Mr_PigeonWizard

mr_pigeonwizard


Norwegian hobby photographer
Finisher of cutoff titles
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Very thankful to be working, but, as I sit in an empty building, I keep saying this to 1 comments
mr_pigeonwizard · 4 years ago
Very thankful to be working, but, as I sit in an empty building, I keep saying this to myself.
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(TITLE FROM REDDIT r/AdviceAnimals)
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My predictive text games bring all the subbers to the yard 25 comments
mr_pigeonwizard · 4 years ago
My milkshake brings all the way to the point, and they're like "it's better than a few others"
You're damn right, it's better than the way
I could teach you, but I'll have to charge
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Don't 12 comments
mr_pigeonwizard · 4 years ago
Don't
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We're only a few days into 2021 and I think I've already taken the best picture of my dog 6 comments
mr_pigeonwizard · 4 years ago
We're only a few days into 2021 and I think I've already taken the best picture of my dog for the year.
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(TITLE FROM REDDIT r/funny)
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If you turn the "Frozen water under a pier" photo upside down it turns into an industrial 1 comments
mr_pigeonwizard · 4 years ago
If you turn the "Frozen water under a pier" photo upside down it turns into an industrial cityscape.
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(TITLE FROM REDDIT r/interestingasfuck)
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Today would be Roald Dahl's 103rd birthday, the British children's author is celebrated 1 comments
mr_pigeonwizard · 4 years ago
Today would be Roald Dahl's 103rd birthday, the British children's author is celebrated today worldwide for "Roald Dahl Day".
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(TITLE FROM REDDIT r/pics)
(His actual birthday is September 13)
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Pspspspsing booth 2 comments
mr_pigeonwizard · 4 years ago
Pspspspspsps
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Cat on melon 13 comments
mr_pigeonwizard · 4 years ago
This is a piece of art called 'Melon protected by @catfluff'
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Froggo Fun #350 - This Speaks to Me 9 comments
mr_pigeonwizard · 4 years ago
It's easy, open your mouth like this frog, and
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Speaking of Trolls... 6 comments
mr_pigeonwizard · 4 years ago
However, the company was never allowed to sell more than those 15 cars on the Norwegian market. In addition they did not secure the investment capital necessary to start large scale production. When the government made it clear that they never wanted to support the Troll car, all the potential investors closed negotiations. Hence, one of Norway's few ventures into car production went bankrupt in early 1958. Only five complete cars had been produced.
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Speaking of Trolls... 6 comments
mr_pigeonwizard · 4 years ago
As the production commenced, Kohl-Larsen had to work hard to get a permit from the government to sell the car. He was allowed to sell only 15 cars in Norway. The reason for this was a barter treaty Norway had with the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe to buy cars from them as they bought fish products from Norway. The government was afraid that domestic car production would disrupt this trading balance. Kohl-Larsen therefore started plans to export the cars to Germany and Denmark. There were also requests from other countries like Finland and Belgium. At one point there were plans to build 2,000 cars per year, but after some moderation they said they would be happy with one finished car per day.
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Speaking of Trolls... 6 comments
mr_pigeonwizard · 4 years ago
Engineer Per Kohl-Larsen got hold of the molds for the car in Germany. The man behind the design was Hanns Trippel.
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The first Troll car was revealed to the press in October 1956. It was not completely finished, and although the form of the chassis was final, the car could not be driven. This car was later used as a prototype, and many changes were made during later testing.
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Norwegian and foreign press showed much enthusiasm towards the project, and the car was compared with brands like Porsche, Citroën and SAAB.
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The first customer received his car May 1, 1957.
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Speaking of Trolls... 6 comments
mr_pigeonwizard · 4 years ago
The Troll was built as a 2+2 sports car with a glass-reinforced plastic (or fibreglass) body. The idea was to build the first mass-produced car outside the US in this material. In the US Chevrolet made its Corvette in fibreglass, but no one in Europe had built cars in plastic, except for the East German Trabant, which was also a 2-cylinder, 2-stroke car.
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Fibreglass was a relatively new material in the late 1950s, and the benefits were many. It would not rust, it would be 130 kg lighter than an equivalent metal car, and the production would be significantly simpler and therefore cheaper.
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The chassis was taken from a Gutbrod Superior and made 15 cm longer. The gearbox was a three speed Hurth gearbox.
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Engine
700 cc straight-twin two-stroke engines made by Gutbrod of Germany with Bosch fuel injection.
30 hp (22 kW)
Top speed: ca 130 km/h
Fuel consumption: 5 litres/100 km (47mpg)
There were plans to change to a SAAB engine, but these were never implemented.
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Speaking of Trolls... 6 comments
mr_pigeonwizard · 4 years ago
The Troll was a small car made by Troll Plastik & Bilindustri of Lunde, Norway, from 1956 to 1958. It was one of few attempts at car production in Norway, but only five cars were ever built.
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Speaking of Trolls... 6 comments
mr_pigeonwizard · 4 years ago
Norway has tried many times to manufacture cars, this is the most known attempt
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Troll (Northern European folklore) 4 comments
mr_pigeonwizard · 4 years ago
Later in Scandinavian folklore, trolls become defined as a particular type of being. Numerous tales are recorded about trolls in which they are frequently described as being extremely old, very strong, but slow and dim-witted, and are at times described as man-eaters and as turning to stone upon contact with sunlight. However, trolls are also attested as looking much the same as human beings, without any particularly hideous appearance about them, but living far away from human habitation and generally having "some form of social organization"—unlike the rå and näck, who are attested as "solitary beings". According to John Lindow, what sets them apart is that they are not Christian, and those who encounter them do not know them. Therefore, trolls were in the end dangerous, regardless of how well they might get along with Christian society, and trolls display a habit of bergtagning ('kidnapping'; literally "mountain-taking") and overrunning a farm or estate.
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Troll (Northern European folklore) 4 comments
mr_pigeonwizard · 4 years ago
The Old Norse nouns troll and tröll (variously meaning "fiend, demon, werewolf, jötunn") and Middle High German troll, trolle "fiend" (according to philologist Vladimir Orel likely borrowed from Old Norse) developed from Proto-Germanic neuter noun *trullan. The origin of the Proto-Germanic word is unknown. Additionally, the Old Norse verb trylla 'to enchant, to turn into a troll' and the Middle High German verb trüllen "to flutter" both developed from the Proto-Germanic verb *trulljanan, a derivative of *trullan.
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Troll (Northern European folklore) 4 comments
mr_pigeonwizard · 4 years ago
A troll is a being in Scandinavian folklore, including Norse mythology. In Old Norse sources, beings described as trolls dwell in isolated rocks, mountains, or caves, live together in small family units, and are rarely helpful to human beings.
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In later Scandinavian folklore, trolls became beings in their own right, where they live far from human habitation, are not Christianized, and are considered dangerous to human beings. Depending on the source, their appearance varies greatly; trolls may be ugly and slow-witted, or look and behave exactly like human beings, with no particularly grotesque characteristic about them.
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Trolls are sometimes associated with particular landmarks in Scandinavian folklore, which at times may be explained as formed from a troll exposed to sunlight. Trolls are depicted in a variety of media in modern popular culture.
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Insomni-yak 2 comments
mr_pigeonwizard · 4 years ago
This pic sounds like Ace Ventura on the plane in 'When nature calls'
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Would this cat surrounded by ducks qualify as a ducat? 6 comments
mr_pigeonwizard · 4 years ago
Oh I certainly do, I love these pics, and I believe @catfluff will too, this is a whole mood
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Lock-picking lawyer 7 comments
mr_pigeonwizard · 4 years ago
I've seen some of his videos, but I've never bothered looking at the comment section, but yes, he'll tell you about various locks and how good/bad they are, and how to unlock them without keys in a calm, collected manner.
And yes, very often the case is if the video is 2 min or shorter the worse the lock is
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m.ew 3 comments
mr_pigeonwizard · 4 years ago
This is the real king of the jungle
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