Holy shit the detail is incredible! You can zoom in and look in people's windows!
http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html
very good find Tim :)
I saw this a week or two ago, I found looking at roof spaces and how people carve out little niches for themselves the most interesting thing.
You'd see a tinny bit of flat roof, with an easy chair, couple of pot plants, maybe a gas bottle for a barbecue. :cool:
How many people having sex are there?
Quote from: The Brain on March 03, 2013, 11:03:18 AM
How many people having sex are there?
In London? Maybe one or two.
Here is some of the stuff people found: http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/19jzjh/320_gigapixel_of_london_largest_photo_ever_taken/
http://www.reddit.com/r/PanoramaFinds/
Only interested in pornographic panoramas.
I wouldn't want to be the owner of that penis in the window.
Question for Languishistas who have never been to London, is this anything like what you imagined the city to look like?
Quote from: Warspite on March 03, 2013, 05:56:17 PM
Question for Languishistas who have never been to London, is this anything like what you imagined the city to look like?
It's one thing to know that the city has few high rises, but it's still rather shocking to see such a large city so low to the ground.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 03, 2013, 05:59:53 PM
Quote from: Warspite on March 03, 2013, 05:56:17 PM
Question for Languishistas who have never been to London, is this anything like what you imagined the city to look like?
It's one thing to know that the city has few high rises, but it's still rather shocking to see such a large city so low to the ground.
Ever been to LA? That's an even more shocking sprawl with few high rises in comparison.
Quote from: Warspite on March 03, 2013, 05:56:17 PM
Question for Languishistas who have never been to London, is this anything like what you imagined the city to look like?
Yeah, kinda.
Quote from: The Larch on March 03, 2013, 07:00:02 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 03, 2013, 05:59:53 PM
Quote from: Warspite on March 03, 2013, 05:56:17 PM
Question for Languishistas who have never been to London, is this anything like what you imagined the city to look like?
It's one thing to know that the city has few high rises, but it's still rather shocking to see such a large city so low to the ground.
Ever been to LA? That's an even more shocking sprawl with few high rises in comparison.
Only to LAX, their terrible airport.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 03, 2013, 05:59:53 PM
Quote from: Warspite on March 03, 2013, 05:56:17 PM
Question for Languishistas who have never been to London, is this anything like what you imagined the city to look like?
It's one thing to know that the city has few high rises, but it's still rather shocking to see such a large city so low to the ground.
Well this is a relatively non-high-rise part of the metropolis, there are plenty of clusters of high-rise/skys-crappers in the Docklands, parts of the South bank and the City to some extent.
I think I've found my old flat at 127 Harley Street, Top Floor Flat! :cool:
Looks like the landlords replaced some windows in the last 20 years, though. :lol:
Man, that was a great place to live. Given the number of times I looked out my living room window and saw the BT tower, it's kinda funny to be looking in the opposite direction.
Quote from: Warspite on March 03, 2013, 05:56:17 PM
Question for Languishistas who have never been to London, is this anything like what you imagined the city to look like?
Most movies shot in London don't give you the sense of soul-sapping overcast this does.
If I had to live in that weather year-round I would start complaining about everything and my teeth would start growing in various directions.
I would probably pick up the hobby of binge drinkiing as well.
Quote from: grumbler on March 03, 2013, 07:53:12 PM
I think I've found my old flat at 127 Harley Street, Top Floor Flat! :cool:
Looks like the landlords replaced some windows in the last 20 years, though. :lol:
Man, that was a great place to live. Given the number of times I looked out my living room window and saw the BT tower, it's kinda funny to be looking in the opposite direction.
How many tiddlers did you pay in rent?
Quote from: sbr on March 03, 2013, 08:56:19 PM
Quote from: grumbler on March 03, 2013, 07:53:12 PM
I think I've found my old flat at 127 Harley Street, Top Floor Flat! :cool:
Looks like the landlords replaced some windows in the last 20 years, though. :lol:
Man, that was a great place to live. Given the number of times I looked out my living room window and saw the BT tower, it's kinda funny to be looking in the opposite direction.
How many tiddlers did you pay in rent?
:lol:
Ok what is up with the church with the beavers on it? I would expect sacred beavers in Canada not London.
Quote from: Valmy on March 03, 2013, 09:53:03 PM
Ok what is up with the church with the beavers on it? I would expect sacred beavers in Canada not London.
Maybe it's a church for Canadian expats?
Quote from: Warspite on March 03, 2013, 05:56:17 PM
Question for Languishistas who have never been to London, is this anything like what you imagined the city to look like?
I guess I expected it to look less soulless and more distinctive. Central Paris this ain't. But that's ok.
Quote from: Valmy on March 03, 2013, 09:56:04 PM
Quote from: Warspite on March 03, 2013, 05:56:17 PM
Question for Languishistas who have never been to London, is this anything like what you imagined the city to look like?
I guess I expected it to look less soulless and more distinctive. Central Paris this ain't. But that's ok.
Neither is it Central London, but I guess also what you describe is London's lack of a central 'theme' like Paris or the Skyline/buildings of Manhattan; London is more a lot of little towns, sometimes villages within those towns, thrown together with a couple of small cities. :bowler:
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 03, 2013, 08:07:11 PM
Quote from: Warspite on March 03, 2013, 05:56:17 PM
Question for Languishistas who have never been to London, is this anything like what you imagined the city to look like?
Most movies shot in London don't give you the sense of soul-sapping overcast this does.
If I had to live in that weather year-round I would start complaining about everything and my teeth would start growing in various directions.
I would probably pick up the hobby of binge drinkiing as well.
You know what makes it worse?
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/astronomy.html?n=136&month=12&year=2012&obj=sun&afl=-11&day=1
Check out the sunrise and sunset times for December.
Quote from: alfred russel on March 03, 2013, 10:20:21 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 03, 2013, 08:07:11 PM
Quote from: Warspite on March 03, 2013, 05:56:17 PM
Question for Languishistas who have never been to London, is this anything like what you imagined the city to look like?
Most movies shot in London don't give you the sense of soul-sapping overcast this does.
If I had to live in that weather year-round I would start complaining about everything and my teeth would start growing in various directions.
I would probably pick up the hobby of binge drinkiing as well.
You know what makes it worse?
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/astronomy.html?n=136&month=12&year=2012&obj=sun&afl=-11&day=1
Check out the sunrise and sunset times for December.
Pftt, we live through those days and now we seem to be getting an extra minute or two each evening, so come June it'll only seem like we have a six hour night. :)
Helps to give the year a mild, but pleasing rhythm. :bowler:
Quote from: sbr on March 03, 2013, 08:56:19 PM
How many tiddlers did you pay in rent?
Two stone and a furlong per fortnight.
I can see my old flat in Battersea :cool:
I had no idea there was a line of sight to the Post Office tower, it must have been lost in the general murk.
Quote from: Warspite on March 03, 2013, 05:56:17 PM
Question for Languishistas who have never been to London, is this anything like what you imagined the city to look like?
I've been to London & you do forget how uncentralized it is without looking at it from above like that.
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on March 04, 2013, 08:28:55 AM
I can see my old flat in Battersea :cool:
I had no idea there was a line of sight to the Post Office tower, it must have been lost in the general murk.
I always thought it was interesting how you could roughly work out someone's generation by what they called the tower - Post Office, Telecom or BT.
Quote from: mongers on March 03, 2013, 10:02:15 PM
Neither is it Central London, but I guess also what you describe is London's lack of a central 'theme' like Paris or the Skyline/buildings of Manhattan; London is more a lot of little towns, sometimes villages within those towns, thrown together with a couple of small cities. :bowler:
Now that you draw my attention to this phenomenon I do see some very cool neighborhoods in there. I guess I had this image that all London looked sort of like this:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2013%2F01%2F04%2Flondon_properties_custom-a8163018528f850131613f49926c503aaa6efe11-s6-c10.jpg&hash=53ff8bac027a40c412255b10ed3300c635e46b47)
Lots of London Houses need new roofs too.
Quote from: Warspite on March 04, 2013, 10:11:10 AM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on March 04, 2013, 08:28:55 AM
I can see my old flat in Battersea :cool:
I had no idea there was a line of sight to the Post Office tower, it must have been lost in the general murk.
I always thought it was interesting how you could roughly work out someone's generation by what they called the tower - Post Office, Telecom or BT.
Yeah, my wife was laughing at me for "showing my age" when I called it that when showing her the link.
That building provoked a lot of excitement back in the day, which must seem pretty mysterious nowadays :hmm:
Quote from: mongers on March 03, 2013, 10:02:15 PM
Neither is it Central London, but I guess also what you describe is London's lack of a central 'theme' like Paris or the Skyline/buildings of Manhattan; London is more a lot of little towns, sometimes villages within those towns, thrown together with a couple of small cities. :bowler:
Kinda like the Ruhr area, then. :P
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2F9%2F97%2FRuhr_area-map.png&hash=71926b074296e83bc61f7b54e40916a6a803041f)
Hey asshole, I went to sleep two hours later than I intended thanks to this. I am paying for it today. :mad:
Quote from: lustindarkness on March 04, 2013, 11:13:14 AM
Hey asshole, I went to sleep two hours later than I intended thanks to this. I am paying for it today. :mad:
Did you find any boobs?
Quote from: DGuller on March 04, 2013, 11:14:02 AM
Quote from: lustindarkness on March 04, 2013, 11:13:14 AM
Hey asshole, I went to sleep two hours later than I intended thanks to this. I am paying for it today. :mad:
Did you find any boobs?
No :(
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 04, 2013, 10:27:29 AM
Lots of London Houses need new roofs too.
Including mine. Somehow there always seems to be other things to spend that £10K on.
Quote from: Gups on March 04, 2013, 12:17:17 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 04, 2013, 10:27:29 AM
Lots of London Houses need new roofs too.
Including mine. Somehow there always seems to be other things to spend that £10K on.
That's an expensive roof. What's the material of choice?
Tiles, lots of them. House is from 1890s and I don't think the roof has ever been worked on properly since.
Wow. I'm impress at the sturdiness of it.
My roof is ~20 years old & it's going to get replaced within the next 5 years.
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 04, 2013, 01:23:04 PM
Wow. I'm impress at the sturdiness of it.
My roof is ~20 years old & it's going to get replaced within the next 5 years.
Canadian architecture has to put up with a lot of freeze/thaw cycles. Nothing but nothing lasts as long here.
Quote from: Gups on March 04, 2013, 01:00:49 PM
Tiles, lots of them. House is from 1890s and I don't think the roof has ever been worked on properly since.
Tile roofs are best but even for them that is past the expiration date.
Quote from: Malthus on March 04, 2013, 01:28:06 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 04, 2013, 01:23:04 PM
Wow. I'm impress at the sturdiness of it.
My roof is ~20 years old & it's going to get replaced within the next 5 years.
Canadian architecture has to put up with a lot of freeze/thaw cycles. Nothing but nothing lasts as long here.
That is true. It's true for all of our rusted cars.
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 04, 2013, 01:32:05 PM
Quote from: Malthus on March 04, 2013, 01:28:06 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 04, 2013, 01:23:04 PM
Wow. I'm impress at the sturdiness of it.
My roof is ~20 years old & it's going to get replaced within the next 5 years.
Canadian architecture has to put up with a lot of freeze/thaw cycles. Nothing but nothing lasts as long here.
That is true. It's true for all of our rusted cars.
Cars rusting out is also I think caused by the use of salt to de-ice roads.
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 04, 2013, 01:32:05 PM
That is true. It's true for all of our rusted cars.
Woah.
Ok that killed any inclination I ever had to move to Canada. The infinite wealth of Alberta cannot make up for all my cars rusting.
Quote from: Valmy on March 04, 2013, 01:48:36 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 04, 2013, 01:32:05 PM
That is true. It's true for all of our rusted cars.
Woah.
Ok that killed any inclination I ever had to move to Canada. The infinite wealth of Alberta cannot make up for all my cars rusting.
Meh - by the time they start seriously rusting you probably want a new vehicle anyways.
If you have a vehicle you want to last forever you garage it for the winter.
Quote from: Valmy on March 04, 2013, 01:48:36 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 04, 2013, 01:32:05 PM
That is true. It's true for all of our rusted cars.
Woah.
Ok that killed any inclination I ever had to move to Canada. The infinite wealth of Alberta cannot make up for all my cars rusting.
You can retard the rusting by getting an oily coat sprayed on the underside of your car - we do that every year, seems to work.
Oily coat? Wouldn't that just drip off?
You can also get the car rustproofed at the dealership. My service adviser told me I made an excellent investment. :smarty:
Quote from: derspiess on March 04, 2013, 03:29:25 PM
Oily coat? Wouldn't that just drip off?
Apparently not. We use this service:
http://www.krown.com/rust-protect/
Which uses this product:
http://www.krown.com/products/aerosol-products/t40-rust-inhibitor-lubricant/
Seems to work pretty well. At least, on our old cars it appeared to extend their rust-free life by years vs. cars without the servicing.
Thing is, you gotta do it every year.
Quote from: Malthus on March 04, 2013, 03:42:51 PM
Thing is, you gotta do it every year.
Because that's how long it takes to drip off.
Oh god, malthus fell for the Undercoating scam.
:P
If you buy a Toyota truck you don't need to worry about rust proofing, the frame will rust no matter what! :D
Quote from: Valmy on March 04, 2013, 10:16:01 AM
Quote from: mongers on March 03, 2013, 10:02:15 PM
Neither is it Central London, but I guess also what you describe is London's lack of a central 'theme' like Paris or the Skyline/buildings of Manhattan; London is more a lot of little towns, sometimes villages within those towns, thrown together with a couple of small cities. :bowler:
Now that you draw my attention to this phenomenon I do see some very cool neighborhoods in there. I guess I had this image that all London looked sort of like this:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2013%2F01%2F04%2Flondon_properties_custom-a8163018528f850131613f49926c503aaa6efe11-s6-c10.jpg&hash=53ff8bac027a40c412255b10ed3300c635e46b47)
That looks like Kensington.
Quote from: katmai on March 04, 2013, 03:46:54 PM
Oh god, malthus fell for the Undercoating scam.
:P
Nope. The "scam" is when dealers offer a one-time service for $800.
Krown is an aftermarket place, charges a bit over $100, and is recommended in places like Ontario that use tons of road salt.
http://autos.sympatico.ca/advice-guides/6973/rustproofing-fact-and-fiction