The pics thread

[viewerfromnihil]

Bored at the airport, so here's some grill action from the other day.

Sharing the magic of bone-in chicken.


Some homo-erotic grill action.


Mission complete before the storms rolled in.


And some good translations.


Germans have trouble there too.

 

[The Ozzman]

Let the triggering begin

 

[unknown]

Obligatory west coast GMD representative...just doing my duty

 

[Satanstoenail]

 

[viewerfromnihil]

Here are some highlights from Vienna and Budapest. My liver needs a break, but it won't be getting one because it's my last week with my friends here before I head back to the US for the summer.

Vienna
Schloss Belvedere

Karlskirche

St. Stephan's Dom

Rathaus

Some orthodox church

Inspired art

I survived a Wagner Opera: Lohengrin, Hitler's favorite. The plot was terrible, of course

Bringing sexy to the pride parade.

Budapest
On the beautiful, blue Danube

Parliament

St. Stephan's Basilica (must be a popular guy)

Train Station

 

[Satanstoenail]

Went to a party at a friend’s brewery/bar last night. Damn impressive setup.

 

[Slammed]

Went to a party at a friend’s brewery/bar last night. Damn impressive setup.
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But did the beer taste any good.

I forgot to update you on Spencer St.

Whether or not one considered the station "abandoned" would depend on your usage of the word. Yes it was abandoned by the staff of the control room but it had to be. On the final day all staff would have been ordered out of an "operational" power station, no one in the control room would have been authorised to switch it off, and they couldn't have done it from there anyway. At X time on X date the control room staff would have all walked out of there one after the other and almost immediately the shut down crew would have walked in. More than likely that picture was taken by the shutdown crew before the final switch was flicked, which would have been sometime after the station was removed from the grid. The fact that the lights are on shows the station is still operational because the back up genies wouldn't have controlled that many lights and it's not like they'd have run a extension lead from the building next door to take the pictures. My old man's estimate (and it's only an estimate) is the pic was probably taken the day after the staff's final day when only the shut down crew were allowed in the building and the station was running at the bare minimum before the final switch was flicked down in the bowels of the station.

 

[Satanstoenail]

But did the beer taste any good.

Really good. He’s from Czech originally and set the place up with a Czech master brewer. They’ve got 5 or 6 different beers now, last night was the launch of their new IPA.

I forgot to update you on Spencer St.

Whether or not one considered the station "abandoned" would depend on your usage of the word. Yes it was abandoned by the staff of the control room but it had to be. On the final day all staff would have been ordered out of an "operational" power station, no one in the control room would have been authorised to switch it off, and they couldn't have done it from there anyway. At X time on X date the control room staff would have all walked out of there one after the other and almost immediately the shut down crew would have walked in. More than likely that picture was taken by the shutdown crew before the final switch was flicked, which would have been sometime after the station was removed from the grid. The fact that the lights are on shows the station is still operational because the back up genies wouldn't have controlled that many lights and it's not like they'd have run a extension lead from the building next door to take the pictures. My old man's estimate (and it's only an estimate) is the pic was probably taken the day after the staff's final day when only the shut down crew were allowed in the building and the station was running at the bare minimum before the final switch was flicked down in the bowels of the station.

Interesting, if they really used and old shot of the control room pretending that it was taken by one of these thrill seeking abandoned building hunters, that’s super fucking lame and they should be called out on it.

 

[Slammed]

Interesting, if they really used and old shot of the control room pretending that it was taken by one of these thrill seeking abandoned building hunters, that’s super fucking lame and they should be called out on it.

Like I say it depends on your usage of the word. The day shift crew did abandon the station, but they had to because it was an order, their employment ended at that minute on that day and they were no longer authorised to be there. But they weren't the last ones in the place, they weren't the ones to clean it up and they weren't the ones to turn the power off.

Last year when Hazelwood was shut down the 150(ish) staff all had their marching orders to walk out on March 27, 28 and 29 with the final switch being pulled at 4:59pm on the 29th. The control room staff who were entrusted to run the station of a daily basis and were still there on those last few days were all told to be off site at the end of shift because that is when their employment ended. So they all left the control rooms in a similar state to the one in the picture (because on the last day they wouldn't have got out the door with anything worth reselling). Anyone who was part of the shutdown was re-employed (and took a massive pay cut) as shut down crew not operators and they were the ones who came in and flicked all the final switches and made sure the place was safe for the crew who followed that removed anything saleable.

So it's all in your interpretation of the word abandoned.

One of the best stories to come out of Hazelwood was what people took with them. Obviously they were being watched, obviously they couldn't just take things that weren't bolted down (they did that when the SEC owned it) but guys who had worked their for 20 and 30 years wanted something to remember their time. At one of the recent sales they had for where they were off loading machinery like drills, presses, small motors etc it was near impossible to tell what things were unless you were up with the item because most of them were missing name plates, compliance plates, and anything that identified them as belonging to the station.

 

[viewerfromnihil]

Local cathedral with the shower head facade let some artists have some fun with it

 

[Satanstoenail]

Like I say it depends on your usage of the word. The day shift crew did abandon the station, but they had to because it was an order, their employment ended at that minute on that day and they were no longer authorised to be there. But they weren't the last ones in the place, they weren't the ones to clean it up and they weren't the ones to turn the power off.

Last year when Hazelwood was shut down the 150(ish) staff all had their marching orders to walk out on March 27, 28 and 29 with the final switch being pulled at 4:59pm on the 29th. The control room staff who were entrusted to run the station of a daily basis and were still there on those last few days were all told to be off site at the end of shift because that is when their employment ended. So they all left the control rooms in a similar state to the one in the picture (because on the last day they wouldn't have got out the door with anything worth reselling). Anyone who was part of the shutdown was re-employed (and took a massive pay cut) as shut down crew not operators and they were the ones who came in and flicked all the final switches and made sure the place was safe for the crew who followed that removed anything saleable.

So it's all in your interpretation of the word abandoned.

My issue is that whoever is interviewed in the article is implying that they broke in and took the photo/s. Shithouse if they're pretending.

 

[Slammed]

My issue is that whoever is interviewed in the article is implying that they broke in and took the photo/s. Shithouse if they're pretending.

Well yeah if that's the case it's bullshit. If they 'broke in' there was no power on in the place. When a power station is decommissioned they don't leave the power on so that a photographic crew can come in and turn a few lights on for photos.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

I've really become a huge fan of Instagram stories
Lotta fun

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

 

[The Ozzman]

 

[Satanstoenail]

 

[The Ozzman]

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

 

[The Ozzman]

 

[Satanstoenail]

Everyone knows Australia is a myth created by the government and it’s “citizens” are paid actors.