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Showing posts with label signs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label signs. Show all posts

Saturday, March 1, 2014

Some signs I've seen...


 Firstly a couple of signs that caught my interest in New Zealand last year...
The first one was truly amazing for someone who comes from a country where you are not supposed to take shopping trolleys out of the supermarket carpark. Of course people do and we see trolleys abandoned around the streets waiting to be collected. I guess you could say that this NZ supermarket takes a proactive stance and good on them!


 Since coming home I've seen that we have these here in good old Brisbane...but such a concept was new to me last May! lol

Talking of dogs...look at the signs at the front of the Albany Creek Library...


 And a 'little dog height' water bowl...

And talking of libraries...last year in the BCC Chermside Library car park these designated spaces were provided right next to the ramp and near the front steps...and apparently 'senior' in this case is defined as over 55!

Next is an old photo taken 2 years ago. This is the sign on the back of the door of a public loo in Warwick (Qld not UK). The local council is obviously concerned with a person's modesty and dignity...love it!


And now another 2 older photos; these signs annoy me .
Outside the local post office...I can accept that AP vehicles can park there because they are excepted or are an exception to the rule.

The next sign was in a local department store. Friends whom I showed the photo to were quick to point out that 'Blaq' is a brand name...but I wasn't concerned with that...so I then asked them about the word 'buisness'...they hadn't seen that. I wonder if every Myer store in Australia had the same sign?


The last sign photo is not one of my photos but is one that was circulated on Facebook a few years ago...


Over my almost 40 years in the classroom, I saw children making the same mistake as the sign maker did in this poster...cringe...hope this wasn't made by one of my former students. Your eyes are drawn to the 'you save' part so maybe many didn't notice the mistake in the subtraction. :-/ 

Friday, November 16, 2012

Photographic Scavenger Hunt; Signs...

Once again, I'm joining in with Deb's feature and the topic this week is signs. Boy have I got some signs to show you!!!
Some brought a smile to my face when I saw them and I just had to photographed them....
This first photo was taken in inner city Melbourne...


 The next 4 photos were taken on Norfolk Island at one of the tourist attraction's carpark :-)



Hmmm...on closer inspection...the spelling isn't too good here is it?  lol



The next sign was on the back of a public toilet door in Warwick (QLD) ....

And this was outside a jewellers in Toombul Shoppingtown in Brisbane...

Some signs bring out the teacher in me and I want to get a 'red pen' and correct or even a post it note with a correction would do lol...like this one at our local post office...Mind you I suppose that 'accepted' could be okay but I favour 'excepted'. We've all seen signs which misuse apostrophes too haven't we???




Like the 4 photos taken on Norfolk Island, I have other photos of signs which cause memories to come flooding back of previous holiday travels...


3 years ago DH and I went to Melbourne with some friends to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary...we had tickets for Jersey Boys.

In 2010, DH had work commitments in Canberra but we had time to travel to the 'High Country'...

Last year we had a driving holiday in US and signs plus our GPS  were our lifelines :-)

Long Beach CA

I wondered whether this could be a relative!

Also in California; I sat in the car while DH went to the pro shop to buy some 'golf stuff'

This sign was in a memorial/tribute park in San Diego

Luckily we didn't see any of these at the Reserve in CA

You've been warned :-)

Housing of the very poor in Mexico...



You can still recognise that it's a stop sign (In Mexico)

Also in Mexico; a huge billboard ad for a doctor

This sign shows the border of USA and Mexico. We had to wait in line for 45 minutes to get out of Mexico; my worst nightmare would have been to be detained there! lol




That iconic sign in Piccadilly Circus
An election sign in London...a bit peculiar?



Singapore had most signs in English :-)

This one made me smile too!

I've included this photo of me walking along the beachfront at Sandgate...The signs on the shop include some  brands which no longer exist

 And some signs are a bit cringeworthy too!
Melbourne CBD shop