utterly random picture thread.

[KungFooBob]

Interesting gas meter locations...

[Taipan]

[Taipan]

In 2011, Colin Weir and his wife Chris won £161 million on the EuroMillions. It was one of the largest lottery jackpots in European history. They were from Largs, a small town in North Ayrshire, Scotland.
Within seven years, they had divorced. Chris took roughly half. Colin was left with around £66 million.
He spent approximately £100,000 a week.
But before anyone calls him reckless, it's worth looking at what he actually did with it. He bought a 55 per cent stake in Partick Thistle, his local football club, with plans to hand the shares to supporters. He set up the Thistle Weir Youth Academy. He created the Weir Charitable Trust, which funded community groups, sports facilities, and animal welfare across Scotland. He donated £1 million to the Scottish independence campaign.
He also bought luxury cars, houses, holidays, and helped friends and family pay off debts. He lived exactly the way most people say they would if they won the lottery.
Colin Weir died on December 27, 2019, at the age of 71, from sepsis and acute kidney injury. By then, roughly £40 million of his post-divorce fortune had been spent or given away.
His remaining estate went to his two children. The football club got a youth academy. The charities got funded. And a man from a small Scottish town spent eight years doing whatever he wanted with money he never expected to have

[Taipan]

[Taipan]

On the southern coast of Gran Canaria, at the serene Melenara Beach in Telde, the awe-inspiring statue of Neptune (Poseidon) commands attention.
Created by renowned sculptor Luis Arencibia, this four-meter-tall bronze masterpiece merges mythology with the tranquil beauty of the island’s coastline. Perched on a volcanic rock, Neptune gazes out over the Atlantic, embodying the eternal bond between the sea and its people.

[Count Steer]

On the southern coast of Gran Canaria, at the serene Melenara Beach in Telde, the awe-inspiring statue of Neptune (Poseidon) commands attention.
Created by renowned sculptor Luis Arencibia, this four-meter-tall bronze masterpiece merges mythology with the tranquil beauty of the island’s coastline. Perched on a volcanic rock, Neptune gazes out over the Atlantic, embodying the eternal bond between the sea and its people.

Reminded me about the horses and riders sculptures that were installed in the Thames for a while, appearing and disappearing with the tide.

Completely underwater though are installations like:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molinere_ ... prov=sfla1

Great idea - a human made reef type of thing - and good for snorkelling.

[gremlin]

If you'd ever had to spend any time listening to his Radio One show back in the day you'd have to question that statement.

[Felix]

Bloody SNP wasting money again.

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[Taipan]

[Taipan]

[Taipan]

Spectators sitting on barriers at the game between Millwall and Manchester City at the Den.
Millwall 2-0 Manchester City
Quarter Final
Saturday March 6th 1937
The Den, New Cross, London
Attendance:42,474
Scorers: Dave Mangnall {2}
(Photo by E Dean)

[Yorick]

This made me smile outside the pharmacy today
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[Taipan]

Here's the giveaway Fireball XL5 from Edition 3 in all it's nostalgic glory - download and print out on 240/260gsm paper and cut out!

[Saga Lout]

I wish I was a spaceman, the fastest guy alive.
I'd fly you round the universe in Fireball XL5

I can't remember any more. I wonder how close I got.

https://genius.com/Barry-gray-fireball-xl5-lyrics

I didn't do too bad considering it's over 60 years ago.

[Saga Lout]

Mind you, I wish I hadn't remembered because now all I want to do is correct the grammar.

[Taipan]

"𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺. 𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵."
- 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘳

Remembering British photojournalist George Rodger, who died on July the 24th, in 1995.

A founding member of Magnum Photos he was perhaps best noted for his work in Africa, and for photographing the suffering and mass deaths at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp towards the end of the World War II.

https://www.magnumphotos.com/photograph ... 2z9UqUVniA

[Yorick]

These 3 dudes make me smile when I pass them each morning
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[Druid]

[Ian]

Salsify?
I started with 1 self set then I've been sowing the seeds in the flower bed
Never plucked up the courage to eat it yet

[Yorick]

Everyone's hero. We all loved that huge smile.
Not many world champions raced at Cadwell between Grand Prixs

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