Top Diaries

A disco ball

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 03:21:39 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Too easy!

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 06:54:36 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: WHAT IS IT? (4.00 / 3)

A little riddle
Now you can see that this is a glass, but what is that pattern on it? All the clues are in the picture.

It's a new design concept by a friend of mine. There are 6 different designs. Can you guess what the others might be?

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 07:23:55 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: WHAT IS IT? (4.00 / 4)

I'm going to guess that it's a street map of Helsinki, and that the white shapes are the outlines of buildings.

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 08:12:20 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: WHAT IS IT? (none / 1)

Correct! - it is a stylised map of downtown Hki. The other glasses in the set are Berlin, Paris, London, Rome, New York.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 08:20:52 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: WHAT IS IT? (4.00 / 3)

Is it an aerial view of Helsinki?

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 08:15:20 AM EST
[ Parent ]

http://www.roomwithaparisview.com/neighbourhood.htm

Almost!

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 08:28:52 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: WHO/WHERE IS IT? (4.00 / 6)

This sculpture is of a moderately well known French sculptor and painter of the 19th century who has a square named after him in the 18th arondissement of Paris. Get out your maps, Ted.

Here's the square.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 03:02:08 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: WHO/WHERE IS IT? (4.00 / 2)

"Square Carpeaux is a pleasant splash of green in the 18th arrondissement. There is a playground for the neighborhood's children, lots of benches under beautiful shady trees, and even a fin-de-siècle bandstand. (Alas, the bandstand is being refitted and is not used at present.)

The Square is named for Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827 - 1875), a sculptor-artist and graduate of the School of Beaux-Arts of Paris."

Photos at:

I claim my 4 :-)

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice.

by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 04:50:56 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: WHO/WHERE IS IT? (none / 0)

I knew you'd get it.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 04:53:42 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: WHAT/WHERE IS IT? (4.00 / 5)

Guess what and where.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 03:19:36 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: WHAT/WHERE IS IT? (none / 1)

Rehearsal for Alice In Wonderland?

Gardens of the Fontainebleau palace?

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 07:55:10 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: WHAT/WHERE IS IT? (none / 0)

No, that's a river, so I don't know where.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 07:58:12 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: WHAT/WHERE IS IT? (none / 0)

It is a rehearsal, but not for "Alice in Wonderland." And it is a river not too far from Fontainebleau. You're getting close. Think French classic theatre.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 08:12:17 AM EST
[ Parent ]

THIS IS THE ANSWER! (4.00 / 3)

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 04:00:24 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: WHAT IS IT? (4.00 / 7)

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 03:39:58 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: WHAT IS IT? (4.00 / 2)

"Don't sit under the apple tree
with anyone else but me..."

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 04:54:01 AM EST
[ Parent ]

You're not nearly old enough to sing that.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 04:57:59 AM EST
[ Parent ]

How do you know? ;-)

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 05:00:12 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Intuition!

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 05:00:43 AM EST
[ Parent ]

No! No! No! (none / 0)

Mmmmmmmmm.... Andrews Sisters...

Anyway, Soul Coughing used that loop brilliantly on their equally brilliant Ruby Vroom album (which I've lost somehow). And Soul Coughing is definitely my generation.

by Nomad (Bjinse) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 05:22:43 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: No! No! No! (none / 0)

That explains it!

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 05:32:07 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: No! No! No! (4.00 / 2)

No it doesn't! Although I do have that album. But my father is a much better explanation.

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 05:37:37 AM EST
[ Parent ]

THE ANSWER! (none / 0)

Winter 2006 my wife planted an apple tree in our yard. The first apples arrived this summer and this photo is of one of the first. We wound up with about 40 to 50 apples this summer and fall-all delicious.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 03:55:41 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re:WHAT IS IT? (4.00 / 7)

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 05:33:17 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re:WHAT IS IT? (none / 0)

Nespresso machine. (Cue in G. Clooney).

No, I think it's a coffee roaster.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 06:01:44 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re:WHAT IS IT? (4.00 / 2)

You're probably right. It's in a little store on Rue Damremont that sells products from the north of France. I didn't ask the owner what the machine was but i did buy a tin of his butter cookies which estHer gobbled right up. Here's the cookies.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 06:10:51 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Who Is It? (4.00 / 3)

I have to go out for an hour so guess away.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 08:37:45 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Is that one of your wedding pictures?

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 08:39:11 AM EST
[ Parent ]

My first wife was a beautiful blond and a lot taller than me, but not this tall.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 08:42:11 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Is the man a very young Donald Trump?
Is it a photo you took? it looks fairly old.
Is it a woman who later became famous?

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 08:49:39 AM EST
[ Parent ]

It's not a photo I took. It's not Donald trump. It's a woman who's known to some ET ers.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 10:10:44 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Does her ET name start with a A?

by Fran on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 10:23:43 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Nope.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 10:26:56 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Then I have to pass! :-)

by Fran on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 10:50:43 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Who Is It? (4.00 / 5)

I think it looks like Fran!

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 12:22:51 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Who Is It? (4.00 / 2)

LOL, thanks! You just made my day, In Wales. :-D

by Fran on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 12:25:15 PM EST
[ Parent ]

That would have been my guess too...

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 02:09:47 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Is it mimimi, mishimishi, whatever her name was?

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 02:12:55 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Now that's an interesting guess

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 02:18:40 PM EST
[ Parent ]

especially if you look at the filename.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 02:23:32 PM EST
[ Parent ]

I guessed it after the "but not this tall" comment.

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 02:33:42 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Very astute. That was a carefully dropped hint.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 02:57:18 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Poemless, you are a GENIUS. It is a photo that was sent to me by mmmm. I have never met her so I can't guaranty the authenticity of the photos.
And you men of ET. Aren't you sorry you didn't learn more about astrology.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 02:31:22 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Jesus, do I win something?

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 02:32:40 PM EST
[ Parent ]

I'm thinking!

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 02:53:56 PM EST
[ Parent ]

"And you men of ET. Aren't you sorry you didn't learn more about astrology."

Not at all - she was a pain in the neck - and not from looking up to her :-) - and it seems, from what someone who dropped in said, that she had been stirring up trouble in other places.

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice.

by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 06:35:50 PM EST
[ Parent ]

I did have an interesting conversation with her about aeronautics, back when she called herself manon.

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 07:18:47 PM EST
[ Parent ]

So you did meet a chick on ET!

"Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

by Melanchthon on Sat Dec 8th, 2007 at 09:29:01 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Who Is It? (4.00 / 3)

Poemless!

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 08:53:55 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Who Is It? (4.00 / 3)

Ah, ya beat me to it!

She doesn't usually allow Misha to place his hand there in public, but that's poemless all right.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 08:58:14 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Who Is It? (4.00 / 2)

No. poemless is sexier and more earthy looking; but I'm only speaking through a dream I had of poemless' posting her photo on ET. As I get older it becomes more and more difficult for me to differentiate reality from fantasy.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 10:17:36 AM EST
[ Parent ]

:)

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 02:38:05 PM EST
[ Parent ]

So, did LEP use a crappy camera that didn't show the red lipstick's color?

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 12:05:17 PM EST
[ Parent ]

I didn't take the photo. It was emailed to me.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 12:10:26 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Arrogance alert. (4.00 / 2)

I don't want to say I am offended, because this could be someone's daughter or something. She's very pretty.

No one has ever called me pretty. I am not pretty.

I have been told I'm stunningly beautiful, but there is no accounting for taste... Apparently Matt Damon is the sexiest man alive. I don't understand these things...

(Should add, I'm 5'3 with very short dark brown hair, olive skin, and would not be caught dead in sequins.)

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 02:09:02 PM EST
[ Parent ]

You all tell me when you give up. If you read my posts carefully in this thread you'll find some invaluable clues that should refresh your recollection. Then, think back a few months. If you want another clue I'll give one.
I also have a second photo that shows this persons earthy side.

Please note that I have this person's written permission to post these photos.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 02:23:48 PM EST
[ Parent ]

There is something vaguely Exorcist about this picture..

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 05:05:53 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Head on backwards? or preparation for projectile vomiting?

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 05:07:38 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Head on backwards.

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 05:16:08 PM EST
[ Parent ]

the shadow at her back is quite helpful in providing thaat impression

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 05:27:32 PM EST
[ Parent ]

The anser is mmmm (none / 0)

as guessed by poemless!

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 02:32:15 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Always change your filenames ;-)

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 02:35:46 PM EST
[ Parent ]

I didn't look at the file name. It was obvious: what tall blonde known on ET would be sending LEP her pics?

Probably the same tall blonde on ET who spent days flirting with him...

Though my 1st guess was Agnes a Paris...

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 02:42:32 PM EST
[ Parent ]

No, Agnes was freaked out by being cyberstalked on the basis of her writing here so there's no way in hell she would allow her pics to be shown.

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 02:46:12 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: The anser is mmmm (none / 1)

Agnes... I miss her. Now that she and mmmm are gone, I have to do all the driving Jerome crazy myself. It's a lot of work.

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 02:59:37 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: The anser is mmmm (4.00 / 3)

A lot of work? All you have to do is talk about smoking and astrology.

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 03:41:44 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: The anser is mmmm (none / 1)

I said drive him crazy, not make him upset.

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 05:17:43 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Where's the file name? I'm computer illiterate.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 03:02:18 PM EST
[ Parent ]

right click and go to properties, one is called mmmm1.jpg and the other mmmm2.jpg

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 03:05:11 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Do you right click on the photo? I don't see any mmmm.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 03:19:11 PM EST
[ Parent ]

You can find the file name by hovering over the picture in the picasa album.

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 03:44:08 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Thanks.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 04:08:56 PM EST
[ Parent ]

WHERE IS IT? (4.00 / 4)

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 09:01:32 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: WHERE IS IT? (none / 1)

You took that when you came out of the Tut exhibition last Monday.

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 09:02:19 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Yes, you know, It wasn't till I got back that I realised I'd only taken 4 pictures in my whole day away.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 09:05:38 AM EST
[ Parent ]

I was going to take a mug shot of you for my phone's contact list, but I forgot.

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 09:07:51 AM EST
[ Parent ]

and I a photo of the pair of you, but it got to be a rush.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 09:11:08 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Did you forget to take the lens cap off?

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 10:32:29 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Well I could have messed about with it to improve the lighting, but that would blur it more

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 11:14:49 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: WHAT/WHERE IS IT? (4.00 / 7)

Famous River

I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 09:32:22 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: WHAT/WHERE IS IT? (none / 0)

Nile?

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 12:01:16 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: WHAT/WHERE IS IT? (4.00 / 3)

Technically yes, but it's before the confluence. Dare I ask which Nile? I'm actually not sure. I photographed both the Blue and the White and the confluence (I have yet to find all the photographs though). I believe this is the White Nile at sunset. If not, it's the Blue Nile at dawn. Such confusion. The White has a heavier flow most of the time and is usually muddier, but the Blue surges in the summer due to the rains in Ethiopia.

I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 01:52:20 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: WHAT/WHERE IS IT? (4.00 / 3)

somehow this could be slightly misleading..

Le caoutchouc serait un matériau très précieux, n'était son élasticité qui le rend impropre à tant d'usages.- A.Allais

by armadillos (armadillo2024 (at) free (dotto) fr) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 01:35:19 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: WHAT IS IT? (4.00 / 6)

I really don't know!

This is a closeup of it and I'll put it in its full context after the fun...

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 01:37:09 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: WHAT IS IT? (none / 1)

Long time no see Gioele.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 01:49:50 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: WHAT IS IT? (4.00 / 3)

I've had to go back to the US for a spell, I'm still here, and have been consumed with work.

I have missed posting, but I have been pooped and I don't care what anyone else says, this posting stuff is exhausting! ;-)

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 01:58:29 PM EST
[ Parent ]

This looks like a fossil. I once found a very large nautilus fossil that looked something like it. Or it could be an ammonite.

I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 02:11:32 PM EST
[ Parent ]

I don't think so...

I just noticed the scoring on the upper right, and it is clearly, at least to me, rodent teeth marks! Neat, something tried to eat it....

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 06:16:56 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Shivlingam?

The struggle of man against tyranny is the struggle of memory against forgetting.(Kundera)

by Elco B (elcob at scarlet dot be) on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 at 08:32:27 PM EST
[ Parent ]