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Photography Blog No. 34

by LEP
Sun May 11th, 2008 at 04:47:39 AM EST

Text moved below the fold - Weekend bump for your viewing pleasure! - In Wales

I think it's Friday. Someone correct me if it's not. I've had a case of sciatica for the last two weeks which likes to make its presence known mainly at night. So my brain is not functioning too well. (Perhaps no one will even notice.) Luckily my best position is in an upright chair at my desk so I'm happy to have the ET Photo Blog to keep me company today.
So, a warm welcome to all to Number 34.
Today, in addition to Photos as Usual and Ask the Experts we'll be featuring our photos of Trains, Metros and Subways.
I hope to see a lot of action today. We've been missing margouillat for several weeks now and I know that Gioele is spending a week in Paris so I don't know if he has the capability to post today.
Off we go!

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Photography Blog No. 34 | 157 comments (157 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (none / 0)

trains, subways and metros

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

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 03:43:38 AM EST

Guess the metro station. (4.00 / 5)

He He. These are just easy warmups for DoDo later.

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

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 03:58:56 AM EST
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Re: Guess the metro station. (none / 1)

Top one is Paris, the rest are Washington. Metro Center... I know I recognise the station. Can't post my transport ones til I get back home later.

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 04:37:09 AM EST
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Re: Guess the metro station. (none / 1)

Yep. I was a bit torn between Paris and London on the first one, but I'll go with Paris, too.

Where's your motherf*%&ing flag pin?

by Drew J Jones (blahblahblah@blahblahblah.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 11:42:47 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (4.00 / 5)

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 04:33:33 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (none / 0)

Lovely setting. Is this near your home?

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

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 04:40:26 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (none / 1)

No, this is at the lake of Sarnen, near Lucerne. I went there for a long weekend, last year.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 05:12:39 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (none / 1)

here.

*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 May 9th, 2008 at 07:27:17 PM EST
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Guess the station, (4.00 / 4)

Not so easy!

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

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 07:34:24 AM EST
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Re: Guess the station, (4.00 / 2)

outside of DC, X!X!X!X! National Airport

"Looking for my Lo and Behold" The Band

by the misunderestimated on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 11:08:14 AM EST
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Re: Guess the station, (none / 0)

Exact. The metro station at Washington National Airport.

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

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 11:24:37 AM EST
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Re: Guess the station, (4.00 / 4)

And I appreciate you not calling it "Reagan National". I love that the (largely black) folks who operate the trains generally call it "National".

Where's your motherf*%&ing flag pin?

by Drew J Jones (blahblahblah@blahblahblah.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 11:44:15 AM EST
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Re: Guess the station, (4.00 / 2)

Those of us who have lived in Washington/VA/MD for a long time find it hard to call the airport anything but National. I don't have a huge problem with things being named after politicians or other scoundrels (even if I didn't like them). My grandmother didn't think much of Herbert Hoover, but I never heard her complain about the Dam being named after him. She preferred to call rabbits "Hoover Hogs", as a reminder that many people were reduced to hunting rabbits as a source of protein during the Hoover presidency.

won't wonders never cease? _ Snuffy Smith

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 09:30:53 PM EST
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Re: Guess the station, (4.00 / 2)

I normally have little problem with it, but I have a problem with the amazing amount of shit we've named after Reagan. It's unbelievable.

Where's your motherf*%&ing flag pin?

by Drew J Jones (blahblahblah@blahblahblah.com) on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 11:33:07 AM EST
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Re: Guess the station, (4.00 / 2)

I have a rule. Any friend of mine who calls it X!X!X!X! gets hit.

"Looking for my Lo and Behold" The Band

by the misunderestimated on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 03:35:41 PM EST
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Re: Guess the station, (4.00 / 5)

Well, Reagan was admired by many many Americans.

Can you imagine anything being named after G.W.Bush, except maybe a place where we put our shit? Would serve him right. I think the Blue Plains waste water treatment plant (the worst smelling place in DC) might be a good choice because it doesn't already have a proper name. It would be a joy to refer to that place by his name! Let's start a petition.

won't wonders never cease? _ Snuffy Smith

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 09:37:58 PM EST
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Re: Guess the station, (4.00 / 2)

Well, Reagan was admired by many many Americans.

I have a confession to make. I voted for Reagan. Twice. I was utterly seduced by his rhetoric. By the middle of his second term the cognitive dissonance between his rhetoric and the reality I saw all around me became too much to reconcile and I began to come to my senses. I will go to my grave regretting those two votes.

The blurker formerly known as ignorant bystander.

by b--- (budr at hughes net) on Sun May 11th, 2008 at 11:53:19 AM EST
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Re: Guess the station, (4.00 / 2)

You are not alone. Reagan was the last Republican I voted for also. I think I actually voted for him only the first time though. As with you, I awoke before the second term and never again voted for a Republican presidential candidate.

That is not to say, however, that I have been exactly charmed by the Democrats. Many of my votes since Reagan have been for independents. In my opinion, neither traditional party can be trusted to do what is best for the people of America.

won't wonders never cease? _ Snuffy Smith

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Sun May 11th, 2008 at 09:12:08 PM EST
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Re: Guess the station, (none / 1)

Though in the Meta thead, an under-coverage of Continental EUropean and an over-coverage of American items on ET was discussed, if you have a longer story on this, I would very much be interested to read it in a diary!

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

by DoDo on Sun May 11th, 2008 at 01:28:17 PM EST
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Re: Guess the station, (none / 1)

Well, Reagan was admired by many many Americans.

Undeservedly so, and in his time in office by not as many as at the time of the media granting him Sainthood during his funeral, if I may opine.

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

by DoDo on Sun May 11th, 2008 at 05:02:01 AM EST
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Re: Guess the station, (none / 1)

Agreed. I always hear about what a nice guy Reagan was, and about how he restored our optimism. I don't know where this Reagan originates, but he's very different from the Ronald Reagan I know. The one I know beat up on poor people and ran one of the most overtly racist campaigns I could have imagined.

The pundits always conveniently forget how Reagan launched his 1980 presidential bid in Philadelphia, Mississippi, standing up to say, "I support states' rights," in a town known solely as being the place where Michael Schwerner, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman were murdered by white supremacists while working on civil rights issues.

Then we have Reagan's famous Cadillac-Driving Welfare Queen^TM, who only existed in Reagan's dementia-fueled bitchfests.

Then there was Reagan sending in the cops to beat Berkeley students senseless for having the audacity to hold a sit-in protesting the Vietnam War.

And let's not forget the small matter of Reagan having tripled the national debt.

Nice guy. Hopefully he's rotting in Hell.

I don't mean that as an attack on Gringo or anybody else. But the press covered up the ugly side of Reagan, and, yes, behind his pumping sunshine up our asses constantly was a very ugly old man who preyed upon racial and class hatred like no president since god-knows-when. It's only because of the fact that Junior's gotten more people killed that he doesn't top my list of Worst Presidents Ever.

Where's your motherf*%&ing flag pin?

by Drew J Jones (blahblahblah@blahblahblah.com) on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 10:44:40 AM EST
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Re: Guess the station, (none / 1)

Not to mention his foreign policy (at least initially).

But I wasn't talking about his record: I was talking about a myth at another level, that of Reagan's popularity. His approval rates weren't as sky-high most of the time during his presidency, but by the time of his funeral, history was re-written in people's minds (plus a new generation came who only knew the myth, I guess).

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

by DoDo on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 01:45:21 PM EST
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Re: Guess the station, (none / 0)

well having something that actually dealt with shit named after him would have a certain irony.

As we journey through life, we should keep an iron grip, to the very end, on the capacity for silliness. It preserves the soul from dessication.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Sun May 11th, 2008 at 06:10:25 AM EST
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Re: Guess the station, (none / 1)

GWB BP sewage treatment. i like it. only this new sludge weed called the gross water bush might be born and spread throughout the land in a time when I thought we had mostly eradicated it.

"Looking for my Lo and Behold" The Band

by the misunderestimated on Sun May 11th, 2008 at 03:59:49 PM EST
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Re: Guess the station, (none / 1)

The DC area update:

"Rainfall totals have been anywhere from 3 to 6 inches through the event(the past 24 hours) with totals up to 9 inches and above in the past 4 days." WJLA DC Weather

Easy to forget this fact

"Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger." Saint Basil

GWB Blue Plains Sewage treatment Plant is getting plenty of work trying to keep up unlike the laziest president in history who it is named after.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=8DOdqOkYjtA

"Looking for my Lo and Behold" The Band

by the misunderestimated on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 11:37:49 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (4.00 / 9)

Though I would come at this from a different angle, considering my name and all. Hope it is not too cheeky.

Member of the Anti-Fabulousness League since 1987.

by Ephemera on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 10:47:35 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (none / 0)

Where'd you find this?

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

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 10:53:44 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (4.00 / 3)

Where did I find what? The picture?

It's mine, I made it for putting up here. Those tickets represent about 80-90% of the train, tram and metro rides I've taken since I was 18.

Member of the Anti-Fabulousness League since 1987.

by Ephemera on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 11:03:31 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (none / 1)

It's terrific!

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

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 11:27:29 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (none / 0)

Yes love it.

As we journey through life, we should keep an iron grip, to the very end, on the capacity for silliness. It preserves the soul from dessication.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 11:42:03 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (4.00 / 5)

Where?

Sorry about the reflection, I'm on the train...

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 02:04:27 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (none / 0)

I'm only guessing: the renewed Saarbrücken Hbf? (When I was there, work only just begun.)

*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 May 9th, 2008 at 07:30:33 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (none / 1)

Me stupid. From the next photo, it's K'lautern!

*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 May 9th, 2008 at 07:44:12 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (none / 0)

Is it the red building that pegs it?

I had a feeling....

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 03:42:28 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (none / 0)

That's the football arena of 1. FC Kaiserslautern. But I should have remembered the station platform roofs already from last year, it was the parking house in the background that didn't fit that memory and led me astray.

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

by DoDo on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 04:18:55 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (4.00 / 5)

Same as above...

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 02:05:47 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (4.00 / 5)

Where? DoDo?

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 02:08:02 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (4.00 / 4)

Oh, easyí, that's the end of the TGV Est line at Baudrecourt, the tracks connecting to the Metz-Strasbourg line, and you appear to be sitting on an evening high-speed train to/from Frankfurt, here. (Also see here.)

I made two photos on the same spot last year (only looking from the line on the bridge towards the line your train whizzled along), but - no polar filter, no adjustments, and shot from the other side of the train, so I am ashamed of their very poor quality - so here is one very small...

Two better photos - the first is the new UFO front of Strasbourg's old station building, after an early morning night train arrival:

Not all railways are high-speed - here is a pre-sunset farewell to a train that took me into the middle of nowhere:

*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 May 9th, 2008 at 07:08:48 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (4.00 / 2)

you appear to be sitting on an evening high-speed train to/from Frankfurt

Shadows? Nice!

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 01:55:38 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (4.00 / 2)

From the rear cab pictures, which I'd place either a fek kilometres before the junction photos or somewhere after Reims, I can also tell it's a train from Frankfurt :-)

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

by DoDo on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 06:26:52 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (none / 1)

Eggcellent....

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 03:43:31 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (4.00 / 5)

I've got to run to dinner, my wife is giving me that look....

More later....

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 02:10:17 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (4.00 / 4)

Where is it?

A little too easy, but hey, it'll build up one's station spotting confidence, no?

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 05:30:12 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (4.00 / 2)

This is Saarbrücken Hbf. You see one of the French diesel motor cars on the same track on the satellite photo, too.

*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 May 9th, 2008 at 08:00:33 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (4.00 / 4)

Where is it?

Again, sorry about the reflection, unavoidable....

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 05:32:53 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (4.00 / 3)

OK, this would have been difficult, but now knowing your route... Forbach.

*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 May 9th, 2008 at 08:03:44 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (4.00 / 2)

Das ist..... richtdig!

OK, next time I have to let LEP know not to clue everyone in to my whereabouts in the diary intro.... although I did it myself in the GTG photo diary from last week.... doh!

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 03:46:59 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (none / 0)

Richtig.... (sp!)

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 03:49:21 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (4.00 / 3)

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 03:48:00 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (none / 1)

Well I can get you pictures of dead railways. and old rusted bridges...

but this isn't the best subject for me.

As we journey through life, we should keep an iron grip, to the very end, on the capacity for silliness. It preserves the soul from dessication.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 12:53:35 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (none / 0)

photos as usual

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

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 03:44:27 AM EST

Guess what and where? (4.00 / 5)

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

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 04:07:30 AM EST
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Re: Guess what and where? (4.00 / 5)

somebody's stealing the Louvre pyramid a piece at a time?

As we journey through life, we should keep an iron grip, to the very end, on the capacity for silliness. It preserves the soul from dessication.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 11:42:58 AM EST
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Re: Guess what and where? (none / 0)

I think I've been there.

My daughter thinks she's been there.

We just can't remember where it is :/

by Sassafras on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 05:12:11 AM EST
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Hint!! (4.00 / 2)

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

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 05:49:07 AM EST
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Re: Hint!! (none / 1)

Well, in that case, it's the NGA in Washington. :)

I recognised the Henry Moore on the left, but I still can't match up where I think the gallery is with the picture. We must have seen the pyramids while walking along the Mall to the Air and Space Museum?

by Sassafras on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 06:17:10 AM EST
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Re: Hint!! (none / 0)

That is correct.

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

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 06:19:35 AM EST
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Re: Hint!! (none / 0)

Would they have been there in 1991? I spent a week in Washington about then and that's when I went to the NGA.

I took the children by train from New York a couple of years back, but just for a day...

by Sassafras on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 06:29:34 AM EST
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Re: Hint!! (none / 0)

?

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

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 07:18:37 AM EST
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Re: Hint!! (none / 0)

The glass pyramids

by Sassafras on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 07:46:36 AM EST
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Re: Hint!! (none / 0)

I meant to say I don't know if they were there in 1991.

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

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 07:59:18 AM EST
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Re: Hint!! (none / 0)

lol..with you now :)

by Sassafras on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 08:22:56 AM EST
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Re: Guess what and where? (none / 1)

By the way Sassafras, Two weeks ago you had a lovely photo in the photo blog where you complained "too bad the arm was in there." I don't think you saw where I cropped it for you. Here

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

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 05:57:12 AM EST
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Re: Guess what and where? (none / 1)

I hadn't seen it.

Thank you for that :)

by Sassafras on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 06:20:05 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (4.00 / 6)

The picture above is taken with me standing in Switzerland. The boats, the village and the hill in the background are in Germany.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 04:36:30 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (4.00 / 2)

Great photos Fran! It's really nice to see your contribution.

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 04:38:12 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (4.00 / 2)

Thanks, In Wales! I feel like such a dilettant compared to people who post here. Though I think I could do more with my digital camera than just press the button, I just haven't taken the time yet to really learn about. But if the photoblocks keep going on, maybe I will get there.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 04:40:49 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (none / 1)

I have decided I need a little more outdoor exercise. Though I walk to work, my new office is only a little more than 5 Minutes from where I live. Thus when ever I can I take detours and more and more often I remember to take the camera with me because there will be another photoblock coming up on Friday. The above two pictures are taken on such a detour.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 04:38:45 AM EST
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gotterdammerung (4.00 / 12)

Lobbyists are people too...

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 04:41:29 AM EST
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Re: gotterdammerung (4.00 / 2)

Wow, this looks more like a painting than a photo. :-)

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 04:43:01 AM EST
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Re: gotterdammerung (4.00 / 2)

i always loved turner and constable...

thanks fran!

Lobbyists are people too...

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 05:13:42 AM EST
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Re: gotterdammerung (none / 0)

When I was last in London I went into the national Gallery and saw the Turners there.

As we journey through life, we should keep an iron grip, to the very end, on the capacity for silliness. It preserves the soul from dessication.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 11:44:16 AM EST
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Re: gotterdammerung (4.00 / 3)

Spectacular!!

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

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 04:45:23 AM EST
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spring countryside (4.00 / 5)

Lobbyists are people too...

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 04:42:13 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (4.00 / 6)

Currently blooming rosemary on my balcony.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 04:42:17 AM EST
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paddy resting (4.00 / 9)

Lobbyists are people too...

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 04:42:40 AM EST
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poppy (4.00 / 6)

Lobbyists are people too...

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 04:43:45 AM EST
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hotel with a view (4.00 / 11)

Lobbyists are people too...

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 04:44:21 AM EST
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Re: hotel with a view (none / 1)

Where is this?

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

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 04:46:56 AM EST
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Re: hotel with a view (none / 1)

It reminds me of the Toscana.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 05:18:00 AM EST
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Re: hotel with a view (none / 1)

Hotel Terranova , Ronti, Umbria

Lobbyists are people too...

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 07:40:55 AM EST
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whole through the heart (4.00 / 7)

Lobbyists are people too...

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 04:45:12 AM EST
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golden valley evening (4.00 / 9)

Lobbyists are people too...

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 04:45:31 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (4.00 / 8)

Bug on a bluebell.

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 04:46:19 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (none / 1)

wow, the details of the fly are amazing, great picture.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 04:48:13 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (4.00 / 2)

I love the way you can just see the pollen on its head. These little details I can't see when I take the photo, I only find them once I am back home on the computer.

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 05:11:47 AM EST
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magic word- PRODUCTION! (4.00 / 5)

Lobbyists are people too...

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 04:49:05 AM EST
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Re: magic word- PRODUCTION! (none / 1)

What does this control?

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

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 04:51:59 AM EST
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Re: magic word- PRODUCTION! (4.00 / 2)

it's the meter that will record the energy production from the pv panels installed but not yet hooked up.

first they told me the tiles should be put back around with a 10 c. gap around the panels, now they (the state) has changed its mind and they have to be 1 c. away.

grr...

looking at the end of next week for final hookup.

Lobbyists are people too...

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 07:58:34 AM EST
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new pergola poles (4.00 / 3)

Lobbyists are people too...

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 04:50:07 AM EST
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whirlygiggery (4.00 / 4)

Lobbyists are people too...

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 04:51:34 AM EST
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Re: whirlygiggery (none / 0)

You are aware, I hope, of the public image of men with twirled faces?

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 08:25:21 AM EST
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Re: whirlygiggery (none / 1)

Wow. Glad I'm not stoned right now.

The blurker formerly known as ignorant bystander.

by b--- (budr at hughes net) on Sun May 11th, 2008 at 12:02:41 PM EST
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poppy bank (4.00 / 7)

Lobbyists are people too...

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 04:53:29 AM EST
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lilliput (4.00 / 7)

Lobbyists are people too...

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 04:54:00 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (4.00 / 8)

Great colours. I took this on my way into work yesterday morning.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 04:54:35 AM EST
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stone, moss, shadow (4.00 / 6)

Lobbyists are people too...

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 04:55:18 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (4.00 / 6)

More bluebells!

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 04:58:15 AM EST
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pseudo-volcanic sunset (4.00 / 9)

Lobbyists are people too...

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 04:58:25 AM EST
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Re: pseudo-volcanic sunset (4.00 / 2)

It looks like fire!

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 05:12:23 AM EST
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Re: pseudo-volcanic sunset (none / 1)

That's how I would imagine the end of the world.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 05:16:35 AM EST
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Re: pseudo-volcanic sunset (4.00 / 7)

No, this is what the end of the world looks like!

Photo credit: terra.cl

The Chilean volcano Chaitén erupting!

See the whole photo series here....

A must see!

(hat tip talkingpointsmemo.com)

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 04:26:51 PM EST
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Re: pseudo-volcanic sunset (4.00 / 3)

Science fiction, meet reality - and bow your head.

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

by DoDo on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 07:08:28 PM EST
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road (4.00 / 9)

Lobbyists are people too...

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 04:59:26 AM EST
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Re: road (4.00 / 2)

A truly great selection today!

*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 May 9th, 2008 at 08:07:36 PM EST
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Re: road (none / 1)

thanks dodo, spring is here, i can't look anywhere without my third eye wanting to eat it all up!

i don't go many places, so i look for the things that are different every day...like light

Lobbyists are people too...

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 06:16:04 AM EST
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wildflower (4.00 / 5)

sorry to hear about the sciatica, LEP. i hope it passes soon.

(hint: massage!)

hope the pix thicken the gruel a bit!

Lobbyists are people too...

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 05:01:16 AM EST
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Re: wildflower (none / 0)

I agree with melo, massage is always good. Though on Tuesday this week, one of my yoga students told that she had sciatica inbetween classes. She thinks what helped her get rid of it is doing lots of firebreath. She even the excercises, but gently always adding the firebreath. And just so you have no excuse, she is not a young chick, she is 66. :-)

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 05:15:45 AM EST
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Re: wildflower (none / 1)

Fran:

And just so you have no excuse, she is not a young chick, she is 66. :-)

That's young to me!!

I've been twice to the osteopath; tomorrow my wife will give me an acupuncture treatment with some massage included.

I'm not sure I know what firebreath is.

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

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 05:21:34 AM EST
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Re: wildflower (4.00 / 2)

This is the best and safest description I could find. I am sure you have done it in your yoga class. Just start and increase slowly, it should not feel forced.

Deep breathing -- the truly essential exercise

The Bellows, or Fire Breath
Many forms of yoga begin with breathing techniques, or pranayama. Prana means `breath' or `life force' in Sanskrit. The bellows breath is a yogic exercise that stimulates energy when you need it, toning the abdomen and massaging the internal organs and lymph system. Though not deep breathing, the bellows does activate the lungs, neck, chest and abdomen so that deeper breathing comes more naturally.
Again, sit in a comfortable position. With your mouth closed, breath in and out through your nose as fast as possible. Think of pumping up a balloon or water toy. Try to breath in and out as equally as possible. Continue for 10-15 seconds, no more at first. As you become more accustomed to this technique you can increase the exercise to one full minute.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 05:45:33 AM EST
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From estHer (4.00 / 8)

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

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 05:15:06 AM EST
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From estHer (4.00 / 6)

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

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 06:11:38 AM EST
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From estHer (4.00 / 6)

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

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 07:40:42 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (4.00 / 11)

Made this last Saturday, on a public garden in Lisbon which is having some work done.

by Torres on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 09:22:46 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (none / 0)

I've seen these sculptures before but I can't place where?
Paris?

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

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 10:52:52 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (none / 0)

Lisbon. It's a single sculpture.

by Torres on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 11:47:44 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (none / 0)

There's a thematically similar one-gardener with spade-in Kew Gardens.

by Sassafras on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 01:03:10 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 34 (none / 0)

It may be in Washington, D.C. that I've seen similar sculptures.

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

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 01:15:23 PM EST
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Bad cellphone art (4.00 / 7)

I'm always jealous of those of you who post pictures because I don't actually have a camera. Except I do - in my phone. So last night I decided to fiddle around with it. It has a few bells and whistles, but alas, no f-stop. So don't judge me! (I'm actually a very good photographer with a real camera. Or was once...)

Floral arrangements:

"This is nothing compared to how Putin rigged Eurovision."