Oh, but it does. Puts up “Construction in progress” and “Pardon our plaque” signs with flag-gella to direct traffic. When they’re done, they sew it back up, but there’s always a bit of a bump as we corpuscles slide by. It flows better then, but we’re still bunched up tighter than cars on a LA freeway.
Interesting that liberals and conservatives have much the same thoughts, but attribute the same problems to the other side. Hard to keep your mind open amid so much noise from groups trying to monetize their minor differences.
I found this photo credited to photographer Pierre Belhassen… no exact dates but some posts are from 11 years ago.
According to comments in a couple of places, the subject is a fellow named Guisseppe, who used to sit outside Notre Dame, in Paris, surrounded by dozens of pigeons.
I guess we don’t have to worry about the music keeping anybody awake….
I wondered about those “wheels” at the bases, so I tried to look this up…
This is from Snopes… I found other variations of it, including some illustrated with totally different images:
“Greece has not installed wind harps across the country to generate power and music; this is an unsubstantiated viral rumor. While the idea is a creative blend of art and sustainability, and the images shown are often AI-generated, there are no official records of widespread installations. The concept draws inspiration from the ancient Greek Aeolian harp, but the claim is false.”
I also found legitimate websites that were apparently taken in by it, including a post from, unless it was an imposter, Neil Degrasse Tyson.
True about fog and wind… But street lights don’t help that much in fog… and I do need light on clear, still dark nights as well.
Around here, they’ve taken to using energy saving low wattage street lights…. I think they’re LED… and while they say they provide the same level of light, I’m sure they don’t.
Driving home from either direction means a couple of miles where I mostly can’t even see the white lines under the new lights… Last year a friend ran into a street divider.
I wish we had wind or some other source to boost their power… but I’m not so sure I’d want random harp music all the way home.
Really risky flying. Most terrain like that has updrafts, often severe and random. These updrafts can be strong and are often accompanied by downdrafts on the other side of the mountain, a phenomenon known as mountain wave. No pilot in his right mind should be doing this.
Okay, the above is a little misleading.
No date is given, nor is the monument named… maybe to make it harder to research, so they have a more compelling tale for the Internet? But it’s not that hard.
It’s called the Dolmen Of Guadalperal, and dates from around 5000 BC.
It’s located in Peraleda de la Mata, a town in eastern Spain.
According to Wikipedia, it was actually discovered in 1926, so it’s not like nobody knew it was there until a recent drought.
It’s now within the Valdecañas reservoir in the Tagus River… which was built in 1963. That project inundated the monument, which had been visible, and the subject of archeological work, until then.
Now it’s only visible when the water level allows it, so there are many pictures of it all or partially submerged. The Spanish government is concerned because the constant flooding is destroying it… I didn’t find anything that said what they’re doing about it.
A NASA photograph during a drought in 2019 was the first in 50 years to show it completely revealed… which is probably what the caption above refers to
Are you expecting little ghosts and goblins at your door? Not much of that where I live.
Most of the neighborhood kids are older now than when I got dozens, or else they go elsewhere to trick ‘r treat. The schools, malls and churches have organized parties, and parents like the safety of that. I do miss seeing the costumes!
The ghost costumes on the kids in this puzzle look exactly like my non-sewing, non-crafty Mom’s idea of a costume… she was pleased with herself to manage cutting eyeholes into an old sheet. We had to ask her to put in a mouth.
When I was seven or eight our years of begging convinced her to buy us cheap costumes from the dime store. Mine was a clown… I wore it every year till I grew too tall. A thin satiny chest, printed with a clown collar… the rest made of a sort of painted orange cheesecloth, and tied in back.
I don’t think they make those flimsy ones any more… the ones I see are so elaborate, with thick cloth, fake fur and accessories. And $40, instead of 99 cents.
Managed to find the nine. Admittedly I did only find eight at first, but after reading through today’s C&C posts, I went back and looked at it again, and found the ninth.
Indeed it was. Bath is a beautiful and quaint area. My brother is in an old sea captain’s house built in 1838, but upgraded a bit where it doesn’t show from the street. BTW, there is a constant need for people who can do upgrades. Qualified people could be busy year-round and make a mint.
It went well enough that we might be able to go back one more year, possibly not two — it tends to wear me out, but I get a lot of help. My wife’s a sweetheart, but needs a bit more shepherding now. At least she didn’t decide to help me pack this time. Our trip to El Paso required a couple of trips to Walmart to fill in the gaps. 🙂
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Is it Batbasset?
Lying on a glass topped table… photographed from below.
My mind went more towards…well…. something a little.more… um…. like a magazine teenaged boy bassets hide under the bed.
..
I’m presuming hopefully that this is an artist’s representation, and the real thing doesn’t open the artery flat.
Oh, but it does. Puts up “Construction in progress” and “Pardon our plaque” signs with flag-gella to direct traffic. When they’re done, they sew it back up, but there’s always a bit of a bump as we corpuscles slide by. It flows better then, but we’re still bunched up tighter than cars on a LA freeway.
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I hope it’s a joke!
Probably on his way to work. My dad had to try to implement OSHA when it first started. It was almost this bad at first.
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I was thinking the photographer was trying to make this look like a real-life Maxfield Parrish….
Then I searched it and guess what…
It’s not a photo, it’s an actual Maxfield Parrish… “Night in The Desert”.
Yeah yeah… I should have realised that.
,..
I only recognized
so I searched it…..
,.
Nothing is black and white.
It’s complicated.
Busted.
Interesting that liberals and conservatives have much the same thoughts, but attribute the same problems to the other side. Hard to keep your mind open amid so much noise from groups trying to monetize their minor differences.
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I found this photo credited to photographer Pierre Belhassen… no exact dates but some posts are from 11 years ago.
According to comments in a couple of places, the subject is a fellow named Guisseppe, who used to sit outside Notre Dame, in Paris, surrounded by dozens of pigeons.
The pigeon whisperer.
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I hope they aren’t as annoying as some wind chimes.
Yeah…. I’m sure they sound beautiful.
But like wind chimes, maybe not so much at 3am, to the sleeping, or wish-they-were-sleeping, people behind those windows across the street.
I guess we don’t have to worry about the music keeping anybody awake….
I wondered about those “wheels” at the bases, so I tried to look this up…
This is from Snopes… I found other variations of it, including some illustrated with totally different images:
“Greece has not installed wind harps across the country to generate power and music; this is an unsubstantiated viral rumor. While the idea is a creative blend of art and sustainability, and the images shown are often AI-generated, there are no official records of widespread installations. The concept draws inspiration from the ancient Greek Aeolian harp, but the claim is false.”
I also found legitimate websites that were apparently taken in by it, including a post from, unless it was an imposter, Neil Degrasse Tyson.
Sigh….
Remember when a picture was worth 10,000 words?
I remember 1000.
The logic fails. The time that you most need street lamps is on a foggy night. Fog and wind are pretty incompatible.
True about fog and wind… But street lights don’t help that much in fog… and I do need light on clear, still dark nights as well.
Around here, they’ve taken to using energy saving low wattage street lights…. I think they’re LED… and while they say they provide the same level of light, I’m sure they don’t.
Driving home from either direction means a couple of miles where I mostly can’t even see the white lines under the new lights… Last year a friend ran into a street divider.
I wish we had wind or some other source to boost their power… but I’m not so sure I’d want random harp music all the way home.
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It would be funny if this were macro photography and really shows a close up of Chihuahua paws…. instead of the giant basset ones I’m assuming.
But that just isn’t Chihuahua skin or fur.
Nope. Mom has a taco dog, Coco. Pointy little feet. And I’ve had my share of bassets. Those are basset toes fer sure.
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So if my skin is lit up in the night, like a glow-in-the-dark sticker, I should eat carrots to cure it?
Eat enough and you’ll glow orange.
Bette Pallos
Bliss.
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Where? The terrain makes me think high altitude.
Well – – they’re not adventure skiers.
Really risky flying. Most terrain like that has updrafts, often severe and random. These updrafts can be strong and are often accompanied by downdrafts on the other side of the mountain, a phenomenon known as mountain wave. No pilot in his right mind should be doing this.
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I wonder whether they’ll protect it, and how they can, if the water comes back….
Cos I’m sure they’re thrilled with the discovery, but also praying for the drought to end.. and I hope it does!
Okay, the above is a little misleading.
No date is given, nor is the monument named… maybe to make it harder to research, so they have a more compelling tale for the Internet? But it’s not that hard.
It’s called the Dolmen Of Guadalperal, and dates from around 5000 BC.
It’s located in Peraleda de la Mata, a town in eastern Spain.
According to Wikipedia, it was actually discovered in 1926, so it’s not like nobody knew it was there until a recent drought.
It’s now within the Valdecañas reservoir in the Tagus River… which was built in 1963. That project inundated the monument, which had been visible, and the subject of archeological work, until then.
Now it’s only visible when the water level allows it, so there are many pictures of it all or partially submerged. The Spanish government is concerned because the constant flooding is destroying it… I didn’t find anything that said what they’re doing about it.
A NASA photograph during a drought in 2019 was the first in 50 years to show it completely revealed… which is probably what the caption above refers to
.
“A Nightmare of Horror” Anyone ever seen a daydream of horror?
It’s almost heeere…. are you ready?
Are you expecting little ghosts and goblins at your door? Not much of that where I live.
Most of the neighborhood kids are older now than when I got dozens, or else they go elsewhere to trick ‘r treat. The schools, malls and churches have organized parties, and parents like the safety of that. I do miss seeing the costumes!
The ghost costumes on the kids in this puzzle look exactly like my non-sewing, non-crafty Mom’s idea of a costume… she was pleased with herself to manage cutting eyeholes into an old sheet. We had to ask her to put in a mouth.
When I was seven or eight our years of begging convinced her to buy us cheap costumes from the dime store. Mine was a clown… I wore it every year till I grew too tall. A thin satiny chest, printed with a clown collar… the rest made of a sort of painted orange cheesecloth, and tied in back.
I don’t think they make those flimsy ones any more… the ones I see are so elaborate, with thick cloth, fake fur and accessories. And $40, instead of 99 cents.
Anyway…. Here’s a spooky house…. beee careful!
When you’ve found 9 differences…
I am stuck on eight like an old-fashioned band-aid.
Missed an easy one, as usual.
{hangs head in shame} 😔
It’s okay. Honest.
Bingo!
Managed to find the nine. Admittedly I did only find eight at first, but after reading through today’s C&C posts, I went back and looked at it again, and found the ninth.
Glad to see you back, Arfside… Hope it was a good trip.
Indeed it was. Bath is a beautiful and quaint area. My brother is in an old sea captain’s house built in 1838, but upgraded a bit where it doesn’t show from the street. BTW, there is a constant need for people who can do upgrades. Qualified people could be busy year-round and make a mint.
It went well enough that we might be able to go back one more year, possibly not two — it tends to wear me out, but I get a lot of help. My wife’s a sweetheart, but needs a bit more shepherding now. At least she didn’t decide to help me pack this time. Our trip to El Paso required a couple of trips to Walmart to fill in the gaps. 🙂
Oldsmobile 1933 Advert.
Whoa, $845? I’ll take two!
Speedbump strip 30th August 2025.
It’s a bummer.
… uh …
Assk me no questions….
Assentially, yes…
A Moonship…