RebAl
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Post by RebAl on May 14, 2007 2:11:59 GMT -5
I thought I would start posting some pictures of the area where I live up in the Northern part of England. The Old Town hall and market square in South Shields. Some of the old buildings at Mill Dam at South Shields Whitburn village where Lewis Carroll wrote "Alice in Wonderland" Souter Lighthouse the first in the World to be lit by electricity Marsden Grotto famous in the olden days for smugglers.
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Post by Greg C. on May 14, 2007 5:56:50 GMT -5
Thats one beautiful area you live in...
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Post by neferetus on May 14, 2007 13:10:09 GMT -5
Thanks, Alex. I'm a big Lewis Carroll fan and collect old editions of the "Alice" books.
I had to laugh when I saw a recent film advertized called "The Last Mimsy". A 'Mimsy" was from Carroll's The Jabberwocky, you know.
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Post by Greg C. on May 14, 2007 13:58:44 GMT -5
I have never ead any of the Alice in Wonderland books. I'm surpised it wasnt part of the school curriculum
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Post by neferetus on May 14, 2007 14:54:57 GMT -5
Carroll was a madman, Greg. Don't believe the books were written merely for the young. Were the books ever made into a serious movie, it would probably have to be rated PG-13 for it's nightmare content.
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Post by Greg C. on May 14, 2007 18:24:16 GMT -5
Carroll was a madman, Greg. Don't believe the books were written merely for the young. Were the books ever made into a serious movie, it would probably have to be rated PG-13 for it's nightmare content. Someone told me that he was stoned out of his mind when he wrote his books. Is this true?
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Post by neferetus on May 14, 2007 19:07:05 GMT -5
Nope, he was a mathmetician with a penchant for the strange.
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Post by Greg C. on May 14, 2007 19:24:43 GMT -5
Nope, he was a mathmetician with a penchant for the strange. being a mathmetician is strange in itself...
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RebAl
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Post by RebAl on May 15, 2007 1:15:21 GMT -5
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Post by Bromhead24 on May 15, 2007 8:45:45 GMT -5
The only part of the UK i set foot on was at London's Heathrow for a layover from Denmark.
Give me £20,000 and two days and i would be cured of my illness...
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Post by TexasMacatWork on May 16, 2007 8:00:28 GMT -5
You live in a beautiful community, Reb-Al.
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Post by Greg C. on May 16, 2007 12:28:33 GMT -5
My parents went to London a while ago, If I had a scanner i'd post the pictures.
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Post by bubbabod on Sept 5, 2007 11:28:41 GMT -5
RebAl, beautiful place you live. Never been to England. Some day, though. Here's a couple of pictures of where I live: This is the flower fields of Carlsbad, Ca. Around nine million ranuncula bulbs are planted each year, and bloom in March and April. The fields are on a sloping hillside that runs about a mile from north to south and two hundred yards from east to west, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. This is about half a mile from my house: View of the San Diego harbor and skyline: USS Midway museum in San Diego harbor: "The Kiss" sculpture next to the USS Midway, San Diego Harbor Beaches at Carlsbad, Ca. USS Midway, looking across harbor to USS Nimitz: Another view of the Carlsbad Flower Fields and power plant: Carlsbad is a beach town of about 90,000 30 miles up the coast from downtown San Diego. Yeah, it's crowded here, but we have the best weather in the world and so much to do and see. My parents came to visit us many years ago, and in one day we took them for a ride, beginning at the beach, drove them to see the flowers in the Anzo-Borrego desert, up to the snow of Palomar Mountain and back down to the beach, all in one day, and never left San Diego county.
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Rick
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Post by Rick on Sept 6, 2007 14:04:46 GMT -5
A few shots of El Paso's turf: A rare snowfall from my front door Two sunsets from my backyard The Franklin Mountains under a rare snowfall
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RebAl
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Post by RebAl on Oct 30, 2007 15:07:27 GMT -5
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Post by Greg C. on Oct 31, 2007 16:31:50 GMT -5
Great shots by both Alex and Bubba!
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Post by Bromhead24 on Oct 31, 2007 16:46:37 GMT -5
beautiful...
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Post by Cole_blooded on Oct 31, 2007 19:38:50 GMT -5
Some great photography there Aex and plenty of detail for the eye`s to absorb! TED COLE....aka....Cole_blooded ;D
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RebAl
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Post by RebAl on Nov 1, 2007 12:43:01 GMT -5
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Post by neferetus on Nov 1, 2007 12:48:54 GMT -5
Nice. It (the snow) will be coming on soon, then?
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