I love this picture… It’s actually not vintage, it’s a British ad, from 1984.
A butler (the caption I found says butler, but if it’s a restaurant, I’d say a waiter) serves a meal to a table of dogs in a Knightsbridge restaurant, to mark the launch of a new dog food.
Many years ago following a big storm, I was out and about assisting with getting lines cleared and made safe. I found some LV wires, three phase, plus neutral, laying across a road, and people were driving over them. The LV mains in the UK are 230V phase to ground, and 400V phase to phase these days, but in those days they were 240V/415V (They still are, we didn’t change anything except state the tolerance from +/- 5 %, to +/- 10% and lower the stated voltage in line with European harmonisation). I asked a pedestrian to keep clear of them as I hadn’t tested them, and he replied “They’re on the ground, they must be dead.” I told him that might not be the case, and he watched while I tested them. One of the three phases was still alive at 240V.
If the protection is set correctly, and the ground conditions are favourable, then this amount of damage shouldn’t occur. I’m a retired protection maintenance engineer (UK), and I know the systems in the US and the UK are different, but the US systems scare me with their Earth Fault protection settings.
Yeah, they are not quick enough, you still get fried and if you can still pick yourself up afterward…
Even the household Ground Fault Interrupters (GFIC) are not nearly quick enough, but at least it does prevent major bodily damage.
Over here, dry sandy soil is an issue in the summer. HV wires can lay on the ground live, but not arcing. If there’s no current flowing through the ground back to the source, the the Earth Fault protection cannot see it, and won’t operate.
I’ve seen North American HV lines where there is just a single wire (They do this in Australia too in the Outback). Using ground return is problematical when trying to guard against wires down. It’s possible using a form of Distance (Impedance) Protection, but it’s not infallible.
“An Offering to the Old One”… Pen and ink, by Tyler Pennington, who goes by “Thecreepfromsixfeetdeep” on Instagram and wherever his work is credited.. though it’s often shown uncredited.
The funniest example I found, IMHO, was the site that labeled it a 19th century engraving. The young man in the picture is wearing running shoes, flared jeans, and a modern hooded jacket… looks like fleece to me… but you know how hard it is to recognize 19th century polyester fabrics.
As for Kraken vs. Cthulhu… I saw pages calling it one, other pages calling it the other. “The Old One” would seem to indicate Cthulhu, as would the hands, and maybe the eyes. He was supposed to be humanoid, though monstrous.
Krakens were depicted as purely sea creatures, usually giant octopuses or squid… apparently they could even be fish… but none bigger than could possibly exist in the ocean.
Lovecraft said Cthulhu was the size of a mountain… which makes this creature a bit small.
But he was intelligent (though fictional), and I’m not sure a kraken would think a pile of rocks was an offering. So I’m thinking Cthulhu… though honestly, a lot of people know more than me about it
They look the same, anyway, except for the barcode and URL.
Mead stopped making them years ago, but long after my elementary school days…
I think the company.thst bought the rights and revived them makes money off their retro look and nostalgic appeal … They certainly cost more than most lined tablets for kids.
My boys like to curl up close. I can’t move. Eventually I’m pushed out. So I took a broomstick, cut it the length of the bed, rolled it up inside a Falsa blanket and tied it in place in the middle of the bed. They get the right side, I get the left. And they’re always pushed up tight to the fake me. Or even draped over it a bit. I’m sleeping much better now!
Stel’s poster was meant to animate
Yes, native kibble on the Serengeti is very hard to find.
Animate s..l..o..w..l..y….
You also did a great animated strip about the kibble hunt on the Savannah.
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I’ll bet any amount of money this pooch’s name is Walter.
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What great table manners.
I love this picture… It’s actually not vintage, it’s a British ad, from 1984.
A butler (the caption I found says butler, but if it’s a restaurant, I’d say a waiter) serves a meal to a table of dogs in a Knightsbridge restaurant, to mark the launch of a new dog food.
If you look at his tray, you’ll see the cans.
(Photo by BIPS/Getty Images)
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Which is why the utility companies warn you not to touch downed power lines… and still people end up in the hospital.
A few years ago, in a big storm, a line fell down about a block from here… someone named Hector tried to move it because it was blocking the sidewalk.
No, I didn’t know him… but for a while, there was a little memorial of flowers and balloons on that spot with his name on it.
Many years ago following a big storm, I was out and about assisting with getting lines cleared and made safe. I found some LV wires, three phase, plus neutral, laying across a road, and people were driving over them. The LV mains in the UK are 230V phase to ground, and 400V phase to phase these days, but in those days they were 240V/415V (They still are, we didn’t change anything except state the tolerance from +/- 5 %, to +/- 10% and lower the stated voltage in line with European harmonisation). I asked a pedestrian to keep clear of them as I hadn’t tested them, and he replied “They’re on the ground, they must be dead.” I told him that might not be the case, and he watched while I tested them. One of the three phases was still alive at 240V.
Hector was probably a very religious fellow and dreamed of being a friar.
Booo…
If the protection is set correctly, and the ground conditions are favourable, then this amount of damage shouldn’t occur. I’m a retired protection maintenance engineer (UK), and I know the systems in the US and the UK are different, but the US systems scare me with their Earth Fault protection settings.
Yeah, they are not quick enough, you still get fried and if you can still pick yourself up afterward…
Even the household Ground Fault Interrupters (GFIC) are not nearly quick enough, but at least it does prevent major bodily damage.
Over here, dry sandy soil is an issue in the summer. HV wires can lay on the ground live, but not arcing. If there’s no current flowing through the ground back to the source, the the Earth Fault protection cannot see it, and won’t operate.
I’ve seen North American HV lines where there is just a single wire (They do this in Australia too in the Outback). Using ground return is problematical when trying to guard against wires down. It’s possible using a form of Distance (Impedance) Protection, but it’s not infallible.
Sergio Cecotti
That &@#! cigarette is going to ruin the taste of those chocolates.
At least it’s not a bad cigar, right?
It’s not going to do much for the champagne either.
She’s just taking a quick shower.
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The Kraken.
Cthulhu.
It’s a MAD world, Happy³…
“An Offering to the Old One”… Pen and ink, by Tyler Pennington, who goes by “Thecreepfromsixfeetdeep” on Instagram and wherever his work is credited.. though it’s often shown uncredited.
The funniest example I found, IMHO, was the site that labeled it a 19th century engraving. The young man in the picture is wearing running shoes, flared jeans, and a modern hooded jacket… looks like fleece to me… but you know how hard it is to recognize 19th century polyester fabrics.
As for Kraken vs. Cthulhu… I saw pages calling it one, other pages calling it the other. “The Old One” would seem to indicate Cthulhu, as would the hands, and maybe the eyes. He was supposed to be humanoid, though monstrous.
Krakens were depicted as purely sea creatures, usually giant octopuses or squid… apparently they could even be fish… but none bigger than could possibly exist in the ocean.
Lovecraft said Cthulhu was the size of a mountain… which makes this creature a bit small.
But he was intelligent (though fictional), and I’m not sure a kraken would think a pile of rocks was an offering. So I’m thinking Cthulhu… though honestly, a lot of people know more than me about it
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OMG… I wondered why Nighthawks posted this… it’s so ordinary.
Came back to look at it again. Same… only wait… NOT the same.
Look again.
Who’s in the chair, and who’s standing behind it, hugging the person in the chair?
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The kid wants the dog to pet him.
That’s sure what it looks like!
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This is the Trenton New Jersey Farmers market, ca 1932.
Please, could you pick me up some of that asparagus?
It’s probably kind of wilted by now.
Alas….
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Got it!
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My Dad had ’em; I had ’em…
I didn’t like them much because they were newsprint paper, but that’s what little kids got.
I remember I wanted the kind with white paper, cos you could write darker on them. But they were 10¢ and Big Chiefs were a nickel.
My Dad said I could have a white tablet when I got rich. I didn’t get that it was a joke.
Mine didn’t have a bar code or an URL on them like the one in the picture.
Another difference… that one is $6.49 on Amazon. That’s $6.44 more than mine.
dang! I didn’t spot that barcode–I thought this was one of the old ones
They look the same, anyway, except for the barcode and URL.
Mead stopped making them years ago, but long after my elementary school days…
I think the company.thst bought the rights and revived them makes money off their retro look and nostalgic appeal … They certainly cost more than most lined tablets for kids.
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“I’ll get them for putting this harness on me. Watch out for trinkets in your shoe.”
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Interesting. Russia isn’t on the list.
I don’t see North Korea either.
MoreCats usually posts images about this time, and our paths barely cross… it’s the end marker to my C&Co night.
But I’ve been working hard on getting a little more sleep, so sometimes, like apparently tonight, they don’t cross at all.
Sorry, MCTS… I’ll have to catch em tomorrow.
Things happened in my morning, so I’m a bit late posting today.
I’d gone to bed anyway… 9am your time is 1am here when we’re both on your summer time and our DST, and again after our standard times catch up.
I’ve been trying (rather unsuccessfully) to get offline by midnight or at least by 1 in the morning, cos it still takes a long time before I sleep.
But it’s better than a few years ago when I was up till dawn most days.
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Make mine a double.
Ie got leftover Pizza!
I wish I could get one that looks like that.
Fast food ones sure don’t.
Maybe I could, at some fancier place than I frequent…. but I’m not up for a $22 hamburger.
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The attribution in the bottom corner appears to be “Inspired by On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder”
Interesting that word press removed that poster.about fighting fascism
The green Smokey the Bear one?
It’s still here.
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That’s Buddy! 😀
My boys like to curl up close. I can’t move. Eventually I’m pushed out. So I took a broomstick, cut it the length of the bed, rolled it up inside a Falsa blanket and tied it in place in the middle of the bed. They get the right side, I get the left. And they’re always pushed up tight to the fake me. Or even draped over it a bit. I’m sleeping much better now!
Brilliant solution.👍
You reinvented the bolster!
That is exactly where I got the idea!
Or bundling board!