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dizzying heights
Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 1:33 am
by gio67
i took this from a new block of flats i was working on in london today,
it,s sort of funny when you look at it the cars seem to be going back and forth does anyone else get the same feeling, the second one the top of the hoist is where i was working repairing the motor,that's my kneeling pad,and the last one is a general view into london
Re: dizzying heights
Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 2:40 am
by David Kilpatrick
I used to go up cranes a lot for Tayor Woodrow, but they were always just in the middle of some vast building project like the Midland Bank's computer centre or Central Television's HQ (that dates me!). No nice views of actual streets. Once I was allowed on to the top of CEGB's office building to do a panorama of the whole of London - on the day, of course, the weather was rubbish.
David
Re: dizzying heights
Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 3:40 am
by Lonnie Utah
The cars all look like they are on the wrong side of the road....
Re: dizzying heights
Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 6:55 am
by pakodominguez
Lonnie Utah wrote:The cars all look like they are on the wrong side of the road....
they ARE in the wrong side of the road...
Re: dizzying heights
Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 6:55 am
by UrsaMajor
Lonnie Utah wrote:The cars all look like they are on the wrong side of the road....
I think he just put the slides in the projector backwards.
With best wishes,
- Tom -
Re: dizzying heights
Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 8:05 am
by gio67
Lonnie Utah wrote:The cars all look like they are on the wrong side of the road....
it,s the middle Tuesday in the month also known in the UK as "drive in reverse day" it keeps you on your toes
Re: dizzying heights
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 8:03 am
by aster
gio67 wrote:Lonnie Utah wrote:The cars all look like they are on the wrong side of the road....
it,s the middle Tuesday in the month also known in the UK as "drive in reverse day" it keeps you on your toes
Apparently, the bus is not allowed any other but to enjoy the "drive in reverse day" permanently, by the looks of those yellow bus-stop warning painted on the 'wrong' side of the road.
Good shots from the heights, Gio67. : )
I like the 'steamy' look of the cityscape in the third shot and the dramatic look-down from the second point of view.
Thanks for sharing and keep posting, Gio67!
Yildiz
Re: dizzying heights
Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2010 10:40 pm
by alphaomega
The problem with you Americans is that you changed the rules. Maybe revenge for British dominance. All civilised countries such as UK, India, New Zealand and Australia (I think) know which is the correct side of the road to drive on. The same in Ireland although traditionally they are not too fond of the Brits. The Irish parliament got the idea that they should change and drive on the right. Some members objected in that they thought it would be too much for all to change on the same day. They agreed then that all cars would change on one Sunday and all buses and trucks would follow the week after. This was agreed and note where that has left them; having to go to EU and beg for anything up to 100 billion Dollars equivalent in loans.
Re: dizzying heights
Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2010 11:05 pm
by Dr. Harout
alphaomega wrote:The problem with you Americans is that you changed the rules. Maybe revenge for British dominance. All civilised countries such as UK, India, New Zealand and Australia (I think) know which is the correct side of the road to drive on. The same in Ireland although traditionally they are not too fond of the Brits. The Irish parliament got the idea that they should change and drive on the right. Some members objected in that they thought it would be too much for all to change on the same day. They agreed then that all cars would change on one Sunday and all buses and trucks would follow the week after. This was agreed and note where that has left them; having to go to EU and beg for anything up to 100 billion Dollars equivalent in loans.
Are cars and therefore traffic British inventions?
Re: dizzying heights
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 9:57 am
by alphaomega
Dr. Harout
I am actually Danish but live here in Scotland. I would have liked to continue driving in the right side of the road but I would find it rather difficult because of the old habits prevailing here.
Re: dizzying heights
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 8:13 pm
by Birma
Love the pictures Gio67 - even if they are vertigo inducing
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(I think driving around a round-about anywhere where they use the different side of the road, is very very tricky. I have nearly turned on to the wrong side of the interstate several times in the US when the roads are quiet and there is no one to follow.)