One of Many !

 

OK> Last of my own Mull pictures for a while.

One odd observation - Mull seems to have an unnaturally high number of post-boxes for the population. (And a very high number of Red Telephone Boxes).

Bonus - Annoying the OCD folks...

Arrochar and Loch Long

Yes, from my recent holiday up north.  A calm Monday morning.

Bonus - 

 

Well, that looks like

 

...The Netherlands. 

And whattayaknow, it does appear to be a famous view of Marken Haven

Bonus - Still on hol, but...

Noice.

Tally Ho

 

Still on Holiday 

Bonus -  Tally-ho is the traditional cry made by the huntsman to tell others the quarry has been sighted. It may also be used with directions, including "away" and "back".

First used in fox-hunting, it was adapted in the 19th century to describe some horse-drawn vehicles and in the 20th century to advise of enemy aircraft and space junk.

Apple Harvesting Time

 

Back at home now, but still on Holiday.

So, time to harvest some pommes.

Bonus - 

Colonel Sanders meet Alice Cooper

Mary and the House of Unspeakable Horrors

 

Unspeakable, I tell you

Garden Fun Time

 

Inverary-On-The-Loch

 

The Hulks

 

Tomb with a View

 

The School of Brutalism

 

Same box as the Helsinki slides, but this is only labelled as "Rutle".

So, could be Rutland, and the Ruthaus school of brutal architecture.

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Heading For Mull

 

Sand-Skimmer

 

Well, maybe not skim.

Lumberer?

Also in Helsinki

 

Helsinki Hvittrask 1-1987

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Another European Bride.

 

After yesterday's thunderous response to a Continental Wedding, let's have another.

This time, the slide says Helsinki Wedding at Underground Church Jane 1987.

Which is nice.

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Clever IT

The Bride of Röthis

 

All that was on this slide was "Rothis Bride", but I'm 97% certain that they're referring to Röthis in Austria.

Probably just a grabbed image from a passer-by photographer. Who and when?  I dunno.

Bonus - The way these cats react

Miguel, The Hat-Man

 Your go-to Guy for Hats.

The Common Clay of the Frontier

 From their faces, I just know that this pair fought and scraped and battled their way through the US Stockmarket Crash, Depression and the Dustbowl.

Alas, I also hear "You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know... morons."

Bonus - Source

Bonus 2 - To cheer you up

The tedious speedboat

 

Surely not.

Tedious Tuesday, and I'm posting a picture of a speedboat?  Travelling at hi speed??

Yep.  And, isn't it tedious.

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How Rare! The Bronx Zoo

 

As I have said, 2,318 times, it's weird the things that you find in a box of slides.  Like a photograph of a photograph.

Tonight, my plan of an evening of political discourse, obscene discussions and a moderate intake of alcohol was thwarted by Mr H heading off to visit Dublin Zoo.  So, here's a  picture of Laurance Rockefeller, Fairfield Osborn, Capt. Jean Delacour, Allyn Jennings, and Raymond Ditmars holding a baby chimpanzee, sitting at a table having tea at the Bronx Zoo in New York. From a 1941 edition of Vogue.

Probably related to this pic in the Getty Archives.

Bonus -  Vintage Portraits of Krystal Fast-Food Employees From the 1960s

T'was Sixty Years Ago

 

This slide had just the right look for a blog post today.

Then I noticed the date stamp: September 1964.

Yep. Perfect for the end of summer mood here is Slideville.

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Wig?

 

Is that a wig, or a full blown bouffant B-52 Beehive?

Bonus - Meet the Internet’s fluffiest overlords in all their glory, meow!

Well ... Dam!

 

Ah, Civil Hydro-Electric Engineering. As usual, no info on the slide, but using my magical searching powers, I reckon that his is Moyie Dam in Idaho.

In fact, this news article has a very similar shot.

Bonus - 

Fishin' At The Hole

 It was an Idaho tradition, or so I am told. A family would dig a hole in their back yard, fill it with water, stock it with fish, and spend the summer at their "Cabin" with Papa fishing, and the family sunning themselves.

The tradition lasted until the late 70s, when a combination of cheap air fares and Trout Live disease mean that flying to Florida was a better summer break.

Bonus - Machine Hallucinations 

it's .... A Cow.

 

With a calf. (OK, a "Cowlet" to use the proper term.)

This was in a box marked as "American Zoos", and the other slides were of more orthodox zoo contents. Maybe cows are exotic beasts in Montana.

Bonus - How Kids Menus at Restaurants should be. 

The Island Boys

 

...feature Johnny Hawaii, bring you the  calming sounds of Cradle Of Filth.

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My Nightmare

Of course you recognise this.

 

I'm sure that most of my followers are experts on Medieval German Churches, and that's handy...as the slide had no info on it.

But, obviously, this is The Holy Ghost Church, in Heidelberg. 

Bonus - The future of packaging - Automated Custom Cardboard Boxes

A Young Norbert Colon

 

Tho' he would later find fame as a character in the scientific journal "Viz", Norbert first found fame as BBC Radio Bracknell's "The Prepubescent Plant Botanist".

That changed after the infamous "Noodle Incident."

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