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The Catalogue of UK Entrances to Hell (2002)

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Re: The Catalogue of UK Entrances to Hell (2002)

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Post by xg15 »

blippage wrote: post #56

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…

> The website was set up by an Englishman, of course, because that's what us British do best: quirky and underwhelming.

In a sense I'm disappointed, because it's not as underwhelming as I had hoped. There goes my expectation of getting a new favourite of these things every month: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Pylon_01...

Re: The Catalogue of UK Entrances to Hell (2002)

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Post by trhway »

gerjomarty wrote: post #17

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.

> taking a peek behind one of these dusty, abandoned-looking doors

back in middle-school in USSR exploring with friends abandoned underground fortifications one of the doors that we broke through happened to let us into an actually used military hardware storage (unfortunately not munitions nor weapons) which had its official office and gates with guards/etc. from the other side of that hill.

More intentionally though we back then several times visited using ventilation pass the large underground military fuel depot each time carrying away buckets of fuel for various fun childhood fire activities.

Re: The Catalogue of UK Entrances to Hell (2002)

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Post by kitd »

blippage wrote: post #129
shrikant wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> quirky and underwhelming Describes Stonehenge perfectly. Which I suppose could be some sort of ancient pylons?

You might be interested in "Crap Days Out", a book published about 1 decade ago. In it you can find out such treats as the Dinosaur Museum, which has no dinosaurs, the Pencil Museum, which boasts the world's largest pencil, and Teapot Island, home to more than 8,000 teapots. Of course Stonehenge appears in it. Here's a review in the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2011/aug/21/crap-days-out... "And that's…

If you're referring to the Pencil Museum in Keswick, I found that fascinating. But that's probably just me tbh ...

Re: The Catalogue of UK Entrances to Hell (2002)

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Post by nottorp »

npteljes wrote: post #122
PaulRobinson wrote: post #10

> "© 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.

No ad-tech, and 2002? What web were you on? 2002 had popups, pop-unders, frantically blinking banners, pages opening many other pages when you click on them, search results poisoned with transparent or small text, and barely any tech in the user's hand to fight these. The web is, I think, friendlier now than it was in 2000-2005. And much, much more useful in general.

> The web is, I think, friendlier now than it was in 2000-2005

I'd replace "is" with "looks".

Re: The Catalogue of UK Entrances to Hell (2002)

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Post by dajt »

PaulRobinson wrote: post #10

> "© 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.

And web rings to proudly be part of :)

Re: The Catalogue of UK Entrances to Hell (2002)

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Post by npteljes »

nottorp wrote: post #135
npteljes wrote: post #122

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No ad-tech, and 2002? What web were you on? 2002 had popups, pop-unders, frantically blinking banners, pages opening many other pages when you click on them, search results poisoned with transparent or small text, and barely any tech in the user's hand to fight these. The web is, I think, friendlier now than it was in 2000-2005. And much, much more useful in general.

> The web is, I think, friendlier now than it was in 2000-2005 I'd replace "is" with "looks".

What makes you say that?

Re: The Catalogue of UK Entrances to Hell (2002)

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Post by nottorp »

npteljes wrote: post #137
nottorp wrote: post #135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The web is, I think, friendlier now than it was in 2000-2005 I'd replace "is" with "looks".

What makes you say that?

All the spying going on in the background every time you load a web site.

Re: The Catalogue of UK Entrances to Hell (2002)

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Post by npteljes »

nottorp wrote: post #139
npteljes wrote: post #137

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What makes you say that?

All the spying going on in the background every time you load a web site.

Right, now that really is something that is much more aggressive on today's internet.
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