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what those funny metal bits in the pavement mean

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do you ever wonder what those funny little circles of metal are in the pavement you occasionally see when you walk past buildings in towns like london ?  for a long time I thought they must be sawn off railings from wartime when they needed such things to make weapons. 

but no.  they are simply boundary markers, as explained by this helpful legally aware piece of pavement.

the fallen dummy

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when i went to work this morning this dummy was on a pillar near the train station awaiting rediscovery.  12 hours later when i got back it was on the floor snout down.  i suspect it’s is less likely to be retrieved in this orientation

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the problems of having your price built in to your sign

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if you ever get yourself a fancy sign made up, then i advise not putting your price on it as when inflation comes along and you have to raise your prices you’ll have to stick a sticker on it and it’ll look silly.  same goes for URLs, except with the sticker, obviously.

dignatory

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this is probably the queen or prime minister or someone.  they tend to zoom through london with a police motorcycle party and some big 4x4s.  i bet you can’t believe i get so close to these people !

three cranes

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head on legs

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i can’t resist a good fish eye

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now you see me now you don’t.

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space station

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togetherness in the office

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flower pots

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smoking by the no smoking sign

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is smoking by the not smoking sign a red card offence do you think ?

water squirter thing in the dirt

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a wall

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psychedlic pancake

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esther took this photo of me standing in front of a projection demonstrating how autochromes work at waddesdon manor a few weeks back.  i love how the letter ‘O’ rests on my head like a comedy hat

this is no longer a hotel

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canteen

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bollards protecting their friends

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we are open (probably not)

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whatever happened to all the eros

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i was going to just post the picture above, but then i realised i could make another pop pun title by including a few more.  or perhaps i should have put none up and then the question would have been more relevant.  as it is, it answers itself.  oh well.

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mirror moves

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