My guess is that it may be real. For instance, there are support cables at the rear of the vehicle. The shopping cart is on a stand. The photo itself has the same degree of detail all through the picture. Most likely the car is minus the engine and transmission to save weight. The two men in the picture are looking at the correct angles to be observing the vehicle. It could be stages, but the equal graininess of the picture throughout is what leads me to believe it’s real.
Yes, I also saw a platform and supports, so I thought it was real, and some sort of display.
Besides the cable in the rear, it looks like it’s attached to the ceiling…. And there are signs that we can’t read on the bottom level of the cart, maybe advertising either the car or a finance company..
oh. sorry for the misunderstanding .
well I’ve seen this type of work done before and the jet plumes and missile strike are spray-painted organic material of some sort
There doesn’t seem to be a lot of detail and the planes have no insignias, So not such a great diorama IMO. Supporting the planes on pipe cleaners is a bit clever. These days the flashes are usually LED lights inside a wisp of cotton
There must be an unwritten rule that all harpists have to be pretty. I have never seen one that wasn’t, and I’ve seen many who were nothing less than beautiful.
Fiendishly difficult instrument to master. Like the organ, it requires all four limbs to operate independently. Imagine the calluses she must have on her fingers.
Harpo did, in fact, play the harp, and some of the harp music in their movies is actually him. But in no way is he a master of the instrument as this young lady is. Harpo could not have played in a professional orchestra.
As for his “prettiness,” I do not want to say he is unattractive. Only that he is not my type.
From yesterday.
My education grades 1 – 3 was in Nicaragua in two of the H.B.M. & S. mining towns there.
Grades 4 – 7 were in Norwalk, Connecticut where the war of 1812 was basically described as a skirmish of little note (Laura Secord? Who’s she?). Grades 8 through graduation were in Vancouver when we moved back home. I still remember my sister coming home one day from her high school outraged that we had never been properly taught about the war and that “The Americans lost!”
“Laura Second”?
Isn’t she the one who fed the invaders so much chocolate that they couldn’t/didn’t fight?
([sad] snerk)
Not all history is written by the victors, eh?
And in war, there are really no winners, unfortunately, there are only losers all around, whether combat or tariff…
Wikipedia does have a significant write-up on the War of 1812.
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Shoo, fly! (Betcha thought it was a bee, didn’t ya?
I sure did.
Looks very waspish. I knew that there were a number of flies that mimic wasps. But i couldn’t tell you what has what in the field.
Syrphid flies have a weird (“spurious”) vein that runs down the middle of the wing. When you see that you know it’s a fly and nothing else!
There’s a picture like this every night when I play NYT Spelling Bee.
I mean, except it’s a bee.
Unless, maybe, they don’t know it’s not a bee.
They should check with Steve.
Tonight’s Spelling Bee picture (actually tomorrow’s)….
That one’s probably okay (although it’s holding it’s antennae at a funny angle…)
The pictures are taken and sent in by fans of the puzzle…
Or maybe just people who want the glory of seeing a photo they took, printed in the New York Times.
It’s a word puzzle, nothing to do with bees…
But the 7 letters you get to use are printed in a hexagon, like a teeny bit of honeycomb, in keeping with the bee theme.
I have no idea whether they have an entomologist or… um… apiologist?… to help select or vet them.
on set ‘West Side Story’-1960
That would be one heck of an art insolation.
Isn’t it one?
Gotta be photoshop. 🙂
My guess is that it may be real. For instance, there are support cables at the rear of the vehicle. The shopping cart is on a stand. The photo itself has the same degree of detail all through the picture. Most likely the car is minus the engine and transmission to save weight. The two men in the picture are looking at the correct angles to be observing the vehicle. It could be stages, but the equal graininess of the picture throughout is what leads me to believe it’s real.
Yes, I also saw a platform and supports, so I thought it was real, and some sort of display.
Besides the cable in the rear, it looks like it’s attached to the ceiling…. And there are signs that we can’t read on the bottom level of the cart, maybe advertising either the car or a finance company..
Didn’t occur to me to say so.
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Love the eyes!
It was always the antenna of moths that get me.
“The better to smell you with, my deer.”
Wrong species…
The problem with having one for a pet is the constant need for brushing all that fur.
No problem! A few brushings and you’ve got a Mexican Hairless Moth…
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Snowball fight!
Take dat, Frankie, we run ya off da road! Don’ mess wid us again!
What’s hanging from his belt loop?
trench coat belt
I thought so too, but then it looks like his belt is buckled around his waist, with the extra bit sticking out in back.
Plus the thing hanging down seems to have metal rings or clips on the ends.
You’ll have to read the story to find out…
“There’s Two Kinds of Heroes,” by Maurice Beam and illustrated by Peter Helck for the Saturday Evening Post, March 9, 1940.
The above comes from HERE.
Good job!
Somebody ‘splain me.
The spitfire wire fastens the airplanes.
Similar to this:
Spitfire???
Missile exhaust fumes. Didn’t sleep well…
it’s an elaborate diorama
The support wires to the aircraft at through the missile exhaust plumes.
Thank you all…. But I should have been more clear.
I can see the obvious support wires and that it’s a model set up or diorama.
I meant what is it a model OF… since everybody here seems to know more about planes and war scenarios and such than I do.
Happy ³ said “good job.”
I thought maybe I should recognize what’s going on, but I don’t.
Also… and this wasn’t part of my original question… is the fire painted on, or lit up, or burning?
oh. sorry for the misunderstanding .
well I’ve seen this type of work done before and the jet plumes and missile strike are spray-painted organic material of some sort
And possibly with a red led under the fluff.
There doesn’t seem to be a lot of detail and the planes have no insignias, So not such a great diorama IMO. Supporting the planes on pipe cleaners is a bit clever. These days the flashes are usually LED lights inside a wisp of cotton
Amen!
“I don’t want his mother to see him like this.”
OMG! Pierre Polievre!
I don’t think he’d care for that comparison 😁
I had no idea he ever looked like that!
I only recognized him in the more current picture….
He’s “only” 60 now, so I’m trying not to say “time has not been kind”….
Deadwood, S. Dakota
Clearly named for what it took to construct all those buildings and wagons.
Looked the same in 1980…
“The Mouse and the Pendulum…”
It’s from “The Mad Doctor” 1933.
There must be an unwritten rule that all harpists have to be pretty. I have never seen one that wasn’t, and I’ve seen many who were nothing less than beautiful.
Fiendishly difficult instrument to master. Like the organ, it requires all four limbs to operate independently. Imagine the calluses she must have on her fingers.
Arthur “Harpo” Marx?
Harpo did, in fact, play the harp, and some of the harp music in their movies is actually him. But in no way is he a master of the instrument as this young lady is. Harpo could not have played in a professional orchestra.
As for his “prettiness,” I do not want to say he is unattractive. Only that he is not my type.
I understand that Harpo had his harp tuned differently to the standard tune.
He was self taught.
Point Rock, NY – 2025. Looks like they’ve has a bit of snow.
Falling asleep….
I’d better go.
Just in case anybody needs it….
The full caption on YouTube is…
“Studies show that watching a beaver eat cabbage lowers stress by 17%.”
You’re welcome. 😁
I think it might be a bit higher. 😃
Thanks, I’m much calmer now. Of course, it could be due to the Xanax I just took.
I forgot to ask where I can get a teeny Godzilla. They’re adorable!
Do I have to buy a whole new Monopoly set or can I just order one as a “replacement” part?
I know I’d have to build a fireproof cage….
But can you train them not to burn your fingers when you pet them?
Or burn your house down if they get out?
From yesterday.
My education grades 1 – 3 was in Nicaragua in two of the H.B.M. & S. mining towns there.
Grades 4 – 7 were in Norwalk, Connecticut where the war of 1812 was basically described as a skirmish of little note (Laura Secord? Who’s she?). Grades 8 through graduation were in Vancouver when we moved back home. I still remember my sister coming home one day from her high school outraged that we had never been properly taught about the war and that “The Americans lost!”
“Laura Second”?
Isn’t she the one who fed the invaders so much chocolate that they couldn’t/didn’t fight?
([sad] snerk)
Not all history is written by the victors, eh?
And in war, there are really no winners, unfortunately, there are only losers all around, whether combat or tariff…
Wikipedia does have a significant write-up on the War of 1812.
Long, but very informative.