January 9, 2012 Living on the Edge

CaliforniaMama · 01-09-2012, 09:09 AM

Ronda, Malaga, Spain

(Photo credit: Bert Kaufmann)

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The town of Ronda in Malaga, Spain dates back to Neolithic times. The town of over thirty thousand people is built either side of a dizzying ravine. There are three bridges which span the gap between the sides. First there is the Puente Romano or Roman Bridge. There is the Puente Viejo or Old Bridge, and then comes the Puente Nuevo (New Bridge – which is the name it was given when it was completed in 1793).

(Photo credit: Fresco Tours)

Comment from Kuriositas user Herman Van Roey:

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I visited this tiny town a few years ago... Amazing to walk over the bridge and look into the deep! I don't think it 's visible on the photo's but there is a pathway all the way down from the city to the bottom of the crevice; marvelous stroll (and hard to go back up, lol)

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Trilby · 01-09-2012, 09:12 AM

Yes, please!

I want to live there!!!!

glatt · 01-09-2012, 09:16 AM

I bet they used to empty bedpans out the windows back in the day, and I bet every guy there has tried peeing out the window at least once.

zippyt · 01-09-2012, 10:07 AM

I saw the Height and thought 'HHHUUUUCCCCCKKKKKKK PATOOOOOWWEEE !!!!"

glatt · 01-09-2012, 10:21 AM

Oh yeah, that too.

Pete Zicato · 01-09-2012, 10:21 AM

I'd probably throw a penny. I wonder if you'd hear it hit bottom.

Sheldonrs · 01-09-2012, 11:08 AM

An example of why the kids are so well behaved:

"KIDS! I'VE HAD IT WITH YOU!! GO OUT AND PLAY IN THE BACK YARD!!!!

Mav · 01-09-2012, 05:38 PM

Be careful going out the back door, that first step is a doozy.

mrputter · 01-10-2012, 03:18 AM

(from one long-time lurker to another...)

Sundae · 01-10-2012, 12:35 PM

That's supposed to be the place Hemingway had in mind when he wrote For Whom the Bell Tolls (where sympathisers are pitched over the side). He certainly spent time there.

Then again, give the Spaniards a high enough place and they itch to throw something off of it...

Pete Zicato · 01-10-2012, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae

Then again, give most men a high enough place and they itch to throw something off of it...

FIFY. You did read the earlier comments, right?

01-09-2012, 09:12 AM	#2
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Yes, please! I want to live there!!!! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

01-09-2012, 10:07 AM	#4
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	I saw the Height and thought 'HHHUUUUCCCCCKKKKKKK PATOOOOOWWEEE !!!!" __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

01-09-2012, 10:21 AM	#6
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	I'd probably throw a penny. I wonder if you'd hear it hit bottom. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

01-09-2012, 11:08 AM	#7
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	An example of why the kids are so well behaved: "KIDS! I'VE HAD IT WITH YOU!! GO OUT AND PLAY IN THE BACK YARD!!!! __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

01-09-2012, 09:16 AM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I bet they used to empty bedpans out the windows back in the day, and I bet every guy there has tried peeing out the window at least once.

01-09-2012, 05:38 PM	#8
Mav Lurker Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 26	Be careful going out the back door, that first step is a doozy.

01-10-2012, 03:18 AM	#9
mrputter Superior Inhabitant Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 71	(from one long-time lurker to another...)

01-10-2012, 12:35 PM	#10
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	That's supposed to be the place Hemingway had in mind when he wrote For Whom the Bell Tolls (where sympathisers are pitched over the side). He certainly spent time there. Then again, give the Spaniards a high enough place and they itch to throw something off of it...

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