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While pointlessly awaiting a westbound CSX freight to cross the Susquehanna (we were too hungry to wait) Jocelyn and Grandpa displayed a used target found while sifting through the police gun range overlooking the River on our first day in Maryland. We gave up the wait and went to the Tidewater Grille for their famous Cream of Crab soup and a Crabcake Sandwich (washed down with a few Yuenglings). The train we were waiting on of course was later seen crossing the River while we were contently shoveling crab meat down our gullets.
Thank yous go out to the Baltimorons for being such gracious hosts while the Kid and I took over the house. I will be back to polish off that eggnog.
Lavinio/Padiglione - Lazio - Italy
Pointless try (to build a new industrial area in a well know depressed site)
Fujifilm Pro400H @200ISO
Zenza Bronica EC-TL
Zenzanon 50mm f/2,8
Vuescan + GIMP (levels and curves)
The Amtrak "pointless arrow" logo was on the side of the station in St. Paul, Minnesota Midway District. In 2014, the station was moved to downtown.
I was on my way somewhere and I saw a tree in the water so I had to walk all the way to the end
because
So much has been said in praise of St Mary's church in the Redcliffe area of Bristol that it seems rather pointless trying to go into further detail here beyond saying that its repute is truly well deserved, this being the church that Elizabeth I called "the fairest, goodliest, and most famous parish church in England."
St Mary Redcliffe is a wonderfully complete vision of English late Decorated / early Perpendicular Gothic architecture which is broadly unified stylistically. The present building mainly dates from 1292-1370 and has a cathedral-like form and scale, fully cruciform with nave, choir and transepts flanked by aisles in each case and the church culminating in a Lady Chapel at the east end. The tower is at the north west corner and crowned by a tapering spire (truncated by a lightning strike in 1446 and only rebuilt in 1872) and a landmark for the surrounding area (visible as one arrives in Bristol by train as I did, being so close to the station). However the most dramatic architectural feature of the exterior is the unique two-storied hexagonal porch on the north side which is the main entrance to the church. This porch has much unusual ornament in its carved doorways and details and within is a joy to behold with its vaulted ceiling, a beautiful introduction to the church beyond.
Inside the nave the glory of the interior becomes clear, flooded with light from the many great aisle and clerestorey windows and crowned throughout by vaulted ceilings of a variety of beautiful designs, all studded with gilded roof bosses. It is a breathtaking interior to behold and a feast for the eyes. As one progresses further down the church through the aisles and transepts one encounters tombs and effigies to various medieval worthies of Bristol and whilst most of the medieval glass has disappeared beyond a few collected fragments (located in the chapel at the north west corner under the tower) there are some huge swathes of Victorian glass and some rather more rewarding postwar glass in the Lady Chapel adding a rich splash of colour at the far end of the building.
It is impossible to really do this architectural gem justice with words so I'll let the photos do the rest of the talking. All I can add is that this is one of the loveliest buildings in the country and a masterpiece of English medieval art and architecture. It shouldn't be missed and is happily normally open to visitors on a daily basis.
Err... Which way do I go? Well there's a ridiculously clear path ahead of me, so I MUST have to go right...
Tuesday 24 June 2014: Pointless!
Dear BBC,
I appreciate that the World Cup only happens every four years and that lots of people love football, so I am prepared to tolerate the extensive coverage of the event even though England will not be progressing any further in the competition.
I also appreciate that lots of people love tennis (even I watched the Andy Murray match yesterday) and so Wimbledon fortnight is, again, something I am prepared to put up with.
However, what I find I am unable to forgive is the fact that you have removed the best performing programme, in its timeslot, completely from the schedule for the next two weeks. Surely it would not have been beyond the mental capacity of the schedulers to have found somewhere for 'Pointless' to have been shown whilst all this sport is being aired. I am having to resort to recording episodes from two years ago which are currently being broadcast on 'Challenge' just so I can enjoy a daily dose of Alexander and Richard whilst I eat my tea!
Come on Auntie - I pay my licence fee too you know.
Yours sincerely,
BowBelle
QR code which directs you to a webpage explaining what QR is and pointing you to a QR reader download. High-level strategic thinking.
My only outing today consisted of a quick drive downtown, where we got out of the car and ran for cover from awning to awning and peered into storefront windows.
It's Sunday- the last day of the weekend and while everyone else I know can say that at least they were productive today, I cannot. Sure, I loaded the dishwasher and washed a load of dishes, made homemade fettucine alfredo (mmmm), and did a little bit of straightening up around here. But I did nothing that I wanted to do.
For that reason, I chose this image for my daily contribution to the Unwritten 2009
group. Not only was this shot on our rainsoaked downtown stroll through the window of Sibling Revelry - a fun and funky women's clothing store. (They sell these fabulous star shaped lights, too!). The other reason that I chose this shot is because I believe that I somehow (for reasons mostly beyond my control) missed the point. I let my day belong to everyone else but me.
There you have it. I get a do-over in seven days. That one will be all mine. I promise.
(shot with the my beloved Lensbabies 3G)
meh. Work in progress. I drew a version of these buildings much bigger in this tile - just wondered what they'd be like smaller. Turns out, they're like this - you know, small(er).
pointless fact: Here, I tried what I call a "crybaby" drama eye makeup, with the dark pulled up to the inner eye and brow area. A baked in emotion to play around with. Harkening back to old hollywood men in makeup.
This is a former Seaboard Airline diner sitting with three other former Amtrak cars on a siding, forgotten about.
Pointless!! 221 114-118 heading to Euston on 1A28 from Chester running most of its journey under wires why it cant run from Chester via Wrexham & Shrewsbury to warrant the diesel units
So apparently some new versions of some operating systems do away with old-fashioned scroll bars & replace them with itty-bitty lines. Fine, OK, whatever, at the moment nobody is forcing me to use those OSes.
But so now some freaking GENIUS web designers are so enamored of this idiotic trend that they've gone out of their way to disable normal scroll bars for their webpages & replace them with itty-bitty lines.
The difference being that most of these dumb new scrollbars at the OS level can be turned on & off by the user, but when some web designer does it in a webpage, they never give you that option.
It was bad enough when Google did in their apps design overhaul, but at least there it was mostly used for scrolling sub-elements of the page, where embedding a regular scrollbar in the middle of the page is gonna look silly & take up space.
These morons at creativeapplications.net, however, have done it for the entire page, for NO APPARENT REASON, particularly since their content doesn't even flow all the way right to the edge of the damn window.
STOP IT, JERKS.
"I Hate Pointless Signs".
Also,
"Meh."
TDS's moment of zen had a montage of rally Waldos. I think this is the only one I saw. There he is!
I'm wondering why they're bothering to continue dredging, given the delays that are afflicting the new carriers, under construction in Rosyth. By the time that the finally get to their homeport, the whole area will probably have re-silted, and they'll have to start from scratch.
Still - healthy work for Boskalis, whose suction hopper dredger "Causeway" was at work close to shore this morning.
Yeah - sarcasm is my "thing" this week ... 😄
Southsea,
30 March 2017
pointless fact: Here, I tried what I call a "crybaby" drama eye makeup, with the dark pulled up to the inner eye and brow area. A baked in emotion to play around with. Harkening back to old hollywood men in makeup.
Today: I worked for about 5 hours today. My boss tells me I can't wear my retainer for my piercing during work. I took it out while I was there. As soon as I got off and got into my car I tried putting it back in. My piercing closed up. No more monroe. Fuck Domino's and their bullshit. It clearly states in the regulations that I'm allowed to have piercings as long as they have a clear retainer and they still made me take it out. Bullshit..
Anyways.. I have a blinding headache and I'm rather frustrated.. so good night Flickrs'
Wednesday, 12-9-09