I just didn’t think the crates looked real, or the absence of any plants… though it is very dry in Egypt. Odd that you can’t see a single person, though.
I just looked at your link… That was in 2021.
I accidentally clicked on the picture… on a tablet that means just touching it.
You see an interesting caption that way.
I don’t understand it… Maybe it’s a computer generated illustration, not a photo or a model.
Plus there weren’t any photo shenanigans to be had in 1953.
Well, a few, but pretty crude, like my postcards of trains with gigantic fruit pasted in… not for this sort of thing.
Alexi’s link is to a newspaper article about it, with more photos. I don’t think a paper that faked photos would be in business long, except for a couple of newstand tabloids that still publish “genuine” martians.
Those are interesting, but they aren’t photos, they’re engravings.
That’s how stamps were done, and many are still designed by skilled engravers. Those that are not, are printed from other types of artist’s renditions.
No one would think they were taken with a camera… In fact, i don’t think I’ve ever seen a totally photographic stamp.
I was talking about.pictures presented as real photographs, in a newspaper, to misrepresent actual news.
The code sanitized her.. her skirts were below the knees, her sleeves often puffed, and she had to throw over her ambiguously canine boyfriend, Bimbo, and get a more obviously platonic tiny pet dog.
I thought I saw her but I wasn’t certain… so I went searching for a copy of the image in higher resolution.
Yep… I think I’ve found her.
The copy I’m posting is twice as big… this site makes them look the same size, but this one has twice as many pixels, so if this works, it’ll show more detail.
English robin, whole nother beast from those “Merican ones!
American robins are thrushes, and European are flycatchers.
Don’t you have Murkin ones in Canadia?
Pretty far for English ones to fly.
We got ’em. Still call them ‘Merkins, though…
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Is this the Reader’s Digest condensed books version of a SF tourist guidebook?
Looks like they squished it a mite tight…
That must have been some earthquake to squish it up like that!
Especially for boats to end up on Lombard Street, and the Golden Gate bridge to almost bump into Coit Tower.
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Kind of a tight turn, ain’t it?
Ya just gotta wait till the river floods…
Hope no one needs to cross that bridge for an hour or two!
Toys?
Nope…
I didn’t doubt the story at all.
I just didn’t think the crates looked real, or the absence of any plants… though it is very dry in Egypt. Odd that you can’t see a single person, though.
I just looked at your link… That was in 2021.
I accidentally clicked on the picture… on a tablet that means just touching it.
You see an interesting caption that way.
I don’t understand it… Maybe it’s a computer generated illustration, not a photo or a model.
LOL… I couldn’t understand the caption because I didn’t remember that Ever Given was the name of the ship.
So it’s a 3D illustration of its grounding.
MORE ON THIS 1953 PHOTOGRAPH
There are more photographs too.
Interesting article, good historic reference.
I’m calling shenanigans. No way you could do that without several tugs in attendance.
There’s one just off the photograph on the bottom.
Plus there weren’t any photo shenanigans to be had in 1953.
Well, a few, but pretty crude, like my postcards of trains with gigantic fruit pasted in… not for this sort of thing.
Alexi’s link is to a newspaper article about it, with more photos. I don’t think a paper that faked photos would be in business long, except for a couple of newstand tabloids that still publish “genuine” martians.
Believe me: there were.
But that was a very expensive task back then – or before…
Like these:
Those are interesting, but they aren’t photos, they’re engravings.
That’s how stamps were done, and many are still designed by skilled engravers. Those that are not, are printed from other types of artist’s renditions.
No one would think they were taken with a camera… In fact, i don’t think I’ve ever seen a totally photographic stamp.
I was talking about.pictures presented as real photographs, in a newspaper, to misrepresent actual news.
You can just see a tug on the right at the bow. I missed it before I went looking for them.
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I saw a kind of game show once about the trial of Frank James. One of the contestants(?) had known Frank, and spoke of what a gentleman he had been.
PS: He was acquitted…
Wonder whether Frank was jealous cos Jesse was worth more.
It’s a brother thing.
Nope!
Phillipe Petit, a 24 year old French tightrope artist, walking between the unfinished twin towers of the World Trade Center, in 1974.
He was arrested when he dismounted, but the charges were later dismissed.
Years of planning actually went into it, and the help of many accomplices.
He’d already performed high wire stunts at Notre Dame cathedral and the Sidney Opera House.
The Wikipedia entry about it is interesting, if you want to read it…
Way too much to summarize here.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Petit
I remember that.
I don’t care if the lettering is garbled. This feels like a human painting to me!
It’s an oil painting, by a British plein air artist (meaning he paints his subjects directly, outdoors) named Rob Pointon.
Here he talks about his work:
Sorry… “he talks about his work” sounds boring.
He’s actually outdoors, doing a painting of the Household Calvary (mounted palace guards) while he talks, and it’s fun to watch.
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War-cods?
Something fishy alright. I suspect we’re pre-code here…
Read the comic HERE
Here too!
Definitely.
The code sanitized her.. her skirts were below the knees, her sleeves often puffed, and she had to throw over her ambiguously canine boyfriend, Bimbo, and get a more obviously platonic tiny pet dog.
“UPS AND DOWNS
The gif begins at 4:32.
Wait till She gets out to change a tire — she was a driver and mechanic in WWII
Fun Fact!
The UK Monarch doesn’t need a driving licence as they are issued in their name.
nope
Trickier than finding a black cat in a dark cellar when the lights are off, and it’s already left the room.
But I think I can see some fur:
Sorry… I didn’t see yours when i was typing.
Then I left mine so I could give people the clearer image.
I also left my solution cos I’m curious about whether you see more parts of the cat than I do.
I found it
I thought I saw her but I wasn’t certain… so I went searching for a copy of the image in higher resolution.
Yep… I think I’ve found her.
The copy I’m posting is twice as big… this site makes them look the same size, but this one has twice as many pixels, so if this works, it’ll show more detail.
Hope it’ll give you a better shot at it.
She’s still not easy to see… but easier.
Can you see her now?
Only her face is visible. Not even a paw , or her ears.
Okay… if you’d like to see where I think…
Aww… Thanks.
This one is tough. I don’t mind being wrong this time.
Pretty good stunt, and he almost nailed the landing.
I think that this is real. Watch the pole vault pole.
I think Happy might like this — probably some more of you too…
I’ve seen a lot of this guy’s videos, mostly about comparing life in GB as opposed to life in Indiana/Chicago that he’s experienced ……he is HILARIOUS!
I subscribe to his channel, so I’ve seen a lot of them too, though having the attention span of a gnat, I tend to skip the longer ones.
IIRC they tended to be more about language differences at first.
I like this guy. I didn’t know about the pup. Yes, they are destructo machines.
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Aww… She’s the light of his life.
She admires his bright mind.
And even in their old age, they still (blush) turn each other on.
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PS… if you you want to be like them, be sure to get lots of iron.