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16-MAY-2005 Lee Rudd

Oink, Oink

Monday 16th May - Day 149

Many years ago, apparently pigs were let loose in the streets of Okehampton overnight to perform a sort of public refuse facility, gobbling up a lot of the rubbish that had been dumped in the streets. To commemerate this, there are these stylised pigs outside the church in the town centre... often overlooked, I think they are quite amusing.

For those wondering how I took the PaD yesterday, Bench on the Croquet Lawn , here is an image of the photographer at work

Nikon D70 ,Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G ED-IF AF-S DX Zoom
1/640s f/4.5 at 48.0mm iso200 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time16-May-2005 11:08:20
MakeNikon
ModelNIKON D70
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length48 mm
Exposure Time1/640 sec
Aperturef/4.5
ISO Equivalent200
Exposure Bias
White Balance (-1)
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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Jude Marion18-May-2005 12:27
These are VERY amusing! LOL
What a fun story!
Susanne17-May-2005 21:26
Beautiful lines on this statue. I love the background against this statue is located. Very nice seen and great story.
Donna Lear17-May-2005 15:05
Great shot, Lee, and I love the story that goes with it. They don't turn our local pigs loose -http://www.pbase.com/donna_lear/image/32286235
Gayle P. Clement17-May-2005 02:47
Two things...
1) I love the pig story.
2) Who took the photo of the photographer?
Guest 17-May-2005 01:49
Cute piggy!
Guest 17-May-2005 01:39
cool shot..Lee you can get up now..
Guest 17-May-2005 00:57
Hmmm ... just wondering who cleaned up after the pigs! BTW, I love the image of the prone photographer below ... hope the stones weren't too cold! ;)
Guest 16-May-2005 23:53
What an interesting way to deal with trash...let the pigs loose!
laine8216-May-2005 23:02
Well, they're not boar-ing are they :>)
Sheena Woodhead16-May-2005 22:26
That was a very good idea...using the pigs as refuse collectors. Oh and thanks for the explanation re the pic yesterday.
Guest 16-May-2005 22:01
No need for these in my household! Very nice pic Lee!
Stu16-May-2005 21:01
Nice capture, Lee
Gail Davison16-May-2005 20:59
Cool!
JeremyGood16-May-2005 20:32
Those must have been some fat and happy pigs!
beverley harrison16-May-2005 19:16
nice to have a bit of history to go with a pig! i mean pic!
Coleen Perilloux Landry16-May-2005 18:56
Good photo and even better story. We need herds of pigs in New Orleans!!!
Linda Alstead16-May-2005 18:52
very cool - and a funny story