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Spiral Stairs

Don Alley - 7-18-2006 at 06:32 PM

The upper side, looking down:



The underside, looking up:



Mission San Borja

bajawife - 7-18-2006 at 06:41 PM

Makes me dizzy...
Would love to see this in person!

Reminds me...

djh - 7-18-2006 at 09:31 PM

of the spiral stairs in the old lighthouse east of CSL... out towards (what used to be) shipwreck beach....

Took some fun photos there in the mid 80's.

Great shot! thx.
djh

That looks exactly like the entrance too-----

Barry A. - 7-18-2006 at 10:17 PM

----the apartment where we stayed in Rome last summer-----I mean EXACTLY. Spooky place, until you got to the actual apartment, and then it was great and modern. More fun!!!!

Beautiful pic.

HAHA sAN BORJA

BAJACAT - 7-18-2006 at 10:20 PM


Cincodemayo - 7-19-2006 at 09:55 AM

One too many Coronas and you'd be toast.

Taco de Baja - 7-19-2006 at 11:00 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by BAJACAT
HAHA sAN BORJA



Exactly!
Very cool in person :cool:

What a lot of work, too

why counterclockwise?

pacificobob - 7-19-2006 at 11:08 AM

im sure this is known by many, but i find it interesting as to why stairs almost always decend counterclockwise....so that the people defending thier building can use a sword right handed on the way down...while the invaders are at a disadvantage on the way up.

THANKS

djh - 7-19-2006 at 03:23 PM

thanks for clearing that up, pacificobob.... Good to know! (and I didn't know...)

I thought it was related to why water swirls down the drain (or toilet) one way in the northern hemisphere and the other way in the southern hemorroidalsphere....

Did I say that??

Bob H - 7-19-2006 at 05:46 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by djh
water swirls down the drain (or toilet) one way in the northern hemisphere and the other way in the southern hemorroidalsphere....


I always wondered which direction the water would swirl on the equator!! Does it just go "blup, blup, blup" down the middle?
Bob H

On the equator...

Mexray - 7-19-2006 at 06:11 PM

...it doesn't 'swirl' either way - it just backs-up!:spingrin:

capt. mike - 7-20-2006 at 04:44 AM

stack form treads?