Showing posts with label Gal-40. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gal-40. Show all posts

Wednesday, 11 February 2026

Oh look - an Irish Castle !

 

AI tells me that this photo captures the ruins of a chapel within Blarney Castle in Ireland, specifically showcasing a stone wall with a small window and a sign labeled "CHAPEL". 

Location: The image shows a part of Blarney Castle, famously known as the home of the Blarney Stone. 

Signage: A sign on the wall is written in both Irish ("an séipéal") and English ("CHAPEL"). 

Visitor Activity: The upper level, often used for visiting the Blarney Stone.

AI doesn't really write engaging text, does it?

Bonus - Vintage wartime US public information posters 

Monday, 25 November 2024

Anyone recognise this ?


 I didn't.

But some quick checking on Alta Vista (ah, nostalgia) suggest that this might be Blarney Castle, home of the infamous Blarney Stone.

So there.

Bonus - Hey USA, It's almost Thanksgiving! Are you getting your eels ready?


Wednesday, 16 October 2024

Probably Not Norfolk.

 

Unless Great Yarmouth has a "Little Taiwan" suburb that it stays quiet about, I suspect that this slide doesn't originate in Norfolk.

(It's Longshan Temple – Taipei, Taiwan)

Bonus - 

You can get this in less than 24Hrs

Wednesday, 9 August 2023

Vietnam Abstract

 

Maybe there's something wrong with my brain, (yes, you can keep your sarcastic thoughts to yourself) but every time I see this slide image, it takes me a few seconds to process the image and understand what / where / what's in front of what / etc.

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Wednesday, 2 November 2022

Oxford, City of Dreaming Spires

 

Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire and famous worldwide for its prestigious university, the oldest in the English-speaking world. In his poem ‘Thyrsis’ the Victorian poet Matthew Arnold called Oxford ‘the city of dreaming spires’ after the stunning architecture of these university buildings.

Two rivers run through Oxford, the Cherwell and the Thames (Isis), and it is from this riverside situation that Oxford got its name in Saxon times, ‘Oxenaforda’ or ‘Ford of the Oxen’. In the 10th century Oxford became an important frontier town between the kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex and was also strategically important to the Normans who in 1071 built a castle there, first in timber and later in the 11th century, in stone.

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Monday, 25 April 2022

Neighbourhood Watch

 

Who needs CCTVs when you have black-clad grannies keeping an eye on what's happening in the street.

Bonus - Huge Asteroid to Pass Earth Thursday May Be Over 2,500 Feet Wide

Bonus 2 - 

Once upon a time in Paris...

Sunday, 16 January 2022

Oriental Rooftops

 

No info on this slide, but something at the back of my mind makes me think Rooftops in Thailand.

If you know better, speak up.

Bonus - Don't you just hate it when you arrive at work and realise you've forgotten to bring your will to live?

Bonus 2 - After the Beanie Baby bubble burst

Wednesday, 12 May 2021

Meanwhile in a Hotel in the Cotswolds...

 

...mysterious things are afoot!

Didn't this charming little pub / hotel (The Old Manse, Bourton-on-the-Water) used to be six inches further away from the river?

Who is quietly moving the quaint old pubs of the Costwolds??  We need to be told.!

Bonus - Indian government says 5G doesn’t cause COVID-19. Also points out India has no 5G networks.

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