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Started by scarface, February 01, 2015, 05:10 PM

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humbert

How did you make a hole in your window for the tube that removes hot air from the A/C's condenser? Also, does your A/C have a tube to remove the water to a bucket or does it just turn off when the internal tank gets full?

There will still be plenty of energy sources 20 years from now and further into the future, so don't worry.

humbert

The pics are pretty nice. Paris is very green this time of year, obviously due to the abundance of sunlight. I've been noticing the heat wave in Europe. I'm thinking it may be due to a weather condition where warm winds from the Sahara desert blow over the continent. Madrid is really bad, temps there are expected to be 38°-40°C in the next few days.

I wonder why some many tourist trips from this hemisphere to Europe are conducted in the summer. Who in their right mind would travel this time of year and put up with this heat?

As for our Muslim friends and the weather, it's unlikely some will heed your advice. They believe hell is hotter than the Middle East in the summer with no water during the day. For Maher it's a little easier, Qalqilya isn't too hot at this time.

scarface

#112
Here are a few photos taken yesterday.


A stroll in the Luxembourg Garden, located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris.
It was created in 1612 by Marie de Medici, the widow of King Henry IV of France, for a new residence she constructed, the Luxembourg Palace. The garden today is owned by the French Senate.








The Place de l'Odéon, a semicircular plaza in the Odéon quarter in the 6th arrondissement of Paris.


The Café Procope, in rue de l'Ancienne Comédie, 6th arrondissement, is called the oldest café-restaurant of Paris in continuous operation.
It was opened in 1686 by the Sicilian chef Procopio Cutò.
Throughout the 18th century, the brasserie Procope was the meeting place of the intellectual establishment, and of the news writers of the scandal-gossip trade, whose remarks at Procope were repeated in the police reports. Not all the Encyclopédistes drank forty cups of coffee a day like Voltaire, who mixed his with chocolate, but they all met at Café Procope, as did Benjamin Franklin, John Paul Jones and Thomas Jefferson.
Marie Antoinette and Napoleon are known to have frequented the restaurant. 
Apparently, there are some tourists coming from Malaysia or Japan in front of it.
Note that a mere coffee at the Procope costs 6 € versus 1,5€ in a classic café (I had a cup of coffee there with my father in 2014 or 2015).


The Boulevard Saint-Germain


The statue of Danton.


humbert

I'm seeing the streets are full of people. For some reason most tours to Europe are available mostly during the summer months. This is ludicrous! I would NEVER visit Europe in the summer. It is tourist-infested and the heat is just too much for me. Sure, here in San Antonio it's about 38° during the day, but that's no problem because my house if fully air-conditioned.

scarface

#114
This morning, I went for a stroll in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. I wanted to share a few photos with you. I know that some of you don’t have opportunities to travel abroad, that’s why you are lucky to see these photos. At least you don’t need to come here any more. Maybe you would be disappointed: there are too many tourists anyway, and visiting a museum has become an ordeal, sometimes you have to wait for at least one hour.


Les Invalides, a complex of buildings, containing museums and monuments, all relating to the military history of France, as well as a hospital and a retirement home for war veterans, the building's original purpose. The buildings house the Musée de l'Armée, the military museum of the Army of France, the Musée des Plans-Reliefs, and the Musée d'Histoire Contemporaine, as well as the Dôme des Invalides, a large church with the tombs of some of France's war heroes, most notably Napoleon Bonaparte.


The place des invalides, the Army museum on the left and the eiffel tower in the background.


In the rue de Sevres, in the 7th arrondissement. It seems that a women is withdrawing cash, and she will probably give it to the tramp lying beside her.


Daniil

#115
Hi, guys! It's me again. I was away from the forum for a long time, working a lot for earning money.
Fresh news from Russia - since tomorrow any VPN and anonymizers here will be denied. I have not read this new law yet, but everything looks like our government want to create a Great Russian Firewall, like a chineese one.

humbert

Daniil â†'  And you still believe Putin is not a Stalinist?

Daniil

Quote from: Vasudev on July 31, 2017, 06:29 PM
Good to see you back.
Same as me. ;D

Quote from: humbert on July 31, 2017, 09:18 PM
Daniil â†'  And you still believe Putin is not a Stalinist?
You say "stalinist", but what do you mean? In russian "stalinist" means "official who raised to power when Stalin rules USSR", nothing else. For Putin better word woud be a "dictator", "Fuhrer". And in present I see a lot of facts, that modern russian politics more close to pre-WWII german nazism, but not to soviet socialism built by Stalin.

Hitler was supported and financed by monopolies - Putin too.
Hitler and Third Reich nazi manipulated the people by lie and disinformation - modern russian government do the same.
Third Reich nazi supports obscurantism - our official guys too!

I.e., "fuhrer" is the best word for Putin today.

humbert

Quote from: Daniil on August 01, 2017, 02:52 PM
You say "stalinist", but what do you mean? In russian "stalinist" means "official who raised to power when Stalin rules USSR", nothing else. For Putin better word woud be a "dictator", "Fuhrer". And in present I see a lot of facts, that modern russian politics more close to pre-WWII german nazism, but not to soviet socialism built by Stalin.

That's a good question. Here when we say "Stalinist" we usually mean someone who is ruthless as was and follows his same policies. China's Mao is a perfect example. Not only was he a ruthless dictator but he also imposed Staln's nonsensical collectivization policies. You are correct in that "Stalinist" is not the perfect term, "fürher" (or dictator) better.


scarface

#119
Tonight, I'm holding a second conference to talk about the current exhibition in the Centre Pompidou: In collaboration with London's Tate Britain and the Metropolitan Museum of New York, the Centre Pompidou is presenting the most comprehensive retrospective ever devoted to the work of David Hockney.

The exhibition celebrates the artist's 80th birthday, retracing his entire career through more than 160 works (paintings, photographs, engravings, video installations, drawings and printed works), including his most iconic paintings (swimming pools, double portraits and monumental landscapes) and some of his most recent creations.

Here are few photos of the exhibition which was presenting more than 160 photographs, paintings, videos, books and famous works by the artist, including the swimming pool that represents the meeting of a swimmer and an artist.


This image, which at first sight does not suggest anything, hides in fact the disarray of the artist, who is facing a dilemma between "art and life".