Fairs & Spectacles Date(s): 2009. Photos by Aymar. 1 - 30 of 30 Total. 2804 Visits.
1 BNR FS 010 Volksfest Sightseeing hour before the official opening. All stalls are still closed.
2 BNR FS 011 Volksfest Comment from Wilhelm I: exactly what I had in mind. - Wilhelm I [king](more Romanovs than Hohenzollern blood) started the fair as a kind of 'All Union Trade Show' to promote agricultural know how.
A political activist in a loden coat who once harangued a lackadaisical audience at the central harvest column. (Given subject matter: courtroom intimidation. Nearly disappointing.)
3 BNR FS 012 Volksfest
4 BNR FS 013 Volksfest Wayward thoughts.
5 BNR FS 014 Volksfest Can I do 30 push-ups voluntarily.
As an aside: impressive display of security personal. Two types of uniforms even. Educated guess: ad hoc ushers and standard police.
6 BNR FS 015 Volksfest Matching heroic hexameter (say Schiller), just very approximately (did not count the trochees): Nourished by the innate force of rubber, bouncing, jerking upwards driven. - Whatever it takes to define helium.
7 BNR FS 016 Volksfest Not quite sure about the bone of discontent. Both parties look satisfied. (A moderately dexterous Hänsel could open the door any time. Just grope for the slide bolt. The padlock is missing.) In case you want to root for the witch: Think of all the bad cholesterol. Stay with gingerbread. - The strongly slanted panel to the far right features a giant (part of a Jack and the Beanstalk scene?).
8 BNR FS 017 Volksfest 'Corny'
9 BNR FS 018 Volksfest
10 BNR FS 019 Volksfest Low g force device with more traditional motives (niche market). One of the signs reads 'Etagenkarussell' (='two tiered merry go round' should cover it), the adjacent one gives the 'chip' price. Two different semantic reservoirs.
Picture is unbalanced. Greenery is missing on the starboard sight. Some encroaching hydraulic arm was 'shooped'. Not much of an improvement.
11 BNR FS 020 Volksfest valkyries in waiting
12 BNR FS 021 Volksfest From roustabout to millionaire. Maybe. I just do not buy it.
13 BNR FS 022 Volksfest Treasure Island theme
14 BNR FS 023 Volksfest
15 BNR FS 024 Volksfest Possibly a protracted food distribution negotiation.
16 BNR FS 025 Cannstatt a fleet footed statue in close proximity to a trolley wire. Details unknown.
17 BNR FS 026 Cannstatt
18 BNR FS 028 school is out School is out. Cannot identify the object of wonder.
19 BNR FS 030 montgolfier The original montgolfier was a hot air balloon. The on board brazier has obviously been upgraded.
20 BNR FS 031 montgolfier Two taps can apparently be operated simultaneously with one hand. That would require a pairing of clockwise and counterclockwise opening directions.
21 BNR FS 032 montgolfier The car (né nacelle) looks fully loaded. (Strap-hanging once removed.) Estimated take-off payload: ± 1000kg.
Does not look like a family outing. The passenger list may include some members of the Fleet Street profession.
Will use the occasion as an excuse for some number juggling. Just a minor flight of fancy.
Atomic weight H²O (as water vapor) 16+2 Atomic weight NH³ (volatile at room temp.) 15+3
First observation: you could get some buoyancy from water vapor as well as from ammonia (in the latter case even without heating).
The balloon envelop should retain larger molecule easier than smaller ones.
The sweet spot (or acrid spot as the case may be): Water vapor as well as ammonia are polar (for the shake of emphasize: bipolar) substances. Rough translation, easily aff...
22 BNR FS 033 montgolfier front row seat
23 BNR FS 034 montgolfier the publicity is soft drink related
24 BNR FS 035 montgolfier The sprawling building (verdigrised copper plating) serves as conventions center and agora. Rather prestigious name even. Obliquely: organized associations have the right of way.
25 BNR FS 036 montgolfier Initial ascent will be fairly rapid to clear the surrounding landmarks.
26 BNR FS 037 montgolfier Close encounter with the 'Owl tower' (Allegedly a Staufic heirloom. Most cemeteries do not come with watchtowers.)
The artificial horizon calls for some 'degaussing'.
27 BNR FS 040 Jumbo go round Rule of thumb: smaller fairs have the better backdrops.
28 BNR FS 041 Jumbo go round
29 BNR FS 042 Jumbo go round rosy cheeked
30 BNR FS 043 Jumbo go round Those unhinged necks can crimp your style.
