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Post by postscript on May 16, 2006 22:53:40 GMT
Thank you Caite, that is a really wonderful compliment for an oldie like me to be called 'cool' by a young lady like you! I'm really quite chuffed. Especially since it was you, or was it Portia, who commented that I showed the range of our membership by admitting I had never heard of Linking Parks, or what ever it was!
Except that I think you were referring to the architecture, not me, as being 'cool'!
Peter
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Post by postscript on May 16, 2006 22:55:32 GMT
Caite -- All this time I had no clue what your little picture was about. Now I can finally see it's a pair of shoes on top of lace curtains. Nice concept! And I thought it was a pair of ballet shoes on a tutu! Peter |
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Post by Steve H on May 16, 2006 23:09:12 GMT
Hi Caite, Just a quick note to say I love the beach shot, very artistic and very pleasing on the eye! It looks inviting, roll on summer!  Best Wishes Steve H |
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Post by Caitlin on May 17, 2006 2:43:30 GMT
Except that I think you were referring to the architecture, not me, as being 'cool'! Peter Hi Peter. Yes I was referring to the architecture, but you're not uncool. It was Portia who commented on Linkin Park. I've heard enough of them to last me a lifetime-my brother was a big fan so he always played them full blast. Thank goodness he's a good couple hundred miles away from me.  That's a wonderful picture Steve! There's just something about it that makes me want to look at it again and again. =) I might have to choreograph a dance about it or write about it. Steve M- Peter's right. It is pointe shoes on top of a tutu, though your lace curtain idea is creative! <3 Caite |
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Post by Joe on May 17, 2006 2:56:20 GMT
This is rejuvenation of derelict industrial waste-land on the Manchester Ship Canal.  LOOK AT THE TOP OF THE PICTURE! Hi Peter, That is what I call a "broken link"  Many thanks for this unusual photograph! Joe |
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Post by alien on May 17, 2006 5:11:43 GMT
Caite, your b&w picture with the dancing shoes is beautiful, keep them coming! Here's a photo I took over the weekend in Mission, BC, Canada.  Cheers, Allen |
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Post by postscript on May 17, 2006 16:58:31 GMT
Except that I think you were referring to the architecture, not me, as being 'cool'! Peter Hi Peter. Yes I was referring to the architecture, but you're not uncool. You are great on the compliments, lady. Always a pleasure chatting with you! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gifGood luck, Peter |
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Post by postscript on May 17, 2006 17:01:48 GMT
Great to hear another favourable comment on my broken anchor chain! I wasn't too sure if i wasn't pushing a far too narrow an interest of mine.
Thank you, Joe.
Peter
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Post by postscript on May 17, 2006 17:09:12 GMT
Caite, your b&w picture with the dancing shoes is beautiful, keep them coming! Here's a photo I took over the weekend in Mission, BC, Canada. Cheers, Allen Another, different use of stained glass. But not just stained glass, the window structure itself is different. Built within the last fifty years? I would be interested in learning a little more about the building, if you know anything, Allen, please. Peter |
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Post by alien on May 17, 2006 17:50:25 GMT
Another, different use of stained glass. But not just stained glass, the window structure itself is different. Built within the last fifty years? I would be interested in learning a little more about the building, if you know anything, Allen, please. Peter Hi Peter, You can find more information about the church at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_Abbey_%28British_Columbia%29It's about 60-75 minutes drive from Vancouver and is opened to the public for about 2 hours each day. The broken chain photo is very interesting, is it meant to be an optical illusion or it's part of a real construction site?  Allen |
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Post by roger on May 17, 2006 18:28:27 GMT
Peter Ah, yes, well, you see, you've all been caught out here. Yep, even Peter who took the picture.... You see, the chain isn't actually broken at all. If you look closely, you can just make out the cloud that obscures it near the top of the picture. It actually extends way up into the sky, past the sun, and approximately the same distance the other side. At that point, the other end of the chain is also attached to the earth as it passes on the opposite side of it's orbit. Of course, due to the earth's rotation on its own axis, the point of its second attachment is diametrically opposed to that seen in the picture. That makes it somewhere in New Zealand. Christchurch, to be precise. The purpose of this was to stop the world from imploding on itself but it had a further, if unexpected, benefit in that it explains why Hayley is so popular in the UK. It's a chain reaction!  Richard, which way is it? Roger  |
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Post by postscript on May 17, 2006 18:35:08 GMT
Another, different use of stained glass. But not just stained glass, the window structure itself is different. Built within the last fifty years? I would be interested in learning a little more about the building, if you know anything, Allen, please. Peter Hi Peter, You can find more information about the church at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_Abbey_%28British_Columbia%29It's about 60-75 minutes drive from Vancouver and is opened to the public for about 2 hours each day. The broken chain photo is very interesting, is it meant to be an optical illusion or it's part of a real construction site? Allen Thanks for the web link. My guess of fifty years ago for architectural style was only out by three years (1953)! No, the broken chain is NOT construction at all, although it is concrete! It is a sculpture! A phenomenon called in this country 'public art' but the concept is not new by any means although most recently it is new to the UK in the modern age. Having said that, the lions round Trafalgar Square and various other monuments around London are also 'public art'--and remember the facade to St Pancras railway station. Yes, I'm sure you now it, its Harry Potter's station where he runs into the wall to join Hogwart's express! In Manchester and in Liverpool where i hadn't got the hang of my camera (and the weather was too wet anyway) they are trying to rejuvenate and enhance everyday life in an otherwise derelict area There is a little short of 150million US dollars going into Liverpool at the moment and a major sum also into Manchester. Te argument is that there is still a place for art in everyday working life. You could say it is akin to the way the Victorians 'prettified' their cast iron columns (and machinery) etc in eleborate decoration. All this area (including the buildings I photographed) sit upon industrial wasteland of what was once a thriving port. This area is vast. It is in the same area as The Lowry complex. The anchor is in a still industrialised area and its intention is to show that art has a place in an industrial setting. I'm glad my pictures invoke such interest, with your questions and Caite's appreciation of the interior views of The Lowry, where Hayley performed in one of the two theatres there. It was also where I met Andrew for the first time and seeing him loaded with a sheaf of notes when we were waiting around Hayley while she was signing, I suggested he did the write-up on Hayley in Manchester, leaving me to do the honours for Huddersfield. Peter |
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Post by postscript on May 17, 2006 19:00:13 GMT
Ah, yes, well, you see, you've all been caught out here. Yep, even Peter who took the picture.... You see, the chain isn't actually broken at all. If you look closely, you can just make out the cloud that obscures it near the top of the picture. It actually extends way up into the sky, past the sun, and approximately the same distance the other side. At that point, the other end of the chain is also attached to the earth as it passes on the opposite side of it's orbit. Of course, due to the earth's rotation on its own axis, the point of its second attachment is diametrically opposed to that seen in the picture. That makes it somewhere in New Zealand. Christchurch, to be precise. The purpose of this was to stop the world from imploding on itself but it had a further, if unexpected, benefit in that it explains why Hayley is so popular in the UK. It's a chain reaction! Richard, which way is it? Roger At the tme I first read this post I had a witty comment upon the tip of my tongure which unfortunately slipped off as I carried on reading! Needing to say something I can only think that Roger has entered his dotage, since his memory seems suddenly very clear about his GCE Ordinary level school physics lessons and clarity of childhood memories is indicative of ancient years piled high! . He will doubtless tell me who it was (Newton?) who said that given a lever long eough he could move the earth. The only problem is, he never explained where he was going to place his fulcrum! I think Roger is cooking the same pie in the sky! You will also note, dear reader, that I can't recall who I was told it was who said it, which shows, that altough older than Roger, I am further from my dotage than is he Mind you, I could simply not have been paying attantion! Peter Peter |
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Post by Richard on May 18, 2006 8:24:57 GMT
Richard, which way is it? Hello Roger!  I think you should use the chain to pull out the plug, then jump in the hole!  Hopefully Belinda will be at the other end to break your fall! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gifBest Wishes, Richard |
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Post by Andrew on May 18, 2006 15:52:35 GMT
He will doubtless tell me who it was (Newton?) who said that given a lever long eough he could move the earth. The only problem is, he never explained where he was going to place his fulcrum! I think Roger is cooking the same pie in the sky! Hi Peter, I think you will find that your quotation was from Archimedes, circa 235 BC...I learned that one 19 years ago in my O-Grade Physics class... As it happens, that would just have been about the time when Hayley was born! Regards, Andrew  |
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Many thanks for this unusual photograph! 
