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Obviously a new Black Décor 2.0 item, made in China (per the fine print) no less!
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Wal-Mart 274, 1979-built, Battleground Dr. at First American Dr., Iuka MS
The Vital Spark is a fictional Clyde puffer, created by Scottish writer Neil Munro. As its captain, the redoubtable Para Handy, often says: "the smertest boat in the coastin' tred".
Puffers seem to have been regarded fondly even before Munro began publishing his short stories in the Glasgow Evening News in 1905. This may not be surprising, for these small steamboats were then providing a vital supply link around the west coast and Hebrides islands of Scotland. The charming rascality of the stories went well beyond the reality of a commercial shipping business, but they brought widespread fame. They appeared in the newspaper over 20 years, were collected in book form by 1931, inspired the 1953 film The Maggie, and came out as three popular television series, dating from 1959 to 1995.
The original BBC Series Para Handy - Master Mariner, which ran from 1959–60, starred Duncan Macrae (Para Handy), Roddy McMillan (The Mate), and John Grieve (Dan MacPhail, the engineer). In the second version, The Vital Spark, McMillan took the role of Para Handy, and Grieve reprised his role as McPhail; Walter Carr (Dougie the Mate) and Alex McAvoy (Sunny Jim) completed the crew, and the series ran for three series between 1965 and 1974. The third series, made several years after the first two, was in colour and consisted of remakes of selected earlier episodes. In 1994 BBC Scotland produced The Tales of Para Handy which starred Gregor Fisher in the lead role alongside Sean Scanlan as Dougie, Andrew Fairlie as Sunny Jim and Rikki Fulton as Dan McPhail. The series also featured David Tennant in one of his first acting roles. Alex McAvoy, who played Sunny Jim in The Vital Spark, appears in one episode as a fellow captain of Para Handy in the coastal trade.
In her captain's own (islands accented) words, the Vital Spark is "aal hold, with the boiler behind, four men and a derrick, and a watter-butt and a pan loaf in the foc'sle". The way these steam lighters with their steam-powered derricks could offload at any suitable beach or small pier is featured in many Vital Spark stories, and allows amusing escapades in the small west coast communities. The cargoes carried in the hold vary from gravel or coal to furniture to livestock, the crew's quarters in the forecastle are taken as lodgings by holidaymakers or lost children and the steam engine struggles on under the dour care of the engineer McPhail. Tales are recounted of improbably dramatic missions in World War I. Others scoff at her as a coal gaabbert, reflecting the origins of the puffers, but an indignant Para Handy is always ready to defend his boat, proudly comparing her 6 knots (11 km/h) speed and her looks with the glamorous Clyde steamers.
The stories sparked considerable interest in the puffers, and many books explore their now vanished world.
When “VIC 72”, renamed “Eilean Eisdeal”, ventured from her home at the Inveraray Maritime Museum to visit the Glasgow River Festival in 2005, she proudly bore the name “Vital Spark” in testimony to her continuing popularity. Since 2006 she proudly is the “Vital Spark” of Glasgow having been successfully re-registered. [Wikipedia]
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The Chevrolet Spark was sold here from 2009 until the end of Chevrolet sales in Europe in 2015. The Spark was an export version of the Daewoo Matiz, powered by a 1.0 litre engine with 65 PS.
"No amount of darkness can hide a spark of light"
Me and my little sister were bored on Monday night and decided to go crazy with glitter, make-up and photoshop. :D
Nothing much has changed in this view since the somewhat similar photo I posted in early April 2017, save for the Bartlett police presence here on grand reopening weekend, and a much better view of the next-door Sam's Club. As always, it's a special occasion, so I'm taking photos rather people like it or not! Have some spark logos on your faces for ruining my photos, people, haha! I guess the spark is kind of redundant on the associate wearing the cool, giant spark logo apron though! And yep, I did duck a couple of the sparks behind the poles for a little added flair...
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Walmart, 1997-built (2017-remodeled), Hwy 64 at Kate Hyde Rd., Bartlett TN
This is more for my reference than anything else...
Spark was originally set to be released in May 2004 but for whatever reason was canceled and replaced with Nero. Photo from pullipstyle.blogspot.com/
This car started life as a Daewoo Matiz and was marketed under at least 13 other names over the years, including Chevrolet Matiz and Chevrolet Spark.
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Natural History Museum, London.
I love this section of the museum and couldn't resist a shot of this escalator. It was pretty tricky as I didn't have my tripod with me but was generally happy with the final result.
Processed and edited in Photomatix Pro, CS5 and Nik Color Efex Pro.