oxford stree police
it works well for swimming pool attendents, so why shouldn’t it work for police men with binoculars in oxford street. he evenhas his own community policemand for company
June 2004
coat hangers
but why would anyone do this ???
frying pan alley
i’ve walked within a few metres of this little alley hundreds of times, but only spotted it for the first time today.
what a great name.
the escaping bollard
why is this bollard climbing out of this window ?
battered sign
have you ever seen such a battered sign ?
the answer is no
everything about this picture says no. the two no-entry signs. the no entry barrier and the yellow and black no entry tape attached to the barrier.
‘no no no’ they say. but i still walked on by.
tap
look at this. it’s a massive tap on a stick with a giant on off turny handle thing.
it’s nowhere near the giant tap i saw earlier this week (which has now gone).
so what IS going on ?
tired
it’s deadline galore at work at the moment. but things might calm down after next week (i hope)
meanwhle i’ve just finished a 13 hour working day. i started at 4.15am and have just decided to stop. unfortunately i’m working from home so no-one realy knows that.
so i thought i’d tell you instead.
thanks for listening
threatening dog signs
a hyper-realistic threatening dog sign. the most realistic yet.
learner
look at this pink car. note the learner sign on the back. i think some parent is particularly worried about their child learning to drive and decided to spray the car pink to give it more visibility.
you can hear the teenager son/daughter’s reaction when they first saw it “ugh. MUM ! what HAVE you done. I’m NEVER driving that car”.
or some such.
english hotels
there’s something about british hotels. especially in london. this one looks particularly run down.
it might be fine inside but outside it look very unappealing. what a strange country this is !
slippery floor
i thnk there are a varierty of different falling down signs so i’m starting a seperate category
walking
i’ve just walked down to our local postbox and back with no shoes or socks on as an experiment. it took about 15 minutes.
it went quite well. I’ve walked 1200 kilometres since i got my pedometer. 99.999% of that has been wearing my Doc Martens. (just a small amount was wearing my ‘christmas shoes’). It was time for my feet to find out what my boots have been experiencing
here are my learnings:
* teeny stones and bits of grit hurt more than big stones and may join you on your journey like limpits by attaching themselves to your feet.
* different bits of the pavement feel very different. the scars from cable TV network layings are nice and smooth compared to the normal pavement.
* the road is very rough. don’t go there. stick to the pavements.
* i had a real fear of scraping my toes on the floor so i walked in a very strange way.
* carpet is an ABSOLUTE luxury to return to.
hoorah !
marking is finally finished. jane is back in circulation again. hoorah indeed.
pete’s flights of fancy
remember that Pete was meant to be flying round scotland this week ? well, he had a bike accident and in stead is at home perfecting a very strange tan. he also seems to be attached to a sun dial.
so no flying for pete (and no work for 5 weeks either)
poor old pete. get well soon !
wheel within a wheel
some minstrels in a big concrete circle. it’s just like ezekiel
bollards
yesterday i spotted at least 6 dangly window cleaners on big buildings. it was obviously dangly window cleaner day.
here is the ground indicator for the skyward activity
