It looks like a lot of bubbles and debris in the water pretending to be stars. Or it could be two images compounded over each other. It’s too bright at the bottom of the pic for that many stars to be visible at the top, and the ripples are too clear to be a long exposure.
“Ripping Panel
In case of Emergency, pull end Sharply”
What’s that going to accomplish? Release prayer books onto every seat?
How about “Lean forward. Place Head between Knees, and Kiss your A$$ Goodbye.”
Since the plane is fabric over a wood frame, nearly anywhere can be an emergency exit. But the fabric is very tough and it’s doped to be rigid, so I suspect that beam provides leverage, and possibly a sharp edge or blade to tear the fabric from between the nearest frames.
I was just googling “ripping panel”. Most uses of the term refer to a panel on an airship, that tears a hole to cause instant deflation, in case of an emergency or failure on the ground, so the craft won’t rise. But you can’t deflate a plane…
Finally I found a Facebook page about this plane. Because I’m not on Facebook, I had to jump through a couple of hoops to copy the following info:
“Under the ripping panel it says: “In case of emergency, pull ring sharply.”
The ripping panel tore away from around the window, allowing the window to be removed or folded down, allowing the passengers to exit in an emergency. If you zoom in on the windows, you’ll notice a loop of material above each window.
The aircraft is an Imperial Airlines biplane called a Handley Page W10 (swipe left to see its exterior). The first prototype was built in 1919 and it started commercial flights in the early 1920s until it was retired in 1934. The aircraft had an enclosed cabin that fit 12 passengers and two crew members in an open cockpit. It was also the first airliner to have a bathroom on onboard.”
That fellow in the back row with the huge face is Ted Cassidy (not puttng it in a spoiler box cos he’s not that well known anyway.)
He was 6’9″, and you’ve probably seen him playing all sorts of odd or weird characters… Most famously Lurch on the Addams Family, but also various aliens on Star Trek, and menacing villains in westerns.
Not so mixed.
They are jealous without any justified reason.
Controlling, too. Not a chance for their husband to get a word in.
I hope their husband got out of that “marriage” (IMO, that ought to be a partnership, too) without too much damage.
My search was very quick, so maybe you are right and it is only inspired by Rockwell’s style. Although I searched my browsing history, I can’t find anymore the page where it said that at some point it had been on the cover of Saturday Evening Post.
These new AI overviews can be confusing and misleading.
I’m editing my previous comment
Plus, I realized today, the flag is painted on the wall, chipped, and peeling.
While that’s not, in most places, against the law, it goes against US Flag Code, which requires that the flag be illuminated if shown at night, not left out in inclement weather, and removed if it shows any damage.
Flag Code isn’t always followed by everyone, but is scrupulously adhered to by the military and by Scouting.
Rockwell was closely attached to both, especially the Boy Scouts… he worked for them for years.
I could be wrong, but I can’t see him painting this.
Interesting to learn that toons can’t see through speech balloons.
Not much of a problem at an indoor theater, if everyone is being quiet, or even a golf match.
But it must be hard being a spectator at an outdoor event where shouting is the norm. If a couple of people heckle the batter, the others can’t see the game.
So I have to ask…. If Claude and Clara (or any toons) whisper, do their balloons get translucent? Or even transparent if their voices are kept soft enough?
If not, I imagine people getting furious at whisperers in the theater, or at the ballet, for instance. It’s much worse than just unwrapping candies at a concert.
Samuel Holden Howie’s pigeon post service to Great Barrier Island, notable as being possibly the first air mail service in the world (1896). Auckland Weekly News, 15 September 1899.
Hah! The notorious copper syndicate... I just knew they’d be in on it.
I never thought about carrier pigeons being considered air mail, but I suppose they are… especially before there were planes, though I believe pigeons were still used for military communication even after that.
I don’t know the definition used to call this the first “air mail service” but pigeons have carried messages far back into history, both military and private.
Maybe it’s a level of commercialization that the earlier uses didn’t have.
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“Yessss?”
Now let’s talk turkey!
Impressive eyelashes.
Suspicions Confirmed Department
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Either this is all a reflection in the lake, or there’s a mighty disturbance in the force.
It looks like a lot of bubbles and debris in the water pretending to be stars. Or it could be two images compounded over each other. It’s too bright at the bottom of the pic for that many stars to be visible at the top, and the ripples are too clear to be a long exposure.
I’m pretty sure it’s a reflection in a very small lake or pond. I thought the same thing, that the “stars” are something floating on top.
Around here we have a lot of trees that sprinkle everything with little white petals from their almost invisible tiny flowers. Could be those.
Plus there’s a rock sticking up between the tree trunk and the concentric ripple… And what looks like foamy scum at the “bottom”.
The quotation marks are because I think it’s really the top…. and the picture is purposely upside down, to make it look more like sky.
If you turn it the other way, the shapes and shadows make more sense.
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Look at all that legroom!
“Ripping Panel
In case of Emergency, pull end Sharply”
What’s that going to accomplish? Release prayer books onto every seat?
How about “Lean forward. Place Head between Knees, and Kiss your A$$ Goodbye.”
Since the plane is fabric over a wood frame, nearly anywhere can be an emergency exit. But the fabric is very tough and it’s doped to be rigid, so I suspect that beam provides leverage, and possibly a sharp edge or blade to tear the fabric from between the nearest frames.
I was just googling “ripping panel”. Most uses of the term refer to a panel on an airship, that tears a hole to cause instant deflation, in case of an emergency or failure on the ground, so the craft won’t rise. But you can’t deflate a plane…
Finally I found a Facebook page about this plane. Because I’m not on Facebook, I had to jump through a couple of hoops to copy the following info:
“Under the ripping panel it says: “In case of emergency, pull ring sharply.”
The ripping panel tore away from around the window, allowing the window to be removed or folded down, allowing the passengers to exit in an emergency. If you zoom in on the windows, you’ll notice a loop of material above each window.
The aircraft is an Imperial Airlines biplane called a Handley Page W10 (swipe left to see its exterior). The first prototype was built in 1919 and it started commercial flights in the early 1920s until it was retired in 1934. The aircraft had an enclosed cabin that fit 12 passengers and two crew members in an open cockpit. It was also the first airliner to have a bathroom on onboard.”
Here’s the exterior, from the same source:
That fellow in the back row with the huge face is Ted Cassidy (not puttng it in a spoiler box cos he’s not that well known anyway.)
He was 6’9″, and you’ve probably seen him playing all sorts of odd or weird characters… Most famously Lurch on the Addams Family, but also various aliens on Star Trek, and menacing villains in westerns.
Sign him!
If I’m reading this right,13 weeks is a pretty short recovery time to be cut open and then have a natural delivery.
It happened in 2008.
Dr. Olutoye was born, grew up, and obtained his medical training in Nigeria, but did his residency and since then has practiced in the US.
He is also a professor at Baylor University College of Medicine, and holds several other prestigious positions.
https://businessday.ng/careers/article/meet-the-nigerian-american-doctor-who-performed-a-surgery-on-a-23-weeks-fetus/
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There won’t be a next time…
No tip, okay. But the smiley face? Mixed messages here…
Not so mixed.
They are jealous without any justified reason.
Controlling, too. Not a chance for their husband to get a word in.
I hope their husband got out of that “marriage” (IMO, that ought to be a partnership, too) without too much damage.
But where’s grown up ET?
Cute kid.
Not her, but I still don’t know who this is.
Correct…. That is, IMHO.
I didn’t recognize the kid, but I do recognize the woman, though she looks a bit thinner than usual.
There appears to be a signature down in the bottom left corner, but I couldn’t read it, even magnified.
The painting seems to be “The Spirit of 1940” by Norman Rockwell or some work inspired by his style.
Did you find an actual link to that information?
I searched the image, but all the links I found were to sellers on Etsy and Amazon, and they all said “Norman Rockwell inspired poster….”
which made me think it’s AI in the style of Rockwell.
I hope not!
….
I also tried googling Rockwell paintings in general, and things like “Norman Rockwell boy and flag”… and now the title you gave…. with no results.
Then again he was incredibly prolific, and produced thousands of paintings, so it’s not surprising.
I’d sure like to know it’s really his, and that people aren’t ripping off his style with AI for a profit.
Probably too much to ask.
My search was very quick, so maybe you are right and it is only inspired by Rockwell’s style. Although I searched my browsing history, I can’t find anymore the page where it said that at some point it had been on the cover of Saturday Evening Post.
These new AI overviews can be confusing and misleading.
I’m editing my previous comment
IMHO:
The details and shading of the face don’t quite match Rockwell’s style.
The angle of the left hand and the right foot push the bounds of phsiology.
The shoulder straps are all wrong. The rusty fasteners look more like overalls than suspenders, but the bib is cut away.
My guess is A.I.
Plus, I realized today, the flag is painted on the wall, chipped, and peeling.
While that’s not, in most places, against the law, it goes against US Flag Code, which requires that the flag be illuminated if shown at night, not left out in inclement weather, and removed if it shows any damage.
Flag Code isn’t always followed by everyone, but is scrupulously adhered to by the military and by Scouting.
Rockwell was closely attached to both, especially the Boy Scouts… he worked for them for years.
I could be wrong, but I can’t see him painting this.
I thought the same thing about the condition of the flag and Rockwell’s sentiments.
That is a 50 star flag which was adopted in 1960. The 48 star flag of 1940 had 6 rows of 8 stars evenly aligned.
Good catch!
The attachment comes from here…
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1502565646/americana-portrait-young-boy-in-front-of
There is a not-very-well-written blurb below it at the site.
As I said….
Claude is beyond hopeless.
Interesting to learn that toons can’t see through speech balloons.
Not much of a problem at an indoor theater, if everyone is being quiet, or even a golf match.
But it must be hard being a spectator at an outdoor event where shouting is the norm. If a couple of people heckle the batter, the others can’t see the game.
So I have to ask…. If Claude and Clara (or any toons) whisper, do their balloons get translucent? Or even transparent if their voices are kept soft enough?
If not, I imagine people getting furious at whisperers in the theater, or at the ballet, for instance. It’s much worse than just unwrapping candies at a concert.
Samuel Holden Howie’s pigeon post service to Great Barrier Island, notable as being possibly the first air mail service in the world (1896). Auckland Weekly News, 15 September 1899.
Hah! The notorious copper syndicate... I just knew they’d be in on it.
I never thought about carrier pigeons being considered air mail, but I suppose they are… especially before there were planes, though I believe pigeons were still used for military communication even after that.
I don’t know the definition used to call this the first “air mail service” but pigeons have carried messages far back into history, both military and private.
Maybe it’s a level of commercialization that the earlier uses didn’t have.
I remember Drve-In’s with found memories.
Cute typo.
😀 I shall leave it then.
LOVE Cleo and Company today.
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