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Bit of a fun one for you today! This is a Renault Master T35, the latest iteration of the Master. This is a replica of the vans they use at Jumbo Supermarkets in the Netherlands.
Jumbo is a major supermarket chain in the Netherlands who started expanding their potential in online ordering by launching a delivery service. You order your groceries and the next day (or whenever you like) a delivery driver will turn up at your doorstep in a Renault Master just like this! Click here for a reference pic of the real thing.
This has been a fun build because I got to see some pictures of how these vans work from the inside. Big trolleys with the groceries will be rolled into it to create some shelves from which the delivery driver can easily pick the order and deliver it. I tried to replicate the trolleys (even though the poles to hold them are a bit weird) with the grocery boxes and other items, and also a little hand truck that is often used to make carrying the boxes a bit easier.
The van itself is about as accurate as I can make it, obviously not perfect but it hopefully represents the Jumbo van as well as possible :) Obviously the company name is not present, although a brick built logo is planned.
The van is complete in its accurate configuration which includes the interior of the cabin. A bit basic, but so is the real one. Van drivers prefer the term 'utilitarian' :)
Hope you like it!
Bit of withdrawal symptoms , not been this way for a while , so dug an old shot for today from Trebarwith Strand .
Name: BIT
Type: Speed
Pilot: Nue Wade
Special Ability: Stances
Description: BIT is a mecha with a very small frame, with a special type of wheels, integrated to the body of the build; they allow BIT to take different stances for different type of runs, normal stance allows for a fast run ideal for avoiding traps, racing stance guards the lower legs and allows for a 2 wheel drive great for speed and agility, but it’s special stance brings full speed with lower maneuverability.
The pilot has been trained by video games and the reflexes show it, even if it pilots from within, for him, it’s all a game.
- Build Notes -
So, I was watching Tron Legacy on netflix the other day (I will defend the art direction and the music, the story, well, it could be better) and I wanted to build a mech inspired by the bikes, and this design came, What I wanted to make mine was add a little bit more color, with the lights being blue and yellow.
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¿Alguna vez te has preguntado qué te hace felicidad? Me llama mucho la atención conocer tu respuesta, pero en lo que piensas te compartiré la mÃa. Me han preguntado en diferentes ocasiones cuál es la razón de que haga lo que hago. Quienes me conocen personalmente podrán decir que tengo una gran pasión por lo que sea que emprendo, y eso es cierto, pero no es toda la verdad. La única explicación del porqué de dónde estoy, de lo que ayer hice y de lo que mañana haré es únicamente porque encontré el propósito de mi vida. Creo que descubrir la razón de nuestra existencia es uno de los dÃas más importantes y trascendentales de cada ser humano. Lo peor que puede sucederle a alguien es nunca conocerse. Puede que nunca te haya hablado, pero solo con observarte y escucharte un par de minutos, me puedo dar cuenta de lo maravilloso que eres. Lo divertido de esto es que son pocos los que ven lo que yo veo en ellos. Para esto principalmente estoy aquà y en cualquier lugar al que vaya. La razón de mi Seanlaluzdelmundoos ojos y el corazón a las personas que conozco. La sonrisa más sincera y tierna nace de un corazón consciente que late para algo más que solo mantener con vida a un ser humano. El mÃo late para reavivar el de quienes me acompañan con palabras sinceras de parte del mismo Creador y esto me hace feliz, le da sentido a mi vida y, si el mensaje llega a un corazón abierto, le da una razón de existencia a alguien más. #PorSuPerfectoAmor #Seanlaluzdelmundo #INDESCRIPTIBLE via Instagram bit.ly/2j2P6YO
Wild camping maybe a bit to close to the river that was filling quick
John o' groats (Duncansby head) to lands end
End to end trail. Day 8
Kinbrace
Highlands
Scotland
Great Britain.
UK.
A short stroll in Enoshima, near Kamakura.
The new Nikon Z 24-70mm f2.8 S perfomed beautifully on the Z7, what an amazing lens!
Bit of a lazy bus photting session in Newbury for me today (29/03/2021) as I opted to just stand around the town's newish bus station rather than go hunting for different locations etc. It was just nice to be outside in some very pleasant early Spring sunshine for a couple of hours!
Anyway, since my last visit in 2018, the scene has changed somewhat with a new and relocated bus station and a new livery adorning the Newbury & District fleet, part of Reading Buses of course.
Stagecoach turned up with a couple from Basingstoke and one from Andover, Reading Buses with a few from Reading, and a random training bus passed by for good measure!
A bit of a tight dress but the classic LBD is supposed to be a bit on the tight side or is is not effective. A slack one is ok too of course but a tighter one gives you that little edginess and even makes you shiver with pleasure a bit sometimes. *lol*. and I think we all know that feeling.
A nice sunny day it was in the Wilson home that day and the sunlight beaming through the window helped out the camera in quite a nice way I think.
Some people put a T shirt and jeans on to relax, (Ugh)
I find that a nice dress, a decent pair of sexy shoes, some good quality nylons or panty hose and a dash of easy going jewelry does the trick for me.
Doesn't take much to make me happy does it? Ha!
Great underwear helps the process along too. **Wink**.
Bit of fun in my room. I Couldn't think of many ideas but I think this worked out quite nice.
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A little bit of photoshop work on the Lightning photograph I got last week from the RAF Cosford Museum. Trying to make it look like it's in flight ;-)
All efforts to put some "reheat" from the exhaust crashed and burned (so to speak) but may look at that again if I ever get more time to spend on it :-)
There is barely any color left in this 56 year-old 3.5x5 inch photograph of me and my brother.
Photos of that era had a tendency to start fading after a few years. Our Dad snapped this shot but I can't remember what type of camera or film he used, probably Kodak or Polaroid. A few years ago my brother scanned this photo and produced a digital image which I tweaked using photo editing software to bring that moment back to life. A little bit of color is all you need if your editing software offers a large "color saturation" adjustment.
I remember how dry and crispy the grass was on that day. It must have been late summer. I know it was hot. The shrubs had a perfume and I recall the faint odor of freshly painted shutters on the windows. Mom and Dad were proud of our place and kept it spic n span.
Mom kept a watchful eye on newspaper ads. Occasionally, Sears or Montgomery Ward would offer a 2 for 1 deal on boys clothing. Mom and Dad taught us what it meant to be frugal and thrifty. Dad's DIY burr haircuts and home maintenance projects showed us how to save money. I still cut my own hair. It ain't pretty but it feels good when I think of the money I've saved over the years.
We received those bikes (Huffy Cheater Slick) the previous Christmas and spent the summer of '69 polishing our fenders with Dad's Turtle Wax. I used my allowance to purchase a speedometer for my bike at the local Western Auto store and I'm not exactly sure why 😜 since I never reached more than 20 mph. I guess I thought it was cool. Back then, our world consisted of a few blocks within our neighborhood in Lexington, Kentucky. We would meet with our friends and see who could lock their brakes and lay down the longest skid-mark, or ride down to Southland Shopping Center to get an ice-cream cone, a comic book and some bubble gum.
I never watched CBS News-man Walter Cronkite (or Waller Crank-Tight as Dad called him) who appeared each evening on 1 of our 4 TV channels, but I remember watching Neil Armstrong plant his feet on the Moon.
Years later, I discovered how many headlines made history that year, how time has changed the world, and how some things never change.
Space
Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins performed the first successful manned moon landing and Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon. The Mariner 6 Mars probe was launched from the United States and Soviet space probes Venera 5 & 6 arrived in Venus' atmosphere and were able to transmit information about the planet for 50 minutes before the Soviets lost contact.
Project Blue Book, the United States Air Force’s investigation into unidentified flying objects known as UFOs, officially came to an end on December 17.
Music
The Woodstock Festival was held near White Lake, New York, attracting 350,000 music fans. Woodstock featured some of the top rock musicians of the era including Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead, Joe Cocker, and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. In England, the Isle of Wight Festival attracted an audience of approximately 150,000 to watch 26 performers including Bob Dylan, The Who, Blonde On Blonde, Joe Cocker, The Moody Blues and Free. A free concert organized by the Rolling Stones was held at Altamont Speedway in Livermore, California with problems caused by the use of Hells Angels as Bouncers resulting in a number of deaths.
The Beatles released their Abbey Road album and gave their last public performance from the roof of Apple Records in London. John Lennon and Yoko Ono were married at Gibraltar, and had their honeymoon "Bed-In" for peace in Amsterdam. The John Lennon Album "Two Virgins" featuring John Lennon and Yoko Ono in the nude were confiscated at Newark Airport. Brian Jones, former Rolling Stones Guitarist drowned after a drinking and drug binge.
Led Zeppelin released Led Zeppelin II to critical acclaim, Pink Floyd released their Ummagumma album, The Rolling Stones released their Let It Bleed album and The Who released their Tommy album featuring the hit classic Pinball Wizard. Elvis Presley scored his final number one hit with the song Suspicious Minds.
Popular Songs: The Rolling Stones -- " Honky Tonk Woman ", The Beatles -- " Get Back" and "Come Together ", Johnny Cash -- "Daddy Sang Bass", Zager and Evans -- "In The Year 2525", The Archies -- "Sugar Sugar" and The Fifth Dimension -- "Aquarius".
Politicians
Richard Nixon was sworn in as the 37th U.S. president and Golda Meir became the first female prime minister of Israel. Moammar Gadhafi, a military captain at the time, deposed King Idris and assumed control of Libya. Charles de Gaulle Resigned as French President. Former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower died after a long illness at the age of 79 and Ho Chi Minh, the president of North Vietnam also died at the age of 79.
US Senator Edward M. Kennedy drove off a bridge into a tidal pond after leaving a party on Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, killing passenger Mary Jo Kopechne who was trapped inside the vehicle. Kennedy did not report the accident for nine or ten hours.
Sea
Robin Knox-Johnston became the first person to sail around the world solo without stopping. Donald Crowhurst's sailing trimaran Teignmouth Electron was found drifting and unoccupied in mid-Atlantic; it was presumed that Crowhurst committed suicide (or fell overboard) at sea earlier in the month having falsified his progress in the solo Sunday Times Golden Globe Race.
John Fairfax landed in Hollywood Beach, Florida near Miami and became the first person to row across an ocean solo. The SS United States, the last active United States Lines passenger ship, was withdrawn from service and the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 was entered into service.
The Australian light aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne sliced the destroyer USS Frank E. Evans in half killing 82 of her crew.
Flight
The Boeing 747 "jumbo jet" was flown for the first time, taking off from the Boeing airfield at Everett, Washington. The 747 also made its first passenger flight carrying 191 people, most of them reporters and photographers, from Seattle to New York City.
In Toulouse, France, The Concorde made its first successful flight with a maximum cruising speed of 2,179 km (1,354 miles) per hour, more than twice the speed of sound and The Hawker Siddeley Harrier known as the "Jump Jet" was entered into service with the Royal Air Force.
Despite temperatures of -43C at altitudes of 29,000 ft. 22-year-old Cuban refugee Armando Socarras Ramirez survived in the wheel well of a DC-8 from Havana, Cuba, to Madrid, Spain, wearing only light clothing.
Medicine
On 4 April 1969, Domingo Liotta and Denton A. Cooley replaced a dying man's heart with a mechanical heart inside the chest at The Texas Heart Institute in Houston as a bridge for a transplant. The man woke up and began to recover. After 64 hours, the pneumatic-powered artificial heart was removed and replaced with a donor heart.
A teenager known as 'Robert R.' died in St. Louis, Missouri, of a baffling medical condition. In 1984 Robert R's condition was identified as the earliest confirmed case of HIV/AIDS in North America.
Doctors at Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas, made medical history on April 22nd, when they performed the first human eye transplant on 54-year-old John Madden. Because the donor eye had not been preserved enough to keep it viable, the procedure failed to restore Madden's sight.
Weather
During the last week of February a snowstorm hit the Northeastern U.S. region. The storm had a Regional Snowfall Index (RSI) of 34.03 making it a Category 5 storm. Mt. Washington in New Hampshire had over 8 feet of snow during the storm. On February 25 alone, Mt. Washington had over 4 feet of snow: 49.3 inches, which is still the one-day record.
Category 5 Hurricane Camille, the most powerful tropical cyclonic system at landfall in history, hit the Mississippi coast, killing 248 people and left $1.5 billion dollars in damage (1969 dollars).
Crime
Michael Mageau and Darlene Ferrin were shot at Blue Rock Springs Park in Vellejo, California. They were the second (known) victims of the Zodiac Killer. Mageau survived the attack but Ferrin was pronounced dead-on-arrival at Richmond Medical Center. Two months later, The Zodiac Killer stabbed Bryan Hartnell and Cecilia Shepard at Lake Berryessa. Hartnell survived but Shepard died. During the following month, The Zodiac Killer shot and killed taxi driver Paul Stine in the Presidio Heights neighborhood of San Francisco, marking the infamous serial killer's last known slaying.
Members of the Manson Family invaded the home of actress Sharon Tate and her husband Roman Polanski in Los Angeles. The followers killed Tate (who was 8.5 months pregnant), and her friends: Folgers coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, and Hollywood hairstylist Jay Sebring. Also killed was Steven Parent, leaving from a visit to the Polanskis' caretaker. More than 100 stab wounds were found on the victims, except for Parent, who had been shot almost as soon as the Manson Family entered the property. The following day the Manson Family killed Leno and Rosemary LaBianca, a wealthy Los Angeles businessman and his wife.
Police raid Stonewall Inn on June 28th a gay club located in New York City ending The Stonewall Riot.
In a Los Angeles court, Sirhan Sirhan admitted that he killed presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy. In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pled guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. (he later retracted his guilty plea). The trial began of the "Chicago Seven" accused of inciting a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
Boxing champion Muhammad Ali was convicted of evading the draft after he refused to be inducted into the U.S. Army. Arrest warrants were issued by a Florida court for Jim Morrison on charges of indecent exposure during a Doors concert.
The Unexplained
Six-year-old Dennis Martin disappeared while camping in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park. Dennis was last seen by his father going behind a bush to hide, intending to surprise the adults with the other children. After not seeing him for about five minutes and when the other children had returned to the campsite, his father became concerned and began searching for him. His father ran down the trail for nearly two miles, until he was sure he could not have gotten any farther. After several hours, they sought help from National Park Service rangers. The search effort was the most extensive in the park's history, involving approximately 1,400 searchers and a 56-square-mile (150 km2) area. Dennis was never found.
While campaigning in Leary, GA, future president Jimmy Carter and several other guests at a Lion's Club Meeting witnessed an Unidentified Flying Object. Carter later filed the incident with the International UFO Bureau and in 1977 he became the first U.S. President with an official record of a UFO sighting.
Business
The first automatic teller machine (ATM) in the United States was installed in Rockville Centre, New York. Samsung Electronics was founded in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. Donald and Doris Fisher opened the first Gap store on Ocean Avenue in San Francisco and Wal-Mart incorporated as Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
New Products
Seiko Astron - world’s first commercial quartz wristwatch
Capri-Sun, juice concentrate drink
Charms Blow Pops
Fla-Vor-Ice popsicles
Kelloggs Frosted Mini Wheats
Funyuns Onion Flavored Rings by Frito-Lay
Gain detergent by Proctor & Gamble
Hawaiian Tropic Suntan Lotion
Manwich canned sloppy joe sauce by ConAgra and Hunts
Nerf Brand Toys by Parker Brothers
Nutter Butter Peanut Butter Cookies
Orville Redenbacher's Popcorn by Chester Inc.
Tic Tac mints by Ferrero
Restaurants
Dave Thomas opened his first Wendy's restaurant in a former steakhouse in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Captain D's was founded as "Mr. D's Seafood and Hamburgers" by Ray Danner with its first location opening in Donelson, Tennessee. The Long John Silver's restaurant chain opened its first store on Southland Drive in Lexington, Kentucky (I was there) and Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips was founded by S. Robert Davis and Dave Thomas with its first location in Columbus, Ohio.
Dan W. Evins opened the first Cracker Barrel Old Country Store on Highway 109 in Lebanon, TN. By 1977 he had opened 13 stores from Kentucky to Georgia. In 2020 there were 664 stores in 45 states.
Sports
San Francisco Giant Willie Mays became the first major league baseball player since Babe Ruth to hit 600 career home runs. The New York Mets defeated the Baltimore Orioles four games to one in one of the greatest World Series upsets in baseball history. The Montreal Expos became the first Major League Baseball team to be founded outside the U.S., Mickey Mantle retired from baseball and professional footballer Pelé scored his 1,000th goal.
Mario Andretti won the Indy 500, the only victory in the "Great American Race" for the legendary Andretti family as a driver.
War
The Battle of Dong Ap Bia, also known as Hamburger Hill, began on May 10th. Although the heavily fortified Hill 937 was of little strategic value, U.S. command ordered its capture by a frontal assault, only to abandon it soon thereafter. U.S. losses during the ten-day battle totaled 72 killed and 372 wounded.
Persons who were born during the years from 1944 to 1951, and who celebrated their birthdays on September 14, marked the occasion without being aware that their birthday would be the first date selected in the new U.S. draft lottery on December 1.
Independent investigative journalist Seymour Hersh broke the My Lai Massacre story, the mass murder of unarmed South Vietnamese civilians by U.S. troops in the Sơn Tịnh District of South Vietnam.
Negotiators from the Soviet Union and the United States met in Helsinki, to begin the SALT I negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides.
250,000 people marched on Washington in protest of the Vietnam War and the very first U.S. troop withdrawals were made from Vietnam.
Hollywood
Several blockbuster and now classic films were released in 1969. 20th Century Fox released Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford and Katharine Ross. Columbia Pictures released Easy Rider starring Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson. Paramount Pictures released True Grit starring John Wayne, Glen Campbell and Kim Darby. Midnight Cowboy starring Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight was released and won three Academy Awards.
Other notable film releases of 1969: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Funny Girl, The Love Bug, Hello Dolly!, Where Eagles Dare, and Paint Your Wagon.
At 24 years old, a young and nude Helen Mirren established her first major film role in Age of Consent starring James Mason and directed by Michael Powell.
Best known for her role as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, American actress and singer Judy Garland died while in London of an accidental barbiturate overdose less than 2 weeks after her 47th birthday.
Television
The first episode of Hee Haw aired on the CBS network with guest stars Loretta Lynn and Charlie Pride. Scooby-Doo also aired its first episode on the CBS network. The Brady Bunch was broadcast for the first time on ABC. Monty Python's Flying Circus first aired on BBC One and Sesame Street aired its first episode on the NET network. The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) was established and The Galloping Gourmet with host Graham Kerr debuted in the U.S.
NBC aired the last episode of the original Star Trek series "Turnabout Intruder" Starring Leonard Nimoy (Spock) and Majel Barret (Nurse Chapel) the only actors to appear in both the series finale and the first pilot Star Trek: The Cage (1966).
Technology
The first message was sent over ARPANET, the forerunner of the internet and the first ARPANET link was established (the progenitor of the global Internet).
The Microprocessor ( a miniature set of integrated circuits ) was invented opening the door for the computer revolution that followed.
UNIX was developed by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs.
Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith developed the charge-coupled device (CCD) while working at Bell Laboratories, producing the world's first solid-state video camera just a year later.
Cars
Pontiac Firebird Trans Am the epitome of the American muscle car was introduced. Chevrolet produced 3,675 Pace Car Edition Camaro Z11's and Ford offered the new Capri in everything from the basic 1.3-litre to the meaty 3.0-litre V6.
The Plymouth Road Runner captured the spotlight as Motor Trend's Car of The Year. Engine options included the standard 383 and optional 426 Hemi with the mid-year introduction of the 440 A12 Six Pack performance option.
U.S. Cost of Living 1969 vs 2023 (updated 5/21/2023)
yearly income 1969: $9,400 (2023 dollars: $77,700)
yearly income 2023: $53,490
new house 1969: $25,600 (2023 dollars: $211,610)
new house 2023: $436,800
new car 1969: $3,400 (2023 dollars: $28,104)
new car 2023: $47,000
1 gallon of gas 1969: 35 cents (2023 dollars: $2.89)
1 gallon of gas 2023: $3.54
1 loaf of white bread 1969: 23 cents (2023 dollars: $1.90)
1 loaf of white bread 2023: $2.50
Oh argh I thought when I was at the bus stop on Saturday morning.
WAY too early for the bus as usual but that is when I spy things to photograph.
Of course I scampered up their driveway when I spied this and I really did think that this has been loved to bits.
Someone has spent many happy moments sitting in this chair and watching the World go by.
The kind of chair that Amanda loves to get her hands on to bring back to life again as I ADORE restoring old furniture.
REALLY BEST SEEN IN LARGE AS THERE ARE SOME LOVELY TEXTURAL DETAILS
FELL TO BITS IN EXPLORE #148 10TH MARCH
There are two tributaries that join together in the park to make the fast flowing river Aire. This is the slow half!
Bit by Bit, Byte by Byte, we loose our Connections to Our Past. On the National Road (Old 40 Highway) Brazil, Indiana
Images captured in the breathtakingly beautiful Urabandai area in Northern Japan.
A mild winter so far gave us the chance to witness these early December sceneries one month late.
This image is a panoramic stitch.
All images captured with the new Nikon 70-200 f2.8 E FL on the D810. This lens is simply amazingly good. Otus quality in a zoom lens. A first in my book.
Beautiful deep navy dress from Pilgrim. One of (the many many MANY) dresses and other outfits I've bought over the years with no memory of when or where I got them. It's like finding a lovely magical gift surprise in your wardrobe (or closet).
The baboons on the farm have become a bit of a menace and some have learned how to break into unoccupied houses. I find them quite entertaining even though they can be quite
destructive.
Site #66
Kudu Private Nature Reserve
Lydenburg
Mpumalanga
South Africa
This Tri-colored Heron was a bit puzzled and likely planning just what his next move was going to be!! He/she had caught the tiny snack but just barely!! The wrong toss and the fish makes his escape!! I didn't catch the move, but the fish did not escape!! Photo taken on Horsepen Bayou!
I have turned the comments off but will leave the photo up! I will not be able to comment at this time!! Wishing everyone a Happy Mother's Day!
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A wide view of the port and station of Holyhead as the 3S71 Coleham - Coleham with 56078 and 56302 has a hour layover . To the left a TFW CAF 197 unit and a MK 4 set with DVT . Over to the right traffic is gathering for the 1515 ferry to Dublin which takes 3 and a half hours .
In December 2024 the port infrastructure was damaged when two ferries collided with a berth during Storm Darragh making the port unusable .It did not reopen until January 2025 when one of the berths was brought back into use , The port fully reopened in July 2025.
Since I had posted so many pictures of white flowers, I thought it was time for a change!
Hugs to all!
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Si no peleamos por mantener la unidad de la familia que hoy tenemos ¿cómo esperamos tener la fortaleza para pelear por la familia que en el futuro esperamos formar? ¿A qué le estás dedicando tu atención y tiempo? Es hora de reenfocarte en pelear la batalla que realmente importa en este momento. #Escritoestá: Si un reino está dividido contra sà mismo, ese reino no puede mantenerse en pie. Y si una familia está dividida contra sà misma, esa familia no puede mantenerse en pie - Marcos 3:24-26 NVI #PorSuPerfectoAmor #Seanlaluzdelmundo via Instagram bit.ly/2fW0kjf