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neonbubble

@neonbubble@mstdn.social

From #Portsmouth, UK; a keen traveller, amateur photographer, professional senior software developer (.NET backend), and interested in:

#Travel #Photography #Cruise #SciFi #BadMovies #RugbyLeague #NFL #Patriots #MST3K #Architecture #Brutalism #ArtDeco #Science #Astronomy #Archaeology #History

Unless otherwise stated, all photos are by me and are CC-BY-SA 4.0.

I rarely boost those who don't boost others. I never boost images without descriptive #AltText.

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neonbubble, to Eurovision
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They held a trivia competition before the show and we've only gone and won it through some spectacular guesswork and low attendance because Americans who cruise really don't get this event. One bottle of ship champagne is ours. Ship. With a P.

neonbubble, to glasgow
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Just got off the Falkirk Wheel and it's a great experience on an incredible bit of engineering. We were taken up, piloted along the aqueduct, turned around, and came back the same way. Smooth ride, barely even notice you're being lifted or lowered.

Heading back towards #Greenock through #Glasgow and we've got a sea day tomorrow before we reach the Shetlands.

#FalkirkWheel #Scotland #Falkirk #Canal #Travel #TravelPhotography #Photography #Engineering

kfury, to random
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Name a famous person (non-president) whose first and last names are shared with the first or last names of U.S. presidents.

Bonus points if their name is two presidential first names or two presidential last names.

neonbubble,
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@kfury Don Johnson.

neonbubble, to photography
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Some pill-shaped windows set in a building on an industrial estate in the north of Portsmouth for this week.

neonbubble, to random
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Bloke in this morning meeting is introducing his 3-day-old daughter to the living hell that is Microsoft Teams.

stefan, (edited ) to Travel
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Not seeing any answers in the comments of the original post, I would really love to know where this was taken.

via https://mstdn.social/@yurnidiot/111636676143044195

UPDATE: So this was taken on a small road near the Walensee Lake in Switzerland, according to the author of the original video.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walensee

Thanks to @neonbubble for pointing me to the source in the comments!

https://www.instagram.com/world.from.my.eyes/reel/C0HKL1SsDNz/

neonbubble,
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@stefan

Appears to be in Switzerland and this is the oldest match I could find from a quick search: https://www.instagram.com/world.from.my.eyes/reel/C0HKL1SsDNz/

neonbubble, to tv
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An increasing number of adverts on TV finish with the warning "Keep away from children" and we almost always reply "We always do" whenever we hear it.

neonbubble, to Travel
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We know a load of people who produce travel blogs and vlogs, and a lot get invited to hotels or ships or functions on occasion on PR freebies. A nice day out for the bloggers, and cheap marketing for the companies (if of questionable benefit).

But holy hell, the content they produce is garbage, and all similar to one another. English grammar assaults, spelling atrocities, and copy that feels like it's churned out by an illiterate machine. The genuine feel: nowhere.

neonbubble, to photography
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For here's a café in Chichester that was very close to where I used to work and which proved to be a great spot to sometimes just fire off a shot from the hip as I walked past, grabbing a scene from both inside and reflected outside.

neonbubble, to movies
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We've just watched Oppenheimer. Very good indeed. We suspected we'd like it.

But is it as good as Feeders, which we're following it up with? A 2.5 rating on IMDb implies "Maybe."

"Two friends on a road trip pass through a town where aliens are landing and feeding upon some of the civilians."

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183072/

neonbubble,
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This film is fabulous. The budget must run to nearly ten dollars. Literally nobody knows how to act. The script should have been burned. The special effects aren't. Time stamps and car scenes are popular. The music is overwhelmingly bad. There's a sense that the film-makers know just enough about making movies to be dangerous with the terrible equipment and resources at their disposal and they're doing their best to learn editing and try out some angles on the unsuspecting viewer. Wonderful.

neonbubble, to beer
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We made it to the local pub to show our faces. Music on the jukebox, people at tables, a friendly welcome with mention that a monthly quiz is coming before even asking what we want to drink. The contrast between this pub under the new landlady and its former host is remarkable.

We're on the Hobgoblin Gold because it's still the only half-decent beer they do but at some point they're bringing in guest beers.

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neonbubble, to beer
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To tide us over between the brewery earlier and the pub to come we've dipped our hands into the fridge to select something from the craft ales Mystery Box we recently bought. It was a Wheat Beer and, seriously, who likes this stuff? Wheat beer is revolting. It's the Chardonnay of the wine world. It's the Campari of whatever world it is that Campari lives in. Its only purpose appears to be to make other drinks seem nicer.

@beersofmastodon

#Beer #Ale #WeissBier #WheatBeer #WhiteBeer

neonbubble,
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@kieranfurie @beersofmastodon

It's an acquired taste that every few years we test to see whether we've acquired or not, and so far we have not.

neonbubble, to beer
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One of three pints downed of the absolutely gorgeous DSB (golden ale with vegan-friendly finings to clear it) from our local brewery.

I've had a lovely afternoon with my wife and her sister, and only the large majority of it was spent mocking my sister-in-law's new boyfriend and threatening to cause havoc when we eventually meet him. You do these things for family. It's expected.

Home for some food and rugby, then off to the local to show our faces after that.

@beersofmastodon

neonbubble, to movies
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An hour left in this @CultureDesk poll:

https://flipboard.social/@CultureDesk/112242703075674647

I'm surprised by the current result with respect to The World's End. It's got a fantastic soundtrack and the idea of a pub crawl reliving an earlier era resonates well with me. It would be my second choice behind Hot Fuzz that I actually voted for.

Also: 1% have voted "Dislike all of them." Who are these monsters?

lowqualityfacts, to random
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That blows my mind.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

neonbubble,
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@lowqualityfacts At last. Positive news from all those Starlink launches.

neonbubble, to photography
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Another apartment block shot for because I like these sorts of photos where there are little details of everyday life everywhere. This was taken in Southsea, the southern part of our home city of Portsmouth back in 2014 on a warm, bright, May day.

neonbubble, to random
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Morning meeting and a couple of people sitting too close to each other in the same building keep forgetting to mute after talking. Less an echo of a voice, more a weird kind of auto-tune-style harmony. And very, very annoying.

neonbubble, to photography
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Random photo from the archive. A pseudo-HDR stacked image from inside the Eastney Beam Engine House here in Portsmouth. This Victorian engineering marvel was constructed in the late 1800s to help deal with sewage drainage issues on the low-lying land of Portsea Island, on which Portsmouth is located. This museum is open the last Sunday of most months.

neonbubble, to random
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Said it last week, but I bloody loved Whale, thanks to MTV and shows like 120 Minutes and Beavis & Butthead showing it.

neonbubble, to random
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Treated myself to a new pair of slippers today.

Treating Mastodon to all the best status updates right now.

neonbubble, to vinyl
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Been out on a shopping trip to Chichester today and popped into the vinyl shop as we were leaving where, on an impulse, I picked up this new 20 year anniversary edition release of Nouvelle Vague by Nouvelle Vague. Big fan of a gatefold album cover.

@vinylrecords

A gatefold vinyl album cover opened up to show both interior faces. On the left side, two thirds are taken up with the track listings of the four sides of the vinyl albums inside. The remaining third and all of the right face of the cover contain band photos, listings, and memorabilia from the band's history, at different angles, some overlapping, some obscuring elements underneath.

neonbubble, to photography
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From Rotterdam for this week.

I enjoyed the sail along the Nieuwe Maas in daylight a few weeks ago as it gave me another chance to admire the eclectic architecture of Rotterdam and the surrounding cities, and to snap some of those dolls house-like shots filled with details to enjoy and stories to concoct. So many people stopped to watch our ship glide past their houses or workplaces.

neonbubble, to music
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The theme this week is for popular tracks you hate.

  1. The Killers - Mr Brightside

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGdGFtwCNBE

  1. Walk The Moon - Shut Up And Dance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JCLY0Rlx6Q

  1. DNCE - Cake By The Ocean

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWaRiD5ym74

  1. Journey - Don't Stop Believin'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcjzHMhBtf0

  1. Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vhFnTjia_I

Yes, several of those are walk-on music choices for players. Must be something in the tungsten.

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