Leaving in a Bug

 

Leaving (or arriving) , we feature Maureen in today's slide. In a VW Beetle. 

Maureen is an honours student of home economics and slaughterhouse butchery, and is looking for a serious boyfriend.

Bonus - ‘We are just getting started’: the plastic-eating bacteria that could change the world

Banished to the Driveway

 

While the ladies of the party collectively change into something more comfortable, they gentlemen are banished to the driveway to wait.

The unseen moments of Massachusetts wife-swapping parties.

Bonus - Swimming lessons for German Shepherd Puppies

Charlie "Giggles" McGraw.

 Yup.  I am not in the mood for explanations or background stories.

Bonus - The Nazis Planned to Bomb Britain With Forged Bank Notes

Bonus 2 - Fancy a challenge?

The Llamas of Whipsnade

 

Note the anti-spitting fence and clothing. Llamas are famous for spitting.

Or is that camel.?

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Dying Gladiator, Kahl of Potsdam

 

Yes, written on this very slide is the description... Dying Gladiator, Kahl of Potsdam.

However, it doesn't seem to match any "Dying Gladiator" statue in Google's archives.

However, it MIGHT be a statue in Killruddery House, Wicklow, Eire.

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Major Ted and Minor Ted

 

No explanation necessary.

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Bonus 2 - Donald J Trump. Did you imagine that DJT couldn't become any more hateful?  Nope.  He gets worse. “Why do you bring people like that here? No one wants to see that, the wounded.” 

Trust The Deck-Chair

 

When the need for shade outweighs the suspicions of his master's bulk.... Trust the deckchair.

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Anglesey? No, Bandol

 

It might be an easy mistake to make ... in theory.

Mountains, harbour, sea, boats. It could be Amlwch, but the lack of acres of Static Caravans, and the lack of grey misty weather means that this is actually Bandol, a commune in the south of France.

Bonus - Drop down boxed for Genders WTF?

Bonus 2 - Best Ever Werewolf transformation

I'm Back - From Benllech

 

Exciting News - I'm back from a long weekend away.

What?   You didn't notice?<sigh>  Well, I did keep posting.

Yes, I was in Anglesey for a ..umm...damp weekend. And ending with some VERY stormy weather. So, here's one of my few pics, in a rare patch of sunshine.

Bonus - The Shocking Revenge Story Of Marvin Heemeyer And His ‘Killdozer’

The Inept Paparazzo

 

Faced with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity (Donald Trump cavorting on a yacht with a naked Velma Dinkley and shell-less Leonardo Turtle), apprentice Paparazzo Hamish McTeagle made a tragic blunder.  A 28mm wide angle lens rather than  2800mm mega-telephoto lens.  

The result.... this tragically dull image.

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Name That Plane

 

Yes, possibly a bit easy for you aero-nuts, but name that plane.

The Answer is here

Bonus - Pineapple Teamwork

Bonus 2 - Normal folks vs Scientists

The Babyshed

 

It's one of those Yorkshire Traditions that has all but died out in the 21st Centry.

In Rotherham, poverty meant that married couples would often live with one set of parents, until they had saved up enough of a deposit for their own property. Inevitably, space was tight.

When the younger couple had their first child, the elder parents would build (or pay for) a shed in the rear garden, whether the young 'un could be placed for overnight, and their crying would not disturb the adults.  The shed, however, could be used for other activities, such as racing pigeons or ferret breeding.

Here, we have Grandparents Mavis and Harold Ottewill, their daughter Phoebe, their son-in-law Albert Grimsdyke, and grand-daughter Blossom.

Bonus - A distraction - Sandspeil

Hilda's Ethnic Hat

 

There's nowt like having breakfast outside, when you're on holiday, and Hilda starts the day perfectly with some eels-on-toast,  black coffee and a a locally-sourced stray hat.

She's looking forward to wearing it to the Country Club when she's back at home .... it's bound to allow some boasting of her foreign travel.

Bonus - Postmortem Tanning: An Unusual Postmortem Event

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A Flock of Hefferlumps

 

It's not what you expect to see as you drive through the UK's countryside. However, the isle of Anglesey is home to the UK's only wild, free-roaming herd of elephants.

It dates from August 1917, when a captive herd kept in the Duke of Menai escapes from his estate, and found the countryside to their liking. Wartime manpower shortages meant that they weren't rounded up quickly, and by the time the war ended, the herd had established itself in the local's heritage. So, meh, let them roam, was the view. And they still do.

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Someone's on Holiday

 

Looks like Brenda is having a few days off from the hectic world of Welsh Merchant Banking, and having a few days in ... well ...   That scenery looks rather like Kingston-upon-Hull. But I could be wrong.

Bonus - Food delivery by drone is just part of daily life in Shenzhen

Cars and Balconies

 

Guess what. No info.

OK, the slide was marked with "1984", but I can't actually easily figure out where this image was taken.  America probably (from the cars) and possibly the southern states (the French-ish architecture) but other than that...nowt.

The sign on the wall...too little detail to read it. That logo...distinctive, but...nope.

So, it's a mystery.

So True

Bonus - 

Logo and sign

Hopper-esque Tedium

While this slide does have some Edward Hopper-ish touches, and the blue patio chairs are rather funky, this slide is very tedious.

I have nothing more to say on the subject.

Bonus - Wrong. VERY wrong.

 

Drop The Pop (Corn)

 

Don't ask me .. This slide from 1958 (?) shows a rather elegant young lady, eating and dropping something on the ground.  A quick zoom in one the packaging confirms my thought that is is probably pop-corn.

enhance 7-3-8

But, why?  Attempting to feed some hidden chipmunks?  Caught mid-sneeze and having dropped some nuggets?  Trying to lure a wolverine out of it's hiding place under her skirt?  I really don't know.

Bonus - YouTube is weird. You find some very odd collections.

e.g.  Compilation of Star Trek (TOS) Upskirt Shots.

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The Search For Water

 

From a box of slides charting a "once in a Lifetime" tour of South America, this slide had the scrawled description "Children climb the hillside with pails to get water".

Bonus - Before her death, 99-year-old Catarina Orduña Pérez had one final wish: a giant statue of a dick on top of her grave. Article and Picture

Name That Castle Number 898

 

No info on this slide, but... that's never stopped me.

Where do you think this is?

Have a think, and keep the answer to yourself.

The answer is here and I think that this is a modern StreetView of it.

Bonus - Disappearing Kitty

BBC Radio Sheffield 290 RoadShow

 

Towards the end of summer, and BBC Radio Sheffield is still having some in-tents fun. 

And the crowds go wild.

Undated, but ...maybe you were there.

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Another Flippin' Church

 

Oh...Heavens Above.

ANOTHER slide of a church.

Why did holidaymakers take so many pictures of churches?  It's just so tedious.

No idea where this is, but the decoration makes me think that this isn't one of the Wee Free's churches.

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The Sound of Silence?

Three Fun Guys

 

or maybe Three Funghi.

Not a bad natural history image... I like it.

Don't know if they're edible.

Bonus - Twenty Years Old  -
Badger Badger Badger

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A Wistful Nora

 

Nora, wistful as ever, wonder if this is the boat that will bring her Papa Back.

It's been 57 years since he just popped out to get a pint of milk from the Co-op.

Bonus - The Playboy Club Bunny Manual for 1969

Bonus 2 - The Wonders of Streetview

It's Melanie's Birthday

 

I hope there is coffee as well as cake.  A LOT of coffee!

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Sprouting in the Herbaceous Border

 

Good Lord. September already?   And what a crappy July / August we had.

So, here's Gertie. Standing watch in the Von Hartmaan's Garden, despite what teh restraining order said.

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