My mother and her siblings were born and raised in Illinois.
It’s so flat near Peoria that you can watch a car drive towards you on the highway for miles… from tiny, distant speck to full size car.
It can look like slow motion, if you don’t realize the great distance it’s traversing.
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One of my aunts had never left the state till she came to visit my parents when she was in her 60s.
She was terrified of California because there are usually hills, if not small mountains, somewhere in view… convinced that even from 20 miles away, they were going to fall down on us.
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I think if she’d ever seen this poster, she’d never have set another foot on a train.
Sooo many things wrong… I didn’t think people did this sort of pictures with AI (don’t ask me why) …
But if this was done by a human artist, I’m afraid he might have mental problems.
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Besides the woman’s arm, there’s the disappearing man….
At first glance I thought the purse on the hood was his body, making a really creepy image. But it’s not… so where is it?
Then the car door, and that mess that might be the handle, and other odd attachments. And it doesn’t seem to open all the way to the top.
You don’t want to open it anyway…. What is that weird stuff inside?
And is that a person, almost blending in with it, on the far left?
As a rigid airship it had a metal frame. The hydrogen was held in several enormous gas bags. There was still room within the frame for the crew to work and for a luxurious passenger cabin (complete with smoking lounge).
US Navy dirigibles had aircraft hangars in the envelope of the airship.
I don’t remember much about getting haircuts before high school. We’d go to the barber and he’d cut my hair. My brother & I always got the same style so I assumed it was the only one they knew.
He told me that the phlebotomists at the hospital referred to themselves as vampires.
Next time I had blood tests I asked the person doing mine if she’d heard that term used, and she laughed and showed me her little wrist tattoo that said “Vampira”.
My mom was always proud to be a vampire. She not only drew blood, but her ancestry was Hungarian; potentially the region that was once part of Transylvania.
I’ve since found out, through DNA testing, that there is no Hungarian/Transylvanian in our family. Also, my mom later learned she was adopted and had no idea as to her real ancestry.
We did 23 & me. They still send updates as they gain more knowledge on regional connections with specific genes. I am ~75% Ashkenazi, the rest is a mash-up. There seems to be no east Asian or native American, but everything else seems to be there.
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Built for speed.
This particular cat, if indeed it has been the same one the past few days, is a beautiful animal. As long as it is not chasing you with a purpose.
By now he’s getting an uneasy feeling that somebody’s following him.
And, now, I’m getting the uneasy feeling that he is now following US!!!
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My mother and her siblings were born and raised in Illinois.
It’s so flat near Peoria that you can watch a car drive towards you on the highway for miles… from tiny, distant speck to full size car.
It can look like slow motion, if you don’t realize the great distance it’s traversing.
…
One of my aunts had never left the state till she came to visit my parents when she was in her 60s.
She was terrified of California because there are usually hills, if not small mountains, somewhere in view… convinced that even from 20 miles away, they were going to fall down on us.
….
I think if she’d ever seen this poster, she’d never have set another foot on a train.
The train is STILL IN OPERATION..
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Her nickname is “Stretch…”
That one is bad. Like, what’s up with the dude?
He appears to be ahead of the game…
Sooo many things wrong… I didn’t think people did this sort of pictures with AI (don’t ask me why) …
But if this was done by a human artist, I’m afraid he might have mental problems.
…
Besides the woman’s arm, there’s the disappearing man….
At first glance I thought the purse on the hood was his body, making a really creepy image. But it’s not… so where is it?
Then the car door, and that mess that might be the handle, and other odd attachments. And it doesn’t seem to open all the way to the top.
You don’t want to open it anyway…. What is that weird stuff inside?
And is that a person, almost blending in with it, on the far left?
Too bizarre for me.
That’s from looking at yesterday’s spiral for too long.
This item is SOLD OUT.
It still looks like bad AI to me.
You are not wrong. What I’ve put below comes from the website.
PrintArtParadiseUS
We sell downloadable artwork created with AI.
it’s a computer-drawn illustration but the design alone is better than 2 bucks
The Hindenburg
Inside? It’d be bad if that thing ever caught fire…
Aww … that would never happen.
not unless its 1937
As a rigid airship it had a metal frame. The hydrogen was held in several enormous gas bags. There was still room within the frame for the crew to work and for a luxurious passenger cabin (complete with smoking lounge).
US Navy dirigibles had aircraft hangars in the envelope of the airship.
Smoking surrounded by huge bags of hydrogen.
And you didn’t even have to pay extra for the death-defying adventure!
map dated 1583
Is that what they gave out in 16th century gas stations?
LOL! that was inspired
Shucks, ‘twern’t nuthin’…
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That somehow looks like it might be less fun for the kid than for the adult driving.
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That poster used to hang in my childhood barber shop!
Same here.
me too
I don’t remember much about getting haircuts before high school. We’d go to the barber and he’d cut my hair. My brother & I always got the same style so I assumed it was the only one they knew.
Oh heavens! Where is my greasy kid stuff?
No ducktail?
BTW when I was a little kid a ducktail was called a D.A.
I asked my Dad why, since I thought it should be a D.T.
He wouldn’t tell me…. LOL.
♫ Here come ol’ Flattop. He come ♫
♪ groovin’ up slowly. He got ♫
♫ juju eyeball. He want ♪
♪ holy roller. ♫
Hair down to his knee…
I guess he’s making a withdrawal…
They prefer to think of him as a “paying customer.”
A good friend became an EMT.
He told me that the phlebotomists at the hospital referred to themselves as vampires.
Next time I had blood tests I asked the person doing mine if she’d heard that term used, and she laughed and showed me her little wrist tattoo that said “Vampira”.
So that might be an employee’s car.
My mom was always proud to be a vampire. She not only drew blood, but her ancestry was Hungarian; potentially the region that was once part of Transylvania.
I’ve since found out, through DNA testing, that there is no Hungarian/Transylvanian in our family. Also, my mom later learned she was adopted and had no idea as to her real ancestry.
Aww…. that’s too bad.
Well, maybe not… I mean maybe she’d like her real ancestry even better, if she knew it.
And she still got to be a vampire.
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BTW, I’m half adopted… my mother divorced my biological father when I was a tiny baby. She later claimed to know nothing of his ancestry.
I found out in my 30s that my Dad had adopted me, when he married Mom, before I was one.
In addition, my mother’s father disappeared before she was born, and her mother, my grandmother, never talked about her family in the “old country.”
So I can trace my family back one generation, to my maternal grandmother, and zero to any others.
We did 23 & me. They still send updates as they gain more knowledge on regional connections with specific genes. I am ~75% Ashkenazi, the rest is a mash-up. There seems to be no east Asian or native American, but everything else seems to be there.
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Okay.
Think i got it.
Same here.
Not me
The young ladies are all very cute.
I was right! Woo Hoo!
Yup. That’s what I saw too!
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I guess you have to be careful with those rocket packs or they light your legs on fire.
I think I’ll skip that ride at the fair.
Ouch!
I guess that Bassets were not meant to dive.
From heights.
I’ll bet that they do a good bellyflop. 😀
Love that springboard Cleo’s working with. Top-flight craftsmanship.
QSA 5 QSA 5
QSA IMI
Never bring a cat to a dogfight.
“Charlie Fox Dog.”
(Cheech and Chong)
For those who don’t realize it…. or didn’t take time to look…
Mike Echo Oscar Whiskey = M-E-O-W!
And I believe QSA 5 = loud and clear
Sorry…. I don’t know what QSA IMI means.
Oops, failed my license test I guess.
I’ve never seen or heard QSA 5
I’m pretty sure QSA is a reply to someone asking if they can be heard.
I’m not sure whether it’s mixing codes to use it to reply to “do you copy?” … or whether or not they actually say “How do you copy?”.
The numbers rate the quality of their transmission. 5 is best, or all clear.
Why do I know this? Beats me.
Some TV show maybe?
“Five by Five” was meant for “clean and clear”, meaning the audio was very good. It’s was and is probably still used in CB radio talk.
bingo
I read yours too late…you are exactly right .
I used to work with that stuff when I was in the Air Force in the sixties
QSA IMI is translated as ‘how do you read me?’
QSA 5 is translated as ‘I read you loud and clear’
It was sent in morse code between operators to see if
their communicants have good reception for messages or something
Papa, Uniform Romeo, Romeo…
Doesn’t Cleo get high marks for the artistry of her landing, even if she didn’t stick it?
Almost symmetrical, tail perfectly pointed…. and with matching stars?
Extra points for special effects? (stars)
well, it would have been better if we’d animated those circling stars
It’s fine.