Tourists in the 1920s before Cairo expanded look across the Sahara Desert from the top of the Pyramid of Cheops at sunset.6yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Using a two-horn listening device at Bolling Field in Washington, D.C., in 1921 before the invention of radar, to listen for distant aircraft. [1500x1064]6yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
[xpost from r/Europe] 1938- Scottish girl given 1 month prison sentence in absentia, Irish lad given £2 fine, for kissing in public3yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/ireland
[Omega Seamaster] I wore my Seamaster swimming the English Channel, to commemorate my father and for one of my kids to inherit some day. Last shot before the jump-in at 2.30am. Goes in the box with the papers7yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/Watches
These fecking things. Too small for a single slice of bread or a scone.2yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/ireland
You know, for all the times I've been asked about the dangers of sharks, jellyfish and seals, not one person has every mentioned swans.4yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/Swimming
I use Swedes in the pool and gaskets in open water. For the first time in 20 years I just changed one of these.3yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/Swimming
One time Sky Movies Comedy showed Groundhog Day 13 times in the same day.4yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/mildlyinteresting
Commander Chris Hatfield, flight engineer on the ISS, to William Shatner...12yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/scifi
This is how the world looks to me (a swimmer) from underwater during a tumbleturn while pool training [OC][1280x960]12yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/waterporn
Swimming was how I learned for myself of how much more we are all capable. Swimming can be a way to find out more about yourself. Happy New Year all. (Heading out in 8 deg C water (46F) & 3 metre swell water this New Year's Eve morning).6yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/Swimming
Daredevils & movie stuntpeople Ivan Unger & Gladys Roy play tennis on the wing of a biplane, 3000 ft above Los Angeles in 1925.6yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
We should have flair for Irish cooking topics - like balancing the jumbo sausages on their curved sides, using each other, to cook through3yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/ireland
Chief Thomas K. Yallup, of Toppenish, Washington, chief of the Yakima Indian Tribal Council, visiting his son, Cpl. Bill Yallup, who was in training with an army armored unit at the Yakima Firing Center, in the 1950s.6yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
I was sent pics of this product with a press release a few years. The company thought I'd write about it seriously2yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/Swimming
Ok folks, looks like they are mostly gone for another four years.../r/swimming traffic stats8yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/Swimming
James Garner later known mostly for the The Rockford Files) filming driving in the movie Gran Prix (1966), the first film to capture the thrill of motorsport by using a camera mounted on a car6yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
A long distance swimmer's point of view. Rainy summer on Ireland's Copper Coast, swimming out toward the island [OC][3072 x 1728]12yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/waterporn
After decades of model-making, I feel I can stand over this conclusion5yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/modelmakers
An Elegant Weapon For A More Civilized Age - I have always preferred a #3 handle and an #11 Swann Morton surgical blade to any other knife6yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/modelmakers
Since I'm constantly arguing this point: How Lovecraft himself actually drew Cthulhu13yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/Lovecraft
Reviewing my photos from 2012, I don't think I'll ever take a better one of swimming: Setting the world record.12yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/Swimming
[Out of the Loop?] Seeing that pic of Robert E Price at Necronomicon, I have to ask, do Lovecraft fans or Cultists have a secret handsign now?9yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/Lovecraft
Captain Matthew Webb's first successful English Channel Solo swim 1875 (& first unsuccessful swim)13yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/MapPorn
bigattack taper training in Ireland for the Channel. An hour hike up a mountain to swim in a 54F lake. The cliffs behind him are 1200 feet high.12yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/Swimming
The house band for the 1928 Michelin Hour variety entertainment radio show6yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
TheGreatCthulhu returns an English Channel Solo swimmer. The feeling is extraordinary. I'll do an IAMA in a few days but wanted to say Thanks Fittit, for your support. (Some crazy things happened, my swim went completely wrong, but I made it through and joined the Channel Alumni.)14yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/Fitness
Rainy Copper Coast, Waterford, swimming out to the island, sea swimmer's POV (posted this to /r/waterporn first but we seem to be doing pics here now?)12yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/ireland
Took this a couple of weeks ago, xpost fm r/waterporn. Rainy Copper Coast, Ireland, sea swimmers POV12yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/Swimming
Some years, like this year, when summer doesn't arrive and the water stays cold, the only indication it's here is the arrival of my summer swimming frenemies.8yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/Swimming
Remember how back in the day Free Willy was funny? Janet Evans (famous swimmer) just said this on Twitter & I seem the only one who finds it hilarious. I need Irish backup.13yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/ireland
Shadows of a Different Emperor - preview of part of a major diorama I've been working on13yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/Warhammer
And all the while the vegetation was turning grey and brittle. Even the flowers whose hues had been so strange were greying now, and the fruit was coming out grey and dwarfed and tasteless.13yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/Lovecraft
What does this icon next to 1 of my ext USB 2.0 HDDs mean? (HDD seems to be working fine). Nemo file manager in LM18 Cinnamon8yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/linuxmint
Unlike the pic of the Caribbean and Atlantic which are separated by land, these two Alaskan currents are not separated. And still don't mix.11yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/pics
The North Atlantic. It's grey, cold & dangerous and I love it. SE Ireland, today, just before swimming.[3648x2736]13yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/waterporn
One of my favourite swim destinations - deep inside the long cave [Ireland][OC][2796x3968]11yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/waterporn
Classic backstroke water-tension photo.Tyler Clary, USA, Men's 200m Backstroke Final during FINA World Championships, July 2011 in Shanghai [xpost from /waterporn]12yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/Swimming
Sweet mercy ... the angles ... the corners ... the distant baying of hounds13yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/Lovecraft
In Ireland butter wrapping foil is marked with 25 gram gradations7yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/mildlyinteresting
I haven't painted GW in 15 years. This WIP is destined to be part of large diorama. (My photo skilz suck).13yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/Warhammer
Author Eilis Dillon said the worst thing about Ireland was the weather. And the best thing. 5.30am this morning in Waterford & Tipperary from the Comeragh Mountains.11yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/ireland
We trained together for a year. He did 3 million metres and is the toughest one of all of us. My friend got this close to France 2 days ago...14yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/Fitness
To celebrate swimming 28.5 miles around Manhattan Island last weekend, I upgraded my Dad's old Gilette Tech DE that I've been using for 10 years. I laughed when I got back to the hotel and saw what the new razor was called ...12yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/wicked_edge
I received this in the mail today. I'm very happy. What ceremony should I have? 15yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/atheism
Blackwater River, Cappaquin Bridge, Ireland [OC][4272x2824]12yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/PicturesOfIreland
Nevertheless there is an ancient house on that cliff, and at evening men see lights in the small-paned windows. [xpost from r/pics]13yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/Lovecraft
Someone said a few months ago that they'd never seen the word eldritch actually used. I took this photo recently.13yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/Lovecraft
The hollow to the right of the overgrown wall in the top centre of this pic, is the exact point at which the first transatlantic cable came ashore on the southwest coast of Ireland on Valentia Island.11yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/mildlyinteresting
reddit, I saw you liked the Sunrise at Sea pic. So here's Dawn in the English Channel, me swimming across, 5 hours into the swim, just 2 hours before Force 5 winds came up & 14 hours swimming to go. 14yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/reddit.com
Somehow, in the middle of hundred of swimmers on christmas day, I met a fellow Irish redditor. Hey Thomas, good to meet you!13yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/Swimming
Cthulhu on a Post-it note. This artist draws monsters (his term, seems a bit speciesist to me ) on Post-It notes.14yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/Lovecraft
Well, it would be nice if every pool had one of these (xpost from /waterporn)13yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/Swimming
Janet Evans, US swimmer, just posted this on Twitter. Greatest unintentional double-entendre ever.13yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/funny
Fed up not being able to swim 'cause of my Channel swim injury, and 15 years since I raced bicycles, today I got back on the road on my old school bike...14yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/Fitness
If someone tells you that you aren't a real swimmer because you didn't swim at a young age ...13yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/Swimming
I know what's meant to be, and I know what it actually looks like...14yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/Lovecraft
One of the most famous artworks about swimming, Jack Yeat's - The Liffey Swim 13yr ⋅ TheGreatCthulhu ⋅ r/Swimming
