Farm buildings

thoughton
Posted 15/02/2011 - 10:24 Link
Apologies for the ambiguous title, but being a bit of a city boy I'm not really sure what these are. I think they're grain silos, but who the hell knows I drive past these buildings regularly, and the unusual colour always catches my eye. So when the sun came out yesterday I ditched work for an hour and headed over there I found it difficult to reproduce the vibrant turquoise colour, the 4th one is probably the closest.

Couldn't really decided between the viewpoints for the first two .

Farm store
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Aqua farm
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The silo
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Turquoise on blue
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And this leaning post caught my eye as I was leaving:
All tied down
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Edited by thoughton: 15/02/2011 - 10:25
i-Berg
Posted 15/02/2011 - 10:43 Link
They sure are silos Tim, and that green giraffey-looking thing in front of them is an auger - used to pick up grain at its base and deposit it up high (like through the top hatch of one of these silos or into a truck), via a screw that runs the length internally.

I think the last two offer the more interesting perspectives.
thoughton
Posted 15/02/2011 - 10:50 Link
Oh, that's an auger? Very interesting. I have a good friend and neighbour who's surname is Auger. I always assumed he had some kind of prophet amongst his ancestors, perhaps it's more prosaic than that
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i-Berg
Posted 16/02/2011 - 06:33 Link
Indeed he may have Tim, but these things don't pump water efficiently - thereby giving rise to the expression 'that doesn't augur well'...

bwlchmawr
Posted 16/02/2011 - 06:53 Link
I like the solid structure of the second one in particular, Tim. Nice to see the sun out enhancing those colours.
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thoughton
Posted 16/02/2011 - 10:22 Link
Thanks Andrew!

iBerg that is also interesting. I was aware of the expression 'doesn't auger well' but once again I thought it related to augery as prophecy! - so the phrase is another way of saying 'doesn't bode well'.

Edit: Rather than flail around any more I decided to look it up. I understand now Auger vs Augur.
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Edited by thoughton: 16/02/2011 - 10:23
i-Berg
Posted 16/02/2011 - 10:42 Link
Indeedy! Augur did relate to prophecy.

Makes you realise what inauguration once meant... Our language has been in some very interesting places!

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