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Just Because It's Beautiful

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by jamie jackson, Apr 16, 2015.

  1. joep

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  3. Brutus58

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    The white stuff on the old pilings is either frozen water vapor or salt crystals.
     
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  4. itshot

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  5. Insp Gadget

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    [​IMG]

    Halo of the 'Cat's Eye' nebula in the constellation Draco

     
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  6. pussycat

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  7. joep

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  9. joep

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    When you visit let me know...we will do dinner.
     
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  10. pussycat

    pussycat Administrator Staff Member

    I'd be delighted my friend.

    :):)
     
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  11. Insp Gadget

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  12. Insp Gadget

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    Yeh, pal - and we got this thing ...

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    Prob'ly because it's just ugly - f'n looks like a pig that swallowed a broadaxe.

     
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  13. pussycat

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    It's not so bad. The City Hall behind it looks like a urinal. And the roof leaks.
     
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  14. Insp Gadget

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    The devil shall deal with the details, but the overall design of our City Hall is fine, I think.

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    It was designed by a Finnish fellow as I remember, and was meant to mean an embracing of the future.

    And I think that it teases our minds like Joe's Chicago one does.

     
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  15. Curmudgeon

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    Here in Long Beach we have a blue pyramid and a large golf ball.

    dome.jpg

    Walter Pyramid.JPG
     
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  16. pussycat

    pussycat Administrator Staff Member

    Yeah, its cool.

    :)

    But the roof still leaks. It leaked when they built it and it has leaked ever since.

    :rolleyes:
     
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  18. Neophyte

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    I saw a building that looks like this in a documentary about engineering and design failures. In the doc it said that the curves of the building, when the wind blows through, focuses the force of the wind and causes gale force wind gusts at the base.
     
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  19. Curmudgeon

    Curmudgeon Moderator Staff Member

    It's the former home of the Spruce Goose. After the plane was removed it was used as a sound stage, Now it's a cruise ship terminal.
     
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  20. Insp Gadget

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