Random picture thread for Friday

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Never would have considered this great fix

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This would be a great Brunch today

Tibor

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This would be a great Brunch today

I'm not sharing this time. That's final!!

asheland

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**Love this show and I'm watching it right now. **

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It beats the broom

dcarr

@1northcoin said:

And this was the referenced "reader's car":

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Here is mine (2006 SL 65 AMG - Maybach twin-turbo V12, retractable hard-top - last model year for round headlights):

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Then (1966) and Now (2024):

FWIW this was the infamous scene that got Sean Connery and crew banished from further filming at Himeji Castle in the James Bond film "You Only Live Twice." The media jumped to the conclusion that the Ninja were throwing their Ninja Stars at the actual castle walkway wall. In fact a dummy wall had been erected in front to protect the actual wall, or so the producers claimed after the fact.

In comparing the above filmed shot with mine note all the new buildings in the distance that have mushroomed up in the past 50 some years.

And here below is the location of the scene filmed along the walkway entrance to Himeji Castle where Bond learns from Tiger that he will be marrying a Japanese girl to solidify his cover as Japanese.

In comparing the 1966 shots with my 2024 shot, the setting remains intact and the same.

(One can also see in the very first photo the scene of the Ninjas practicing in th Castle's courtyard with below it yours truly standing in the same location backed by stone made lower castle wall.)

Finally, my photos of Sakura (Cherry Blossoms) there on the Himeji Castle grounds as it appears to have also been present during the filming.

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Fiddle Head ferns - Tried for first time today.

(Taste close to that of asparagus, but better)

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A-10 Warthog

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Athens, Greece

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Beautiful shot, but that scaffolding seems to have been on there forever. It was there when we visited well over ten years ago.

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Athens, Greece

Havn't they finished that thing yet?

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@golden said:

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Athens, Greece

Haven't they finished that thing yet?

The last time I was there was in 1973. I was on a Mediterranean cruise on the aircraft carrier USS America. We must have anchored in the harbor for over 40 days during 8 stops at Athens during the 8-month cruse. It hasn't changed much since then either. We used to refer to all the rocks as love stones.

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Tibor

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The one on the right did not age well. If that's his best current look he
should not be in front of a camera.

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Twobitcollector

I went to the car museum in Hersey, PA

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dcarr

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Note the tire cords showing through due to rubbing.

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Today's "Parking Lot Find"

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@Twobitcollector said:
I went to the car museum in Hersey, PA

Speaking of Hershey's

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D808LF

@JWP said:

I saw Jonathon just three months ago while on St. Helena, a small island in the South Atlantic Ocean. It's where Napoleon was exiled, the 2nd time. Napoleon died in 1821, Jonathon was born in 1833. Jonathon was a Seychelles tortoise and was 50 years old went transported to St. Helena. He is actually 191 years old as of 2024.

In the background is the Governor's Mansion (Jonathon is facing).

He's so famous he made it on the 2003 St. Helena Five Pence coin.