Random Object Photographs

[bigwheelzip]

Ah, the good old days in NYC, when pistol dueling (wax bullets) was a competitive sport, performed on the roof of the NY Athletic Club.

Duelling at the Olympics | Royal Armouries

 

[bigwheelzip]

The Marine Corp continues their shopping spree to reinvent it's mission profile. This time they are buying loitering munitions from Israel. The HERO-120 is a kamikaze drone which can loiter as far as 30 miles away for up to an hour, before attacking with anti-armor capabilities.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Grandma’s meatballs and gravy simmering.

I am all by myself today and made this simple Balsamic salad.

Buon appetito.

 

[ladder13]

The Biltmore

 

[ladder13]

Biltmore greenhouse

 

[oldbrownhat]

Biltmore greenhouse

I dare not show that to my mad-keen-gardener girlfriend or she'll want one, too When she retires and moves up here, we'll have to enlarge the house and I'm afraid of what her expansive horticultural tastes will do to our bank account

 

[oldbrownhat]

New puppy up the street

"Tessa." Just a few weeks old and "all paws"

 

[wood714]

I'm not OCD or anything like that, but this still kinda bothers me. The idiot painted it this way in 2 places before the lane ends too.

 

[Rodan]

Pretty sure that's normal... read it as you get to it rather than top down.

 

[wood714]

Pretty sure that's normal... read it as you get to it rather than top down.

Never thought about it like that.


Still bothers me thou!

 

[Rodan]

Yup, seems backwards... Another example:

 

[wood714]

Yup, seems backwards... Another example:

I almost made made a comment on that one that would for sure got me a ding or worst!

 

[rubiranch]

Just a couple of pictures and short videos from my ride today.

This road, that's turning into a narrow trail was named the
Bonanza Jones Road by the guy who cut it in with a dozer
back in the late 50s.

This is private property so its seldom if ever ridden. I'd just about
be willing to bet I was the last one here and that was 2 years ago
2 days ago. June 23, 2019.

A close friend is the care taker for the property and that's how I have
access to it.

This property is the Kimberly Mine property, a big town and gold
mine in its time.

A link to its history if you're interested.

Ghost Town Wednesday: Kimberly, Utah | Digging History



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This is all that remains of the original mill at the base of the Annie Laurel Mine.



This mill was built prior to the collapse of the original mill and was still in operation until the early 90s.

Its just about the only building that is still standing.

 

[rubiranch]

I'm not OCD or anything like that, but this still kinda bothers me. The idiot painted it this way in 2 places before the lane ends too.

Yep. Backwards.

 

[oldbrownhat]

Yup, seems backwards... Another example:

That is simply an offence to the English language, (IMHO, of course), even though the message is certainly clear. Reminds me of some of the decidedly odd Chinese manufacturers' names on Amazon.

 

[oldbrownhat]

Yet another cat pic

"Smudge" in Inscrutable Mode this morning.

Decided to bring him in after this as we're at the beginning of a serious heat wave here in the Pac. NW.

(NO SNICKERING, you folks in regular hot climates! This is unprecedented around here. The hottest I remember recently was 95º in July 2015, which is on the hot side of "somewhat hotter than normal", but we also had a lot of haze from wildfires in the interior which made things really uncomfortable. Thank heavens the wildfires are mininal so far.)

 

[JohnRippert]

First black and yellow garden spider of the season. from top to bottom this one is about 3 inches. I have seen them 4 inches before.

 

[oldbrownhat]

First black and yellow garden spider of the season. from top to bottom this one is about 3 inches. I have seen them 4 inches before.

We don't have anything that big up here but the ones we do have sure like building webs across my security cameras!

 

[Redbert31]

[emoji252][emoji252] @oldbrownhat Beautiful boy that Smudge! Looks great against the green grass[emoji250][emoji176] Please stay safe in this awful heat you're going thru now. Glad there are no fires so far [emoji120][emoji120]

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[Redbert31]

"Tessa." Just a few weeks old and "all paws"

Welcome to Tessa.. She's beautiful! What does Smudge think of her? They will hopefully be good buddies [emoji176][emoji250][emoji176][emoji240][emoji176]

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