Fun with Lubes and Tubes

Look, here is Barry with a big green tank!

We visited the former Lube Blending plant in Woodlands, northern Singapore. Isn't it industrial chic?

(It will soon be safely demolished, don't worry.)

According to our (non-oil expert) guides, the tanks were painted green so as to not offend the Sultan of Johor. It's best not to offend sultans, I guess.

So you gotta mix the oils from the tubes correctly to make the lubes. One of them is called Osmanthus, but not related to the flower.

There's a lotta tubes. Unsurprisingly, this system has been replaced with computers and automation.

Vacant plants are fun! We pressed buttons.

You can see that Barry is sick with power.

We couldn't fix the internet though.

No containers showed up.

Despite the obvious temptation, we followed the signs to not randomly get into the tanks and suffer from fumes because that would be embarrassing.

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The Lithuanian Hill of Crosses is a thing

In Lithuania there is a place called the Hill of Crosses.It is where you go and plant a cross in any style you like. I chose none.

This started in the 1800s, and continued partly (mainly?) as a peaceful protest against ongoing unwelcome regimes.

You have to plant your cross carefully so that it doesn't fall down. I assume some people use cement but I only saw a few people and a couple of monks, who are also people, but no cement.

You get to pick your cross style, such as fancy metal, airplane, orthodox cross with the circle to represent the sunshine.Tree Jesus, crosses made with old parts, boring small crosses. There are an estimated 500,000 crosses, and I saw all of them!

Some of the crosses have some great carving action.

But it can get quite messy.

I prefer the totem pole style cross, personally, and I think cross planters should embrace more colours.

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