Saturday, July 21, 2018

The Saturday Picture Show, July 21, 2018

I'm starting to see these Little Free Libraries here and there and I think it's a cool idea - just a little box where people can drop off (or take) books for free! This is a deluxe model with lights, no less!
 Yes! We boomers can do anything! Except spell "guerrilla."
The guy who invented the hammock had me in mind. Anyplace where a nap can be enjoyed is a good place in a pretty garden.
We always heard the Romans had a very advanced culture, but until this long-lost photograph surfaced in a recent archeological dig, we had no idea that they had a fully-functioning mass transit system! Or cameras.
July 1946. I like to picture people on beaches all across America in that first post-WWII summer, looking for 2 square feet of beach to plant themselves and read the latest New Yorker.
This is an abandoned train in Siberia. I wonder what happened here. Did they just quit running the whole railroad and walk away, or what?
You younger people don't know the joy we used to get every fall when we had to switch over to snow tires for pleasurable winter driving, and then when it snowed, we needed chains anyway. This is actually a photo of a car tire with a set of chains being installed by a very tiny mechanic.
So the urge to run out into the streets to celebrate when other people win some athletic competition is worldwide. This is Paris, the City Of Lights, where people set fires because France won the World Cup.

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