So years after The Zombie Apocalypse, there will still be cockroaches, Twinkies and fruitcake. Good to know.
I just saw this online; it's a close-up photograph of an ant that was submitted to the 48th annual Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition — and the results are freaky. Stuff of nightmares. The tight shot of the tiny insect, captured by Dr. Eugenijus Kavaliauskas of Taurage, Lithuania, shows the ant’s beady red eyes, angry expression and what appears to be long, sharp teeth.
Thank you for assuaging my guilt over all those magnifying glass incidents...unless I caused the ire, in which case I sincerely apologize.
Did you watch the movie Mimic, if you haven't try and find it. I won't spoil the plot because it is exposed early in the movie. Pretty spooky
White House renovation, 1948. The entire inside was gutted due to unsafe support structure. For more pictures, see here... https://www.whitehousehistory.org/collections/president-trumans-renovation
You can see the sag in the main beams each side of the vertical beams. Probably due to the sinking from all the weight. It must have been a huge task to rebuild after the British burned it. I like to look at old building interiors because they leave a story as to how old the building might be. If you look at some of the old photos of interiors in the early 20s you can see the results of something new called electricity. They just nailed up wiring running all along the ceiling edges, nothing was covered and no building codes existed because this was all new and not yet tested. History is one of the greatest subjects taught in our schools. After the British burned the capitol and it was rebuilt it was mostly Black labor who did the rebuilding. No powered cranes or equipment then. I see in this photo rivets in the beams which is about right for the period but not a lot of rivets. Looks like it was all built with an after thought.
Just to be clear, this refurbishment was not due to being burned by the British; that was in 1812 and took about 5 years to rebuild. This rebuild started in 1948 because the residence's load-bearing walls and wood beams were found to be close to failure. Under Harry S. Truman, the interior rooms were completely dismantled and a new internal load-bearing steel frame was constructed inside the walls. On the exterior, the Truman Balcony was added. Once the structural work was completed, the interior rooms were rebuilt.