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Post by Ben Grimm on Sept 13, 2016 20:29:41 GMT -5
Two idiots on a footbridge over the interstate holding up Gary Johnson lawn signs. That'll sure get him into the debates. Cut them some slack. They're Libertarians; they don't understand how things work. |
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Post by moimoi on Sept 13, 2016 21:45:00 GMT -5
A white heron (aka a great egret) soaring low over the lagoon in my neighborhood park.
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Post by Liz n Dicksgiving on Sept 14, 2016 9:07:14 GMT -5
A van with a "disabled veteran" license plate, and a bumper sticker that read (punctuation theirs):
82nd Airborne "Vietnam" Veteran
Which has me wondering what kind of veteran this is. I mean, were they in Vietnam, or were they in "Vietnam"?
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Post by Liz n Dicksgiving on Sept 14, 2016 9:10:00 GMT -5
Also, I saw five deer in the parking lot of the Masonic Temple in town. (Aside: seriously, a Masonic Temple???) There is not a lot of greenery around this particular parking lot, and tons of greenery about half a block away, but there were those five deer, nibbling on what few blades of grass were poking up through the gravel along the side of the building. The only thing I can figure is that those are Mason deer.
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Post by The Stuffingtacular She-Hulk on Sept 14, 2016 9:27:31 GMT -5
A van with a "disabled veteran" license plate, and a bumper sticker that read (punctuation theirs): 82nd Airborne "Vietnam" Veteran
Which has me wondering what kind of veteran this is. I mean, were they in Vietnam, or were they in "Vietnam"?  |
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Post by Superb Owl 🦉 on Sept 14, 2016 14:36:38 GMT -5
A sign advertising "Half-way to St. Paddy's Day Night" at the American Legion
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Post by Logoboros on Sept 14, 2016 14:46:52 GMT -5
This wasn't outside per se, but it was outside my house, so it was in the outside world. While making use of the restroom facilities at one of the colleges I teach at and having time to ponder my surroundings, I noticed the standard "Caution: Wet Floor" freestanding sign that had been set up in a corner of the room. It was a trilingual sign. English, Spanish, and... German. Achtung, baby!
And I'm trying to figure out why that choice of languages. Even if this (rather bargain-bin-looking) sign was intended for global or even European use, I couldn't get the combination to make sense. English, Spanish, French? Covers the Americas. Even if you were focused on Europe, you'd think English, French, and German would be more widespread. Truly thinking globally, then surely some East Asian language would be more logical than German. Even Russian would cover more ground.
All I could hypothesize is that the sign-maker somehow thought it was redundant to feature two Romance languages, and so put German in there as the next European language family to cover (though English is technically a Germanic language, albeit highly hybridized with the Romance languages).
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Post by SLOW on Sept 15, 2016 18:31:14 GMT -5
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Post by Floyd Dinnertime Barber on Sept 15, 2016 18:38:35 GMT -5
A cow standing in a pasture, with a little bird perched on the cow's head.
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on Sept 15, 2016 18:40:42 GMT -5
A Donald Trump campaign hat, lying on the road between two lanes as I was merging to take an exit on my commute home from work.
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Post by moimoi on Sept 15, 2016 18:51:06 GMT -5
This wasn't outside per se, but it was outside my house, so it was in the outside world. While making use of the restroom facilities at one of the colleges I teach at and having time to ponder my surroundings, I noticed the standard "Caution: Wet Floor" freestanding sign that had been set up in a corner of the room. It was a trilingual sign. English, Spanish, and... German. Achtung, baby! And I'm trying to figure out why that choice of languages. Even if this (rather bargain-bin-looking) sign was intended for global or even European use, I couldn't get the combination to make sense. English, Spanish, French? Covers the Americas. Even if you were focused on Europe, you'd think English, French, and German would be more widespread. Truly thinking globally, then surely some East Asian language would be more logical than German. Even Russian would cover more ground. All I could hypothesize is that the sign-maker somehow thought it was redundant to feature two Romance languages, and so put German in there as the next European language family to cover (though English is technically a Germanic language, albeit highly hybridized with the Romance languages). I think the sign must have come from Argentina somehow. The German is for Nazi fugitives. |
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Post by Jean-Luc Lemur on Sept 15, 2016 22:23:42 GMT -5
Saw “CTHULHU” again. Didn’t realize the front grille and bumper were so badly damaged, making it look like it had a gaping maw.
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Post by dＬᵒ on Sept 17, 2016 10:43:34 GMT -5
There was a hawk in our yard plucking on something small enough to fit into one claw. It might of been a baby hare, but more likely to be a rat. I didn't take a photo since it was too far away and they just blended into the ground. A van with a "disabled veteran" license plate, and a bumper sticker that read (punctuation theirs): 82nd Airborne "Vietnam" Veteran
Which has me wondering what kind of veteran this is. I mean, were they in Vietnam, or were they in "Vietnam"? maybe it's a nodding wink to the bombing campaign in Laos and Cambodia. |
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Post by ganews on Sept 17, 2016 18:44:35 GMT -5
Three different bride and groom pairs taking pictures on the streets of Pittsburgh.
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Post by songstarliner on Sept 17, 2016 19:38:12 GMT -5
Three different bride and groom pairs taking pictures on the streets of Pittsburgh. Holy smokes, are you in Pittsburgh? I live there, you know, but I did not get married today. |
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Post by nowimnothing on Sept 17, 2016 21:26:32 GMT -5
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Post by ganews on Sept 17, 2016 21:37:54 GMT -5
Three different bride and groom pairs taking pictures on the streets of Pittsburgh. Holy smokes, are you in Pittsburgh? I live there, you know, but I did not get married today. I am! We drove up in the morning and are headed back Sunday evening. We are hanging out with Wifemate's friends the whole time, or I would have seen about a meetup. Still, today we went to the Carnegie Natural History Museum for a behind-the-scenes tour of the mollusk collection and dinner at the Church Brew House. I introduced them to the pilot episode of The Americans this evening. Kayaking tomorrow morning. Next time! I want to cross the Pirates off my list. |
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Post by Floyd Dinnertime Barber on Sept 17, 2016 22:49:34 GMT -5
A naked little kid sitting on a table full of clothes and household plunder at a yard sale.
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Post by songstarliner on Sept 17, 2016 23:05:30 GMT -5
ganews I'm not exaggerating when I say that a "behind-the-scenes tour of the mollusk collection" sounds like a dream come true. Next time, forget the sports-ball: sneak me into the invertebrate section of the archives.
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Post by 🔪 silly buns on Sept 18, 2016 8:17:09 GMT -5
Yeah, if someone has the hook up for behind the scenes action at a museum I want in...or a history or archaeology lectures.
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Post by Floyd Dinnertime Barber on Sept 18, 2016 12:59:44 GMT -5
Yesterday, while I was out yard sailing and running errands, I got a behind-the-scenes tour of a local county museum, which is located in a former county courthouse. I got to see the architecture of the 1850's building, and some of the restoration work going on. I only got to see a few artifacts not yet on display, because many of them are not in the building yet, due to the ongoing renovations. The few I did see were interesting, such as a "Lincoln rocking chair", so named because it was copied from the chair Lincoln was sitting in when he was shot. (Apparently these reproductions were popular in the late 1860's.) The story I was told at the museum was that chair I saw survived the great Chicago fire because the owners buried it in the back yard as the fire approached their house. The house and other furnishings were lost, but they dug up the chair intact. |
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Post by ganews on Sept 18, 2016 13:16:18 GMT -5
Yeah, if someone has the hook up for behind the scenes action at a museum I want in...or a history or archaeology lectures. Wifemate volunteers at the Smithsonian, so just let us know. She actually does it just for the perks. We can't make it to the invitation-only staff opening for the new African-American, but that's the hot ticket. The illustrator we're staying with does some work at Carnegie, so that's how we got that. |
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Post by 🔪 silly buns on Sept 18, 2016 15:37:03 GMT -5
Yeah, if someone has the hook up for behind the scenes action at a museum I want in...or a history or archaeology lectures. Wifemate volunteers at the Smithsonian, so just let us know. She actually does it just for the perks. We can't make it to the invitation-only staff opening for the new African-American, but that's the hot ticket. The illustrator we're staying with does some work at Carnegie, so that's how we got that. if there were a meet up thing, I might take the day off and go to DC for a day at the Smithsonian and whatnot. |
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Post by Mrs David Tennant on Sept 18, 2016 19:05:13 GMT -5
Wifemate volunteers at the Smithsonian, so just let us know. She actually does it just for the perks. We can't make it to the invitation-only staff opening for the new African-American, but that's the hot ticket. The illustrator we're staying with does some work at Carnegie, so that's how we got that. if there were a meet up thing, I might take the day off and go to DC for a day at the Smithsonian and whatnot. I'd love to do that! |
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Post by 🔪 silly buns on Sept 18, 2016 19:12:29 GMT -5
Oh, ganews i wasn't asking you to arrange a meet up, I could organize something. I would just need to know the dates of the lectures or when a group of 5 or so could come by and look around or get a tour. |
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Post by Mrs David Tennant on Sept 19, 2016 8:29:06 GMT -5
A bumper sticker that said Don't Tailgate Me, Or I'll Flick A Booger On Your Windshield.
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Post by SLOW on Sept 19, 2016 14:02:37 GMT -5
Yesterday, while I was out yard sailing and running errands, I got a behind-the-scenes tour of a local county museum, which is located in a former county courthouse. I got to see the architecture of the 1850's building, and some of the restoration work going on. I only got to see a few artifacts not yet on display, because many of them are not in the building yet, due to the ongoing renovations. The few I did see were interesting, such as a "Lincoln rocking chair", so named because it was copied from the chair Lincoln was sitting in when he was shot. (Apparently these reproductions were popular in the late 1860's.) The story I was told at the museum was that chair I saw survived the great Chicago fire because the owners buried it in the back yard as the fire approached their house. The house and other furnishings were lost, but they dug up the chair intact. "Yard sailing."  |
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Post by Baron von Costume on Sept 19, 2016 14:23:28 GMT -5
Ahoy Porch! There be gnomes on the port side!
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Post by Dellarigg on Sept 20, 2016 7:33:07 GMT -5
An old man standing in his doorway across the road, waving his cane and kind of shouting/making a sound to attract my attention. I was in a hurry, and this isn't a good way of attracting my attention anyway, so I just shouted 'What?' at him.
He shouted, 'What day is it?'
I shouted back, 'Tuesday!'
He waved his cane and said, 'Thank you very much.'
I went on with my day.
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Post by ganews on Sept 20, 2016 9:44:07 GMT -5
I saw something which I see every day on my commute: an iPhone, or possibly just an iPhone case, laying on the ground between the Metro tracks. It's at the exact lateral position where I stand for my connecting train every day, the spot where the doors will later open directly on the escalator. It's between a regular rail and the electrified third rail, just one foot from death. It would be so easy to hop down there and pick it up - the trains are visible for a long distance off, and there's plenty of space to grab it without touching the rail. I don't even want an iPhone, but sometimes I fear the temptation will be too much.
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