Sunday, November 25, 2007

Mind games

Today we found ourselves in Schenectady (sk'nektadi), half an hour or so from home.

Schenectady is a city of many inventions and firsts, examples of which can be found in its rather diverting museum. To name but a few: the first commercial electron microscope (of particular - geddit? - interest to the Man); a dog-powered butter churn; silly putty. Another claim to fame is the zip (postal) code of the once huge local employer, General Electric. It's 12345.

The Boy took this photo of an electric diesel engine outside the museum and was eager to share its smiley face with you all.





The Man also took some photos. I'll explain what's going on in this one once you've had a couple of days to offer your own explanations and/or captions.

5 comments:

  1. OK, it's a scientific disproof of your power of telekinesis - or maybe not, did the globe move for you?

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  2. How far can you blow the ball down the tube with one nostril? Needs contemplation.

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  3. Groovy! Keep those far out ideas comin'.

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  4. Or who knows, maybe not so far out...

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  5. I've told you, I'm not joining the karate club and you can't make me.

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