Where on Earth are you!? Show us the sights from your part of the world


This sticker wasn’t there a week ago. Bit surprising to see around here, actually.

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Suisse side of the San Bernardino in our way home right now

Impressions from Torino 2 days ago


Senet Board on papyrus at Museo Egizio in Torino

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Just a little rain this week…

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at least the bridge is still standing… unlike bridges elsewhere…

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Yes, our event response team at work (the people who produce the quick turnaround flood maps and analyses of current floods) have been very busy of late :grimacing:

Edit: I suppose the main problem here is that, because it’s not a river flood, the water won’t take itself away. It has to be pumped out, and where do you put 60 million litres of surplus muddy water…?

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Do you know anyone with a large basement?

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Sell it as low-toxicity organic fertiliser (collect it yourself)?

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what do they do with more normal amounts of rain?

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There’s probably a (blocked) drain under there somewhere. There is also definitely a pumping station under the water which is supposed to stop the road flooding…

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This made me chuckle a bit

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Now we know the real culprit!

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that’s going to be a sticky mess…

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The wedge the French drove between us rears it’s head. This is a detour here.

This phrasing suggests, "Sorry you can’t get to your destination, but here! Clowns! "

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Languages are the best.

In my world:

A ‘detour’ is most likely to be a (probably voluntary, although of course unplanned detours are a thing) change to a route (most likely to visit a relative, or take in a museum, or go to a beach or something), on your way to somewhere else.

A ‘diversion’ is either an official change of route for traffic because a road’s closed, or something created to distract attention from something else.

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Watching the sun go down on the East coast.

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A view of my neighborhood from my flight home tonight. (My house s pretty close to dead center, )

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