WhatWhereWhen 002

[masha]

I am leaving to Turkey for one week vacation. To our US members I want to wish you all the best in your country and will it be free of any wars! :beer
I am sure you will celebrate your holiday like crazy!

WWW 001 was really great I liked so much screens.We gonna use it in our new design and new member area that should be up during the summer.

Now its time for WWW2!
This time I thougth if you can guys post 3 pics from your city special places and tell us a short story about it. I think that would be great and interesting.
Of course we will have a prize too :).
We will pick one member with greatest pics and interesting story and he will get exclusive movie from me that n oly he will get and no one else during the coming 3 months! Member will able to choose with which girl he wants to get a movie. ENJOY AND BRING IT ON.
EVERYBODY WELCOME!

[Nic]

Awesome idea Masha! claphands

How long do we have? One week? :eek: Is like having to do a project for school again...

Have a great holiday in Turkey. I assume you will be taking the video camera!

[masha]

You got 2 weeks :) Dont take it tooooo seriously :) ..

[Nic]

Don't worry - I don't take anything too seriously! Not sure if I will have any spare time, but if I do it will be fun :)

:beer

[Ishban]

Living in San Diego we have many things to do alot of which revolves around the beaches here.
On July 15th, the official U.S. Open Sandcastle Competition will be held. The largest sand castle competition in the US. This is the championship of sandcastle building where the professional sandcarvers vie for the title of Master's Champion. Professional and amateur sand carving teams throughout the U.S. compete in the largest sandcastle building competition with more than $21,000 in cash prizes.

[hawley]

well if i win, it wud be the 1st time "birmingham city" won anything:)

have lovely holiday x

[Ishban]

why doesnt it show my images? do they need to be posted one at a time?

[nedrick]

why doesnt it show my images? do they need to be posted one at a time?

I do not know as I have not tried posting images on this forum.
However, I use another forum that uses same software as this one, [vBulletin] although a later version.
I post a lot of images to it using http://www.imageshack.us/
This site stores your images (free) and gives links to post on forums.

example below

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/2111/screenshot0013lb.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

On the other forum the above would show as a thumbnail linking to the full image.

Perhaps the webmaster here could switch on this feature or update

vBulletin Version 3.0.6 to
vBulletin Version 3.0.7
if that is required to enable this feature.

[Ishban]

it is showing a link to my pics not the pics themselves like when i post a single picture.

[Richard]

why doesnt it show my images? do they need to be posted one at a time?

Jep, just one at a time!

[Ishban]

Thansk Richard knew you or Geo would have the answer..glad i didnt have to wait till jamie got back from vacation :P

[Ishban]

Living in San Diego we have many things to do alot of which revolves around the beaches here.
On July 15th, the official U.S. Open Sandcastle Competition will be held. The largest sand castle competition in the US. This is the championship of sandcastle building where the professional sandcarvers vie for the title of Master's Champion. Professional and amateur sand carving teams throughout the U.S. compete in the largest sandcastle building competition with more than $21,000 in cash prizes.

[Ishban]

Pic 2
Shrek

[Ishban]

Pic 3 sand castles
Chesshire cat

[Nic]

Cool pics! Did they remember to make those above the high-tide line? :hahaha

@Nedrick: Usually the reason for using remote image hosting sites such as Imageshack is for when a forum does not provide hosting itself in order to save server space. Since MW does allow its own hosting there is little reason. After all, it is a much more complicated process than just adding an attachment.

[Ishban]

Nic. lol i will let u know after the sand castle competition is over

[nedrick]

@Nedrick: Usually the reason for using remote image hosting sites such as Imageshack is for when a forum does not provide hosting itself in order to save server space. Since MW does allow its own hosting there is little reason. After all, it is a much more complicated process than just adding an attachment.

Agreed and understood.
The reason I was mentioning this, is that there is no limit applied to the number of image links that can be displayed in one post. In the case of this thread all the sandcastles could have been displayed in the one post, instead of the multiple posts that were required to be made to show all the pictures.

[ora]

well if i win, it wud be the 1st time "birmingham city" won anything:)

have lovely holiday x
Hawl: ur tough but very funny!!nm

[hawley]

Paris has the Eiffel tower, New York has the statue of liberty, Birmingham the Rotunda !!!

The Rotunda was built in the 1960's and opened in 1965 It stands 265ft (81m) tall with 23 floors overlooking the Bull Ring shopping Centre. It is one of Birmingham's most prominent and original landmarks and has even survived a bombing in 1974. In 1993 it survived the threat of demolition as part of a proposed facelift of the Bull Ring markets.

I'm sure you will agree it's awful blablablab Only if we could come up with a new and cool land mark !!!!!

[hawley]

Woooo we have got a new a cool land mark !!!

Selfridges shopping centre!!

And yes you are seeing a HUGE shopping centre covered in silver blob like things! awfullllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

Hmmm there must be something good about Birmingham, its can't be a City for loosers can it??? roll

[hawley]

Birmingham City Football club !

Est in 1875, the people from Birmingham have enjoyed 130 years of football.. hmmmmm WRONG!!! in 130 years Birmingham have only won "1" cup!

yup we won the League cup in 1963.. and thats it :eek:

awfulllllllllll

O'well Birmingham might be known as the "2nd City" but we are the "1st Chity" :)

[Nic]

claphands you captured the permanent grey skies perfectly! I think you are being a little harsh on Birmingham - don't forget it has got Spaghetti Junction...

[hawley]

Ahhh Nic, you mean that beautiful concrete road system we have in Birmingham????

We didnt even learn from the Romans!:)

[Richard]

When i'm not chatting with the beauty's and cutie's from Mashaworld i am sitting at my balcony, dreaming of the girls ;)

And looking at these great sky's

Sky 1

[Richard]

sky 2

[Richard]

And the most beautyfull of all, sky 3

[Joseph]

Hello,

so i will try know also, to show a little bit of my beautiful town.......i took these pics while walking through my city with my new camera.

First one is the "Castle of Karlsruhe" where n former times has been living "Karl", the man (something like an Earl....dunno english translation) who erected this city and gave her his name

[Joseph]

.........litte bit later, i went to the zoological garden and ther has been this funny animal....so i had to jump up very high to get a shot of the face!....maybe next time I wait him to sleep....or iI´ll shoot a sheep..he he

[Joseph]

At least, I went to the botanical garden where I found some lovely flowers.....there´s all the time a lot of these flowers and it´s a good place to take a rest after working .....read a book...or look around.....

[masha]

Very very nice pictures... PLEASE POST MORE

[Santa]

Hi friends !!!
Burj Al Arab Hotel in Dubai, the worlds only 7* hotel. Built on a man made island in Dubai, Burj Al Arab Arabian Tower is the tallest hotel in the world. Higher than the Eiffel Tower, at 321m. Every room is a duplex suite with its own butler and all materials used in the decoration and furnishing of the buiding are the best that can be obtained from all over the world.
The views from the restaurant at the top are terrific.

[Santa]

Desert Jeep (more correctly Toyota Land Cruiser) safari doggy

[Santa]

Madinat Jumeriah souk. Souk is in arabic means mall or bazaar.
Meandering paths lead visitors through a bazaar-like atmosphere in which open fronted shops and intimate galleries spill onto the paved walkways.

Its located at Jumeriah Beach road, and near to quite famous Hotel Burj-Al Arab. It mimiced Dubai's heritage and styled to resemble an ancient Arabian citadel.In the extreme right of the picture, you can see Burj Al Arab hotel.In the heart of souk, artificial lake is located and reflection looks really good.
It has
Unique shopping complex
75 boutique shops
23 waterfront cafés, bars and restaurants
Open plazas and nightclub
Airconditioned walkways
432 seat Madinat Theatre

[Ishban]

The Port of San Diego showing our downtown area and the port where the cruise ships port.

[Ishban]

Our beaches are great during the day with all the people enjoying the sun but just as great at sunset.

[Ishban]

A visit to San Diego must include a trip to the beaches and the San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park, but also a trip to Sea World to meet Shamu the Killer Whale

[Joseph]

Hi Guys,

until today I didnt get an answer to my mails concerning the price from "WWW-contest 1".

In the forum masha announced, that every of us (who participated) has won a membership to YP.......but until now they didnt react.....

So maybe it is worthless to spend time with posting pics here .....if we do not get the price.....

Joseph :crazy

[Richard]

I have the price, and the login to YP......

Betetr mail support or Masha again

[BFofAKournikova]

I got it too.

[Nic]

@Joseph: I got it too. If I remember correctly Masha asked the winners to PM her with their email address.

Although, for me, it was the taking part and having a laugh that was the important thing, not the prize. I really want to take some photos of the cool things around here, but alas no time as I feared.

One of the reasons being my house. This is what my bathroom looks like today.... I am wondering why I bothered to clean it first!

[Nic]

Now I did have a quick Google to see if there were any nice pictures of my city, but the last thing I expected to see at the top of the search was this lovely lady.
Of course curiosity got the better of me and I had to investigate. It only turned out to have been from a show on my stage a few years ago! peace

[ora]

Nic: u know Hilti & Makita????
show me more of ur home ( home is where the ladies are...)!!

[Andy4Masha]

I live in a little place in Cheshire, England called Sandbach, it's a little market town that dates back a bout a thousand years.

This is the hotel in town dating from about 1650.

[Andy4Masha]

These are old Saxon crosses erected in the 8th or 9th century.

[Andy4Masha]

...and a few more old black & white buildings from about 1650

[Sashka]

First two pictures are screenshots from a popular Russian movie Brat 2 (Brother 2) filmed in Chicago. On the last picture - I am on the same place. There is a nice nigh club right between these two "corn" buildings. :beer peace

[BFofAKournikova]

arial view of Destin showing where I work

[BFofAKournikova]

Destin Harbor

[BFofAKournikova]

downtown Destin

BTW, please note these pictures are a couple of years old, before two hurricanes mangled the beaches and there is a lot more buildings instead of trees in those areas where you see greenery.

[BFofAKournikova]

this is the mid-bay bridge
I drive on this bridge almost everyday because I live on one side & work is on the other.

[BFofAKournikova]

this is a hurricane Ivan picture. this was a parking lot to the beach. that building on stilts was the beach public restrooms! this parking lot was eventually fixed with those restrooms still in place. picture below that is a before Ivan picture where you can the restrooms attached to the walkway and parking lot

BTW, I haven't been here since hurricane Dennis, so I do not know the status of it today.

[BFofAKournikova]

here's a before & after hurricane Ivan picture

[BFofAKournikova]

this is the Wyland Wall #88 (or whaling wall) named after the artist

it is at the foot of the mid-bay bridge at Legendary Marina. note that these pictures are old, as the Marina doubled in size and Wyland added to it. Here is an article describing Wyland when he was adding on to the mural:

WYLAND TO BREAK OWN RECORD FOR WORLD'S LARGEST MURAL
DESTIN, Fla. -MARINE LIFE ARTIST AND ENVIRONMENTALIST WYLAND is set to break his own world record for the largest painting ever created by one person. THE ARTIST expects to complete a five-acre mural of sea life of the Gulf of Mexico this week in the wake of Hurricane Ivan, which rolled through the Florida Panhandle on Thursday.

The mural, entitled "Marine Life of the Gulf," will encompass the entire Legendary Marina, a 315,949-square-foot (7-1/4 acres) dry storage marina at the south side of the Mid-Bay Bridge on the Choctawhatchee Bay in Destin, Fla. The painting will break the artist's previous record listed in the 1993 Guinness Book of World Records by more than two acres.

Wyland completed the first phase of the project a month after September 11, 2001. In addition to the mural, he created a one-acre flag - the largest painted flag in the world - on the roof of the marina as a salute to the armed forces at nearby Eglin Air Force base. Recently, another 150,023 square feet was added to the facility by Destin-based Legendary, Inc., which owns the property, presenting the artist with an opportunity to break his own world record on the 134,000-square-foot Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, Calif.

"This facility was enormous when I first painted it," said Wyland, who intends to complement the rooftop flag with a gigantic portrait of the planet earth. "When the people at Legendary told me they were doubling its size, I saw it as the perfect opportunity to break my first record mural. I already know it's bigger because my painting arm is twice as sore."

So far, the artist has used more than 10,000 gallons of paint on the Destin mural, which includes life-size humpback whales, blue whales, orcas, and dolphins. He has completed 91 monumental "Whaling Wall" murals in 70 cities around the world as part of the 27-year non-profit arts-in-public-places project. He hopes to complete the last in the series of 100 murals on a 10-mile stretch of the Great Wall of China in 2008.

[BFofAKournikova]

BTW you can see all his "whaling" walls at http://www.wylandfoundation.org/whalingWalls/whalingWalls_index.cfm

[Geo]

Bristol will be celebrating Brunel 200 in 2006 after 'Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859)'.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel is the brilliant engineer behind the iconic Clifton Suspension Bridge (Clifton, Bristol), the ground-breaking Steam Ship SS Great Britain and the Great Western Railway between London and Bristol . Isambard planned the Clifton Suspension Bridge, over the River Avon, which was completed posthumously in 1864 using chains from his own Hungerford Suspension Bridge.

[Geo]

The Great Britain, built and launched in Bristol in1843, was the world's first iron-hulled, screw propeller-driven, steam-powered passenger liner.

Here she is pictured with The Matthew, Bristol's replica of a 15th Century square-rigged caravel.

Over 500 years ago John Cabot and his crew set sail for Asia aboard the original Matthew hoping to trade goods and commodities with the people who lived there.

However, he finally arrived on the coast of Newfoundland and therefore was the original discoverer of America, not Christopher Columbus as most people are led to believe.

Today the replica of the Matthew sits proudly in Bristol harbour for all to see.
In 1997 the replica Matthew followed the same course as John Cabot in 1497 and sailed across to Newfoundland. It carried the same number of crew members as the original and took the same and used the same amount of time to complete the crossing.

[Geo]

This weekend (22-24th July) is Bristol Harbour Festival where tall ships gather, music is played, with street markets and street performers.

[Geo]

Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859)

[Ishban]

Some great pictures.. but was there ever a winner? :crazy

[BFofAKournikova]

none was ever announced.... doh

[Geo]

Masha been busy and away on holiday, must await her return for final verdict. :thumbsup

Its not the winning that counts, its the taking of photos to give joy and happiness that matters. claphands

[ora]

The price must be VERY high, cause BF spent all his money + credit for planes to take his pics, hehe!!

[masha]

Hey hey .. Here I am .. I will review it all and decide during the weekends :))

THank you so much .. SUMMER IS COOL
I will post some nice set of me outside on the wakeboard!

[Max]

Hey hey .. Here I am .. I will review it all and decide during the weekends :))

THank you so much .. SUMMER IS COOL
I will post some nice set of me outside on the wakeboard!

Welcome back Masha, hope you had cool time.

I vote in advance that you on wakeboard will be the winner :beer peace

[masha]

Richard your pics are lovely. Very well technically done I like it!
Joseph you have some great pics as well!
I would think about giving the pirze to Nic for this original idea lol ..
Thanks Santa, Sahs Andy4Masha :) and REST of you :)
We decided to give the prize to Joseph since he made the pics himself and they are nice and tell us about the city.
SO Joseph you can decide which model you want us to shoot for you and we will do it during the month. You can keep it for you only or you can tell us to open it for rest members as well. Anyway it will be posted on member area in 3 months if you decide to keep it only for you in the start :)
Thank you all and stay tuned for WWW3 :)

[hawley]

Now its time for WWW2!
This time I thougth if you can guys post 3 pics from your city special places and tell us a short story about it.[/QUOTE]


How can a Pic of a Giraffe head and a flower win..lol fixxxxxxxxxxx:)

congrats Joseph claphands

[Max]

How can a Pic of a Giraffe head and a flower win..lol fixxxxxxxxxxx:)

congrats Joseph claphands

Good point. :confused:
Joseph's pics were brillant and would likely win prize in any photographic magazine, but were hardly on the topic of WWW002.
But then others exceeded the 3 pics Masha asked for, so maybe they were disqualified. ;)
And others didn't do much to describe their cities :rolleyes:
Anyhow judges decision is final, so well done Joseph. claphands

[Geo]

Congratulations, Joseph on winning . :thumbsup :thumbsup :flowers

[Nic]

Damn! Maybe if I could have posted a picture of finished bathroom too.... of course it is STILL not finished. Grrrr madbam

I do intend to take some photos of my City and post them though, when I find the time. Competition or no competition!

Anyhoo, congrats Joseph! claphands

[BFofAKournikova]

congrats Joseph!! :fire elephant :banana claphands peace

[ora]

[QUOTE=Nic]Damn! Maybe if I could have posted a picture of finished bathroom too.... of course it is STILL not finished.

Nic, dear: I got an idea for u & ur bathroom: install a socialist 5 yrs-plan & u gonna make it!! hehe! regards!!
glückwunsch nach Karlsruhe!!

[masha]

hahaha .. well he also had one pic from city and the from botanical garden which is a part of the city as well :) and the pics were made by him so I think he deserve it!

[BFofAKournikova]

hahaha .. well he also had one pic from city and the from botanical garden which is a part of the city as well :) and the pics were made by him so I think he deserve it!


I agree! :beer
I mainly like these contests just to see what will be posted, not neccessarily to win! :)

[Richard]

Congrats Joseph!

And BTW: Masha, perhaps a "second best" video? ;) Talk to Lana, she knows what kind of video i would like ;)

[Minnesotaman]

Being relatively new here (less then 24 hrs) I would suggest a thread of the best pics from places one has visited. Of course nothing posted here can compare with the pics of the beauties on this site (starting with Masha as the A+1 beauty).

[hawley]

Being relatively new here (less then 24 hrs) I would suggest a thread of the best pics from places one has visited. Of course nothing posted here can compare with the pics of the beauties on this site (starting with Masha as the A+1 beauty).


I agree its a great idea!

Well i went to ThaiLand a few times, beautiful beaches, amazing sunsets, very friendly people, the kings palace, really hard to pick one picture but it has to be this as its say it all about Thailand:-)))))...............

[hawley]

India was pretty cool too!:)

[Minnesotaman]

I agree its a great idea!

Well i went to ThaiLand a few times, beautiful beaches, amazing sunsets, very friendly people, the kings palace, really hard to pick one picture but it has to be this as its say it all about Thailand:-)))))...............


From what I heard the Thai women are lovely... though your pic does not do them justice.. :beer

[ora]

haha, hawl! u should save those valuable & stunning pics for next contest!!!

[masha]

Being relatively new here (less then 24 hrs) I would suggest a thread of the best pics from places one has visited. Of course nothing posted here can compare with the pics of the beauties on this site (starting with Masha as the A+1 beauty).


I am blushing.... :o

[masha]

Congrats Joseph!

And BTW: Masha, perhaps a "second best" video? ;) Talk to Lana, she knows what kind of video i would like ;)
I will ask :)

[Minnesotaman]

I am blushing.... :o

Now that must be a very lovely sight littleange

[Joseph]

Whow,


did I really win???????
I have been absent for some weeks....and today i can see that i won!!!

I hope it will not be to late to get my price

Yipppppppiiiiiiieeeeeeeeee

Yours Joseph


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