 BNR FS 010 Volksfest
Sightseeing hour before the official opening. All stalls are still closed.
|  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.)
|  BNR FS 012 Volksfest
|  BNR FS 013 Volksfest
Wayward thoughts.
|  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.
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 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.
|  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?).
|  BNR FS 017 Volksfest
'Corny'
|  BNR FS 018 Volksfest
|  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.
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 BNR FS 020 Volksfest
valkyries in waiting
|  BNR FS 021 Volksfest
From roustabout to millionaire. Maybe. I just do not buy it.
|  BNR FS 022 Volksfest
Treasure Island theme
|  BNR FS 023 Volksfest
|  BNR FS 024 Volksfest
Possibly a protracted food distribution negotiation.
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 BNR FS 025 Cannstatt
a fleet footed statue in close proximity to a trolley wire. Details unknown.
|  BNR FS 026 Cannstatt
|  BNR FS 028 school is out
School is out. Cannot identify the object of wonder.
|  BNR FS 030 montgolfier
The original montgolfier was a hot air balloon. The on board brazier has obviously been upgraded.
|  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.
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 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 He (monoatomic) 4
Atomic weight N² (atmospheric, molecular) 2x15
Atomic weight O² (atmospheric, molecular) 2x16
(mix in appropriate parts)
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...
|  BNR FS 033 montgolfier
front row seat
|  BNR FS 034 montgolfier
the publicity is soft drink related
|  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.
|  BNR FS 036 montgolfier
Initial ascent will be fairly rapid to clear the surrounding landmarks.
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 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'.
|  BNR FS 040 Jumbo go round
Rule of thumb: smaller fairs have the better backdrops.
|  BNR FS 041 Jumbo go round
|  BNR FS 042 Jumbo go round
rosy cheeked
|  BNR FS 043 Jumbo go round
Those unhinged necks can crimp your style.
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