RANDOMS 2025 #23

A BUNCH OF OLD CARS

 I have posted another image gallery - this one is some of my car photos!

See it here: CAR GALLERY

Long ago, back before all cars turned into gay lawnmowers, even on the streets of Wellington, there were still some stylish old tanks to be seen. Since around 10 years ago these have become as rare as hens teeth, but here are some photos I took between about 2000 & 2015.

Except for the top photo, which I didn't take (that's teenage me posing in it). That is my old 1967 AP7 Valiant which had the engine upgraded from a 3.7L slant six, to a 4.3L HEMI, with a huge twin barrel carb, six into one extractors, and a race cam. But it still only had the original drum brakes, so it was a real beast.

The gallery includes a bunch of old relics that caught my eye:

(Click on any of them to view in 1000 x 750 px size)

 

 

 

A RIDE ON THE TRAIN

Yesterday I caught a train from Wellington up to Waikanae, which is about 60k north of Wellington (the distance varies from 50k to 78k depending which website you consult!). Some of the route follows the coast and has some great views, so I took some photos. The weather was a bit patchy yesterday but there were some sunny parts.

Trains tend to have dirty windows which mess up photos, so before the train left I cleaned a suitable patch of window on the outside with my handkerchief!

Usually I stick to taking photos with a camera, but yesterday I was sussing out the internal camera on a 12" Samsung tablet. The big tablet was a bit ungainly to use as a camera, but after a quick edit in Snapseed, I liked each of these photos.

Tawa:

Porirua:

 

Pukerua Bay:

 

The West coast:
 

 

Takapu Road:

Pukerua Bay again but edited in OneLab:

RANDOM LOLS 666

 A few giggles for today

 

 

FROT MEME GALLERY

 During the covid hoax, especially around 2020 to 2022, I was posting truckloads of comments, links, and memes on social media, often using my now grey-listed online identity of "FROT".

I have set up a gallery of about 150 www.frot.co.nz memes from that time. Some were a bit crap, but I still think some of them were quite good.

See the full collection here: MEMES BY FROT

 

STREET ART

American artist Tom Bob used street “furniture” to create art that interacted with it’s surroundings. From turning a sewer into a frying pan, to transforming gas meters into lobsters, he made New York city a more interesting place.

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PHOTOGRAPHING THE NWO

 This is a photo I took in Manners Street, Wellington, that I think captures many aspects of the NWO - with chemtrails in the sky, a masktard & a phonetard, a gay pride building and an old-school bank, yep, it's got it all really.