Thursday 30 June 2016

Welcome to Retroville


I have to admit that I do quite like Retro Style. Furniture, fashions and food from the fifties and sixties.

And there are quite a few likeable items in this shot. The upright lights, for example, cool and almost trendy.

Painted brick wall ... not so much.

Bonus - TypeSet in the Future - Dedicated to fonts in Sci-Fi.

Wednesday 29 June 2016

Chaudet, Feeding Oedipus


It's been a while since we last featured some classic sculpture, so let's have something by Antoine-Denis Chaudet, tho' it was finished after his death by Pierre Cartellier.



Bonus - The stylishness of Old Batteries

Tuesday 28 June 2016

Ring



Possibly the inspiration for the Japanese Horror Movie of the same name...

...but probably not.

Bonus -

Sunday 26 June 2016

The Stanford Silly Buggers Club

Really, I have no idea what's going on in this slide.
Charity run? Talent show?  EU Elections?   I dunno.

Any clues folks?

Bonus - The moment that a Bond villain is created...
Bonus 2 - Inspired by Marilyn, but....

Saturday 25 June 2016

Behold Death, Riding A Pale Horse

Behold Death (A.K.A. Mr Clarence Goodchild, of Cedar Grove, NJ)

Bonus - Queen Wears Green Outfit, similar shade to GreenScreen, and Internet Gets Silly.

Friday 24 June 2016

Vroom Vroom




I was going to post something relevant to today's shock Brexit news...but I won't.

Instead, a combination of two of America's favourite things.

Cars and Parades.

And the sign seems to say "Branagan Vintage Car Club - Sponsored by Keith's Chevron." Except, that turns up nothing on Google. Branagan doesn't even seem to be a place name.

Mysterious.

Bonus -

Thursday 23 June 2016

Meanwhile, in a quiet part of ... umm ... Oslo?


It's an odd hobby I suppose.  Have a look as an old slide, and try and figure out where it was taken.

Here's there are very few clues - other thank the centre-left building having a sign saying Oslo O.

Which just might be a clue.

Bonus - today I learned about Stolperstein, and you should too.

Wednesday 22 June 2016

The Jacob A Riis Memorial Stone


As you know, Jacob A Riis was an Danish-American social reformer, "muckraking" journalist and social documentary photographer.

He is memorialised by several places in the USA, but I have a suspicion that this memorial isn't in the good old US of A.

Bonus - Donald Trump postulated as a "Manchurian candidate"

Tuesday 21 June 2016

The Thresher


Not to be confused with the USS Thresher, which is a whole other story.

No, this is an atmospheric slide of an Olde Tyme Agricultural Equipment demonstration, and frankly the light leakage marking add a whole other level of charm to the slide.

Bonus - From old time, to emergent technology. Environmentally friendly 'cremation'.
Mmmmm   Water.

Monday 20 June 2016

Slugger Hendricks


Never seen the point of Baseball Or softball, or whatever. Basically it's just rounders.... a kids game.

Yet, America seems to love it.

Whatever.

Bonus - Japan's Beloved Christmas Cake Isn't About Christmas At All

Sunday 19 June 2016

Sunday Afternoon Drive

Looks like a grand day for a little drive in the countryside.

The observant amongst you will notice that there are three wive, and only two husbands. Well, there is a third husband, but he (Luigi Scarloni( was found to be cheating on Rosalita, and is currently tied up in the trunk. A drive into the country, and Badda-Bing...problem gone.
Bonuses :

Saturday 18 June 2016

Fun in The Sun


After a week of rain and misery, it's a delight to get out into the sunshine. And life's better if you have a backyard pool.

Bonus - A Ronseal Website -  Stool Analyser
Bonus 2 - How They Got Their Guns

Friday 17 June 2016

Phoebe



That's the Name in the Frame.

Likely to be one of those Cursed Kitsch Paintings of the seventies. I wonder what misfortune I may encounter, having published it to the world....



Bonus -

Thursday 16 June 2016

Roller Jazz Instrument Fashion


So, Scanning a bunch of slides. Scenery, churches, sunsets, relatives..and then

WHAM.   WTF???  

Shop display obviously, but seriously ... what possessed these people to try this ?

But...I like it.

Bonus - Stitch that would waken the dead.

Bonus 2 - The 50 most influential marijuana users

Wednesday 15 June 2016

Tuesday 14 June 2016

The Stealth Chickens


From playing with the brightness, contrast and gamma, I think this shows a lad petting a stealthy chicken, while another sneaks up behind him, ready to steal his wallet.

Alternatively, it's the Romania Police Fife and Drum Band, preparing for a summer holiday.

Anything is possible.

Bonus - Rago National Park, Norway

Monday 13 June 2016

Hello Colin.



This is Colin.

Hello Colin.

Interesting fact. Every Colin I've ever met, has been a little bit "strange."


Bonus - The curious story of The (Almost) American Hippo. A solution to two problems.

Sunday 12 June 2016

I Declare This Cul-de-Sac...


...Open.  May God bless all those who live, love, die or visit them.

Bonus - Waste Some Time - Alphabet Shoot
Bonus Bonus :

Saturday 11 June 2016

Fresh Grilled Sardines

Why would anyone consider cheese n pickle sandwiches on the beach, when you colud have fresh caught, freshly grilled sardines?
Well, if it's a Mediterranean scene, the answer is easy, Fecal material in The Med.

Bonus - no big reason

Friday 10 June 2016

Local Flooding


Yes, it's another tedious slide, but it's topical.

My street suffered some minor flooding during an utter downpour this afternoon.

And this slide reminded me of it.

Bonus - 1950s Housewife in LSD Experiment

Thursday 9 June 2016

At The Beach


Sorry. Still busy.


Two ladies, frolicking in the surf, wearing swimsuits and smiles.


Lovely.


Bonus - COUNTRY COMPARISON :: CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE
Current account balance compares a country's net trade in goods and services, plus net earnings, and net transfer payments to and from the rest of the world.  How high do you think USA and UK rank, compared to the other 194 countries??

Wednesday 8 June 2016

Chubby Chappy


Sorry.  Working late tonight, so lacking time for my usual razor-sharp wit.

So, have a slide of a young cheeky chappy.

Bonus - Filipinos Moving House.

Tuesday 7 June 2016

The Horizon



Not much to say about this slide.


No artistic merit. No cultural merit.





Dross.

Bonus -  Japan Is Strange.

Monday 6 June 2016

Fish and Fashion


So THIS is what the well-dressed Mackerel-Botherer is wearing in (checks slide) September 1965.

Alluring, sexy and daring ... are not the words I'd apply to this ensemble.

Bonus :

Sunday 5 June 2016

Salt of the Earth


After yesterday formal and, frankly, upper class diners, let's celebrate these hard-working, plain-speaking sons of the soil.

Honestly, I could imagine that they were the original choice for models for American Gothic, but couldn't spare the time during harvest season.

Bonus -

Saturday 4 June 2016

Formal Dinner Party

Nice to see everyone formally dressed for a simple dinner party.

Actually, it could be a New Year's Eve Party, based upon the January 1965 date on the slide. I'm not sure whether Helga (on right, in black dress) is drunk, sleeping or dead, but she looks ready to keel over.

Bonus - What The Heck?
BabyMetal - The bastard child of Slipknot and JPop.  As someone probably said.

Friday 3 June 2016

Friday Nights Are Made for Dancing


Yes, I know that the image is blurred, but it's still great !

The fashion, the glasses, the Gay Abandon (not to be confused with Gaye Advert) ... it's all fantastic.


Bonus - Crime in Derby is Worrying. We'll all be murdered in our lumpy beds. Source


Thursday 2 June 2016

Wee Ian



In honour of Little Ian, who is currently drifting around the NC500, I thought I'd post an image of the completely unrelated "Wee Ian" fae Poolewe.

Because everyone in Scotland wears a kilt.

Bonus - King Tut's dagger blade made from meteorite

Bonus 2 - Mad Football Skillz

Wednesday 1 June 2016

On The Rocks



I was going to call this post "Brady On The Rocks", but her name is probably Gladys.

Not many kids called Gladys, nowadays.   VERY few boys with that name. With only one Art Cow

Bonus - Creationist Senator wants to know how to turn E. Coli into Humans

Bonus 2 - A-ha !