Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[bolt pp]

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/the_year_2008_in_photographs_p.html


Some great pictures on here - part 2 is out already & I think we'll get part 3 later today.

Are you sure some of these pics havent been altered or staged, they're amazing.

[Claw75]

amazing pics - thanks for posting Rod

[Colchester Kev]

amazing pics - thanks for posting Dewi

Sighhhhhhhhhh FYP

[Claw75]

lol - just received sky poker Christmas newsletter in my inbox.  Nice pic Tikay

[tikay]

Stunning pics Rod, thank you.

Aside from the sheer wow factor of the pics, the thing that struck me was how much grief there is around the world.

Bombings & terrorist stuff, peeps blown to bits, kids killed, floods, forest fires, half of Africa is in dire straits, & there's us, in the "modern world", worrying about a credit crunch. Seen in context, "it's only money" comes to mind.

Oddly, the pain & suffering apart, I took away two very distinct memories of those pics. That amazing TV Tower, in China - you see the sheer scale of it by comparing it with other buildings below - & that boat stranded on the French Coast.

Photographs say so much, I sometimes stare at them for hours.

Thanks.

[tikay]

lol - just received Sky Poker Christmas newsletter in my inbox.  Nice pic Tikay

Good grief, that's bang out of order. I had not seen it, until you prompted me to check my inbox, & there it was.

That might just infringe my Image Rights.

Still, at least there's also a pic of Campo Compo.

Ho-Ho-Ho indeed. I mean, can you IMAGINE me, in a Santa Outfit, giving it all that Ho-Ho-Ho stuff?

I'm hurting.

[Rod Paradise]

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/the_year_2008_in_photographs_p.html


Some great pictures on here - part 2 is out already & I think we'll get part 3 later today.

Are you sure some of these pics havent been altered or staged, they're amazing.

Not to my knowledge, I did notice they explained the Ronaldinho pic as it really looked faked.....

Here's part 3:

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/2008_the_year_in_photographs_p.html

[Bongo]

Here's a fascinating, but rather gruesome set of photos of a man eaten by piranhas.

It's not for the squeamish, so please don't look if it's not your cup of tea.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/7573872/Piranhas

[bolt pp]

Here's a fascinating, but rather gruesome set of photos of a man eaten by piranhas.

It's not for the squeamish, so please don't look if it's not your cup of tea.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/7573872/Piranhas

that may be the sickest thing ive ever seen, especially because of how it happend!

I watched a documentary once that said it was all a bit of a misconception about piranhas and they very rarley attack humans, they were in a small village in south america and the kids and women were in the water with them.

[77dave]

Jim McShane sent me this tonight.

Taken in Las Vegas, Neveda, yesterday. That white stuff is snow.

This was my back garden 2 days ago, expecting more over the weekend thru Tuesday

Schools were closed yesterday for the 1st time since 1978, which was the 1st time since 1948. I believe in patterns and cycles a lot more than i do global warming.

[Simon Galloway]

Here's a fascinating, but rather gruesome set of photos of a man eaten by piranhas.

It's not for the squeamish, so please don't look if it's not your cup of tea.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/7573872/Piranhas

Did he make a full recovery?

[bolt pp]

Here's a fascinating, but rather gruesome set of photos of a man eaten by piranhas.

It's not for the squeamish, so please don't look if it's not your cup of tea.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/7573872/Piranhas

Did he make a full recovery?

 

[Dingdell]

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/the_year_2008_in_photographs_p.html


Some great pictures on here - part 2 is out already & I think we'll get part 3 later today.

Are you sure some of these pics havent been altered or staged, they're amazing.

Not to my knowledge, I did notice they explained the Ronaldinho pic as it really looked faked.....

Here's part 3:

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/2008_the_year_in_photographs_p.html

Wow picture 18 - so haunting.

[cdw1111]

As retribution i'am going to have a fish finger sandwich.

[Royal Flush]

Tikay do i beat you in the Mick McCool blog stakes?