This retiree looks as if he has a lot on his mind. “My troubles are many. ♫ They’re as ♪ deep as a well. ♫ Swear there ain’t no heaven ♫ And I pray there ain’t no hell. ♪”
Not really the result of a wrong turn in Albuquerque….
Info (heavily edited) from the Atlas Obscura website…
It’s the Bockenheimer Warte subway station, in Frankfurt, built in 1986, to look like a tram car half buried in the sidewalk.
The architect was Zbigniew Peter Pininski. At the time, new construction for the transport system was being fiercely debated and frequently opposed. Pininski, therefore, decided to design something humorous.
Locals continued to grumble about the ever-expanding transport network, but when the station underwent a major expansion in 2001, the entrance, which could have been moved or redesigned, was left untouched, and people still make a special stop at Bockenheimer Warte station just to see it.
I don’t mean to insult anyone who believes in it… But I urge you to read more about it.
Apparently, it’s another fad “cure”… a diet low in both carbohydrates and protein… though this isn’t a very accurate picture of what I read, so maybe it’s different yet!
The actual “Starve Cancer” diet is meant to deny cancer cells the nutritious building blocks of tissue, ie, protein and carbs, so they can’t proliferate, and die. It’s high in fat, so you feel like you ate.
But what they ignore is that your other cells, the ones that run your body and brain, also need nutritive food, and without it, they die too. And there are a lot more of them than there are cancer cells, so anyone doing this is weakening the very body they’re trying to save, just when they need all their strength and stamina to survive.
“this (meaning the picture above) isn’t a very accurate picture of what I read, so maybe it’s different yet!
The actual “Starve Cancer” diet is…”
Another possibility is that the brief article I read about the diet was sketchy, and failed to reveal that it’s only animal protein that it avoids, or certain amino acids.
I read enough to see the dangers, but at midnight I didn’t have time to really get into it.
Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, of Saturday Night Live, and… looking very young, Lorne Michaels, its creator and producer, photographed by Jonathan Becker, in the kitchen of Elaine’s Restaurant, famed celebrity hangout in New York City
A few sites said this was real, and in a way, it is, but it was actually staged, for Life Magazine in 1953.
It was really a brand new subdivision in Lakewood, California, and people were really moving in, but not all on the same street on the same day.
“As Lakewood Park publicist Don Rochlen recounted many years later, new residents ‘were moving in at the rate of 60 families a day. So to symbolize that, we got 60 moving vans up and on the street and told people just to come out and put out a few pieces of furniture on the lawn.’ “
I know we humans anthropomorphize other animals, and I recognize that I am doing precisely that. Still, it looks to me as if the tiger was simply lounging in some sunlight when mama bear suddenly charged it. The tiger crouches defensively, thinking something like “WTH? I’m just hanging out, minding my own business, when this fool charges me for no reason?” Then, as the bear jumps around without actually striking any blows, the tiger finally sees the bear cub right behind the mother and realizes “Oh. It’s a mama with a little one in tow. No wonder she’s so touchy. Later.” And decides the best course of action is to just vacate the space and leave it to mama and cub. “No reason to risk life and limb in a fight with something that big and strong.”
It’s a very simple drawing with not many things that could be changed.
So I tried to think of the only “mistake” that seemed possible, and searched for one of those, instead of just looking at the whole thing and trying to spot a mistake.
And I think it worked!
The mistake I thought of…
or a big SPOILER-ish hint for solving…
Was that maybe one of the circles didn’t have the downward stroke underneath.
And I found it….
HERE:
4th from last figure, ie, 4 in from the right-hand edge, in the 2nd row up from the bottom.
BTW… I think they shouldn’t call it a mistake, or even an error, since they did it on purpose, to make a puzzle.
But what should they call it?
Because….
Saying “the one that’s different” is too much of a clue, since perhaps we’re supposed to think it was something else about the puzzle.
We have one in Oregon called Clear Lake – I think it was volcanic activity plugged the end of the valley, and the water filled in fast. So fast the trees didn’t fall down. Many are still standing, consider petrified (although that’s not scientifically correct – true petrification hasn’t occurred, these are still considered organic.) The lake is 175 feet deep, the trees are mostly in an area about 100 feet down.
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This retiree looks as if he has a lot on his mind. “My troubles are many. ♫ They’re as ♪ deep as a well. ♫ Swear there ain’t no heaven ♫ And I pray there ain’t no hell. ♪”
Or it could just be, “Hey! You #$&@! pups! Get offa my lawn! And turn down that #$&@¡ noise you call music!”
“Bartender, better make it a double…”
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Not really the result of a wrong turn in Albuquerque….
Info (heavily edited) from the Atlas Obscura website…
It’s the Bockenheimer Warte subway station, in Frankfurt, built in 1986, to look like a tram car half buried in the sidewalk.
The architect was Zbigniew Peter Pininski. At the time, new construction for the transport system was being fiercely debated and frequently opposed. Pininski, therefore, decided to design something humorous.
Locals continued to grumble about the ever-expanding transport network, but when the station underwent a major expansion in 2001, the entrance, which could have been moved or redesigned, was left untouched, and people still make a special stop at Bockenheimer Warte station just to see it.
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Arsenic would do the job as well, just saying….
More quackery.
I don’t mean to insult anyone who believes in it… But I urge you to read more about it.
Apparently, it’s another fad “cure”… a diet low in both carbohydrates and protein… though this isn’t a very accurate picture of what I read, so maybe it’s different yet!
The actual “Starve Cancer” diet is meant to deny cancer cells the nutritious building blocks of tissue, ie, protein and carbs, so they can’t proliferate, and die. It’s high in fat, so you feel like you ate.
But what they ignore is that your other cells, the ones that run your body and brain, also need nutritive food, and without it, they die too. And there are a lot more of them than there are cancer cells, so anyone doing this is weakening the very body they’re trying to save, just when they need all their strength and stamina to survive.
Soy and beans aren’t low in protein.
Yes… That’s one reason I said…
“this (meaning the picture above) isn’t a very accurate picture of what I read, so maybe it’s different yet!
The actual “Starve Cancer” diet is…”
Another possibility is that the brief article I read about the diet was sketchy, and failed to reveal that it’s only animal protein that it avoids, or certain amino acids.
I read enough to see the dangers, but at midnight I didn’t have time to really get into it.
Well said.
Thank you!
So just what More Cats said…
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My dad had one of those T-Birds, a ’63 if I remember correctly. He bought a Corvair right after … go figure.
Just another quaint, two-way, two-lane country road. Mind your step.
PCH??
If you mean “Pacific Coast Highway” I don’t think so…but it would be interesting to know where this was.
That looks scary!
Okay… I just did a quick search…
Most sites, so I’m going with the majority, say it’s Taioga pass, in California, but well inland…. this is going into Yosemite from Mono Lake.
Two Facebook pages that I saw said it was a pass in Nevada, but they were roundly outvoted.
Some people pointed out that Taioga pass was made famous by the Lucy/Desi movie “The Long, Long Trailer”.
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It’s a great image, even though I doubt the authenticity. “Move-in Day at the new Levittown.”
A few sites said this was real, and in a way, it is, but it was actually staged, for Life Magazine in 1953.
It was really a brand new subdivision in Lakewood, California, and people were really moving in, but not all on the same street on the same day.
“As Lakewood Park publicist Don Rochlen recounted many years later, new residents ‘were moving in at the rate of 60 families a day. So to symbolize that, we got 60 moving vans up and on the street and told people just to come out and put out a few pieces of furniture on the lawn.’ “
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One of the funniest moments on this show was when Freddy White (Guy Marks) did his imitation of a fly .
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I know we humans anthropomorphize other animals, and I recognize that I am doing precisely that. Still, it looks to me as if the tiger was simply lounging in some sunlight when mama bear suddenly charged it. The tiger crouches defensively, thinking something like “WTH? I’m just hanging out, minding my own business, when this fool charges me for no reason?” Then, as the bear jumps around without actually striking any blows, the tiger finally sees the bear cub right behind the mother and realizes “Oh. It’s a mama with a little one in tow. No wonder she’s so touchy. Later.” And decides the best course of action is to just vacate the space and leave it to mama and cub. “No reason to risk life and limb in a fight with something that big and strong.”
And the same reason the bear didn’t go around the back of the tiger and continue on, the cub would be vulnerable.
I saw someplace that a tiger was big enough to kill a bear but the bear always went for the tiger’s face. They learn that fast.
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Not tonight.
Can you define “mistake?”
It’s a very simple drawing with not many things that could be changed.
So I tried to think of the only “mistake” that seemed possible, and searched for one of those, instead of just looking at the whole thing and trying to spot a mistake.
And I think it worked!
The mistake I thought of…
And I found it….
4th from last figure, ie, 4 in from the right-hand edge, in the 2nd row up from the bottom.
BTW… I think they shouldn’t call it a mistake, or even an error, since they did it on purpose, to make a puzzle.
But what should they call it?
Yeah, it was believing you for a moment. 🙂
I would say it should be called “the exception(s).”
Instantly. Less than a second.
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If those rocks, or especially the boat shadows, are really 300 feet down…. shouldn’t they look a lot smaller?
300 feet is…. Hmmm… vaguely, a suburban block, or one of the the short (end) sides of a city block. A car that far away looks like a Matchbox toy.
Water does magnify… but AFAIK, not that much.
Or am I, as usual, just confused?
Could it possibly be that the lake is not uniformly 300 feet deep?
Well, sure… but I took it (maybe you think foolishly?) that the photos were meant to illustrate the caption.
Otherwise, it would be like a photo of a 2-story building, with a caption saying the skyscrapers downtown average 700 feet tall.
We have one in Oregon called Clear Lake – I think it was volcanic activity plugged the end of the valley, and the water filled in fast. So fast the trees didn’t fall down. Many are still standing, consider petrified (although that’s not scientifically correct – true petrification hasn’t occurred, these are still considered organic.) The lake is 175 feet deep, the trees are mostly in an area about 100 feet down.
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±11,500 years… call me paranoid, but I still wouldn’t want my dog to be sitting there.
With my luck it wouldn’t make it to 11,501.
The scientific term for this is “erratic”.
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I recommend driving away from that.
Heavens to Murgatroyd, that thing looks mean! Exit! Stage Right!
Looks like a 4.5 or a 5
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I’m sure this was every bit as smooth, seamless, and fluid a process as it appears to be.
I’ve done wiring like this when I was working in the power distribution industry, you can get good and fairly quick with practice.
There’s a company named DIT-MCO that produces harness testers for all sorts of equipment like vehicles, aircraft, circuit board testers, etc.
They have a lot of experience with large, complex wiring systems. In fact, it’s in their original name.
Drive In Theater Movie COmpany.
I looked them up … interesting!
They mention starting with drive-in theater equipment, right on their web page.
Where’s Sergeant “Oddball”???
Cleo & Claude in an unspoken duel to see who can make the worst pun and/or the most inappropriate joke. I think they’re both winners.
Oh good… I was worried that they might both go down in flames.
Writing for two characters, Nighthawks is burning the candle at both ends… but he can’t fire either one, cos that would extinguish the strip.
The Staffordshire & Worcestershire canal, just above Kinver by ‘Geese Beach’. Taken on 30th October 2025.
Montezuma Oropendola.
“Montezuma”? I hope he’s not looking for revenge.
That was my hope… 😉