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TransitEngr
Aug 25, 2007, 6:22 PM
All photos that I am posting have been taken by me.
I shrunk these so everyone could view them without this overloading anyone's memory.

Cheerio... ENJOY!

ARIZONA, SAN DIEGO, PITTSBURGH, OMAHA, MANHATTAN, BOSTON, BOISE, SOUTH AFRICA, LONDON, PARIS, NORFOLK, ATLANTA, MEXICO CITY... AND THEN SWEET HOME CHICAGO.



ARIZONA... 2004
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SAN DIEGO...2006
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USE PUBLIC TRANSIT!
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SAN DIEGO... SUNSET CLIFFS
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SAN DIEGO... FROM CORONADO ISLAND
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PITTSBURGH... FROM MOUNT WASHINGTON MARCH 2007
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EGYPTIAN RELIEFS... CARNEGIE INST. PITTSBURGH
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OMAHA... APRIL 2007
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MANHATTAN... DEC. 31ST 2005
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NYC... TIMES SQUARE... A FEW SECONDS INTO 2006
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BOSTON... 2005
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BOISE, IDAHO.... 2005
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HOWICK, SOUTH AFRICA.... MARCH 2005
ONE OF MANY DESERVED MONUMENTS TO ONE OF THE GREATEST HUMANS OF OUR TIME. SADLY... HIS SUCCESSORS FAIL BY FAR TO MEET HIS LEVEL OF BRILLIANCE, HONOR, AND DIGNITY.
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PIETERMARITZBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
TO AMERICANS AND EUROPEANS... NOTICE THE "UPSIDE DOWN" MOON.
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HOWICK FALLS, SOUTH AFRICA
AMAZING PLACE. LOCALS WERE SMACKING THEIR CLOTHING DRY ON THE ROCKS... RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THE TOP OF THE FALLS.
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PIETERMARITZBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
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MY 2ND COUSIN IN SOUTH AFRICA
FACING A DARK AND VERY GRIM FUTURE IN AFRICA... HOPEFULLY HER GENERATION CAN KEEP THAT COUNTRY FROM SLIDING DOWN THE PATH ZIMBABWE IS GOING... ANY EX-PAT IS FILLED WITH HOPE AND FEAR. GOD SPEED COOPERATION AND LOVE FOR THAT COUNTRY.
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DOES IT NEED AN INTRODUCTION? MARCH 2005
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LONDON CONTINUED
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THE MAGNIFICENT HEATHROW EXPRESS
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28 ENNIS ROAD... PARK VIEW, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, MARCH 2005
WHERE I GREW UP :)
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PARIS, FEB. 2007
LA BASILIQUE DU SACRE' CAEUR AS SEEN THROUGH THE FACE OF A CLOCK AT THE MAGNIFICENT MUSE'E D' ORSAY
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EURO STAR AT GARE DU NORD, PARIS
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BEAUTIFUL EVEN IN THE RAIN
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WHEN I WAS SEVEN... I WAS STEPPING ON A PLANE IN HOUSTON TO FLY TO LONDON. A MORBIDLY OBEASE TEXAN WOMAN LEANED OVER AND ASKED "WHY ARE YOU GOING TO LONDON LITTLE BOY?" AND I SAID, "TO SEE BIG BEN" AND SHE ASKED, "OH IS THAT YOUR UNCLE?" ... I REPLIED, "NO YOU STUPID FUCK'N FAT-ASS BITCH, IT'S A CLOCK."... NEEDLESS TO SAY I THINK I GOT A GOOD SMACK.
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ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, LOOKING ACROSS THE MILLENNIUM BRIDGE, LONDON 2007
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LONDON CITY HALL AND "OLD" FINANCIAL DISTRICT
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TOWER BRIDGE, CANARY WARF "NEW" FINANCIAL DISTRICT IN DISTANCE AT LEFT
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MISS BEING THERE
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LONDON, LOOKING FROM TRAFALGAR SQUARE AT "THE SOUTH AFRICA HOUSE". ONCE THE BRITISH COMMAND OFFICE FOR RUNNING THE SOUTH AFRICAN COLONY, THEN THE SOUTH AFRICAN EMBASSY (AND A FOCAL POINT OF BRITISH PROTEST AGAINST APARTHEID) AND NOW THE NEW SOUTH AFRICAN FLAG FLIES PROUDLY ABOVE. BEAUTIFUL OLD BUILDING.
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THE ROSETTA STONE... A "LET DOWN" IN PERSON... BUT LEFT AN ENORMOUS FOOTPRINT ON OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HISTORY. BRITISH MUSEUM.
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THE ORIGINAL RELIEFS FROM THE PARTHENON... ZEUS RELAXES HERE AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM
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THE DRAGON... THE SYMBOL OF LONDON
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NOTHING CAN DESCRIBE BEING INSIDE THIS CATHEDRAL DURING MASS. I AM OF NO RELIGIOUS DENOMINATION... BUT I WEPT IN AWE AND HUMILITY.
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AVENUE DES CHAMPS ELYSEES FROM PLACE DE LA CONCORDE WITH ARC DE TRIOMPHE IN BACKGROUND AND LA DEFANCE FINANCIAL DISTRICT IN FAR DISTANCE
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FROM THE MIDDLE LEVEL OF THE EIFFEL TOWER, FACING NW TOWARDS LA DEFANCE
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EUROPE ON GUARD... AS ALWAYS
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FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
WHAT A SPLENDID BRIDGE... A GIFT TO THE PEOPLE OF FRANCE
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ST. CHAPPELLE.... SOME OF THE GREATEST STAINED GLASS WINDOWS ON EARTH...
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THE CATACOMBS OF PARIS.... 6MILLION SKELETONS.... YES.... SIX MILLION
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LA BASILIQUE DU SACRE' CAEUR
QUITE SHOCKING HOW AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS ATTACK PEOPLE HERE... **IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.**
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VIRGINIA BEACH/NORFOLK, 2005
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ATLANTA
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MMMMMMMM... B of A TOWER IN ATLANTA... ONE OF MY FAVORITES
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BOW DOWN
THE HIGH... ATLANTA
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LA ZOCALO Y LA IGLESIA NATIONAL, MEXICO CITY, 2004
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MEXICO CITY, THE OPERA HOUSE
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LA TORRE LATINO AMERICANA (ONCE CONSIDERED THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING OF LATIN AMERICA) NOW OVERSHADDOWED BY.... THE NEXT PICTURE
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LA TORRE MAYOR
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MEXICO CITY... THE ANGEL... BOLD AND ELEGANT
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"HOME"
CHICAGO
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Tom In Chicago
Aug 25, 2007, 6:34 PM
WHEN I WAS SEVEN... I WAS STEPPING ON A PLANE IN HOUSTON TO FLY TO LONDON. A MORBIDLY OBEASE TEXAN WOMAN LEANED OVER AND ASKED "WHY ARE YOU GOING TO LONDON LITTLE BOY?" AND I SAID, "TO SEE BIG BEN" AND SHE ASKED, "OH IS THAT YOUR UNCLE?" ... I REPLIED, "NO YOU STUPID FUCK'N FAT-ASS BITCH, IT'S A CLOCK."... NEEDLESS TO SAY I THINK I GOT A GOOD SMACK.

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Great photos by the way. . .

LSyd
Aug 25, 2007, 6:53 PM
nice collection.

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Wheelingman04
Aug 26, 2007, 2:16 AM
Nice Pittsburgh photo.