Daily phenomena photoblog
Huge charity event in Poland, WOŚP – attracts enormous crowds of people of good will every year. All sort of passionates and activists go active and help to raise the money for medical instruments for kids and seniors.
This time I spotted a group of enthusiast that restore old Polish police cars from the communist era, when the Police was called “Milicja”. This formation doesn’t recall the best memories to older citizens of Poland, but the old cars are great – aren’t they nice? The attention to detail is admirable – they still have original registration plates!
Milicja – FSO Polonez 1500
Unitra Tola R-615 AM/FM vintage radio
This Unitra Tola R-615 radio is about 25 years old (built in 1987 in communist Poland, nearly bankrupt country with basically no resources available), still fully operational – and looks so last century, you would expect it to be like 50 years old. This only can show how fast those things evolve. Look – no displays, no digital dials – fully analogue, manual radio. But – in contrary to those most recent fancy digital receivers – this one works for last 25 years without any problems. Not really useful these days – unless you’re a hipster, of course.
Lego Technic vehicles – 9393 and vintage 8820
Lego Technic is older, than you might think it is. The one on the left, is the most recent 9393 model, Tractor with lawn mover. The one on the right is the vintage 8820 rally car from 1990. 22 years of difference – still the same fun. And yes, once upon a time the were human figures in Lego Technic – they were much bigger than the ones you know, about three times taller. I will add more pictures later, box plus manual. Stay tuned.
Nokia 6310 – for many it is the legendary, best mobile phone ever made. Simple, effective, with astonishing 17 days (!) long battery life, without any gizmos, camera, facebook apps, no rubbish – just the phone with text messages, simple calendar, bluetooth connectivity for your handsfree and that’s it.
And now your eyes should turn all green with envy. After 12 years I get this phone back. Fully operational, everything works – it will be the best backup mobile phone to my iPhone 4s I could ever think of. Have you ever used that one and stupidly exchanged to something much, much worse, tempted with colourful screen and other useless options? Let me know in the comments.
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Kawasaki Zephyr ZR-1100 naked superbike is a retro styled machine legendary to many motorcycle owners all over the world. Based on famous Kawasaki Z1 , has twin shock rear suspension, comfortable upright riding position and air-cooled power unit, delivering 93 HP and what is even more important – 89 Nm of torque, with useable power from as low as 2,000 rpm all the way up to the relatively lowly 9,500 rpm red line. Very pleasant bike to ride, still looks great – I have her for more than 7 years and she still makes me smile every time I start her up. Incredibly reliable, no major problems whatsoever.
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Polski Fiat 125p, a licenced version of Italian Fiat, was produced in Poland in Warsaw. For years and years, it was a dream car for most of the people – expensive, luxurious and in fact, available only on free, black market. Western cars, even the standard cars like VW or original Fiat, were considered as UFO’s and were reserved only for the elite.
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The original “Husch-Husch”. It is attached to long, wooden stick. If you don’t know what that is and you’re curious, as your grandmother (if she lived in continental Europe she might know) and let me know in the comments. Good luck!
Myst 1 game 1993 original CD ROM
