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Post by spindrift on Aug 30, 2009 10:53:44 GMT
Yesterday I went to put garden clippings in the local dump. We found some fascinating medical books on physciatry and anti-depressants in the 'Cardboard' section. Dump workers found it hillarious when I produced my camera and posed for me. They looked so happy I bet they weren't English
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 30, 2009 15:02:00 GMT
What a nice dump you have!
What is the building behind the workers? It's interesting with that naturally stained, narrow clapboard siding.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2009 15:07:28 GMT
I've been pondering this wonderful peek at daily life for the last several hours and have been wondering what to contribute.
(I would have already done so, but I am embroiled in a massive upload of photos regarding another event that took place in Paris today. Shhhhh!)
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Post by imec on Aug 30, 2009 15:20:34 GMT
The dump! I love going to the dump! spindrift, did you sing the song?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2009 15:23:29 GMT
I wanna go to the dump too!
I wish I knew where our local dump was, you can find some interesting stuff there sometimes...
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 30, 2009 15:26:17 GMT
my treadmill everyday life is already recorded here.I will try to do something interesting!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2009 15:26:41 GMT
Dumps are technically illegal in the EU now. We only have recycling centers. Unrecyclable items must be made inoffensive and ground up or something.
Yes, that sounds better in theory than in reality.
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Post by spindrift on Aug 30, 2009 16:17:55 GMT
I suppose it IS a recycling centre. There's a big notice as you drive out telling you what percentage of dumped items were recyclable over the last month. K - I know how long it takes up bulk upload and resize I'm looking forward to seeing the result of your efforts Bixa - our dump is fairly new and very well designed. I wondered why the building you mention was going up next door. It has turned out to be the place where superior dump items are sold on to interested parties. As we passed it last night my friend saw a sign up saying 'CAFE'....so for a laugh I suggested we both meet for coffee there and inspect the goods up for sale. Deyana - is your town so small that it doesn't deserve a dump? Imec - What's the dump song? I've never heard of it....Please tell! I'm going to read that rescued book about physciatry/anti-d's. My friend put me off the idea of grabbing the other medical books (one written by an ENT man I know!) saying I could find anything on the internet! true but not as exciting as finding information in the dump.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 30, 2009 21:53:25 GMT
I was telling some Canadian friends who live here about your photos of the beautifully ordered, clean dump, and commented that looking at them was tantamount to looking at pictures of Mars. Selling the nice things from the dump is a great idea -- probably helps to defray costs. You should make this for your friend the next time you go to the dump.
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Post by spindrift on Aug 31, 2009 9:12:15 GMT
That dump cake sounds interesting and we might try it for fun! It would be good to try it when we've guests and we could take turns in dumping the ingredients into the baking tray...then we'd have to eat it at the end!
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 31, 2009 21:02:19 GMT
we'regoinginthecar!we'regoinginthecar! (as soon as Human gets the driveway gate open) I need small screws with plastic anchors so I can hang a venetian blind. I love hardware stores! Goodbye, hardware store! You can see in the rearview mirror the hot water heaters in the much larger section behind the car. Lemme in lemme in It's hot out here I'm thirsty Lemme in I haven't seen this in a while: my purchases were given to me in paper cones. Note the staples in the base, though -- a modern touch.
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Post by spindrift on Aug 31, 2009 22:12:59 GMT
Bixa - hillarious. I love Ginger! the sweetie - so patiently waiting outside the door, ever hopeful ;D
That hardware store is a delight and it's called La Princesa....I love having a glimpse of how things are done in Mexico. More more....we want more glimpses...!
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Post by happytraveller on Sept 3, 2009 10:55:10 GMT
What a gorgeous doggie you have bixa !
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Post by spindrift on Sept 3, 2009 16:21:12 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2009 18:02:29 GMT
Some Parisian "urban furniture" as it is called 1. The bus stops have a GPS indicator for the arrival of the next buses, updated every minute. 2. Public telephones have not taken coins for years, just cards or free numbers. This enrages many visitors to the city. 3. Paris used to have very stylish trash receptacles, but they were used in the last bombings, about 15 years ago. Nail bombs in butane bottles were placed in the bins to devastating effect. After a few years without any bins at all, this ugly solution was found -- transparent bags marked "security - vigilance". They are so ugly that you will never find them near a monument or on the Champs Elysées, places where they are needed the most. 4. Parking meter. These machines spit out tickets that you put visibly inside your car. You can find these machines in dozens of countries, made by the French company Schlumberger. They do not take coins either. The first photo is a "colonne Morris" mistakenly called a kiosk by most people who speak English. A colonne Morris announces cultural events. One used to post bills on them. In modern times, a motor turned them slowly 360° exposing 3 different posters displayed from the inside. Since the JC Decaux company must finance the municipal bicycles with its advertising revenue and at the same time reduce its advertising space, the new columns have three rotating ads, for a total of 9 ads per column. The second photo shows a kiosque, known as a newsstand in English. This is the back side, also an important advertising area. But what are these things? Nobody really sees them at the intersections with a traffic light, and the users do not see them at all. These are for the blind. There is a button on the bottom side which activates an audio message concerning the name of the intersection and the moment it is safe to cross.
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Post by spindrift on Sept 3, 2009 18:16:46 GMT
The French are much more up to date than the English. I'm very impressed by the GPS indicator.
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Post by lola on Sept 4, 2009 15:12:26 GMT
Lovely, all. I'm really enjoying the glimpses. Must drag self into 21st C photo technology.
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Post by imec on Sept 4, 2009 16:10:02 GMT
Imec - What's the dump song? I've never heard of it....Please tell! You're kidding right? o.k.... Sung to the tune of the best part of the Wiliiam Tell Overture, To the dump, to the dump, to the dump, dump, dump! To the dump, to the dump, to the dump, dump, dump! To the dump, to the dump, to the dump, dump, dump! To the duuump, to the dump, dump dump!!
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Post by spindrift on Sept 4, 2009 16:40:04 GMT
Oh yes.....THAT one ;D
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 19, 2009 3:28:16 GMT
It's time to re-visit this wonderful thread! Spindrift, I understand your dismay at how Southhampton was rebuilt, but that venue near the docks is perfect for Ikea. I imagine yet more sleek, affordable Scandinavian design being brought in daily. Those are interesting bits of Parisian practicality, Kerouac. However, not only are the plastic bags ugly, I don't really see how they'd prevent a bomb being dropped in. Here's a little slice of life from today. I was in Nazareno, and had to stop on the road to let this crew go by. Those are windshield reflections in the first one. The second was taken from the open driver's side window as those two hustled to keep up.
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Post by imec on Oct 19, 2009 3:40:22 GMT
I bet that bull likes to go swimming and pretend he's a shark. Someone on the beach would say "hey look, it's a shark!" and someone else would say "bull!".
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 20, 2009 2:43:14 GMT
Ay, ay, Imec! Early this afternoon I was out on the porch when I heard trumpeting quite close by. I peered through the tree screen and saw the sun glinting off musical instruments, so rushed for the camera. Oh. It was just these little bugle boys, walking home from school in high spirits.
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Post by bjd on Oct 20, 2009 7:52:12 GMT
Bixa, your picture makes me think of rural Ecuador.
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Post by spindrift on Oct 21, 2009 13:13:30 GMT
Bixa! you've got into the habit of taking your camera with you? I do that as well! Those are interesting slices of life...the cattle scene is rather similar to India.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 21, 2009 14:22:29 GMT
I have a sort of kangaroo belt pouch. The belt of it is perfect for threading through my camera case. I took the cattle pictures Sunday, on my way back from the picture-taking excursion to Arrazola.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2009 17:05:09 GMT
I confess that I sometimes invade the privacy of total strangers with my telephoto lens, as I did with this photo of a couple and their dog, all three of whom appeared to be totally exhausted on the Belgian coast in September 2008. After walking along the beach myself, I returned to the same location and they seemed to have recovered somewhat.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 21, 2009 18:53:37 GMT
Whereas I imagine the couple would much prefer the second photo, if invited to choose, the first one is photographically stellar.
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Post by hwinpp on Oct 22, 2009 3:48:06 GMT
Is that polite for bum bag/ fanny pack?
;D ;D ;D
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 22, 2009 4:29:49 GMT
Uh, I guess so. It's rather nice because it's not shallow & sideways like most of them. This thing is much deeper and narrower.
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Post by fumobici on Oct 22, 2009 6:38:14 GMT
That guy looks spookily like Mats Wilander.
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