perhaps it was sleeping beauty’s hair i saw chopped off this morning ? in which case she’ll never be able to lower her locks so the frog can climb up to kiss her.
this apple was next to a car park. just so you can picture it in its surroundings
disability rights legislation came in to force recently (today?) in the UK and now shops and businesses are required to take special measures to accomodate people with disabilities. this is a good thing.
however, what people didn’t realise is that it also covers short sighted people who drive cars. these people can’t see traffic lights and so represent a danger to themselves and others.
the government has come up with an ingenious idea. they’ve put ladders next to every set of traffic light so short sighted people can climb up and have a close look at whether the lights are red, amber or green.
[some of this is slightly made up]
it’s a street cleaner’s trolley, a big big and two smaller bins and a one way sign. a lovely tableau.
after seeing these glasses i then saw these glasses:
and a little later i saw these two orange drinks (one freshly squeezed, one fizzy) by the back entrance to a hospital:
i haven’t seen any glasses on the street for ages so i was very pleased to see these safety ones.
trees wrapped in cellophane and tied up with string. an excellent leaf detachment prevention device.
a massive clump of hair on the pavement on the way to the station this morning. slightly sinister i thought.
last weekend in hull we saw this roof top xmas display. it’s either early, late or permanent:
a little later on the same day we saw this, which is lots of father christmases (christmii?) in a shop window offering a discreet service:
and last night i received my first christmas present. it’s an extension cable from my father-in-law:
i was lucky enough to have to go to Ipswich today for a meeting. if that wasn’t excitement enough, i spotted this fantastic cleaning device.
notice the articulated driver’s standing section which moved independently from the main vehicle giving it a nice roman chariot feel.
did you notice the hit counter this month ? We’ve had over 10,000 different visitors which is very exciting.
and a few days ago we had our 3,000th comment.
so that’s all very exciting isn’t !
and here is the 3,000th photo i’ve taken with my new camera which i got on the 13th August 2004. I took it a couple of days ago so that’s about 75 shots a day.
it’s a lady with a fancy coat pushing a hospital wheel chair containing her handbag down the street.
this giant carboard contraption was about a metre square and looked like it was under huge pressure. it could explode open at any moment.
i took a chance with getting the photo – my flash could have been the thing which set it free. but it wasn’t. so we are ok.
but it was tempting to undo the tape and see if it popped up in to a giant carboard house.
it’s modern street accomodation for the flat pack generation. ideal for street folk. free with every can of Super Strength Lager.
it’s a while since we’ve had any milk pictures. i see a lot of milk bottles and cartons in the morning but haven’t taken many photos of them.
so here are three together. the chaps on the outside are giving the one in the middle a lift up. Is he injured or preparing for an acrobatic feat ? i wasn’t sure whether to look away or stay for the show.
how ambiguous some photos can be.
life is becoming more integrated. cameras on your mobile phone, cars with MP3 players and DAB radios, egg and chips, and of course, diggers on lorries.
it’s a super dooper scooper.
this lamp is due to be mended.
i was quite impressed the council had been so good with their signs which even explained what was wrong. it’s broken because of electricy supply fault apparently.
i was less impressed when i saw that their charter said it should have been mended by 13 March 2004. i may phone the helpline so we can find out what’s going on.
one way round england’s archaic licensing laws is to buy a couple of cans of strong beer and sit on the benches outside a pub.
ok, here’s a little lunchtime competition. if you get the right answer i’ll post some more pictures of where it was.
so, this bloke spends his day going up and down in a lift. but where is it ?
here’s another clue – he’s driving the fastest lifts in europe (7.5m/s) which take you up 158 metres above london:
we’re two green ones down on yesterday. but there is now an empty can of beer. what DID happen here ?
