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    sandraisagilf replied to your photo: This here is Sofia, the kid I used to teach that…

    Oh my, she is the cutest! Look at how fabulously she dresses too, damn.

    Aww, I know! So cute. And the kid got style - she was right big into her visors.

     trebaolofarabia replied to your photo: This here is Sofia, the kid I used to teach that…

    She is adorable, and totally looks like she’d write cute notes about Pinocchio.

    Yeah, she wrote that note really early on - she just wanted to talk to me all the time. When she finally got her head around the idea that I didn’t speak Korean (although it certainly didn’t stop her talking to me in Korean) she learned English really bloody quickly I think purely so we could communicate better. Which made teaching her really easy! Although she was a handful.

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    trebaolofarabia: Felix Friedrich Von Ende - Courtship Gentleman: You have always been so terribly kind to me madame, permitting me to speak with you here under this tree so often. Yet, you are always so quiet, I do know decorum demands a lady keep her place when uncertain of a man’s intent, but I can tell you forthwith that you need fear not me nor my plans. I perhaps simply wish to know what preoccupies the mind of one with such a bloom of beauty as yourself? Lady: I like turtles.

    trebaolofarabia:

    Felix Friedrich Von Ende - Courtship

    Gentleman: You have always been so terribly kind to me madame, permitting me to speak with you here under this tree so often. Yet, you are always so quiet, I do know decorum demands a lady keep her place when uncertain of a man’s intent, but I can tell you forthwith that you need fear not me nor my plans. I perhaps simply wish to know what preoccupies the mind of one with such a bloom of beauty as yourself?

    Lady: I like turtles.

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    trebaolofarabia replied to your photo

    This is really cool! Do you know where this is?

    Oh dear, that’s like the one time I didn’t cite my source! After a wee bit of internet-history digging, I discovered that I got the image from this blog - although if that will answer your question, I do not know.

    The blog is worth a look, though, there are other interesting things to be seen there.

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    trebaolofarabia: hmsvictory: Glasgow Central Station An interesting photo, presumably from anywhere between 1879 (year of construction) to 1896 (when it was greatly expanded) I would hazard a guess that this could be no later than 1888 however. By this time rail had become the measure of success in nations, those with the most lines were by extension the most wealthy. At this time however Britain was flagging behind a unified Germany, which out produced them in steel and railroads often more than two to one. So too was the classic impression of early rail, where the various classes were separated not just by ticket price but by quality of car they rode in. Certainly a first class passage would be in a closed car, often by oneself, but in previous decades the image of third class was one of open air cattle cars, where drunken passengers would hoop and holler as the train sped down its tracks. We see also here the prevalence of carriages, where before there would have more foot traffic. The United Kingdom, throughout the early half of Victoria’s reign, had seen a ridiculous growth of the middle class, as more and more money departed the landed and ended in the entrepreneur and clerical. With this money often it was acceptable to purchase a carriage or hansom with attendants and stables, leading to incredible congestion and noise. Imagine then, if you can, the sound within this station, of arriving trains, hurried murmuring and clopping hooves all about, especially since one can only clearly discern 13 carriages where there must be a multitude more about. All of them lined as they are to accept passengers as they disembark from their trains. Also of importance is that unlike some rail stations this one in particular is still in use, and has retained much of its Victorian architecture and design.

    trebaolofarabia:

    hmsvictory:

    Glasgow Central Station

    An interesting photo, presumably from anywhere between 1879 (year of construction) to 1896 (when it was greatly expanded) I would hazard a guess that this could be no later than 1888 however. By this time rail had become the measure of success in nations, those with the most lines were by extension the most wealthy. At this time however Britain was flagging behind a unified Germany, which out produced them in steel and railroads often more than two to one. So too was the classic impression of early rail, where the various classes were separated not just by ticket price but by quality of car they rode in. Certainly a first class passage would be in a closed car, often by oneself, but in previous decades the image of third class was one of open air cattle cars, where drunken passengers would hoop and holler as the train sped down its tracks.

    We see also here the prevalence of carriages, where before there would have more foot traffic. The United Kingdom, throughout the early half of Victoria’s reign, had seen a ridiculous growth of the middle class, as more and more money departed the landed and ended in the entrepreneur and clerical. With this money often it was acceptable to purchase a carriage or hansom with attendants and stables, leading to incredible congestion and noise. Imagine then, if you can, the sound within this station, of arriving trains, hurried murmuring and clopping hooves all about, especially since one can only clearly discern 13 carriages where there must be a multitude more about. All of them lined as they are to accept passengers as they disembark from their trains.

    Also of importance is that unlike some rail stations this one in particular is still in use, and has retained much of its Victorian architecture and design.

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    Mar

    trebaolofarabia:

    So apparently one of my followers knows a band, and so I went prowling around the internet for their music, and besides discovering a short video of them playing Der Konnigratzer, a Prussian march I had heard for the first time in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, which I never knew the name of, but now that I do I realize it’s a celebratory march for the victory at Konnigratz in the Austro-Prussian War. Whatever, that is not even a bit of the point. The point is that they have this song which I am here posting, which is stuck in my head because it is so fuckin’ good. Seriously, catchy as fuck.

    Behold, vague ( ) space, I am garnering you North American fans now! First my photo is turned into a poster for you, and now my followers are posting you? You should hire me as a publicist.

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    trebaolofarabia: Yep, I’m pretty much Shaggy. Well, this is awesome! But what’s the lady on the right dressed up as? I am intruiged.

    trebaolofarabia:

    Yep, I’m pretty much Shaggy.

    Well, this is awesome! But what’s the lady on the right dressed up as? I am intruiged.

    (Source: cartoonnetwork-)

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    trebaolofarabia replied to your photo: ohhh, that is hot. (although what a retro pc she…

    I…I am seriously struggling with a witty comment right now. I felt one was almost there, but it really isn’t. Oh well, I guess I’ll try again next time a sexy symbiote spider girl appears.

    Knowing my blog, this is quite likely to happen, so if you spend some time dreaming of witty spiderlady related things to say, it’s sure to pay off in the end.

    trebaolofarabia replied to your link: sad etsy boyfriends (poor guys).

    “The weight of the world is on this guys hooded shoulders”

    And I thought he was one of the luckier ones! His hoody was at least kind of cool. I felt sorriest of all for ‘sadosaurus’.

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    Mar

    trebaolofarabia replied to your photo

    Wait…what? I gotta see this.

    jennthemusical replied to your photo

    I MUST SEE THIS MOVIE.

    Whoa, great minds, guys, just some thirty minutes apart. That’s rad.

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    Mar
    trebaolofarabia: So what’s the haps with Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant? The one that was unable to shut down or SCRAMM its core? Well, when the mega earthquake hit it damaged the diesel generators that would provide back up power to the plant if a loss of regular power occurred. So the plant was forced to go onto battery power, which only lasts about 8 hours.  Now when a nuclear site shuts down it needs at times a full 48 hours to cool the radioactive materials that power the plant. This cooling process is very precise and involves large quantities of radioactive materials being moved about. Anyway, the immediate concern was that the reactor would not cool enough and a radiation leak could occur, creating a higher than safe level radioactive contamination to a nearby area. To protect against even a minimal leak of a small scale the three kilometers around the plant were cleared. The U.S. Naval presence in the area also began to send coolant by plane into the plant to aid in efforts to stave off a major nuclear event. At around this time anti-nuclear activists begin trolling American news stations with doomsday prophecies of the plants ultimate fate. I am on the fence with nuclear power, I have issue with it’s ability to eliminate waste materials, I’ve read of super contaminated dead zones around French reactors, but again I don’t know enough. Now of course I am immediately irritated by the doom prophets of the anti camp. Their belief is that due to the fact that the diesel generators are out that there will be no means to circulate fresh coolant and water over the radioactive rods, leading to a massive nuclear event as the plant goes into full meltdown. Now then, the problem I see with this is that the Japanese have higher energy and safety standards than we do, and most certainly higher than Russia does. They like to build redundancies and with the U.S. basically sitting off the coast there is no limit to outside assistance. They admittedly are having difficulty keeping the temperature down, and have requested that residents within 10km evacuate in case the worst should happen. However they decided against venting super hot gasses from the core to help with cooling. Should it be critical to avoid meltdown to do so they would have, as it would be the only solution and the small scale contamination would be preferable to the overall devastation otherwise. Now currently the plant is at two times (a magnitude of 1,000 times technically speaking) it’s regular radiation level, plus a concern has been voiced that radioactive steam could circulate in the facility. Still, outside there has been no measured increase in radiation levels. The most important thing however is that these events are slow moving in most cases, many of the worst case scenarios are days off, if no other measures can be achieved to stop them from happening. Frankly I trust in Japan to successfully shut down the plant with a minimum of damage. Already the region has been evacuated, so loss of life is nearly a moot point.

    trebaolofarabia:

    So what’s the haps with Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant? The one that was unable to shut down or SCRAMM its core? Well, when the mega earthquake hit it damaged the diesel generators that would provide back up power to the plant if a loss of regular power occurred. So the plant was forced to go onto battery power, which only lasts about 8 hours. 

    Now when a nuclear site shuts down it needs at times a full 48 hours to cool the radioactive materials that power the plant. This cooling process is very precise and involves large quantities of radioactive materials being moved about. Anyway, the immediate concern was that the reactor would not cool enough and a radiation leak could occur, creating a higher than safe level radioactive contamination to a nearby area. To protect against even a minimal leak of a small scale the three kilometers around the plant were cleared. The U.S. Naval presence in the area also began to send coolant by plane into the plant to aid in efforts to stave off a major nuclear event.

    At around this time anti-nuclear activists begin trolling American news stations with doomsday prophecies of the plants ultimate fate. I am on the fence with nuclear power, I have issue with it’s ability to eliminate waste materials, I’ve read of super contaminated dead zones around French reactors, but again I don’t know enough. Now of course I am immediately irritated by the doom prophets of the anti camp. Their belief is that due to the fact that the diesel generators are out that there will be no means to circulate fresh coolant and water over the radioactive rods, leading to a massive nuclear event as the plant goes into full meltdown.

    Now then, the problem I see with this is that the Japanese have higher energy and safety standards than we do, and most certainly higher than Russia does. They like to build redundancies and with the U.S. basically sitting off the coast there is no limit to outside assistance. They admittedly are having difficulty keeping the temperature down, and have requested that residents within 10km evacuate in case the worst should happen. However they decided against venting super hot gasses from the core to help with cooling. Should it be critical to avoid meltdown to do so they would have, as it would be the only solution and the small scale contamination would be preferable to the overall devastation otherwise.

    Now currently the plant is at two times (a magnitude of 1,000 times technically speaking) it’s regular radiation level, plus a concern has been voiced that radioactive steam could circulate in the facility. Still, outside there has been no measured increase in radiation levels.

    The most important thing however is that these events are slow moving in most cases, many of the worst case scenarios are days off, if no other measures can be achieved to stop them from happening. Frankly I trust in Japan to successfully shut down the plant with a minimum of damage. Already the region has been evacuated, so loss of life is nearly a moot point.

  10. 9
    Mar

    trebaolofarabia replied to your photo

    Oh, they are planning something sinister in their peacock dresses. Something right awful I assume.

    Oh, you just know it. Look at the wickedness in their eyes. (I put my evil inside you.) And their post-punk futuristic sci-fi hair. And the one on the left seems to have made a dress out of a living peacock, and her on the right with the one hand sassily on her hip is about to grab that floating lightning and stab the poor bird with it, like it hasn’t been through enough already .

    It’s virtually satanic. (I so love Aubrey Beardsley.)

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    I have reached 100 followers!

    I never thought this day would come. I remember back when I was delighted with my 10 followers, and I knew four of them personally. Sob!

    I have no idea why most folk follow me (although for a certain number of you, I suspect it may have something to do with The X Files - and, doing the maths, 5% of you are obligated to follow for the reason listed in the first paragraph) but I am delighted that you do. You truly are a lovely bunch.

    In case you’re new, or need a gentle reminder, I am going to introduce myself through a bit of GPOY. You have been warned. So, crashing on, this is me:

    Or perhaps more accurately:

    Nope, lies, all lies! I actually look like this, all the time:

    Anyway. Regardless of what I look like (pleased to meet you) having 100 followers makes me feel as great as this lady here:

    Which is pretty damn awesome indeed. So, thank you all very much for following! It is much appreciated here, at micespiders HQ. (Gratuitous smiley to express my feelings coming up - :D)

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    trebaolofarabia replied to your post: trebaolofarabia replied to your photo …

    There used to be five different Deloreans in my hometown, and each one had its own back to the future novelty plate. Now however I live in the same state as the new Delorean manufacturing plant, so I can buy one new or used from them.

    Whoah! Get one, get one, get one! And then you can be as cool as this:

    C’mon, for real, he’s awesome cool! Look at his t-shirt and how happy he is. He’s a winner!

    sandraisagilf replied to your post: trebaolofarabia replied to your photo …

    Oh my stars, that gif! *endlessly laughing*

    Yeeeah, oops! I hurriedly googled for a doc brown gif, grabbed that one and posted it before actually reading the newspaper. And then I laughed. I’m going to go to hell!

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    Mar

    trebaolofarabia replied to your photo

    Someday…someday I will have a delorean, and it will travel through time because it just has to!

    Oh please get a Delorean trebaolofarabia, and then you will be the coolest guy of all time, because you will be able to travel through it. And also because Deloreans are totally the bomb, you could run and jump into one just so smoothly because of that lifty door.

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    trebaolofarabia replied to your post: trebaolofarabia replied to your photo: unite! (by…

    Oh dang, oh nuts, when you put it like that, you’re right. Leia’s scorn would be too much, and to be chums with Wedge, and I always just think of Ben as being dead, but if he had asked, well…I guess I am too much of a softie to join the Empire.

    I don’t know… my main reason for not wanting to be a part of the Empire (other than the obvious, blah blah evil, etc) is that if I were a Stormtrooper, I just know I’d be that one who runs after Luke and Han and whacks his head off the door and then pretends it never happened.

    At least if you’re fucking up when in the Rebellion, you’re still a rebel. Also I like the clothes better; women in the Empire seem somewhat constricted to slave girl outfits or a variation of a hijab. Neither option especially appeals. And yeah! It’d be worth being a rebel just to be pals with Wedge.

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    trebaolofarabia replied to your photo: unite! (by cliff chiang.)

    Is it weird that if Star Wars was real and I was being encouraged to join the rebellion that the one person I would be unable to refuse a call to arms from is Admiral Ackbar? He always seemed really brave.

    You’re saying that you’d be resistant to Obi-Wan’s Jedi mind tricks? (You really are the Hutt.) And you would accept the disappointment from Luke, endure the scorn of Leia, and worst of all, avoid the cameraderie of Wedge, all in the name of the Empire?

    But Admiral Ackbar could convince you to join the rebellion? Because he is brave. Trebaol. This is a most adorable reason to risk the wrath of the Empire. It’s so very… noble.

    I’m glad I’m not alone in taking Star Wars a wee bit too seriously!

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