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English bath, Italian toilet and hand basin, German tiles.
The tiles are from Villeroy & Boch - big problem. See there are three shades of grey in the border? We ordered light grey tiles for above the border, mid grey tiles for below the border and dark grey for the floor. When they were delivered the shade of the mid grey ones made them almost identical to the light grey. To cut a very long and protracted story short V&B were totally unhelpful and finally we ordered more of the light grey.
All this was why I took few photos a couple of months ago. I have no excuse now other than I soon will start on the downstairs toilet / utility room.
Had noticed that the low beam on drivers side was just about to to give up the ghost.
So today I drove down to the local auto shop to buy a replacement globe.
Instructions on how to remove globe.
Buy 9 inch angle grinder and two cut off discs. Mark line from just under windshield to back of wheel-arch. Across bonnet to centre, then straight down to grill and continue through front engine mount. Remove offending obstacles
Replace bulb!
What was the design engineer thinking, five years at university wasted!
Two wiring harnesses, one fuse box and a bloody engine coolant stork in the way. One screw on water tight cap. One metal clip to hold globe in place, and wiring connection to remove.
A pair of glasses that don't let the wearer focus closer than 20 foot away, kept falling of the head as I was doubled over. Two bloody great big mits that could not hold on to the items and then perform the tasks to remove them.
By now you get the picture that this was not a five minute job!
Got the globe connected to the wiring connection. Thought I would try first to see if the globe works before trying to install everything.
By the time I walked from the drivers door to front of car. A inferno had erupted and I could hear distant sirens from approaching fire engines.
The globe had come to rest against a plastic sheath protecting wiring. I tried to get to the globe to remove it. Third degree burns to two fingers! Managed to grab hold of it by only place one could touch it. Ok .... now how do I turn the lights off. Just as well I'm a old fashioned guy that still carries a cotton handkerchief. Placed item between globe and plastic components ...... ran like hell to turn lights off before rest of car burns.
This globe is so powerful that one could cook a baked dinner for a party of six in under four minutes.
Had 80 thousand people queued behind me thinking they were entering a stadium to watch a night game of football.
Scientists were pointing their telescopes in my direction thinking a new star had been born.
It would have been quicker to trade the car in and buy a new one!
Concentration Camp Mauthausen / KZ Mauthausen - Oberösterreich / Upper Austria - Österreich / Austria
This photo was taken in London's Parliament Square on Monday 20 February 2017 during a protest against the proposed state visit of American president Donald Trump to Britiain.
Thousands of protesters armed with placards filled most of the square as British MPs debated president Trump's visit in the House of Commons. They were rallying to demand that the government repudiate his shameful racist, sexist and imperialist policies and revoke his state invitation as a guest of the Queen. Many also expressed the wish that the British government itself should do far more to help desparate refugees and ease the conditions within the UK for asylum seekers .
1.8 million people have already signed an online petition asking the government to rescind the offer of a state visit. Labour MP Paul Flynn condemned it as “terribly wrong” and the speaker of the British parliament John Bercow had already stated his view that if he was allowed to address parliament we would be effectively endorsing his extremely divisive views on women and Muslims.
In contrast Foreign Office minister Alan Duncan was defiant arguing that Britain should "use all the tools at its disposal to build common ground" with America's extreme right wing president who, if invited on a state visit, would only be the third US president to be so honoured since 1952.
Former Foreign Secretary, William Hague, couldn't understand the fuss. The queen was, he argued in the Daily Telegraph, used to meeting some of the world's bloodiest tyrants, "such as presidents Mobutu of Zaire and Caeucescu of Romania" and seemed to imply there was no need to improve our ethical standards now.
By 6 pm approximately five thousand angry protesters had gathered and the police had to close part of the square to traffic.
Among the most frequent chants heard were "May shame on you", "dump Trump", "build bridges not walls" and "refugees are welcome here". However for the most part people quietly listened to the speakers who included Owen Jones, Green MP Caroline Lucas, Labour MP Naz Shah, the SNP's Carol Monaghan and Shadow home secretary Diane Abbot who told the crowd that Trump
"was supported in his presidential campaign by white supremacists. Even in the first weeks of his presidency, he had had a visceral anti-immigrant line.We hear that he has been invited for state visit. Whatever you think, a state visit is meant to be an honour. I would say that Donald Trump has done nothing to be honoured for."
Owen Jones called for continued solidarity with immigrants and refugees and was optimistic tolerance would win out over bigotry
"The racists and the fascists have been defeated before," he told the crowd, "and we will defeat them again".
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Students at Roosevelt High School in Des Moines join countless peers across the country in staging a school walkout to protest gun violence. The event featured a student gospel choir, a spoken word poet, and a call to action for students to contact their elected officials.
Close The Camps!
San Francisco
July 2, 2019
What started as a passionate rally across from Senator Dianne Feinstein's office, grew quickly (and I sense unexpectedly) into a spontaneous blockade of Market Street at lunchtime with over 1000 people, disgusted by US cruelty at the border, calling to immediately CLOSE THE CAMPS!! Two hours later, after a march down the center of Market Street and another street blockade, the rally ended outside the office of Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi. #closethecamps
Tonight at Vilas Park Lagoon, 7:00-9:00, lanterns launched at dusk (enter from Edgewood Ave.) Today is the 70th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. It's important to remember, because when we forget the tragic events of the past we often repeat them. One nuclear weapon is too many, and the world has thousands. The observance tonight is one way of saying "Never Again!"
Miriam Borenstein was researching her parents, but Museum researcher Steve Vitto was able to provide her with something more: her birth certificate, which she had never seen before. Read more about this amazing story: neveragain.ushmm.org/news/entry/seeing-a-birth-certificat...
Marco Zarfati, son of Holocaust survivor Renato Zarfati, addresses the crowd assembled for the Tribute to Survivors and Veterans at the Boca Raton tour stop, 9 December 2012.
Read more about Zarfati's role in the ceremony: neveragain.ushmm.org/news/entry/paying-tribute-to-holocau...
Museum curators evaluated this postcard, sent after the war and shared with the Museum in Boca Raton, 9 December 2012.
Read more about the collections seen and acquired by the Museum during the tour stop: neveragain.ushmm.org/news/entry/dozens-of-collections-don...
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november 17, 2012
there is a reason i don't date men. i consider myself a lesbian because i prefer women. but every five years or so a guy will catch my interest especially after a series of failed relationships... but it always just reinforces the fact that i can't be with men. i become this needy, insecure GIRL that i hate. why did i do this to myself again? ARGH. i hate boys. meh.
♥
stephanie
day 17 of 30 days of gratitude:
i am grateful that my brother is still alive. today is his 28th birthday so i figured i'd be grateful for him today. :o/ we are complete opposite human beings... happy birthday brother.
Thousands of protesters armed with placards filled most of Whitehall outside Downing Street. They were rallying to demand that prime minister Theresa May repudiate Donald Trump's shameful blanket entry ban on all Syrian, Iraqi, Somali, Yemeni, Iranian, Sudanese and Libyan nationals for the next 90 days as well as the indefinite ban on all Syrian refugees.
Some also demanded that his planned state visit as a guest of the queen be revoked and that the British government also take decisive action to help desparate refugees and ease the conditions within the UK for asylum seekers.
An estimated ten thousand gathered outside Downing Street including human rights activist Peter Tatchel, former England striker Gary Lineker and singer Lily Allen.
Among the most frequent chants heard were "May shame on you", "dump Trump", "build bridges not walls" and "refugees are welcome here". Protesters pointed out that all the countries effected were Muslim majority nations and yet none of the countries targeted had any nationals implicated in any recent terrorist attack within the United States.
Ironically it is US foreign policy in the Middle East, including years of bombing and support for regional dictators that is one of the main causes of the current refugee crisis.
This photo was taken by a United States Navy Reconnaissance pilot exactly 68 years ago,
one day after the plutonium bomb "Fat Man" destroyed the city in less than one second.
My friend Jonathan Duffy who lives in Arizona found it at an antique shop and mailed it to
me last year. I'm a history buff and obsess over WWII artifacts so I find it to be an amazing
piece of history. In the lower left you can see the photographer's notes that are written on
the back of the photograph in ball point pen with dark blue ink.
Close The Camps!
San Francisco
July 2, 2019
What started as a passionate rally across from Senator Dianne Feinstein's office, grew quickly (and I sense unexpectedly) into a spontaneous blockade of Market Street at lunchtime with over 1000 people, disgusted by US cruelty at the border, calling to immediately CLOSE THE CAMPS!! Two hours later, after a march down the center of Market Street and another street blockade, the rally ended outside the office of Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi. #closethecamps
Thousands of protesters armed with placards filled most of Whitehall outside Downing Street. They were rallying to demand that prime minister Theresa May repudiate Donald Trump's shameful blanket entry ban on all Syrian, Iraqi, Somali, Yemeni, Iranian, Sudanese and Libyan nationals for the next 90 days as well as the indefinite ban on all Syrian refugees.
Some also demanded that his planned state visit as a guest of the queen be revoked and that the British government also take decisive action to help desparate refugees and ease the conditions within the UK for asylum seekers.
An estimated ten thousand gathered outside Downing Street including human rights activist Peter Tatchel, former England striker Gary Lineker and singer Lily Allen.
Among the most frequent chants heard were "May shame on you", "dump Trump", "build bridges not walls" and "refugees are welcome here". Protesters pointed out that all the countries effected were Muslim majority nations and yet none of the countries targeted had any nationals implicated in any recent terrorist attack within the United States.
Ironically it is US foreign policy in the Middle East, including years of bombing and support for regional dictators that is one of the main causes of the current refugee crisis.
The End, and it's great that all my close friends and family could be here this evening to share it.
First of all - I BLOODY DID IT!!
This is my 3rd and now final attempt at completing the 365 project (two previous attempts right here for the curious) and it's been a little weight on my shoulders since February 8th 2007.
It's been tough, and there's no way I would've completed it without an acceptance that this time round the general photographic quality would not be up to my normal standards. The pressure I applied to myself on the previous two attempts to maintain a level of quality and creativity was the key reason I failed before. That thought will remain my top tip to anybody attempting this, alongside getting a decent cameraphone!
Given that this is the end of an era, I thought I'd do a couple of things before signing off.
Firstly, a summary of this year in numbers
- 8,765.81277 Hours
- 525,948.766 Minutes
- 31,556,926 Seconds
- 1 Broken leg
- 1 Broken arm
- 1 Royal Wedding party
- 1 Trip to court
- 1 Wedding (non-Royal)
- 1 New bathroom
- 1 New car
- 1 New pair of glasses (less Fabio, I think)
- 2 Cars sold
- 5 Months living with the Mother in Law
- 15 Bath Rugby matches
- 671 photos uploaded to Flickr
- 365 365 photos.
Lastly, my top 10 favourite pictures from all 3 attempts - a nice way to remember that tucked away, there were some decent ones, or at least, ones attached to a special memory or two. You'll see those in the comments.
There it is then. Done. Hopefully, the general quality of my timeline will improve.
Thaks for watching!
Andy
The Boston event began at 9AM in Roxbury at the Madison Park Technical & Vocational High School, from where students and supporters marched down Columbus Ave through Boston's South End to Park Square, ending on Boston Common for a massive rally. While police estimated that 50,000 people marched, that doesn't include the many thousands who lined the march route, held signs, and cheered on the marchers, or the many people who attended the rally on Boston Common but did not march. Organizers estimated that more than 100,000 people marched and rallied on Boston Common, which is easy to believe seeing photos of the event.
#marchforourlives #marchforourlivesboston
"Torture, never again" a monument, in Recife, Brasil.
"Tortura nunca mais" - Recife, Brasil.
Um monumento ao mesmo tempo triste e bonito.
A sad, and yet beautiful monument.
Your Complacency Kills Us is a temporary exhibit created by Parkland survivors on 3/26/19 on the Capitol grounds.
There used to be a box from the soil pipe box to the end of the previous, shorter bath. A toilet and cistern were against that box. I thought that was daft and planned what you see above. We found an Italian toilet with a square cistern and ordered it. The day before it was to be delivered I started work and took out the box... only to find that the soil pipe went across at 45 degrees inside the box because downstairs the soil pipe was in a different vertical position. I then spent the best part of a week trying different soil pipe connectors to get the soil pipe to fit without being seen. I was not a happy bunny then but am now as I sorted it.
Captured as they flew over weston super mare as part of their farewll flypast, escorted by a Merlin.
(Dueodde, Bornholm, Denmark)
A totally different aspect of this island; showing that it always has been hard-fought because of its location, which made it interesting for all those sailing eastwards/being interested in expanding their dominion towards the the East:
Hidden in the forest of beautiful Dueodde, right next to summer houses, one can find the ruins of the two gun batteries Bornholm Süd, which were constructed by the German Wehrmacht from 1940, but closed down unfinished in 1941, when the soldiers were transferred to Kristiansand (Norway) to build the battery Vara.
More info:
Dueodde: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dueodde
batteries (in German): www.bornholm-ferien.de/bunker-bornholm.php
Thousands of protesters armed with placards filled most of Whitehall outside Downing Street. They were rallying to demand that prime minister Theresa May repudiate Donald Trump's shameful blanket entry ban on all Syrian, Iraqi, Somali, Yemeni, Iranian, Sudanese and Libyan nationals for the next 90 days as well as the indefinite ban on all Syrian refugees.
Some also demanded that his planned state visit as a guest of the queen be revoked and that the British government also take decisive action to help desparate refugees and ease the conditions within the UK for asylum seekers.
An estimated ten thousand gathered outside Downing Street including human rights activist Peter Tatchel, former England striker Gary Lineker and singer Lily Allen.
Among the most frequent chants heard were "May shame on you", "dump Trump", "build bridges not walls" and "refugees are welcome here". Protesters pointed out that all the countries effected were Muslim majority nations and yet none of the countries targeted had any nationals implicated in any recent terrorist attack within the United States.
Ironically it is US foreign policy in the Middle East, including years of bombing and support for regional dictators that is one of the main causes of the current refugee crisis.
Thousands of protesters armed with placards filled most of Whitehall outside Downing Street. They were rallying to demand that prime minister Theresa May repudiate Donald Trump's shameful blanket entry ban on all Syrian, Iraqi, Somali, Yemeni, Iranian, Sudanese and Libyan nationals for the next 90 days as well as the indefinite ban on all Syrian refugees.
Some also demanded that his planned state visit as a guest of the queen be revoked and that the British government also take decisive action to help desparate refugees and ease the conditions within the UK for asylum seekers.
An estimated ten thousand gathered outside Downing Street including human rights activist Peter Tatchel, former England striker Gary Lineker and singer Lily Allen.
Among the most frequent chants heard were "May shame on you", "dump Trump", "build bridges not walls" and "refugees are welcome here". Protesters pointed out that all the countries effected were Muslim majority nations and yet none of the countries targeted had any nationals implicated in any recent terrorist attack within the United States.
Ironically it is US foreign policy in the Middle East, including years of bombing and support for regional dictators that is one of the main causes of the current refugee crisis.
Compassion Has No Walls: Mend the Past, Transform the Future
July 12, 2019
Rally in front of the San Francisco ICE field office.
Native woman Kim DeOcampo from the Tuolumne and Yosemite Miwok, stands "in solidarity with our indigenous sisters and brothers from the southern hemisphere of Turtle Island... those who live on the other side of the manufactured border." “I am traumatized by the pain that my African and Native ancestors had to go through when our families were ripped apart by slavery, kidnapping, extermination policies, and enduring boarding schools that stole our children.” “No more stolen families. Sanctuary for our children. All life is sacred.”
From rally organizers: "We resist the detention of immigrant children in concentration camps, like what was done in the past to Jewish communities, indigenous communities, and Japanese and Japanese Americans during World War II. We stand with members of the Japanese American community who are calling for the closing of all detention centers: "Never Again Is Now.""
Her sign says: "This isn't right or left, it's life or death."
With the Boston Area Band of Activist Musicians (BABAM)
The Boston event began at 9AM in Roxbury at the Madison Park Technical & Vocational High School, from where students and supporters marched down Columbus Ave through Boston's South End to Park Square, ending on Boston Common for a massive rally. While police estimated that 50,000 people marched, that doesn't include the many thousands who lined the march route, held signs, and cheered on the marchers, or the many people who attended the rally on Boston Common but did not march. Organizers estimated that more than 100,000 people marched and rallied on Boston Common, which is easy to believe seeing photos of the event.
#marchforourlives #marchforourlivesboston