Here Comes a Choo-Choo

.... I think.


Difficult to tell with this exposure.

Bonus - NSFW
Chinese factory builds AI sex dolls – in pictures

Bonus 2  - Redneck Dentistry.  NSF...anyone.

The Back End of a B-52

An intereting fact for you.  The youngest B-52 i older than I am.  And they will be in service for years to come.

Bonus - An excuse to replay the best single ever.

Bonus 2 - “Up to 4 percent of the [Normandy Beach] sand is made up of this shrapnel”

Deep and Crisp and Even

In Derby, it's a breezy, overcast, moist sort of day. And I love it. So much better than the Flippin' Hot days that preceded it.

Bonus - Meanwhile

Girl on a Beach

Appropriate for the season / weather.

Bonus - My nightmares have a new resident.

The Hammer-headed Bat

So Damned Hot

I really did choose the wrong week to have a break.

As did this chap.   Sleeping on the couch, in his boxers. Trashy.

At least he has a selection o pipes available for sudden nicotine urges...

Bonus - Oooo...that was clo...damn

Bonus 2 - Guess which is the "Smoking" section...

Summer Days

Phew.  What a scorcher.

I'm taking a few days off from the fun factory, but the weather is making me long for days spent in the air-conditioned office.

I wonder is I could just sneak in and sit there reading a book, and dozing.

Bonus - For L.I - Holiday Planning

And Our Next Act

...are the Middleton Church Singers, with their selection by "Cradle of Filth"

"Take It Away, Jerry!"

The Pottersville Local Talent Show always delivers.

Bonus - Holy Crap !

Bonus 2 -

Withered on the Vine

Something about this picture makes me thing "Hops", but I have no idea whether that's right, wrong or way wrong !

So, dried leaves on a plant would be my caption.
Bonus -



Bonus 2 - Comedy Central have a trailer for Pulp Fiction...

Local Church Architecture

It's almost guaranteed in every set of holiday slide - That pretty little church that we saw on the Tuesday when we went Smurf-hunting.

How dull.

But  Smurf Hunting - I like that idea.

Bonus - The Shirky Principle - "Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution".  Explains a lot, doesn't?

Weekend Back Garden BarBeQue

Nothing to beat the chance of inviting a few chums around for an evening of of freshly cooked food, alcofrolic beverages, animal friendships forming and a game of cards.

But someone's nicked their burgers.

Bonus - A Jaglion (Jaguar/Lion hybrid)
Bonus 2

Anagramatically from the left : I Jam Necks, Amnesiac Jar, Tragic Thorns, Organ Titan, Dank Rhino Spew (Also shown, Kenny the Wonderdog. Not shown, Austrian It. )

Drank Wine Shop about to Cook Up.

Fully Clothed Sunbathing

Sometimes the slides just confirm the stereotypes.

Fifties England, and the seasiders are in full winter clothing - including pull-over and homburg.

Nice.

Bonus - Where does your passport let you visit?

We're not in Norfolk any more, Toto.

It seems like an easy call to say that this is Grand Canyon, even with no info on the slide.

However, there are several other site in America which it could be.

Some detailed research actually reveals that this is Yavapai Point, Grand Canyon National Park.  Sometime intuition proves correct.

Bonus - Who switched off gravity?

Vintage Toilet Selfie

Fact 3249 : The On-Toilet Selfie existed for decades before the rise of the on-phone digital camera.


Not a fact that you really need very often, but a fact anyway.

Bonus - Dumbass

Bonus 2 -

Nothing Prohibiting Fishing!

And there's always some poacher who'll take advantage of it.

I'm no expert, but I believe that that is a male Mulligan's Heron, normally only seen in Southern Libya.

Bonus - Trump’s Family Fortune Originated in a Canadian Gold-Rush Brothel

Bonus 2 - Arthur 2 Stroke & the Chart Commandos Hawaii-5-0 from 1982

Omega Automatic Seamaster

People photograph the oddest selection of things.

Omega Automatic Seamaster

Yeah Gods. How Much??

Bonus -

Ethnic Print Skirt

I suppose I should make some disparaging comment about Guardian Readers....but I'm not that shallow.

Bonus : Trump thanks Finland for support on NATO, but Finland is not in NATO.

Bonus 2 - The Most British Anti-Trump Protest Signs At The Carnival Of Resistance

Roadside Refreshment

I really like this shot. Timeless, but a strangely 1950's "On The Road" feel too it.  Even the slightly washed-out colour balance.

Bonus - RIP Robby Muller. He didn't photograph many movies, but the ones he did - classics.  Paris Texas, Repo Man, Ghost Dog, Down by Law, Dancer in the Dark.

Chillin' In The Pool

I wish... (again)

Bonus - Because the POTUS is lounging in my hime country, boasting that the Scots like him....let's remember what they really think of him.  Origin

The Baby on the Shovel.

Why would someone shove a snow shovel down the back of a child's seat ?


It's insane, I'm telling you.


Bonus - A 38 ft Tall Breaching Whale Made From 10,000 Pounds of Plastic Ocean Waste

"Kissing The Totem Pole"

I have a horrible feeling that "Kissing The Totem Pole" will turn out to be a euphemism for something Not Suitable For Kids, but that's what Moira is doing here.

Bonus points is you can identify the totem style.

Bonus - My wife told me that "sex is better on holiday"
Not the best postcard I've ever received.

Bonus 2 -   Elasmotherium

Fruit Balancing

While the England vs Croatia World Cup Semi Final is playing (1-1, playing extratime, as I write), let's take a few moments to celebrate the ancient skill of Fruit-Balancing.



Basically, it's the ability to balance colletions of fruit on one's head.  Obviously.

Bonus -

The Bulgarian Teacup

An unusual name, for an unusual plant.   Spheroides Maklabantake is the proper name, and the plant has the rare skill of making a sound like a duck, at moments of danger.

Bonus -

Paul Bunyan

Who appears to be wearing a Bike Helmet.

Strange.

Paul Bunyan is a giant lumberjack in American folklore. His exploits revolve around the tall tales of his superhuman labors, and he is customarily accompanied by Babe the Blue Ox. The character originated in the oral tradition of North American loggers,and was later popularized by freelance writer William B. Laughead (1882–1958) in a 1916 promotional pamphlet for the Red River Lumber Company. He has been the subject of various literary compositions, musical pieces, commercial works, and theatrical productions. His likeness is displayed in several statues across North America.

I think this one might be in Ossineke, Michigan.

Bonus - If it wasn't for Bad Luck...

Meanwhile at Mount Rushmore...

...ummm...nothing is happening.

Tho' helpfully, the slide is marked as "Jane at Rushmore Aug 61".

Hello Jane.

Bonus - The Royal Family are not like the rest of us.
Bonus 2 - Monday tomorrow.

Nice Wheels

Another stinking hot day.  Maybe I should get one of these, and drive around with the hood down.

Bonus - Hanns Scharff – Nazi Germany’s POW “Master Interrogator”
Bonus 2  - There's a football game on today The stakes are high.

Naff, naff, naff.

What sort of person would have these in their house ?


A person with no taste.

Hummel, I believe

Bonus - How The T-Rex Lost It's Arms

Warden's Lodge

You probably recognize it, but Yes, that is the Warden's Lodge at Keeble College, Oxford.

And yes, it still looks like that.


Bonus : The Last World War II U-Boat Commander Has Died at 105

Manchester Airport 9-5-1976

The Douglas DC-9.  One of the pioneers of the twin-jet short-haul passenger operations.

This one YU-AHW was a DC-9-33RC, meaning it could rapidly change (RC) between Freight and Passenger carrying roles.

Bonus -

Mmmmmm Plywood

Never goes out of style, because it's never been in-style.

And what the heck is that wall covering on the left?

Bonus - (N)ice

Bonus 2 -

Mrs Gradgrind and Otto

With a personality that could intimidate a StormTrooper, Mrs Edna Gradgrind was the most feared member of the St Bottolph's Church Parochial Committee.

Don't cross her.

Bonus - H.R.Giger does Mickey Mouse.

Capturing The Grandeur

Well, that's certainly not taken in Lincolnshire.

And that's certainly not Bob Ross.

Bonus - The under-appreciated Ivor Cutler - The Obliging Fairy

Bonus 2 - Are zebras black with white stripes or white with black stripes?

Bonus 3 - Happy Moving Day for our Montreal readers.