Alphabet Race (a very quick game)

**noelcmn** · 09-02-2021, 11:43 AM

And you could have included O, but like James Bond, you are not greedy

Oak, here backlit and blooming

**WPRESTO** · 09-02-2021, 03:13 PM - **1 Like**

Paintings that look like Patterns to me. The square one at the far left was by a wide margin the most interesting to me, but at this distance the complexity of it cannot be appreciated.

OrchidJulie · 09-02-2021, 04:37 PM

Quesnelia quesneliana, a bromeliad

**WPRESTO** · 09-02-2021, 05:13 PM

Rainbow Rooster

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vonBaloney · 09-02-2021, 06:45 PM

Spiral

**pepperberry farm** · 09-02-2021, 07:51 PM

truffles

**WPRESTO** · 09-03-2021, 03:46 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by pepperberry farm

truffles

DO NOT DO THAT TO ME! Pictures of truffles in front of a devoted chocaholic. I can look, but I cannot grab. UNFAIR!!

Unwelcome, Unfriendly. In the reality of baboon society, the aggressive female(?) in the background may have been after the juvenile being carried by the foreground female.

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**pepperberry farm** · 09-03-2021, 04:57 AM

Originally posted by WPRESTO

DO NOT DO THAT TO ME! Pictures of truffles in front of a devoted chocaholic. I can look, but I cannot grab. UNFAIR!!

.... and you're welcome!

(:

**cartesio** · 09-03-2021, 05:16 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by vonBaloney

Spiral

Actually that is a helix, like DNA. Spirals have increasing amplitude, helices have constant amplitude.

Vulnerable individual.

by Marco Marco, su Flickr

**noelcmn** · 09-03-2021, 05:19 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by WPRESTO

DO NOT DO THAT TO ME! Pictures of truffles in front of a devoted chocaholic. I can look, but I cannot grab. UNFAIR!!

Unwelcome, Unfriendly. In the reality of baboon society, the aggressive female(?) in the background may have been after the juvenile being carried by the foreground female.

I'm with WPRESTO on this one.UNFAIR! MADE ME GO AND GET MY 180GM CADBURY SLAB FROM THE CAR! VERY UNFAIR

Weaver Nest, not sure which one.

**WPRESTO** · 09-03-2021, 05:24 AM

Originally posted by cartesio

Actually that is a helix, like DNA. Spirals have increasing amplitude, helices have constant amplitude.

Guess many people will have to modify the names of innumerable "spiral staircases."

They coild be called be helical staircases or coiled staircases.

EXCEPT in "informal" English usage, acceptable because it's in every dictionary, "spiral" can be used to mean "helix."

I used to have this argument going back more than 50 years about "rules" vs "usage" determining what is acceptable in the English language. It was always my position that usage dictates the rules. The rules merely encode ubiquitous usage. The classic case is the use of "like" where by the rules the correct word is "as," and the classic example was "Winston tastes good, like a cigarette should" whereas the correct form, by the rules, should be "Winston tastes good, as a cigarette should." Peruse the posts on PF you will find many examples of using "like" where "as" is the by-the-rules the correct word, the usage has become so common that the rule has become an antiquated absurdity. Its akin to never using a preposition to end a sentence, yet there are many examples where it is acceptable and rewording to avoid that rule results in clumsy wording that can interfere with communication, primarily in interrogative sentences. (Up to what do you think you are?).

StephenHampshire · 09-03-2021, 07:43 AM

XM655

A useful picture for this end of the alphabet, being a Vulcan and a V-Wing bomber. If only it was painted Yellow.....

**aslyfox** · 09-03-2021, 08:01 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by StephenHampshire

. . . If only it was painted Yellow.....

Y is for Yellow

painted machinery

**WPRESTO** · 09-03-2021, 10:09 AM

ZOUNDS! What a man!!! That's me, photographed by M. I'm clearing the trail for her, or maybe making sure nothing bad happens when she walks by, or maybe just posing as a modern-day Sisyphus.

StephenHampshire · 09-03-2021, 11:55 AM - **1 Like**

Alstroemeira flower

09-03-2021, 05:24 AM	#57251
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,138	Originally posted by cartesio Actually that is a helix, like DNA. Spirals have increasing amplitude, helices have constant amplitude. Guess many people will have to modify the names of innumerable "spiral staircases." They coild be called be helical staircases or coiled staircases. EXCEPT in "informal" English usage, acceptable because it's in every dictionary, "spiral" can be used to mean "helix." I used to have this argument going back more than 50 years about "rules" vs "usage" determining what is acceptable in the English language. It was always my position that usage dictates the rules. The rules merely encode ubiquitous usage. The classic case is the use of "like" where by the rules the correct word is "as," and the classic example was "Winston tastes good, like a cigarette should" whereas the correct form, by the rules, should be "Winston tastes good, as a cigarette should." Peruse the posts on PF you will find many examples of using "like" where "as" is the by-the-rules the correct word, the usage has become so common that the rule has become an antiquated absurdity. Its akin to never using a preposition to end a sentence, yet there are many examples where it is acceptable and rewording to avoid that rule results in clumsy wording that can interfere with communication, primarily in interrogative sentences. (Up to what do you think you are?). Last edited by WPRESTO; 09-03-2021 at 05:43 AM.

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noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,228	And you could have included O, but like James Bond, you are not greedy Oak, here backlit and blooming

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vonBaloney Pentaxian Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 6,029	Spiral

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pepperberry farm amateur dirt farmer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: probably out in a field somewhere... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 41,766	truffles

09-03-2021, 04:57 AM	#57248
pepperberry farm amateur dirt farmer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: probably out in a field somewhere... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 41,766	Originally posted by WPRESTO DO NOT DO THAT TO ME! Pictures of truffles in front of a devoted chocaholic. I can look, but I cannot grab. UNFAIR!! .... and you're welcome! (:

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cartesio Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2016 Photos: Gallery Posts: 900	Originally posted by vonBaloney Spiral Actually that is a helix, like DNA. Spirals have increasing amplitude, helices have constant amplitude. Vulnerable individual. by Marco Marco, su Flickr

09-03-2021, 05:19 AM - 1 Like	#57250
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,228	Originally posted by WPRESTO DO NOT DO THAT TO ME! Pictures of truffles in front of a devoted chocaholic. I can look, but I cannot grab. UNFAIR!! Unwelcome, Unfriendly. In the reality of baboon society, the aggressive female(?) in the background may have been after the juvenile being carried by the foreground female. I'm with WPRESTO on this one.UNFAIR! MADE ME GO AND GET MY 180GM CADBURY SLAB FROM THE CAR! VERY UNFAIR Weaver Nest, not sure which one.

09-03-2021, 07:43 AM	#57252
StephenHampshire Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Winchester Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,523	XM655 A useful picture for this end of the alphabet, being a Vulcan and a V-Wing bomber. If only it was painted Yellow.....

09-03-2021, 11:55 AM - 1 Like	#57255
StephenHampshire Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Winchester Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,523	Alstroemeira flower