Glanures

Glanures is the French word that translates as "Gleamings", but this clearly is not a gleanings class.

It's also a Hungarian word which means Goat Impersonators. 

So, I surmise that this slide is of a 1978 Hungarian High School Goat Impersonating class.  Nice.

Bonus - If / when the glaciers  melt, the sea level will rise by 70 metres. This site shows how the maps of the world will be affected. Me?  I move from being 50 miles from the sea to having a beach-front property.

The Original Dennis the Menace

They do say that young Dennis Watson of Canterbury, England was the original inspiration for the strip cartoon character Dennis The Menace.

The American one, not the UK one. Obviously.

Actually, that was just a rumour thatI started 39 seconds ago, and already it's being quoted as a fact on a New Zealand website.

Bonus - Interesting.

Dewoitine D26

So, clever Blog readers, are any of you able to name this plane ?

Go on, have a try, but it's a tricki...

Good Lord.  You're right.
It is a Dewoitine D26


Bonus - FFS

Blue Sky, Fluffy Clouds

What an incredibly tedious slide.

Yes, I'm sure that the photographer was in a gorgeous location, but,,, this slide does not, and cannot do it justice.

Bonus - Appendix May Actually Have a Purpose (News from 2007.)

Bonus 2 - Oh Boy. Flat Earth 101 - You know, maybe they're rights...

And with this ring...

It's an engagement.

In the middle of a bunch of South American Scenery slides, there were around 6 slides of these two.

Sweet. Tho, I'm fascinated by the football shirt she's wearing. Anyone recognise it ?

Bonus -  This weekend, we saw the demise of Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac, and CP Lee of Albertos y Los Trios Paranoias.  So, here's Kill from the Snuff Rock EP. Ah... 1978.

A Trip To The Badlands

This Ektachrome slide has rather deteriorated with time, and the colours are now a little "off".

So, I was going to spend a few minutes correcting the hues, saturation and tints...but... I actually like the image as it is. You may disagree, but this is my blog.

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Saturday in the Garden

1969, and a sunny day for Charlie and Bob to have a splash around with their cousins. This is the classic sort of summer that some of us remember.

Bonus - Scientists have found that some fishes absorb up to 99.956 percent of the light that hits them. The deep-sea menagerie just got a whole lot weirder.

Bonus 2 -

What is the heck is this...gruel?

Clearly, baby Zach is no fan of creamed turnip.  No wonder, it's also used to repair pot-holes in the road.

Bonus - Final Qantas 747 departure from Australia leaves a special message

'owzat !!!

In honour of the English and West Indian Cricket teams, and tomorrow's Final Test, today we have Charlie's treatment of Bob's infamous slow leg-breaks.

With the semi-classic Tartan Duffel Bag Wicket.

Nice.

Bonus - President Trump has made more than 20,000 false or misleading claims

Bonus 2 - The Extent of Railways.

Happy To See Wednesday

Little Johnny seems very happy to see the arrival of "Hump Day", and no wonder.  We're just two days away from the weekend :-)

I've just noticed.    Clogs.  Wooden clogs.

How odd.

Bonus - I've managed to revert Blogger to the old template. Yay !

Bonus 2 - Photographer Updates Postcards Of 1960s Resorts Into Their Abandoned Ruins

Looks like a gorgeous location..

but there is more to good photography is just finding a great location, and just snapping.

God-damn this Google interface.

The Garden of Unearthly Delights

or,  187B Glebe Terrace, Perth, to give it it's formal name.

The middle of summer is clearly the wrong time to do some planting out in the garden, but CoronaVirus has robbed 4 months from my usual horticultural calendar. So, today some plants arrive (I'm trying to help the struggling plant nurseries) and hopefully, some will "take" and provide luxurious growth like this slide.

Bonus - How big is Vietnam?   Bigger than your probably think.

Randy, acting up (As Usual)

Yes, Randy. Again.

Maybe it's a result of surroundings (yes it's sunny, but it looks rather desolate and uninspiring) but Randy does look like an annoying little git.

Bonus - The Battle against Screwworm.

Saturday at The Country Club

A Saturday in July,  so let's all head down to the Country Club for Martinis, Gossip and Bitching.

Bonus - That Time Charlie Chaplin Almost Got Assassinated In Japan

The Curious Details

Looks like a standard, dull suburban scene to me, but there are a couple of odd details that I've noticed.

• The strangely cruddy awn
• The impact dent on the odd looking car. (Looks more Czech than American)
• The house configuration...with that odd little shed (?) on the right. What's that all about?

Bonus - Creative planting

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In The Days Before Speedos,

...daring young men at the beach would sport swimming trunks like these. 

The most prized were Dingleberry's (r), which were manufactured in Turin from repurposed American Paratrooper's Parachutes. The combination of silk and Italian tailoring meant that suave gentlemen all over the USA would covet their fathers's Dingleberry's.

Bonus - 

The Gang's All Here

Oops.

Very nearly neglected to post todays slide.  NEARLY...

Bonus - When you about to appear on television, THINK about what you're wearing.

The Eccentric Toddler

Sorry.  I just can't find the words necessary to describe or comment on this slide.

It's a baby.

The photo is off-centre

And it'sbadly focused.

Bonus - 112 Years Ago... (and If You're Curious.)

Cactus Flower

Does what it says in the title. It's a cactus flower.

Nice photo !

Bonus - The curious creation of HMS Zubian.

The Photographer Photographed

Pictured here in the pretty little market square of Fakenham, in Norfolk. As you know, this market square inspired many of the finest formal spaces of Rome, Vienna, Madrid and Wrexham.

Bonus - Reasons for not wearing a face mask

The End of School Term

I guess the schools must have formally  finished by now, and these teachers are ready for some serious drinking and debauchery.

Bonus - 

It's Wimbledon Week.

In any other year, this would be Wimbledon week, but (alas) this is 2020, so Wimbledon is a victim of the Coronavirus Lockdown.

So, instead, have this classic Tennis Slide, of a Classic Tennis Lady.  Pam Shriver, would be my guess, but who knows.

Bonus - Want It.

Bonus 2 - Fancy a New Hobby?

The Chunky Cat

Today's randomly selected slide is of this rather "big-boned" ginger puss-puss.

Looks like he's just defeated and eaten a small Alsatian.

Bonus - 

The Princes' Gate

I hope you appreciate the correct punctuation.

The Princes' Gates is a triumphal arch monumental gateway at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was built to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Canadian confederation and was to be named The Diamond Jubilee of Confederation Gates. The structure's name was changed when it was learned that Edward, Prince of Wales and Prince George were travelling to Toronto. The princes cut the ribbon on the structure on August 30, 1927.

Bonus - What should you do with 300 dead bodies?

Dried Up River Bed

In winter - A veritable maelstrom of angry, surging, swirling water, able to take the life of any fool stupid enough to venture in.

By summer - Boring, dried up riverbed.

Bonus :Infinite Zoom

London, Chatham and Dover Railway

The London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) was a railway company in south-eastern England created on 1 August 1859, when the East Kent Railway was given Parliamentary approval to change its name. Its lines ran through London and northern and eastern Kent to form a significant part of the Greater London commuter network. The company existed until 31 December 1922 when its assets were merged with those of other companies to form the Southern Railway as a result of the grouping determined by the Railways Act 1921. 

This would appear to be the Badge of the LCDR from the first Blackfriars Railway Bridge

Bonus - 

Non-Euclidean Worlds Game Engine

I'm glad I'm sober when watching that.

Hipster Barn Conversion

In the ultimate Hipster move, Max and Elsbeth have taken their new built Barratts five-bed detached executive home in Hoxteth, and converted into a shabby, creaky wooden barn, just for their collection of Vietnamese  Pot-Belly Pigs and halitosis-positive bullocks.

And in five years, they'll convert into a house boat. Just because they can.

Bonus - Exploring The Last Supper.

'murica ! Hell Yeah !!

Independence Day - And personally, I hope 2020 is the last one with that orange buffoon Trump at it's head. What a pultroon.

Bonus - The surprising story about the iconic "Confederate Flag" in Wikipedia. 

Bonus 2 - Today is also Liberation Day in Rwanda

The Queen's View

Throughout Northern Scotland, there are several beauty spots known as "The Queen's View".

The name derives for a view which was much admired by Queen Victoria in the 1860s.  She must have admired many, many views.

None can really compare to this Queen's View over the Tayside sewage facility, just outside Dundee.

Bonus - This Word Does Not Exist. It does now.

The Vicars and Hookers Evening

Time for a tart.

Every July the second, the Newburgh Round Table have their annual Vicars and Hookers fundraising party.  Today, we feature Monica O'Flagherty showing her assets in a spaghetti-strapped number.

Nice.

Bonus - Ultra-Rare Blue Bee Species Not Seen in Years Rediscovered in Florida

The Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls

Well, that's impressive. 

There were no markings on the slide to say where this was, but it's such an iconic view that I can say with 100% confidence, this is Norfolk.

Correction, Yosemite National Park.

Bonus : 

RECRUITMENT 2016 from Victoria Valentine on Vimeo.