Mundane News

[Reynard]

Right, off to bed go I.

Nunnight one and all xxx

 

[biggs682]

Right I am awake
So going for a bimble

 

[Illaveago]

Lowestoft appears to have a very successful gull hotel.
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I've counted 22!

You wouldn't want to park your car there !

 

[Mo1959]

You wouldn't want to park your car there !

One of these would be ok. Fit right in.

 

[Illaveago]

Set 30(1964 - 1965).

Working steering!

Yes. I did a bit of research and remembering . My Airfix set must have been from the Christmas of 1962. That was the year the set came out . It had full Ackerman Steering. The Scalextric sets are from 1964 -65 as you say.
I must have been given a Scalextric Porsche Spider and Austin Healey 3000 for Christmas in 1964.

 

[Illaveago]

I was thinking more about what was going on in New York, about changing the law about carrying concealed weapons...



Oh yeah, definitely. Like you, I also think that the Supreme Court, and, by extension the Republican Party, has just hoisted themselves on their own petards. You can't just shaft half the population without as much as a by-your-leave...

Abortion should IMHO be a matter of personal conscience, not a matter of law. Just because a particular group of people disagree with something - be it abortion, be it same-sex marriage, contraception etc, that doesn't then mean that they should then impose their worldview on everyone else.

Will they make sex illegal next ?

 

[Illaveago]

Aaaaanyways, I think a is called for. I have spent the evening trying to find the right name for a style of shoe that one of my characters likes to wear, and it's been thirsty work.

A quarter brogue in a kind of honeyed whisky colour is the conclusion.

Along with loose-fit jeans and a blue polo shirt with a pair of dark sunglasses tucked into the open collar.

Ooh! Polo neck sweaters! . Late 60's early 70's ?

 

[Illaveago]

My mate Simon says this:

"It's a Roy Nockolds painting of 1959. Moss's Rob Walker Cooper (in 1960 it was a Lotus 18) followed by a Ferrari and Jack Brabham's Cooper. This is the original Gasworks hairpin and now forms the pit lane, running the opposite direction with the current layout off to the right, round the pool."

I knew he'd come up trumps - this is very much his area of expertise. I was right about the circuit, though - the Rascasse restaurant is just to the right of the artist's POV.

It is amazing what a lucky buy at an auction can come up with . It brought back some memories from the 60's and set me off to do a bit of research .
It is trying to fit the pictures in my memory to dates and other bits , a bit like a jigsaw puzzle . 1962/63 was the really bad snow and frost time . Fun when you were young as I was off school for some time . Frozen toilets! They were outside across the playground in those days. Junior school .

 

[PeteXXX]

I'm nearly up.

 

[tyred]

All packed up. I must go out for a walk and hopefully the cafes open at 8 on a Saturday too so I can get breakfast.

 

[Illaveago]

Still reminiscing here ! Puff the Magic Dragon 1963. Zulu 1964 same time as Cliff Richard's Summer Holiday film . Colerne Battle of Britain Air Day. I cycled there with my brother and friends. I had a girls bike ,a Gresham Flyer in blue. The film The Great Escape must have been around at that time as it was featured in the flying programme.
Right back to my coffee!

 

[DCLane]

Hopefully no-one hurt too badly.

Question is, did the keys turn up?

Nope. Fortunately nothing was locked at the time so I only need to replace some keys.

Today's a windy, showery day in Co. Cork and it's the Junior Women's/Men's and Women's road nationals. The course is draggy but on good condition roads.

 

[biggs682]

Back home and first cuppa went down well.
Still sunny although a few white fluffy clouds are around.
Garden birds have been fed.

 

[oldwheels]

All packed up. I must go out for a walk and hopefully the cafes open at 8 on a Saturday too so I can get breakfast.

Don't bank on it. I was once rudely ejected from McTavish's Kitchen in Oban for my cheek wanting breakfast at 0930. Far too early.

 

[oldwheels]

Currently sunny but has been raining overnight.
Windy and Calmac are putting out warnings of cancellations all day. Does not seem that windy here but the problem is getting safely alongside the piers. There have been a few incidents recently with boats having to go into dry dock after hitting piers.
Today there is a "Street Food Festival" whatever that means at a small industrial estate with virtually no parking. This means the main road will be partly blocked and the wind should make life "interesting" for some of the food vendors.