Cafe Caliente

You might have been expecting a Halloween-related slide, or some creepy sort of shot.

Well, that's not the way I roll, thank you very much.

Also, I couldn't quickly locate one.


Bonus - John Wayne Gacy's Brain.

Bonus 2 - Scary Halloween Bat

John & Angela's Wedding - 1970.

That's what the slide says, and who am I to question it.

Not the best wedding picture I've seen, but...someone must have thought worth keeping.

Bonus - What I do in the evenings....

Meanwhile, just off the M20

We find the charming rustic lane leading towards Great Chart, the site of the first recorded mechanical water mill in Britain, and to Tenterden, the home of Tenterden Operatic and Dramatic Society.

Bonus - The astonishing artistry and skills of Italian Marble Carvers. Yes, that's all marble.

A Pint and a Passenger Train

NOT the ideal location for a quiet night.

Still, it's preferable to having some sooty steam engine passing by at 3.00am.

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Non-Synchronized Diving

Scoring a 4.7, a 4.8, a 4.4 and another 4.7, Judy and Tammy move into Fourth Place.

Bonus - Big Fig Wasp.

The Exact Moment

This would appear to be the exact moment that the L.S.D. kicked in.

Elves emerging from the wallpaper,  whispering colours,    fabulous cushion fantasies.  Yes, it's some powerful sh*t you have there Mrs Robinson.

 Also..how they see the world...

Bonus - The Six-Decade Odyssey of Kurt Cobain’s ‘Unplugged’ Cardigan

Bonus 2 -

Pretty Flower

No context - just a nice slide of some flowers. Lillies, possibly.


Top Tip - Going wild with the colour settings can be fun :-)

Bonus - Skidoo Accelleration

All Aboard The .... Loreley

I was initially puzzled by the boat's name - the Loreley.

Surely that's a bad spelling of "Lorelei", but it appears that Loreley is an alternative (Germanic) spelling of Lorelei.

Obviously, this is named after the huge slate rock on one bank of the Rhine.

I live and learn.

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Check Out My Shiny Strides

Yes, it's Devon's Numbero Uno Fred West impersonator...and he's got his special pants on show.

And by pants, I mean trousers.

Bonus - Expectation vs Reality.

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The Cliff-Top Club

I bet that this country club boasts some excellent views over the neighboring areas...and hosts some rather debauchery-filled parties on the lawn.

Just not today.

Such is the disappointment of Tedious Tuesday.

Bonus - There goes the neighborhood.

Is it ....A Flock ... of Hippos?

Clearly it is  (collective noun) of hippos swimming across the River Oose, near St Ives.

But what is the correct collective noun for swimming hippos?

My brain says "A School Of..."  but I'm not 100% sure.

Bonus - US troops testing a panzerfaust on a knocked out Tiger II.

Bonus 2 -

Lights ... Camera ... Clapperboard ... Ac

Caught at the second before her show-stopping song and dance number " I Used To Work These Docks ", Broadway Legend Jeanette Philmore poses in front of a tramp steamer full of compressed armadillo skins.  The film was "Unhappy Girl", and it was never released.

Bonus - speaking of dancing...

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Bring On The Dancing Girls

Yes, time for  "The Harlottes" to strut their stuff, in public, and in fishnets.

Lovely.

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Choosing A Steak

The good thing about executive membership of a petting zoo : you can say "Yes, this is the one. Bring it to me, cooked medium rare, with a baked potato and some black pepper sauce.

Bonus -Air Force finally retires 8-inch floppies from missile launch control system 

Bonus 2

Fish Farmer

Yes, closer examination of the slide does confirm that that's a John Deere branded shirt.

Looks more like the stereotypical US MailMan colour scheme, but I guess fashions change.

The fish - don't know.   Could be bream, or a rudd, or a bass.

Bonus Joke - Two parrots sitting on a perch, and one says to the other "Hey, can you smell fish?"

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Nice Wheels, Dave

While putting out the wheelie bins tonight, I got chatting to a neighbour about old slides, found photos, cars and hot-rods.

So, especially for Dave, I thought this old slide would be appropriate.  Hope you like it. (Alas, I have no details of who, when or where.)

Bonus - Looking at that car, I was immediately thinking about a related souped up hot rod. Enjoy the nostalgia.

Regional Headquarters, West Midlands Gas

A Ronseal Slide.

As per title, it's Regional Headquarters, West Midlands Gas.

From the "An Ode to and 'Ode". The retirement slideshow for Gordon Pomlett .

We'll not see his like again.

Bonus - Double Yin Yang

Yep. Americans and Parades

As previously indicated, Americans love any excuse for a street parade.

It this case, the float seems to be labelled "CU Alumnites Action" ...but Google turns up nowt on that search.

I'm guessing that CU is not Cambridge University in the UK, so I'm guessing Colorado....but as usual, your comments are welcomed.

Bonus - U.S. Shark Injuries vs. Human Bite Injuries in New York City.    Ever wonder what the statistics are?   Well, here you go. 

Bonus 2 - Saint Bartholomew

...And The Murderer Is....

"...Detective Inspector Markfield.

Yes, I did it. And I'd do it again because Colonel Farquarson killed my hamster in Kindergarten.  The Swine".

Bonus - London transport seat designs – in pictures

Bonus 2 -

The Bride Rode Side-Saddle

As you know, Americans (and Mexicans?) love a street parade, but it appears that even brides want to join in.

Bonus - Local Newspaper Scoops - "Passenger 'sorry' after breaking wind on Derby bus"

Bonus 2 - Dolly Parton's "Jolene" at 33rpm...Interesting !

Not Europe. No Crowds.

Just when you thought you'd spotted a theme developing in the slides...the theme ends.

Sorry.

I don't want to be come predictable.

Bonus -
Basic Education in China

El Caballo

Possibly part of a series of "Crowds forming in 1950's European Capitals", as this was in the same box as yesterday's slide.

This one has definite clues to its location. Alas, "El Caballo"  ("The Horse") seems to have been a popular name for Tapas Restaurants, so I've not narrowed the location down any closer than "probably Madrid.".

Bonus - Flour power: meet the bread heads baking a better loaf

The Balloon Seller.

Ah,   A simpler time.

Men selling balloons from wooden poles.
Trench Coats
Seamed Stockings
A vaguely middle-europe vibe.

I'm guessing Vienna, 1956.  What think you?

Bonus - Well Done Scotland.
Scotland 61 v 0 Russia


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A Thrilling Bus Ride

I was looking at this slide, thinking about where it was taken The Signpost is blurred and unreadable, so that didnt help.

I then noticed that the majority of cars were French, so that hinted...

...oh.   The flags. Dammit.

Bonus - Possibly Relevant.

  and well done Norway  

Meanwhile, in Japan

A mysterious ceremony is being enacted...by dummies.

Bonus -

Hairy Mary in her Frilly Bikini

Actually, that's unfair.   Totally unfair.

The problem is the storage of slides in sub-optimal conditions for 50 years - fungus slowly grows.

Bonus -   Goo Call.

  

Meet The Svensons

Ahead of next weeks series opener on BBC 5, here's the first image of the cast of "Meet The Svensons". The sitcom features the comedy situations of the Svenson family, who are mysteriously transported from 1963 Minnesota to 2019 Sheffield..  Hilarious event result.

Pa Svenson (Gary Mortenson)
Ma Svenson (Alison Venton)
Olaf Svenson (Will Garcia)
"Killer" (voiced by Peter Serafinowicz)

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