Pic of the Day

[malc]

I assume that this locomotive chassis dyno facility is long gone. However, the train museum in Mulhouse, France (Cité du Train) has a nicely detailed exhibit documenting the dyno facility. The exhibit includes an 8 foot long scale model of the chassis dyno. I took some pictures of the model.

You went to Mulhouse, did you visit the Cité de l'Automobile, Schlumpf Collection ?

[Aircooled]

You went to Mulhouse, did you visit the Cité de l'Automobile, Schlumpf Collection ?

Sure did. The size of the Schlumpf Collection is truly astounding! Bugatti, Pre-WWII Continental Europe cars and Grand Prix racers.




I also visited the Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile in Turin, Italy.



(Let me know if these pictures aren't visible for everyone.)

[malc]

Your pictures are´nt showing.....

[Deaf Bob]

Your pictures are´nt showing.....

But I see them.. One is a long beautiful Bentlyor Rolls and the other is a very sexy cute (?) Renault

Hell I'm probably wrong on both counts but I do like both..

[Barry Donovan]

lincoln maine
before billboards and bulletin boards and internets and film and digital..

the big rock on a main path was the local advertisement.

Although some of the graffiti painted on the rock has been vulgar on occasion and oblique on others — someone once wrote “Minecraft is the best game ever!” on it — messages left there, presumably by area teens or 20-somethings, have generally been respectful or at worst, boisterous, Weatherbee said. War heroes, high school classmates lost to illness or tragedy, and top performing arts and sports teams are among the rock’s typical subject matter.

funny to think about.

Today a billboard in nyc has earned the painter or artist a million bucks.
a lot of power to them.

I am finding this 4 core giant xeon computer can do the ad blocker shut off.
I have it turned off for bangshift and you tube.

I guess for the you tubers, that is the only reward.

[Aircooled]

Your pictures are´nt showing.....

Malc, "Not Blind" Bob tells me that you are yanking my chain

[Aircooled]

But I see them.. One is a long beautiful Bentlyor Rolls and the other is a very sexy cute (?) Renault

Hell I'm probably wrong on both counts but I do like both..

First one is a 1929 Bugatti Royale
Second one is a 1936 Fiat Topolino

[Deaf Bob]

First one is a 1929 Bugatti Royale
Second one is a 1936 Fiat Topolino

Shoulda gotten the FIAT! Dunno why I said Renault...
Love their looks!

[malc]

Malc, "Not Blind" Bob tells me that you are yanking my chain

Eye see nothing, took a photo of the screen.

[nesabo]

Eye see nothing, took a photo of the screen.

i get the same thing

[Gerrit]

That Topolino is awesome..




I think :-)

[Aircooled]

Sure did. The size of the Schlumpf Collection is truly astounding! Bugatti, Pre-WWII Continental Europe cars and Grand Prix racers.

Can you see the Bugatti Royale now?

I also visited the Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile in Turin, Italy.

How bout this Fiat Topolino?




On second thought, don't answer. I won't believe you anyway......

[Gary 351C]

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[Barry Donovan]

trying long exposures during a hellacious thunderstorm.

got this very clear shot..

midnight lightning.
seriously.
12:33 and 17 seconds AM.


20 seconds exposure on a stand.

there was a hit so close it shook the building, triggered a building wide fire alarm.
fire truck showed up in extreme rain, they walked around looking for the roof smoking.
I wasn't going out there at 3 am to tell them it was the barn behind gene's bimmer...


this metal roof barn...imagine your car parked here. For a lightning strike that gave an earthquake and false fire trigger.
my subaru giggles at that stuff.

a lightning rod called straight six does not. I am awaiting the day his buttless coupe bimmer does something to self destruct.
that was way too close to forget. the power of it was incredible.

I laughed at the thought of his car being 20 feet from the hit...about where my subaru was in this photo.

it was so close the band of lighting was looking like 2 feet wide.

the reasons I missed it?
camera shutdown to an overheat within a split second of capturing what would have been my greatest shot EVEr.

[Deaf Bob]

Better luck next time, Barry..
I tried with ASA400 b&w film.. Wasted 3 rolls.. Bought by bulk 1000 ft and rolled my oown cartridges and did my own developing..
If I get glasses that will be normal so I can focus the damn thing so everybody else can see them.. Always in focus for me, nobody else.. Hard to keep it up..