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Tyfoid Kid: and that could be, I don't know. We (like a lot of places I think) like to make tenuous connections to the famous. Someone can have a beer at the airport and once...... Tyfoid Kid: How's that old song go:
Hot town, summer in the city
Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty
Been down, isn't it a pity
Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city
All around, people looking half...... Tyfoid Kid: So the hotel is done.
This is what it looks like today.
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... serlingrod: the city skyline embodies an idea of the collective imagination of the city's inhabitants and institutions. The silhouette of man's built environment provides and essential image for a city's dreams and aspirations.
thanks so much...... Tyfoid Kid: Really cool.... Tyfoid Kid: It has to be the worlds largest free standing abandoned by it's original owner alone outside clock!!... Tyfoid Kid: They used to use a lot of salt but I think they are using more of combination of salt on some other liquid chemical. All the snow plows have these big tanks on the...... Tyfoid Kid: Whatever they are they aren't cheap!... Tyfoid Kid: Folks might be getting in some last drives before they have to store them for the winter. Or the local Ghia club had a meeting that day.... Tyfoid Kid: these pictures really capture the vibrancy and movement of a city at night. Very cool.... Tyfoid Kid:
Both sides of the aisle have ignored this issue. My point is more to the line of thought that if the Dems had been in charge the Repulicans would have howled foul 'The Tax...... procyon: but tyfoid kid, it only wants some TLC!
actually, looking at it more closely, i guess it's more like "please love eat", which really is out of the question. bleuh!... Tyfoid Kid: The finger pointing is already starting too. Governor Pawlenty (T-Paw) is up for election next year and he's been doing this no new taxes thing since 2000. Cause he's GOP he took a pledge...... Tyfoid Kid: Almost all american cities are built for cars first, second and third with people fourth and bicycles, who knows.... Tyfoid Kid: [[img:21048]]
... Tyfoid Kid: Jamie - my sister volunteers at Foster Parrots and they are really doing some very good work with almost nothing for a budget. They have taken over an entire house with the birds, trying to...... Tyfoid Kid: The new building that will "wrap" around the Ivy is nearing completion. These were taken about 2 weeks ago.
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I guess I'm not sure what I think. It sure seems to get lost in its...... Tyfoid Kid: Is that Darth Vader's shadow giving us the peace sign in the last picture of the original set?... Tyfoid Kid: Great pictures!! The last one is really good. Nothing like a nice ride through a city on a Sunday.... Tyfoid Kid: Andrew, no it's down a side street, Russel Ave off Glenwood just west of Penn ave.
Cartlegger, yeah its real and it's not very weathered so it's pretty new.
I'm sure the conversation in the house went...... nailhead*tom: Hey, Tyfoid Kid, you're pretty good. At this moment a demo crew is starting to knock down the Bunge grain elevator at 14th and Como Ave. S.E. You should get over there and...... Tyfoid Kid: "I only do eyes"... Tyfoid Kid: Luke - use the cruise control... Tyfoid Kid: They've been de-fanged so no worries.... Tyfoid Kid: Is all the "No photography" because of the NYC elevated Terror Threat Level BS??
Cartlegger - I was trying to get a look at stuff on Randell Island using Google Earth and MS virtual earth but...... Tyfoid Kid: Gold Medal Flour has been around since the 1880's but this building and it's sign is not that old. Probably from the 40's or 50's. ... little ukraine: Tyfoid Kid - I had a chance to read the power broker last summer (appropriately enough, while commuting on the long island rail road). it's a really incredible book, i can't say enough about...... Tyfoid Kid: This is very cool. I'm just reading that book about Robert Moses - The Power Broker http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_Broker
This guy had a hand in all kinds of things and he got very rich for someone who was...... EvilGentleman: I would agree with the majority of what has been said, but I will state my opinions on each issue, so it becomes obvious where I stand.
I think the best way to have notification on...... Tyfoid Kid: Like cops pay attention to signs anyway. They do what they want.... Tyfoid Kid: OW!! My head!!!... Tyfoid Kid: It's cool either way. I love cool details like this on buildings. You have to imagine the meeting where they decide to put heads on the building and then who's heads.... Tyfoid Kid: It's nice to be #1 at picking up #2. And such a nice CLEAN truck!!... Tyfoid Kid: Jack, how the hell do you do that. You make me feel like I've been there, like I'm that "young man." The only phrase I can come up with is it's like you...... Tyfoid Kid: No clue. I drive/ride through there a couple times a week during the and I'd never seen this truck before Saturday. Might be just someone who was down at that end of downtown on a...... Tyfoid Kid: Great shot!!... Tyfoid Kid: The third one with the mangled wheel, that's what happens to most abandoned bikes here at the U of Minnesota. Every year the Facilities guys cut hundreds of bikes loose from where they've been...... Tyfoid Kid: I think the colors look great. Doesn't the overexposure come from the CCD in the camera trying to compensate between darker objects on the ground the bright sky? It's the algorithm it uses when it...... Tyfoid Kid: Very nice. I like all the static shots of the mist and the buildings and then you toss in the cat on the run.... Tyfoid Kid: Hot Dish on a Stick is Meatballs and Tator Tots, the main components (along with cream of mushroom soup) in Tator Tot Hotdish. I've heard it's less then stellar.
Evil G. I went back to...... Tyfoid Kid: I'm hoping to head over again tonight. Hopefully they haven't packed all the animals up yet.... Susannah : Aer - I appreciate the blog spot. I don't have a place to go to like this, I wish I did. I love where I live but its a pretty densely populated, suburban town...... Tyfoid Kid: The light on the yellow buidling makes it look like a model on train set. Very cool pictures.... Tyfoid Kid: 40 to 50 feet tall, probably 25 feet wide at the base.... Tyfoid Kid: My tried and true Fuji S7000
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and the new guy, just bought it Friday. Still getting used to it (the flash is very HARSH) but having a camera I can put in my pocket that...... Tyfoid Kid: Jeeff, it is an Oldenburg sculpture [[http://garden.walkerart.org/artwork.wac]]
I was doing the Seattle to Portland bike ride two weekends ago and one of the towns on the second day had what they claimed was the worlds largest...... Tyfoid Kid: You mess with the Bull(frog,) you get the horns.... Tyfoid Kid: A hard rains gonna fall... JJ: Tyfoid Kid:
You're so right. The crowd was great and the girls were amazing.... Tyfoid Kid: I'm not sure which is hotter, the Rollergirls or the audience which around here is mostly under 30 and "yeah baby" (at least to us old married farts)
Plug for the local league - Minnesota RollerGirls
...... Tyfoid Kid: Mine too. And Thank You for your service to this country!!... Tyfoid Kid: In the 5th picture down you can see the other pedestrian bridge (the Washington Ave Bridge) that connects the East and West Banks of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus. This bridge is...... Tyfoid Kid: Funny the fascist president Bush wants to close the border with Mexico because of the supposed security threat from terrorists. Where have most of the terrorists in North America been caught in the last 6...... Tyfoid Kid: Really great pictures!! I feel like I've been there now.
I've seen that first picture of the map of the subway system and it does make it look daunting but with the bi-lingual signs everywhere I'm...... Tyfoid Kid: The article talks about a concrete structure inside. The surface isn't brick. It almost looks like some kind of stucco. I stopped by on the way to work and got as close as I dared...... Tyfoid Kid: I did a little digging (thank you U of M libraries) and found some more stuff on The Ivy (actually probably more then you'd want to know:)
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From an article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune Dec...... elaine: ps. tyfoid kid, that kitty would definitely be more than a deterrent, i can see those claws itching to get some killa action.... Tyfoid Kid: These are really great shots. Birds are hard to get. And that's a great way to shield the bird food from the elements. I'd love to have a bird feeder. Unfortunately so would...... Tyfoid Kid: I forgot to mention. I love the pictures. The big tasty lobster and that mud is great color.... Tyfoid Kid: Speaking to the tourists just don't know comment.
This lava rock outcropping on Lumahi Beach in Kuaui looks innocent enough. It's killed several people and when we were there last fall there was memorial to the...... Tyfoid Kid: That would be so cool to have a road that big just for bikes. Of course when gas gets to $7.00 USD maybe they'll peel a couple lanes off the freeways for the bikes...... Tyfoid Kid: I love the shot with the bubbles. Great pictures.... Tyfoid Kid: "hmmm wallet, keys, phone . . . what was it I was going to get at the store?? She just told me. She'll kill me if I ask her again."... Tyfoid Kid: Never been but that shot of the Wonder Wheel is pretty much what I had in my minds eye... Tyfoid Kid: 6 pack of renewable energy and a couple of cartons of unconditional love to go please... Tyfoid Kid: Single speed touring bike? Nice. Well he's o.k. until he gets to the rockies I guess.... Tyfoid Kid: Is this one of the old Kryptonite locks that you can open with the barrel of a bic pen? I did it with my old Kryptonite style lock but I heard Kryptonite locks did...... Tyfoid Kid: Great colors. Very nice!!... Tyfoid Kid: And we have one on our campus here at the University of Minnesota [[3479:Weisman Art Museum]]... Tyfoid Kid: Or the Simpsons episode where he designs the Springfield Opera house. They build it like a normal building and then the cranes come in with the wrecking balls and bend all the 90 degree...... Tyfoid Kid: I've heard that the radio trick works. I also heard it should be some kind of talk radio since it's the sound of humans that Racoons don't like. I don't think it has to...... Tyfoid Kid: I thought it was impressive. I like his style. ... Tyfoid Kid: Some place to put the address of the building?... Tyfoid Kid: LOL
Great on gas but where do you put those 4 bags of grocerys?... Tyfoid Kid: That big building is the main downtown Post office. I was standing in front of it when I took the other pictures. This turgid pile is where I work [[http://onestop.umn.edu/Maps/WBOB/WBOB-photo.html]] ... Tyfoid Kid: Very cool. Very Dark Knight - Gotham City... Tyfoid Kid: Wouldn't those have been where the neon tubes would come in and out?... Micah: I can't wait to get back to Edmonton (18 days!) and take pictures of my commute! I've tried doing that here in Moncton but crappy camera + not much to photograph on the way...... Tyfoid Kid: I have a lot of over the road options to work too. This is my "I don't feel like having to deal with cars bullshit" way into work.... Tyfoid Kid: I'd heard that China was planting billions of tree. South Korea must be part of this then.
From the ChinaDaily online -
Last year, nearly 560 million people planted more than 2.5 billion trees throughout China. The...... Tyfoid Kid: Last time my mother took a ride in an ambulance it was $700 to go one mile. When I was in college I worked at a fast food restraunt and we the assistant managers...... Tyfoid Kid: Woof. Dogs live in the city just like us people.... Tyfoid Kid: Yeah it's got wheels but they're made to roll over nice kitchen tile, not sand and rough asphalt. I figured out that it's one of those things that holds those plastic trays full of cups...... Tyfoid Kid: There were 8 lines in total. Some had ramps at the end some just like a dirt strip they'd carved out of the hill. They'd yell at you to "start running" as you came...... Tyfoid Kid: That taxi driver must have really good ears. Most of Immigrant Song is pretty hard to understand unless you know the words. He probably didn't like his tip so he thought "I'll show...... Tyfoid Kid: Does that mean you were awake for 01:02:03 on 04/05/06 paying your bills?... Tyfoid Kid: A coworker of mine just had a thought. If you look at like the the green fans on the left are eyes then going to the right the face then the torso and oh...... Tyfoid Kid: Very much WOW! There was a lot of physics at play in an accident like this.
I thought they used the metric system in Canada, why are the measuring things out in feet and inches like...... Tyfoid Kid: I love this kind of stuff. It's like an Andrew Wyeth painting [[http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/wyeth_andrew.html]]... Tyfoid Kid: Were you near any of the tornados that Illinois had yesterday?... Tyfoid Kid: just putting where they're told to put it... Tyfoid Kid: did this fall into "that's not my job catagory?" I just put the signs up, it's someone elses job to make sure they're right.... Tyfoid Kid: Yet another cool idea from the Citynoise folks. Loitering is hard to do when you're not loitering but have a purpose. ... Tyfoid Kid: Stored properly ON the furniture too.... Tyfoid Kid:
Don't know. It's been there about 10 years or so.... Tyfoid Kid: I think this would be harder to do then what we do. We just go in thourgh a hole in the ice. No chance to chicken out and turn back (I'm the smaller of the...... Tyfoid Kid: So the next time I'm "Up North" by Rainy River I can just hop on the road across the border and boom I'm in Toronto?? Cool!! Eh maybe I'll just get to it via...... Tyfoid Kid: All right then, I'll do it!!!... Tyfoid Kid: Oh and I think the first pic is someone leaving an offering for Pele the Goddess of Fire. That crater used to be filled with Lava until sometime in the 1920's.... Tyfoid Kid: And be careful where you park when you're there.
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