Funny Cars. More Rolls Royces
Buyers of Rolls Royces in Hong Kong seem to have a penchant for the ridiculous. Here are two more examples. A short movie is here: http://youtu.be/woSH5eipggY
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No Spelling and Bad Grammar for the Hong Kong Police and the Hong Kong Government
The Hong Kong government keeps on talking about this city being an "international finance centre", "Asia's world city" and lot of other things. The reality is that in Hong Kong today not even Civil Servants and Police Stations are able to write a correct sentence in English. A short movie is here: http://youtu.be/f6OkYnrhYxI
Milano Malpensa Airport. Designed by Ettore Sottsass. MXP
This airport is always crowded, noisy and dirty. The floors and ceilings seem to be made up of materials from the 1950s’ even though the Terminal 1 started operations in the 1990s’. Food served in the restaurant is terrible, of very expensive, or both. This is the only airport I have heard of where from time to time expensive items disappear from the checked bags of arriving passengers. On the positive side its architecture is a masterp iece of the “Postmodern” period. Its main designer was Ettore Sottsass. If you get out of the crowd, rest your eyes, and look at the lines of the building you smile at their beauty. Notice the two different rhythms of the columns on the upper and lower floors in the photo here. Please see my collection of videos on my YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/settime2588/videos This photograph was taken from a plane window and it is on the air side of terminal 1. The design is typical of the “Memph...
Italian Wines and Science Fiction. Blade Runner, the Movie. Seen in La Morra, Alba
The movie Blade Runner was released 30 years ago this month. To celebrate here are the photos of a blackboard I saw in a wine bar close to the city of Alba, in Italy. Almost all the local economy of this region is based on growing grapes and making wine. The writing in Italian is a parody of the famous sentence from the movie "I have seen things that you humans cannot even imagine....". It says: "In my life I have seen things that you, non-drinkers, cannot even imagine!!!" . And here are some more photos from the wonderful little town of La Morra, near Alba, Italy, where this blackboard was seen. The exterior of the wine bar. The main road leading to Castle Square (Piazza Castello). The Faletti Palace with the private Church. The Faletti family was the holder of the local feud of La Morra. The family has extinguished and the palace is now inhabited and belongs to the Cordero di Montezemolo family. The Faletti Pa...