An area dear to heart. My first wife and I raced down Allen Parkway back to her house the first time we…

And my current wife lived right by that clover leaf when we were dating. She wasn’t a big fan of them when I was driving ;)

An art exhibit in the middle of one of them:

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August 23rd, 1954; the Four Fan Trash Can, The Vibrator, Bugsmasher, Bleed Air Blimp, HerkyBird, Spooky, also known as Lockheed YC-130 Hercules first took flight!
A four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed, and capable of utilizing unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 was originally designed as a troop, medevac, and cargo transport aircraft. The versatile airframe has found uses in a variety of other roles, including as a gunship (AC-130), for airborne assault, search and rescue, Marine Patrol, scientific research support, weather reconnaissance, aerial refueling, maritime patrol, and aerial firefighting, and Hurricane Hunting.
It is now the main tactical airlifter for many military forces worldwide. Over forty variants and versions of the Hercules, including a civilian one marketed as the Lockheed L-100, operate in more than 60 nations.

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Highway Patrol Officer: Sounds like you've got straight pipes. You know that's illegal, right? Me: You're welcome to take a look..

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American Sycamore 393" in circumference, and around 80' tall. It is in Pennsylvania west of Philadelphia.

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23 August (1948)
McDonnell test pilot Edwin Foresman Schoch was assigned to the project, riding in the XF-85 while it was stowed aboard the EB-29B, before attempting a "free" flight on 23 August 1948. After Schoch was released from the bomber at a height of 20,000 ft (6,000 m), he completed a 10-minute proving flight at speeds between 180 and 250 mph (290–400 km/h), testing controls and maneuverability. When he attempted a hook-up, it became obvious the Goblin was extremely sensitive to the bomber's turbulence, as well as being affected by the air cushion created by the two aircraft operating in close proximity. Constant but gentle adjustments of throttle and trim were necessary to overcome the cushioning effect. After three attempts to hook onto the trapeze, Schoch miscalculated his approach and struck the trapeze so violently that the canopy was smashed and ripped free and his helmet and mask were torn off. He saved the prototype by making a belly landing on the reinforced skid at the dry lake bed at Muroc.[N 6] All flight testing was suspended for seven weeks while the XF-85 was repaired and modified. Schoch used the down period to undertake a series of problem-free dummy dockings with a Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star fighter.

SMART car. Non-smart driver

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Great graphic of just how big Jupiter is. The red spot is larger than Earth!

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No more blown fuses!

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Great craftsmanship!

So much wrong in one picture. 😂

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ROFLMAO!

Good stuff!

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A stack of barrels to be destroyed during prohibition.

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a knocker-up or knocker-upper shooting dried peas at windows to wake people up for work before alarm clocks were widely available and affordable.

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Someone made this and posted in a facebook woodworking group. I thought it was a very cool adirondack "love seat." I love the lines.

^^^^that is a handsome woman^^^^

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1000 years ago unknown Viking lost his chest while he traveled across the lake Mästermyr on the island of Gotland.
There are axes, hammers, tongs, punches, plate shears, saw blades, files, rasps, drills, chisels, knives, awls and whetstones among the 200 objects that were found in the chest. There are also raw material and scrap iron as well as finished objects such as locks, keys, a frying pan, cauldrons and bells.

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Good breedin' stock. [emoji23]

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I wonder if he ever heard of these guys? Georges Seurat and Paul Signac.

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Could not agree more and part of the reason baseball is an unwatchable sport.

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National Lampoon's Animal House (1978). John Landis
Cinematography: Charles Correll

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Ironically the two main anti aircraft weapons of the US Navy in WW2 (the Bofors and the Oerlikon) were first produced by a foreign country, who intern sold the design to both sides of the war (Italy on the Axis side). Germany did not buy it and had to rely on captured pieces. The Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60 (often referred to simply as the "Bofors 40 mm gun", the "Bofors gun" is an anti-aircraft autocannon, designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors. The gun was designed as an intermediate anti-aircraft gun, filling the gap between fast firing close-range small calibre anti-aircraft guns and slower firing long-range high calibre anti-aircraft guns, a role which previously was filled by older outdated guns. The Bofors 40 mm L/60 was for its time perfectly suited for this role and outperformed competing designs in the years leading up to World War II in both effectiveness and reliability. American examples were made by Chrysler.

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These mysterious stones in Romania called 'trovants' grow, move and even breed. After every heavy rain shower, they absorb the rain's minerals, which then mix with the chemicals already present in the rock, creating a reaction and pressure inside - ultimately making the stone grow and multiply. Courtesy: Earthly Mission

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Two men wearing a traditional Dutch outfit, circa 1900. If the Paris designers see this, it will be the hot new fashion. :eek:

The pancake air filter is pretty cool.

I'm pretty sure in the top pic of the stones, those were harvested from some caveman and put on display by the women as a warning to other cavemen. Or maybe those are just the result of cavemen marriages. :D
someone trying to be a little Dutch boy for school
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Pretty sure I wouldn't want him pizzed at me!

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Clever home made tool.

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Glass Frogs Have Translucent Stomachs

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I honestly can't remember. I think it was some sort of presentation at school, put on for parents where everyone had to dress up from a different country, but I'm not positive. I think that was 1979.

Looks like an angy cat peed in that shoe.

I haven't seen MASH in years. We used to watch it all of the time when I was young. I keep thinking I want to watch some to see how well it's holding up and if it still holds my interest.

Similar shows don't hold my interest like they did originally, Seinfeld, Cheers, Frazier, and Friends were all very entertaining. I've probably seen them all multiple times via reruns. But if I see them now, they don't hold my interest the same.

I'd like to check out one or two episodes from a bunch of the stuff that I remember from when I was really young.

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this one needs sound (you'd have probably heard it when you saw a pic anyway.
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At first glance I would say that’s a bad tile job, but I think it’s a shower and what they’re doing is sloping it towards the drain.

Dumb dog, probably Oscar. Shoes were chewed previously, probably by Zora.


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Yep, I agree. They still could have done a better job with having the tiles meet/match.

I would go absolutely nuts if I had to look at that every morning.

My wife would have to have it redone.

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Not a real pro job.

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Old Dick Whittington Pub,Cloth Fair London c1910

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GRAMMICHELE - THE HEXAGONAL TOWN, 17th century, province of Catania, Italy 🇮🇹
What makes the city of Grammichele unique is its hexagonal plan. Starting from the large central square, alleys and streets branch off that give it this shape.
The town was founded after the great Sicily earthquake of 1693 wiped out an earlier settlement called Occhialà, located to the north of modern Grammichele.
Grammichele was built by Carlo Maria Carafa Branciforte, the Prince of Roccella and Butera. Designed by Michele da Ferla, it was the first city in Europe with a hexagonal plan. Its layout was probably inspired by Palmanova, a fortified town built one hundred years earlier.
Grammichele has a hexagonal plan that could be potentially extended indefinitely. The hexagonal plan designed for Grammichele is divided into six sectors by six roads all converging towards the main square, which is hexagonal too, on which public offices are overlooked.

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In 1873, wealthy railroad magnate, Jacob A. Henry built his imposing mansion on Eastern Avenue, Joliet, Illinois, which was then referred to as "Silk Stocking Row." He employed a master craftsman from Germany along with three cabinet- makers to fashion the elaborate carved interior. It took three years to complete and has 16,800 square feet consisting of over 40 rooms. Photo by @thetonycrawford

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Back in the days when that was common in bathrooms I dated a chick with a bathroom all done up in green, just like that. With the fuzzy lid and tank cover the toilet seat would NOT stay up by itself. That meant I had to hold the seat up with one hand while availing myself of the facilities. It made it a challenge to get my bladder emptied and not make a giant mess.

At times like that I just turn around, drop trow and sit down.
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A view of an F/A-18E Super Hornet being lowered onto Military Sealift Command's large medium speed roll-on, roll-off ship USNS Mendonca (T-AKR 303) in Sicily, Italy, Aug. 16. The aircraft was on loaded to Mendoca for transport to the United States.
The aircraft had recently been recovered from the Mediterranean Sea after being blown off the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) during heavy weather.
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