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And also this gem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundabout_Appreciation_Society https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundabout_Appreciation_Societ... which got its

And also this gem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundabout_Appreciation_Society https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundabout_Appreciation_Societ... which got its meme explosion from a calendar of 12 roundabouts, here is the latest 2024 edition: https://dullkev.com/product/roundabouts-of-the-world-2024-calendar/ https://dullkev.com/product/roundabouts-of-the-world-2024-ca...

Cockbrand 3y ago
On the topic of Appreciation Societies, I'd like to add the World Bollard Association which has brought me much joy. https://twitter.com/WorldBollard https://twitter.com/WorldBollard As an aside, what's today's preferred alternative Twitter/X frontend, now that nitter.net seems to have shut down?
- blippage 3y ago
  In London, some bollards have been made out of recycled cannons. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxdJrqV0l4c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxdJrqV0l4c
  - fennecbutt 3y ago
    You generally find this where ever cannons have been. I've seen in NZ, UK, France, Malta, etc
- ornornor 3y ago
  I use twiiit.com (and have a rule in kagi to replace twitter.com with twiiit.com in search results) It uses a random nitter instance each time.
- Cockbrand 3y ago
  Thank you to all upvoters, the parent comment has brought me to 1000 Karma, some 12 1/2 years later :)
jasomill 3y ago
Ah yes, the Arc de Triomphe, notable for its location in one of the great roundabouts of the world. Speaking as someone with a predilection for photographing fire hydrants and manhole covers, this seems like an entirely reasonable perspective.
- samstave 3y ago
  Have you seen the "fire hydrants that look like planets" blog or whatever it was - it was a few years ago... https://www.reddit.com/r/firehydrantplanets/ https://www.reddit.com/r/firehydrantplanets/ <-- Warning, contains Bollards as well. https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=firehydrant+or+planet https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=firehyd... Lots of really cool planet-hydrants posts
- mikhailfranco 3y ago
  Ah yes, the Arc de Triomphe, celebrating victory in 1806, which turned to tragic defeat by 1812, and invasion by 1814, with 500k French dead, and the Russian Tsar marching into Paris - presumably inspecting the shiny new Arch of Victory LOL. The French invasion of Russia turned into the Russian (allied) invasion of France. The aforesaid roundabout (12 avenues meeting in a neat circle, containing some vague gallic-shrug number of unmarked lanes) will always be the Place D'Etoile for me, never the Place Charles de Gaulle - but that's another long story of French arrogance and hubris. I do believe the Nazis also paraded around the French Arc de Triomphe.

Cockbrand 3y ago

On the topic of Appreciation Societies, I'd like to add the World Bollard Association which has brought me much joy. https://twitter.com/WorldBollard https://twitter.com/WorldBollard As an aside, what's today's preferred alternative Twitter/X frontend, now that nitter.net seems to have shut down?

blippage 3y ago
In London, some bollards have been made out of recycled cannons. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxdJrqV0l4c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxdJrqV0l4c
- fennecbutt 3y ago
  You generally find this where ever cannons have been. I've seen in NZ, UK, France, Malta, etc
ornornor 3y ago
I use twiiit.com (and have a rule in kagi to replace twitter.com with twiiit.com in search results) It uses a random nitter instance each time.
Cockbrand 3y ago
Thank you to all upvoters, the parent comment has brought me to 1000 Karma, some 12 1/2 years later :)

jasomill 3y ago

Ah yes, the Arc de Triomphe, notable for its location in one of the great roundabouts of the world. Speaking as someone with a predilection for photographing fire hydrants and manhole covers, this seems like an entirely reasonable perspective.

samstave 3y ago
Have you seen the "fire hydrants that look like planets" blog or whatever it was - it was a few years ago... https://www.reddit.com/r/firehydrantplanets/ https://www.reddit.com/r/firehydrantplanets/ <-- Warning, contains Bollards as well. https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=firehydrant+or+planet https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=firehyd... Lots of really cool planet-hydrants posts
mikhailfranco 3y ago
Ah yes, the Arc de Triomphe, celebrating victory in 1806, which turned to tragic defeat by 1812, and invasion by 1814, with 500k French dead, and the Russian Tsar marching into Paris - presumably inspecting the shiny new Arch of Victory LOL. The French invasion of Russia turned into the Russian (allied) invasion of France. The aforesaid roundabout (12 avenues meeting in a neat circle, containing some vague gallic-shrug number of unmarked lanes) will always be the Place D'Etoile for me, never the Place Charles de Gaulle - but that's another long story of French arrogance and hubris. I do believe the Nazis also paraded around the French Arc de Triomphe.