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Freehand and tags. Some areas of Cardiff have more than others but overall there is not a great deal of graffiti compared to Paris, Milan and other cities on the continent.

Any idea which railway bridge that is, DoDo?!!

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 03:06:48 AM EST
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No, no, no more trainspotting till next week...!

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 06:29:35 AM EST
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Fitzroy Street?

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 11:36:32 AM EST
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Looks like it...!

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 11:58:32 AM EST
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Very impressive! Yes, it is that one!

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 04:07:40 PM EST
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And stencils! I love them. Some are silly, some arty, some clever, some obscure - a person's own little in-joke. I really do consider it to be art, even if not in the Banksy league. There are very few stencils in Cardiff so it is always a great delight to find one.

The grotesco one was in an area where yet another Tesco Extra had been opened, putting the local grocery shops out of business.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 03:13:00 AM EST
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I like those where the grout support gives a heavy grainy feeling...!

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 06:46:23 AM EST
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Re: STENCILS AND STREET ART (4.00 / 11)

This one will be for Sven...

This other one I like a lot because it decompose flight ! It has alas disapeared as the building was broken down !

A rare "happy birthday" stencil !

Another one I like ist the meerkat ("Je boude" means "I sulk" ! )...

Or the manga fox...

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 05:23:52 AM EST
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These are great!

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 05:27:24 AM EST
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I love the meerkat one. This is making me want to spend the weekend making new stencils now!

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 05:48:29 AM EST
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I'm sorry about seemingly "dumping" pictures, but I"l be out of line at about 2 PM ( changing the line)...

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 06:00:26 AM EST
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No don't apologise! There are loads of great photos here.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 06:01:57 AM EST
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Hey... You have a diary to do first !

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 06:01:08 AM EST
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lol. I did write something for a while ago, to kick me off with the thesis writing - with pictures and everything. So I must dig that out again and eurotrib-ify it.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 06:03:44 AM EST
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Fabulous pictures!

by The3rdColumn on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 03:10:12 PM EST
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Oh, my heart skipped a beat with that car ;-)

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 05:02:45 PM EST
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Re: STENCILS AND STREET ART (4.00 / 4)

I knew it... :-)

I've kept this other one for you...

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 05:20:13 PM EST
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Exactly the colour of mine too!

Although isn't this a Light 15?

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 05:40:11 PM EST
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Aye... I know a garage at Asnières that has more then a dozen of those !

Just in case... :-)

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 05:48:57 PM EST
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Oh pity, pity! Oh Lordi, lead us not into temptation....

You have posted some GREAT pictures.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 05:53:57 PM EST
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Well, we all know how to make it work with ethanol since WWII...!
Though the door handles have cost numerous cyclists an arm...

But what a car !!!

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 05:58:26 PM EST
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Summertime with the windscreen up. Room for a picnic table in the back. Oh sweet memories...

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 06:01:39 PM EST
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Re: STENCILS AND STREET ART (4.00 / 10)

In the "street art" part, there are nowadays (as shown by In Whales) som stickers of various sizes...

This one is lifesize and reminds me of my birthplace (Takadim, takadim, takatakataka-dim-dim)

But some artists are sensible to not disgrace building facades, so they resort to the pavement...

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 05:36:04 AM EST
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In Whales

Our Job from Cardiff? ;-)

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 10:30:27 AM EST
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Re: STENCILS AND STREET ART (4.00 / 11)

Of course, street art can be used for some political statements...

Or...

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 05:41:56 AM EST
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Great stuff! You've just reminded me that I have some political graffiti from Venice that I must put up. I'll do that this evening.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 05:45:42 AM EST
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Nice... I hope I'll have my line back !

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 06:33:40 AM EST
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At last, the local situation can lead to some humor...

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 05:45:14 AM EST
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The last one, "MissTic", is for those who dwell in Paris and saw since a dozen years all those stencils from MissTic...

The fact that he is now being paid to make ads on cars about "renting is being free", is somewhat amusing for one who was free whitout renting anybody's wall...!

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 06:38:06 AM EST
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Re: STENCILS AND STREET ART (4.00 / 11)

Mural in Frankfurt am Main, D

Paper man in Colima, Mexico

"Cowbra", Installation in Frankfurt

Organic street art, NYC

Functional art advert. in front of bakery, Heidelberg, D

Sidewalk art (at least to me), Prague, Czech

Platz in München, D

Mobile street art, Stuttgart, D

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 06:05:16 AM EST
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I really like your perspective on street art!

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 06:10:41 AM EST
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Yes, me too... !

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 06:31:34 AM EST
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Re: STENCILS AND STREET ART (4.00 / 10)

Thanks for leaving it open to interpretation...

If it's art and I can see it from the street... why not?

I love the stone work in Europe, even something as simple as the way a curb is made...

Here's one from Amsterdam...

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 08:13:01 AM EST
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Nice to see that some notice the effort we often have to do, to get those details there.... :-)

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 09:04:54 AM EST
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You have an eye for this!

The second is familiar to me, but I don't know where it is.

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 10:14:35 AM EST
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Danke sehr!

On Reuterweg at Emil-Claar-Straße, further south on Reuterweg are the CitiGroup offices and across the street is the park with the lonely turm (tower) in it.

Remember now?

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 11:57:34 AM EST
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I probably went along Reuterweg only 2-3 times, so it is a hazy memory...

If you love strange street features, have you been at the Bockenheimer Warte yet? More precisely, at the end of the Senckenberg-Anlage? (And, since you like museums, have you been to the Senckenberg-Museum yet?)

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 12:17:08 PM EST
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Nope and nope, just moved here last Sunday and haven't my bike yet, so my wanderings have been limited. But I will be sure to check those out!

Thanks for the tips...

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 12:33:54 PM EST
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Re: STENCILS AND STREET ART (4.00 / 8)

In the long series of booooring and ugly letters 'decorating' walls along my daily commute, there is one graffiti that stands out. I call it The Roma Angel (though, it was more likely intended as The She-Devil), and I should have photographed it a year ago, when it was less weathered:

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 10:12:00 AM EST
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Nice little devil... :-) !

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 11:02:32 AM EST
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A Felice Varini work in Paris, while the Odeon theater was in works !

There was just one spot where all those lines glued on walls would get in perspective... Interestingly, while many people were makings Oooh and Aaaahs, very few thought of finding the spot (which was, of course, in front of an art library)!

I got my connection back ! Quick job!

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 11:09:17 AM EST
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A walk in my neighborhood, (4.00 / 9)

last Saturday.

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 12:45:25 PM EST
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Re: A walk in my neighborhood, (4.00 / 2)

When you think that it could have been the new ring tramway... Getting through gardens, art spots, local flea shops, etc... And for much less then the present one... All that because SNCF and RATP didn't agree !

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 03:53:46 PM EST
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Re: A walk in my neighborhood, (none / 1)

Well, it's much better where it is, accessible and taking car room...

Auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium; atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 06:05:18 PM EST
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Paris street art.

You have a normal feeling for a moment, then it passes. --More--

by tzt (tztmail at gmail dot com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 02:25:54 PM EST
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Great... I peculiarly like the last one, the Krazy Kat :-)

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 03:54:40 PM EST
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Re: STENCILS AND STREET ART (4.00 / 8)

Decay and rust can also generate some "art-form", at least in the eye of the beholder :-)

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 04:20:20 PM EST
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Lovely! Great colours.

You have a normal feeling for a moment, then it passes. --More--

by tzt (tztmail at gmail dot com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 05:05:41 PM EST
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Re: STENCILS AND STREET ART (4.00 / 4)

Textures are fun:

Side of a corrugated iron shed.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sat Feb 2nd, 2008 at 07:11:23 AM EST
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I would never have thought it was a sheet of corrugated iron... :-)

Great catch!

I like those "zooming in" sort of pictures but few are satisfying, I believe it's a light and contrast thing ! And maybe the level of details in such a scale ?

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Sat Feb 2nd, 2008 at 11:46:35 AM EST
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Re: STENCILS AND STREET ART (4.00 / 5)

Devizes - not quite the street art capital of the world. Nonetheless:

A genuine Banksy!

And another!

Hmmmm...

Meanwhile in Barcelona:

Dude.

Outside the art museum.

Nowhere near the art museum. (You can just about make out a bemused pigeon - not on fire - in the mid-ground.)

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sat Feb 2nd, 2008 at 06:55:18 AM EST
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Re: STENCILS AND STREET ART (4.00 / 5)

Some great talent in all of that.
You've reminded me I have a real Banksy photo too.
Ah, here.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sat Feb 2nd, 2008 at 07:11:36 AM EST
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Excellent !

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Sat Feb 2nd, 2008 at 07:20:47 AM EST
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Re: STENCILS AND STREET ART (4.00 / 5)

Pisa street art. Way more political than we ever see around Cardiff.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sat Feb 2nd, 2008 at 07:03:32 AM EST
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HISTORICAL PHOTOS (4.00 / 2)

"HISTORICAL PHOTOS"

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 02:51:34 AM EST

From "Paris- 100 Years in Color" (4.00 / 9)

Four Photos from the Occupation.

The Liberation

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 03:24:27 AM EST
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Re: From "Paris- 100 Years in Color" (4.00 / 7)

Weird... As I always look if I can recognize somebody (no, not someone!)...

What's fascinating is that the buildings havent changed, just been cleaned up a bit !

Here is a picture dating from the construction year of "Beaubourg" (Centre Georges Pompidou by Piano and Rogers) showing that most hadn't yet changed (nor be cleaned)!

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 06:13:37 AM EST
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Re: From "Paris- 100 Years in Color" (4.00 / 3)

Everyone will have recognized, I think, but the top one looks like the lower part of the Champs Elysées.

The second is the Rue de Rivoli looking towards the Louvre. The whole area and its luxury hotels (the Ritz included) was requisitioned for German superior officers.

I think the third is the entrance to the Petit Palais, where there was indeed an art exhibition for German soldiers organized by the Strength Through Joy movement.

The fourth is a parade on the Champs Elysées.

These three (2, 3, 4) are official military or Propagandastaffel photos.

I've no idea where the last one is, but they've had time to get themselves a heap of American flags! Wonder where they came from?

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 04:07:52 PM EST
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Re: From "Paris- 100 Years in Color" (4.00 / 2)

The building should be a store... With some time I might do some buildingspotting "à la DoDo"... :-)

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 06:00:51 PM EST
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Re: From "Paris- 100 Years in Color" (none / 1)

Wouldn't they have made those flags ? At the time people still knew how to sew...

Auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium; atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 06:05:54 PM EST
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Re: From "Paris- 100 Years in Color" (4.00 / 3)

Looking at them more closely, I think they're bedsheets painted with red stripes, with another piece of sheet tacked on with blue hatchings! (see bottom right flag).

That said, the Americans did come prepared. They even had banknotes printed and ready to put into circulation under the name of the military territorial authority FDR wanted to take over governing France. The enthusiastic welcome and support the population gave De Gaulle shelved those plans.

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sat Feb 2nd, 2008 at 09:02:36 AM EST
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From "Paris- 100 Years in Color" (4.00 / 10)

The last four photos I took at the exhibition. There were too many guards around the section housing the last 50 years.
I don't know of any historical significance of these four other than reflecting the times and the changes in photography.

(excuse the reflection on this one.)

(this is from a magazine; cropped to make presentable.)

(the new mode.)

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 03:42:51 AM EST
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Re: From "Paris- 100 Years in Color" (none / 0)

Bottom one - Mary Poppins style?

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 05:50:40 AM EST
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Re: From "Paris- 100 Years in Color" (none / 0)

Or the "Voleur de paratonnerre", a short cartoon movie by Paul Grimaud, that was refreshing in a Disney dominated era...!

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 06:05:20 AM EST
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Re: HISTORICAL PHOTOS (4.00 / 9)

A wee contribution from family pictures in 1919... After all, that's why the confusing name of "tank" was given to those things !

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 05:48:22 AM EST
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Re: HISTORICAL PHOTOS (none / 1)

I'd heard somewhere that the word "tank" came from a bit of disinformation in the UK prior to their initial deployment. As the big metal monstrosities were being moved about the country prior to their initial deployment, they had to call the big masses hidden under tarps on rail cars something - so they said they were "tanks," a thoroughly innocuous, and vaguely possible term. The name stuck.

by Zwackus on Sat Feb 2nd, 2008 at 06:42:51 AM EST
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Re: HISTORICAL PHOTOS (4.00 / 8)

This is "historical" only in the sense that it is my family history..

Great-grandmother Gerda sometime in the 1920's.

She lived to be 90 and died in 2000, so I knew her well.

Great-grandfather Paavo and his taxicab in Helsinki, sometime in the 1920's:

Paavo was born in 1902 and died in 1986; I remember him also. He and great-grandma Gerda lived in the then working-class, now trendy part in Helsinki called Kallio. They had a room and a kitchen where two people could not stand without bumping into each other. When the kids, grandkids and us great-grandkids visited, it would get really crowded. Although there weren't that many of us. It was just a really, really small apartment.

During their working lives Paavo drove a cab and Gerda worked as a saleslady. When I was born, they were already retired. When I visited, I'd try to read Gerda's Swedish-language magazines or chat with Paavo, who would lift me up high in the air to look at a clock that he had on the wall. For some reason, I was very fascinated with that clock. It is now in my basement; I cannot keep it in my apartment because it's too loud.

Paavo in his Winter War uniform, 1940:

Gerda, Paavo and an unknown person in 1940:

You have a normal feeling for a moment, then it passes. --More--

by tzt (tztmail at gmail dot com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 02:55:55 PM EST
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WOW... Great pictures of family !

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 03:58:25 PM EST
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Re: HISTORICAL PHOTOS (4.00 / 7)

My father - the Ref

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 05:35:58 PM EST
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That's not a rugby ball...!

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 06:18:18 PM EST
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Rugby (none / 1)

No. Though he thought me playing rugby would be an advantage in life ;-)

He was also the secretary of the Leicester Cricket Asscociation which kind of got me hooked on cricket. I sometimes worked on the scoreboard at Grace Road which meant running out on a roof over the main stand with these large metal number plates that were hung on hooks.

I suppose my aversion to exercise comes from a rebellion against the physical fitness standards that my father imposed. All I can remember of early family parties was my father and his brother doing balancing acts on the lounge carpet.

But I was happy to learn later from an eminent back surgeon that sex and dancing is all you need.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 06:36:02 PM EST
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Re: Rugby (none / 1)

I usually skip even the dancing part ! :-)
But did play cricket when young, which is unusual for a french citizen!!!

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 07:17:08 PM EST
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Re: Rugby (none / 1)

I am between marriages again, so I try to do a lot of dancing. it is the same sort of 60s art school dancing that I have always done. It is not balletic, but it uses a variety of muscles.

I like cricket a lot, but it does take a lot of time to follow a game. The Finnish Film Producers Association team wanted me to coach them, but their first quaestion was 'what is an over?' and I realised here wa too much work.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 07:27:15 PM EST
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Max Wall? ;-)

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 07:58:07 PM EST
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He didn't have the hair for it. Nor the shoes. But I loved Max Wall and Jimmy James.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Sat Feb 2nd, 2008 at 04:33:08 AM EST
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PHOTOS AS USUAL (4.00 / 2)

"PHOTOS AS USUAL"

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 02:51:58 AM EST

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This was the same place as the photo at the top was taken. Again on an old and rubbish camera but I got very lucky with the lighting. The grainy look of the black and white one is largely poor resolution due to cropping.

On this one the effect is from shooting through wire fencing into the dust and low sun. It was the old Central Hotel that used to be next to the station in the town centre. It was gutted by fire (an insurance scam that EVERYBODY knew about, so how they got away with it, I don't know). I used to walk past it everyday going into work and one day, suddenly half of it had been knocked down. It's all gone now and something new being built. Apartments I believe...

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 03:20:21 AM EST
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The top photo is quite mysterious and foreboding.

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 03:50:29 AM EST
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Yes, but the color one is almost an abstract...!

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 06:49:19 AM EST
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Yes, I really love that photo and it was entirely accidental. It gives this feeling of being sleepy and blinking into the sun so that your eyelashes cause the light to diffract and blur.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 09:00:17 AM EST
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From estHer. (4.00 / 10)

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 03:59:36 AM EST
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Is that what's called "peeking"... :-)

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 06:15:54 AM EST
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From estHer. (4.00 / 7)

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 04:42:46 AM EST
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Was it a New Caledonian performance... :-)

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 06:14:43 AM EST
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Maybe not "as usual" in the Luxembourg garden in Paris... A "Gwendolyn" situation...!!!! ( I didn't make up anything, and don't know the damsel ! )

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 05:51:02 AM EST
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I assume LEP is just out of shot ;-)

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 08:25:30 AM EST
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LOL, I didn't see any guy... (leading to some speculation...)

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 09:07:38 AM EST
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A friend of mine had her boyfriend tied to the bed, realised they were out of condoms, so threw some clothes on, and shot down to the supermarket to pick some up. in there remembered there were a few things she needed and ended up doing a whole weekly shop having forgottn why she was originally going there. got home about an hour later to find a furious boyfriend.

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 09:22:55 AM EST
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Ah... Well, at least she didn't have an accident that would have needed some external help...

I had my neighbourgs of the floor above me who had a washing machine flood, another neighbour called the firemen as nobody answered at the door...
The fireman went up the big ladder to get through the window... And fell on the naked couple that must have been quite absorbed !!!

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 09:31:14 AM EST
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This one is for the cat lovers... My cat that passed out in 2007 !

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 05:53:08 AM EST
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Cute.

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 09:03:34 AM EST
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I like this one because of the blue and yellow pillow... Seems to match with the cat's wondering why I must always interfere with his siesta...!

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 09:09:56 AM EST
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Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 09:41:15 AM EST
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Hey, I'm still working... Pictures like this one tend to make me dream of my own siesta... Purrrrr !

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 09:47:07 AM EST
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Sweet picture. Sorry to know that he's no longer with you. : (

by Loefing on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 03:37:53 PM EST
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Thank you... Yes, I still sometimes wonder why she isn't behind the door when I get back home... To remember !
The hardest was for my children, even though quite grown up, as it's the only cat they had when small !

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 04:01:38 PM EST
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I also love cats, not like dogs. My family (mother) has wonderful dogs, they live in the country, where they have everything what they need - fresh air and prey.

In my town I had handsome grey cat with white tie called Kuzya, I gave him to my sister before moving to India 4 years ago.

My sister barely tolerated him, but niece adored him. Unfortunately for Kuzya niece last year moved to China for study and now he is at mercy of my sister.

by FarEasterner on Sat Feb 2nd, 2008 at 05:10:04 AM EST
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Cats have special Karma...! When they are "chotta billy" (young cats) they play and live the world of illusions.... When they get older they get enlightened and meditate (er.. Sleep) a lot... :-)

Mangooses on the other hand are quite extraordinary, as you can "see" them think and even sometimes, smile of the good joke they pulled upon you !

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Sat Feb 2nd, 2008 at 05:19:38 AM EST
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Of course.

by FarEasterner on Sat Feb 2nd, 2008 at 05:26:10 AM EST
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One picture I like a lot describes what I felt of Leningrad at the end of the Gorbatchev era... III district Nievsky prospect !

The child going to school walking on the open heating pipes, plus the contrasts of the inner yard, symbolise for me the situation at that time !

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 05:57:38 AM EST
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Incredible photo. Your contributions have been fantastic, thanks.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 05:59:45 AM EST
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Well thank you for allowing me to share all these... :-)

This one is the reason I was in Leningrad ! To design small prefabricated "datchas" (three morrys, built in one day) that were one among thousands of the "joint-ventures" of that era !

I have fond memories of this work because we changed a factory that was making Kalaschnikov's butt and ammunition crates into a house building company !
We had to work with the district's soviets (ah, those babouchkas !) so it wouldn't be bought and capitalized by the new mafia... Wasn't without danger as one of our "banker" finished in the Neva with concrete shoes !!!

Those should still be at the Lenexpo site !

The first prototype...

Inside the second version, with local made furniture, Finnish style :-) !

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 04:37:27 PM EST
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They are gorgeous, but I wouldn't like to drop a candle in one.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 04:47:24 PM EST
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