It’s actually the corner of a massive sand dune, in the Namib desert, in Namibia, which, according to the results I found, is known to have the largest dunes in the world.
Nobody knew they’d be there, and they weren’t outside long enough for word to get out and a crowd to gather.
I saw a video about it not that long ago.
The crossing is right near the studio where they were recording, on Abbey Road.
Paul had dreamt up the cover, and they got special suits designed, but they were waiting for a time the photographer was there and the police could stop traffic.
When it happened, they just spontaneously went out and did the pictures in the 10 minutes they were allotted. The photographer was on a ladder, took a few shots, and had to get out of the street immediately after.
It was a hot day. Paul was wearing flip flops, and he kicked them off. George either didn’t bring his suit or refused to wear it.
Minutes later they were back in the studio.
There’s a parked white Volkswagen, belonging to a tenant of the apartments across the street, in the shot they used, and you can read the license number.
For years, people kept stealing the poor guy’s number plate.
I also saw a video where Paul said he thought his being barefoot started the rumors that he was dead. He was baffled.
Of course, it’s also not a giant snake wrapped around a bus.
If you look closely, the entire shape of the bus is intact, so I thought it must be an incredible paint job, but it’s not that either.
Searching it, I found out about a whole technique I’ve seen, but didn’t know existed. It’s a vinyl wrap. Maybe everybody else already knows…
Apparently a lot of the fancy paint jobs you see on vehicles, like on the supermarket delivery trucks with photos of groceries on the sides, are actually printed on vinyl that’s applied using heat, and can later be removed or replaced, without damage.
This is a quote from the website of a company that does it. I was unclear as to whether this bus was their design, but they give it as an example:
“If you examine this photo closely, you’ll find that this ad for the Copenhagen Zoo has not changed the vehicle’s structure in any way, shape or form: No fiberglass has been applied to it and the bus is not a custom design. This is simply a masterful blend of photography and artistic design to create an illusion that catches the eye and makes people wonder “How the heck did they do that?”
And also probably terrifies people who are afraid of snakes, but they probably weren’t going to the zoo anyway.”
One of my neighbours has just had (In the last two weeks) his panel van wrapped in metallic green. It goes on just like any vinyl signwriting you see on vehicles. The vehicle is cleaned, then the wrap is applied cold. Any trapped air bubbles are pushed to the edges using plastic tools, or if not possible, a small nick is made in the vinyl and the air can escape that way. Hot air guns are used to stretch the vinyl where necessary to conform to the shapes.
To remove the wrap, it can be peeled off, generally after warming with a hot air gun to soften the glue.
He had it wrapped because it was cheaper than having it resprayed.
You’d use heat to stretch the wrap around bends such as the wheel arches and door/window frames. Flat areas will go on cold as you wouldn’t want the vinyl to stretch.
To paint that on would probably cost in the region of $20,000, probably more.
Taken in the Beskydy Mountains, on the border between Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Low temperatures, high winds, and precipitation had caused frost to form on one side of the tree trunks through the forest.
Google results say this is a rose-ringed parakeet, protecting her eggs from a Komodo dragon. In fact a couple of sites say the lizard is being attacked by a dozen parakeets.
I have a few problems with this conclusion…
One… Does anybody see twelve birds?
Two… Rose-ringed parakeets are named for (surprise!) a ring of pink around their necks…so??
And most importantly… Three… parakeets, with or without rose rings, weigh 4½ to 5 ounces.
A Komodo dragon, OTOH, is the largest lizard in the world. From the smallest females to the largest males, the range is about 140 to 200 pounds. The babies are speckled, and cuter then this guy.
I never said it was a Komodo dragon… I said the description I found said it was a parakeet and a Komodo dragon, and spelled out some problems I had with that description.
You posted another description.
I said it made more sense on both counts… even though it didn’t work to totally discredit it, because something described as a monitor lizard could still be a Komodo dragon.
But I also said it made more sense for it to be a smaller species.
And you’re still trying to nitpick at me, as though I said it was a Komodo dragon.
I understand that you enjoy following me and picking at my comments…
But I’m old, and it’s very tiring.
I try to research a large percentage of what’s posted. I do my best. That’s all I can say.
They’re getting better at this… They always used to have multiples.
You probably don’t need a solution… but I’ll post a big search hint,
just in case you do want it…
An N is a bit narrower than an M.
Look at the right hand edge, the ends of all the rows.
The row that contains the N will be just a wee bit shorter, like they’re all strings of beads, but that string has one smaller bead in it.
You still have to search, but only in that row.
(BTW, yes, there are a few fonts that give all letters the same space, but this isn’t one of them.)
and very expensive…..with such a crowd it isn’t exactly like Sir Edmund Hilary
achieving a first. I guess folks just need to check things off a bucket list or want something to brag about in their old age
This leaves me wondering about the definition of “harbor”…. there are so many smaller inlets in the world where boats tie up to docks, but they must not qualify as harbors.
I drive through often.
It’s an actual working harbor. With several fleets in it. Including a Coast Guard station.
I think that they should add working to the motto.
I was on a school bus as a teenager, in the middle of nowhere (literally) in the freezing cold Alaska wilderness. We were traveling to a basketball game or something. And, watching out the window, we saw our rear wheel go rolling up the road beside us…
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Wow – look at the legs on that kitty! I suppose seeing short basset legs all the time has me conditioned to short. But, yeah, wow!
And they use them very well.
One reason they’re so incredibly fast.
Cheetah and her cubs at dawn… taken by Arun Mohanraj at Mala Mala Game Reserve in South Africa.
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It’s actually the corner of a massive sand dune, in the Namib desert, in Namibia, which, according to the results I found, is known to have the largest dunes in the world.
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“I’ve got sad, puppy eyes, and I know how to use them!”
They do.
I got about an hours worth tonight from Buddy.
Otis won’t leave me alone. I’m busy, but he’s barking, whining, pouting and demanding some lap time…sorry boy. Later, I promise!
Wayne Thiebaud
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Only three fans???
Nobody knew they’d be there, and they weren’t outside long enough for word to get out and a crowd to gather.
I saw a video about it not that long ago.
The crossing is right near the studio where they were recording, on Abbey Road.
Paul had dreamt up the cover, and they got special suits designed, but they were waiting for a time the photographer was there and the police could stop traffic.
When it happened, they just spontaneously went out and did the pictures in the 10 minutes they were allotted. The photographer was on a ladder, took a few shots, and had to get out of the street immediately after.
It was a hot day. Paul was wearing flip flops, and he kicked them off. George either didn’t bring his suit or refused to wear it.
Minutes later they were back in the studio.
There’s a parked white Volkswagen, belonging to a tenant of the apartments across the street, in the shot they used, and you can read the license number.
For years, people kept stealing the poor guy’s number plate.
I also saw a video where Paul said he thought his being barefoot started the rumors that he was dead. He was baffled.
Yes, that & John saying in a mumbled voice on the album: “I’m very bored” was translated into: “I buried Paul” only fueled the rumor.
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Wow… I just assumed this was AI… but it’s not.
Of course, it’s also not a giant snake wrapped around a bus.
If you look closely, the entire shape of the bus is intact, so I thought it must be an incredible paint job, but it’s not that either.
Searching it, I found out about a whole technique I’ve seen, but didn’t know existed. It’s a vinyl wrap. Maybe everybody else already knows…
Apparently a lot of the fancy paint jobs you see on vehicles, like on the supermarket delivery trucks with photos of groceries on the sides, are actually printed on vinyl that’s applied using heat, and can later be removed or replaced, without damage.
This is a quote from the website of a company that does it. I was unclear as to whether this bus was their design, but they give it as an example:
“If you examine this photo closely, you’ll find that this ad for the Copenhagen Zoo has not changed the vehicle’s structure in any way, shape or form: No fiberglass has been applied to it and the bus is not a custom design. This is simply a masterful blend of photography and artistic design to create an illusion that catches the eye and makes people wonder “How the heck did they do that?”
And also probably terrifies people who are afraid of snakes, but they probably weren’t going to the zoo anyway.”
One of my neighbours has just had (In the last two weeks) his panel van wrapped in metallic green. It goes on just like any vinyl signwriting you see on vehicles. The vehicle is cleaned, then the wrap is applied cold. Any trapped air bubbles are pushed to the edges using plastic tools, or if not possible, a small nick is made in the vinyl and the air can escape that way. Hot air guns are used to stretch the vinyl where necessary to conform to the shapes.
To remove the wrap, it can be peeled off, generally after warming with a hot air gun to soften the glue.
He had it wrapped because it was cheaper than having it resprayed.
Funny it never occurred to me till I searched the picture of the bus. It should have, cos those photos couldn’t be painted on.
I might be wrong about the heat… they specifically mentioned it for shaping some areas, and for removal, but maybe not for all application.
They did say a full wrap for a large vehicle costs upwards of $5,000, and called it a bargain.
You’d use heat to stretch the wrap around bends such as the wheel arches and door/window frames. Flat areas will go on cold as you wouldn’t want the vinyl to stretch.
To paint that on would probably cost in the region of $20,000, probably more.
Didn’t Happy³ have one (designed by Nighthawks, no less!) on the side of his “Grey Hare” wheelchair accessible van?
Much smaller!
Was it a vinyl wrap?
I thought somebody painted it on there from Nighthawks’ drawing.
It was a vinyl sticker.
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A funny thing to be the only comment on a historic and emotional photo, that represents so much….
But honestly… I want her coat!
I love that style so much.
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Wait! I think I know that guy…!
Yeah, he was in “The Twilight Zone” !!
Apparently a lot of women did.
Yeah. Us Canadians do have that effect…
I believe you
He’s still with us at 94.
Those Canadians!!!
Case study for how the Orion Flu got spread to half our quadrant!
It’s those damned star fleet officers!
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A human hair?
Those leaves would be pretty creepy.
I see that it is fashionable in these precincts to part your hair in the middle.
I thought it was a drawing, but it’s a photo…
Taken in the Beskydy Mountains, on the border between Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Low temperatures, high winds, and precipitation had caused frost to form on one side of the tree trunks through the forest.
Photographer: Jan Bainar
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Good thing English is so easy to interpret (whoever wrote the caption needs more practice).
Is no one going to ask what is the largest English speaking country?
The statement on the picture makes no sense either way.. but yeah, if we’re talking area, it’s Canada by a nose.
But then the US is 2nd, not India, not by a long shot.
And if we’re talking population, India is first, and again the US is second… then Canada.
Or are they just talking about the percentage of the Indian population that speaks English?
Maybe that’s a smaller number than the US population but larger than the Canadian? That would be a weird way to present it.
“Figures don’t lie, but liars can figure…”
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getting ready to McFly away?
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Google results say this is a rose-ringed parakeet, protecting her eggs from a Komodo dragon. In fact a couple of sites say the lizard is being attacked by a dozen parakeets.
I have a few problems with this conclusion…
One… Does anybody see twelve birds?
Two… Rose-ringed parakeets are named for (surprise!) a ring of pink around their necks…so??
And most importantly… Three… parakeets, with or without rose rings, weigh 4½ to 5 ounces.
A Komodo dragon, OTOH, is the largest lizard in the world. From the smallest females to the largest males, the range is about 140 to 200 pounds. The babies are speckled, and cuter then this guy.
But what do I know.
“Highly Commended in the Birds category: A parrot biting a monitor lizard, Keloadew National Park, India
By Hira Punjabi.”
I won’t name the trustworthy source since I’m positive nighthawks intends to post more from that site.
It makes more sense, in a way… I’m sure it’s a parrot not a parakeet.
But the Komodo dragon is a species of monitor lizard.
Makes sense that it would be one of the smaller ones, though.
“But the Komodo dragon is a species of monitor lizard.”
But they live in Indonesia, not India – let alone a National Park there…
My goodness.
I never said it was a Komodo dragon… I said the description I found said it was a parakeet and a Komodo dragon, and spelled out some problems I had with that description.
You posted another description.
I said it made more sense on both counts… even though it didn’t work to totally discredit it, because something described as a monitor lizard could still be a Komodo dragon.
But I also said it made more sense for it to be a smaller species.
And you’re still trying to nitpick at me, as though I said it was a Komodo dragon.
I understand that you enjoy following me and picking at my comments…
But I’m old, and it’s very tiring.
I try to research a large percentage of what’s posted. I do my best. That’s all I can say.
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Got it!
Wow, another one with only one!
They’re getting better at this… They always used to have multiples.
You probably don’t need a solution… but I’ll post a big search hint,
An N is a bit narrower than an M.
Look at the right hand edge, the ends of all the rows.
The row that contains the N will be just a wee bit shorter, like they’re all strings of beads, but that string has one smaller bead in it.
You still have to search, but only in that row.
(BTW, yes, there are a few fonts that give all letters the same space, but this isn’t one of them.)
Exactly the same way I did it.
ascension of Mt. Everest
I saw the documentary — it was creepy how many skeletons littered the route…!
It looks like a lot of fun and all…
but gosh, look how many people want to do it.
I wouldn’t want to… you know… keep anybody else from enjoying it.
So I’ll just wait at the bottom.
In fact, that’s crowded too.
So I’ll just wait right here… in my house, in my chair… and stay out of the way.
It’s all right. Honest. No trouble. You’re welcome.
and very expensive…..with such a crowd it isn’t exactly like Sir Edmund Hilary
achieving a first. I guess folks just need to check things off a bucket list or want something to brag about in their old age
Wow.
Great looking place… Do you miss it?
This leaves me wondering about the definition of “harbor”…. there are so many smaller inlets in the world where boats tie up to docks, but they must not qualify as harbors.
I drive through often.
It’s an actual working harbor. With several fleets in it. Including a Coast Guard station.
I think that they should add working to the motto.
BTDT. Good memories!
Racing driver Raymond Mays photographed losing a wheel at the Caerphilly Mountain Hill climb race in Cardiff, Wales, in 1924.
Oopsie…
I was on a school bus as a teenager, in the middle of nowhere (literally) in the freezing cold Alaska wilderness. We were traveling to a basketball game or something. And, watching out the window, we saw our rear wheel go rolling up the road beside us…
Big oopsie. I have to take it that you survived?
“Caerphilly.” Named for the manner in which one must drive up it?
Egyptian Goose at Holkham, North Norfolk, UK.
Whoa… It looks like an Egyptian goose….. about 2,000 years old.
Best check his passport and make sure he has a valid visa.
In case you have doubts about Elisha Currbert playing Tinkerbasset…
You should know that basset hounds, their short little legs and big brown eyes, actually make quite fetching fairies…
Even if Google keeps misunderstanding the assignment and giving me pictures of the wrong dogs…
Tinkerbull?
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How did you make a completely empty comment?
I think that here is a period there.
Oh yeah… I see it.
Next question… Um. Never mind.