Sorry. I'm feeling a bit fragile today, so I'm just gonna Post And Run.
Being a construction of your humble blogger Tepid Halibut, with the aim of posting one vintage slide image per day, from now until Kingdom Come. (Or until Mr Halibut gets bored.)
Saturday, 10 June 2023
Thursday, 30 March 2023
Orphans of Babylon
The only note against this slide was "Mrs Rosenberg", so ... that's one of the three with a possible identity.
And the title of this post ? It's one of my favourite tracks by Be Bop Deluxe.
Bonus -
Wednesday, 29 March 2023
Mike "The Strike" Southern
He may have been a bit of a failure as a husband. Or father, or accountant, or as a baseball coach..
However, Mike The Strike redeemed himself (slightly) by being slightly above average as a bowler.
Bonus - The Phantom of Heilbronn, often alternatively referred to as the "Woman Without a Face", was a hypothesized unknown female serial killer whose existence was inferred from DNA evidence found at numerous crime scenes in Austria, France and Germany from 1993 to 2009. The six murders among these included that of police officer Michèle Kiesewetter, in Heilbronn, Germany on 25 April 2007. However....
Friday, 2 December 2022
Furry Friends
And to heck with everyone else.
Bonus - Christmas is coming...
Thursday, 10 March 2022
Kimberley, Beside the Swimming Pool
Wednesday, 9 March 2022
Two Girls on a Miniature Train Ride
No info on this slide, but "We're not in Kansas, Toto."
At least that's my assumption, based upon the mountainous background. (Slide was Very underexposed, so not the best quality, even with photoshopping.)
Bonus - Endurance wreck: Ernest Shackleton's lost ship found off Antarctica
Sorry. A bit distracted today.
Tuesday, 8 March 2022
The Artisanal Potter
I dread shops like this.
Someone who's tired of the rat-race, and given up his career of domestic insurance sales, to start a small pottery in a remote corner of Britain.
A small pottery shop, getting a little passing trade, but with 98% of people saying "What? £45 for that.... thing?"
I guess why I get thrown out onto the street at most of them.
Bonus - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Catching Smoke (Official Video)
Saturday, 24 July 2021
Christine's Picnic
Today's the day for Christine's Post-Lockdown Picnic Thing, and I hope she's remembered that an axe is not the ideal implement for slicing a watermelon.
That said, I do recall using an axe to split a melon flung towards me. Ah, the folly of youth.
Bonus - Fancy a long, entertaining tale of revenge done beautifully? Owner Makes A Terrible Mistake By Firing Contractor. Regrets It Later
Friday, 23 July 2021
It was then that the Tour Guide revealed...
...why he was known as "Diego Five-Nipples."
It usually meant that the tourists would leave a larger tip.
Bonus - People Astounded To Learn How A Bot Is Stealing Everyone’s Art On Twitter, Decide To Trick It Into Getting A Lawsuit
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