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06-MAY-2010 Traveller

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London Eye

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Canon Image Challenge18-May-2010 00:53
Wow! That had to be a GREAT place to live....the Carousal off to your left, Westminster Bridge to your right....the Millennium Pier for boats to stop at...the mind just wanders on how happy this must have made you and what memories you have.

Best Wishes, Traveller
Canon Image Challenge17-May-2010 19:54
Hi Traveller I hope you are enjoying London. I had an apartment in that left-most building the last time I lived in London. It's called the 'White House' and I lived there while working on a project for a client in the city, for about a year I think. It was a great place to live, just a brief walk across the bridge and there was Soho, just buzzing with Al fresco dining and parties (in Summer at least). Brings back great memories, thanks for posting. Regards -Najinsky
Canon Image Challenge17-May-2010 14:34
Well, to be philosophic on this....there is a choice being made in the process of defining a word or phrase.

It was unfair of me to fall back on "timber and tone," because, while true enough, there was none to be heard or interpreted.

However, your choice of "annoyance," as opposed to my choice of "delight," as to the central and operative meaning in this context...is something to ponder with some hopeful profit.

Hummmm...Why does db choose Annoyance and why does Traveller choose Delight?....there is a world of personal history and stories in these decisions...n`est-ce pas?

The fact that you choose to find the conversation "Not Clarifying," (see ending question mark), is further illustrative of what I am noting...for the general edification.

Of course I have an unfair advantage here in that I know that nothing I say will be "Clarifying," because this is how you have decided to choose.

We all have to live with our choices.

Traveller
Daniel Bollag17-May-2010 09:45
A very tranquilizing answer of yours, Traveller, for those of us unable to hear "the lilt of the voice, the timber and tone": I do then--continuing to quote your own words--"abide" by the "subtlety" of your remark(s). Thanks for "clarifying"(?)! -- db.
Canon Image Challenge17-May-2010 04:35
Alas, this is the problem with words in general and Dictionaries specifically...There need not be any "Annoyance," involved...in fact, depending on the lilt of the voice, the timber and tone, it could indicate delight rather than annoyance.

I would further note that language is my science, my formal and informal advocation....and while I am often wrong, whatever I might say is never not correct at some moderately deep level. There is a subtlety here, but one to be abided by.

Trust not dictionaries...trust rather your heart.

You were correct in thinking that I could not mean what the books were telling you.

In London I spent a happy morning in the house of Samuel Johnson the English Language Compiler of Dictionaries, (a "lexicographer") and I did have the opportunity to read and study two of his early dictionaries...final versions...published versions...I make myself understood? This was his most serious work.

It is unreadable by the modern mind.

Almost uncomprehensible.

Trust your heart.

Words are...just words.

Your heart matters.

Traveller
Daniel Bollag16-May-2010 11:37
My dear Traveller: I had to look up your expression in my dictionary (as English is not my "mother tongue"). According to what I read there, "beat someone to it" means "succeed in doing something or getting somewhere before someone else, to their annoyance". I can't believe you intended to say that, because, firstly, you entered this image *before* I, inspired by it, posted mine (it is true though that my picture was, indeed, shot a few years earlier) and, secondly, why should that be to your annoyance?? Your comment has made me now, anyway, enter a second one of *my* "The Wheel" series into this Gallery ;-)) Check it out! BTW: I took the first image from the Hungerford Bridge and the second from Westminster. -- Best regards, db.
Canon Image Challenge16-May-2010 00:31
db beat me to it...but since I shot the London Eye from Westminster Pier, from the City Cruises boat, from Embankment on the North Thames....and this shot from the Fast Clipper Catamaran...hence the relatively high shutter speed....which of 2 dozen images should I post?

This one seemed the roundest...but I must say that I do love db's version. Maybe later I'll post some more over in Pending.

Yes, I rode this thing and got some great images and video of London....but they weren't round....lol

More importantly, your kind inquiries caused me to think about being stuck in the elevator in the Eiffel Tower, the nice woman having a nervous breakdown of sorts over this unfortunate event....

So much happens, so...much fun? At least interesting.

Thanks to everyone...maybe I'll get motivated to write the story.

Best Wishes, Traveller
jnconradie14-May-2010 20:33
Thanks, Traveller, for a great big huge roundness! :-) Have you been up in it?
Guest 14-May-2010 14:57
Glad to "see" you again. I hope you're enjoying your time in London. Nicely captured. - CameraShy09.
Canon Image Challenge14-May-2010 11:11
Great shot Traveller and awesome wheel - did you go for a spin?

... and are you still visiting London?

- Kelly