Quote: Originally posted by DED

Another story is the origin of the Dutch saying "being ladderdrunk" In the middle of the 15th century the Utrecht towerwatcher ,who lived with his family in the tower, made some extra money having a little bar in his house (aprox. 11 meters high). To reach this bar you had to go through the housing of the pastor who was not very amused when people walk trough his house. When he omitted the use of his house, the only option to reach the bar inside of the tower was with the help of a ladder. As you understand going up was normally not such of a problem, buth going down with a lot of alcohol in your blood is quite a different story. Since then, people who are very drunk are called "ladderzat" (ladderdrunk). Amazing is that it is still used nowadays and not only in Utrecht but troughout the country. BTW when visiting the tower you still go trough the housing of the towerwatcher. (without climbing a ladder) [Edited on 2-11-2010 by DED]

Not true, probably. The word doesn't occur in the Dutch language until the 1980s, first known occurrence is 1984.

Ever wondered what to do with your CDs you really don't want?

http://today.deviantart.com/dds/#/d4de9q1

That dragon sculpture is pretty damn spectacular.

http://www.lovethesepics.com/2011/10/iss-envy-breathtaking-v...

Yes, Bonny, these are great pictures. I downloaded the southern lights video.

cool pics, Bonny, thanks for sharing.

Some amazing artwork here:
http://oddstuffmagazine.com/extraordinary-art-on-pencil-tips...

And then there's this...
http://oddstuffmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/DxfBw...

http://oddstuffmagazine.com/10-wtf-moments-of-the-day-march-...

[Edited on 5-4-12 by BBP]

http://pavel-kosenko.livejournal.com/303194.html?thread=2266...
Kodachrome colour photos of WW2.

Beautiful pic's but almost most of them are posed en sometimes stupid.
You cannot touch the head of a drill while drilling
In some pictures is a screwdriver used on places without any reason for using a screwdriver
The cable tester is switched off and the cable is not connected

Promotional pictures and I doubt that these girls have seen a factory before the fotoshoot.

I love the Kodachrome. Such realistic colors. But I'm sure you're right Ed about the poses. That war-era, industrialized style was a favorite way to show things then I think. Here's some great b/w photos of new york from the earlier part of that century.
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/04/historic-photos-f...

These are extremely good pictures. I like to see such pics. They sure give you an idea of day to day live back then. Tnx for sharing

They are, thanks for posting! I saved the one of the NY subway interior, which must've been breathtaking in real life. I wonder what it looked like in colour.

Here's one for dad!
http://sandxr.deviantart.com/art/the-hague-sunset-294094836

It s not The hague. Quite imposibble with a harbour in the background. Thats south of the Hague and the sun sets on the west.

I've asked him where he took it...

Another one for dad:
http://today.deviantart.com/dds/?day=2012-05-14#/d4y8d5e

That poor book...
http://today.deviantart.com/dds/#/d4zywog