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In the middle of Canada’s Saint Lawrence River near Alexandria Bay is an island called Just Room Enough Island. This tiny space is one-thirteenth of an acre and has a small vacation home built in the 1950s...
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In the middle of Canada’s Saint Lawrence River near Alexandria Bay is an island called Just Room Enough Island. This tiny space is one-thirteenth of an acre and has a small vacation home built in the 1950s...
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A photo of a man standing on the lap of a statue of Ramesses in Egypt, 1856...
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The unbroken seal on Tutankhamun's tomb, 1922. For 3,245 years it sat untouched...
Yes Mendy. Exactly. Many also have bee hives in and around their vineyards. At this point, the vines are loaded with grapes. The harvest will start in a few weeks. In about a month there will be this very sweet smell in the valley here of fermenting grapes. It can be a little strong at times. Then it's barreled up and moved into wine caves.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mendip
^ Additionally Mendy, Those are also sacrificial plants. In California we have moles and gophers. Those flowers give them free root food and they tend to leave the new vine plants alone.
Few more pics from this morning
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A portion of Sutter Home vineyards
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These will be for Chardonnay wines.
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The precision of wine vines growing. Around 3 years, they are split off to form this "Y" so grapes can be grown to make harvesting easier. At the end of each season, each of the vines are hand trimmed to manage the growth.
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Piles of Rifles surrendered by German Soldiers after the End of the second world war (1945)...
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A motor home in 1922...
My brief visit to my old sport ground...
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The club I used to play for until post earthquake circumstances dictated I head out overseas again.
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Typical mid-winter conditions for a social cricket ground. A bit soggy , but green
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The clubrooms where I spent many a late Saturday afternoon drinking awful Lion Brown ale and talking rubbish.
This one hit home, regardless of sides or counties, the young men that carried them.Quote:
Originally Posted by tomcat
Do you think they died deeks? Maybe you should read the caption.Quote:
Originally Posted by havnfun
Or does it bother you to see fascists give up their guns?
I was thinking how much that stash would be worth today. How much does a genuine Nazi WWII rifle go for?Quote:
Originally Posted by havnfun
What did the yanks do, melt them down and turn them into transistor radios?
Get on it Nev.
Not that much, $2000-$4000, apparently. Let's go with $3000.Quote:
Originally Posted by Edmond
They seem to be stacked in piles of 100. $300,000 per stack. At least 90 stacks in main view in the 2 main columns.
Around $27,000,000 if me fingers and toes aren't letting me down.
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A tortoise was given wheels after his front legs were gnawed off by rats...
That's wheelie cool. Even if they didn't need to shell out much.
...*sigh*...
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Jaffa (Israel) is one of the oldest ports the world, continuously being used for over 7,000 years. It predates Muslims, Christians, and Jews...
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Over 200 dead bodies lay along the routes to the top of Mount Everest, frozen and unable to be retrieved due to the harsh conditions. The bodies are used as landmarks with nicknames such as 'Green Boots' and 'Sleeping Beauty'...
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...the Austrian Alps dominate the topology...
They're the best at maths?Quote:
Originally Posted by tomcat
I was going to go there once to look after the airport's fuel storage tanks. But I am a civilian and it is not really a civilian installation!Quote:
Originally Posted by JPPR2
In my naivety. I thought this was St. Helena South Atlantic.Quote:
Originally Posted by JPPR2
When I lived in The Chiltern Hills (just north-west of London), I planted a vineyard with 1,600 vines, featuring hardy species that could grow in the UK climate. No idea what has become of that vineyard, but here's a recent photo on the web from the current house owner.
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...counties without color...are just that...
^ Odd as most searches for gay porn come from the bible belt (iirc)
Where in Chilterns?Quote:
Originally Posted by Simon43