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Today we honor a special fallen hero who, while he may not have died in service to our country, did bring laughter to many who did. His films were both silly and sophomoric, yet brought us courageous characters and iconic vehicles. Arguably the greatest of these was the EM50 Urban Assault Vehicle. Pride of the US Army, the EM50 was the ultimate Cold War weapons system designed to infiltrate urban areas undetected. Its devastating covert use in Czechoslovakia in 1981 left even Vladimir Putin in awe (see Family Guy episode "Spys Similar to Us"). In the hands of well-trained, battle-hardened troops the EM50 was nothing less than lethal. Yet it was simple enough to be used effectively even by a rag tag group of misfit recruits vacationing with their girlfriends in Germany.
The model is an accurate minifig scale version of the customized GMC recreational vehicle from the Bill Murray and Harold Remis film "Stripes." All weapons systems and details from the film are present: 2 forward facing machine guns, 4 side facing machine guns, 2 side facing flame throwers, 1 rear facing anti-tank canon, 2 elevating racks of surface to air missiles, retractable exterior armor, and rear drop-ramp. The drivers side is shown in normal / camouflaged mode while the right side is shown in battle-ready mode. Removable panels permit access to weapons systems and full interior details. Custom stickers are used for pinstriping and window details. Two windshield elements were cut for appearance, although stock windows can be used. 14 LEDs provide full interior lights, headlights, tail lights, and animated weapons systems. Many thanks to Will at Brickarms for supplying the excellent military elements. And a special thanks to Rob Klingberg at Brickstuff for the specialized prototype lighting that really brings this MOC to life.
50032 "Courageous" passes through Bristol Temple Meads with the Ashton Meadows Tunnel Inspection train. 20/7/90.
One of several cabins at the abandoned Chub Lake Resort along State Hwy 1 between Isabella and Ely, Minnesota. I have an old real photo postcard of this cabin from the 1920's.
The resort was owned for years by Bob and Lois Anderson. A family from the Princeton, MN area bought it in 1973.
I haven't been able to find out when or why it eventually closed. My guess is that it was in the late 70's or sometime in the 80's when a lot of mom and pop places were lost to the changing economy and rising gas prices.
Word has it that a couple from the Twin Cities own it now and that they wanted to restore the place, but found out that the cost would be prohibitive. A major issue is that the main lodge was made of poplar logs and some of the bottom ones are rotten. Meanwhile, harsh weather and vandals continue to take their toll. #ONLYinMN
BR class 50 50032 'Courageous' stands at a wet Birmingham New Street in the mid 1980's and about to join its train to London Paddington
Photo taken with my old Pentax ME Super 35mm film camera and scanned from my original 35mm colour slide
Not been out for the Flasks recently as it is only the usual suspects from the 'Class of 68' but thought I would make an effort today. Decided on Llanfairfechan as it was about half an hour after high tide and from what I found when I got there endorsed the the decision to go there. 68033 (Courageous) and 68034 (Victorious) drops down from Brunditts Siding West right time,into Llanfairfechan.Note the green signal on the Up line for the 1V94.
Model: Courageous, MM#438262
Photographer: Sarah, MM#669133
Lighting: Elinchrom Ranger 'A' head with gold reflector into 4x3 softbox camera left at near-full power. Triggered by Skyports.
Nara is a courageous and wonderful lady .
I met Nara sitting on the top stair of St Martins in the Field Church in Trafalgar Square. I wanted to find out something about what she was doing there and went and sat beside her .
She offered me one of her papers that she had written about the suffering of the Tibetan people, the tragic self immolations , the right to practise their religion and even their children being allowed to speak and learn their own language.
We spoke for a while about her time in Tibet and when I asked about her drum she told me a story of how she had been playing it in a procession in Lhasa and beating out a Tibetan traditional rhythm, another local drummer played along with her beat. Then after the procession was over he was scared that he might be arrested as the police had been watching him . He told Nara it was ok for her to play the rhythm as she was a visitor but it was actually illegal for him.
Whilst holding her month long vigil Nara is fasting for 30 days .
It made me worry for her as already after one week she looked very frail , her eyes were sunken and you could almost see her skull. I appealed to her to please look after herself and although I could see the importance of what she was doing I definitely think that she needed to look after her own health to.
I really respect and admire her courage .
Also I enjoyed how she took such delight in showing me her Samsung Galaxy S4 , which she is holding in the photo and I used it to make another photo for her.
Nara has been at St Martins in the Field Church for a week now of her month long Vigil and if you happen to pass her by please stop and wish her good luck .
Bagnall 2580 'Courageous' powers along the river side working the late running 12:55 to Strand Road. 13/09/15
Why should I let the toad work
Squat on my life?
Can’t I use my wit as a pitchfork
And drive the brute off?
Six days of the week it soils
With its sickening poison -
Just for paying a few bills!
That’s out of proportion.
Lots of folk live on their wits:
Lecturers, lispers,
Losers, loblolly-men, louts-
They don't end as paupers.
Lots of folk live up lanes
With fires in a bucket,
Eat windfalls and tinned sardines.
They seem to like it.
Their nippers have got bare feet,
Their unspeakable wives
Are skinny as whippets - and yet
No one actually starves.
Ah, were I courageous enough
To shout, Stuff your pension!
But I know, all too well, that’s the stuff
That dreams are made on:
For something sufficiently toad-like
Squats in me, too;
Its hunkers are heavy as hard luck,
And cold as snow,
And will never allow me to blarney
My way of getting
The fame and the girl and the money
All at one sitting.
I don’t say, one bodies the other
One’s spiritual truth;
But I do say it’s hard to lose either,
When you have both.
Class 50 50032 Courageous and Class 33 33056 The Burma Star stand at Saltley depot the 56 is 56061. Saltley 02/05/1981.
Kevin Connolly - All rights reserved so please do no use this image without my explicit permission
'Courageous' with an up express in the spring of 1980. Highly likely this was the 1V28 08.22 Liverpool Lime Street to London Paddington.
This is my wife. Twenty days ago her right knee was removed and replaced with an artificial implant made with plastic and titanium. The time since the operation has included significant pain and discomfort, exacerbated by the daily exercises needed to insure continued functioning of the joint. Yesterday she was able to walk to the end of our street, where Stanley Park begins, a significant milestone in her exercises and recovery.
We didn't even notice the rain...
The warm Autumn sunshine vanished seconds before "Pug" 19 and Bagnall 2680/1945 rumbled on to the swing bridge at Preston Dock, Sunday 2nd October 2022. The Pug has recently been restored to steam. It is one of two surviving former L&YR "Pugs" and 19 was built at Horwich (w/n 1097) in 1910. It became 11243 under LMS ownership, but was sold in 1931 to contractor John Mowlem for use on a major project on Southampton Docks, where it was known as "Bassett". Four years later, the loco moved to Charlton, London, working for United Glass Bottle Manufacturers Ltd. where it was named "Prince". It was bought for preservation in 1967, moving to Haworth, where the extensive work needed meant the loco became a static exhibit. A move to Steamport (Southport) followed, before a move to Preston after the demise of Steamport in 1998. Early in 2020, and against the background of the pandemic, the owners took the noble decision to restore the locomotive to working condition.
3237 and 5917 power up hill away from Gunning with Lachlan Valley Railways 8S02 from Sydney to Cootamundra
The pair were on their way to Cootamundra to be fitted with ICE Radios as the cut off day was nearing for ARTC's network.
Monday 6th October 2014
Whilst we've come to the end of Lockdown 2 we still have a few left over cartoons, so we'll just add them, then let you get on and prepare for Christmas.
This one may or may not be based on my personal experience some 45+ years ago... but my wife and I have been married for over 44 years. I'll let you decide...
I’m feeling kind of awkward
And I’m feeling kind of shy
There’s a really lovely lass at work
Who’s rather caught my eye
I’m not sure if she’s noticed me
She probably has not
She’s rather, sort of, ‘out my league’
If she’s seen me, she’s forgot
I wonder should I say “Hello”?
But what if she is cross?
Perhaps I won’t say anything
But then my chance is lost…
Alright, I’m gonna talk to her
Perhaps not just today
She’s probably quite busy
Yes, I think I’ll stay away
Oh I wish I were courageous
I’d just walk up and say
“Hello there, how are you?”
“How are things today?”
This is really not productive
I’m wasting hours and hours
But I really Am quite nervous
I know, I’ll get her flowers!
Now it’s one week later
And I’ve asked her out!
Guess what? She looked at me and said
“I’d like that!” with a pout
So I’m really, really happy
She said she’d noticed me
But was too shy to say hello
In case I tried to flee!
PS She’s asked me to meet her Mum and Dad on Saturday!
68029 'Courageous' and Coaching Set TP04 form 1U27 the 8.03am York to Scarborough Trans - Pennine Express service approaching Seamer West.
Bagnall 16 inch class 0-6-0ST no 2680 Courageous heading away from the swing bridge with a train for Strand Road.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland Jarosław Kaczyński, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Fiala and Prime Minister of Slovenia Janez Janša who arrived in Kyiv.
The President of Ukraine thanked the heads of government of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia for the support their countries provide to Ukraine, as well as for their personal visit to Kyiv.
"At a time when many ambassadors have left Ukraine in connection with the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, these dignitaries, leaders of their beautiful independent European states, fear nothing, care for our fate more, and they are here to support us. This is a great courageous, correct and friendly step. And I am sure that with such friends, with such countries, with such neighbors and partners, we will really be able to win," Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters after the meeting.
The President noted that the talks focused on security guarantees for Ukraine, strengthening sanctions against the aggressor state, as well as the prospects of Ukraine's membership in the European Union.
The interlocutors also touched upon plans to rebuild our country after the end of hostilities. In this context, international assistance in replenishing the relevant reconstruction funds already established by the Ukrainian government is important.
"We know for sure that everything we are discussing will reach the positive goal for our country, our security and our future," the President stressed.
Some very courageous people having fun on a very cold and windy day!
Info from Wikipedia:
Quebec City (pronounced /kwɪˈbɛk/ (About this sound listen) or /kəˈbɛk/; French: Québec [kebɛk] (About this sound listen)); French: Ville de Québec), officially Québec, is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. The city had a population estimate of 531,902 in July 2016, (an increase of 3.0% from 2011) and the metropolitan area had a population of 800,296 in July 2016, (an increase of 4.3% from 2011) making it the seventh-largest metropolitan area in Canada.
The narrowing of the Saint Lawrence River proximate to the city's promontory, Cap-Diamant (Cape Diamond), and Lévis, on the opposite bank, provided the name given to the city, Kébec, an Algonquin word meaning "where the river narrows". Founded in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain, Quebec City is one of the oldest cities in North America. The ramparts surrounding Old Quebec (Vieux-Québec) are the only fortified city walls remaining in the Americas north of Mexico, and were declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985 as the 'Historic District of Old Québec'.
The city's landmarks include the Château Frontenac, a hotel which dominates the skyline, and La Citadelle, an intact fortress that forms the centrepiece of the ramparts surrounding the old city. The National Assembly of Quebec (provincial legislature), the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec), and the Musée de la civilisation (Museum of Civilization) are found within or near Vieux-Québec.
Visit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_City
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68029 'Courageous' gets into its' stride departing Scarborough with 1F72 the 3.34pm Scarborough to Manchester Victoria, Trans. - Pennine Express service.
" At the gates of Hell I stand,
Ready to enter as a man,
Sought out by evil here,
It shall find me without fear."
- Lillian Casillas
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The Amazing Atheist: This is when American Liberal citizens actually make common sense, sometimes.
LIBERALS AND ISLAM!
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US Coast Guard helicopter flying over Arlington/Alexandria, Virginia
Fuji GFX 100 II, 500mm Fujinon G woth 1.4 Fuji Converter
ISO 80, f/8 at 1/500 second
British postcard in the Picturegoer Series, London no. 1175a. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Freddie Bartholomew in Captains Courageous (Victor Fleming, 1937).
English-American Freddie Bartholomew (1924-1992), was one of the most famous child actors in film history. Born in London, he emigrated for the title role of MGM's David Copperfield (1935) to the United States He became very popular in 1930s Hollywood films such as Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) and Captains Courageous (1937).
Frederick Cecil Bartholomew was born in Harlesden, London, in 1924. He was the son of Lilian May (Clarke) and Cecil Llewellyn Bartholomew. He was abandoned by his alcoholic parents when he was a baby. From age three, he grew up in the town of Warminster under the care of his unmarried aunt Millicent. A precocious lad, Freddie was reciting and performing on stage at three years of age and was soon singing and dancing as well. By age six he had appeared in his first film, a short called Toyland (Alexander Oumansky, 1930). Three other British film appearances and the recommendation of his teacher Italia Conti led him to be cast by MGM in the lavishly produced adaptation of Charles Dickens's The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger (George Cukor, 1935), as the title character. It resulted in a seven-year MGM contract and a move to Hollywood with his aunt. The illustrious, star-studded and highly successful David Copperfield (George Cukor, 1935) made Freddie an overnight sensation, and he went on to star in a succession of high-quality films through 1937, including Anna Karenina (Clarence Brown, 1935) with Greta Garbo, Professional Soldier (Tay Garnett, 1935), the riveting Little Lord Fauntleroy (John Cromwell, 1936), Lloyds of London (Henry King, 1936), and The Devil Is a Sissy (W.S. Van Dyke, 1936) with Jackie Cooper and Mickey Rooney. Freddie's biggest success was Captains Courageous (Victor Fleming, 1937), opposite Spencer Tracy. Following the success of Little Lord Fauntleroy (John Cromwell, 1936), Freddie's birth parents, who were strangers to him, stepped in and attempted for seven years to gain custody of him and his fortune. His aunt Millicent attempted to offset these legal expenses and payouts by demanding a raise in Freddie's MGM salary in 1937. Freddie was protected by the so-called "Coogan Law," which was supposed to prevent parents from stealing the earnings of child performers, but every time she filed suit, he was forced to expend money from the trust fund defending against her, and after a half-dozen or more times, his trust was very much depleted. Another slew of court cases ensued, this time over the MGM contract, and Freddie missed a critical year's work and some golden film opportunities. By the time he resumed acting work in 1938, he was well into his teens, and audiences grew less interested in literary period pieces as World War II erupted in Europe. Following Kidnapped (Alfred L. Werker, 1938), many of his ten remaining films through 1942 were knock-offs or juvenile military films, and only two were for MGM. The best of the films after Kidnapped (Alfred L. Werker, 1938) were Lord Jeff (Sam Wood, 1938), Listen, Darling (Edwin L. Marin, 1938) with Judy Garland, Swiss Family Robinson (Edward Ludwig, 1940), and Tom Brown's School Days (Robert Stevenson, 1940). His salary soared to $2,500 a week making him filmdom's highest paid child star after Shirley Temple.
|n 1944, at the age of 20, Freddie Bartholomew was drafted into the U.S. Army Air Force, assigned as an aircraft mechanic, and while doing repairs that year on a bomber engine, he fell from a scaffold and broke his back. He spent a year in traction at a G.I. hospital and was given a medical discharge in 1945, seemingly recovered. Unknown to himself and all but a tiny handful of those closest to him, however, he had been damaged psychologically by the injury and the recovery period. and American citizenship. The additional time away from the screen had not done him any favours, though, and efforts to revive his film career were unsuccessful. He tried to resume his career with the low-budget PRC feature The Town Went Wild, never realizing that he was deeply mentally ill. When that film failed to revive his movie career he turned to the stage, and his one effort at performing in a play, in Los Angeles, was ignored by everyone but the critics, who hated it; his mental condition was exacerbated by the tone and venom of their reviews. Worse still, he ended up marrying the publicist for the production, Maely Daniele, a Russian immigrant who was trying to escape deportation and needed the protection of the American citizenship that Bartholomew had been granted through his military service. Aunt Millicent left for England when Freddie married Daniele in 1946 against her wishes. At one point, with all but a tiny bit of his money spent, the couple was living in a car parked on the streets of Brooklyn. It was in those bad years that he made another attempt at film work, playing himself in Sepia Cinderella (Arthur H. Leonard, 1947). Freddie toured a few months in Australia doing nightclub singing and piano, but when he returned to the U.S. in 1949 he switched to television, making a gradual move from performer to host to director, at New York station WPIX. He also made one final big-screen appearance, portraying a priest in St. Benny the Dip (Edgar G. Ulmer, 1951), a strange, whimsical drama shot on the Lower East Side of New York. In 1954, re-married to TV cookbook author Aileen Paul, and he moved to Benton & Bowles advertising agency, as a television director and producer. He remarked at the time that the millions he had earned as a child had been spent mostly on lawsuits, many of which involved headline court battles between his parents and his aunt for custody of young Freddie and his money. "I was drained dry," he said. He became vice president of television programming in 1964, directing and producing several prominent long-running soap operas, including As the World Turns and Search for Tomorrow. Bartholomew retired due to emphysema by the late 1980s, and eventually moved with his third wife Elizabeth to Florida, where he died in Sarasota in 1992, but not before being filmed in several interview segments for the lengthy documentary, MGM: When the Lion Roars (Frank Martin, 1992). He had two children with Aileen Paul, Kathleen Millicent Bartholomew (1956) and Frederick R. Bartholomew (1958). Composer Jesse Zuretti is his grandson.
Sources: Bruce Eder (AllMovie), Wikipedia and IMDb.
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50032 'Courageous' at Reading vice the booked HST on the 16.03 Paddington-Bristol Temple Meads. Saturday 3 March 1990.
These were the ones who got us marching and challenged the gay bigots!
They had a lot of courage at the time and helped to change things for us gays!
'The Courageous Sabertooth' is a world-renowned equalizer ray-gun, famous for producing the most powerful Aether blasts known to man, while still looking classy and fashionable!
Included is a splendid wood stand!
For an upcoming MOC
Tiger mask...
The powerful expression of the wild beast =)
The tiger pattern is full of the auras to the background.
The Grampian Courageous was built in 2006 at Balenciaga Shipyard, Spain. The vessel is an IMT 948 Emergency Response and Rescue Vessel.
DIMENSIONS
LOA 48.25 metres
LBP 40.50 metres
Breadth Moulded 11.8 metres
Draft Loaded / Depth 5.65 metres / 7.4 metres
TONNAGE
GRT 1130 Tonnes
NRT 339 Tonnes
DWT 465 Tonnes
CAPACITIES AND CRANES
Fuel Oil (MGO) / Connection 298 m3
Fresh Water / Connection 171 m3
Ballast Water Approx 350 m3
Oil Based Mud / Connection N/A
Brine / Connection N/A
DMA (Base Fluid) / Connection N/A
Dry Bulk(s) / Connection N/A
Deck Area Approx 120 m2 (Steel Deck)
Deck Loading 3 Tonnes per metre2
Deck Crane # 1 Dreggen DKF 40 2T @ 15 metres
Deck Crane # 2 N/A
Deck Crane # 3 N/A
Winch N/A
Wire Reel N/A
Deck Tuggers N/A
ENGINES/THRUSTERS/AUX
Main Engine(s) MAK 2050 BHP
Propeller(s) 1 x CPP
Bow Thruster(s) Schottel Azimuth @ 400BHP
Stern Thruster(s) N/A
Rudder Systems / Type Schilling Fishtail HP Rudder
Aux Engines 2 x Volvo @ 270kW per unit
Shaft PTOs 1 x PTO from Main Engine
Emergency Generators 1 x Emer Genset @ 150 kW
CONTROL SYSTEMS AND DYNAMIC POSITIONING
Control Positions Fwd, Aft, Port & Stbd consoles
Full Manual Control Fwd & Aft consoles
Integrated Joystick Control Schottel Masterstick
Joystick Control Aft, Port and Starboard consoles
RESCUE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE EQUIPMENT
Daughter Craft Davit 2 x Grampian Hydraulics Heave Compensated
Daughter Craft 2 x Delta Phantom 10.25 metre (Diesel)
Fast Rescue Craft Davit # 1 Grampian Hydraulics Heave Compensated
Fast Rescue Craft Avon SR 6.4 15 Man (Petrol)
Dacon Scoop 7 Metre Dacon Scoop
Dacon Rescue Crane Dreggen DKF 40 Knuckle Boom 2t @ 15m
Cosalt Rescue Basket Fitted & Launched from aft deck
Jason Cradles Frames Fitted
Winch Area Located on Aft Main Deck
Emer. Towing Capability Towing Hook Fitted
Dispersant Tanks 2 x 5 Tonne Tanks below Main Deck
Dispersant Spray Booms Fully outfitted Port & Starboard
Searchlights 4 x IBAK Kiel Fwd, Port, Stbd & Aft
NAVIGATION AND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
Radar(Fwd) 1 x Furuno 2817 ARPA 1 x Furuno 2837 ARPA
Radar Rptr (Aft) Hatteland
ECDIS Micro-Plot ECDIS System
PLB System N/A
DGPS(s) Furuno DGPS 90
Gyro(s) Anschutz S22 Gyro
Autopilot Anschutz NP 60
Magnetic Comp Gillie 2000
Echo Sounder FE 700 ES
Digital Depth Recorder FE 720
Navtex Furuno NX 700 Navtex
Sat Comms Inmarsat C Felcon, Fleet 77 CapSat (A3)
MF/HF Radio Furuno FS 2570 C (A3)
UHF 3 x UHF Units
VHF (Fwd) FM8800 GMDSS VHF, ICOM ICM 401E
VHF (Aft) FM8800 GMDSS VHF, ICOM ICM 401E
Helo Radio ICOM IC A110
AIS Jotrun AIS TR 2500
VHF Direction Finder Taiyo TDL 1550
Doppler Log Furuno DS 80
SSAS Furuno Felcom
Portable VHF 3 x Jotrun GMDSS
Portable VHF 6 x ENTEL HT 640 VHF
Portable UHF 3 x ENTEL HT 880 UHF
Portable UHF 2 x Kenwood UHF
Sonic Helmets 4 x Sonic Helmets Mk 10
Smartpatch Phone ICOM PS1
CREW FACILITIES
Crew Cabins 15 Man Single Berth cabins c/w en suite facilities
Recreation & Leisure 1 Messroom, 2 Lounges
Leisure 1 x Sauna, 1 x Gym, 1 x Ship’s Office