Bermuda Cricket Watching

 

There was circumstantial evidence that this picture was taken in Bermuda, and I'm guessing that the Roof-Sitters are settling for a day of cricket watching. 

However from a brief search on t'interweb, I've not tracked down the exact location.

The word "Superette" is new to me, but apparently, it means the same as a Mini-Mart.

Bonus - "Normal colonoscopy - except for that ladybug"

The Little Admiral

 No info on the slide, but ...

I believe that this slide/etching is of Admiral Norville Beauchamps. Norville was mentioned in dispatches after the Fifth Battle Of The Nile in 1843, and was promoted to Admiral in 1848. After a glittering career at the Royal Navy Coal Supply Service, he was selected for the 1854 Grand Expedition, who's goal was to pioneer a sailing route from Southampton to Zurich, Switzerland.

The etching shows the short-arse (he was only 4ft 8inches tall) with his flagship HMS Queasy in the background.  Alas, the ship, admiral and all hand were mysteriously lost without trace, just outside Luxembourg.

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The Young Sophocles

 

The slide was marked "donaghue 1858-1903 chicago", which immediately confirmed my theory that this is The Young Sophocles, by John Talbott Donoghue.

Still pretty tedious.

Bonus - Smokers are 60%-80% more likely to be admitted to hospital with Covid-19 and also more likely to die from the disease compared with those who have never smoked, study finds.

Bonus 2

Ummmmm ... ... Yes.

 

I really have no idea on this one.

I can see an elephant, and a (vaguely asiatic) lion, and some mermaid titties (?) and some tentacles.

But as regards as subject ... flub knows.

Bonus - Man disguises boat as a rock.

Bonus 2  - Timelapse of big jigsaw puzzle.

An Outstanding Natural Beauty ... and Mrs Lorimer

 

No info on this slide, but my diligent research suggest that this could possibly Cromer in Norfolk.

Also in this picture is Mr Lorimer, the man who invented All-Bran Smoothies.

Bonus - NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH   Photographs From A Guide to Operations on the Brain By Alec Fraser – 1890

And now ... The Honeymoon

 

From a box of slides with several of the actually wedding breakfast...and this one of the happy couple heading off for a honeymoon in Scranton, New Jersey. Or somewhere similar.

Bonus - In 1998, these SF men got a tattoo to snag free tacos for life. Here's what happened after.

Bonus 2 - 

Serfaus 17

 

Displaying an unhealthy disregard for the Austrian Hiking Society's Recommended Clothing for a Sunday Stroll, Magda and Heidi take a break at a way-side shrine.

Near Serfaus.

Bonus - It's 30 Years since Nirvana released Nevermind. Someone is out to make money

ACM Siggraph 1983

 

Yes, another piece of early computer art. Perhaps this is what evolved into MFT digital art, the latest Emperor's New Clothes.

Apparently, this is Joanne P. Culver's  Ascent. More info here

Bonus - How To Cut Every Cheese

Bonus 2 - He sees all that we do...

Lisette and Green Boob Island

 

To the mapmakers, it was Hampton Isle.

To the locals, it was Green Boob Island.

To Lisette the permanently out of focus... it was a background.

Bonus - Howlin' Wolf at Newport - How Many More Years.

"...and the traffic stopped for the band."

 

The sight of a marching band in scarlet uniforms and black bearskins immediately made me think of some part of the British Empire / Commonwealth.

However, it appears from the Wivex building that this is somewhere completely different.

But still slightly tedious, to be honest.

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Woofie the Newfie

 

Yes, one of the Gentle Giants of the Canine Kingdom, Woofie is a Newfoundland. Fames for being semi-aquatic, Newfoundlands have webbed paws and are able to use controlled farts as an aid to rapid water-based movement.

Bonus - Wise Words and 

Holiday in Dumfries

 

As some of you know, I've had a short break from work, and headed up to Dumfries for a few days. Schools were back, weather was turning chilly and the lockdown shackles were loosened until the next panic.

Enjoyable, and rather non-touristy. Had a couple of jaunts to the sea shore, including Kirkcudbright on a sunny day.

I may return.

(Note. Image above is almost certainly not of Dumfries and Galloway. Possibly Paphos. )

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In The Attic

 

It won't come as a surprise, but I often have to "correct" an old slide, to cure underexposure / overexposure, dirty slide of colour fade.

Sometimes, the slide needs massive corrections, and sometimes I'm not sure if I prefer the original or the corrected slide.

Like this example.

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99 Days Til Christmas

Yes, less that 100 days til Santa arrives. Time to start decorating the hovel, as Mavis Davis here has done.

The magazine that she's reading?  The Little ***** Boy. Doesn't look like Drummer, but... who knows?

Bonus : Painting Zebra Stripes on Cows Cuts Biting Fly Attacks in Half

 

Sweetheart Abbey, New Abbey, Dumfries

 

I'm just back home after a few days away in Dumfries. A charming, quiet, farming area of Scotland, with not many real tourist traps.

So, this slide was an apposite choice. If I'd thought about it, I would have done a Before / After comparison, but ... I didn't.

The Abbey of Dulce Cor, better known as Sweetheart Abbey was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1275. 

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Lake-Front Properties

 

Now I'm no expert of  architectural styles of the US States (honestly) but there's something odd and disconcerting about the placement of the "Front Doors" of these lakeside properties.

At the gable end, as part of the porch/balcony structure.

Any Blog-readers know any more?

Bonus - Why Does It Feel Good to Poop?

Tales from the Riverbank

 

So, here we are, sitting at the riverbank, waiting for the arrival of Ratty, badger and Mr Toad.

Waiting.

Waiting.

Any moment now

Waiting

zzzzzz....

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"Your Lupins Or Your Life"

 

So, just taking a few days off work.

I've really felt the pressure build up over the past few weeks, it seems like I'm dealing with an incompetent bunch of idiots, and "The Company" relies on me to keep them from ruining everything.  We will see.

So, this dark forbidding wood with a small patch of colour illuminated by teh sun...seems appropriate.

I wonder if HR will see this post an panic...

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A Young Michael Gove ??

 

A friend suggested that this could be a young Michael Gove.

I don't think it is, and it was in a selection of Americans slides from the late 50s / early60s, so it seems impossible, but I don't know for sure.

Bonus - Mesh Game Thing.   I have wasted too much time on this...

The Search for the Perfect Photo

 

Yvgeny and Roger (with his camera) comb the back streets of Ybelstad for that "perfect" image.

Bonus 1 - Yes, twenty years ago

Bonus 2 - Genius Sorting

BONUS 3 - Late appropriate / inappropriate addition.

Yup, Northern.

 Northern Telephone Company Ltd is the predecessors to NorthernTel, I believe. Based in Canada, so the snow is hardly surprising.

Bonus - Cyprus was going to host the first particle accelerator in the Middle East, but ministers chose to spend the money on hosting the Miss Universe pageant instead.

St Michael's Victory over the Devil

 

One of the most recognisable works of Modern Religious Sculpture, St Michael's Victory over the Devil is by Jacob Epstein and  found on the wall of Coventry Cathedral.

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Bonus -  in 2013 the Zimbabwean Government admitted that their public account held a grand total of $217.

Bonus 2 - Long Sleep

Important Collateral Channels in Portal Hypertension

 

I know what you've been thinking all day.

"Will the Slide Guy keep up the sequence of Mid-Miami Department Stores from 1959?"

Well

I could, but I didn't.

Medical education today. 

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Burdine's Sunshine Fashions

 

After yesterday's deafening response to the Miami Shopping slide (well *I* couldn't hear anything) how could I resist posting another Miami Department Store.

Like Burdine's, and yes, it's been defunct for many a year.

Bonus -  A game of Food and Geography. Where is this dish from?

Downtown Miami, Nov 1959.

 

The only thing on the slide was the Nov 1959 Processing date, but with a little bit of Google-Fu, I am 99.9% Certain that this is Flagler Street in Miami, Fla. (Jackson/Byrons, Lili Dior, Woolworths, etc)

And the car advert for The Big Fisherman does rather confirm the 1959 date.

Bonus - The strange race to track down a missing billion years

The Artist At Work

 

Just a street artist in ....ummmm...    Inverness?

Bonus - Immigrants in US States.

Bonus 2 - Min wage vs Beer

Barbecue-ing With Campbells Soup

 

This perplexes me.

A nice Saturday afternoon picnic, with a charcoal Bar-B-Q. And soup.

How odd.

Bonus - 

I Like That Gate

 

It's just...artfully rustic.

The thatched cottage immediately made me think that this was English, but the house / gate number of 606 seems rather high for a quiet little English village.

So...I have no clue where this is.

Bonus - 

It's Melanie's Birthday !

 

Yes, today IS Melanie's Birthday.

Now, my Melanie is slightly older that the girls in this slide, but it seemed to be appropriate. I wonder what these grinning girls are getting in their Lucky Bags.

Bonus - A Visual Guide to the Fake Fleets and Inflatable Armies of World War II

Grandma's Favourite

 

Wee Robbie was always Grandma's favourite.

In later years, Robbie grew to hate that crushed velour turquoise outfit, especially when it scuppered his chances of heading death-metal MegaStars "Dethklok."

Bonus - Texas anti-mask ‘Freedom Defender’ dies of COVID at age 30

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