Saturday, 31 July 2021

The Pretty Girls Club

 

Back Row - L-R   Esther, Hester, Abbie
Front Row - L-R   Lauren, Kitty
Now shown - Abigail (visiting granny), Nora (cleaning cess-pit)
Not Pretty Enough - Marietta.

Girl Gangs are the cruelest.

Bonus - After the Yugo-Soviet relations broke down in 1948, the Yugoslav authorities were looking for an alternative source of cultural inspiration. They found it in Mexico

Bonus 2 - Technology Inspired By Nature




Friday, 30 July 2021

Garden of the Gods, Colorado

 

On the slide is writ "Apr 63, Garden of the Gods, Colorado", and from that, I can surmise...just about everything.

The Garden of the Gods does look like a gorgeous area, but ... unto the pandemic is over, I suspect that most of USA will be off-limits for us brits.

Bonus - Well Done.  San Marino wins its first ever Olympic Medal.

Bonus 2 - IS THE CASIO F-91W WATCH THE ULTIMATE TERRORIST TIMEPIECE?

Wednesday, 28 July 2021

"...and I helped Grandma !"

 

Yes, little Kevin was a great help. While his small hands were no good as throttling the chickens, they were ideal for reaching into the cavity and pulling out the gizzards.

It's a tough life on Granny's Farm.

Bonus - Farewell Nathan Jonas "Joey" Jordison  , drummer of Slipknot. Unrelated.

Bonus 2 - Sane.   Very, very sane. 


Tuesday, 27 July 2021

Dead Crocodile Clough

 

In Geographic terms, a "clough" is a name for a steep-sided valley in northern England.

Dead Crocodile Clough is shown here and is located on the eastern slopes of Bleaklow. 

You're probably wondering about the name... which stems from local peat-cutters Jacob Brindstone and Charlton Feeney who discovered a dead crocodile in this clough in 1765. They sold it to the Duke of Ashbourne for 3/-, and the reptile was displayed at Hardon Hall.

Where it came from is unknown to this day.

Bonus - https://youtu.be/ifc98pLZqlMAltin Gün - Full Performance (Live on KEXP at Home)

Monday, 26 July 2021

Trimming Daphne's Bush, for Neatness.

 

The Really Respected company has decided to take a two-week unpaid shutdown, so I'm having a bit of a stay-cation.

That should be a good chance for some gardening, like Trevor here, but.... it's too damned hot.

Bonus -    Mashup of The Temptations' "Get Ready" and Black Sabbath's "Children of the Grave 

Sunday, 25 July 2021

Only Five Months....

 

Time to put the Brussel Sprouts on a gentle simmer.

Yeah, depressing, I know.

Bonus - Is it a plane, Is it a boat, is it a crazy idea?  The VVA-14

Bonus 2 - 


Saturday, 24 July 2021

Christine's Picnic

 

Today's the day for Christine's Post-Lockdown Picnic Thing, and I hope she's remembered that an axe is not the ideal implement for slicing a watermelon.

That said, I do recall using an axe to split a melon flung towards me. Ah, the folly of youth.

Bonus - Fancy a long, entertaining tale of revenge done beautifully? Owner Makes A Terrible Mistake By Firing Contractor. Regrets It Later

Friday, 23 July 2021

It was then that the Tour Guide revealed...

 

...why he was known as "Diego Five-Nipples."

It usually meant that the tourists would leave a larger tip.

Bonus - People Astounded To Learn How A Bot Is Stealing Everyone’s Art On Twitter, Decide To Trick It Into Getting A Lawsuit

Bonus 2 - 


Thursday, 22 July 2021

A Trip Along The Pier

 


Another stereotypical fifties image today. The working class trip to the beach, the trip out the pier, the bloke's Shirt, Sweater and Jacket, the ladies big overcoats. Classic.

But why is Edna carrying a single white shoe?

Bonus - Louise and Martine Fokkens, the oldest sex workers in Amsterdam, now retired, are estimated to have pleasured some 355,000 men, which is greater than the population of Iceland.

Wednesday, 21 July 2021

Veranda Life

 

Post WW2 civil architecture doesn't often get a good press, but that often ignores the views of the people of the time.

Having experienced years of slums, and cramped smoky streets...and often blighted by bomb damage... these people then had roomy, bright modern buildings, with features that few would have even heard of years before.

Thus, the veranda was initially a source of pride.

Alas, as years progressed, the shoddy workmanship made those dream homes more of an nightmare.

Bonus - Simone Biles attacked by a Bee. 

Bonus 2 - Distilled Geography: Europe's Alcohol Belts

Tuesday, 20 July 2021

The Derbyshire Coast

 

There are a lot of Britons who are completely unaware of the long proud history of sea-faring of the Derbyshire peoples.

Even fewer are aware of the Derbyshire coastline (pictured here) stretching a few miles along the Guld of Swadlincote, from Hatton to Alvaston.

Being devoid of deep-water ports, it has become less busier in recent years, but has seen a growth in lobster farming, thanks to the clear waters in the area.

Bonus - A victim of Covid - The Necktie

Bonus 2 - New Soviet Wave Radio

Monday, 19 July 2021

Patrick on a pony

 

Yes, it's the essential item for any 1970's StayCation - Pony Trekking on a bored mini-horse.

And the scenery looks fascinating. Pony trekking over fields of cut grass. Great !

Bonus - 


Sunday, 18 July 2021

Phwoar. What a Scorcher

 

Not every slide set I have is just funny looking kids, interesting old churches, and men holding fish.

No, sometimes it's a set of amateur (model and/or photographer) pictures of bikinis in the sunshine. And who am I to complain about that !  

From extensive study of these pictures, the location for these shots would appear to be Balmedie Beach, just north of Aberdeen. The strong sunshine was an obvious clue.

Bonus - Norway hires Sherpas from Nepal to build paths in the Norwegian mountains. 

Bonus 2 - 


Saturday, 17 July 2021

Phew. What a Scorcher

 

A Saturday in July, so I shouldn't be surprised, but ... Fork... it's damned hot today.

These two ladies have the right idea. Strip Off and Get Outside.

Bonus - THE TRUTH BEHIND THE AMAZON MYSTERY SEEDS

Bonus 2 - Today, I have been mainly listening to St Elwick's Neighbourhood Association Newsletter Podcast

Friday, 16 July 2021

The arrival of the Weekend

 
Time to shut down the laptop, put on some shorts, expose some pasty legs, climb aboard a boat and start knocking back the beers.

In this case, it looks like the beer might be a Rheingold - the can looks similar to this.

Bonus - shamelessly stolen from HappyToast on B3TA.

Boris Johnson tries to be first PM in space.

Bonus 2 - Venice from above.



Thursday, 15 July 2021

Let Me Show You...

 

"... the Dance of My Peoples.

 Ayee-ayee yacka-boo para-pumpee..."

Melvita is proud of her heritage, and whenever collecting flowers of the Nackaboo Red Wobbler, she will perform the traditional Dance of the Harvest.

Alas, there is no YouTube footage of this. Just image having a hornet in your bra, and trying to eject it without using your thumbs.

Bonus - Calculating the volume of a pizza    -    A pizza with radius z and thickness a has a volume of pi*z*z*a 

Bonus 2 - Prime Minister of Australia, Scott Morrison says, he didn't soil himself at McDonald's after the 1997 NRL Grand Final

Wednesday, 14 July 2021

Granny and Baby

 

There must be millions of slides of babies and kids with adoring grandparents.

And this is one of them.


Bonus - A local fisherman in Costa Rica nursed a crocodile back to health after it had been shot in the head, and released the reptile back to its home. The next day, the man discovered “Pocho” had followed him home and was sleeping on the man’s porch. For 20 years Pocho became part of the man’s family.

Bonus 2 - Note. May cause childhood trauma.


Tuesday, 13 July 2021

A Patch of Amalfi that is forever Doncaster.

 After the death of Yorkshire poet Ephraim Hardington, the staff at his Summer Villa on the Amalfi Coast persuaded the local mayor to declare this spot as being part of Doncaster in perpetuity.

However, Doncaster City Cleansing Department refuse to do their duty and empty the dog shit bins in the garden. Lazy Beggars.

Bonus - the Tour de France has a team that drives each days route and turns genitals graffitied on the road into owls and butterflies.

Bonus 2 - 


Monday, 12 July 2021

The Queens Head

A nostalgic view of an old pub (or at least, the sign of an old pub) from a time that little villages were not crammed ith parked cars.

It looks like The Queens Head is a tied pub, part of the Charles Wells of Bedford  chain. I've not tracked down where this pub is, or most likely WAS, knowing how many pubs have disappeared, but you (dear reader) might want to.

One of the big clues would be the road sign on the left.

Bonus - So, England lost at the Euro Football Final. I do feel sorry for the England players, but I don't feel sorry for the portion of the supporters who were utter scum.

Bonus 2 - 'Woke coke': Drug dealers marketing 'ethically sourced' cocaine.

Bonus 3 - In every family, there's always one ....





Sunday, 11 July 2021

International Football

 

Apparently, there is some sort of Euro International Championship Football Superbowl match happening this evening, and local team "Ingerlund Ingerlund" are playing Les Azzuris. Let's hope for a good, fair, enjoyable match, with the best team of overpaid, diving, prima-donnas winning.

So, today's slide is of some a hand-egg player, and his young chums. The middle one might be called Gareth !

Bonus - Rule 1 of Crane Usage - Don't stand under the lifted object.

Bonus 2 - Mother Nature is Brutal - The Greenland Tsunami

Saturday, 10 July 2021

Party Time at the Perry's.

 

It started off as a rather sedate evening, of sherry, cake and conversation about the church fete, but when Mandy started belting out "Great Balls of Fire"... the evening was about to get frantic.

Bonus - The awesomeness of Concrete.

Bonus 2 - Meeting the neighbour.

Friday, 9 July 2021

The "March of the Maidens" Cafeteria and Diner.

 

Celebrating the famed 1917 "Women's Uprising" in Costa Rica, this small diner specialises in the local delicacy Spam, Spam, Spam, Lobster and Chips.

Bonus - The Vatican has a Papal density of 4.54 Popes/Km^2. This is higher than any other country, and the highest in Vatical History.

Bonus 2 - the Vikings fed their wounded soldiers a strong onion soup to help gauge how deep a stomach wound was. After a few minutes, they would smell the wound and if they could smell the onion soup, they knew the wound was too deep and the soldier could not be saved

Thursday, 8 July 2021

That's A Big Hoss

 

And it seems to enjoy being the centre of attention.

Bonus - Coincidentally, Big Jake who was the tallest living horse, is no longr the tallest living horse.

Bonus 2 - Gunner: An Australian Shepherd Dog that could hear Enemy Aircraft miles away

Wednesday, 7 July 2021

Rush Hour Traffic

 

This was in a box of slides documenting a trip to Argentina, Brazil and Peru, so I'm guessing that this is the Amazon.

Or one of the many other jungle rivers in that area.

But,   Nice Innit ?

Bonus - 


Tuesday, 6 July 2021

It's .... A House

 

I've been staring at this image for days....hours...MINUTES, trying to find some small little detail to talk about.  But...there's nothing interesting about this at all.

Sorry.

Bonus - 


Monday, 5 July 2021

Peacock

 

No, I've not been playing with the colour settings of this. I suspect that the unexpected colours are just Transmitted light vs Reflected Light.

Bonus - in 1524, a statue of the Virgin Mary at the Cathedral in Riga, Latvia, was accused of being a witch. They put it on trial by throwing it in the river. Since the wooden statue floated, they declared it guilty and burned it.

Bonus 2 - The League of Gentlemen - Remake???



Sunday, 4 July 2021

America - Hell Yeah !

 


Yoo -Ess-Ay    Yoo -Ess-Ay    Yoo -Ess-Ay    Yoo -Ess-Ay  

Bonus - 


 

Saturday, 3 July 2021

We Haz An Fish - And a Yardstick

 

As you know, Americans are obsessed with Street Parades. And taking pictures of fish that the caught.

These guys are even more obsessive, wanting to prove how big their fish is.Nice

Bonus - A better idea involves action figures

Bonus 2 - What's in Spock's Scanner?

Friday, 2 July 2021

The Ziggurat of Wedding Presents

 

All-Girl Bridal Showers seems to have replaced the old fashioned wedding gifting events, where (as shown above) both Bride and Groom were present.  I'm wracking my brain for the phrase used from my childhood, but ... nope. It escapes me.

I wonder if these two escaped the hell of getting twelve different toasters.

Bonus - Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were sent to the electric chair for being Soviet spies, but their sons have spent decades trying to clear their mother’s name. Are they close to a breakthrough?

Thursday, 1 July 2021

The early days of XXXXXX

 

Before he made the big time as lead XXXX with mega band XXXX, little XXXX had to practice on his favourite guitar. The experiences would form the basis for his hit song XXXX, later covered by YYYY.

Edit - Damned lawyers.

Bonus - The interesting story of sports pitch grass development.