Comments on: Keeping Up With The Joneses Part 3 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/01/22/keeping-up-with-the-joneses-part-3/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:53:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: tim http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/01/22/keeping-up-with-the-joneses-part-3/#comment-198994 tim Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:13:05 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/01/22/keeping-up-with-the-joneses-part-3/#comment-198994 This doesn't strike me as odd... growing up, EVERYONE had backyard trampolines for their kids. Guess it's not so common in the UK... This doesn’t strike me as odd… growing up, EVERYONE had backyard trampolines for their kids. Guess it’s not so common in the UK…

]]> By: pfly http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/01/22/keeping-up-with-the-joneses-part-3/#comment-116702 pfly Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:44:11 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/01/22/keeping-up-with-the-joneses-part-3/#comment-116702 While QCing aerial photos of Pierce County, WA, USA, I was amazed at the number of trampolines... easily recognizable from the aerial photos. So to pass the time while QCing a whole county, whenever I saw trampolines, I did a quick cut and paste into an ever-growing collage of Pierce County trampolinage. Here's the result, and only for part of the county, as I was only one of a bunch of people QCing the photos: http://www.pfly.net/misc/trampolines-1.jpg While QCing aerial photos of Pierce County, WA, USA, I was amazed at the number of trampolines… easily recognizable from the aerial photos. So to pass the time while QCing a whole county, whenever I saw trampolines, I did a quick cut and paste into an ever-growing collage of Pierce County trampolinage. Here’s the result, and only for part of the county, as I was only one of a bunch of people QCing the photos:
http://www.pfly.net/misc/trampolines-1.jpg

]]> By: cookie monster http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/01/22/keeping-up-with-the-joneses-part-3/#comment-116360 cookie monster Tue, 23 Jan 2007 13:31:29 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/01/22/keeping-up-with-the-joneses-part-3/#comment-116360 I might write to Gordon Brown and suggest a Trampoline Tax - the NHS will be propped up for years on this evidence. The Daily Mail will be up in arms though because it does seem to be erm....ahem... a class thing doesnt it? Before long developers of exclusive middle class executive homes will include a trampoline in the price (along with a conservatory!). I might write to Gordon Brown and suggest a Trampoline Tax - the NHS will be propped up for years on this evidence.
The Daily Mail will be up in arms though because it does seem to be erm….ahem… a class thing doesnt it?
Before long developers of exclusive middle class executive homes will include a trampoline in the price (along with a conservatory!).

]]> By: phillip http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/01/22/keeping-up-with-the-joneses-part-3/#comment-116294 phillip Tue, 23 Jan 2007 01:59:39 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/01/22/keeping-up-with-the-joneses-part-3/#comment-116294 I can't tell if this one is being jumped on at the time or just has a bunch of things stored on it. http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=55.959503,-3.274164&z=19 I can’t tell if this one is being jumped on at the time or just has a bunch of things stored on it.
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

]]> By: Aaron http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/01/22/keeping-up-with-the-joneses-part-3/#comment-116279 Aaron Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:44:02 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/01/22/keeping-up-with-the-joneses-part-3/#comment-116279 George, here you go, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jones" rel="nofollow">the Joneses</a>! George, here you go, the Joneses!

]]> By: Alex http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/01/22/keeping-up-with-the-joneses-part-3/#comment-116278 Alex Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:42:35 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/01/22/keeping-up-with-the-joneses-part-3/#comment-116278 SYSS Mouse, unfortunately I live on the third floor. Which, now that I think about it, might be as good a reason as any to have a trampoline... :D SYSS Mouse, unfortunately I live on the third floor.

Which, now that I think about it, might be as good a reason as any to have a trampoline… :D

]]> By: George http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/01/22/keeping-up-with-the-joneses-part-3/#comment-116273 George Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:58:02 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/01/22/keeping-up-with-the-joneses-part-3/#comment-116273 I got to keep up with the Joneses! But first I need to find out who the Joneses are... I got to keep up with the Joneses! But first I need to find out who the Joneses are…

]]> By: SYSS Mouse http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/01/22/keeping-up-with-the-joneses-part-3/#comment-116269 SYSS Mouse Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:28:56 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/01/22/keeping-up-with-the-joneses-part-3/#comment-116269 Hey, you gous are from Edinburgh, Scotland, right? Got one in your very own backyard? Hey, you gous are from Edinburgh, Scotland, right? Got one in your very own backyard?

]]> By: Wayne http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/01/22/keeping-up-with-the-joneses-part-3/#comment-116241 Wayne Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:35:27 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/01/22/keeping-up-with-the-joneses-part-3/#comment-116241 This reminds me of the John Cheever short story / Burt Lancaster film "The Swimmer," where the main character travels home by swimming across all of his neighbors' pools. Maybe we can have a Scottish remake where the main character does this via a chain of trampolines! This reminds me of the John Cheever short story / Burt Lancaster film “The Swimmer,” where the main character travels home by swimming across all of his neighbors’ pools. Maybe we can have a Scottish remake where the main character does this via a chain of trampolines!

]]> By: Dan http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/01/22/keeping-up-with-the-joneses-part-3/#comment-116239 Dan Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:15:13 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/01/22/keeping-up-with-the-joneses-part-3/#comment-116239 Very close by is a very sweet street: http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=h&hl=en&ll=55.964221,-3.273035&z=16 Very close by is a very sweet street:

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

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