The More Things Change...

So, I was browsing through the slide collection, looking for a Tedious Tuesday candidate, when THIS one popped up.

Hmmmm.    It must be an omen.

This slide probably dates from 1960's America, but I'm sure the sentiment remains with Mango Don in 2025.

Bonus :

Speaking of whom...

 

Hot Summer in the South

 No info on this slide, but as it's Late Summer Bank Holiday Monday here in Slideville, I'm assuming this is a hot Southern USA family gathering. Georgia, or Alabama, or similar.

Bonus - HOW THE MOST ICONIC ALBUM ART OF THE 70S WAS MADE ON A SHOESTRING BUDGET

It's Carina's Birthday

 

Yes, it's Carina's Birthday, and she's ... so happy to celebrate with so many friends.

But, I suspect the craft Gin & Tonics will be appearing later.

Happy Birthday Hon !

Bonus - Word of the day - Spuddle

Bonus 2 - Life Lessons from Gomez Addams

Happy Birthday Sister

 

Today is my sister's birthday. Her XXth birthday to be completely open and honest.  Happy Birthday!

(No, this isn't a slide of her or her chum, but... it could be.)

Bonus - Urine for a Treat.  Nine Fascinating Facts About Urine

Trimming Daphne's Bush, for Neatness.

 

The Really Respected company has decided to take a two-week unpaid shutdown, so I'm having a bit of a stay-cation.

That should be a good chance for some gardening, like Trevor here, but.... it's too damned hot.

Bonus -    Mashup of The Temptations' "Get Ready" and Black Sabbath's "Children of the Grave 

Hanging Around The Air-Strip

 

I've just been watching The Queen's Gambit on Netflix. Excellent, and highly recommended.  And the general mood for the 1960's episodes matches up quite well with this completely unrelated slide,

Bonus - Time to take down the Chrimbo Decorations...

The Groovy Gran

In the Late Sixties / Early Seventies, the fashion for bright op-art prints wasn't just restricted to fresh-face young chicks.

Even the more mature old hens of the day were transfixed by such patterns.

Bonus -

I Choo-Choo-Choose You.

In the sixties (or maybe seventies) I bet this was absolutely heaven for young lads. Their own small scale steam train.

Sadly, I still know some middle aged me who would squee at the prospect of such a train ride.

Bonus - Van Morrison’s Contractual Obligation Album
This is the sound of not really trying.

Bonus 2 - On the other hand...
This is the product of my fevered mind
And this is the sound of being left behind
And this is ritual dissection of the soul
I hope that you will enjoy it

YouTube  and    Lyrics

An outburst of colour

I'm sure it's all dreadfully non-PC to say it, but I imagine that this young lady brought a ray of sunshine into a drab environment. Well done Miss.

From a box of slides marked "Brits of the 60's".

Bonus -1 : Usain Bolt reveals he devoured 1,000 Chicken McNuggets during the 2008 Beijing Olympics

Bonus - United States of Whatever

B

The Brothers' Baby Beach Buggy

I don't think they want to share :-)

Broken by Boxing Day ???

Bonus - The royal fistula that changed the face of surgery

Bonus 2 - US Is One Of Just 4 Countries Not Paying Performers For Radio Play, And The Others Are...

What The Modern American Bride Is Wearing

This seemed a strangely appropriate slide to post today.

Today, not the whole world rejoiced as Prince Harry announced his engagement to mixed race American divorcee actress Meghan Markle.

Best wishes to them, but ... meh.

Bonus 1 -
10.00am - News is announced of Harry and Meghan
 Soon afterwards - "work and pensions minister, confirmed that the benefit freeze for working age people will remain in place"

Shades of a good day to bury bad news

Bonus 2 - Oops

The Dreamhouse of Tomorrow - Today !!!

Yes Ladies - You could have the Dreamhouse of Tomorrow ---Today.

Complete with...Formica.

Actually, while this slide is tedious, the wondermaterial Formica is actually quite interesting.

Bonus - Clemens Habicht's 5000 COLOURS is a CMYK colour gamut jigsaw puzzle of 5000 pieces. Each tile is an individual colour and the task is to place each colour exactly in relation to every other colour. Video

No 12 - The Bohemian

A picture from "The Observer's Book Of Deadbeats", subtitled "A guide to spotting and identifying undesirables."

I'm sure most readers will recall The Observer Book Of... series, small books filled with facts, figures and photos of many hobbies and passtimes.  I remember regularly getting the Aircraft one for Christmas.

"...Deadbeats" was the rarest, identifying Hippies, Poets, Black Panthers, Girl Scouts and Bohemians, amongst others.

Problem was, The Observer was rather left-leaning, and on learning of this issue, the book was cancelled.

There, I bet you didn't know that.

Bonus - Quick! Save The Skateboard

Vacationers Vern and Vera

vacationing via a Vickers Viscount, a virtuous and valued vacation.

Love their expressions, but it's the aircraft that catches my eye. Obviously. You can read a lot more about Vickers Viscount line number 106, reg no N7408.

Bonuses :
No Shit Sherlock, No 1 -  Data analysis shows populations with lower qualifications were significantly more likely to vote for Brexit.
No Shit Sherlock, No 2 - Wikipedia bans Daily Mail as 'unreliable' source
No Shit Sherlock, No 3 - People are cruel (but funny.) CFB

Arlington

On finding this slide, I immediately started wondering about the context.

Sixties, obviously. A formal cemetery, and scaffolding for TV cameras?

Alas, with some research, this isn't anything to do with the assassination of JFK (53 years ago today).

No, it's the Tomb of the Unknowns at  Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, United States of America.

Bonus - Come on, Fair Exchange !

High-Waisted Pants

People often criticise the Seventies as the decade that taste ignored.

I beg to differ.  The sixties were clearly as bad.

Bonus -

Tourists

Oh yes.  Anonymous Tourists and some unknown attraction, at some indeterminate time.

We can make guesses - that looks like a crater and water in the background - the fashions are early sixties (I think) - but practically fugtifino.

Bonus - Krampus - Santa Claus's forgotten companion.

I Haz Monsta Fish

Regular readers (You are all regular readers, right?) will know that photographers have a special fondness for fishermen and their catches. Today, we have the sub-category - "fishermen and their catches and something to prove how big it is".

Hmm.    Worthwhile.

Bonus - I've never noticed this before but there's a high street shop in the background of this sci fi film.

Hello Ladies

June 1967.

The start of the Summer Of Love. The first flourishing of The Counter Culture.  The Year The Acid Kicked In.

The Beatles debut "All You Need is Love".


And this bronzed booby is oblivious to all this.





Numpty.


Bonus :

Outside The Condo

This is how I imagine most of Florida. Palm trees, brightly painted utilitarian motels / condominiums, and gangsters hiding out from the feds.

I may be wrong.

Bonus - WTF