Spotted in Scarborough last Thursday. No, I don’t know what it is either.
For Debbie’s One Word Sunday: Geometry
A Geometric Thingummyjig
Spotted in Scarborough last Thursday. No, I don’t know what it is either.
For Debbie’s One Word Sunday: Geometry
It’s a… answers on a postcard please to… No prize for the winner xx
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Nobody’s turned up trumps yet … xx
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No clue, but it’s an interesting shape.
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Bit of mansplaining, to be spoken with absolute conviction: It’s one of Those things!
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You’re going to tell me in a minute, aren’t you? That it’s a Watchamacallit?
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Intriguing
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Exactly.
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Could something be secretly growing in there? 🤭
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I daredn’t ask!
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Those pigeons look quite chilled! 😂
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It’s one of those whatchamadoodah things
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Oh – an oojamaflip. Of course.
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bus shelter? air intake? need more context…. interesting conundrum.
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Ha ha! NOT bus shelter. It’s over the sea ….Boring old air con much more likely!
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Google lens thinks it’s part of the Thames barrier! Couldn’t be further from the truth!
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True… but that’s what it made me think of. A thingummy to ‘absorb’ high water and stop it splashing onto the pier.
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That does sound possile, except it’s on the shoreline away from all but the highest tides and nowhere near a pier! The mystery thickens ….
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Have you tried using Google Image search?
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It’s keen on the Thames Barrier!
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Ah. Well, someone will know. We just have to be patient.
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Google Lens needs to have its wrist slapped as does AI generally.
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I just spent a long time having google ai help me disable google ai, while at the same time keeping it available if I wanted it. I love talking with ai (it is so smart) but it is built to be addictive which it admitted and it makes lots of confident mistakes, which it calls being “confidently wrong” or “hallucinating.” So of course I did a google image search like your first commenter, I see the water. The appartus is old and broken. The pigeons like cities. I am guessing London? I am guessing The Thames.
Here is what google image search says, ”
AI Overview
The image appears to show an architectural detail of the Thames Barrier control building roof and a reflective glass window alongside the River Thames in London.
Atlas Obscura
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Location: Woolwich, East London
Structure: Curved concrete pier housing with distinctive stainless steel-clad roof piers and water reflections
Details: Several pigeons resting on the lead-covered roof structure
Kilnbridge
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If you’d like, I can provide information on:
How the Thames Barrier operates during high tides
The history and engineering behind its iconic curved piers
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Good old AI is quite wrong! It is, as we both know, in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, 258 miles apart. But pretending to be a real person? ‘If you’d like, I can provide …’ This pretending to be my helpful pal gets me every time and reminds me I’m really talking to a machine. Thanks for trying though!
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Good one. Can you give any pointers, advice on how you did it?
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Scuba diver entrance?
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Well, it’s jolly odd, whatever it is…
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It is. Mystery remains unsolved.
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Somebody in Scarborough must know!
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But I don’t know Somebody in Scarborough!
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Well,you’ll just have to go back and make enquiries – simples!
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🤣
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