Category: What the ?

Is this the most unusual door handle you have seen?

It only works well for right handed hand shakes.

I wonder if they have a special one for Freemasons.

I found this on webshopdesigns.wordpress.com

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As regular readers of this blog will know I like to see good standards of workmanship.

Imagine my horror when i returned to work after my holidays and saw someone had put this whiteboard up.

They didn’t even use Gaffer Tape!

 

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This gate, In Kyoto, would be the narrowest gate I have ever seen!

It would be no more than 300mm wide.

Because Japanese houses try to make as much use as possible of very narrow blocks the gate has been put in to provide access to the side of the house.

I wonder how much work you could do down there though. . . . my face would be against the wall as I would only be able to go down it sideways.

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I couldn’t resist a photo of this letter box when I was walking through a Tokyo suburb, on my recent holiday.

 

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What do you think of this Mansion?

Do you think I am confused?

Well here it is from a different angle.

It’s known as Shedley Manor.

The owner built this $2,000,000 house in his mother’s back garden, without planning permission, and with green cladding to disguise it as a large shed.

He was also using a secret room to grow ‘wacky backy’.

Want to find out more? . . . Check out the BBC website which includes a video

Here is a photo of the inside.

 

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The tour of Japan continues so here are a couple more winning manhole covers from Hiroshima for this weeks What the….? post.

What my wife thinks is really sad is that she spotted these before me!

and here is another Tokyo Cover

Want to see more? You could always visit the web site of the Japanese Society of Manhole Covers to check out some of the more than 6,000 different covers.

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As  my Japanese Holiday continues I thought I would feature some Japanese Manhole Covers I have seen for todays What The…..? post.

Japan has a reputation for taking the trouble on small details, which these pictures demonstrate.

Most people don’t like to have an Inspection Shaft (as we call Manholes in this politically correct age) in their property. . . but I wonder if they would feel better about it with one of these fancy covers?

If you wonder why I noticed these it could be something to do with my 40 years working as a Water and Sewer Engineer.

My wife thinks it tragic that I walk around commenting and photographing things like this.

And finally a Nagano Fire Hydrant cover 

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I’m always interested in people who want to recreate medieval times by building their own castle.

This one is called the Swallows Nest in Gaspra in the Ukraine and was completed in 1912.

It’s a similar size to a typical Australian house at 20m x 10m.

The view is stunning, but I would be worried if they have earthquakes in that area, as you feel it could be shaken off the rock!

Thanks to Raredelights.com for the photograph.

 

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Well is this the worst quilt cover and pillows you have seen?

Found this image on BEAT 102 103 Facebook Page.

If you want more spider pictures you can always try the What’s With Spiders? Post

 

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Not really a house more a sort of Holiday Shack!

It does have some interesting woodwork inside.

It was built by a French organisation called Zebra3

 

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