Never a Good Idea - Phoebus Nuclear Engine

 

Looking for a slide to post, this one caught my eye, and I tried to figure out what it was.  Some sort of reaction vessel,...but what about those missile/bombs on the right?

Ah.   The Phoebus atomic engines. Good Grief.   How could that be a valid idea?  And yes, the test firing went badly.

Bonus - Fungi is growing on the walls of Chernobyl's ruined nuclear reactor. They seem to absorb radiation and convert it into chemical energy for growth.

Colin, The Surprised Pigeon

Colin is Surprised.

Surprised by the absolute goat***k of a mess that Brexit is turning ito.

Stupid Colin.  It was inevitable.

Bonus 1 - Best Christmas Present Ever?

Bonus 2 - Reddit - Question Asked - Answer Given.

The Camera Assistant

That, I suspect, is a Redlake Hycam high-speed 16mm cine camera.

And on left is Shirley from the typing pool, who was roped in for the photoshoot.

Bonus - The 'merican Idea of Fun
Bonus 2 - Idiot

Watizzit

An unusual item, and it took me a few seconds to remember what it it.

Do you know, or can you deduce it's role?

Answer here

Bonus - Elephants are Awesome !.

Remember your SunBlock

I don't know the back-story to this slide, but remember to protect yourself.

Florence Arizona, 24th March 1956.

Bonus - the Fascinating Fig

Screening for Scientologist 101

To most people, this is a slide of  consultation between a young lady, and a female doctor. However, the clues are there.

The CRM-115 Discriminator bolted to the side of the desk. The phjoto of LRHubbard beside his plane. The ominous black model of Xeppo (The pan-galactic Thetan, and sixth Marx Brother.)

Oh yes. It's Scientology.

Bonus - Beautiful Evidence
Bonus 2 - 

The Teleport Chamber

I probably shouldn't be revealing this, but here we have one of the biggest secrets in Wales. The Caernarvon Teleport chamber. Possibly the only remaining functioning remnant of Torchwood's experimental "Project Jeff ".

To operate, the person would enter the chamber, and ingest the "activation fluid" (which tasted rather like 105° Proof rum) press the operation pedal, and they next they would know is waking up in some distant part of Wales, with no evidence of how they got there.   Extraordinary.

Bonus -  - How to fold a fitted sheet. Very informative.

Bonus 2 - Home with secret rooms.  Cool !

Biology - with Mr Hooker

At Fred McMurray High School, Mr Hooker is a legend for his Practical Biology lessons.

Here, he's taking Class 7B from 1967 into the big wide world and demonstrating the life cycle of the BlowFly. Lovely.

Bonus - The Best of Sexual Harassment Stock Photography

Mercury-Redstone 3

I might be mistaken, but I think this family is visiting the Mercury-Redstone 3 re-entry vehicle. Better known as Freedom 7, this was the space craft that carriewd the first American into space. If you want some info, well, you could try Wikipedia.

Bonus - Paper Aeroplanes ....from Space !