“Come sail the seven gutters of scum with Mickey Rat!
Surf the waves of drugs, porn, and general bad behavior with the Potentate of Puke!
The stories in Mickey Rat #1 were written by the legendary Chester Crill of 60s psyche band Kaleidoscope fame; drawn by seminal Underground cartoonist Robert Armstrong. Limited supply. First printing.
Printed in 1972.”
Aah, see that, I’m in southern California a bit east of Los Angeles, so it didn’t register quite the same. I’m just a little bit oblivious. My brother in Maine might have understood it better.
Not at all. It’s a beautiful, peaceful setting. Makes you want to go out and wander to your heart’s content. I’m sure those hills and valleys need exploring (after I take a nap under that tree).
Google says this is looking east from Hyde and Lombard.
Okay…. we must be on Hyde, that’s where the cable car runs…. and if we’re right at the intersection, we’re looking down Lombard, which is kind of cut off on the right side of the picture.
Nowadays the Hyde St car is the most popular one, cos it goes from Market st to Fisherman’s Wharf.
But if we’re looking east toward Lombard, we’re right at the top of the famous one block “crookedest street in the world” … it runs downward from Hyde to Leavenworth
If the right edge of the picture extended a little further, and if that car weren’t blocking the view, we’d be looking down at those hairpin turns… though in a very foreshortened view.
And Alcatraz is… wow, kinda hard to get my bearings, cos Hyde runs N/S, and Lombard E/W. Alcatraz is northeast of the City….. so it’s off beyond the upper left corner.
On the right is the Oakland Bay Bridge, and in the bay, in the middle of the bridge, they must be working on building Treasure Island, to be in time for the 1939 World’s Fair.
I would be interested to learn if the cat learned that move by itself, or if it was trained. But I can definitely see how the cat would, itself, love to do that.
Old house with fruit stand, in Houston, Texas, May 1943.
I thought it must be colorized, but Alamy says it’s a
color photograph, by John Vachon, for the Farm Security Administration.
After his work with the FSA, Vachon became a staff photographer for Look magazine.
Edited to say… LOL… I said “colorised” but somewhere between my fingers and the Internet, autocorrect decided I meant “communicated”. I’m glad that tonight I got a chance to reread my posts.
Cubism, I bet… for people who don’t understand cubism.
….
LOL… I typed that before I searched it… And yes.
It’s being sold on Etsy as a digital download only… described as a “cubist abstract”, when it is neither, and “digitally created” by someone I don’t feel like advertising for.
I love the Beatles out there in a field, making a video … at that time more likely a film clip… for an obviously already recorded track.
They look like they were still having fun… pretending to play their instruments, pretending to sing with their mouths wide open… George occasionally mouths the right lyrics; Ringo laughs at it all.
The rusty brown plaque or hole covering says Lamplast, so I googled it to see whether it was a historic marker… only to find out that Lamplast is the name of a big Italian plastics company. Okaaay…
They probably did cast iron products in the past, or have been taken over by a plastics company. Those, as you probably are aware, are drain/sewer inspection covers.
I just discovered something!!
If you’re running Windows, you can enlarge the picture by going to the three vertical dots at the end of the address bar and clicking on them.
You then go to zoom and you can bring it up to a comfortable viewing size.
If you’re using a mouse with a scroll wheel, you can hold down the CTRL key on the keyboard and use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out. (Windows adds a popup window below the address bar showing the zoom level, so you can get it set back where you normally like it.)
Many images (depending on where it’s hosted, probably) can be brought quickly to a view window by hovering your cursor above it, then pressing Ctrl twice. Try that above with the Elvis newspaper clip. There are hundreds of these hidden shortcuts.
If using Windose, and a keyboard with a number pad, you can do the same by holding down the Control (Ctrl) button and tapping the + and – buttons on the number keypad to zoom in and out.
,
I believe this young man is here to welcome you.
or food might be involved
,,
Couldn’t find the date or occasion… but
I’m embarrassed to say I only recognized the first woman… I usually recognize the second, but not in this photo.
And I only recognized the middle one…
,,,
Evolution of Rat Fink; devolution of Mickey Mouse..
From LastGasp.com, a comics collector site…
“Come sail the seven gutters of scum with Mickey Rat!
Surf the waves of drugs, porn, and general bad behavior with the Potentate of Puke!
The stories in Mickey Rat #1 were written by the legendary Chester Crill of 60s psyche band Kaleidoscope fame; drawn by seminal Underground cartoonist Robert Armstrong.
Limited supply. First printing.
Printed in 1972.”
(It’s $75, BTW)
,,,,
it seems so long ago
?
Summer.
Aah, see that, I’m in southern California a bit east of Los Angeles, so it didn’t register quite the same. I’m just a little bit oblivious. My brother in Maine might have understood it better.
sorry for the confusion.
I guess I was a little self-centered there
Not at all. It’s a beautiful, peaceful setting. Makes you want to go out and wander to your heart’s content. I’m sure those hills and valleys need exploring (after I take a nap under that tree).
It does at that. Reminds me of the wonderful summers I spent on a farm in VT.
That cart horse has been doing a super job fertilizing between the wheel ruts…
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On to Alcatraz — the scenic route…
San Francisco in 1938.
Google says this is looking east from Hyde and Lombard.
Okay…. we must be on Hyde, that’s where the cable car runs…. and if we’re right at the intersection, we’re looking down Lombard, which is kind of cut off on the right side of the picture.
Nowadays the Hyde St car is the most popular one, cos it goes from Market st to Fisherman’s Wharf.
But if we’re looking east toward Lombard, we’re right at the top of the famous one block “crookedest street in the world” … it runs downward from Hyde to Leavenworth
If the right edge of the picture extended a little further, and if that car weren’t blocking the view, we’d be looking down at those hairpin turns… though in a very foreshortened view.
And Alcatraz is… wow, kinda hard to get my bearings, cos Hyde runs N/S, and Lombard E/W. Alcatraz is northeast of the City….. so it’s off beyond the upper left corner.
I thought that was it on the right… (but I’ve only visited the city twice…)
On the right is the Oakland Bay Bridge, and in the bay, in the middle of the bridge, they must be working on building Treasure Island, to be in time for the 1939 World’s Fair.
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Looks like fun, although he may get a bit of static buildup.
He gets a charge out of it.
http://www.instantrimshot.com
Wheeeee!
I would be interested to learn if the cat learned that move by itself, or if it was trained. But I can definitely see how the cat would, itself, love to do that.
He must have been trained, because most cats have to have a lot of trust to be willing to lose their footing…
The ones I’ve known… bearing in mind that some of you have known a lot more… hated slippery places.
But it sure looks like he’s learned to like it.
An I seeing right, that there’s a big “escape hole” at the top, on the side of the entrance?
Yes.
Thanks. I never know with fast gifs.
Futurama did it first…. 😉
Tubular belle.
My cats want one!
The video is an accurate description of the Internet. ‘A system of tubes to dispense pictures of cats’. 😉
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I thought I recognized him, and my image search more or less supports my theory….
(There were very few results, and most were unidentified… the only two that labeled him agreed with me but gave no further information.)
I agree.
.
Old house with fruit stand, in Houston, Texas, May 1943.
I thought it must be colorized, but Alamy says it’s a
color photograph, by John Vachon, for the Farm Security Administration.
After his work with the FSA, Vachon became a staff photographer for Look magazine.
Edited to say… LOL… I said “colorised” but somewhere between my fingers and the Internet, autocorrect decided I meant “communicated”. I’m glad that tonight I got a chance to reread my posts.
Cubism, I bet… for people who don’t understand cubism.
….
LOL… I typed that before I searched it… And yes.
It’s being sold on Etsy as a digital download only… described as a “cubist abstract”, when it is neither, and “digitally created” by someone I don’t feel like advertising for.
another Susan S. contribution
Great shot… I wonder whether the reflection was really that perfect, or it got a wee bit of help from Photoshop.
yes! you can find
3 bananas!
Yes.
BUNNY!
Bunny.
Got ’em
Yes too.
Or yes 2.
Anyone not seeing a scorpion?
Not me!
I mean… um… I’m NOT not seeing it
I’m not seeing necessarily a scorpion. The overall image can be seen in multiple ways and the common “name” may be a minority view.
I am now!
I love the Beatles out there in a field, making a video … at that time more likely a film clip… for an obviously already recorded track.
They look like they were still having fun… pretending to play their instruments, pretending to sing with their mouths wide open… George occasionally mouths the right lyrics; Ringo laughs at it all.
Re yesterday:
Oops… Forgot to say earlier… I replied on yesterday, and thanked you.
from the movie ‘Help’
Medieval Pathway, Terni, Italy, 13th century.
Looks like the inspiration for Lombard Street in San Francisco.
Or an Escher drawing…
Nice of them to add a skateboarding area next to the stairs. 🙂
That’d rattle your teeth…
It’s gorgeous… but I’d probably need a handrail.
The rusty brown plaque or hole covering says Lamplast, so I googled it to see whether it was a historic marker… only to find out that Lamplast is the name of a big Italian plastics company. Okaaay…
They probably did cast iron products in the past, or have been taken over by a plastics company. Those, as you probably are aware, are drain/sewer inspection covers.
Song thrush.
From today’s London “Daily Mail.”
…and another one…
What happened when the French bathroom exploded?
Linoleum blown apart.
Boo! 😀
Happy Birthday to you!
Thank you, but that was in the midst of December…
Is it a good watering if you can swim away from it?
I just discovered something!!
If you’re running Windows, you can enlarge the picture by going to the three vertical dots at the end of the address bar and clicking on them.
You then go to zoom and you can bring it up to a comfortable viewing size.
If you’re using a mouse with a scroll wheel, you can hold down the CTRL key on the keyboard and use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out. (Windows adds a popup window below the address bar showing the zoom level, so you can get it set back where you normally like it.)
Many images (depending on where it’s hosted, probably) can be brought quickly to a view window by hovering your cursor above it, then pressing Ctrl twice. Try that above with the Elvis newspaper clip. There are hundreds of these hidden shortcuts.
If using Windose, and a keyboard with a number pad, you can do the same by holding down the Control (Ctrl) button and tapping the + and – buttons on the number keypad to zoom in and out.
Same here (Ubuntu with Firefox).
It looks like he flooded the engine.
I know Boo Hiss.