stand less than 5 feet, 4 inches tall [1.63 m]'.
In addition to attending to the passengers, they were expected to, when necessary, help with hauling luggage, fuelling and assisting pilots to push the aircraft into hangars. However, the salary was good at $125 a month.
Church became the first stewardess to fly. On the 15th. May 1930, she embarked on a Boeing 80A for a 20-hour flight from Oakland/San Francisco to Chicago, with 13 stops and 14 passengers.
Death of Ellen Church
The innovation was a resounding success - the other airlines followed BAT's example over the next few years, but an injury from an automobile accident terminated Church's career after 18 months.
A horse riding accident ended her life on the 22nd. August 1965.
Machine Man / Heft-Reihe
cover: John Byrne, Steve Ditko
> The Man Who Could Walk Through Walls
(art: Steve Ditko)
Marvel Comics Group / USA 1980
ex libris MTP
After noticing my War Machine didn't have matching armor to the movie, and mt Iron Man's armor fell apart I made new ones. The armor is made out of sculpy. it was painted by me. The Iron man is based off of the Mark III; correct me if I'm wrong. the sculpy is in the shape of a triangle, bit the LED is not :(.
1. little red riding hood sewing machine cover!!, 2. Sewing Machine Cover, 3. My Cloudy Sewing Machine Cover :) [EXPLORED], 4. Pokrowiec na maszynę- przód, 5. sewing table - handmade accessories, 6. Sewing Machine Cover, 7. Urban swap ready to mail, 8. Sewing machine cover - back side, 9. www.flickr.com/photos/rosaechocolat/4971731970/
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I shot the opening of a new Art-O-Mat machine in Michigan on March 15th. This one in Ferndale at Detroit Comics.
Art-O-Mat is a ver cool concept. An old cigarette machine gets repurposed to distribute small pieces of art for $5 a piece. You might get a painting, or a sculpture. All kinds of fun stuff. Check it out here:
Naberius - great sword
trying to summon su/on but keeps failing at every turn. monotone and very irritated. grants increase to all professions. found by [glitched out religious security robot]. currently in a pact with cocofish.
Some kind of machine gun I suppose; not really sure what caliber or model. Looks a bit eerie, doesn't it? Like something out of the Saw franchise. I'm sure Jigsaw would put this unrelenting firepower to good use.
Ose - dual axe kusarigama
snarky but wise. inflicts delirium on enemies. the longer Ose is in combat, the stronger the effect. currently in possession of the scrapy pirate vorox girl.