Monty the Duck

 

This is Monty.

"Hello Monty!"

Monty is convinced that he is a duck.

He isn't.

Bonus -

Nope. 

Long Distance Relationships

 

Something that the youngsters (by which, I mean the under 40's) don't understand about the past was the difficulties of maintaining a long distance relationship.

Before the uniquity of Mobile Phones, and before the rise of email, it was the telephone that allowed people to connect and catch up.

And before everyone had an in-house private land-line, public call-boxes were often the key.

Bonus - B3TAn HappyToast has the inside  scoop on Trump's Remodelling of the White House. 

Composition No. 86 - Confluence

 

As in Confluence Between Tedious Tuesday and Bad Photography.

History does not record the name of this "artist" - most likely they were taken outside and shot, and erased from history.

Well-deserved, IMHO.

Bonus - 

The Dance Demo

 

Again, I'm clueless.

The Slide markings said "1965 William E Baskett", but Googling that didn't turn up anything obvious.

Bonus - Germany, apparently

 

Make Your Own Puppet Character

 

In the days before Internet (or TV, probably) making your own puppet was a popular activity for kids.

Maybe.

This is Mr Flummery, from a home in Tacoma, Washington, and took all of 3 minutes to create. Clearly.

Bonus - 

Interesting

Unseasonable weather

 

It's June, but it feels more like April. A chill in the air, and the occasional downpour.

Just like the downpour that swept this tree into the River Trent at Newark.

Bonus - Happy Fathers day

Bonus 2 - 

The Long Climb Ahead.

 

Early start today - I'm attempting to climb Horsham Hill, the famed mounteering challenge in the Northern Alps of Norfolk.

As you see, the southern face is daunting, and I shall be needing pitons, ice-axe and canoe for some of the traverses.

Bonus - 

Distant Words with the Family

 

One of the delights of this here slide-collecting lark is finding images like this. Just a quick captured moment in a life.

What a great image.

Bonus - 

"Are you 'aving a Giraffe?"

 

Friday is sometimes Zoo Day, here at The Slide Guy.

And these are ....checks notes .... Giraffes.

Bonus - 

Americuh!

Well ... DAM!

 

Nope. No information, and I can't be arsed to make up a story.

Bonus - What Month Is It?

Bear In A Dumpster

 

It's difficult to be creative with these Blog Post Titles, especially when the subject is a bear. Probably a Brown Bear.  In or maybe on, a dumpster.  With some trees in the background.

Tho it does remind me of the challenge of designing bear-proof containers. The locker mechanisms needed to be simple enough for a human to open, but too complicated for a bear to manipulate. This presented a bit of a design challenge because, according to a (possibly apocryphal) quote from a Park Ranger, "There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists."

Bonus - 

Mine's A Big One

 

Puns aside, this an awesome sight. When you notice the electricity pylons following the roadway and railway ... wow. That's quite a size.   Bingham copper mine, SLC UT

Bonus - Porn could have a bigger economic influence on the US than Netflix

Bonus 2 - Data assembled in response to Marjorie Taylor Greene's assertion to a U.K. reporter that while the U.S. has mass shootings, “You have mass stabbings, lady.”

The Last Snow Patch of Spring

 

I was looking for a Tedious Tuesday slide, and happened across this one.  

OK, it's not exactly an action-packed image, but it does have a certain calm restfulness in it, and I like it.

Bonus - Damn! Video file doesn't work, so....

Hahahahahahahahaha....

God Loves Me

 

"God Loves Me"    "God Loves You"   "I'm so glad that this is true."

"©  Daisy Baskett 1976 - Artist Carol Murray"

I wonder where Misses Daisy and Carol are now. Maybe this slide / page will turn up when they Google.

Bonus - Why the U.S. Government currently stores 1.4 billion lbs of cheese

Into The Wide Blue Yonder

 

( No, I'm not going to wander off and abandon you dear reader.)

As we head towards the end of 2021, I thought that this rather pleasant be a suitable metaphor for the blue skied loveliness ahead of us.

Or maybe it isn't. It's just a random slide, selected for  visual pleasantness.

Bonus - I also tried playing with the settings. Hello Pseudo-Infra-Red.

Bonus 2 - 

Merry Christmas

 

May you get everything you deserve.

Bonus - It’s not Christmas until I see Snoopy eating a pile of human femurs.

The AH Louis Store

 

So, I was thinking "why would someone photograph such an average little store?"

It turns out that AH Louis is a bit of a big deal in the Chinese Californian community. In fact, AH Louis has his own Wiki page.

Bonus : MI6 successfully hacked an al-Qaeda newsletter, and replaced bomb-making instructions with a recipe for cupcakes