Yotting (spelled "Yachting")

 

One of the strangest spellings in the English language, but ... whatever.

Looks like a decent way to cool down in this heatwave.

Bonus - Today, 67 years ago, Quake Lake formed.

Still Not In Kansas

 

OK, I'm making a leap of logic here - It doesn't LOOK like Kansas, and there are no tornadoes / Totos in sight.

The slide dates from 1987, but it it really a timeless image.

Bonus - Fascinating Tales from The London Dead

Messing About In A Boat

 

Another blisteringly hot day here at Slide-Guy Central. I'm just melting quietly in the shade.

There guts have the right idea...head out in a boat to catch the cooler sea/lake breezes.

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All Aboard The Rylen

 

When in Silkeborg (Denmark) why not take a trip on the M/S Rylen?

It's the stylish way to travel.

M/S Rylen, a popular boat operated by Hjejleselskabet, a company that offers boat trips and events in the Silkeborg Lake District, popular for sightseeing, social cruises, and events. 

Bonus : More of the usual

Suburban Boating

 

Proof that you don't need the sea (or even water) to get the family to enjoy boating.

Another Half-Frame slide, and for some reason I think this might be in Wales.

Bonus - 

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Heading for Trouble

 

A sailor navigates a potentially tricky course.

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Travel by River Boat

 

There's the usual lack of info on this slide image, but... I'm guessing that this is not the Henley Regatta.

Bonus - Some days are just quiet for real news.

Boat

 Boat, yacht, ship, schooner.

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I'm Leaving, on a Hydrofoil

Don't know when I'll...etc

Closer examination shows the name Palm Beach, but I don't think we're talking America.

Nope, this is the Aussie one. As discussed here

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Time For A Sharp Exit

 

Mischief abounds, pranks have been played, larks-a-plenty have been instigated, and the perpetrators (The McKenzie Boys) make a sharp exit  on water.

Little do the know, that the engine has been filled with water, meaning that very soon, they'll be adrift upon Lake O'Doom, and it's famous school of freshwater crocodiles.

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Duck Weed in the Canal

 

Filthy beasts.

At least they could do it up against a tree.

Nothing says the arrival of Spring like an out-of-focus narrowboat, being towed thru a weedy canal.

Bonus - Bowling Ball Plus Giant Balloon.

There's somethung Not Quite Right.

 

Now, I'm no nautical expert, but there's something that doesn't look right about that yacht.

The good news is that there's still a yacht bearing the name Yukon Jack available for hire,  

However, I'm not certain that this is the same actually boat. And I don't care enough to try and investigate.

Bonus - nah

It's like Uber, but on water. And in Laos.

 

Possibly the least successful product to appear on BBC2's Dragons Den.

Some Welsh dud thought that a water-based ride sharing service on the Mekong River would be a winner.

It was not.  No wi-fi signal.

Bonus - Mystery Search.

Bonus 2 - 

Happy Fish Day

 

As regular readers know, Americans love fishing, and photographing their success.

Here we have Gilbert "Gil" Gustavson, and the results of his Boxing Day exploits.

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Ahoy Shipmates

 

This is the welcoming committee for the SS Mid-Life-Crisis.

You'd be wise to escape now, while you can.

Bonus - ‘Andy Warhol is the only genius I’ve ever known with an IQ of 60.’ –Gore Vidal

Bonus 2 - Humans Have Pumped Enough Groundwater to Change the Tilt of the Earth

Exhibit K - "A Pillock".

 

Yes, that bloke on the left.

Don't know who he is, but he does appear to be an utter bell-end.

Bonus - Retail Therapy: What Mannequins Say About Us

Alec's Got A Tiddler

 

...but the doctor's assured him it will grow.

From a slide dated Sept 1971, and...heavens...is that  the pleasure cruiser "White Rose" in the background?  That might make this a slide from The Norfolk Broads. Well, I never !

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from B3TA.com

Russell Johnson 19th

 

Alas, that title was the only information on the (out-of-focus) slide.

We will probably never learn who Russell Johnson was, nor what happened on his nineteenth birthday (or on the 19th of the month.)

Bonus - Creative and Educational. A Bristol Stool Scale Birthday cake.

Canal Boat Trip

 

So, having had an odd half hour to myself, I scanned in a box of slides - something I've not done for ... months.

The 1971 Wedding fashions can wait for a suitable weekend, but this one seemed appropriate for families off on holiday, and looking for things to do. Hint, hint.

Yes, there will be other slides of their trip on the "Tivertonian" in August 1976.

Bonus - Why is there a statue of a diver inside Winchester Cathedral? William Walker

A Little Tug, Mrs Mac

 

What can I say about this slide - A little tug-boat, and on closer examination, it appears to be called Mrs Mac.

So, obviously, I hie thee to www.tugboatinformation.com (I bet you think I made that up) were it has more info of that wee boat. 

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