Whats wrong in the picture?

[ron l]

the windmill bl;ades will take out the porch when it turns.and going in that door might get you killed but the blades
shingles get installed from the bottom up, not the top down
Unless they are in England, the steering wheel is on the wrong side

[luvzbluez]

I see several things.

1. On the windmill blades, one (bottom left) has an extra "ladder" part to it.
2. I think it looks like the blades are too long, looks like it would hit the steps, if it was actually moving.
3. and the door don't look like there would be enough room, for you to get in it.

[brucehyman]

looks like the windmill blades will not clear the stairway

[brucehyman]

on #2, i think you start roofing from the bottom up.

[Troubles2]

The arms are not at 90 degrees to each other. They have to be at 90 degrees to balance the blades for maximuim power from the wind.

[Skyjames]

Windmill:

Dodging the windmill blades while entering the structure could be a bit dicy, this is aside from the fact that blades normally would not be mounted this low. ( lol, or door that high) :/)
Mounting of the blades to the spindle are not symmetrical, all blade shafts would be in line with opposing blades.
Slats on the blades would be of equal length and width and most likely an equal number of slats per blade would be employed.
Steps are uneven and of different heights.
Unequal number of riser posts for hand rails.

House:

Windows on front of house would all be same size on same level. Top right window is not centered with floor level window on same side.
He is holding onto rung rather than rail while climbing. Lots of lumber for a house that is built, few shingles.
Flashing is installed after shingles, not before.

Car:

Parked on wrong side of road.
No need to remove box of flowers from bicycle, they are close enough not to need removing.
Using bicycle pedal as a kick stand, I could never get this to work for me.
Wearing a suit to pedal flowers .... hmmmm
Gas gauge is on empty.

[rdinning]

The windmill blades would have to go thru the stair case in the first one.

[drywaller44]

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I would have NEVER guessed.


Here is the last one! (Hopefully this one will give you a "challenge"

peddles on bicycle are not apposing
basket of flowers is larger than basket on bicycle (don't see any straps to hold the load)
basket on bike has no means of supporting smaller loads
missing turn signal on top of passenger front fender
shadowing is not consistent/accurate with images
car is parked correctly for a right hand drive vehicle parked in Europe

[drywaller44]

peddles on bicycle are not apposing
basket of flowers is larger than basket on bicycle (don't see any straps to hold the load)
basket on bike has no means of supporting smaller loads
missing turn signal on top of passenger front fender
shadowing is not consistent/accurate with images
car is parked correctly for a right hand drive vehicle parked in Europe

[graeme]

Windmill
The picture fails to show how the mill can be rotated to face the wind.
Two methods are available.
Ancient method. The whole mill is rotated manually by the miller and for this to happen, the bottom of the steps must no touch the the ground.
Modern method. The base of the mill is fixed and only the crown+sails rotates. This requires a clearance gap below the crown and a training wind tail to follow the wind direction. Neither of these are visible.
House
Tile overlap requires starting at the bottom and working upwards with the top going on last.

[gregandrene]

Roofing in the wrong direction (as already stated), but it looks like he is using bricks.

[Bittle]

The windmill blades are too long and will hit the stairs and possibly the gound.

[Imhb]

For the man putting on a roof -- tiles are started at the bottom and progress to the peak of the roof - this picture has it reversed ???? not going to work very well

[Vagabundus]

bicycle picture:

Why must the flower-holder be from the bicycle? Perhaps his vehicle is just out of the picture (or maybe he is working from a stationary flower stand just out of the picture view. . . it is entirely reasonable to assume the drivers of both the auto and the bicycle are visiting the flower seller's stand, perhaps one man is answering the question "where did you get those beautiful flowers?" or the exceedingly boorish "how much does a pot/bundle that size cost?"

The man holding the flowers might be showing off one of the group of flowers he had already purchased (put in the box, for his convenience in carrying them home to plant.

Are we certain the flowers are being sold?

If the street is one-way, parking on that side is perfectly legal.



For the roofing picture:

"W.H.Smith" could be the name of a company. Anyone may use their name (in US, not sure of elsewhere) for their business. Especially in that the name shown is "W.H.Smith Builder." Especially in this case where there would be no reasonable basis for assuming the two companies are in competition.

Why must the man be putting the tiles on the house? My son worked last summer for a roofing contractor who would often be required to tear the old roof material off carefully, to avoid hitting pedestrians, damaging flower beds, breaking windows, etc.

You certainly would not be walking all over this tile roof if you were taking the tiles down to make some sort of change to the roof, then re-roofing with the salvaged tiles. Tiles will last hundreds of years as long as you don't start walking on them!The man might be descending the ladder with the box of removed tiles on his shoulder so that he can make some structural change to the roof, planning to reuse the tiles on the new roof. The most expensive part of tile roofs--especially specialty tiles--is the tile itself.

The builder might be taking the tiles off the roof from the bottom up--they often will have a hook and lip design so that only the first and last rows are fastened to the rafters.

You would secure the top row to the rafters or decking. Then for the second row, you would gently pick up the bottom edge of the tile and slip the next row under the top row. For successive rows, each tile slips under the tile above it. The small raised ledge on the bottom of the tile catches and hangs on the tile above it. Thus the wood directly under each tile helps support the weight of the tiles above the current row--the lip and edge design does not have to support the weight of the tile, only to keep the tile from sliding down the roof.

Thus tile roofs are often laid top-to-bottom. This is especially the case if your tile will not support the weight of a full-grown man carrying a box of tiles!




Probably the most important/least explainable problem in the picture is the dimensions of the human figure against the house. I suppose he could be tiling a large playhouse--with only a 4- or 5- foot ceiling. That would be an expensive play house! Yet it certainly would not be unique, especially if the main building on the lot is also tiled.


The windmill picture seems to be the most graphically flawed, for the reasons given often above.

The only account I could come up with for the non-functional arms/blades was that the structure might not be a working windmill, perhaps a decorative outbuilding? I can not see how the blades could turn, or even that they would turn, if allowed.

Interesting pictures, especially if you "think outside the (frame) box."

[black]

Since it was never mentioned in all the thread: on the windmill, the individual slats on the 2 upper sails are the opposite pitch from the slats on the lower 2.

Not having the 2 pairs of sails be at 90 degrees to each other will not cause significant problem. As long as each sail has another opposing it, it can still be in balance. It's unusual and would serve no purpose for a windmill but it would work and i have seen many fans in this configuration to alter the sound and vibration produced at high speed rotation. There's also a common 7 blade fan designed with completely asymmetrically angled blades that works just fine too. (see attached). The greatest point of instability is when the sail passes in front of the structure at the bottom of the rotation; at which point if its close to the structure, the air flow will be disrupted to go around the building and change the localized air pressure or even direction between the sail and building. The result will be a change in force only on one sail at a time as it passes through the bottom of the rotation, however; in all the centuries windmills have been operating, they seem to deal with it just fine. As mentioned of course, this windmill will strike its stairway thus disrupting the delivery of force from the sail somewhat more.

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