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There are 100 comments about "wire"

LUCKY: hairsy ......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Roke3 Nyc: This masterpiece measures a staggering 250’ x 55’ (nearly the size of a football field) and took 125 gallons of latex roller paint and a year of carefully planned nights to complete. Every supply......

in response to: JA: A True NYC King by Peter

Nick: I am glad I live in a country where I can concrete crushed glass at the top of my fence, or put up razor wire or even add an electric fence overhang to the top......

in response to: Anti-Climb Paint by kobe

Peter: not one but two {NY} shirts, heh... the shot with the frayed wire is cool... there are a few stainless steel fences like the one in that shot in my neighborhood... one of them is......

in response to: Compilation Part Five by chiamattt

Eric from Port Richmond: A Richmond boy with a few comments. Its NOT just Kensignton that took a turn for the worst in the area. I grew up in the late 70s and 80s in Port Richmond. The neighbors would sit......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

jack: i was in berlin in 1961, there was a young man hanging dead on barbed wire, shot while trying to escape the east, tensions were high, the russians stood looking at the americans, the german......

in response to: Berlin April 22 2008 by hool

EvilGentleman: What's a telephone? Ohhhh, wait... Is that one of things that is like a cellphone, but plugs into a wall, and has wires coming out of it? Hehe, seems like yesterday, when my VCR remote had......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: dirana1, thank you for commenting. I can respect your opinions and your insight into the prison is a welcome bit of education for the rest of us. I am certain you know a lot more......

in response to: Kingston Penitentiary by EvilGentleman

db66: i grew up at Sergeant and Coral street....went to HA Brown....Jones Jr. High and then to Frankford class of 1984. Hung out at "The Lot" and loved every minute of growing up there!!!!! ......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Septa guy: why are those wires still juced?septa or who ever would save money cutting them off. I'am going to go up there some time, hope I don't get hit by a goast train:) and with all......

in response to: On the Reading Viaduct by vz

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi everyone, There are a few gremlins on this site, many of us are having problems. I couldn't access anything for a few days last week. I have just re-read some messages and realise I have......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Peter: i gotta second it as {rems}... the new stuff on that wall is much more intricate and better; its generally ok to go over a simple piece with something of higher quality, which definitely seems......

in response to: What Happened to BEMS? by Elicar

Alex Price: Hi Again, I Also Remembered The Fights Between Cadishead And Partington Over Whos The Cadishead Viaduct Bridge Was To Sit Under And They Threw Stones, Rocks And Sticks To Fight With But Eventually The Council Blocked......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

pierre: i thought u were going to ask me to wire you USD10k for USD10mio....

in response to: A Call for Reason in Our Country Kenya by magu nguru

Peter: yeah, definitely nice. i particularly like the {catenary} wires and the {trabant}......

in response to: Trees, Wires, and Mysterious Buildings by elif

Edward: Better area? There should be a picture of the other side of the building or even across the street (http://brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/Eastern%20Parkway.jpg) This school is near the Brooklyn Museum and the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. The barbed wire is to......

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

pc: i lived in kensington from when i was born in 81 till 93 and i loved living there. i use to live at a and westmorland and i went to St hughs. i dont remember......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Floody: I agree that it will never get back to where is was in the past...nothing ever does, but please do not put down the efforts that the New Kensington Community Development Corporation is currently doing.......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Mark Whitfield: Great photos Myke. Good that you got a blue sky day. I work in Salford Quays and trip to the War Museum regularly to observe the latest developments with the MediaCity:UK build which will be......

in response to: Imperial War Museum North by Myke

BBC Reports Kite deaths in Lahore: BBC News Kite deaths mar Pakistan 2005 festival It is not the first time Lahore has seen kite-related deaths Up to nine people have been killed and dozens injured during an annual kite-flying festival called Basant in the......

in response to: Kite String All over Milliken Park by Michelle

serlingrod: jeeff, I was looking at some of your pics from '05; they're really great! what was the reason for your trip? I was studying abroad for urban planning. I remember this morning very clearly...a buddy......

in response to: Shinjuku by serlingrod

jack: thank you wally, my great-grandfather was one of the workers on that bridge and he also worked on the battery tunnel, roebling has a town named after him, roebling new jersey where his wire factory......

in response to: Brooklyn Bridge and World Trade Center by WallyG

BZZZP: who said "birds sitting a fist apart on a wire"? it's stuck in my head every time i see birds on wires now. either powers or coupland i think...

in response to: The Birds by Biff

bushwick facts:: in the 60-70s all white italian and germans on irving side Puerto ricans were from other side of central it was like a border muslims locked down bushwick ave in the 70 -80s and prior......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

bellend: omg i h8 vadilism it discausting and can kill people poeple think its kwl to beat the shit out of lamposts but what happends if ur little sister comes along and doesn't know the difference......

in response to: Miami Youth Faces \'Serious Jail Time\': by Justice?

chiamattt: the TV show 'the wire' is correct. The education system is BROKEN ...

in response to: Miami Youth Faces \'Serious Jail Time\': by Justice?

zagg: I'm always facinated by the weird web of wires that the street cars have...

in response to: Toronto - February 17-19 2007 by CE

autumn: Coyote urine bought online DOES NOT WORK, don't waste your money. Raccoon repellent bought in store irritates every living thing that comes in contact with it, inc. birds,humans,pets and the envirement. I returned it. When......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

jack: i remember masim's on chambers street, as a matter of fact from cedar street at washington to church street to chambers was litterally an electronics street fair, every store had radio components laid out on......

in response to: Maxim Radio, et Al by GGP

chiamattt: hool used to make things out of wire. the tree reminded me of him. he made me a spider once. it is really cool, and has been preserved in a box at my house in......

in response to: Ewha Station by chiamattt

iman: man, i heard that the whole deal with the shoes is when kids bully other kids, they take their shoes, and hang them on a wire, so they run barefoot and they can catch them......

in response to: Shoes by Peter

chazzz: I've known about a racoon in my attic for about 3 weeks now. i have a very low crawl space there. i tried trapping the critter with sadines and had no luck. ......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

jack: when i arrived in bramerhaven on christmas eve in 61 there was a body of an east berliner lying on the barbed wire dead from russian bullets. we were immediately put on alert and......

in response to: Seasons in Gropiusstadt, Neukölln by SCAM28

jack: they're coming, i've seen them looking down on us, space creatures, slowly taking they're postitons on this, our planet, our earth, they are disguised as power poles, sucking our power, ready to pounce on us......

in response to: Utility Pole by groovehouse

WhereAmI?: In the picture W7, you're looking north over the Cambie Street Bridge at the Downtown core. The big white bubble on the far right is BC Place Stadium, where the BC Lions football team plays.......

in response to: Vancouver Through a Car Window by aer suzuki

jack: so much to see in pic 1,, the shadow of the pole looks as if it was holding up a pipe on the wall and the yellow wire covering is perpendicular to his right leg,,......

in response to: Feb 18 2007 Toronto by hool

Damon: Cool, this is a place in Silverlake that repairs old turntables and amplifiers. It's on Sunset. In the age of throw it out and buy a new one, these guys actually fix things. The......

in response to: Memorial for Mr. Smith by fuzzytank

GGP: when i was in second grade, my family relocated for a brief time from NYC to a suburb outside of Houston, Texas. behind our apartment was a big field. back behind that was an imposing......

in response to: Snakes!! by steelisreal

jack: AM I LOOKING UP OR ARE THEY LOOKING DOWN, THE COLD HARD WIRES, BRANCHES, EMPTY NEST WHERE ONCE BABIES WAITED FOR THEIR MOTHER TO FEED THEM, WHERE ONCE THE SUN SHONE AND THE WARM AIR......

in response to: Bird\'s Nest Silhouette by aer suzuki

colavitos ghost: the utility wires crossing in front of all the buildings really add complexity to these images. these are nice. i like these. i like the feel. i like the vibe. diggin' it. ...

in response to: Detroit Ave., Ohio City by little ukraine

kricket: dovercourt's a major road not far from toronto's core. nice foto, the wires create a neat effect. wish i could identify some of the buildings, but alas i cannot....

in response to: Dovercourt by jeeff

anon (h-67-101-102-3.snfccasy.dynamic.covad.net): those wires on the fence look like plants...

in response to: signs by GGP

procyon: the billboard in that first photo in ksedge's comment... it looks like the lady is about to have her shoes hoisted onto the wire while she is still in them....

in response to: Shoes by Peter

fuzzytank: no special, just tryin to lean on something solid since no tripod... fence has a curve to keep ya from climbing over but since that didnt work they wrapped the sign truss with barbed wire....

in response to: I5 & Roy by fuzzytank

Canadian Guy: The silver sphere is the science center. Vancouver has a huge fleet of trolley buses that run on those overhead wires....

in response to: Vancouver Through a Car Window by aer suzuki

Carol: some people say a motion sensor sprinkler would do the trick. Sounds complicated. I've tried everything short of barb wire. Everymorning I trek out to the back with a mask, rubber gloves and bags to......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

EvilGentleman: Streetcar wires in the sky...

in response to: Cross Sky by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

EAZY: man that shit is fcking crazy i thank u 4 the pic and for the article. idk were u got it but u got ur recources wired nice shit man. what year was it when......

in response to: Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint by Peter

colavitos ghost: love the wires in that second one!...

in response to: Sarnia Sunsets by jfilip

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in response to: Le Parkour by Luli

EvilGentleman: You got the general concept, t@ngent, but the type I saw looked like a replica of a 1930's era luxury car, with wire-spoke rims and extruded fenders. I think it was a special-edition Caddy, but......

in response to: You\'re In Calgary When...#2 by ksedge

aer suzuki: Wasn't sure what that silver thing was when I posted, but just did a quick search and found these links: http://www.vancouverplus.ca/alcan_omnimax_theatre/398855 http://www.vancouverinfocenter.com/merchant2.php/list2/250/Alcan+Omnimax+Theatre As for the wires, my guess is they're for electric busses. They had trolleys up there......

in response to: Vancouver Through a Car Window by aer suzuki

Peter: whats that silver sphere? i love all the overhead catenary wires, too... are those for electric busses or trolleys (im guessing {trolley}s)?...

in response to: Vancouver Through a Car Window by aer suzuki

Happy Grammie: We must be behind times in Canada. Our deaf people go to schools that don't have barbed wire fences. The deaf school near me in Milton, Ontario, has acres and acres of land around the......

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: LWAMC: dude, a bootleg of your gig is on limewire. It rocks da shed....

in response to: Mofidious by Mofidious

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I love this post. It proves that people will do anything for an iPod. We have a coffee bar in-house to keep up camaraderie (and to keep us wired). But its really to stop us......

in response to: Sports Day by chiamattt

Grange: So what brain trust put CISIS office at the bottom of the CN tower ? Oh and ont he brain trust thing . These "terrorist " Have GOT to be the dumbest ones around . On......

in response to: Still Standing by Biff

EvilGentleman: Yeesh! I hate ladders. Nice shot of your foot, by the way. What is the wire to the left for?...

in response to: Vertiginous by Peter

jack: in the army the way soldiers go over barbed wire is that one or two men fall on it and the others run over their backs and over the wire. its rough on the......

in response to: Barbed Wire/Roller Coaster by Pat

galaxy: Ms.Nguyen i too applaud you! As for Mr.Norway and RuneWillem: Interestingly enough at about the exact time this was taking place in NYC, a very similar story was unfolding in Oslo, Norway. It......

in response to: Beware: Perv Alert! by friendly_chic407

jeeff: the barbed wire helps. i wish i could get 2.7 megapixels out of my camera. recently it's been down to 0....

in response to: Saturday Walk by chiamattt

jeeff: all hail the information age. [[http://sageauthoring.com/fdny/construction/vacant.pdf]] Fire Department, City of New York __FIREFIGHTING PROCEDURES__ __VOLUME 1 BOOK 3__ **MARKING OF VACANT BUILDING** **1.3.1** As vacant buildings shall be identified and marked to indicate the degree of hazard involved. In marking vacant......

in response to: Slated for Demolition by Peter

Peter: thanks for reminding me- i gotta get those wires for it!...

in response to: Odd Trash by Peter

jack: sorry but i dont know his name. it was an incident at the wall and this kid tried to escape. the ruskies shot him and he hung on the wire....

in response to: Berlin Museum by nomad

jack: wow, berlin has changed! when i landed in bremerhaven on christmas eve in 1961 i was headed for berlin but was sent to worms because a german tried to escape and his dead body......

in response to: Berlin Museum by nomad

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I read your link to Charles the Hamster. Thanks man, for making me cry then shriek with glee in my office. There goes my street cred as being a badass. And for God's sake, tie......

in response to: Homage to Old Shoes by Peter

SuShI_hp: half dead crew writes on the bottom of old shoes and throws the shoes on electric wires i like creative stuff like that ...

in response to: Sneakers on 34th Street (forever) by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Galaxy: I love this kind of random phenomenon! One day when humans no longer exist, some kind of species will discover the shoes over telephone wires, they'll come to believe that humans threw shoes into......

in response to: Sneakers on 34th Street (forever) by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

jack: i tried to throw some sneakers (not mine of course) up once and as i threw them a cop walked over to me and they did not wrap around the wire, instead they fell right......

in response to: Sneakers on 34th Street (forever) by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

jack: do not leave the wire for the landlord to see. obviously, he is going into your apartment without your knowledge. i would start looking for a new apartment or better yet, buy the......

in response to: Ritetemp by vz

Peter: alas, the wire-{spaghetti}-eating {robot} has been put out for trash pickup. here you see him enjoying a disused computor monitor as his last-meal. we bid you a fond adieu, oh rolly spaghettibot! [[img:8971]]...

in response to: robot building by elaine

Peter: the overhead wires that power the busses are called [[wiki:catenary wire]]. the part of the {bus}/{trolley} that makes contact with those wires is called a [[wiki:pantograph (rail)]]. i dont know why i know this, but......

in response to: Old Bank by danielle

jack: i can get you a great deal on this bridge. i only take a 6% commission. the most beautiful wire bridge in the world....

in response to: Brooklyn Bridge by Chris Fuerth

protestarmy: I found and posted what is attributed to be the couriers version of this story. I found this on Spacing Wire. It presents a slightly different angle on the whole keying of the car issue.......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

zeezee toularee: LEAH: social conscience takes guts. i'm glad you're part of my community. HOOL: with regards to the star sniping your pictures... i am not totally clear about copyright infringements for newspapers, but i know that some artists whose......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

4 mode observation: This incident is an excellent example of some of the worst features of human behaviour and the consequences that result from the actions of those who are misguided and self indulgent enough to believe they......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

anon (thrillworks-v143.fibrewired.on.ca): Haha... It looks like he's gettin' his ass kicked by a chick. What a loser....

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

oldcrab: surprising septa never scrapped that copper catenary wire. still quite a few bucks hanging up there....

in response to: On the Reading Viaduct by vz

GGP: what would the sky be without wires?...

in response to: Wires, Tree, Clouds, Sky by joey

jack: i think i saw someone try to escape from that shelter. they were caught digging under the fence and got their shirt barbed in the wire. they were shot on site by the......

in response to: Abandoned Bus Shelter by Peter

Samantha: Wow, I love this photo. you have captured an almost elegant beauty in that disused place - love the interplay between the pink of the blossoms and the different tones of grey and blue-grey -......

in response to: Cross Street and Blossom 2002 by Jamie

jack: she waited for him to pass her then she took the wire hanger and pressed it to his throat. she held on for her life as his ebbed away. then she took off......

in response to: Coathanger Graf by Peter

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I'm thinking of the Absolutely Fabulous episode where Edwina decides to invest in art after her fathers death. She spend 10,000 pounds on a wire hanger piece that mourners hang their coats on at the......

in response to: Coathanger Graf by Peter

roland: yeah - only the posh people, like the kids of the checkout women at the co-op had access to fancy bits of cardboard as makeshift sledges. bin liners were the trend for corstorphine hill,......

in response to: Dec 19 2005 by hool

jamie: it's a ##bit## like reservoir dogs, but it'smore like the abandoned garden centre me and my mates used to muck around in. It's gone now. Demolished to maked way for affordable, cramped together yet stylish......

in response to: Burntout Brunswick Warehouse by Selig

Peter: big it up {manchester}! ive loved seeing all the recent manchester content as of late... i really hope y'all keep it up, as im particularly taken with this city. i love the {rainbow} artifacts in the......

in response to: Manchester (May 2005) by Myke

Jai-o: That's a pcp or primary connection/cross connection point, breaking into them and stripping the wires is generally associated with 'phreaking' which involves attaching another series of wires and hardware called a 'box' (usually with a......

in response to: new junction stencils by elaine

elaine: the razorwire looks like it is whirling round (like a record baby right round right round)...

in response to: Northern Blvd. by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

?: it`s not there no more we hot wired it ...

in response to: hunting the elusive graffitti covered truk by fuzzytank

matt ashe: here in ayer mass we have a ton of shoes on wires around here it means the area isnt safe...

in response to: Shoes by Peter

kc: It is gorgeous. Like a bird on a wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir.......

in response to: I am a lineman for the county by GGP

ODESSA: Mazeltov ! GREAT !!!! I am for it ! They should rename Brooklyn to Odessa - is the next step !! Check this link for the news story !!! http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1167886...

in response to: Leaving Brooklyn... Oy Vey! by sine

jack: i think fick means fuck in german. why we use that word so commonly as if we were saying 'hello' 'hi' . berlin changed, i was there when a dead german lay......

in response to: i miss Berlin by fuzzytank

kay left in the dark after the storm: anyone who doesnt think it did alot of damage, i wish you were here the day after the storm... all the people with no roof's and all the people with no power... there are alot......

in response to: the august 19th, 2005 tornado hoax by jeeff

piranha erem: his arm is on fire? maybe from stripping a hot wire from out of the junctionbox!...

in response to: new junction stencils by elaine

Lurker: # Four "explosions or attempts at explosions" reported on three London subway stations and a bus, according to London police # Scotland Yard reportedly searching hospital near Warren Street station for man with wires protruding from......

in response to: Every Other Thursday by Editor

elaine: certainly i do, and of course, i am acting under instruction to photograph fish and chips. i did just think i would slip the fry up under the wire, and i would have put in......

in response to: today by elaine

GGP: whiskery face-wires!...

in response to: pensive technology by elaine

Peter: one thing i love about this site is that someone can post photos of a catenary wire in london, and someone can answer back with a similar photo of the same obscure thing in japan.......

in response to: pensive technology by elaine

Peter: a kitty face? maybe ##thats## why they call em CATenary wires ;)...

in response to: pensive technology by elaine

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