New Old Film Challenge #49 "....seen better days!"- Discussion Thread

A selfie of you and Asha together would be better. :)
 
I see Scottish Steve stole my idea. Annoying!!! :mad::D
 
Revenge is a dish best served cold. ;)
 
I always like to photograph things which are old and broken, so weirdly I have a lot of photos to pick from this time, just a shame they're not very good :lol: Makes a change as usually I'm shoehorning photos into categories because I don't have any that fit!
 
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Some really great entries in this challenge, keep them comming!
 
ChrisR said:
These days they rarely bother with distances at all...
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That's because country distances bear no resemblance to the ground, or they might have done but the geography was changed since the sign was erected.
 
Sometimes they even get it wrong; there's a sign at the start of the Steyning by-pass (Bramber end|) that gives Storrington as 5 miles. After a suitable interval someone spotted that this wasn't right, and there is now a neat line through the "5" and a smaller "7" painted in. You can even see it on Google streetview.
 
StephenM said:
Sometimes they even get it wrong;
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Lincolnshire!! or at least the bits that i cycled through drove me nuts with distances having signs of x amount of miles to a certain village ......trundled along usually a dead straight boring road with a head wind only to arrive at a junction stating the same amount of miles to the same village even though I'd travelled 3 miles or so:confused:

Mindst at least there were signs, sometimes here in France, roundabout exits have no panel info stating their destination.....it can be kinda pot luck to choose one then ride a few kilometers, be presented with a road sign only to find it's not the route one wants:banghead::D
 
Asha said:
At least we can crash out on the floor and make a fire if we have an f&c meet at yours then:D
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By all means. It's not my house :D Nobody would be able to fit in my actual spare room as it is so full of junk!
 
StephenM said:
Sometimes they even get it wrong; there's a sign at the start of the Steyning by-pass (Bramber end|) that gives Storrington as 5 miles. After a suitable interval someone spotted that this wasn't right, and there is now a neat line through the "5" and a smaller "7" painted in. You can even see it on Google streetview.
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Asha said:
Lincolnshire!! or at least the bits that i cycled through drove me nuts with distances having signs of x amount of miles to a certain village ......trundled along usually a dead straight boring road with a head wind only to arrive at a junction stating the same amount of miles to the same village even though I'd travelled 3 miles or so:confused:
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In fact this and the next sign along the road to the right are examples... about half a mile along the road, in the direction of Ash Priors, we come across another sign at a junction that says Ash Priors is 1 1/4 and Bishops Lydeard is 2 1/4! I think the actual distance from my sign to Ash is 1 3/4...
 
Ok folks, final few hours before the challenge closes, get your entries in before midnight!
 
ChrisR said:
In fact this and the next sign along the road to the right are examples... about half a mile along the road, in the direction of Ash Priors, we come across another sign at a junction that says Ash Priors is 1 1/4 and Bishops Lydeard is 2 1/4! I think the actual distance from my sign to Ash is 1 3/4...
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It's just a cunning plan to confuse those pesky Germans don't you know.
 
Jao said:
Ok folks, final few hours before the challenge closes, get your entries in before midnight!
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So no doubt there'll be a poll, Real Soon Now? :whistle::):)
 
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