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Posted: 6/19/2022 2:59:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MrKandiyohi: Flipship https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/3950/flipship_jpg-2423768.JPG Toured that in school in San Diego. It was cool. |
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Posted: 6/19/2022 3:50:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MrKandiyohi: Flipship https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/3950/flipship_jpg-2423768.JPG I remember seeing this in grade school (50+ years ago)! Cool concept. |
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PA, USA
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Posted: 6/20/2022 6:40:47 PM EDT
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GOLDEN SNAKE STAIRCASE at Melk Abbey (Benedictine abbey) above the town of Melk, Lower Austria, Austria
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PA, USA
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Posted: 6/20/2022 6:43:42 PM EDT
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The extravagant "Moon Bed". Made in 1876 as a gift to the West, the bed is a stunning example of Chinese carving, decorative illustration, and joinery. No fasteners or glue were used in its original construction.
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Posted: 6/20/2022 7:00:51 PM EDT
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On the subject of impressive wood craftsmanship I present the ATLAS-1. This trestle was built to test the effects of electromagnetic pulses on aircraft while minimizing ground reflections to get them as close to an in flight situation as possible.
 Attached FileIn order to avoid interference the structure is built without metal, using wooden along with fiberglass fasteners.  Attached File |
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PA, USA
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Posted: 6/20/2022 7:39:35 PM EDT
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Now THIS is some interdasting trivia!
 I always wondered what Gene Kelly thought of that whole thing.   |
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Posted: 6/20/2022 7:44:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By M1907Sling: Now THIS is some interdasting trivia! I always wondered what Gene Kelly thought of that whole thing. https://i.imgur.com/NwB0Xcp.jpeg This sounds like signature Kubrick, through and through |
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PA, USA
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Posted: 6/20/2022 7:49:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By vanilla_gorilla: This sounds like signature Kubrick, through and through
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Posted: 6/20/2022 9:46:22 PM EDT
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Is it ass, or ...?
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Posted: 6/20/2022 10:00:01 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Notrega]
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Track on the roof of the old Fiat factory, Turin, Italy, 1960s
In 1916, the construction of the Lingotto plant began, headed by Giacomo Matte Trucco. The plant became the largest in Europe. The huge building had 5 floors, and there was a road for testing cars on the roof. The construction of the plant was completed in 1922. Upon commissioning, it became a symbol of the Italian automotive industry. Lingotto became a factory where everything was produced in one place, and now there was no need to transport parts from one place to another.  Attached File |
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Posted: 6/20/2022 10:02:57 PM EDT
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If you remember these... you're REELY old! The 28 installation disks for Windows 95!
 Nowadays your computer probably doesn't have a drive that will play one of these! |
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Posted: 6/21/2022 3:26:26 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/21/2022 4:30:28 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FrankSymptoms: If you remember these... you're REELY old! The 28 installation disks for Windows 95! https://i.redd.it/pkx6zminyu691.jpg Nowadays your computer probably doesn't have a drive that will play one of these! Remembering something from 20 years ago = really old? If you can't remember something from 20 years ago you're probably really old. |
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Posted: 6/21/2022 7:12:55 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Brundoggie: Dude, I started with these: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/85882/Floppy-Disk-300x297_jpg-2425539.JPG And had the notcher to make them double sided. |
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Posted: 6/21/2022 7:36:19 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Pogo55: For real. 5 1/4 FTW. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Pogo55: Originally Posted By Brundoggie: Dude, I started with these: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/85882/Floppy-Disk-300x297_jpg-2425539.JPG And had the notcher to make them double sided. I know you meant to say 8" FTW... |
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Posted: 6/21/2022 10:20:44 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Scott-S6: I know you meant to say 8" FTW... When in high school in the late 80s to 91, when kids I didn't particularly like would pester me to share/pirate PC games etc. I'd give them a Single Sided Single Density 8" floppy disk that only held 250kb. And there was nothing on it, or maybe some DEC PDP operating system files. They'd look at it a little funny, but without a 5-1/4" disk for comparison, they'd eventually just put it in their backpack and thank me. Next day, they'd find me and complain. I know... 
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FL, USA
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Posted: 6/21/2022 11:55:09 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SmilingBandit: On the subject of impressive wood craftsmanship I present the ATLAS-1. This trestle was built to test the effects of electromagnetic pulses on aircraft while minimizing ground reflections to get them as close to an in flight situation as possible. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/66085/atlas-trestle-albuquerque-52_jpg-2425194.JPG In order to avoid interference the structure is built without metal, using wooden along with fiberglass fasteners. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/66085/atlas-trestle-albuquerque-46_jpg-2425197.JPG Hats off to the guy that landed that BUFF, had to stick that landing and miss those towers & guy wires too. |
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Posted: 6/21/2022 11:56:11 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By M14chud: Hats off to the guy that landed that BUFF, had to stick that landing and miss those towers & guy wires too. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By M14chud: Originally Posted By SmilingBandit: On the subject of impressive wood craftsmanship I present the ATLAS-1. This trestle was built to test the effects of electromagnetic pulses on aircraft while minimizing ground reflections to get them as close to an in flight situation as possible. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/66085/atlas-trestle-albuquerque-52_jpg-2425194.JPG In order to avoid interference the structure is built without metal, using wooden along with fiberglass fasteners. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/66085/atlas-trestle-albuquerque-46_jpg-2425197.JPG Hats off to the guy that landed that BUFF, had to stick that landing and miss those towers & guy wires too.  That's what they have the parachute in the back for. |
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Posted: 6/21/2022 9:06:59 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Javak]
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That boy's got game, I tell you what...
 King of the Hill Theme Song Cover [All Instruments] |
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Posted: 6/21/2022 10:43:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FrankSymptoms: If you remember these... you're REELY old! The 28 installation disks for Windows 95! https://i.redd.it/pkx6zminyu691.jpg Nowadays your computer probably doesn't have a drive that will play one of these! When I moved 11 years ago, I threw out my old OS2 disks. I also remember tape drives for things like TRS-80's and Commodore Pets in high school. And we had to walk in three feet of snow to get to school, and it was uphill both ways. 
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Posted: 6/22/2022 6:03:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By not_sure: When I moved 11 years ago, I threw out my old OS2 disks. I also remember tape drives for things like TRS-80's and Commodore Pets in high school. And we had to walk in three feet of snow to get to school, and it was uphill both ways. you forgot the heat. Blistering heat year round. And gravel roads. Walkin' barefoot on a gravel road builds character. 'Cause of course you had old clothes. Mine were so old, they had Crusader emblems on 'em. And my shoes were worn out up to the knees. |
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Posted: 6/22/2022 6:08:10 PM EDT
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In my case... my first 'puter was a 286, with command-line interface. I begged my friends to let me put Windows 3.1 on it, then returned to the command line.
When I built my first 386, the computer club president handed me a 1 MEGABYTE stick of memory. I almost wept for gratitude. My mom just loved playing blackjack on that old 286! VGA screen and all. Dad and I l went to Field Day one weekend; I left it set up in the living room so she could play. As we walked out the door she called over her shoulder "Bye!" She was hooked. So hooked that when we got home some 30 hours later, she was on that computer, playing blackjack! We accused her of being on it all weekend long! |
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Posted: 6/22/2022 11:34:14 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/23/2022 12:05:03 AM EDT
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Growin' up we were so poor I had a tumbleweed for a pet.
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Posted: 6/23/2022 12:31:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FrankSymptoms: Growin' up we were so poor I had a tumbleweed for a pet. 
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Posted: 6/23/2022 12:45:12 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MADMAXXX: Yep, and then one day it ran away. We were so poor growing up we had to lick other people's fingers at KFC. |
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Posted: 6/23/2022 7:04:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FrankSymptoms: you forgot the heat. Blistering heat year round. And gravel roads. Walkin' barefoot on a gravel road builds character. 'Cause of course you had old clothes. Mine were so old, they had Crusader emblems on 'em. And my shoes were worn out up to the knees. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FrankSymptoms: Originally Posted By not_sure: When I moved 11 years ago, I threw out my old OS2 disks. I also remember tape drives for things like TRS-80's and Commodore Pets in high school. And we had to walk in three feet of snow to get to school, and it was uphill both ways. you forgot the heat. Blistering heat year round. And gravel roads. Walkin' barefoot on a gravel road builds character. 'Cause of course you had old clothes. Mine were so old, they had Crusader emblems on 'em. And my shoes were worn out up to the knees. You guys were rich! We couldn't even afford feet to walk to school! |
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Posted: 6/23/2022 12:21:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jmt1991: You guys were rich! We couldn't even afford feet to walk to school! Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jmt1991: Originally Posted By FrankSymptoms: Originally Posted By not_sure: When I moved 11 years ago, I threw out my old OS2 disks. I also remember tape drives for things like TRS-80's and Commodore Pets in high school. And we had to walk in three feet of snow to get to school, and it was uphill both ways. you forgot the heat. Blistering heat year round. And gravel roads. Walkin' barefoot on a gravel road builds character. 'Cause of course you had old clothes. Mine were so old, they had Crusader emblems on 'em. And my shoes were worn out up to the knees. You guys were rich! We couldn't even afford feet to walk to school! You had a school? |
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Posted: 6/23/2022 3:41:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FrankSymptoms: If you remember these... you're REELY old! The 28 installation disks for Windows 95! https://i.redd.it/pkx6zminyu691.jpg Nowadays your computer probably doesn't have a drive that will play one of these! I think I remember Microsoft Office (not sure of version) having 21 floppies for an installation. |
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Posted: 6/23/2022 6:25:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jmt1991: You guys were rich! We couldn't even afford feet to walk to school! We didn't even have legs. We used a sort of peristalsis to move down the road, uphill both ways. And we ate dirt. |
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Posted: 6/23/2022 6:40:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FrankSymptoms: If you remember these... you're REELY old! The 28 installation disks for Windows 95! https://i.redd.it/pkx6zminyu691.jpg Nowadays your computer probably doesn't have a drive that will play one of these!  Attached Filewhippersnapper |
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Posted: 6/24/2022 3:26:08 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Scott-S6]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Brundoggie: You had a school? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Brundoggie: Originally Posted By jmt1991: Originally Posted By FrankSymptoms: Originally Posted By not_sure: When I moved 11 years ago, I threw out my old OS2 disks. I also remember tape drives for things like TRS-80's and Commodore Pets in high school. And we had to walk in three feet of snow to get to school, and it was uphill both ways. you forgot the heat. Blistering heat year round. And gravel roads. Walkin' barefoot on a gravel road builds character. 'Cause of course you had old clothes. Mine were so old, they had Crusader emblems on 'em. And my shoes were worn out up to the knees. You guys were rich! We couldn't even afford feet to walk to school! You had a school? It was a cardboard box with a rat in it but it was a school to us. |
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Posted: 6/24/2022 3:40:01 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By PhuzzyGnu: We didn't even have legs. We used a sort of peristalsis to move down the road, uphill both ways. And we ate dirt. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By PhuzzyGnu: Originally Posted By jmt1991: You guys were rich! We couldn't even afford feet to walk to school! We didn't even have legs. We used a sort of peristalsis to move down the road, uphill both ways. And we ate dirt. |
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Posted: 6/24/2022 3:48:21 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Scott-S6: It was a cardboard box with a rat in it but it was a school to us. You had a box? And a rat?! You must have been rich! |
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Posted: 6/24/2022 7:21:26 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Brundoggie: You had a box? And a rat?! You must have been rich! Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Brundoggie: Originally Posted By Scott-S6: It was a cardboard box with a rat in it but it was a school to us. You had a box? And a rat?! You must have been rich! These are great! I'm sitting here laughing like a hyena! 
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Posted: 6/24/2022 7:46:16 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By usmcmp: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/367392/Punch_cards_forever_JPG-2428404.JPG whippersnapper  FBI investigation inbound. Look above guy on left’s head. 
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Posted: 6/24/2022 9:07:09 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jmt1991: These are great! I'm sitting here laughing like a hyena! Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jmt1991: Originally Posted By Brundoggie: Originally Posted By Scott-S6: It was a cardboard box with a rat in it but it was a school to us. You had a box? And a rat?! You must have been rich! These are great! I'm sitting here laughing like a hyena!  Four Yorkshiremen- Monty Python |
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Posted: 6/24/2022 12:05:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryOriginally Posted By SmilingBandit: Originally Posted By jmt1991: Originally Posted By Brundoggie: Originally Posted By Scott-S6: It was a cardboard box with a rat in it but it was a school to us. You had a box? And a rat?! You must have been rich! These are great! I'm sitting here laughing like a hyena!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue7wM0QC5LE
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Posted: 6/24/2022 12:16:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryThat's pretty bitchin she shaved some devil horns from her ass hair. 
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Posted: 6/24/2022 6:49:57 PM EDT
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 Dubai World Record Eagle Flight |
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Posted: 6/24/2022 7:10:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryReally cool when he spotted the handler on the ground, instant change. |
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Posted: 6/26/2022 1:55:36 AM EDT
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A Circus Worker Photographed by Future Film Director Stanley Kubrick, 1948
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MI, USA
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Posted: 6/26/2022 12:22:51 PM EDT
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The chap from Westmeath told us about something he’d seen in South Africa. Caddying there was less fun than in Ireland but you were definitely better off than the “Jam Boys”, a term that was new to the rest of us.
The Jam Boy accompanies the golfers and caddies and wears a hat covered in jam. This is designed to attract flies and keep them away from the players. Really. Someone stands on a golf course wearing a hat covered in jam with flies buzzing around their head all day. Urban dictionary gives the following definition: “The Jam Boy was first introduced as early as the 1800s when the British Empire occupied India. When the British gentry went to play golf, they would have two men, the caddy and a Jam Boy. “The Jam Boy’s sole purpose was to keep the mosquitoes away from the golfer. To do this, the Jam Boy would cover himself in Jam to attract the mosquitoes away from the players. When the game was over the Jam Boy got to keep the jam he was wearing to take home to his family.” |
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Posted: 6/26/2022 5:46:16 PM EDT
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Damn, I'd love to have this poster.
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Posted: 6/26/2022 6:25:56 PM EDT
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Art Nouveau elevator in Otto Wagner's 'Majolika House', built in 1898 in Vienna, Austria.
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Posted: 6/26/2022 9:11:15 PM EDT
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Asam Church in Munich, Germany
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Posted: 6/27/2022 7:57:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By M1907Sling: Damn, I'd love to have this poster. https://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/abgoQpb_700bwp.webp |
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Posted: 6/27/2022 7:57:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By M1907Sling: Asam Church in Munich, Germany https://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/aE8bVZ9_700bwp.webp A little WarHammer'ish |
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Posted: 6/27/2022 11:43:08 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/29/2022 2:17:49 PM EDT
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