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[millymoopoo]

13 hours ago, chickenslegs said:

Thacher Island.

Second person to suggest that but,

No.

Sorry, no prize for you.!

[millymoopoo]

13 hours ago, DBath said:

if they've actually been there.

That's the whole point, but it's not an isolated place where no one visits.

Very popular area in western E U. (there's a clue)

[millymoopoo]

14 hours ago, Daffy D said:

Nice, So where is it?

As some people are still looking/guessing I'll hold back for a little longer.

No, it's not photoshopped, it's a real place in western EU, rather popular with tourists.

[millymoopoo]

17 hours ago, millymoopoo said:

Here's mine, can anybody guess where it is.?

And here's a further clue, you can walk out to the light houses at low tide.!

[jomtienisgood]

On 8/14/2021 at 2:39 PM, KhunBENQ said:

You should see my monochrome orange RGB 255 140 0 ????

Long black hair??? lol

[Daffy D]

4 hours ago, millymoopoo said:

And here's a further clue, you can walk out to the light houses at low tide.!

Virgin Island lighthouse
Plouguerneau - France  ?

????

[berrec]

[userabcd]

Keep it simple and clean

 

[Daffy D]

2 minutes ago, berrec said:

Gezzz! That's one busy desktop, it's making my eyes go funny 

 

You must have one giant drive to to store all those programs.

 

Anyway very interesting 

[Daffy D]

2 minutes ago, userabcd said:

Keep it simple and clean

 

Ah! Simplicity 

 

If only life was like that 

[transam]

On 8/14/2021 at 5:45 PM, Daffy D said:

 

 

I have a Grandfather clock that does that, the Thai folk get a bit confused by it...????

 

[jomtienisgood]

23 minutes ago, Daffy D said:

Ah! Simplicity 

 

If only life was like that 

Don't even mention registering for Covid vaccination...

[Daffy D]

1 minute ago, transam said:

I have a Grandfather clock that does that, the Thai folk get a bit confused by it...????

 

What the full throttle Big Ben Boing's 

 

Must rattle the windows 

 

Seriously, nice clock I like those old timekeepers. 

 

I hope that's the print reversed not the clock face 

[transam]

5 minutes ago, Daffy D said:

What the full throttle Big Ben Boing's 

 

Must rattle the windows 

 

Seriously, nice clock I like those old timekeepers. 

 

I hope that's the print reversed not the clock face 

Yeh it is, I never noticed that, must be from her box camera....????

 

It chimes the same as Big Ben, even the quarters, but we don't notice it now.

[millymoopoo]

3 hours ago, Daffy D said:

Virgin Island lighthouse (ile Vierge)
Plouguerneau - France  ?

Daffy D is the winner..!

Sorry no prize, but well done.

All of that northern Bretagne coast is beautiful.

Here's a google maps link from close to where the photo was taken, without fog.

https://www.google.com.au/maps/@48.6262929,-4.5657894,3a,70.7y,353.04h,88.66t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPsleSallN4H8GPl0pxoGf8DQdAFd9KIMO39JCF!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPsleSallN4H8GPl0pxoGf8DQdAFd9KIMO39JCF%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya309.8695-ro-0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352?hl=en

 

[millymoopoo]

7 hours ago, millymoopoo said:

Nice, So where is it?

Daffy D is the winner..!

Virgin Island lighthouse (ile Vierge)
Plouguerneau - France

All of that northern Bretagne coast is beautiful.

Here's a google maps link from close to where the photo was taken, without fog.

https://www.google.com.au/maps/@48.6262929,-4.5657894,3a,70.7y,353.04h,88.66t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPsleSallN4H8GPl0pxoGf8DQdAFd9KIMO39JCF!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPsleSallN4H8GPl0pxoGf8DQdAFd9KIMO39JCF%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya309.8695-ro-0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352?hl=en

[BigStar]

On 8/14/2021 at 5:45 PM, Daffy D said:

 

 

My addition to the Big Ben thread. More interesting than listening to chimes is learning how they're made. BTW, it's hand wound, you know.???? One of those jobs that probably doesn't have a lot of applicants.

 

 

[Freddy42OZ]

22 hours ago, Daffy D said:

That's an big impressive monitor, should have a beautiful tranquil scene on it that would enhance the room.

Thanks. It is usually being used for work and when no being used for that serving double duty as a media center.

I have another one in the bedroom that is just for watching TV shows and Movies on via USB stick. 

[DBath]

3 hours ago, berrec said:

I see potential there...it looks like it could be a beautiful picture of a mountain and a golf course maybe, but for the plethora of icons on your desktop. ????

[DBath]

3 hours ago, userabcd said:

Keep it simple and clean

 

Okay, that's nice. Now, how about you show us what's in that 'Home' folder, eh?

[DBath]

3 hours ago, Daffy D said:

Gezzz! That's one busy desktop, it's making my eyes go funny 

 

You must have one giant drive to to store all those programs.

 

Anyway very interesting 

You have to admit the picture behind it has some promise...

[BigStar]

1 minute ago, DBath said:

Okay, that's nice. Now, how about you show us what's in that 'Home' folder, eh?

Encrypted!

 

One of my fave Linux distros. Great aesthetics.

[Daffy D]

3 hours ago, transam said:

Yeh it is, I never noticed that, must be from her box camera....????

 

It chimes the same as Big Ben, even the quarters, but we don't notice it now.

Thought for a moment you might have been a secret time traveler  

[Daffy D]

2 hours ago, millymoopoo said:

Daffy D is the winner..!

Virgin Island lighthouse (ile Vierge)
Plouguerneau - France

All of that northern Bretagne coast is beautiful.

Here's a google maps link from close to where the photo was taken, without fog.

https://www.google.com.au/maps/@48.6262929,-4.5657894,3a,70.7y,353.04h,88.66t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPsleSallN4H8GPl0pxoGf8DQdAFd9KIMO39JCF!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPsleSallN4H8GPl0pxoGf8DQdAFd9KIMO39JCF%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya309.8695-ro-0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352?hl=en

   

 

The way the lighthouses hovered in the distant fog made me think it might have been Photoshoped.

 

Excellent photograph  

 

 

[DBath]

4 hours ago, Daffy D said:

Ah! Simplicity 

 

If only life was like that 

I'd still like to know what's in that 'Home' folder...

[Andrew Dwyer]

On 8/15/2021 at 4:43 PM, rwill said:

Mine is very similar to this, using the Thailand theme.

[DBath]

2 hours ago, millymoopoo said:

Daffy D is the winner..!

Virgin Island lighthouse (ile Vierge)
Plouguerneau - France

All of that northern Bretagne coast is beautiful.

Here's a google maps link from close to where the photo was taken, without fog.

https://www.google.com.au/maps/@48.6262929,-4.5657894,3a,70.7y,353.04h,88.66t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPsleSallN4H8GPl0pxoGf8DQdAFd9KIMO39JCF!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPsleSallN4H8GPl0pxoGf8DQdAFd9KIMO39JCF%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya309.8695-ro-0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352?hl=en

Boo, I feel we were sorely misled to believe there might be a prize ????.

 

Maybe even a voucher for free pedicure? or 10% off on a cappuccino? A free screensaver, perhaps? I'm grasping for straws here...

[toofarnorth]

On 8/14/2021 at 6:23 PM, KannikaP said:

Yep, at 6am every morning I get the BBC Midnight News. It's a shortcut on my Desktop, just to keep on topic. 555

It may well be striking midnight but the clockface say 8.50 pm . That is 20 hundred hours and 50 mins ...possibly.

[Tropposurfer]

On 8/14/2021 at 7:25 PM, Mutt Daeng said:

Ahh ... nothing like a rancid monkey head in the morning to get the day started haha ???? 

[millymoopoo]

14 hours ago, Daffy D said:

Excellent photograph 

One of those once in a lifetime opportunities.

Early one late winter morning, not a breath of wind and the sea mist.

The sun is already up (lighting up the boats) and clearing away the mist in the foreground.

Right time, right place, with camera in hand.