Today visit the Lakeland Motor Museum. Lots of vintage oldies, I was struck by the Amphicar the most.
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| Amphicar |
Today visit the Lakeland Motor Museum. Lots of vintage oldies, I was struck by the Amphicar the most.
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| Amphicar |
Our guide today is John, a retired politician who was also a Town Councillor for 22 years. Maybe 75 years old, designed path for walking trail around the area. he is a sociable man, who makes it a point to stress to us, as if we would be responsible for this, that he wants to be cremated and ashes dispersed from the highest point of the trail.![]() |
| Want to talk about water? |
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| Vacuum packed duck meat |
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| Strangely empty station in Chenzhou |
Cantano battono le mani a ritmo con vari video di scene di danza e qualche paesaggio bucolico. Per qualche secondo appare un grande ritratto di Xi Jinping ma non mi pare ci sia un tema politico. All'immagine del leader segue quella di un pollo infilzato con siringhe e circondato da immagini di prodotti chimici. Mi spiegherà poi mia suocera che il tema di oggi era il mangiare in modo salutare, una bio-pubblicità insomma.I have been here before, see my post of 2011 in this blog.
Dazu, Niche of Sakyamuni Entering Nirvana, end XII cent. AD
This is an Apple map of the world I saw on my Macbook while in China. Interesting that there are no names of countries, except for China. For all other countries, you can only see the names of the capital cities. In the South China Sea, the Nine-Dash Line is clearly visible.
And this is the Apple map of the world I could see on my same Macbook while in Europe. You can read the names of all countries and territories as well as their capital cities. And the nine-dash line is nowhere to be seen.
And this is the coffee mug I bought in Guiyang and use every day...

Noto un curioso cartello lungo la stessa scalinata, vicino ad un idrante: "In caso di incendio non usare l'equipaggiamento anti-incendio". Mmmmhhh...