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This reminded me of the Hidden London tours, which allow guided access to staff-only disused and abandoned parts of the London Underground. There's a real excitement in taking a peek behind one of these dusty, abandoned-looking doors you walk past every day.
Those sort of tours are often listed on https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/
> "© J H Irvine 2002" Yes. This is a taste of what the web was like before it became shit. And it's the way it should be again. Weird, quirky, fun, no ad-tech, no trying to hard sell anything. God, I miss this era.
The web is, I think, friendlier now than it was in 2000-2005. And much, much more useful in general.
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And also this gem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundabout_Appreciation_Societ... which got its meme explosion from a calendar of 12 roundabouts, here is the latest 2024 edition: https://dullkev.com/product/roundabouts-of-the-world-2024-ca...
Ah yes, the Arc de Triomphe, notable for its location in one of the great roundabouts of the world. Speaking as someone with a predilection for photographing fire hydrants and manhole covers, this seems like an entirely reasonable perspective.
The aforesaid roundabout (12 avenues meeting in a neat circle, containing some vague gallic-shrug number of unmarked lanes) will always be the Place D'Etoile for me, never the Place Charles de Gaulle - but that's another long story of French arrogance and hubris. I do believe the Nazis also paraded around the French Arc de Triomphe.
> "© J H Irvine 2002" Yes. This is a taste of what the web was like before it became shit. And it's the way it should be again. Weird, quirky, fun, no ad-tech, no trying to hard sell anything. God, I miss this era.
If that's too scary for you, you could always look at "Pylon of the Month" https://www.pylonofthemonth.org/ The website was set up by an Englishman, of course, because that's what us British do best: quirky and underwhelming. I heard a fund manager in the energy sector the other day who said that PotM was the thing that fascinated listeners most. Spoiler alert: January's pylon is from Cadiz in Spain, has its own Wiki…
Thank you for bringing me back. I wish I'd be there now for the Carnival.
Those towers are a nice landmark. The photo is great, but it lacks perspective of how they connect Cádiz and Puerto Real over the bay. A video:
https://www.endesa.com/es/proyectos/todos-los-proyectos/sect...
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And also this gem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundabout_Appreciation_Societ... which got its meme explosion from a calendar of 12 roundabouts, here is the latest 2024 edition: https://dullkev.com/product/roundabouts-of-the-world-2024-ca...
On the topic of Appreciation Societies , I'd like to add the World Bollard Association which has brought me much joy. https://twitter.com/WorldBollard As an aside, what's today's preferred alternative Twitter/X frontend, now that nitter.net seems to have shut down?
If that's too scary for you, you could always look at "Pylon of the Month" https://www.pylonofthemonth.org/ The website was set up by an Englishman, of course, because that's what us British do best: quirky and underwhelming. I heard a fund manager in the energy sector the other day who said that PotM was the thing that fascinated listeners most. Spoiler alert: January's pylon is from Cadiz in Spain, has its own Wiki…
> quirky and underwhelming Describes Stonehenge perfectly. Which I suppose could be some sort of ancient pylons?
Here's a review in the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2011/aug/21/crap-days-out...
"And that's Stonehenge!" I announced. "Is it?" replied Maria. "It's a bit small and rubbish, isn't it?" "Yes," I said proudly. "It is."
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And also this gem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundabout_Appreciation_Societ... which got its meme explosion from a calendar of 12 roundabouts, here is the latest 2024 edition: https://dullkev.com/product/roundabouts-of-the-world-2024-ca...
On the topic of Appreciation Societies , I'd like to add the World Bollard Association which has brought me much joy. https://twitter.com/WorldBollard As an aside, what's today's preferred alternative Twitter/X frontend, now that nitter.net seems to have shut down?
It uses a random nitter instance each time.
