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Taipan wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 2:13 pm Image
Looks like something off Top Gear :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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Yorick wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 4:33 pm
Taipan wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 2:13 pm Image
Looks like something you'd see off your face on some Top Gear :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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I do like the bay windows. It's a bit like an ornamental Folly with wings.
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It's an April Fool/'Photoshop' thing isn't it?

It's a standard tram with wings that was supposed 'to avoid traffic congestion'.
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Count Steer wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 12:20 pm It's an April Fool/'Photoshop' thing isn't it?

It's a standard tram with wings that was supposed 'to avoid traffic congestion'.
It wasn't the plane side of it that was its undoing, it was mounting the aerial powerlines...
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Taipan wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 12:24 pm
Count Steer wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 12:20 pm It's an April Fool/'Photoshop' thing isn't it?

It's a standard tram with wings that was supposed 'to avoid traffic congestion'.
It wasn't the plane side of it that was its undoing, it was mounting the aerial powerlines...
In-flight refuelling, innit
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Early prototype of the Airbus A380.

And about as successful.
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Goes up to 11 metres.

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I thought the tree in the foreground was in an interesting plant pot
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Mussels wrote: Tue Jul 26, 2022 7:44 am I thought the tree in the foreground was in an interesting plant pot
Styled on His'n'Hers outside dunnies?
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Shouldn't the pampas grass be in the front garden? ;)
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Count Steer wrote: Tue Jul 26, 2022 8:01 am Shouldn't the pampas grass be in the front garden? ;)
They are in there 80's and had a good laugh when i told them about the Pampas meaning. That was a well kept garden but they got old and the council will only cut the grass for them and they cut round any furniture rather than lift/move it
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Potter wrote: Tue Jul 26, 2022 5:54 am
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Weird, it looks like a clever photoshop where the bottom half is a row of British gardens and the top half is Kenya.
Its not as clear as watching it as that was the red from the evening sun going down what was looking rather nice. It was also heavy rain most of the day and the smells were adding to the ambiance.
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Potter wrote: Tue Jul 26, 2022 9:42 am It's the trees that do it, those look like they're in Africa, I can't remember what they're called but they have a pale bark and flat canopy.
Yes you nailed it, African Acacia trees have that characteristic flat top. I think the ones in the picture might be Stone Pines.
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JamJar wrote: Tue Jul 26, 2022 10:20 am
Potter wrote: Tue Jul 26, 2022 9:42 am It's the trees that do it, those look like they're in Africa, I can't remember what they're called but they have a pale bark and flat canopy.
Yes you nailed it, African Acacia trees have that characteristic flat top. I think the ones in the picture might be Stone Pines.
And completely stripped to the height of a stretched giraffe underneath? (Not the ones in Scotland, obvs :D ).
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Count Steer wrote: Tue Jul 26, 2022 11:18 am
JamJar wrote: Tue Jul 26, 2022 10:20 am
Potter wrote: Tue Jul 26, 2022 9:42 am It's the trees that do it, those look like they're in Africa, I can't remember what they're called but they have a pale bark and flat canopy.
Yes you nailed it, African Acacia trees have that characteristic flat top. I think the ones in the picture might be Stone Pines.
And completely stripped to the height of a stretched giraffe underneath? (Not the ones in Scotland, obvs :D ).

That's how far the locals can jump for free winter firewood.
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cheb wrote: Tue Jul 26, 2022 5:30 pm
Count Steer wrote: Tue Jul 26, 2022 11:18 am
JamJar wrote: Tue Jul 26, 2022 10:20 am Yes you nailed it, African Acacia trees have that characteristic flat top. I think the ones in the picture might be Stone Pines.
And completely stripped to the height of a stretched giraffe underneath? (Not the ones in Scotland, obvs :D ).

That's how far the locals can jump for free winter firewood.
Technically there's more wood at the bottom. Granted, you'll need a chainsaw. But the point still stands.
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