Dance of the Festive Maidens

 

Actually, this slide was marked as Oct 1981 Yugoslavia Dubrovnik, so it probable has zero relevance to Christmas celebrations.

Dammit.

Bonus - The Invasion Of The Lupins

Retro Christmas Decorations - Done right

 

So much classier than Aluminium Xmas Trees.

Ribbons, pins and a certain design ability.

Nice.

Bonus - 

Obviously

Stripey Walls

 

It may be Christmassy Slide season, but we can't ignore Tedious Tuesday.

It's a tricky juggling act.

So, here's a very tedious subject - a view of an empty bedroom, with two single beds, and a chair.

However....what decorating panache. It takes skill to combine multicolour stripes and lime green dressing table.

Alas...

Bonus - 

Yes, It's That Time

 

Yes, It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas Slide Month.

Sigh.

A Smoky Old Tramp

 

Well, Tramp Steamer.  

Nicholson Transit Company assumed much of the operations of the Nicholson Universal Steamship Company as a result of changes in vessel technology and size. A fleet of nine vessels, including the Pioneer and the Charles Donnelly were maintained. These vessels were equipped with cranes and multiple decks to accommodate different cargo. Most handled cargo included automobiles, pig iron steel trade material, and grain. Nicholson Transit Company was an innovative user of unique decks including tank tops for grain and straight and multiple decks to carry automobiles. These efficiencies helped the company become a leader in the carrier business. Nicholson Transit Company discontinued operations after the 1960-61 shipping season primarily as a result of pressure from the eastern railroad companies. Price slashing and larger ocean bound vessels made using the Great Lakes seaway more expensive and less efficient. As a result of government subsidized railroad competition, the company was forced out of business.

Meanwhile, in Austria

At last, a slide with some info.  It is written "Saint <illegible> Austria Aug 1950"

Based upon my extensive travel experience, this seems to be St. Gilgen (Number 6 here)
 

After Thanksgiving

 

I expect that all our American readers will have been celebrating Thanksgiving yesterday.

So, today's slide is both a possible Thanksgiving Meal, AND a marking of Black Friday.

Happy Shopping

Bonus - The Myth of The First Thanksgiving

Not the usual view...

 But I believe that this is taken at Niagara Falls. Possibly, The Maid Of The Mists in the view.

The Suburban Horror

 

Who knows what unspeakable horrors were acted out behind those front doors...

Looks Dutch to me...

Bonus - Reindeers will change their eye colour from brown to blue in the winter to help see in low light conditions. Making it Rudolph's eyes and not his red nose that helped Santa that night.

The Daisies of Cliveden

 

The lawns at Cliveden are famous for their profusion of daisies. Maybe.

Maybe not so much now

Bonus - I decided to quit my job, and travel the world until I run out of savings.

By my calculations, I should be back home around 6:30 tomorrow morning.

Like a Galleon under Full Sail.

 

What a woman.

I wouldn't mess with her.

Bonus - Japanese zoo fails to breed two hyenas after both turned out to be male

Bonus 2 - 

Meanwhile, in Italy

 

After a slide involving death and celebrity politicians, today lets celebrate the life of Bery Blood (not pictured this time) and her jet set life of late 1960s.

This was in the "Italy" box, but no other info. Obviously, that is Portofino as a backdrop.

Bonus - 

As is Tradition - Sixty Two years on

 ...that Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated John F Kennedy

This, as is tradition, is an image of JFK's temporary grave. 

Bonus - again, predictably, Destroy All Monsters    

Nonchalance Personified

That's a very relaxed dude.

From his outfit, a golfer perhaps, but cast adrift on a cruise liner???

He reminds me of this image

Pinched from Wiki

 

Bonus - Cyprus has a cat problem: One feline for every resident

The English Snowpocalypse

 

20th November, and there's some snow falling on England.

Which obviously means that the media is screaming about Snowpocalyses, and "It's all Global Warming, Innit?"

So, this vintage slide seems appropriate. 

Bonus - 

Early Computer Graphics

 

From the influential Siggraph 1983 exhibition.

This is Eudice Feder's: From Darkness into Light.

More info

Bonus - 

Yup.

Exhibit 47B - The Fly

 

An absolute treat for all you Tedious Tuesday ans.

A Fly.

Unknown species, unknown location, unknown date.

Nice.

Bonus - Did you know, you can donate money to the UK Government?

Rush Hour at the Market

 

The image probably captures a vibrant scene at a traditional floating market on Inle Lake in Shan State, Myanmar. 

Or it could be Wolverhampton.

Bonus - How Life Is, just trying to keep my shit together

Oh, for a Cosy Cottage

 

As we enter the second half of November, we have now entered Soup Season, and I'm looking to hibernate like a bear.

However, rather than a cave in the woods, I'd be happy with a cosy little cottage like this, with a log fire and plenty of coffee brewing.

Bonus - 

Turning Chilly

 

Thankfully, yesterday's wet and windy weather has eased into moist and breezy.  Alas, it's still "nae warm!".

But I'm not as bad as this slide, marked as "Nov-1950 Snow on Morrison Avenue CF".  I suppose CF might be California, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Bonus - Scientists need your toenails.

Desert Blooms

 

Today, at Slide Guy Central, the weather has been winy (Storm Claudia), wet (ditto, around 35mm rain today) cold (7 deg C) and dark (all bloody day).

So, here's  a slide of some blooms in the desert.

They MIGHT cheer me up a fraction.

Bonus - If you know, you know.

Meanwhile, in Peru

 

...Mrs Elvira Bockstein heads off for her daily job, avoiding the micturating pooch, and heading towards The Prolapsed Rectum, for lunch with the other Ladies Who Lunch.

Bonus - Herring gulls respond to the acoustic properties of men’s voices

The Wedding Guests

 

That's a bold fashion choice.

June 1964, and someone thought that it was a good idea to wear a pink two-piece, just a few months after Jackie Kennedy wore a similar outfit in Dallas.

Brave.

Bonus - My friend accused me of stealing his thesaurus...

Not only was I shocked; I was taken aback, flabbergasted, and aghast.

Armistice Day

 

Who's a Pretty Boy?

 Proving that you can mix stripes and checks in a single outfit, Mt Tony Houston and his best friend Tweety-Pie.

Bonus - 

Remembrance Sunday 9/11

 

Out for a Meal Tonight

 

Yes, tonight The Gang (as opposed to The Gang) , are heading off to The White Hart for a meal and a chat.  Going to be a bit radical, and might to for Starters, followed by Starters, followed be Starters. Because, why noy?

So this slide of a Dinner party seems relevant.  You can tell it's a classy do from having pukka Heinz Ketchup in a bottle on the table.  

Yes, I've used it before.

Bonus - 

The Colours of Autumn

 

One of the many great things about Autumn, the russet shades of many trees and shrubs.

Lovely.

Bonus - 

Borrowed, without permission, from B3TA.com

Ruby, Floyd and Paul

 

...for that was what was writ on the slide.

Who am I to disagree? I travelled the world and the seve...Ahem.

I could be wrong, that that does look the Miami Dade County Courthouse.

Bonus : 

Gnarly Old Tree

 

Yes, today is Guy Fawkes Night.

No, I don't often follow the crowds.

Yes, this is a picture of a gnarly old tree.

No, there was no info on the slide.

The slide might show a Divi-divi tree (Libidibia coriaria) growing among the ruins of a building. The Divi-divi tree is a leguminous tree or large shrub native to the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, and northern and western South America.

Bonus - World’s biggest spiderweb discovered in cave with over 111K spiders

Well, clearly that's somewhere.

 

Could be almost anywhere, I suppose.

However, based upon the angle of the sun, the rock used in the masonry, and the crest above the entrance, I deduce that it is, in fact, Berwick Upon Tweed Barracks.

In fact, here

Bonus - 

America, FFS

Time for another Street Parade

 

As we all know, Americans just LOVE having street parades. It's second only to Showing The Fish What I Done Caught as a slide-worthy event.

Today's is from May 1968, but the reason and location is unknown.  

Perhaps they were marking the sinking of USS Scorpion 

Bonus - How HS2 built a bridge to nowhere

New York Steam

 

Undated, but possibly around 1960, today we have an image from a vintage steam engine fair, in New York.  The adjacent detailed enlargement might provide some info that the keen eyed might decipher.

Bonus - Meanwhile, on Floor 796

The original "Mrs Brown" ?

 

I've never watched more than 40 seconds of "Mrs Brown's Boys", for the same reason I've never trapped my gonads in an overheated Tefal Sandwich Toaster, but I am aware of the strangely popular sitcom.

But, that miserable old bint in the middle - looks VERY like Edna from that series. And the other two miserable cows could be unconvincing middle-aged transvestites too.

Bonus - An oldie but a goodie

A Happy Hallowe'en

 

See.

Halloween doesn't have to be about Horror and Slutty Fancy Dress outfits.

Tho, a few more slutty nurses are definitely an improvement.

Bonus - Lovely Ladies with Pumpkins