Careful with that Reversing !!!

 

Probably on the Santa List for every boy in the 1960s, a new red bicycle.

But be careful with the rolling backwards, issue.

Bonus - 

 

Robin on his Rocket

 

To his parents, it was a Raleigh Flipper Junior (with optional stabilizer wheels).

To Robin, is was a Rocket, zooming around the deepest extent of the known back garden, in the constellation of 84 Waterloo Crescent, Hove.

Bonus - 

Under The Watchful Eye of Mother

 

Fun in the Sun for Bertie and Clara.

Bonus - Sorry...in a bit of a rush today.

"No Bicycles"

 

...but what is the hidden message?

The photographer clearly posed this young lady beside that sign....but why?

You don't suppose that there was some implication about being the village bike, do you?

Bonus - 

Flat 1.

 

I'm sure that the original photographer has a more poncey title for this slide (sumfink like 

"The inevitable collapse of a Theocratic Omniverse in the face of Rustic Rhinoplasty"

but "Flat 1." seems good enough for me.

Bonus - Amazon Let Its Drivers’ Urine Be Sold as an Energy Drink

Sunny Holiday Scene.

 

I'm just back from a week away, enjoying fabulous weather and superb scenery on the Scottish NC500 route.  Maqnifique!  Highly recommended.

This slide, however, is probably not of Scotland, tho' I did see palm trees, bikes, blue skies and sunshine.

Bonus - Conrad Heyer, born in 1749, is the earliest-born person ever to be photographed. (Photographed when alive, to be pedantic.)

Bonus 2 - The earliest known photo of doner kebab (meat cooked on a vertical rotisserie) by James Robertson, 1855, Ottoman Empire

The Menace, Dennis.

 

While I'm more aware of the Scottish one, I believe that this you scamp resembles the chuckle-free US one.

Strangely, the two strip cartoons are the same age. To the day. Both debuting on 12 March 1951

Bonus - Things Got “Opened” And People Saw Interesting Things Inside

Bonus 2 - 

Timmy on his Trike

 

Sorry.  I'm a bit pre-occupied tonight.

Bonus - Christmas Weirdness.

The Neighbourhood Guys

 

If you've got a problem, the Evergreen Terrace Boys can solve it. Probably.

Bonus - The Unexpected History of the Air Conditioner

Bonus 2 - R.I.P. Peter Corby 

Snow Biking

 

Flurries of snow outside mean I can't go for my usual 60 mile bike-ride, so this vintage slide will have to do. A youngling with a "You'll grow into it" bike, and a Grandpa in proper winter-wear. None of the modern technical alpine-wear, suitable for an assault on The Matterhorn.

Bonus 1 - Sri Lanka's health minister, who endorsed herbal syrup to prevent Covid, has tested positive for the virus

Bonus 2 -     It's hideous, but I want it.

That Reminds Me of a Billy Connolly Joke...

 

In fact, the joke that introduced him to Britain.

The slide itself - Tedious and yet quite interesting.

Bonus - An anti-gay Hungarian politician has resigned after being caught by police fleeing a 25-man orgy through a window.

Bonus 2 - 

A spin out in the sun.

End of Week Two, working from home, and I'm looking forward to a niice cycle down to the John Thompson Inn at Ingleby for a refreshing pint.

The only things stopping me are

• We're Still on Lockdown
• The JT is closed for same reason
• I hate cycling
• I have no bike.

Otherwise, a damned good plan.

Bonus - 'Mad Men' is a Beautiful Slow Burn - The show's attention to detail and complex characters make for a unique binge-watching experience.

Bonus 2 -

On The Road Again

"You'll get knocked down.  The streets are so full of cars nowadays."


Bonus -

Damn.

Lucy's New Bicycle

A lovely birthday treat - a new classic cycle. 

And a proper bike...mudguards, Sturmey-Archer gears, Chain-guard and illustrating why girl's bikes are different.

Bonus - 154-year anniversary of the Sultana Disaster

Bonus 2 -

Biker Boy

One for the laydeez.  A Blond Boy on a Bike.

Bonus - More on US Shootings, in comparison with the rest of the world.

Bonus 2 - OOPS

Just Triking Around

Sunday afternoon, and little Andy is mucking about on his tricycle. Maybe he'll manage two wheels (with stabilizers, no doubt) in the future, but for the moment, three will be safer.

Oh, and Andy, put on your Tard Helmet.

Bonus - Bye-Bye Mickey.
A few months ago, I had a suspicion that there was a mouse in my house. Odd little movements catching my eye, but no real evidence.  Clearly the working of a drug-addled mind. Plus, surely Mr Reg, the cat, would have dispatched any mousy miscreant.

Today, while hoovering down the back of the sofa, I encountered this.

Poor Mickey. Squashed flat and suffocated under my flatulent arse.  A fate I wouldn't wish upon anyone. Except, perhaps, Donald Trump.

The Tour o' da' Toons

With the 2017 Tour de France coming to an end, it's a chance to remember the glory days of the Tour o da' Toons.

Held between 1991 and 2008 (with a break for the swine flu outbreak of 2001), the TodT was a cycle road race around the towns of Huntly, Newmacher, Udny, Echt and Ellon.

This shot shows the eventually winner Calumn Gilhooly (no 604) who appears to have been racing on behalf of  the "Highland Cress Bob" team.


Bonus - The KKK vs. the Crips vs. Memphis City Council

Three Kids, and Two Trikes

Wonderfully evocative slide. Would make it onto next year's calendar, but wrong aspect ratio.

Bonus - Stand on a beach, and look straight out to see. What country would you see?

Bonus 2 - Can Owls Swim?

The Road To Nowhere

Sorry.


In a rush.

Gotta go.

Bonus -

How Bikes Used To Be

You can forget your Mountain Bikes, BMXs or even your racers ... THIS is a proper bike.

• Full size mud-guards and chain guard.
• Kick-Stand
• Dynamo and Light
• Sprung (comfy) seat
• Saddle-Bag
• Sturmey Archer 3-speed epicyclic gearbox (probably)

And it seems to be a Hercules - which I used to have. :-)

Nice.

Bonus  Ferrety Fun.