Wish I could read the signs on it to see whether it cost more, or bragged of being more modern… or if the difference was ignored.
There are a few in the street ahead, that somehow look horse-drawn, but you can’t tell from the back… and a very tall one on the other side of the circus, that says “Maple”… I think it’s motorized too.
Traffic was still a mixture of horse-drawn and motor vehicles.
BTW… In re Oxford Circus, Piccadilly Circus and such… just in case it’s unfamiliar… a circus in Britain is what we call here a roundabout or traffic circle. No lions… and no clowns, except for, you know, that occasional one who turns the wrong way, or tries to drive too fast or too slow.
Interesting…. this is India, from space… a composite of images taken from satellites.
The language describing it was very convoluted, so this is my attempt at figuring it out….
The reason for the colors is that three images, each from a different date are overlaid, each in a different color.
All three colors together make white light, so a place that is always bright at night appears white.
But if a place has more light than the other two on a particular date, say a regional holiday, it appears in the color of the image from that date. The light itself was not that color… It just represents light, in general, on that date.
They were apparently attempting to show how holidays and celebrations affect different areas when they occur.
To the best of my knowledge, there’s never been a fossil found in such a perfect, tidy condition, every bone intact and in its correct place, laid out just so.
This is a drawing, probably AI, done to illustrate the story.
I don’t know why they don’t just use a photo of the real site… They’re easy enough to find. Probably because it isn’t so cute
And right… there’s no way the cat’s ears would be preserved. They had to examine the bones to even tell it was a cat.
That’s cos they go with typewriters… they can erase the ink from typewriter ribbons, but not from the word processors people started switching to 40 years ago, or from modern computer printers.
And bedsides, now it’s so easy to reread your document onscreen, and correct it before you print it…. and there’s white-out, as well.
I remember before my first computer, when I coveted a 1980s word processor, because you could see and correct maybe half a line at a time in the little display before moving on.
Yeah, but… the “erasers” never erased anything. They just scratched off the top layer of paper allowing you to type a letter (singular) over the surviving fuzzy paper. If you got it wrong a second time, you were hooped, because the next layer of paper was a hole!
Of course, Annette was eventually considered everyone’s favorite. I didn’t dislike her, but preferred Darlene (and Cheryl). I recognize everyone pictured here except Linda Hughes. I wonder how she was erased from my memory.
The other day Nighthawks posted a Saturday Evening Post cover by Neysa McMein… one of the few prominent female illustrators of the early 20th century.
I wrote about her, and her both patriotic and Bohemian lifestyle… she entertained troops in two world wars, painted recruiting posters, along with many magazine covers. She knew all the rich and famous, and was part of the Algonquin Round Table.
Earlier today, I was looking for something else, and coincidentally ran into this lovely, very early picture of her, carrying the flag in a women’s suffrage march, in 1917.
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Best to let sleeping dogs lie.
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A double-decker horse-drawn bus!
And a motor one across the street to the right.
Wish I could read the signs on it to see whether it cost more, or bragged of being more modern… or if the difference was ignored.
There are a few in the street ahead, that somehow look horse-drawn, but you can’t tell from the back… and a very tall one on the other side of the circus, that says “Maple”… I think it’s motorized too.
Crossing the street must have been fun.
Oxford Street at Oxford Circus, London, 1912.
Traffic was still a mixture of horse-drawn and motor vehicles.
BTW… In re Oxford Circus, Piccadilly Circus and such… just in case it’s unfamiliar… a circus in Britain is what we call here a roundabout or traffic circle. No lions… and no clowns, except for, you know, that occasional one who turns the wrong way, or tries to drive too fast or too slow.
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It’s a daisy tree!
And garlic clouds.
or popcorn clouds
or tangerine trees and marmalade skies..
I always wondered about that totally orange landscape.
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Interesting…. this is India, from space… a composite of images taken from satellites.
The language describing it was very convoluted, so this is my attempt at figuring it out….
The reason for the colors is that three images, each from a different date are overlaid, each in a different color.
All three colors together make white light, so a place that is always bright at night appears white.
But if a place has more light than the other two on a particular date, say a regional holiday, it appears in the color of the image from that date. The light itself was not that color… It just represents light, in general, on that date.
They were apparently attempting to show how holidays and celebrations affect different areas when they occur.
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Think about it. Cypress is an island. People had to bring them there.
They had to bring the rats too…
It’s interesting that the cat’s ears are also bone.
To the best of my knowledge, there’s never been a fossil found in such a perfect, tidy condition, every bone intact and in its correct place, laid out just so.
This is a drawing, probably AI, done to illustrate the story.
I don’t know why they don’t just use a photo of the real site… They’re easy enough to find. Probably because it isn’t so cute
And right… there’s no way the cat’s ears would be preserved. They had to examine the bones to even tell it was a cat.
Here’s the real fossil:
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I recognise the eraser in her right hand. Haven’t seen one of those in probably 40 or 50 years.
That’s cos they go with typewriters… they can erase the ink from typewriter ribbons, but not from the word processors people started switching to 40 years ago, or from modern computer printers.
And bedsides, now it’s so easy to reread your document onscreen, and correct it before you print it…. and there’s white-out, as well.
I remember before my first computer, when I coveted a 1980s word processor, because you could see and correct maybe half a line at a time in the little display before moving on.
Pure magic!
But for hundreds of dollars, I never got one.
Yeah, but… the “erasers” never erased anything. They just scratched off the top layer of paper allowing you to type a letter (singular) over the surviving fuzzy paper. If you got it wrong a second time, you were hooped, because the next layer of paper was a hole!
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Wicked road rash, and he’s lucky to be alive.
My first thought, just seeing the beginning, was OMG that person doesn’t have enough clothing on to be riding that bike .. and then it crashed.
Another Darwin award wannabe, who luckily didn’t get one this time.
this person is either in their teens or early 20s—-both are invincible.
just ask them
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Clearly a Degas.
Pssst: There’s some creepy guy looking at you from behind the drapes…
that’s the organizer of this competition.
A perk is that gets to barge into their dressing rooms at opportune times
I’ve heard about him…
“Aussie boys are on a bender,…”
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Too bad they painted the “SLOW” sign upside down…
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Um…..
why not?
The fish will start to get pretty rank after a few days.
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Coulda been my Dad if he wasn’t busy fighting the Battle of the Atlantic. (He went back to proofreading after the war.)
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I don’t think they even have proofreaders anymore, judging by the mistakes I see, online and in print.
Stel was my prufreeder
And probably quite a muse as well.
affirmative
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Karen was always my favorite. (The others were too old!)
Of course, Annette was eventually considered everyone’s favorite. I didn’t dislike her, but preferred Darlene (and Cheryl). I recognize everyone pictured here except Linda Hughes. I wonder how she was erased from my memory.
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Did everybody else
Or am I too sleepy again?
Lollypop = 3
Chocolate = 5
So:
11 + 11 + 11 = 33
3 + (3 x 11) = 36
(5 x 3) + 5 = 20
Therefore:
(5 + 5) + (11 x 3) = 43
I agree with you Susan, so you were awake enough! 🙂
Same.
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The splashing water is a nice touch.
The Mustangs of Las Colinas… Bronze, 1984, by sculptor Robert Glen in Williams Plaza, in Irving, Texas.Nine wild mustangs, 1½ times life size, run through fountains, giving the effect of water being splashed by their hooves.
You didn’t have to worry about rankles, Claude.
There are a good many people and at least one dog who’d love to straighten you out… probably even flatten you.
The other day Nighthawks posted a Saturday Evening Post cover by Neysa McMein… one of the few prominent female illustrators of the early 20th century.
I wrote about her, and her both patriotic and Bohemian lifestyle… she entertained troops in two world wars, painted recruiting posters, along with many magazine covers. She knew all the rich and famous, and was part of the Algonquin Round Table.
Earlier today, I was looking for something else, and coincidentally ran into this lovely, very early picture of her, carrying the flag in a women’s suffrage march, in 1917.
Corgi Cross.
Female Kingfisher.
Eisvogel.
Ice eagle?
Wouldn’t that make her a Queenfisher?
Not if she’s entitled to become queen by marriage.
Is this a Corgifisher?
Happy music. Taj Mahal and Keb Mo