Moo Milking

Yes.    A perfect subject for a slide.

I can imagine projecting this to the delight and amusement of friend, family and neighbors.


Bonus - Banana production in Iceland

Bonus 2 -

Marjory - Blissed Out

Marjory has just taken a hit from her joint...and instantly slips into a drug-induced moment of bliss.

Nice.

Bonus -  Impressive Hotel Reception

Bonus 2 - House.  Heck, I need to rewatch some episodes.

There Are More Questions Than Answers.

Yes, the mere existence of this slide causes my brain much, much speculation.


Who?    Why ?      Where ?


Bonus - Tree vs Avalanche

Office Scene - 1963

Yes, this is how offices looked, fifty six years ago.

Computer - No.
Ash-tray - Yes.

Wrd, huh?

Bonus -

Street Scene - Number 86 (6 months later)

"Since the last surveillance photo, the grass has grown (making locating body more difficult) and subject "Q" has continued his weekly routine of "washing the car".

Recommend moving onto Phase Eight.

Message Ends."

Bonus - Tank vs Missile

Bonus 2 - Who Gets Thanked In Oscar Speeches?

Street Scene - Number 56

Intriguing

Bonus -

All Aboard For The Tour

For the past few days, I've been supporting a visit by the Indonesian Authorities to this fair city.

They now have a weekend in town before two more days next week.

And that made me think that this town is not particularly touristy. Surrounding areas...yes.  Very picturesque... but this town/city.  Not so much.

And definitely no horse buggy tours.

Bonus - Yes...yes...yes...No. Oh Hell No!

Bonus 2 - armadillo girdled lizard

The Pan-Handler

A scene as old as time, and still played out today.

A beggar with a dog, looking for some assistance.

Bonus - Fossil Hunting

Bonus 2 -

It's A House

Plain and simple. It's a house.

The sort of house you used to draw as a child.  And very symmetrical.

But just a house.


Bonus - Natural Selection - Elephants with a rare “tuskless” genetic trait had a better chance of surviving Mozambique’s long civil war, financed in part by poached ivory.

The Soldier's Graveyard

Just a guess, but I reckon this is at  Durnbach War Cemetery, in Germany.

Info.


Bonus - Sharp

Bonus 2 - I won't be sleeping tonight...

.

You Can Hang Out At...

... at the YMCA !

Mmmmm.   Massages ...   Steam.


How...cliched !

Bonus - This is a Test.   Truck vs Security Bollard.

Bonus 2 - Interesting

Where In The World?

Yes, today's quiz is an easy one.

• a./ Stoke-on-Trent, England
• b./ Orange County, California
• c./ Nagano, Japan
• d./ Basle, Switzerland.

Answer below.

More Fun Than You Can Shake Two Sticks At

Kids today?  Pfft.

They may have mobile phones, Furbies, Tamagotchis and finger spinners, but I bet they didn't have as much fun as these Seventies kids and a set of monkey bars.

And if you're of a certain age, you can start your " 'elf n Safety ... wouldn't be allowed now ...  snowflakes .... blah, blah, blah " rant now.

Bonus - A brie(f) history of cheese.

Two Girls On A Horse

Look at our horse.
Our horse is amazing.
Give it a lick
(It's taste just like raisin.)

Plagiarism 

Bonus - How the US has hidden its empire.

Bonus 2 -

Norbert The Newfie

I may be wrong, but I suspect that this giant cuddlesome lump is a Newfoundland.

One of the true giants of the canine world, Newfies are famed  for their lifesaving abilities. One, Boatswain, was immortalized in a poem "Epitaph to a Dog"

Bonus - Happy Valentines Day

There's no mistaking that look

Propped up between two cushions

Pie-eyed vacant stare.

Yes, young Tamas has had a few too many drinks.

Bonus -

Make Paradise Look Shitty

Some photographers have a special gift.  Some can make a pigs ear into a silk purse.

And some, shown here, can make a sunny tropical paradise look unappetizing.

Bonus - The Way We Take Photos Has Changed, But What Ansel Adams Brought To The Craft Hasn't

Bonus 2 - Eight Hundred Year Old Bonsai Tree

It's A Beautiful World

What a gorgeous view.

Unlikely to be in America - I can see no McDonalds in the village yonder - but  I have no idea where in the world this is.

But.... Nice, innit.


Bonus -
So....Frank.   They got you too?
Yup.

Bonus 2 -  "What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence".. Hitchen's Razor

He Likes Short Shorts

One good stretch, and POP......it's escaped :-)

Bonus -

The Hills Have Wows...

For all my condescending sneers about some of the slides I get, but ... wow.

Some slides - Kudos to the photographers - and the designer of these hills.

Bonus - Atomic Tests Were a Tourist Draw in 1950s Las Vegas

Bonus 2 -

Art. Or is it ?

Is it art?


You decide.

Or don't decide.   I don't mind.

Bonus - Nope.

The Memory Tour

What a great way to spend the afternoon.   Walking with Granny, reliving memories from her younger days.

For example, here Elizabeth "Green-Tush" Parker regales her Grand-daughter a abot the night she, and two other cheerleaders, entertained the Defensive Line of the University of Alabama "Thundering Herd" Football team behind those bushes.

Legend.

Bonus -

The One-Person Tipper

Maybe it's a form of OCD, but sometimes a relatively dull slide intrigues me, and makes me think.

For Example - This slide of a tipper truck offloading it's load of asphalt.

Every other road-going tipper truck I've seen has a normal, two or three-person drivers cab.   What's the reasoning for this one having only space for the driver?

Your theories are welcomed.

Bonus - Skipping stone on a frozen Lake, cool sounds

Meanwhile across town...

...something is happening.


Slowly.

NB: Strange.  No info on the slide, but too one look and thought "I wonder if that's in Bermuda."    A few minutes Googling and ....yes.


Bonus - I was digging a hole in my backyard when I found a box filled with gold.

I was so excited that I ran inside to tell my wife. Then I remembered why I was digging the hole in the first place. 

Bonus 2 -

Andy, on His Birthday

Happy Birthday To You
Happy Birthday To You
Happy Birthday, Dear Andy
Happy Birthday, To You

(Copyright be damned !)

Bonus - Cavalese cable-car disaster: It's 20 years since a US aircraft killed 20 people in the Dolomites and still no one accepts responsibility

Bonus 2 -

Rural House Hunting

This slide is dedicated to My Sister A (and C, my Bro-in-Law), who have been house-hunting out east.  After two let downs (by moronic sellers) hopefully the latest idyllic location will finally happen.

NB : The slide above does not feature my sister, the house in question...or even the correct country.

Bonus - Such Great Heights -

Bonus 2 -The top goal-scorers in elite club football since 1980

Wee Haz Fisheez

Another one from the always-popular We Haz Fish genre, today is Gabby and Mathilda, at their cabin. With fish.

Bonus - Lesser known crew-members on USS Enterprise : Norm.

  What?  You thought there were robots to do that??

The Taurus Crunch

As usual, a total lack of info on this slide.

Sorry.

Bonus - You Don't Say...

Bonus 2 -
You might imagine that this is a spoof headline created by The Onion or an Online Headline Generator.

But, alas, it's genuine.