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I'm a fan of railroads and train graffiti/monikers in particular. Some of the pieces I photograph blow my mind, the intricacy, color selection, design, etc. Some of the moniker writers can make incredible artwork with just a markal paint stick.
I have a great appreciation for art and artistic skill but I couldn't draw my way out of a paper bag.
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cortman wrote: Fri Jul 05, 2019 6:30 pm I'm a fan of railroads and train graffiti/monikers in particular. Some of the pieces I photograph blow my mind, the intricacy, color selection, design, etc. Some of the moniker writers can make incredible artwork with just a markal paint stick.
I have a great appreciation for art and artistic skill but I couldn't draw my way out of a paper bag.
Totally agree...about to start a tagger / graffiti appreciation thread here with some shots I have collected.
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watchpalooza wrote: Sat Jul 06, 2019 5:02 pm
cortman wrote: Fri Jul 05, 2019 6:30 pm I'm a fan of railroads and train graffiti/monikers in particular. Some of the pieces I photograph blow my mind, the intricacy, color selection, design, etc. Some of the moniker writers can make incredible artwork with just a markal paint stick.
I have a great appreciation for art and artistic skill but I couldn't draw my way out of a paper bag.
Totally agree...about to start a tagger / graffiti appreciation thread here with some shots I have collected.
Ha, super cool, nice to meet a fellow bencher. I'll contribute to that thread too, I've got hundreds of flicks.
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watchpalooza wrote:
cortman wrote: Fri Jul 05, 2019 6:30 pm I'm a fan of railroads and train graffiti/monikers in particular. Some of the pieces I photograph blow my mind, the intricacy, color selection, design, etc. Some of the moniker writers can make incredible artwork with just a markal paint stick.
I have a great appreciation for art and artistic skill but I couldn't draw my way out of a paper bag.
Totally agree...about to start a tagger / graffiti appreciation thread here with some shots I have collected.
When I was in engineering school in AZ I had a skater buddy from Chicago who was huge into graffiti. We got the brilliant idea of me using electronic spare parts from a huge bin I had at school to make electro-graffiti. I glued and screwed weird boards and parts all over the town. I started connecting them via I/O ports and stuff. It got really funny before it was all said and done. I even added batteries and lights. Fun times. It’s hilarious wondering what people thought when they saw it.
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Robotaz wrote: Sat Jul 06, 2019 6:10 pm
watchpalooza wrote:
cortman wrote: Fri Jul 05, 2019 6:30 pm I'm a fan of railroads and train graffiti/monikers in particular. Some of the pieces I photograph blow my mind, the intricacy, color selection, design, etc. Some of the moniker writers can make incredible artwork with just a markal paint stick.
I have a great appreciation for art and artistic skill but I couldn't draw my way out of a paper bag.
Totally agree...about to start a tagger / graffiti appreciation thread here with some shots I have collected.
When I was in engineering school in AZ I had a skater buddy from Chicago who was huge into graffiti. We got the brilliant idea of me using electronic spare parts from a huge bin I had at school to make electro-graffiti. I glued and screwed weird boards and parts all over the town. I started connecting them via I/O ports and stuff. It got really funny before it was all said and done. I even added batteries and lights. Fun times. It’s hilarious wondering what people thought when they saw it.
What a cool idea. A whole new branch of the art!
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cortman wrote: Sun Jul 07, 2019 8:28 am
Robotaz wrote: Sat Jul 06, 2019 6:10 pm
watchpalooza wrote:
Totally agree...about to start a tagger / graffiti appreciation thread here with some shots I have collected.
When I was in engineering school in AZ I had a skater buddy from Chicago who was huge into graffiti. We got the brilliant idea of me using electronic spare parts from a huge bin I had at school to make electro-graffiti. I glued and screwed weird boards and parts all over the town. I started connecting them via I/O ports and stuff. It got really funny before it was all said and done. I even added batteries and lights. Fun times. It’s hilarious wondering what people thought when they saw it.
What a cool idea. A whole new branch of the art!
I am still on the train from Dortmund, but will start the thread tonight when I get home.
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cortman wrote:
Robotaz wrote: Sat Jul 06, 2019 6:10 pm
watchpalooza wrote:
Totally agree...about to start a tagger / graffiti appreciation thread here with some shots I have collected.
When I was in engineering school in AZ I had a skater buddy from Chicago who was huge into graffiti. We got the brilliant idea of me using electronic spare parts from a huge bin I had at school to make electro-graffiti. I glued and screwed weird boards and parts all over the town. I started connecting them via I/O ports and stuff. It got really funny before it was all said and done. I even added batteries and lights. Fun times. It’s hilarious wondering what people thought when they saw it.
What a cool idea. A whole new branch of the art!
Until someone calls it in as a suspicious device and the investigation starts.

I will admit that times have changed as far as what is considered acceptable. Back in ‘95 or ‘96 I went to high school dressed as the unibomber with a fake bomb (shoe box/wires/ticking alarm clock) for Halloween and nobody thought anything of it. That just wouldn’t fly today.
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Sporkboy wrote:
cortman wrote:
Robotaz wrote: Sat Jul 06, 2019 6:10 pm

When I was in engineering school in AZ I had a skater buddy from Chicago who was huge into graffiti. We got the brilliant idea of me using electronic spare parts from a huge bin I had at school to make electro-graffiti. I glued and screwed weird boards and parts all over the town. I started connecting them via I/O ports and stuff. It got really funny before it was all said and done. I even added batteries and lights. Fun times. It’s hilarious wondering what people thought when they saw it.
What a cool idea. A whole new branch of the art!
Until someone calls it in as a suspicious device and the investigation starts...
Yeah, it’s a different world now. Everyone’s suspicious of anything that makes them think.
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If it ever turns out that peanut butter causes any grave or terminal illness, I think I'm pretty much screwed. Same goes for tequila.
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Finally, a fitting place for me to share this...

My 4yr old daughter came over the other day and looking at the MoT banner asked- "Why is the purple one not changing? Maybe it's out."
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yinzburgher wrote: Sun Dec 22, 2019 12:51 am If it ever turns out that peanut butter causes any grave or terminal illness, I think I'm pretty much screwed. Same goes for tequila.
They are only volatile if you mix them together :lol:
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peskydonut wrote: Sun Dec 22, 2019 2:02 pm Finally, a fitting place for me to share this...

My 4yr old daughter came over the other day and looking at the MoT banner asked- "Why is the purple one not changing? Maybe it's out."
That’s so cute!

My just-turned-five-year-old saw the flashing banner on my monitor and said, “Oh Daddy! You decorated the computer for Christmas!” :lol:
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peskydonut wrote: Sun Dec 22, 2019 2:02 pm Finally, a fitting place for me to share this...

My 4yr old daughter came over the other day and looking at the MoT banner asked- "Why is the purple one not changing? Maybe it's out."

Tell her I'm one of Santa's helpers and it has to be like that because it's how I can keep an eye on visitors to this site so I can report if they have to go on the naughty list. :mrgreen:

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I'm overseas and I think housekeeping took my Kindle Paperwhite because they thought it was an iPad. I deregistered the device and had Amazon block it from future use.

Which means it's now a useless brick and even if it weren't you'd need to posses a fluent understanding of English to get any use out of it.

Meanwhile, I had left behind a Citizen Blue Angels World Time Chronograph AT on the table.... that was left untouched. I'm also missing a cheap $5 t-shirt I would wear around the house (so of no real value to me or anyone else).

Not to mention I'll be speaking hotel management in the morning and being a small hotel....... Well, doesn't take a genius.....

Just makes me wonder why?
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Spirit of the Watch wrote:I'm overseas and I think housekeeping took my Kindle Paperwhite because they thought it was an iPad. I deregistered the device and had Amazon block it from future use.

Which means it's now a useless brick and even if it weren't you'd need to posses a fluent understanding of English to get any use out of it.

Meanwhile, I had left behind a Citizen Blue Angels World Time Chronograph AT on the table.... that was left untouched. I'm also missing a cheap $5 t-shirt I would wear around the house (so of no real value to me or anyone else).

Not to mention I'll be speaking hotel management in the morning and being a small hotel....... Well, doesn't take a genius.....

Just makes me wonder why?
Hope you get everything back, as to why, they're looking for anything of value or useful. A watch that is not a Rolex is a worthless useless fake to 50% of the population.



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