Random Photos You Took [Archive] - Page 4

golscorer4

Jan 15, 2006, 4:10 AM

Today...Grand Rapids...my hometown...

In detail....

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~numstead/Pictures/GRap/011406_01.jpg

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~numstead/Pictures/GRap/011406_02.jpg

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~numstead/Pictures/GRap/011406_03.jpg

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~numstead/Pictures/GRap/011406_04.jpg

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~numstead/Pictures/GRap/011406_05.jpg

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~numstead/Pictures/GRap/011406_06.jpg

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~numstead/Pictures/GRap/011406_07.jpg

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~numstead/Pictures/GRap/011406_08.jpg

delicious...
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~numstead/Pictures/GRap/011406_09.jpg

Lexy

Jan 15, 2006, 4:38 AM

Some random Lexy/Nashville.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b309/lexyky/Picture1733.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b309/lexyky/Picture158a.jpg

Don't ask...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b309/lexyky/Picture970a.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b309/lexyky/Picture1934.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b309/lexyky/Picture1375a.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b309/lexyky/Picture8269a.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b309/lexyky/Picture8281a.jpg

gripja

Jan 15, 2006, 9:59 PM

Some East River city views:
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c182/gripja/ESBBirdy.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c182/gripja/NonTouristView.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c182/gripja/graffiticity.jpg

Ninjatune

Jan 15, 2006, 10:26 PM

^^^ love that second shot..

Awesome, Ninja!

Thank you!

some grassy knoll action..
http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/2177/gkcanon29fn.jpg

http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/1851/gkcanon33dp.jpg

olga

Jan 16, 2006, 11:05 AM

Some photos from Christmas

This one reminded me a little bit of little olga.

:)

Beautiful photos, Hack. There is certainly something special about B/W film photos.

KingKrunch

Jan 18, 2006, 1:24 AM

A tram line runs on my street. There'e a junction right in front of my window and every now and then one of the streetcars derails. The speed is always very low so there is absolutely no risk for passengers, etc. Most of the time only one of the wheels jumps off the tracks and the car just has to reverse to get it back on.
This time it took almost 1.5 hours to fix the problem (luckily the road is closed due to roadwork so there were no traffic delays except for the streetcars on that route). I took several pictures of which only a few came out ok. This one was taken during the last test run after the 'repair':

http://www.king-krunch.de/light_rail_jena.jpg

mSeattle

Jan 18, 2006, 4:53 AM

Great stuff on here.

olga

Jan 19, 2006, 4:16 PM

Two strange scenes from Malmo the last week:

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/4558/liljan9ks.jpg

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/8617/dock6cr.jpg

gripja

Jan 20, 2006, 1:37 AM

Interesting Photos, Olga, and everyone for that matter. I have a prediction for 2006, by the end of it this thread will still be going strong. Heres a shot of Washington Squares arch:
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c182/gripja/WashingtonSquarereflection.jpg

Swede

Jan 21, 2006, 8:50 PM

Awesome stuff everyone :slob:

finally got around to uploading some old shots to my new photohost...

http://static.flickr.com/33/89383884_ac06dc22c4_o.jpg (www.flickr.com)

http://static.flickr.com/25/89383882_95c3037939_o.jpg (www.flickr.com)

http://static.flickr.com/19/89381845_b912d64f66_o.jpg (www.flickr.com)

http://static.flickr.com/40/89378138_65cd3ad13f_o.jpg (www.flickr.com)

jlendo

Jan 22, 2006, 1:06 AM

I did this today

http://www.pbase.com/jlen/image/55130039.jpg

Upward

Jan 22, 2006, 1:52 AM

http://static.flickr.com/33/89383884_ac06dc22c4_o.jpg (www.flickr.com)

I remember that one :tup:

staff

Jan 22, 2006, 8:10 PM

Olga,
So they've finally started tearing that run-down building in Gamla Väster? I wonder what's going to be constructed on that site...

Malmö and Sweden as a whole has got some of the arctic weather in Russia/Finland/the Baltics right now - and we actually have snow right now.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y135/staffh/mixed/konstrunge.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y135/staffh/mixed/mellanstockar.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y135/staffh/mixed/varmkall.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y135/staffh/mixed/barntorso.jpg

These are the last Malmö photos taken by me you're going to see in a pretty long time. Leaving for Moscow the day after tomorrow..

Sacto

Jan 22, 2006, 9:11 PM

Standing in motion.

http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/8311/p1010210medium8tg.jpg

Sacto

Jan 22, 2006, 9:20 PM

http://img454.imageshack.us/img454/7949/p1010806medium1nr.jpg

:previous::awesome::banaride:

1ajs

Jan 22, 2006, 9:36 PM

north main winnipeg............

the lonly brick ... i found it in that state
http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/2848/lonlybrick6fm.jpg

and furth along main i found the this:
The Weeds of Main
http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/5592/wildsill0gq.jpg

ItsConanOBrien

Jan 22, 2006, 9:44 PM

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/1871/46sr.jpg

GO_UAE

Jan 23, 2006, 3:16 AM

Beautiful :) i am positively sure that most of you guys will not do so well if you ever visited places like the UAE. The weather really doesnt help and works againts your camera and lenses , its so rare to find days like the one above

Ninjatune

Jan 23, 2006, 7:43 AM

^^ nice work!

I've been shooting stills on a production being filmed here in downtown Dallas over the last few days..
Here are a few of the first files I've had a chance to sit down and edit..

http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/4929/2277ua.jpg

http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/3849/394sq.jpg

http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/8109/0477iz.jpg

harls

Jan 23, 2006, 6:20 PM

http://photos.yafro.com/pics3/i/20060120/09/c/c/0/cc07c11c4daa88c6e72fc045f01bb0b8200601200_full.jpg

ItsConanOBrien

Jan 23, 2006, 8:24 PM

That's really neat ninjatune. That last picture with the gunman is awesomly sharp and clear and film-like!

From over winter break...
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/9944/a25vf.jpg

Ninjatune

Jan 24, 2006, 5:40 AM

That's really neat ninjatune. That last picture with the gunman is awesomly sharp and clear and film-like!

Thank you!..

Love that silhouette effect you've got going on above.. Nice work..

Gutter Tech

Jan 24, 2006, 7:30 AM

Not the best photograph I've taken, but this is somewhere in San Francisco...
http://members.cox.net/robertaldecoa/sf.jpg

POLA

Jan 24, 2006, 9:14 AM

is that girl wearing blue shoes? :sly:

Swede

Jan 24, 2006, 2:17 PM

And what's the gunman holding in his left hand?

@upward - :) it is kinda nice, innit? Sadly, going by the date on that one it'll be at least 2 months til winter's over.

Ninjatune

Jan 24, 2006, 5:53 PM

And what's the gunman holding in his left hand?

@upward - :) it is kinda nice, innit? Sadly, going by the date on that one it'll be at least 2 months til winter's over.

A remote.... she's a robot :D

Swede

Jan 24, 2006, 8:54 PM

^this I gotta see! :D release is straight to teh internets? :P

Ninjatune

Jan 24, 2006, 9:09 PM

^ lol.. well.. kinda... It'll be entered into a short film festival sometime this spring.. I'll keep you posted ;)

Ninjatune

Jan 27, 2006, 9:25 AM

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/5641/0606zs.jpg

Ninjatune

Jan 27, 2006, 10:27 AM

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/958/0245dv.jpg

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/9695/0157qv.jpg

1ajs

Jan 28, 2006, 3:03 AM

on the hood on my 72 145s
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/3124/leaf14se.jpg

gripja

Jan 28, 2006, 4:17 AM

Sitting on the 1 @ Chambers St.
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c182/gripja/bbqs.jpg

Sunrise on my Moms B-day:
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c182/gripja/MomsB-DaySunrise.jpg

HomeInMyShoes

Jan 29, 2006, 4:43 AM

Sunrise this morning, around Tulum on the Mexican coast. Did I mention that it sucks to be back in Saint Louis now? :yuck:

http://images.picpile.com/uploads/661096653.jpg

http://images.picpile.com/uploads/713198292.jpg

rockyi

Jan 30, 2006, 3:11 AM

October, 2005
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v420/rockyi/375958-R1-015-6.jpg

ItsConanOBrien

Jan 30, 2006, 3:14 AM

Got to spend last night in an apartment that a brother of a friend lives in, in Boston...

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/4295/19od.jpg
Pretty much the view of my dreams

HomeInMyShoes

Jan 30, 2006, 1:28 PM

^Yeah, that's pretty sweet.

rockyi

Jan 30, 2006, 10:47 PM

Boston, July, 2005.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v420/rockyi/010_10.jpg

ItsConanOBrien

Jan 31, 2006, 5:21 AM

Edit: My bad!

Here's another random picture!

http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/2104/41ro1.jpg

rockyi

Jan 31, 2006, 10:44 PM

^Umm, how come you posted the same picture again?

harls

Feb 1, 2006, 4:00 PM

http://photos.yafro.com/pics3/i/20050727/09/8/d/f/8dfb02a01ef1e4a883be375e54a03ddc0_full.jpg

circle33

Feb 1, 2006, 4:03 PM

/\ I was wondering why he didn't stop at my house this year.

niwell

Feb 1, 2006, 6:54 PM

Took this on the way back from Toronto to Ottawa, somewhere in Durham county. The mood fit my very hungover and tired state at the time!

http://www.nickwellington.com/public_html/roadsign.jpg

gripja

Feb 2, 2006, 2:42 AM

Random? I planned to take it but it is random that I am posting it now.
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c182/gripja/esbintheclouds.jpg

1ajs

Feb 3, 2006, 5:21 AM

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/2224/dscf00418dw.jpg

rockyi

Feb 3, 2006, 10:49 PM

Not a job I would want.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v420/rockyi/002_2.jpg

1ajs

Feb 3, 2006, 11:31 PM

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/2228/dscf00402zr.jpg

ItsConanOBrien

Feb 6, 2006, 5:10 AM

http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/8537/226fh.jpg

Ninjatune

Feb 11, 2006, 9:14 PM

define 'plight'...

shot this morning in a very cold and wind good latimer tunnel

deep ellum, dallas tx
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a291/bitmapbandito/022.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a291/bitmapbandito/021.jpg

gripja

Feb 11, 2006, 10:47 PM

^How much did u pay the 'model'?

GCZ

Feb 11, 2006, 11:03 PM

My dog,

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/5605/imgp04386ew.jpg

Ninjatune

Feb 11, 2006, 11:46 PM

^How much did u pay the 'model'?

5 bucks and a handful of Parliments...

rockyi

Feb 12, 2006, 5:53 AM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v420/rockyi/Dcp_0608.jpg

staff

Feb 12, 2006, 6:36 AM

Some photos I've taken on my trip through Russia and Mongolia. The quality is very bad since the site on which I uploaded the photos downsamples them beyond sanity... No post-processing whatsoever as well.

Camels in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia. The temperature outside is approx. -40 degrees.
http://www.resedagboken.se/upload/imagegallery/69/779769/3115081_5459731.jpg

Statue overlooking a street in central UlaanBaatar, Mongolia.
http://www.resedagboken.se/upload/imagegallery/69/779769/3115078_5459684.jpg

Old man in traditional Mongolian clothes, in front of some colourful run-down buildings in UlaanBaatar, Mongolia.
http://www.resedagboken.se/upload/imagegallery/69/779769/3114962_5459634.jpg

The building in which I stayed during my visit in UlaanBaatar, Mongolia.
http://www.resedagboken.se/upload/imagegallery/69/779769/3114709_5459031.jpg

Ready for some good ol' photography, on the Trans-Siberian railway somewhere in Russia.
http://www.resedagboken.se/upload/imagegallery/69/779769/3114649_5459016.jpg

The top bunk on the train in Russia. If you get tired of Russian and Asian girls, be sure to bring some Scandinavian ones as well.
http://www.resedagboken.se/upload/imagegallery/69/779769/3114608_5458992.jpg

Two basic essentials on the Trans-Siberian; a phrasebook and a bottle of Vodka.
http://www.resedagboken.se/upload/imagegallery/69/779769/3114607_5458950.jpg

Brutal and beautiful stalinistic architecture in Moscow, Russia.
http://www.resedagboken.se/upload/imagegallery/69/779769/3104835_5458896.jpg

The urban landscape of Moscow by night, seen from our hotel window.
http://www.resedagboken.se/upload/imagegallery/69/779769/3104832_5458885.jpg

S:t Basil's Cathedral on Red Square in Moscow, Russia.
http://www.resedagboken.se/upload/imagegallery/69/779769/3104779_5439998.jpg

On final for SVO airport in Moscow. Chimney smoke is dominating the skyline.
http://www.resedagboken.se/upload/imagegallery/69/779769/3104775_5439968.jpg

JJC50

Feb 12, 2006, 7:15 AM

^ cool pics.

JJC50

Feb 12, 2006, 8:15 AM

Vegas Baby

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/8205/p10102754co.jpg

Ninjatune

Feb 12, 2006, 11:31 AM

oh wow..............

http://www.resedagboken.se/upload/imagegallery/69/779769/3104775_5439968.jpg

.....wow

rockyi

Feb 12, 2006, 2:22 PM

Nice pics, Staff.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v420/rockyi/Dcp_0878.jpg

JJC50

Feb 13, 2006, 9:13 AM

a little snap I took a while back lol

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/4363/p10100353jj.jpg

Ninjatune

Feb 13, 2006, 9:59 AM

this kid is 13... he'll go pro at 15

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a291/bitmapbandito/0263e.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a291/bitmapbandito/0338e.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a291/bitmapbandito/0335e.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a291/bitmapbandito/0334e.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a291/bitmapbandito/0368e.jpg

Upward

Feb 13, 2006, 11:28 AM

^ What people do when they can't do THIS \/

http://www.qrivy.net/albums/surf/IMG_7641.jpg

http://www.qrivy.net/albums/surf/IMG_7622.jpg

http://www.qrivy.net/albums/surf/IMG_7551.jpg

:D

olga

Feb 13, 2006, 11:50 AM

Great photos, everyone!

@staff: That's a helluva tour you made! Awesome. More than ten years ago I did the transiberian, but the furthest we went was Ulan Ude (close to Mongolia, but still in the Russian Federation). Hope to see more pics from your trip!

staff

Feb 13, 2006, 12:46 PM

@staff: That's a helluva tour you made! Awesome. More than ten years ago I did the transiberian, but the furthest we went was Ulan Ude (close to Mongolia, but still in the Russian Federation). Hope to see more pics from your trip!
Wow, you did it 10 years ago. That's cool. :)

Ulaan Ude was the last stop in Russia before the train arrived into Mongolia. Though, it was dark outside so we couldn't see much from the train windows.

Right now I'm in China and I've visited Beijing and Xi'an so far, and I'm currently writing this post from an internet cafe in Wuhan in the Hubei province. Tomorrow it's time to go to Nanjing and from there to Wuxi, Suzhou, Hangzhou and then Shanghai. Can't wait...

Expect more photos when I get back. ;)

olga

Feb 13, 2006, 2:01 PM

^ Wow - cool! I guess you're taking tons of pics. Or maybe I should say gigabytes of pics. :)

I plan to scan the photos from my trip one day (I have both color slides and b/w paper copies). Then I'll make a "Vintage Transsiberian" thread. :D

Tom In Chicago

Feb 13, 2006, 7:00 PM

Wow. . . I just found this thread and can't believe I've never seen it before. . . be that as it may, I just spent the last hour going through it from page 1 and am really impressed by many of the photos. . . good to see people taking pictures of other stuffs. . . here's my contribution. . .

Here's a skyscraper shot for all you building freaks
http://www.pbase.com/temper/image/39684474.jpg

Here's a pic of some urban shit for you grit mongers
http://www.pbase.com/temper/image/33296128.jpg

This one is dedciated to all those of you who can't get enough cat pix
http://www.pbase.com/temper/image/50329293.jpg

Couldn't resist posting a pic of Krøll K-10,000 (Largest Tower Crane in the World)
http://www.pbase.com/temper/image/33924692.jpg

Unidentified object in Malmö (Olga? Staff? Any thoughts???)
http://www.pbase.com/temper/image/33924624.jpg

Couldn't resist. . . dutch angles in København
http://www.pbase.com/temper/image/33924614.jpg

Trump site demolition
http://www.pbase.com/temper/image/39682290.jpg

Trump site foundation
http://www.pbase.com/temper/image/40950657.jpg

Crazy wedding photo
http://www.pbase.com/temper/image/55626558.jpg

bye bye. . . :cool:

rockyi

Feb 13, 2006, 10:11 PM

Bad parade planning?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v420/rockyi/DCP_0931.jpg

olga

Feb 14, 2006, 8:03 AM

^ :haha:

olga

Feb 14, 2006, 8:09 AM

Wow. . . I just found this thread and can't believe I've never seen it before. . .

Can't believe that either, this is the best ongoing thread there is on this site! Welcome Tom, and thanks for your contribution. Very nice pics, I especially like the one from Copenhagen.

Unidentified object in Malmö (Olga? Staff? Any thoughts???)
http://www.pbase.com/temper/image/33924624.jpg

It's some thing from a playground at the housing exhibition in 2001. It's pretty weird, especially how it's located practically in the middle of nowhere. But they are soon going to build houses out there, so I guess it will be torn down.

harls

Feb 14, 2006, 2:08 PM

http://photos.yafro.com/pics3/i/20060209/09/3/e/a/3ea246bfcee42a5ee8a70e1fc18776da200602090_full.jpg

rockyi

Feb 14, 2006, 10:00 PM

Can't believe that either, this is the best ongoing thread there is on this site!

I got to this thread a little late myself so I had to spend some time to see all of the great photos I almost missed. Now it's the first thread I check when I log in. Keep up the good work everybody.

Tom In Chicago

Feb 14, 2006, 10:10 PM

So this pic of Olga reminds me of the ABBA videos I watched over the weekend. . . is it a coincidence that both are from Sweden??? I suspect not :cool:
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/7438/p11205472wo.jpg

. . . and speaking of ABBA. . . is anyone else pissed that Madonna ripped off their keyboard melody for her new single "Hung Up"? I mean. . . it's not even funny!!!

keninhalifax

Feb 14, 2006, 11:39 PM

http://www.travactours.com/images/Jan06/33.jpg

I think this is my favourite photograph to date. Banana, banana.

giallo

Feb 15, 2006, 1:44 AM

A brief period of calm before my students arrive

http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/SSP%20eat%20mouth%20shut/class%20time.jpg

-AX-

Feb 15, 2006, 3:30 AM

Full moon and the bridge :

http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/42/20060211231446b394641kk.jpg

rockyi

Feb 15, 2006, 3:32 AM

A few shots around my town.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v420/rockyi/Dcp_0735.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v420/rockyi/Dcp_0734.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v420/rockyi/Dcp_0718.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v420/rockyi/Dcp_0761.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v420/rockyi/Dcp_0743.jpg

HomeInMyShoes

Feb 15, 2006, 3:36 AM

I love this thread. Have I said that enough. :)

That parade one is hilarious. Poor Babar, forced to beg with the peasants watching.

And I love that what I think is a self-portrait Harls (I can see the camera on the table, but it's still a winner.)

rockyi

Feb 15, 2006, 3:39 AM

I love this thread. Have I said that enough. :)

That parade one is hilarious. Poor Babar, forced to beg with the peasants watching.

It was funny being there in person too, they were really scraping poor Babar along the street and I thought "Damn, it's going to rip."

Monetto

Feb 15, 2006, 4:03 AM

I like orange
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y126/mihaitza/20.jpg

Black's not too bad either
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y126/mihaitza/FezBatik-Dan036.jpg

Then again...
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y126/mihaitza/9.jpg

I heart Quebec

Monetto

Feb 15, 2006, 4:10 AM

Blue Mountain

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y126/mihaitza/IMGP1819.jpg

LSyd

Feb 15, 2006, 4:18 AM

^ you rule

-

Ninjatune

Feb 15, 2006, 4:50 AM

http://photos.yafro.com/pics3/i/20060209/09/3/e/a/3ea246bfcee42a5ee8a70e1fc18776da200602090_full.jpg

^ This rocks...

Happy Valentines Day, SSP!

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a291/bitmapbandito/114.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a291/bitmapbandito/115.jpg

olga

Feb 15, 2006, 8:28 AM

So this pic of Olga reminds me of the ABBA videos I watched over the weekend. . . is it a coincidence that both are from Sweden??? I suspect not :cool:

Might be I actually danced to an Abba tune when that pic was taken! That could have done it. And also the dress that is a bit 70's style.

. . . and speaking of ABBA. . . is anyone else pissed that Madonna ripped off their keyboard melody for her new single "Hung Up"? I mean. . . it's not even funny!!!
I'm not pissed! I don't think it's funny either - I think it's very good. :)

@harls: Great shot.

Serge

Feb 15, 2006, 3:36 PM

Harls, you're hot.
Monetto, she's hot.

^ Best Québec City picture ever.

gripja

Feb 15, 2006, 4:08 PM

I nominate this thread as best in '06. a few more:

A tree outside my building during the 'Blizzard of 2006' Looks like a dog standing on hind legs to me:
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c182/gripja/dogwood.jpg
And my cactus finally flowered--Have had this cactus for eons and never knew that it flowered till this week:
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c182/gripja/cactusflower.jpg

Keep up the great work everyone!!

Tom In Chicago

Feb 15, 2006, 7:55 PM

I'm not pissed! I don't think it's funny either - I think it's very good.

Well I'm not so much pissed at Madonna for lifting the riff, it's pretty cool in fact, I'm more pissed at myself for not knowing (until this weekend) that it was ABBA all along!!! :)

rockyi

Feb 15, 2006, 11:09 PM

gripja

Feb 15, 2006, 11:37 PM

^LOL, I am on cough medicine too :)

rockyi

Feb 16, 2006, 12:24 AM

^Yep, it's the medicine:haha:

House Hunting.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v420/rockyi/017_14a.jpg

The Cheat

Feb 16, 2006, 6:56 AM

http://www.svmetro.com/photos/philly-skyline/art-museum/pediment-detail-1.jpg

olga

Feb 16, 2006, 1:10 PM

My current wallpaper:

http://img494.imageshack.us/img494/93/bro7ro.jpg
Öresundsbron seen from Habo Ljung last October.

Well I'm not so much pissed at Madonna for lifting the riff, it's pretty cool in fact, I'm more pissed at myself for not knowing (until this weekend) that it was ABBA all along!!!

That explains it! :) I knew it was Gimme gimme gimme (a man after midnight) the first time I heard it, and I think it's a brilliant sampling.