5/18/2005: Elevated trailer home

Undertoad · 05-18-2005, 08:51 AM

From the always wonderful Boing Boing comes this rather undocumented occurrence, a shot found by someone doing an image search for skyscrapers, but the first 20 pages of Google image search doesn't turn up anything like it.

I would not describe it as a skyscraper, so much as a "tornado lure". But it looks like the thing is properly set up with guy wires and all. It would be fun to live in... for a day.

mrnoodle · 05-18-2005, 09:40 AM

I wouldn't make it halfway up the ladder, how the hell would I sleep in it?

Promenea · 05-18-2005, 09:45 AM

Maybe a low budget fire station?

lumberjim · 05-18-2005, 10:47 AM

I don't know if your monitor is as sharp as mine, so i took the liberty of enhancing that image and zooming in a bit. i think you'll see something interesting there. Unfortunately, this exposes one of our members as a fraud. Imagine leading us all to believe that he's a successful musician in LA, when in fact, we now have photographic proof that he resides in a hillbilly highrise. it makes me sad.

jaguar · 05-18-2005, 11:00 AM

darwin award waiting to happen

BigV · 05-18-2005, 11:29 AM

Just last week SonofV asked me the difference between "May I...?" and "Can I...?". Nothing I said could have illustrated the difference better than this picture.

beavis · 05-18-2005, 11:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lumberjim

I don't know if your monitor is as sharp as mine, so i took the liberty of enhancing that image and zooming in a bit. i think you'll see something interesting there. Unfortunately, this exposes one of our members as a fraud. Imagine leading us all to believe that he's a successful musician in LA, when in fact, we now have photographic proof that he resides in a hillbilly highrise. it makes me sad.

i knew there was something fishy about SM...

smoothmoniker · 05-18-2005, 11:36 AM

Kick Ass!!!!!

LJ, I'm gonna rip off that photo. Awesome.

glatt · 05-18-2005, 11:44 AM

Yeah, LJ is on a roll today. First the tapeworm comment and now the photoshop.

smoothmoniker · 05-18-2005, 11:52 AM

Quote:

For Sale:

1 bedroom / 1 bath condo, 280 Sq. Feet
4th floor walkup, no utilities, structurally unsound
Located: Burbank, near Media City Center

asking $650,000

I wish I were joking ....

Karenv · 05-18-2005, 12:49 PM

Now imagine the trailer trash from that!

xoxoxoBruce · 05-18-2005, 04:09 PM

I think it was suppose to be a cache but it's really a lightning rod.

jbolty · 05-18-2005, 06:21 PM

Many more like it here. The captions are as good as some of the pictures.
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lumberjim · 05-18-2005, 06:38 PM

Marichiko's old house?

zippyt · 05-19-2005, 11:38 PM

Damn ,,,, Don't you folks reconize an elevated Deer stand when you see it ???!!!!!!

This is an elevated mabile home !!!!!

05-18-2005, 08:51 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	5/18/2005: Elevated trailer home From the always wonderful Boing Boing comes this rather undocumented occurrence, a shot found by someone doing an image search for skyscrapers, but the first 20 pages of Google image search doesn't turn up anything like it. I would not describe it as a skyscraper, so much as a "tornado lure". But it looks like the thing is properly set up with guy wires and all. It would be fun to live in... for a day.

05-18-2005, 09:40 AM	#2
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	I wouldn't make it halfway up the ladder, how the hell would I sleep in it? __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

05-18-2005, 10:47 AM	#4
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I don't know if your monitor is as sharp as mine, so i took the liberty of enhancing that image and zooming in a bit. i think you'll see something interesting there. Unfortunately, this exposes one of our members as a fraud. Imagine leading us all to believe that he's a successful musician in LA, when in fact, we now have photographic proof that he resides in a hillbilly highrise. it makes me sad. Attached Images __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan Last edited by lumberjim; 05-18-2005 at 10:59 AM.

05-18-2005, 11:00 AM	#5
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	darwin award waiting to happen __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

05-18-2005, 11:29 AM	#6
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Just last week SonofV asked me the difference between "May I...?" and "Can I...?". Nothing I said could have illustrated the difference better than this picture. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

05-18-2005, 09:45 AM	#3
Promenea Resident President Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 86	Maybe a low budget fire station?

05-18-2005, 11:36 AM	#8
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	Kick Ass!!!!! LJ, I'm gonna rip off that photo. Awesome. __________________ to live and die in LA

05-18-2005, 11:44 AM	#9
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Yeah, LJ is on a roll today. First the tapeworm comment and now the photoshop.

05-18-2005, 12:49 PM	#11
Karenv Slacker Join Date: May 2004 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 144	Now imagine the trailer trash from that!

05-18-2005, 04:09 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I think it was suppose to be a cache but it's really a lightning rod. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-18-2005, 06:21 PM	#13
jbolty Alphabetarian Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 12	Many more like it here. The captions are as good as some of the pictures. <a href="http://www.drbukk.com/gmhom/park.html" target="_blank">Mobile Homes of Mississippi</a>

05-18-2005, 06:38 PM	#14
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Marichiko's old house? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

05-19-2005, 11:38 PM	#15
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Damn ,,,, Don't you folks reconize an elevated Deer stand when you see it ???!!!!!! This is an elevated mabile home !!!!! Attached Images __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

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