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you can't be 30 forever
it was a while ago i was thirty.
7 8 6 ?
we all know that seven ate nine. but it looks like seven ate six here too. which is why it's so large.
25
not a number you see much on sign posts. in fact, thinking about it, 30, 40 and 70 (plus occasionally 60 and increasingly 20) have pretty much cornered the numbered signs market.
30
i think this is an old sign. you don't see threes like this in the modern era (as far as i'm aware)
303
now i don't spend quite so much time wandering the streets of london i miss the latest foxton estate agents mini decorations. here's 303 in the latest livery
fifty nine and a half
inflation hits us all. this building was number 57 just a few weeks ago, and now look at it.
crazy numbering
1-7 then it all goes a bit strange. not sure if the miniature is anything to by. the little chap to the right is quite small too.
after the cake
looks like someone had a party
309
(photo by esther)
79 on a foxton new design mini
i used to spot loads of numbered foxton minis for you. i don't spend so much time in london these days so they are a bit rarer to my eyes. sorry about that.
the secret formula
david (seen here) has a very interesting piece of paper in his top pocket. everyone should blatantly display algebra as they go about their business
204
(worth clicking to admire my motion photography)
238
238 on Queen Anne Street - one of the most prolific photo opportunity streets in london (for me at least)
a row of number 7s
i was confused by why there were so may houses numbered '7'. then i realised. did you ?
(by the way, are you having trouble commenting on the blog ? i know i am ! if you are, drop me an email and i'll spend some time trying to sort it if it's problem for a few people - blog@funkypancake.com
vin's cute 66
vin sent me this numbered mini which he entitled 'cute 66'. which made me chuckle !
a nest of foxton minis
Vin sent me this fantastic picture of a massive stock of numbered minis. he writes:
Thought you might like to see this - a nest of Foxton's Minis, seen looking south from the Piccadilly line passing through Chiswick. How many Minis can you count?
foxton mini world cup paintjob (161)
(click to inspect)
vin's 280
vin spotted this 280 hiding outside his house.
092
another new look foxton mini. i guess they've all been redone ?
272 - london calling
looks like the foxtons minis have a new livery. here's my first spot yesterday evening. it's 272.
three numbered cars
463
194
539
206
i'm slowly collecting photos of all the Foxton's numbered cars. i've still a long way to go though.
463
i might miss them sometimes, but eventually i catch them
page 18
it's a while since we've had any new giant pages from the giant paddington station sign book. this is page 18.
567
my initial attempt at a photo was thwarted by this passing taxi, but i still managed to capture the number through the window (whilst the taxi was moving)
333 chasing 260
regular reader vin sent me this great photo of our favourite minis. he writes:
Today I saw 333 chasing 260 through Brentford. Had to give chase
myself but couldn't get any closer than this - they are very nippy. I
felt like I was in the Italian Job. I found them parked later, but
this shot conveys something of the thrill of the chase.
a good day for numbered minis
117
284
371 (sorry about the photo)
and here's one from keith who spotted 369 in the car park of Beaulieu motor museu /abbey /palace in the New Forest, quite a long way from its London home
133
matt, funkypancake's web-landlord, spotted number 133 and gave chase. he saw it in amersham which is about 30 miles away from london.
i think brother edd spotted a stash of them in a car park in guildford which means matt's don't gain the prize for the most remote (unless my geography is completely out which wouldn't surpise any of us!)
a repeat viewing - 268
last seen on the move
414
here's 414. i also spotted 463 yesterday but i was getting some money out for my evening paper so didn't catch it before it zoomed round the corner. my mistake. sorry.
392
this was a real 'quick on the draw' picture as i saw this mini come zooming round the corner. i'm regularly very impressed by how quick my camera starts up ready for picture taking. hoorah for it.
244
it's number 244. and so is the photo number from my camera which is a bit of a bizarre coincidence.
05, 32 and 29
3 numbered cars in a car park
268
i love taking pictures of the numbered minis. it's great how they unexpectedly appear round a corner and zoom along the street i'm walking down.
i have to grab for my camera from it's holster and shoot without thinking. it's great when i get a nice one with a blurred background and the car in focus like this.
it's my own special video game.
213
kindly sent by reader keith who spotted it in "the cut", waterloo
math
math or maths ? i know what i say. whatever. do it.
135 and 081
i was quite pleased with this shot as it's one of those car stationary and in focus whilst the background is moving type ones.
7
the sun shining through some scaffolding made the number 7 on the wall. it's kind of an inverse shadow thing i suppose.
random number generator
we had cause to select 150 things from a potential 2400. this is how we did it. i have a 10 minute video of the draw if anyone is interested from a random number selection point of view.
click for big
two in a row
pilar's friend took this photo with her camera phone but didn't catch the numbers.
numbered mini
yet again, a mini slightly too far away to get it's number. i think it's 281 but i could be wrong
car
this car was in a distance so i couldn't see its number. which was a shame.
floor 6 and a half
being john malkovitch anyone ?
number 8
numbered birdboxed in a forest. how else will the bird postman know where to take its deliveries ?
394
(spotted by matt, the website landlord, in Osborn Street, London)
286 - the feline number ?
here is the number 286, but look at the serial number on the tickets. KA77 (which looks a bit like KATT) and puss which looks a bit like PUSS.
Both of these are words are catty words ?
just a coincidence ? i don't think so !
244
long exposure night shot of mini number 244:
348 by day
same car different time of day (and part of town)
108-164
i collect numbers. so i was pleased that these numbers were identified as numbers otherwise i may have missed them.
this sign is a typical example of the verbosity of the modern sign writer. 108 mins 164 is -56.
but i suppose if they'd written that then cars would have thought it was the speed limit and started driving very fast backwards down the road.
and that could only have lead to disaster.
so, on second (and third) thoughts, i'm happy they've done what they've done here.
the perfect function
this one takes me back to my educational days, particularly my engineering maths courses. Functions were a tricky thing (as was the rest of my course for my pudding-brain).
if only i'd known these people could have designed me a perfect one i wouldn't have bothered.
506
tombola or raffle ?
numbered minis
here is mini number 333 as seen 2 weeks ago (i've kept the photo in storage). the day before i saw number 456 but didn't get my camera out in time as it whizzed on by.
then today i saw 230:
swedish water-bollards
number 3
263
maxx sent me mini 263 which he saw on his recent trip to london. i feel this blog has many eyes and i like it.
numbered mini
i've been collected pictures of numbered minis. i saw this one whizz by me this morning and got a photo of it at the lights (i REALLY need a camera with a faster start up time!).
but how would i remember which number it had written on the side ? i decided to use my hands. it's 435 (i didn't have enough fingers on one hand to do a 6 so i used a piece of railing)
3
esther has used her calculator so much some of the numbers have dropped off. i spotted this number 3 button on the stairs
