This is Old Belton Cottages, Leigh On Sea, Essex, England, in 1868.
Are they actually slanting, or did someone not know how to properly aim a camera in 1868?
The camera position is wonky, the path should be flat.
The cottages near the camera are leaning a bit, compare them with the ones at the rear of the picture, but not as much as the picture suggests due to the camera not being vertical.
Just to add to your statement, there appears to be a water channel between the path to the right and the ground to the left. This may have caused some ground subsidence under the foundations over the years. The camera could have been set to emphasize the tilt.
Yes. The camera isn’t much off vertical, the house at the back on the left shows this, but it does make the lean of the cottages on the right more pronounced. And foundations for the cottages would have been quite shallow, so if the ground subsides, the cottages will go with it.
What is “wrong” with the garage is the lack of a driveway leading to the street. Dirt (and, perhaps, gravel) in front of the garage door, where a lawn and driveway should be, does seem to have a small downward slope, but I wouldn’t call it a hill of grit.
On a human timeline, yes. On a geologic timeline, who knows. It’s known that they didn’t always fill areas with the most stable types of material. Newer buildings are being supplied with much better foundations than earlier ones.
Been to the Ponderosa Ranch theme park in Nevada, not long before it was shut down…didn’t see any bassets there though. If they’d filled it with bassets, it’d probably still be open 🙂
We did have a short hot spell in March or April, but since then, a rather cold spring, so we weren’t expecting this change in the weather.
This time of year, I help a produce vendor friend (a very little bit) at our Wednesday Night Market, starting around 5 or 6pm.
It used to be a farmers market, but now it’s things like crafts, imports, and prepared food… containers of hummus, kettle corn, $17 hamburgers and $12 slices of pizza.
There’s also beer and wine and loud music
If i didn’t get produce from my friend, I wouldn’t go.
I was considering not going today, because it’s still hot at 5, and for various reasons, I shouldn’t be out in 95° weather.
But this afternoon, all the power went out in my part of town. No lights, ok… But no Wi-Fi, which means no Internet, except on my phone, while it had battery… Couldn’t cook, didn’t want to open the fridge. And no fan. It gets really hot in my place without a fan.
So… into town I went. I made a couple of comments on yesterday’s strip, sitting in my car, but I knew I shouldn’t be using up my phone battery.
Then, magically, the power came back on minutes after I got home tonight!
So I had some dinner (luckily the freezer was intact!) and here I am, at last. I have more to say (I know I know) but I’m melted into a puddle of Susan. Not something anyone wants to see.
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Somebody, somewhere, appears to have a foundation problem.
This is Old Belton Cottages, Leigh On Sea, Essex, England, in 1868.
Are they actually slanting, or did someone not know how to properly aim a camera in 1868?
The camera position is wonky, the path should be flat.
The cottages near the camera are leaning a bit, compare them with the ones at the rear of the picture, but not as much as the picture suggests due to the camera not being vertical.
Just to add to your statement, there appears to be a water channel between the path to the right and the ground to the left. This may have caused some ground subsidence under the foundations over the years. The camera could have been set to emphasize the tilt.
Yes. The camera isn’t much off vertical, the house at the back on the left shows this, but it does make the lean of the cottages on the right more pronounced. And foundations for the cottages would have been quite shallow, so if the ground subsides, the cottages will go with it.
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62 years ago!
OMG… Do I dare admit to remembering?
Admit to remembering …I saw them at the Montreal Forum !
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Don’t even have to look it up
Same.
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“If you keep doing that, you’ll get stuck that way!”
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Belly button. Hubba hubba!
Nobody ever proved that she was a spy, but her name is practically synonymous with the idea of a glamorous, seductive, female spy.
So Mata Hari probably wasn’t a Mata Hari.
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A journey through the history of Italy, with AI by your side.
First I thought some of the labels and were due to an Italian speaker trying to write in English.
But no, it’s a robot speaker, trying to fill a page, hoping nobody notices the gibberish.
Modern landmarks include “lalaoo* and “hovarisin”…
And be sure to read the small print under Etruscan civilization, and EU integration.
OMG…. what is the world coming to?
No…. wait… I don’t want to know.
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hog gang in Portugal
Wow!
Where are they racing off to? Why? And who let them loose?
Big skeet!
That isn’t a gang! It’s a family!
“Rotte” in German. Not too far off.
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Two of my favorite things – bassets and ‘bones!
Is this a “sing along with Mitch” kind of thing?
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More AI… some incorrect, and the last row not labeled.
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Does anybody understand this?
The description mostly doesn’t match the house, and what “grit” are they talking about… or is this just even more AI nonsense?
I’m really tired of it.
It’s either AI, a digital manipulation, or, the builder screwed up.
The garage door should be on the side where the driveway and the bins are.
What is “wrong” with the garage is the lack of a driveway leading to the street. Dirt (and, perhaps, gravel) in front of the garage door, where a lawn and driveway should be, does seem to have a small downward slope, but I wouldn’t call it a hill of grit.
I got nothin’.
Never in a million years.
The bone structure is good, teeth are looking better in the grown-up picture.
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Hmmm. How much of that land is built on fill? A big earthquake with liquefaction could change that landscape a bit.
Has there never been one in Manhattan?
Seems like that island has been hanging in there for quite a while.
On a human timeline, yes. On a geologic timeline, who knows. It’s known that they didn’t always fill areas with the most stable types of material. Newer buildings are being supplied with much better foundations than earlier ones.
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“Keep your eyes on the road!”
“.. and your hands upon the wheel.”
“Keep your snoopy eyes on the road ahead.”
We’re having fun, sitting in the back seat, kissin’ and a huggin’ with Fred.
Most likely having fun driving both of you guys up a wall, because they know they can.
Been to the Ponderosa Ranch theme park in Nevada, not long before it was shut down…didn’t see any bassets there though. If they’d filled it with bassets, it’d probably still be open 🙂
Gotta say good night…
I’m kinda beat up… today was 95° F (36° C)
We did have a short hot spell in March or April, but since then, a rather cold spring, so we weren’t expecting this change in the weather.
This time of year, I help a produce vendor friend (a very little bit) at our Wednesday Night Market, starting around 5 or 6pm.
It used to be a farmers market, but now it’s things like crafts, imports, and prepared food… containers of hummus, kettle corn, $17 hamburgers and $12 slices of pizza.
There’s also beer and wine and loud music
If i didn’t get produce from my friend, I wouldn’t go.
I was considering not going today, because it’s still hot at 5, and for various reasons, I shouldn’t be out in 95° weather.
But this afternoon, all the power went out in my part of town. No lights, ok… But no Wi-Fi, which means no Internet, except on my phone, while it had battery… Couldn’t cook, didn’t want to open the fridge. And no fan. It gets really hot in my place without a fan.
So… into town I went. I made a couple of comments on yesterday’s strip, sitting in my car, but I knew I shouldn’t be using up my phone battery.
Then, magically, the power came back on minutes after I got home tonight!
So I had some dinner (luckily the freezer was intact!) and here I am, at last. I have more to say (I know I know) but I’m melted into a puddle of Susan. Not something anyone wants to see.
Tomorrow will be hotter. Oh yay.
I get it! It
supposed to be in the 90s over in the valley this weekend. On the coast we will probably get up to the 70s.
High 80’s here in SoCal. El Paso will be in the low 100’s when we get there (if you can call that low).
Chaffinch.
Male Buchfink again!
Lovely guy.