06-16-10 – Monumental

That old thing? Made in France, it’s a piece of junk.

Have a small dilemma here, could use some advice. I have 2 pictures I want to post for this contest, and a third that isn’t a monument picture, but rather the accompanying sign with some info about the monument, so not looking to post that for voting, just as a link. The issue? I’m heading to the hospital Thursday morning, to be there at 6 a.m. to have the baby (c-section). I’d normally be up to post after midnight when it goes green, but I’m going to try to get work finished early so I can possibly go to bed early to have some amount of decent rest (possibly) before I have to be up and at ’em for the hospital. Obviously, won’t be near a computer, and my parents will be here to help with Atrus, etc. No one is going to be in any shape or mood to pause to post this for me here, so it’s either stay up and do it myself, or ask one of you.

So, should I stay up anyway (as I’ll likely do anyway because I’m used to being up at 1 and 2 a.m.) or ask for an OBO? I have the clicky-pop html text and stuff all ready to go, it just needs to be posted come the right time. Thanks for any input.

If you PM me the text for your pictures I’ll post OBO for you. Or email it to me at cjmontague@gmail.com

Well. Liberty Island national monument has an old copper statue, but it’s all corroded and green. Probably wouldn’t make for good photos anyway.

I just to say that I will NOT be posting photos of that Statue, primarily because I won’t go out there because of the tourists. I refuse to pay 25 bucks to be loaded like cattle onto a boat and then be herded through a tour of the SoL. I’ll shoot her from the surrounding shore, but I can’t stomach the thought of going to Liberty Island.

I have an entry or two and I plan to post the signs explaining them in the same post. If people want to vote they will only be voting for the statue. Is this OK?

This is generally frowned upon. You really should only post a single photo, because additional photos may influence votes besides the fact that the rules pretty clearly state one photo per post. You can certainly post a link to the signs if you want, though.

I understand what you are saying. But…

There’s always a ‘but’. Did I cross this line last week with the pop-link to the ‘For Sale’ 3600 Chevy? I put it out there just because I thought it was fun. But, now that I think about it, it may have blurred the line a bit.

Would it be OK to link to a photo with the sign? Or is that a slippery slope?

Perhaps the bestest and safest thing to do would be to simply quote the sign in the typed text.

I was thinking of this (posting additional pictures) as well. I was planning on linking to the ‘bigguns’ picture, and there linking to a ad-hoc page with other views and signage. I’ll await further arguments here before doing anything, I guess.