Repel all outsider
Settle down, and do whatever you fancy.
The slide - only info was "Summer, 1988, Italy"
So, I reckon this is the Castello Scaligero in Sirmione. Also known as the Scaliger Castle or Scaligero Castle.
Bonus - Man with world's longest tongue uses it to paint
Not much else to say today.
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But, for a sunny evening, George and Hilda loved to lace up their hobnail boots, and have a walk to Old Hobb's Groto, the scene of much of their courting.
Bonus - If this was real, I'd buy it/them.
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But, No. It's a completely different shape.
Any suggestions?
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We will probably never learn who Russell Johnson was, nor what happened on his nineteenth birthday (or on the 19th of the month.)
Bonus - Creative and Educational. A Bristol Stool Scale Birthday cake.
As some of you may know, this time last week I was travelling the North Coast 500 with my family, and had an Excellent time. Weather, Scenery, Roads, Food, Accommodation, Company ... all of them Tip Top.
Arnold Clark, on the other hand....Meh.
So, this lovable lump was found at the roadside at The Croft Cafe
Another sunny summer day here in Slideville, so It's appreciate a few hours lazing on a beach.
Bonus - Proposed (and rejected) addition for vehicle access to Eiffel Tower 1939.
This slide, however, is probably not of Scotland, tho' I did see palm trees, bikes, blue skies and sunshine.
Bonus - Conrad Heyer, born in 1749, is the earliest-born person ever to be photographed. (Photographed when alive, to be pedantic.)
Bonus 2 - The earliest known photo of doner kebab (meat cooked on a vertical rotisserie) by James Robertson, 1855, Ottoman Empire
Bonus - Quack
Bonus 2 - And then you have this - it's a statue of a skating banana and it's in Little Rock, Arkansas for god knows what reason...
And what finer entertainment than ladies balancing on blades on ice, shaking their collective tushies at an appreciative audience.
Nice.
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It was intrigued by this slide, or more exactly, it's subject. Ended up heading down an interesting Rabbit Hole, as this turns out to be in Karachi, and was the KLM Airlines half-way stop-over "hotel" for crews flying between Netherland and Indonesia.
Bonus - When it comes to self-defense, skunks and spitting cobras have nothing on the bonnacon. If threatened, it fled. While fleeing, it defecated. Violently. According to Pliny the Elder, the excrement voided the animal’s body with such explosive force that it could hit targets more than a football pitch away.
Bonus 2 - The Ejection Tie Club
I know what you're thinking ... "Isn't that Helmdale, in Northern Scotland, on the fabled NC500 route?"
'fraid not. There's no info on this slide, but it didn't take long to figure out that this is Limone sul Garda, in the northern lakes of Italy.
In fact, a little searching tells me that this is Piazza Garibaldi
Bonus - Dennis Feldman’s Guide to Hollywood Boulevard’s Fantastic Weirdos, 1969–72
The 1971 Wedding fashions can wait for a suitable weekend, but this one seemed appropriate for families off on holiday, and looking for things to do. Hint, hint.
Yes, there will be other slides of their trip on the "Tivertonian" in August 1976.
Bonus - Why is there a statue of a diver inside Winchester Cathedral? William Walker
Only info on today's slide was "Ray and Keith".
OK.
I can't disagree with that.
Bonus - For the terminally bemused out there.... My Hands Are Bananas.
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I particularly liked this blissed out cheetah, sunning himself on the grass.
Bonus - Like humans, the notoriously nervous cats can use a surrogate best friend.
Bonus 2 - Found Photography: Pictures of People Standing Next to Their Televisions
So the, the past 45 mins has seen Thunder, Lighning and a veritable monsoon.
Great...I like that.
Bonus - The book he's reading? The Long Saturday Night
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The slide, however, makes me longer for a chillier part of the year. Lovely.
Bonus - Aaarrrggghhh. Why does everything go wrong at the same time? Car....outside toilet .... CCTV ... my right knee. Dammit.
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These guys, seem to have had their lunch...and I bet it wasn't as good.
Bonus - A priest says he briefly went to hell in 2016. He saw men walking like dogs and heard demons singing Rihanna songs. While many of the most publicized near-death experiences are more positive than this journey to hell, negative NDEs also occur.
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Sorry, I'm suffering from Friday lethargy.
A bit worrying, as today is Wednesday.
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Just a simple bird house / feeder, but .... with some 1960's architecture. Noice.
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Also nice...
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Today's slide....is exactly as described in the title. I was wondering where on earth it was, but ... so few fixed details....it could be anywhere.
Also, I was wondering if that was a scaffolding viewing platform on the very extreme left. I guess I'll never know.
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If you need anything, just ask.
No.... don't be smutty.
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This is the Taj Mahal, which was built as a riposte to Brechin's Municipal Pleasure Gardens, and their 1874 claim to have "The most luxurious Gentlemen's Convenience in the British Empire."
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Slightly surprised by how few men are wearing hats.
I thought I'd manage to track down the location via teh Belk's Building Store. but .... alas, No.
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