Cindy seems ... less so.
Later slides example show that Cindy said yes, and wore the ring, but who knows if Cindy took the first opportunity to high-tail iot out of Dodge City.
Bonus - RIP Mikhail Gorbachev. Here's a pic of him with Ronnie Raygun. Curious that both have well-worn-in shoes, rather that pristine Sunday-Best shoes.
The Ancient Greeks typically attributed remarkable deaths to famous persons in keeping with their characters. The date of Milo's death is unknown, but according to Strabo and Pausanias , Milo was walking in a forest when he came upon a tree-trunk split with wedges. In what was probably intended as a display of strength, Milo inserted his hands into the cleft to rend the tree. The wedges fell from the cleft, and the tree closed upon his hands, trapping him. Unable to free himself, the wrestler was devoured by wolves.
It also gives me a chance to go hunting on Google to figure out which State and/or City this was.
And lo and behold - it's 7439 S St Lawrence Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60619, USA. Thanks to, Google Streetview, we even have a picture of the property. How cool is that ?
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| 2019 on Google |
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Bonus : Music - Meh. Animation - Yeah.
Two extremely naughty lads, who grew up, without growing up,
Again, it's the small details that catch my attention.
But, of course, we've been here before.
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Perfect time to invite The Blithfield Former Residents round to my place for fresh pizzas and cider.
And in case there's the usual "Guys on One Table, Gals and Ankle-Biters on another" issue, I have a cunning plan.
One Table. No crotch-goblins. Sorted.
Bonus - The world has been revolutionized time and time again by great Scottish inventors, fueled by their boundless imagination and inspired creativity.
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Then this little doggo is gonna get very popular. Or pupular.
Curiously, I was thinking "That girl in the mini-skirt has very hairy arms n legs..."
Bonus - Any Sick Folks out there?
She was in The Snug of the Jolly Submariner Hotel in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, and Mavis was enjoying a Capstan Full-Tar ciggie.
Seconds later, she was engulfed in flame, and died in seconds. Some say it was a stray ember igniting her control-top pantyhose, but other said it was spontaneous human combustion. We may never know.
Bonus - ⍼ - Why Nobody Knows What This One Unicode Character Means
Eaton Chapel is a private chapel to the north of Eaton Hall in Eaton Park, near the village of Eccleston, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
Bonus - Rod Hull: A Bird in the Hand
And everyone loves hefferlumps.
Bonus - Tiger Encounter And How To Survive A Tiger Attack.
1. Don't Run
2. Use your child
But, the empty polythene contained seems to be Barr's Orange Drink, and with Barrs being a scottish drink company, I expect that this is somewhere in Scotland. And that matches up with Shorts and Sunshine.
Bonus - Also from Scotland - Ambient Beats with interlaced Scot-Rail train announcements. Try it, ot's Great.
In the 1970's, if you were buying equine-related products (whether oats, or saddles, or hoof polish), there was a fair chance that Nebraska Annie was the horse featured on the packaging.
Whether the promo image was of a bay, a white, or an-all black horse, there was a good chance that it was Annie under the hair colour. Annie was the Supermodel of Equine Advertising.
Sadly, after younger foals took the spotlight, Annie's fortunes faded. Badly.
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I have to conclude that this picture is of some 1-to-1 replica of Wookey Hole, located in Derby Assembly Rooms. (There the Bruce Forsyth Hall was originally known as The North Chamber.
By the end of the afternoon, Edgar hated horses, ponies and all equestrian activities ... but would never reveal why.
Bonus - Your life will change.
To this day, no-one knew what it meant, or where the image was taken.
Some said in might be Rock of Dunamaise, but others say "Awa' 'n' shite".
We may never know.
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This one could have been "Last View of the Homeland as Common Sense Leaves America"
or, it could be "At Last. First sight of the Land Of The Free still welcomes Poor and Huddled Masses"
In fact, this slide was labelled "USA Statue of Liberty, 1970". Which seems rather...humdrum.
Bonus - Rotten Potatoes can kill you.
Yes, just 45 seconds later, Ludmilla Vortflash sneeze, causing the elastic in her knickers to fail and ... well. You can imagine.
Bonus - Primark now selling Greggs branded clothing and shoes.
Is this just the stupidest thing ever? Or have I lost touch?
And that is Mrs Edna Crumweevil, or Norwich posing beside one.
Bonus - Anyone fancy Kermit The Frog singing Once In A Lifetime?
Same as it ever was.
But, it just seemed a little hollow inside. Was it really the Parthenon, on the Acropolis?
So, I found this picture of the East Facade....and yes. It's the Parthenon.
Bonus - They Say Of The Acropolis Where The Parthenon Is...
Bonus 2 - Stuck? Hipster Business Name Generator
Bonus - This makes me inordinately happy.
The lack f figurative detail might indicate a mosque, rather than a cathedral, but ... that's just a guess.
Bonus - The Pyramids of Scotland. Warning fruit loop nutter ahead.
Visiting every Trig Point in Cambridgeshire?
Bonus - Awesome - 36 Famous Photographs, Perfectly Recreated With John Malkovich
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Obviously.
Bonus - "This truly makes me think of the good humanity can do… that and the fact that cellphones are now becoming more and more waterproof… pretty soon we’ll be able to push people into pools again."
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Now, fifty years later, they reunited to remember the good times, the bad times, and (of course) Big George.
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Just a (non-sea) Street Urchin.
Bonus - A curious word urchin, with little obvious connection between the Sea- and Street- usages. However, it comes from From Middle English yrchoun, irchoun (“hedgehog”), borrowed from Old Northern French irechon, variant of herichun, (compare central Old French heriçun, heriçon; modern hérisson), from Vulgar Latin *ericio, ericionem, from Latin ericius (“hedgehog”). Doublet of herisson.
But what isn't as obvious, is that this silly old bird is actually walking out of the pond... It's a Cootus Reversus, the Backwards Walking Coot, native of Northern Australia.
Bonus - Oddly Terrifying.
A close up look suggest that their celebrating the arrival of another crotch-fruit, so.... that's nice.
But that wall-paper? That's one of the reasons that the Seventies are so reviled.
Bonus - I found a documentary on Basuco. ‘Basuco’ is now considered the cheapest drug in the world, at 20 cents a hit. It’s made from the residue leftover from cocaine production, mixed with brick dust, volcanic ash, sulphuric acid, kerosene and sometimes ground-up human bones
Specifically, it lives in the volcanic region, where it uses the heat from the lava-flows to stay warm. When capture for western zoos, it quivers (technically, shivers) while awaiting its inevitable death from Hypothermia.
Breeding programmes have been successful when the flocks have been allowed to roam under the reactors of nuclear power station, but that does bring other hazards.
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