Pic of the week game

[Baatfam]

OK...feeling better. A good night's sleep and all that...
Thank you all for the votes. One from the file I didn't think had a chance. LOL.

And thank several of you for giving me the theme idea....
This explains the theme, which is spelled out below...

Wait, who'd be in your way to use that thing. Ring ring, lookout here I come. Or, ring ring, you just got smoked! Either way, it's a fun thing.

...that bell would be funny on a normal road going bike, but its even funnier on a 9 second drag bike!.

I wondered if he though that would then make the bike street legal...

Thing is, the bell had purpose, and was very useful.
At most of the drag strips I've raced, pedestrians wonder everywhere in the pits, constantly stepping out in front of you.
Since the dragbike needed to be towed around with a scooter, and the scooter had a horn, meep, meep, no problem.

But at Byron Dragway, I could coast from our pit, downhill to the staging lanes, and it didn't have a horn. So.....
Ching, ching......ching, ching....as I rolled down the hill....worked great. (Did have one on the street bike too, but that is a different story)

The theme: Something that appears useless, silly, or fake, but actually has a serious purpose. Or the opposite, something that appears useful, and is totally not.
Special no copy rule: It cannot be a part from, or on, a motorbike.

Any questions?

Again sorry for the delay...have fun, be safe.

 

[Redman]

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The theme: Something that appears useless, silly, or fake, but actually has a serious purpose.
Special no copy rule: It cannot be a part from, or on, a motorbike.
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Thanks Bob.
Will have to ponder that.
So: bike and something that is useless, silly, or fake but has serious purpose.

 

[kerrfunk]

To be clear... bike with something that appears (but isn't) useless.
Intriguing.

 

[Baatfam]

Thanks Bob.
Will have to ponder that.
So: bike and something that is useless, silly, or fake but has serious purpose.

To be clear... bike with something that appears (but isn't) useless.
Intriguing.

Dave, Kerry, I amended the theme to include the opposite also...

Something that appears useful, but is not at all...

 

[Burque73]

This will be interesting.

Albuquerque spent millions of taxpayers' dollars on a flyover ramp to alleviate rush hour traffic. It didnt work, making it useless. A pic of a flyover or bridge dosen't necessarily convey that though.

I'll have to find something and let the pic speak for itself, without an explanation.

 

[steve murdoch]

How about a useless fireplace.
Strictly cosmetic, not even plumbed-in for a natural gas insert.
80 years ago when the house was built i guess it was fashionable.

 

[Spyder]

My house had one of those when we moved in. Had a crappy electric heater in it, that "looked" like a fire, lol... It had to go. Wish I still had the picture of the CRAZY bright red DEEP shag carpet from the 70's that was under it, lol...

 

[steve murdoch]

Even better, there is a set of heavyweight fireplace tools to deal with the non-existent fire. lol.

 

[Burque73]

 

[Redman]

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I saw those in a park in San Diego.
I should say I didnt see them the first three times was there, then the 4th time I was there... Oh, Hey ! !

 

[Redman]

Okay.
I can quit looking through pictures I have.

 

[Burque73]

I saw those in a park in San Diego.
I should say I didnt see them the first three times was there, then the 4th time I was there... Oh, Hey ! !

If you look closely you can see the fake bird poop too.

They spared no expense.

 

[Baatfam]

Okay.
I can quit looking through pictures I have.

LOL.............

Nice one, Roger...

 

[Agemax]

I will let you see if you can spot the "fake" in this photo. If it were real it would be really usefull (to some people anyway!)

 

[Burque73]

I will let you see if you can spot the "fake" in this photo. If it were real it would be really usefull (to some people anyway!)

Looks like you parked in front of the entrance to the bat cave.

That section of wall just doesn't fit.

 

[steve murdoch]

I was thinking what the heck is that cow doing on the front lawn of that house. haha.

 

[Agemax]

I was thinking what the heck is that cow doing on the front lawn of that house. haha.

Well spotted Steve, it is actually a full size Plastic cow! Why, you ask? I have absolutely no idea, the neighbour opposite is a bit eccentric!

 

[Burque73]

I was thinking what the heck is that cow doing on the front lawn of that house. haha.

He's guarding the entrance to the bat cave...

 

[Redman]

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The theme: Something that appears useless, silly, or fake, but actually has a serious purpose. Or the opposite, something that appears useful, and is totally not......

Gave up on finding any pic in my archive that might be suitable.

Then Am riding around, looking around, thinking "appears useless, but has purpose. Appears usefull but is not...... useless...... hum,... useless....."

Saw the old coal tipple, hey, that use to have a purpose but is not apparent what it is useful for anymore. Is an odd looking 5 story concrete structure. But Could not find any place to pose an interesting picture.

So am riding around town some more, thinking "useless...... hum, useless ..... "

Then going thru a big open public area,

"Hey! Useless!, Serves any real purpose? Naw! Useless!"

Well, Okay, I understand is considered to be art.

In back corner of a park near the river, actaully an island in the river.
Took quick picture. Thought of trying to find more interesting place to pose bike, but ground was real soft from river being so high, and I though I should get out of there.

 

[Rich82GS750TZ]

The seemingly useless item is the formerly empty diaper box I've been throwing used, removed, broken, or otherwise defunct GS parts in for 15 years (my boys are now 18 and 14). You never know what you're gonna need to re-purpose, someday. Yesterday, driving down the road, my right mirror glass goes flying. I watched it tumble to the road in my left mirror. I did a quick u-turn and stopped to pick it up, the rubber ring and glass seemed to be intact, amazingly. That is, until I watched a pick-up run over and shattered the glass.. I was happy to find one right mirror, unbroken, from a previously mounted pair, in the diaper box. Now I'm sporting one round chrome left, and one square black right mirror until my replacement pair come from ebay. Whatever.:black_eyed: