Wednesday 30 November 2016

Where in the World?



It's Quiz Time !

Where in the world would you fid this building?

A Memphis, Egypt
B Memphis Tennessee
C Munich Germany
D Thessaloniki Greece
E Toulon France

Answer...HERE

Bonus - Take That, Cheat

Tuesday 29 November 2016

Pilot Boat No 2 - And A Swarm Of Locusts



No.

You're right.

That's not a swarm of locusts. It's just a very dirty n dusty slide.

I could / should clean it, and restore the slide to pristine condition .... but ... just imagine how hideously tedious that slide would be than.

Bonus 1 - Peter Bradshaw reviews Bicentennial Man

Bonus 2 - Review and Pics - Teenage Fanclub at Rock City (28-Nov-2016)

Monday 28 November 2016

Eldorado - In The Snow



Sorry. In a rush tonight.

Eldorado Airlines, apparently. Tho' Google struggles to find any info...

Sunday 27 November 2016

Look What We Shot


Looks like it's Barbecue Time tonight.

Love the forties/fifties fashions for the gals.  Nice

Bonus -

Saturday 26 November 2016

Grampa's Gang


And he's Mighty Proud of them.  Ev'ry one o' them the product of his seed, or his seed'd seed.

Bonus - Fair's Fair.


Thursday 24 November 2016

Happy Thanksgiving


Typical.   Bl**dy Typical.

I know that I have a bucket-load of Thanksgiving Day meal slides, but...can I find them?

Can I heck!

So, here's a wife basting a gammon with brandy. Possibly as an alternative to the TGDay Turkey.

Bonus -

Wednesday 23 November 2016

Unknown Military Dude



"He was a man with a military bearing, which he tossed into the air and caught in his pocket."

...as Major Dennis Bloodnok once said.

Bonus - Bloodnok's Stomach

Tuesday 22 November 2016

Arlington


On finding this slide, I immediately started wondering about the context.

Sixties, obviously. A formal cemetery, and scaffolding for TV cameras?

Alas, with some research, this isn't anything to do with the assassination of JFK (53 years ago today).

No, it's the Tomb of the Unknowns at  Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, United States of America.

Bonus - Come on, Fair Exchange !

Monday 21 November 2016

Medical Procedure



Well, I think I know the basics of what's being illustrated, but lets see what Google Images reverse search reckons the image is.


String Instrument.

Hmmmm. No.


Bonus - America, split into two. Trumpland and Clintonland.

Saturday 19 November 2016

Little Miss Smellypants

...seen her with her daughter Melodie.

There's a wonder quality about 1950's Kodachrome, yes?

Bonus -

Friday 18 November 2016

Two Happy Chaps


Perhaps they were at Teenage Fanclub's gig last night at Sheffield Leadmill.

Excellent night - marred (for me) by an idiotic portion of the audience who spent the whole night travelling back and forth between the two bars. I reckon the same cockwomble in a U2 t-shirt squeezed past me seven times. FFS.

Actually, these two chaps are probably in 1950's America, judging by the fashions, and the phalanx of demobbed Liberty Ships in the background.

The Extraordinary war record  of  Yang Kyoungjong

Thursday 17 November 2016

By The Time You Read This....


...I shall probably be in Sheffield, with my homeys, enjoying the music of popular beat combo Teenage Fanclub.

Oh Yeah !

Bonus - Japanese Tyre Ski-Jump

Bonus 2 -

Wednesday 16 November 2016

Extreme Euphoria !



You can see it by the faces, but Molly and Ted are high on Ecstacy.

Drugs - Just Say No.

Bonus - Bad Dog, Bad Dog.

Bonus 2 - Skull Art

Tuesday 15 November 2016

Upstairs At Eric


No, not the famour "Upstairs at Eric's" by Yazoo.

No, this is upstairs at Eric Hargreaves's newly purchased semi-detached in Godalming.

No Electro-Pop here, just.hardcore wide-swapping.

Bonus - Damn. That screws up my Chrimbo Prezzie Plans
CafePress Takes Down T-Shirt Calling Donald Trump A Cheeto-Faced Shitgibbon, Saying It Violates Frito-Lay's Trademark

Bonus 2 - While researching that phrase, I came across this and have been giggling like at idiot since.

Monday 14 November 2016

The Wedding Shot


There's nothing to beat a wedding slide, is there.

So many chances to gloat, criticise or humiliate. Especially the fashion no-no of a white tuxedo.

Bonus - A flash flood 

Saturday 12 November 2016

A Vision in Pink


Google tells me that this is post number 3001. Woo !

Today, we have a cutesy pink bride. From Japan.   Probably.

Bonus :

Friday 11 November 2016

Hipster Gran



Hipster Gran, roasts her own coffee beans, uses a corded drill, doesn't shave (anywhere) and rolls her own feminine hygiene products.  Hipster Gran.

Bonus -
Having a break from Trumpocalypse with

Thursday 10 November 2016

Mountain Stream


After yesterdays surprising POTUS result, today we have a calm, restful, tranquil mountain stream.

We needed to calm down, and maintain a reasonable blood pressure in the face of such madness.

Bonus - The Most Expensive Liquid In The World.

Wednesday 9 November 2016

The Donald J Trump Charm School.


OhMyGod America, what were you thinking?    President Donald Trump???

What next? Secretary of State Kim Kardassian?  Secretary of Defence Sarah Palin?

Bonus : Still ... Possibly the only POTUS to appear at Wrestlemania

Tuesday 8 November 2016

POTUS Election Day 2016

Note for future archaeologists: Today Tuesday 8th November 2016 is the date of the epoch-defining election for the next President Of The United States (Of America).

Donald J Trump vs Hillary Rodham Clinton. 

Oh good grief.

I wanted a vaguely appropriate slide for the day, but due to the lack of information of 99% of slides, I couldn't find anything quickly. So, here's a poor quality slide from 1952, which, at least, has a wall poster of the President Of The United States. At the time, Harry S Truman was the Dude.

Bonus - Vaguely appropriate :


Monday 7 November 2016

Autumnal Colour


or as our American readers would have it "Fall Color".

Lovely colours, yes?

Bonus - Unexpected catch

Sunday 6 November 2016

Clive (as Nancy.)


After of years working in the Covert Surveillance Section, Clive had "gone native" and just preferred to life his life that way.

Bonus - Why are there crushed stones alongside rail tracks?

Bonus 2 - Friendship

Saturday 5 November 2016

Admiring The Fish


The annual Portland Oregon tradition of "Inspecting The Fish", whose origins are lost in the mists of time.

Been sorting out slides for next year's calendar, and this was one of the Also-Rans.

Bonus 1 - November the Fifth. Anniversary of the horrific Byford Dolphin accident.

Bonus 2 - OK. Now THAT'S an impressive firework.

Friday 4 November 2016

Devil's Lake, Wisconsin, 1956



Sixty years ago.... hmmm.

I wonder whether today's selfies, belfies and food pics will be collected and viewed by strangers in sixty years.

Still. Devil's Lake. There's gotta be a story behind that name.    Devils Lake was so named because it is situated in a deep chasm with no visible inlet or outlet.

Bonus - The Ghastlytrump Tinies

Thursday 3 November 2016

Patrick and his Barn


Deep in the woods of Arkansas, Patrick Starr guards his barn.

Inside, the most fabulous thing in the known universe.

But I've said too much already.

Bonus - X-Ray of a Pregnant Dog

Wednesday 2 November 2016

The Letcher In Red


or, as it's more formally known

The Vision, Dante and Beatrice

Ary Scheffer (1795–1858)

Wolverhampton Art Gallery

Bonus :
The true spirit of Halloween

Bonus 2 :
Happy 80th Birthday

Tuesday 1 November 2016

Hello Oklahoma

Fitting perfectly into the "People Photograph The Strangest Things" category, we present .... A map of Oklahoma City.


Dull, yes?

Bonus - Deadly lightning kills more than 300 reindeer in Norway