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. 

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 - 

Red Kiosk In Chinatown

As it says in the title.

No date, bt that's a very retro car in the reflection...

Bonus - Devo - Mongoloid      Original 1975 video

Bonus 2 - Gene and Sandy Ralston are a married couple in their 70s, who also happen to be among North America’s leading experts at searching for the dead.

I Should Explain...

..for the benefit of our younger readers, that those "things" on the coffee table are Telephones.

Proper landline, Old School telephones.

Also, that is a real nose. And I like it.

Bonus - The 100 best books of the 21st century

Happy New Year

Laura's such a Lush.   "I Am Nice" indeed.   

Bonus - Frank Sinatra introduces Slim Gaillard / Cement Mixer (Put-ti Put-ti)

Bonus 2 -

The Red Telephone Box

Nice to see a reminder that the United Kingdom is not the only place with iconic red telephone kiosks.

The background seems to feature the "Toy Wan Restaurant". A bit of surfing suggest it might be this place. Despite hosting a Democratic Party fundraiser for Bobby Kennedy in 1964, the Toy Wan seems to have disappeared.

Bonus - The remarkable story of  Tokelau and The Internets.

Bonus 2- Cats !!!