South Africa had cars with flamethrowers to deter thieves. Florida is a bit more eco-friendly. Annnd, it also helps deter catalytic converter thieves, so it’s a win-win.
Presumably…. though of course not certainly… that theft deterrent device is not permanently attached to the underside.
It’s quite possible, I’d even say probable, that it was not present when the driver parked, and then exited, the vehicle.
So when you talk about the plus side, or call it win-win… are you including the fact that it will also deter the driver from being able to make any use of the vehicle whatsoever, while it’s in place?
The “Illegible Text”…
Jerry Finnerman was the Cinematographer, you can just about make it out once you know.
Found the episode, “Mudd’s Women”;
Wikipedia link below, and lists Finnerman as the Cinematographer.
Has it been colorized? A guy’s been posting old pictures of my childhood neighborhood colorized with AI. The colors look great, but even signs that should be easily readable have been scrambled by AI.
A neighbor, and good friend, born in 1939, spent a short time as a girl in an iron lung.
She felt lucky that she didn’t spend years in there. Her breathing was good enough, they said… But she still had some years of physical therapy, exercises, and metal braces.
She did well in school, became an RN, spent years as an ER nurse, and raised a family. When I met her she was living on her own, a widow with young grandchildren.
The problem for her, and many others, was that polio destroys nerves and muscles. All that therapy and exercise had strengthened her legs, helped nerves find new pathways, and seemed to be a cure… but in middle age the parts that had to take over and be strong can start to weaken, and become debilitated.
They call it post-polio syndrome. She needed a cane when I met her, and finally a wheelchair.
It’s not usually life threatening, but it’s disabling… and very disappointing, after “beating” polio. She has since passed away, but not from that.
BTW I’ve never seen a multiple iron lung like that in the picture.
Search says they’re over Rome.
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They have a nice word for it… a “murmuration” of starlings.
Some say it comes from the low, murmuring sound of all the wings flapping.
Hurrying, cos I’m running late….. But I didn’t want to get a ticket. I mean, there’s a cop car right there!
And Cleo, of course, with not a care in the world about proper behavior… And her “dogparents”, who seemingly would rather get in deep doo-doo (to put it in dog terms) with the police, than tell the precious baby “No”.
So…. dog control, we got none. Differences, we got differences, though. TEN of em.
When you’re ready… which is to say you’ve given it your best shot… and not with a slingshot…
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I get the feeling…
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…I’ve seen these before.
….Somewhere.
….
911 what is your emergency?
Well, on the plus side, it’s highly unlikely that anyone has attempted to install any sort of device to the underside of your car.
South Africa had cars with flamethrowers to deter thieves. Florida is a bit more eco-friendly. Annnd, it also helps deter catalytic converter thieves, so it’s a win-win.
Presumably…. though of course not certainly… that theft deterrent device is not permanently attached to the underside.
It’s quite possible, I’d even say probable, that it was not present when the driver parked, and then exited, the vehicle.
So when you talk about the plus side, or call it win-win… are you including the fact that it will also deter the driver from being able to make any use of the vehicle whatsoever, while it’s in place?
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It’s too bad that doesn’t work with primates.
So that’s the problem I’ve been having!
Seems kind of extreme.
The ceiling needs repainting.
My Granpa had a cartoon book of feet in suggestive positions with captions. I think that this was the title.
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We have two more photos today from Edouard Boubat…
This one shows two farmers, plowing in age-old fashion, near Salamanca, in Castile, Spain, in 1957.
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Mudd I
Yes.
Though the other way round. You probably know.
Dir Marc Daniels
Illegible text
Date 8-17-67
6 A 1 or 61 A 1
And Star Trek on top.
Illegible text is the cameraman’s name.
Filmed in August, but shown in November.
“Illegible Text” is an odd name for a cameraman. Almost unique. Then again, he could have had “Illegible Text Jr.”
The “Illegible Text”…
Jerry Finnerman was the Cinematographer, you can just about make it out once you know.
Found the episode, “Mudd’s Women”;
Wikipedia link below, and lists Finnerman as the Cinematographer.
Mudd’s_Women
And if you click on his name at the Mudd’s Women Wiki site, you can learn a lot about him and his filming methods. Interesting read.
Has it been colorized? A guy’s been posting old pictures of my childhood neighborhood colorized with AI. The colors look great, but even signs that should be easily readable have been scrambled by AI.
,,,
I remember iron lungs featuring largely in 1950’s tv shows…
A neighbor, and good friend, born in 1939, spent a short time as a girl in an iron lung.
She felt lucky that she didn’t spend years in there. Her breathing was good enough, they said… But she still had some years of physical therapy, exercises, and metal braces.
She did well in school, became an RN, spent years as an ER nurse, and raised a family. When I met her she was living on her own, a widow with young grandchildren.
The problem for her, and many others, was that polio destroys nerves and muscles. All that therapy and exercise had strengthened her legs, helped nerves find new pathways, and seemed to be a cure… but in middle age the parts that had to take over and be strong can start to weaken, and become debilitated.
They call it post-polio syndrome. She needed a cane when I met her, and finally a wheelchair.
It’s not usually life threatening, but it’s disabling… and very disappointing, after “beating” polio. She has since passed away, but not from that.
BTW I’ve never seen a multiple iron lung like that in the picture.
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So you live where the snobs are, and my sister lives with the hippies?
Accurate, ain’t it!
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And the other Boubat… This is his wife, Lella, on the Brittany coast, also in 1957.
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Geez, you’d think the guy behind them would take a hint and scram! A little privacy, please!
I never thought of owls as cuddly.
Their usual expression seems so aloof.
Then again, this is courtship behavior…
I don’t know how it plays out after the honeymoon, when the babies need feeding, the nest needs more feathers, and it’s time to take out the garbage.
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Locust? Mayflies? Passenger Pigeons?
Starlings.
Search says they’re over Rome.
.
They have a nice word for it… a “murmuration” of starlings.
Some say it comes from the low, murmuring sound of all the wings flapping.
I got five.
Don’t think I’ve got that many yet — I’ll try again tomorrow…
Nine (and a half)
I think I have all ten. Eyes crossed. 🤞
Here I am! Here I am!
Hurrying, cos I’m running late….. But I didn’t want to get a ticket. I mean, there’s a cop car right there!
And Cleo, of course, with not a care in the world about proper behavior… And her “dogparents”, who seemingly would rather get in deep doo-doo (to put it in dog terms) with the police, than tell the precious baby “No”.
So…. dog control, we got none. Differences, we got differences, though. TEN of em.
When you’re ready… which is to say you’ve given it your best shot… and not with a slingshot…
Nine so far, I’ll have a look again later.
Got them!
Aaugh! #10 was one I had seen last night and forgotten about!
The Landing (2025) – Oil on Canvas, Peter Brown (British painter, b 1967).
Clouded Leopard for Caturday.
Tree Creeper.
Baumläufer.
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Oh, My!
How they have grown!