Random Object Photographs

[oldbrownhat]

This is what replaced the magazines at my cardiologist's.

Good grief... I don't suppose "Suppressing your Blackout 300" is one of the subjects on offer?

 

[THE PILGRIM]

St. Augustine, TX Constable, 1939.
Taken by noted photographer Russell Lee.
Nice gun and holster.
Is that a Ring in bottom-front of grip?

 

[two-bit cowboy]

Is that a Ring in bottom-front of grip?

No, that's the loop on his vest.

 

[ladder13]

Tar Beach

 

[oldbrownhat]

My black cat, Smudge, has a couple of alternate names, "Mr. Nibbles" being one of them. I went to bed around 11 and he came and curled up in my extended arm, as he often does. After a while he decided he needed a little "dental excercise" and began working his teeth down my arm The rest of the night was uneventful.

 

[oldbrownhat]

GF found this somewhere on the Interweb. Cat is clearly not an aficionado of wind music.

 

[Retired W4]

Panama Canal 1986

The Queen Elizabeth II going into the Pedro Miguel Locks.

The Mira Flores locks

It was a hazy day on the Pacific side.

 

[soFlaNative]

I recently read somewhere that a piece of citrus dropped
in the hot oil will reduce or eliminate the flavor of the food fried.
Mini seedless orange 2-2.5 minutes at 350+F.

Although it kept it's shape the flesh was much reduced volume wise.
Tasted like citrus flavored char with a hint of oil.
Oil still tastes like chicken.

 

[Rudi]

The good old days.

 

[pmanton]

Barefoot bike riding. My big toes both sides have damage from barefoot biking. :-(

 

[Rustyt1953]

Ruthie's first horse ride.

She is on Gunner and Anna is on Dreamer.

 

[JohnRippert]

Anybody want to buy a surplus B-24 Bomber, a C47 or a couple of P38's?

Surplus aircraft auctioned by the US Government after WW2, (1948). From Chicago Tribune January 1948 edition.

Amphibious landing gear assembly for the C47.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Bear with his Monkey Knuckle from Kevin G.

 

[soFlaNative]

Hey Rusty, I know you mentioned previously
Ruthie's somewhat diminutive stature but
that horse she's on looks like a Percheron.

 

[SMSgt]

Amphibious landing gear assembly for the C47.

I read that following the end of WWII, the government tried selling off all the P-38s for $1200 each. The only takers were a few foreign countries. The rest were stacked like Dominoes until scrapped for recycling. The photo of them all lined up on their noses was depressing.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Windshield Shot!
Model A looked too good to ignore!

 

[two-bit cowboy]

Model A looked too good to ignore!

Looks like a nice day. Shame the rumble seat isn't occupied.

 

[TXBryan]

At Galveston Recently

Galveston, TX. Load of wind turbine blades. I believe the country of origin is Denmark. Soon to be trucked inland, erected, in the breeze for 20 years, and buried in a Texas landfill. What a racket.

 

[Rustyt1953]

My sister's display of the pine cones from the Azalea hole #13 at Augusta National sent to mom by a forum member.

Dad, mom, me, my sister and brother.

 

[oldbrownhat]

Galveston, TX. Load of wind turbine blades. I believe the country of origin is Denmark. Soon to be trucked inland, erected, in the breeze for 20 years, and buried in a Texas landfill. What a racket.

I read an article last year (?) about recycling turbine blades in the US. Can't remember where and I didn't bookmark it, but there are definitely plans to recycle them.

If those blades in the pic are from Vestas in DK, they have come up with recycling solution.

And Carbon Rivers in Knoxville TN also has a recycling program.

And just this year:
DOE Announces Phase One Prize Winners to Boost Recycling for a Circular Wind Energy Economy