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HEY THERE
here's how the past few days have gone:
-tests
-tests
-quizzes
-essays
-projects
-11/11/11 from hell but that's okay
-tresspassed
-tresspassed again
-saw family
-i love my family omgmgmgmg
-MY SISTAH HAS A BOYFRAND AND IT'S KUTE
and that's pretty much it.
i'll try to catch up a little bit tonight but no promises :/
www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/d/dovestone/
A landscape that will take your breath away. Towering hills, sheer rock faces, swathes of open moorland, a picturesque reservoir - that's Dove Stone, the northern gateway to the Peak District National Park.
Walking, climbing, running, playing, cycling and even sailing. If you're into adrenalin-pumping activity or simply want to chill out surrounded by amazing wildlife, streams, waterfalls and woodland, then Dove Stone is a must.
At this stunning site, we're working with United Utilities to bring benefits for people, water and wildlife.
Opening times
Open at all times.
Entrance charges
Entrance to the reserve is free. Parking is free for RSPB members, but there is a parking charge for non-members.
Information for families
There are lots of natural areas to play and explore, but no formal facilities. Some events will include family activities like quizzes or trails.
Information for dog owners
Dogs are allowed anywhere. We would request that they are kept on a lead, as most of the reserve comprises of working sheep farms.
Star species
Our star species are some of the most interesting birds you may see on your visit to the reserve.
Curlew
Curlews are large, brown wading birds with very long, curved bills. In spring, you can hear their gorgeous, 'bubbling' song.
Golden plover
In their breeding plumage, golden plovers look very smart with black undersides and spangled golden backs.
Peregrine
Keep an eye out for a commotion among birds - a peregrine may be making a fly past. They are a regular sight overhead when a pair is nesting in the area.
Raven
You can see ravens' plummeting display flights from late winter, through the spring and hear their gruff, ringing 'kronk' calls throughout the year here.
Red grouse
Listen out for sharp 'go back, go back' of the red grouse, or watch them flying across the heather.
Seasonal highlights
Each season brings a different experience at our nature reserves. In spring, the air is filled with birdsong as they compete to establish territories and attract a mate. In summer, look out for young birds making their first venture into the outside world. Autumn brings large movements of migrating birds - some heading south to a warmer climate, others seeking refuge in the UK from the cold Arctic winter. In winter, look out for large flocks of birds gathering to feed, or flying at dusk to form large roosts to keep warm.
Spring
See ravens and peregrine squabbling on the quarry cliffs. Curlews and lapwings breed on the in-bye fields, wheatears and ring ouzels on the moorland edge with golden plovers on the open moor. Dunlins may also make an appearance.
Summer
Canada geese love to breed on the open moor. Dippers race up and down the brooks and streams, and keep an eye out for water voles on the moorland streams.
Autumn
Watch out for meadow pipits, fieldfares and redwings moving through. You could also see siskins and lesser redpolls.
Winter
Look for mountain hares turning white and red grouse scratching out a living amongst the heather. Mallards don't seem to mind what the weather is like and stay put.
Facilities
Facilities
•Car park : Parking is pay-and-display and costs 60 p for two hours or £1.30 all day. No height restriction and there'll be bike racks soon.
•Toilets
•Disabled toilets
•Picnic area
•Guided walks available
•Good for walking
•Pushchair friendly
How to get here
By train
Greenfield Station near Oldham - outside the station, turn right, walk down the hill following main road (A669), follow sharp left bend, pass Tesco on the left and continue to mini-roundabout with pub on corner. Turn left up Holmfirth Road (A635). Turn right at brown sign for Dove Stone reservoir.
By road
To get to Dove Stone, go through Greenfield village on the A669 towards Holmfirth. At the mini roundabout, turn left up the hill on Holmfirth Road A635. After 500 m, turn right onto Bank Lane. There's a brown signpost for Dove Stone reservoir. Crowden car park is off the A628 Woodhead Road in the Longdendale Valley.
Accessibility
11 February 2013
Before you visit
•Open all year
•Free, apart from car parking charges
•No RSPB visitor centre, café, shop or office but regular RSPB presence on site
•Car park and toilets open from 7 am to 10 pm, April to October; from 7 am to 7 pm, November to March
•Registered assistance dogs and other dogs (on leads from March to July) welcome.
How to get here
•Directions on RSPB website
Car parking
•Main car park just outside Greenfield. 117 spaces plus four Blue Badge bays
•Smaller RSPB car park at Binn Green, off the A635 Greenfield to Holmfirth road. 18 spaces plus three Blue Badge bays
•Charge for both. 60p for three hours or £1.80 for the day. Free to Blue Badge holders and RSPB members.
•No height restrictions.
Nature trails
•Main visitor trail part tarmac, part gravel surfaced 2.5 mile (4 km) circular route around Dove Stone Reservoir. Fairly level but steep in two places. Radar keys are required to access stock gates. Starts about 50m from the Blue Badge bays in main car park
•Wooden benches (most with backs and some with arms) at fairly regular intervals along path
•1.5 mile (2 km) trail around adjacent Yeoman Hey Reservoir. Rough, undulating grassy track and can be muddy
•Part Tarmac/part gravel steep track up to Chew Reservoir, 1.5 miles (2.5 km)
•Access to reservoirs and woodland trails from RSPB car park down a 1.5 mile (2.5 km) steep woodland track with steps and narrow stone stile
•Several informal woodland trails as well as large areas of open access countryside.
Viewing facilities
•Viewpoint at Binn Green car park up short, wide, surfaced track
•Woodland bird feeding zone in both car parks.
Picnic area
•A formal picnic area at Ashway Gap half way round main Dove Stone trail
•Five picnic tables and benches, including two accessible tables
•Wooden benches in main car park and Log benches at Binn Green. No tables at either.
Catering
•Hot food and ice cream van in main car park in good weather
•Variety of pubs and cafes in nearby Greenfield, Mossley and Uppermill.
Public toilets
•Main car park (managed by Oldham Council). Accessible toilet for use with RADAR key and unisex facilities
•Binn Green car park - male and female accessible composting toilets. No RADAR key required
•No baby changing at either.
Future plans
•Plans to improve the gravel surfaces around the site to make them easier for wheelchair access
•Plans to provide way marker signage for the main trails.
For more information
Dove Stone
Telephone:01457 819880
Moorland magic
We all know that the wild, moorland landscape above Dove Stones is breathtakingly beautiful. But did you know that it is incredibly important to both wildlife and people?
These moorlands supply the water that comes out of our taps.
If the moorland is badly managed, regularly burned, or overgrazed by sheep, it exposes the bare peat. The peat is then easily washed away by rain and gets into the streams, turning the water brown, the colour of stewed tea!
But, if we manage the moorlands well and protect the peat by growing sphagnum mosses, bilberry and heather, then the colour of the water is much improved.
On your walks, watch the skies for thrilling aerial displays from the fastest bird in the world - the peregrine
The peat has taken more than 5,000 years to develop. It is made up of dead sphagnum mosses and has locked up thousands of tonnes of carbon.
If the peat loses its cover of vegetation, the carbon is released into the atmosphere, contributing to global warming and climate change.
However, if we can ensure the continued growth of the mosses that form the peat, not only can we reduce the losses, but the bogs can actually soak up additional carbon from the atmosphere, helping buffer both ourselves and wildlife from the effects of a warming climate.
The Dove Stones moors are a special place for wildlife. On your walks, watch the skies for thrilling aerial displays from the fastest bird in the world - the peregrine.
In winter, you might be lucky enough to see snow-white mountain hares racing across the plateau; while spring signals the return of the moorland dawn chorus, with bubbling calls of curlews and the plaintive whistle of a golden plover.
The streams feeding into the reservoir are not only a great place for a paddle, they are also home to endangered creatures like water voles (Ratty from Wind in the Willows) and the delightful dipper. Did you know they keep their eyes open underwater as they search for insects to eat?
So you see, Dove Stone is a wonderful place for people, water and wildlife. We want to keep it that way – will you help us?
Community, youth and education
Access to Nature is a community, youth and education project with both on-site events and outreach sessions. The project is funded by Natural England, through Access to Nature, as part of the Big Lottery Fund's Changing Spaces programme.
What we offer
Keep an eye on the events pages for a wide range of activities and guided walks. For schools and groups we offer tailor made sessions and bespoke training for teachers and leaders with RSPB staff and other experts.
Conservation, wildlife, art, photography, drama, storytelling, debates, walks and skills training are just some of the things the project has provided so far.
Contact
Rachel Downham
Community Engagement Officer
Email: rachel.downham@rspb.org.uk
07825 022 636
Geoff de Boer
Education Officer
Email: geoff.deboer@rspb.org.uk
Tel: 01457 819 884 / 07801 135 106
Contact us
Tel: 01457 819880
Where is it?
Lat/lng: 53.529355,-1.981482
Postcode: OL3 7NE
Grid reference: SE013036
Nearest town: Mossley, Greater Manchester
County: Greater Manchester
Country: England
FORWARD OPERATING BASE CONSTITUTION, Iraq – Spc. Ashton Gross, a medic, quizzes Sgt. Steven Benton, a team leader, both with 1st Platoon, Company F, 52nd Infantry Regiment, on basic Soldier knowledge. Gross, a Lansing Mich., native, and Benton, a New Smyrna Beach, Fla., native, are part of a quick reaction force with 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Kimberly Hackbarth, 4th SBCT PAO, 2nd Inf. Div., USD-C)
For full story go to ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-477540
“Articles on Space Exploration, Quizzes, Puzzles, Humor” and dozens of Factoids like the following:
“Just how heavy is this sphere called earth? Well, in round figures, it totals 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons! Huge as it is, the earth rushes rapidly across the heavens. Each day, it rotates on its axis – making the complete spin in just four minutes less than 24 hours. It is also moving at the terrific speed of 18.5 miles per second in its long voyage around the sun. This trip – which takes place once a year – covers 600 million miles. . .”
[Note: Then there's the journey around the Milky Way. Our sun and solar system orbit the Milky Way at the dizzying speed of 143 miles per second, completing an orbit in 230 million years.]
You know when you failed you last three math quizzes and you like this boy but you don't know if he likes your back and you have to save your best friend from monsters (again!) and your not sure if Sailor Mars really likes you 'cause she called you a ditz and your Mom grounded you for a week 'cause you snuck out last night to save your friend so you couldn't study for today's math quiz, so you won't be able to go to the mall and... and...
It's enough to make you cry!
- - - - -
Created for this week's Toy Sunday group theme, "A Sailor's Life".
hi guys(:
first thank you guys so much for the 5,500 views!
so today in field hockey we got our uniforms and i am number 13! also my shin splints have gotten so bad that they are to the point where i cant sprint for average distances.. sadface
this is my blackberry and it is my life. without my phone i dont know what i would do! yesterday at the mall i bought this lotion from 'Bath and Body Works' called "Forever Sunshine" and i love the quote so i typed it into my blackberry as a quote. i also thought it would make sense to have a sun flare in the picture since it's forever sunshine haha
i have 2 quizzes tomorrow so i have to go study and be in bed by 9:30 latest because i need my sleep! i hope you like this picture guys i really do and i'm really happy with how it turned out!
www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/d/dovestone/
A landscape that will take your breath away. Towering hills, sheer rock faces, swathes of open moorland, a picturesque reservoir - that's Dove Stone, the northern gateway to the Peak District National Park.
Walking, climbing, running, playing, cycling and even sailing. If you're into adrenalin-pumping activity or simply want to chill out surrounded by amazing wildlife, streams, waterfalls and woodland, then Dove Stone is a must.
At this stunning site, we're working with United Utilities to bring benefits for people, water and wildlife.
Opening times
Open at all times.
Entrance charges
Entrance to the reserve is free. Parking is free for RSPB members, but there is a parking charge for non-members.
Information for families
There are lots of natural areas to play and explore, but no formal facilities. Some events will include family activities like quizzes or trails.
Information for dog owners
Dogs are allowed anywhere. We would request that they are kept on a lead, as most of the reserve comprises of working sheep farms.
Star species
Our star species are some of the most interesting birds you may see on your visit to the reserve.
Curlew
Curlews are large, brown wading birds with very long, curved bills. In spring, you can hear their gorgeous, 'bubbling' song.
Golden plover
In their breeding plumage, golden plovers look very smart with black undersides and spangled golden backs.
Peregrine
Keep an eye out for a commotion among birds - a peregrine may be making a fly past. They are a regular sight overhead when a pair is nesting in the area.
Raven
You can see ravens' plummeting display flights from late winter, through the spring and hear their gruff, ringing 'kronk' calls throughout the year here.
Red grouse
Listen out for sharp 'go back, go back' of the red grouse, or watch them flying across the heather.
Seasonal highlights
Each season brings a different experience at our nature reserves. In spring, the air is filled with birdsong as they compete to establish territories and attract a mate. In summer, look out for young birds making their first venture into the outside world. Autumn brings large movements of migrating birds - some heading south to a warmer climate, others seeking refuge in the UK from the cold Arctic winter. In winter, look out for large flocks of birds gathering to feed, or flying at dusk to form large roosts to keep warm.
Spring
See ravens and peregrine squabbling on the quarry cliffs. Curlews and lapwings breed on the in-bye fields, wheatears and ring ouzels on the moorland edge with golden plovers on the open moor. Dunlins may also make an appearance.
Summer
Canada geese love to breed on the open moor. Dippers race up and down the brooks and streams, and keep an eye out for water voles on the moorland streams.
Autumn
Watch out for meadow pipits, fieldfares and redwings moving through. You could also see siskins and lesser redpolls.
Winter
Look for mountain hares turning white and red grouse scratching out a living amongst the heather. Mallards don't seem to mind what the weather is like and stay put.
Facilities
Facilities
•Car park : Parking is pay-and-display and costs 60 p for two hours or £1.30 all day. No height restriction and there'll be bike racks soon.
•Toilets
•Disabled toilets
•Picnic area
•Guided walks available
•Good for walking
•Pushchair friendly
How to get here
By train
Greenfield Station near Oldham - outside the station, turn right, walk down the hill following main road (A669), follow sharp left bend, pass Tesco on the left and continue to mini-roundabout with pub on corner. Turn left up Holmfirth Road (A635). Turn right at brown sign for Dove Stone reservoir.
By road
To get to Dove Stone, go through Greenfield village on the A669 towards Holmfirth. At the mini roundabout, turn left up the hill on Holmfirth Road A635. After 500 m, turn right onto Bank Lane. There's a brown signpost for Dove Stone reservoir. Crowden car park is off the A628 Woodhead Road in the Longdendale Valley.
Accessibility
11 February 2013
Before you visit
•Open all year
•Free, apart from car parking charges
•No RSPB visitor centre, café, shop or office but regular RSPB presence on site
•Car park and toilets open from 7 am to 10 pm, April to October; from 7 am to 7 pm, November to March
•Registered assistance dogs and other dogs (on leads from March to July) welcome.
How to get here
•Directions on RSPB website
Car parking
•Main car park just outside Greenfield. 117 spaces plus four Blue Badge bays
•Smaller RSPB car park at Binn Green, off the A635 Greenfield to Holmfirth road. 18 spaces plus three Blue Badge bays
•Charge for both. 60p for three hours or £1.80 for the day. Free to Blue Badge holders and RSPB members.
•No height restrictions.
Nature trails
•Main visitor trail part tarmac, part gravel surfaced 2.5 mile (4 km) circular route around Dove Stone Reservoir. Fairly level but steep in two places. Radar keys are required to access stock gates. Starts about 50m from the Blue Badge bays in main car park
•Wooden benches (most with backs and some with arms) at fairly regular intervals along path
•1.5 mile (2 km) trail around adjacent Yeoman Hey Reservoir. Rough, undulating grassy track and can be muddy
•Part Tarmac/part gravel steep track up to Chew Reservoir, 1.5 miles (2.5 km)
•Access to reservoirs and woodland trails from RSPB car park down a 1.5 mile (2.5 km) steep woodland track with steps and narrow stone stile
•Several informal woodland trails as well as large areas of open access countryside.
Viewing facilities
•Viewpoint at Binn Green car park up short, wide, surfaced track
•Woodland bird feeding zone in both car parks.
Picnic area
•A formal picnic area at Ashway Gap half way round main Dove Stone trail
•Five picnic tables and benches, including two accessible tables
•Wooden benches in main car park and Log benches at Binn Green. No tables at either.
Catering
•Hot food and ice cream van in main car park in good weather
•Variety of pubs and cafes in nearby Greenfield, Mossley and Uppermill.
Public toilets
•Main car park (managed by Oldham Council). Accessible toilet for use with RADAR key and unisex facilities
•Binn Green car park - male and female accessible composting toilets. No RADAR key required
•No baby changing at either.
Future plans
•Plans to improve the gravel surfaces around the site to make them easier for wheelchair access
•Plans to provide way marker signage for the main trails.
For more information
Dove Stone
Telephone:01457 819880
Moorland magic
We all know that the wild, moorland landscape above Dove Stones is breathtakingly beautiful. But did you know that it is incredibly important to both wildlife and people?
These moorlands supply the water that comes out of our taps.
If the moorland is badly managed, regularly burned, or overgrazed by sheep, it exposes the bare peat. The peat is then easily washed away by rain and gets into the streams, turning the water brown, the colour of stewed tea!
But, if we manage the moorlands well and protect the peat by growing sphagnum mosses, bilberry and heather, then the colour of the water is much improved.
On your walks, watch the skies for thrilling aerial displays from the fastest bird in the world - the peregrine
The peat has taken more than 5,000 years to develop. It is made up of dead sphagnum mosses and has locked up thousands of tonnes of carbon.
If the peat loses its cover of vegetation, the carbon is released into the atmosphere, contributing to global warming and climate change.
However, if we can ensure the continued growth of the mosses that form the peat, not only can we reduce the losses, but the bogs can actually soak up additional carbon from the atmosphere, helping buffer both ourselves and wildlife from the effects of a warming climate.
The Dove Stones moors are a special place for wildlife. On your walks, watch the skies for thrilling aerial displays from the fastest bird in the world - the peregrine.
In winter, you might be lucky enough to see snow-white mountain hares racing across the plateau; while spring signals the return of the moorland dawn chorus, with bubbling calls of curlews and the plaintive whistle of a golden plover.
The streams feeding into the reservoir are not only a great place for a paddle, they are also home to endangered creatures like water voles (Ratty from Wind in the Willows) and the delightful dipper. Did you know they keep their eyes open underwater as they search for insects to eat?
So you see, Dove Stone is a wonderful place for people, water and wildlife. We want to keep it that way – will you help us?
Community, youth and education
Access to Nature is a community, youth and education project with both on-site events and outreach sessions. The project is funded by Natural England, through Access to Nature, as part of the Big Lottery Fund's Changing Spaces programme.
What we offer
Keep an eye on the events pages for a wide range of activities and guided walks. For schools and groups we offer tailor made sessions and bespoke training for teachers and leaders with RSPB staff and other experts.
Conservation, wildlife, art, photography, drama, storytelling, debates, walks and skills training are just some of the things the project has provided so far.
Contact
Rachel Downham
Community Engagement Officer
Email: rachel.downham@rspb.org.uk
07825 022 636
Geoff de Boer
Education Officer
Email: geoff.deboer@rspb.org.uk
Tel: 01457 819 884 / 07801 135 106
Contact us
Tel: 01457 819880
Where is it?
Lat/lng: 53.529355,-1.981482
Postcode: OL3 7NE
Grid reference: SE013036
Nearest town: Mossley, Greater Manchester
County: Greater Manchester
Country: England
Day 94, At Sea: CMV World Cruise
A disparate collection of folk. Varying guitar proficiency. Varying preference for style of music. We did however pull it all together. Sea days you can spend the time in various pastime groups, quizzes, writing, knitting, sunbathing. The best time for me was the great company of all my fellow guitarists.
in peace eternally.
what a beautiful song(:
i know its cliche, but i like this.
i made a peace sign bokeh filter too, didnt turn out so well. see below
its been snowing all afternoon/night, lets hope for a snow day:)
but i actually dont know if i really want one, because then i'll have to take 5 tests/quizzes on thursday...ouch
...is known for giving pop quizzes. better do your homework!!
jimi fact #25... when we go downstairs in the morning (me, alice, jimi and buddy todd), jimi takes the stairs two at a time. he has a special little hippity-hop down the steps. he's so excited in the morning!
La Hacienda Escuela de Español in Guanajuato is just wonderful. I've been Skyping weekly with one of the founders, and he has just been such a great tutor. Now my Spanish practice group (just three of us, as one had to cancel, and Fred is in university and couldn't get away) is taking classes there, in person, no Skype necessary!
We start with an hour of grammar, then an hour of culture, then a conversation class, then we each have an hour of one-on-one private instruction. It's brilliant. Today was only Day Two, but we have learned some finer points of grammar we didn't know, and we've gotten a lot of practice in. Just fantastic.
The school is in a very old building -- an actual hacienda (hence the school's name). After our four hours of classes, we walk into the centre of the city (10 minutes) and have lunch in a restaurant. Then when we return to our apartment, we have a siesta and a shower, do some quizzes on whatever part of grammar we worked on in the morning, have a very light dinner, watch a little Mexican TV, and go to bed. So far, it's a great schedule, and it's working very well for all of us.
The Fishermans Arms, affectionately known as "The Fish," is one of the oldest pubs on the Headland in Hartlepool. Built in 1868, it was originally named "The Burton Vaults" but was renamed in the 1920s. This traditional pub has a rich history and has stood the test of time, even as much of Southgate, where it is located, has been demolished and rebuilt.
The pub is known for its warm and friendly atmosphere, offering a space without TVs, pool tables, or games machines, allowing customers to relax and enjoy live music, quizzes, and themed events. It also hosts regular beer festivals and supports local charities through raffles.
The Fishermans Arms is a community hub, welcoming both people and their furry friends. It serves local real ales and pies from a nearby butcher, catering to various dietary preferences, including vegan options.
The Fishermans Arms, affectionately known as "The Fish," is one of the oldest pubs on the Headland in Hartlepool. Built in 1868, it was originally named "The Burton Vaults" but was renamed in the 1920s. This traditional pub has a rich history and has stood the test of time, even as much of Southgate, where it is located, has been demolished and rebuilt.
The pub is known for its warm and friendly atmosphere, offering a space without TVs, pool tables, or games machines, allowing customers to relax and enjoy live music, quizzes, and themed events. It also hosts regular beer festivals and supports local charities through raffles.
The Fishermans Arms is a community hub, welcoming both people and their furry friends. It serves local real ales and pies from a nearby butcher, catering to various dietary preferences, including vegan options.
Small Dutch collectors card.
New series alert!
We invite you to join a quiz at Truus, Bob & Jan too! From next Wednesday on, we promise you one of the most difficult and engaging film quizzes in cyberspace! For the second time, La Collectionneuse a.k.a. Marlene Pilaete lets us guess: Who's that lady? For this daily quiz, Marlene spent many nights going through her albums with film star postcards. Finally, she selected 16 rare and amazing postcards of female vedettes for us. So join the fun and try to guess who they are. On 27 November we will make a special La Collectionneuse post with all the cards at European Film Star Postcards, and the next day Marlene will finally reveal who the 16 ladies are.
Until then we share some Dutch collectors cards of unidentified women that we recently acquired. I guess they date from the early 1960s. Pictured are some of the sexiest ladies on the screen. According to the seller, all the photos had been published in the Dutch Oh-la-la magazine De Lach, in English 'The Smile'. As young kids, Truus and I read De Lach at home (these were the liberated 1970s), while my family received the magazines from my grandma. My grandma never read them, but out of pity for the man who delivered the magazines, she refused to cancel the subscription and gave the copies to my father. So smile and please comment who you think this lady is.
Bob
These three, along with me always made a good showing when it came to the pub quizzes!
On the left is my love Niccy, who is lucky enough to be married to me! In the middle is Barrie, who is from Florida and used to be a monorail pilot at Disneyworld! On the right is Ange, who is from right outside Atlanta and is as Southern as Southern can be!
We met Barrie and Ange on board when they asked us to join in a trivia quiz game. We made a solid 50% showing in the quiz and a 100% showing in meeting new friends!
We were all out on deck this night hoping to see a flyover of the ISS. Unfortunately the clouds and the fading light (along with some questionable calculations on the time differences) made it impossible but we gave it the old college try for sure!
These ladies were a lot of fun and made the trip that much more enjoyable. With any luck we'll run into them on another cruise and if we don't we'll certainly be looking them both up when we get our RV.
I had to use the onboard flash on this shot since the sun was on their backs and their faces were in shadow. Little bit of crop and a little bit of clone but the color is all Canon!
Pleasantville is a New Line Cinema film first released in Canada on September 17, 1998 starring Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, William H. Macy, Joan Allen, and Jeff Daniels. Don Knotts, Paul Walker, Marley Shelton, Jane Kaczmarek and J. T. Walsh are also featured.
The film was written, produced, and directed by Gary Ross, who also performed those duties for the more recent film Seabiscuit (2003), which also starred Maguire and Macy. This was J.T. Walsh's last film, released after his death. The film was released in the United States on October 23, 1998.
In the film two modern teenagers are transported into the community of Pleasantville, the setting of a black and white 1950s television show. Through their actions, the people of Pleasantville begin to experience strong emotion and consequently, events in town begin to deviate from the accepted norm.
Although David Wagner (Tobey Maguire) and his sister Jennifer (Reese Witherspoon) are twins, they lead dramatically different high school social lives. Jennifer is concerned mainly with her appearance, relationships and popularity, while David has few friends and cannot even drum up the courage to talk to a girl on whom he has a crush. He spends most of his spare time on the couch, watching television. Jennifer, on the other hand, is very aggressive (as well as sexually promiscuous) and at the beginning of the film makes a date with Mark Davis, one of the most popular boys in school. Their mother (Jane Kaczmarek) leaves Jennifer and David alone at home while she heads on vacation with her boyfriend (who is later revealed to be nine years younger than her). The twins begin to fight over the use of the downstairs TV; Jennifer wants to watch an MTV concert with Mark, while David needs the TV in order to watch a marathon of his favorite show, Pleasantville.
Pleasantville is a black and white '50s sitcom (a crossover of Leave It To Beaver or Father Knows Best), and David is an expert on every episode. During the fight between David and Jennifer, the remote control breaks and the TV cannot be turned on manually. A mysterious TV repairman (Don Knotts) shows up uninvited, and quizzes David on Pleasantville before giving him a strange-looking remote control. The repairman leaves, and David and Jennifer promptly resume fighting. However, they are somehow transported into the television, ending up in the Parkers' black and white Pleasantville living room. David tries to reason with the repairman (who communicates with him through the Parkers' TV set) but succeeds only in chasing him away. David and Jennifer must now pretend they are, respectively, Bud and Mary Sue Parker, two of the main characters in the show.
Breakfast in the Parker house is served by stay-at-home mother Betty Parker (Joan Allen), and consists of generous servings of bacon, eggs, waffles, pancakes, ham, honey, sausage, and other fatty foods. Jennifer, a '90s girl, is disgusted at the thought of eating so much. On the way to school, the pair watch as a group of firemen rescue a cat out of a tree, and Jennifer meets Skip (Paul Walker), the captain of the basketball team and her soon-to-be boyfriend. David tells her that they must stay “in character,” she must make small-talk with her three monochrome friends and not disrupt the lives of the Pleasantville citizens, who do not notice any physical differences between the old Bud and Mary Sue and David and Jennifer. In order to keep the plot in line, Mary Sue agrees to go on a date with Skip, although the two have very different ideas of what a date constitutes.
The date between Skip and Mary Sue turns out to be the first catalyst for change in the town, Skip having no knowledge of sex until Mary Sue introduces him to it. The plot is further thrown out of sequence when Bud’s boss Mr. Johnson (Jeff Daniels), who runs the soda shop, becomes dissatisfied with his boring, mundane life. Bud initially attempts to convince him to carry on, saying that even if Mr. Johnson does not like his job, he should still do it anyway, but David soon realizes his error and gives Mr. Johnson an art book, encouraging his true passion.
Meanwhile, Skip tells the other boys about sex, and soon the teenagers begin to experiment, leading to a sort of sexual revolution. Betty is curious (leading to a reversal of the sex talk between her and Mary Sue/Jennifer) and, knowing that her husband George (William H. Macy) would never do any of the things Mary Sue describes, engages in masturbation while Betty takes a bath. This causes a nearby tree to spontaneously combust.
Bud, realizing the firemen have no other duties other than to fetch cats out of trees, teaches them how to put out fires and is awarded a medal. He also gets attention from a beautiful cheerleader named Margaret (Marley Shelton), who bakes him oatmeal cookies, the same cookies she was supposed to bake for a boy named Whitey (David Tom). Bud’s act of heroism has inadvertently changed the storyline, but he seizes the moment and asks Margaret out for a date. When the TV repairman returns and confronts him, Bud turns off the TV, relinquishing his ability to go home in the process.
Pleasantville is changing, double beds even become available in stores, coloured paints available to buy, students flaunt sexual experiences in public and Pleasantville's wives become tired of their household duties and begin to think, causing their husbands to reel in shock at their behaviour. The mayor, Big Bob (J.T Walsh) notices these changes and becomes threatened and so, he hires George on the Pleasantville Chamber of Commerce to help the town. At this point, Betty has become 'coloured' and is afraid that George will hate her. Bud helps her to conceal the colour with monochrome make-up.
People in Pleasantville begin to explore hidden abilities and revel in their new freedoms. Mr. Johnson begins to paint, while Betty finds that housework no longer interests her. The basketball team loses their first game (previously, not only had they never lost, but they had never missed any shots either), while students begin visiting the public library and reading books recommended by Mary Sue and Bud. Ironically, Mary Sue/Jennifer, who has never shown any interest in school, finds she likes reading so much that she rejects Skip in favor of a book by D. H. Lawrence and gains color.
Slowly, certain objects begin turning Multicolour, including flowers and the faces of people who have experienced bursts of passion or change. The only people who remain unchanged are the town fathers, led by Mayor Big Bob who sees the changes as eating away at the moral values of Pleasantville. They resolve to do something about their increasingly distant wives and the rebellious teenagers. A town meeting is called. Betty leaves George and the kids - she is in love with Mr. Johnson and cannot hide her 'coloured' face anymore.
The Nazis as well as the racial segregation and rioting of the African-American Civil Rights Movement reach Pleasantville, touched off by a nude painting of Betty on the window of Mr. Johnson’s soda fountain. The soda fountain is destroyed, piles of books are burned, and anyone who is “colored” is harassed in the streets. Bud earns his color (Mary Sue having already gotten hers by embracing her passion for books) by defending Betty from a gang of thugs led by Whitey.
He transforms from a wimpy loser to a strong leader who advocates resistance to the new “Pleasantville Code of Conduct”, a list of rules preventing people from visiting the library, playing loud music, or using paint colors other than black, white or gray. In protest against the mundane Pleasantville outlook, Bud and Mr. Johnson paint a colorful mural depicting the book burning, violence, romance and other changes in their society. For this they are thrown in jail. Bud is visited then by George who wonders what changed Betty, after he reveals he hasn't eaten since he doesn't know how to cook. Bud simply replies that "people change". They are subsequently brought to trial in front of the entire town, in a prejudiced split-up with the monochrome citazens on the ground floor and the 'coloured' residents residing on an above balcony.
George earns his color when, in the courtroom, he cries for the loss of his wife after Bud explains the truth about what he actually misses (Betty herself, not the tasks she performs). Mr. Johnson is repentant and tries to haggle with the mayor, but Bud speaks out, finally arousing enough anger and indignation in Big Bob to turn him coloured as well.
With this, the entire town becomes emotional, therefore colored, and the people of Pleasantville are finally introduced to the rest of the world.
Jennifer chooses to stay in this alternate world, planning to go to college as Mary Sue Parker. David returns using the remote control and finds his mother crying in the kitchen, distraught over her boring life. She had thought it would be so different. David says, “It's not supposed to be anything".
The movie ends with a shot of Betty and George, reunited; however, when Betty turns to look at her husband, it is Mr. Johnson who appears in his place.
The Edinburgh Transport Group promotes an interest in public transport, encompassing buses, coaches, railway traffic and other vehicles and membership will entitle you to our full colour magazine, "EXPRESS", which is issued occasionally throughout the year.
Monthly meetings are held on the first Thursday of every month - Winter meetings, from September to April, are held indoors, consisting of slide shows, talks, presentations or quizzes. Summer meetings, from May to August, are normally bus trips to various locations on interesting vintage or modern buses hired for the occasion.
Membership costs £15 per year and is payable from 1 April each year. Family membership is available for £2O per year. For more information have a look at the ETG website for details of future outings and on how to join.
GWR 57xx 0-6-0PT 3775 at Cinderford station while my old friend Ron Fisher quizzes the driver on the train's next movements.
20/11/1965 [GB 949].
The Bees In The Wall, local pub in Whittlesford, Cambs.
A "pub" is a type of establishment that primarily serves alcoholic beverages, along with food and sometimes entertainment.
Pubs are often social gathering places, where friends, coworkers, and locals come together to relax, chat, and enjoy a drink or two.
They typically have a casual and cozy atmosphere, with a bar area, tables and chairs, and sometimes, outdoor seating.
Pubs often have a wide selection of beers, wines, spirits, and other drinks, as well as a menu offering various pub-style dishes such as burgers, fish and chips, and meat pies.
Additionally, some pubs may host live music, quizzes, or traditional activities like darts and billiards.
Swiss Alpine Horn
Ruth's Quiz 3, Question 5 of 6 – When were the Olympics (Olympische Spiele) in Munich?
a. 1968
b. 1972
c. 1936
Alphorn
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Octoberfest – 2019SEP22 – Ruth's Quiz 3 Introduction:
I put 1.7% of my 1388 captures into 4 mini-theme quiz albums. I hope you respond to them and to my Octoberfest Quizzes!
Award to each Quiz Question first right answer!
Eating
The Octoberfest – and what a fare! – has plenty of sausages, roast chicken, and pork. Sink your teeth into a hefty rye bread slice or a light and crispy roll. Germany can offer you 600 main types of bread (Brot) and 1500 varieties of sausage (Wurst). Savor potato salad (Kartoffelsalat), red cabbage (Kohl), and Sauerkraut, and really big pretzels (Brezel). Brightly decorated gingerbread hearts (Lebkuchenherzen) add fond memories.
Drinking
Some “beer” and “ale” soft drink “substitutes” for Augustiner, Hacker-Pschorr, Hofbräuhaus, Paulaner-Salvator-Thomas, Löwenbräu, & Spaten, the 6 Octoberfest Munich brews served overflowing in a Maß (a liter-sized Bier Stein [1.0567 quarts]) are root beer, Blenheim ginger beer; and ginger ale. ...“Prost!”
Short version of a mealtime prayer I learned in Bavaria:
Komm, Herr Jesu, sei Du unser Gast
und segne was Du uns bescheret hast.
Du speisest uns, weil Du uns liebst.
O segne auch, was Du uns gibst. Amen.
Come, Lord Jesus, be our guest,
and let this food to us be blessed.
You feed us, for You love us.
Bless, also, what You give us. Amen.
The Wiesn church service is held on the first Thursday of the festival, a longstanding tradition celebrated for the first time in 1956 at the Munich Octoberfest. At 10 a.m. Catholic and Protestant ministers conduct the ecumenical service in the Marstall festival tent, its magnificent quadriga mounted on the gable, making it a fitting place also to hear about Oktoberfest history, in which horses to this day play an important role at the world’s largest folk festival.
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Munich, Germany – 2019SEP22 Octoberfest Costume Parade:
A million people and I went to the Munich Octoberfest today! If that number isn't exact, it's close! My friends Andrea & Paul with their dog Paulo, and I, all decked out in traditional attire, parked ourselves amongst the crowd enthusiastically waving at 9,000 participants of the world's largest costume parade, arriving well before it started (instead of taking an arrival nap, instead I went straight out). Indeed, most of the crew went to the Octoberfest – world's most crowded piece of real estate – and all had a good time. Yes, this surely was a marvelous trip! Hope you enjoy my quizzes! I invite you to check out what you know about the Oktoberfest, Munich, Bavaria, and Germany!
Once the rider got rid of his fluttering flag, the spooked horse began to recover composure (along with the rider's neck)
Ruth's Quiz 2, Question 3 of 6 – What is Neuschwanstein?
a. a ceremonial beer mug
b. a famous castle in Bavaria
c. Jewish monument memorializing the Octoberfest
Aufregung (Pferd ist anscheinend Fahnen-scheu!)
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Octoberfest – 2019SEP22 – Ruth's Quiz 2 Introduction:
I put 1.7% of my 1388 captures into 4 mini-theme quiz albums. I hope you respond to them and to my Octoberfest Quizzes!
Award to each Quiz Question first right answer!
The Scoop on the Name Octoberfest: Early Romans started their year with March as the first month; the other months followed in order, October being the 8th month. A couple thousand years ago the two Caesars Julius & Augustus wanted “great” months (31 days) named for themselves (July and August). In 1691 the Pope in Rome altered that Roman calendar for all history thereafter by decreeing January as the start of the year. And so a festival Munich celebrates eight days and then eight more is named after the former eighth month, October (octagon, 8 sides; octave, 8 notes; octopus, 8 arms), now the 10th month.
How about Fest? The -fest in Octoberfest derives from the Latin word festum, holiday, festival, feast. In English we have:
feast, festival, festal, festive, festivity, festoon, fair, and fiesta.
Designating special times to honor, ritually celebrate or enact, or anticipate events or seasons (agricultural, socio-cultural, or religious), adds meaning to an individual and their community. The term feast/festival conveys such days or periods generally originated in celebrations or commemorations that included consecrated or communal meals. Thus “feast” is the opposite of “fast” ...which reminds me of food, ...and fun, and parades!
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Munich, Germany – 2019SEP22 Octoberfest Costume Parade:
A million people and I went to the Munich Octoberfest today! If that number isn't exact, it's close! My friends Andrea & Paul with their dog Paulo, and I, all decked out in traditional attire, parked ourselves amongst the crowd enthusiastically waving at 9,000 participants of the world's largest costume parade, arriving well before it started (instead of taking an arrival nap, instead I went straight out). Indeed, most of the crew went to the Octoberfest – world's most crowded piece of real estate – and all had a good time. Yes, this surely was a marvelous trip! Hope you enjoy my quizzes! I invite you to check out what you know about the Oktoberfest, Munich, Bavaria, and Germany!
This Bristol VR (NDL 656R) was purchased by Southern Vectis in 1977 and withdrawn from service in 1991. Thereafter it was acquired by Lowland where it resided in the shed at Peebles, working the Service 62 (Edinburgh - Melrose via Peebles -Galashiels). A change of fleet number was made early in 1997 and it remained in public service until 1998.
In June 1998 it was sold for preservation and purchased by Murray Shepherd and Quentin Thomas. After a lengthy and thorough restoration 656 returned to the road in January 2O17 and its maiden run as a preserved bus was a return trip from Edinburgh to Melrose over the diagram of Service 62.
The Edinburgh Transport Group promotes an interest in public transport, encompassing buses, coaches, railway traffic and other vehicles and membership will entitle you to our full colour magazine, "EXPRESS", which is issued occasionally throughout the year.
Monthly meetings are held on the first Thursday of every month - Winter meetings, from September to April, are held indoors, consisting of slide shows, talks, presentations or quizzes. Summer meetings, from May to August, are normally bus trips to various locations on interesting vintage or modern buses hired for the occasion.
Membership costs £15 per year and is payable from 1 April each year. Family membership is available for £2O per year. For more information have a look at the ETG website for details of future outings and on how to join.
Small Dutch collectors card.
New series alert!
We invite you to join a quiz at Truus, Bob & Jan too! From next Wednesday on, we promise you one of the most difficult and engaging film quizzes in cyberspace! For the second time, La Collectionneuse a.k.a. Marlene Pilaete lets us guess: Who's that lady? For this daily quiz, Marlene spent many nights going through her albums with film star postcards. Finally, she selected 16 rare and amazing postcards of female vedettes for us. So join the fun and try to guess who they are. On 27 November we will make a special La Collectionneuse post with all the cards at European Film Star Postcards, and the next day Marlene will finally reveal who the 16 ladies are.
Until then we share some Dutch collectors cards of unidentified women that we recently acquired. I guess they date from the early 1960s. Pictured are some of the sexiest ladies on the screen. According to the seller, all the photos had been published in the Dutch Oh-la-la magazine De Lach, in English 'The Smile'. As young kids, Truus and I read De Lach at home (these were the liberated 1970s), while my family received the magazines from my grandma. My grandma never read them, but out of pity for the man who delivered the magazines, she refused to cancel the subscription and gave the copies to my father. So smile and please comment who you think this lady is.
Bob
And it's my birthday week... a good time to celebrate!
Ruth's Quiz 4, Question 1 of 6 – On a special clear day in Munich you can see the:
a. Alps
b. Baltic
c. Mediterranean
Musikverein Trachtenkapelle Pfahlheim e.V. in Baden-Württemberg
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Octoberfest – 2019SEP22 – Ruth's Quiz 4 Introduction:
I put 1.7% of my 1388 captures into 4 mini-theme quiz albums. I hope you respond to them and to my Octoberfest Quizzes!
Award to each Quiz Question first right answer!
Munich is located in the state of Bavaria, southern Germany, at the northern latitude of 48° 8’23”, which runs from Munich across the Atlantic Ocean and through southern Canada, along St. John’s, Newfoundland; Quebec; Winnipeg, Manitoba; and Vancouver, British Columbia (north of Seattle, Washington).
Munich Facts:
• Largest city in the State (Land) of Bavaria (Bayern)
• Number of inhabitants: 1.5 million
• Located on the Isar River about 30 miles north of the Alps
• Average height: 1738 feet above sea level
• Area: 120 square miles
• Average temperature in October: H 57°F (14°C), L 42°F (6°C)
• Average sunshine hours in October: 130
More Munich Facts
• The monks that Munich was named for trace their roots to an 8th century Benedictine monastery at nearby Tegernsee.
• Henry the Lion, Duke of Bavaria, founded the city when he granted the monks the right to establish a marketplace.
• Peterskirche, Munich’s oldest church, was built in 1169.
• The Frauenkirche, trademark of Munich, dates from 1240.
• The old town is predominately Baroque and Rococo.
• In 1255 Munich became the home of the Wittelsbach family, whose dynasty swayed the town’s destiny for over 700 years, ending with the abdication of Louis III in 1918.
• Louis I, who as Crown Prince married Princess Therese at the original Octoberfest and was king of Bavaria from 1825-1848, planned and created modern Munich.
• Louis II revived Munich’s fame as a city of music & the stage.
• In the 1800’s Protestants became citizens for the first time in a kingdom up until then solely Roman Catholic territory.
• Walk over 20 miles inside the huge and comprehensive German Museum on Museum Island in the Isar River
I hope you enjoy my 4 quizzes & captures, & also love Munich!
Greetings (Gruß)! Munich is well-known for its hospitality. Here’s to you, a great big gigantic... Gruß vom Oktoberfest!
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Munich, Germany – 2019SEP22 Octoberfest Costume Parade:
A million people and I went to the Munich Octoberfest today! If that number isn't exact, it's close! My friends Andrea & Paul with their dog Paulo, and I, all decked out in traditional attire, parked ourselves amongst the crowd enthusiastically waving at 9,000 participants of the world's largest costume parade, arriving well before it started (instead of taking an arrival nap, instead I went straight out). Indeed, most of the crew went to the Octoberfest – world's most crowded piece of real estate – and all had a good time. Yes, this surely was a marvelous trip! Hope you enjoy my quizzes! I invite you to check out what you know about the Oktoberfest, Munich, Bavaria, and Germany!
Advertised as a Mystery Tour for members of the Edinburgh Transport Group, Lothian's Environmental Manager Dr. Steve Johnson put on a show that might have topped the ratings had it been a week earlier in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. This was pure cabaret with Steve opening up the evening with a talk on the finest buses on Earth - ten new Volvo 7900 Hybrid single deckers that are on their way to being 6 months old and the finest operators in the World. Only the best at Lothian.
With a glitzy show of LED screens in all colours, especially designed for the ETG's last summer excursion of the season, one could almost Michael Jackson singing 'Don't blame it on sunshine, don't blame it on moonlight, blame it on the boogie' as Lothian's magical Doctor breezed along the Braid Hills Road on a sun filled September evening as though on a cushion of air.
Volvo 7900H number 2 (HY13 BUS) is seen at the first stop for photo opportunities at Blackford pond and the theme for the tour was 'Edinburgh's Hills' - the many steep gradients that the buses sometimes don't normally get to climb. Dr. Johnson's suggestion that we might get back to base by 2 in the morning had some on board feeling rather chuffed at the value-for-money prospect this might bring!
The Edinburgh Transport Group is a lively society of enthusiasts actively promoting an interest in public transport - buses, coaches, trains and other vehicles in Edinburgh and the surrounding area.
Membership brings a full colour magazine, 'EXPRESS', which is issued occasionally throughout the year and monthly meetings are held on the first Thursday of every month (with the exception of January)..oh and you get to meet the great, the one and only Doctor Johnson too!
Winter meetings, from October to April, are held indoors and feature slide shows, talks, presentations and quizzes. Summer meetings, from May to September, are normally bus trips to various locations on interesting vintage or modern buses hired for the occasion.
For more details on membership and a lively calendar please visit "http://www.edinburghtransportgroup.com"
Page scan from a vintage booklet about fuchsias. It's far too hot to grow these beauties here in Houston. During the 1980s, I worked in a landscape nursery, and fuchsias like these were very popular. We would have quizzes from the boss to identify the blossoms by name. I love the dreamy, soft hues of this old photograph.
From "The Third Book of Fuchsias," published by The American Fuchsia Society, 1962, San Francisco, CA.
Jeremy James Anthony Gibson-Beadle MBE (12 April 1948 – 30 January 2008) was an English television presenter, radio presenter, writer and producer. During the 1980s he was a regular face on British television, and in two years appeared on 50 weeks of the year. He also worked presenting many corporate events.
Beadle was born in Hackney, east London, on 12 April 1948. His father, a Fleet Street sports reporter, abandoned Jeremy's mother, Marji (9 July 1921 – 9 July 2002), when he learned that she was pregnant. Before Jeremy reached the age of two he was frequently hospitalised and had undergone surgery for Poland syndrome, a rare disorder that stunted growth in his right hand.
His mother worked as a secretary to help pay to raise him, including a stint for the boxing promoter Jack Solomon. Beadle did not enjoy school and was frequently in trouble. He was eventually expelled from his secondary school, Orpington County Secondary Boys' School. A teacher remarked, "Beadle, you waffle like a champion but know nothing."
After his expulsion, he travelled and worked in Europe. He had a number of jobs, at one point taking photographs of topless models, and worked as a skin-diving instructor, lavatory attendant and tour guide. He even briefly worked as a tour guide at the York dungeons. He often said that he gave the best London tour because he realised that what people wanted was stories of blood, sex and death.
Beadle was chosen in 1970 by Tony Elliott, the founder of Time Out, to set up a Manchester edition of the magazine, a venture that was short-lived, though he subsequently maintained a connection with the publication in London. In 1972, North West Arts Association asked him to organise the Bickershaw Festival, and he worked on further musical events over the next couple of years.
In 1973, as an early member of the Campaign for Real Ale, he was elected to their National Executive and secured the campaign's first television or radio coverage in a one-hour programme on BBC Radio London, which he hosted. It was during this period that his talent for practical jokes became evident, although occasionally this rebounded on him, such as when colleagues left him naked in front of 400 women arriving for their shift. He then started writing for radio and television, going on to provide material for stars such as Terry Wogan, Michael Aspel, Noel Edmonds and Kenny Everett.
Beadle began supplying odd facts and questions to radio and television game shows, such as Celebrity Squares. He sent a number of questions to Bob Monkhouse, the host, without the answers and Monkhouse was so impressed he rang Jeremy to ask him to work on the show. His presenting style on the phone-in programme Nightline on LBC in London, which he hosted between September 1979 and 22 June 1980 (when he was sacked), led to a cult following. He introduced himself as Jeremy James Anthony Gibson-Beadlebum: "Jeremy James Anthony Gibson-Beadle is my name and a bum is what I am," he explained. He teased his producer as 'Butch' Bavin Cook (b. 12 June).
On 31 May 1980, he began co-presenting the children's television show Fun Factory with his LBC co-star Therese Birch, Kevin Day and Billy Boyle. On Capital Radio Beadle presented Beadle's Odditarium, a music show concentrating on strange, bizarre and rare recordings all taken from the archives of producer Phil Swern. From 5 October 1986, Beadle presented Beadle's Brainbusters on the independent local radio network, with questions written by Beadle and Paul Donnelley. He also became renowned for his off-air pranks and intellectually challenging quizzes. He wrote, devised and presented many television pilots for the highly successful game show company Action Time, then run by Jeremy Fox, son of Paul Fox. Beadle wrote and presented The Deceivers, a BBC2 television series recounting the history of swindlers and hoaxers.[8] The success of this led to using the same format for Eureka, which told the background behind everyday inventions.
Beadle then went on to become nationally famous as one of the presenters of LWT's Game for a Laugh, the first show made by ITV to beat the BBC's shows in the Saturday night ratings battle. This was followed by a hidden-camera style practical joke show, Beadle's About (1986–1996), which became the world's longest continuously running hidden-camera show.
From 1990 to 1997, Beadle presented You've Been Framed!, a family show featuring humorous clips from viewers' home video recordings. An offshoot of this was Beadle's Hotshots, featuring viewers' intentionally funny parodies and sketches, some of which were re-edited and even reshot by a young Edgar Wright in his first industry job; other sketches and scripts were produced by writer/director Chris Barfoot). In total, Beadle hit the UK Number One ratings slot four times.
In 1995, reflecting his days on LBC, he presented a relatively short-lived but popular Sunday late-evening show on the newly launched Talk Radio UK. As well as his considerable television output as writer, presenter and producer, he appeared in numerous pantomimes and acted as ringmaster for many circuses, notably for Gerry Cottle's. He also worked as a consultant for many television companies, wrote books, and presented quizzes both commercially and for charity. As a radio presenter, he chaired a brief revival of Animal, Vegetable, Mineral? on BBC Radio 4. In 2007 he started to work on the Bickershaw Festival 40th Anniversary Boxed set project for 2012 in conjunction with Chris Hewitt, who had worked with Beadle on the original event in 1972. (Chris Hewitt continued to work on the project after Beadle died.)
Beadle was living in Highgate, north London, when he was the subject of This Is Your Life on 26 January 1994. He was surprised by Michael Aspel during a school carol concert at a church in nearby Hampstead on 8 December 1993.
Beadle wanted to be the British Robert L. Ripley. A love of trivia was born when his mother bought him The Guinness Book of Records for Christmas when he was a small boy. This led him to write Today's the Day (published in UK by WH Allen in 1979 and by Signet in the United States two years later), researched in his own library of 27,000 volumes. The book recounts – for any given day of the year – around half a dozen notable births, deaths or events that occurred on that date, linked to odd or amusing facts. Beadle briefly performed a similar duty on television's TV-am, informing each morning's viewers of prominent events on this date in past years. The scripts were written by Beadle and Paul Donnelley. The format was briefly revived when GMTV replaced TV-am as the ITV breakfast franchise in 1993.
For more than two years Beadle wrote a daily cartoon series of Today's the Day for the Daily Express. He worked alongside Irving Wallace and his son David Wallechinsky and daughter Amy Wallace as the biggest contributor to the sex and death chapters of The Book of Lists and was the London editor of The People's Almanac 2. The Wallaces' book The Intimate Sex Lives of Famous People (Dell (US) Hutchinson (UK), 1981) was researched in part in Beadle's library, which contained an extensive collection of erotic literature.
In autumn 2007, three new books by Beadle were published: Firsts, Lasts & Onlys: Crime, Firsts, Lasts & Onlys: Military (both co-authored by the celebrated writer Ian Harrison) and Beadle's Miscellany, the first hundred quizzes from his weekly puzzlers in The Independent. He guest-edited the January 2008 edition of True Detective, which featured contributions from his friends who are crime experts including James Morton, Paul Donnelley, Andrew Rose and Matthew Spicer.
In 1995, Beadle wrote the foreword to "Who Was Jack the Ripper?", a collection of theories and observations about the Victorian serial murderer, published by the veteran true crime book dealer Camille Woolf. It included contributions from experts such as Martin Fido, Colin Wilson, Donald Rumbelow, Colin Kendell and Richard Whittington-Egan. In his foreword Beadle coined the collective noun to describe those interested in the subject "a speculation of Ripperologists".
Renowned for his general knowledge, Beadle was host of Win Beadle's Money (based on the US format Win Ben Stein's Money). Beadle lost his money only eight times in 52 shows. He wrote and presented a notoriously difficult quiz at London's The Atlantic Grill restaurant then owned by Oliver Peyton, often attended by celebrities and members of the press. He also wrote a quiz for The Independent every Saturday. He occasionally appeared as a panellist on BBC Radio 4's Quote... Unquote and in dictionary corner for Channel 4's Countdown.
Beadle was also a winner on the game show 19 Keys, presented by Richard Bacon, defeating Nick Weir, Nicholas Parsons, and fellow Game for a Laugh presenter Henry Kelly (who also did Going for Gold).
An estimate of Beadle's total charitable fund raising is around £100 million.
In the 2001 New Year Honours Beadle was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his services to charity. He was a keen supporter of the charity Children With Leukaemia, a disease he suffered from himself in 2005. He spent much time raising money for many different charities with Plastermind his 'outrageous quiz for those who don't like quizzes', as well as a school video venture called CamClass.
Beadle was a patron of The Philip Green Memorial Trust, and he annually hosted a quiz party to raise money for disadvantaged children. Beadle was also the patron of Reach, an organisation providing support and advice for children in the UK with hand or arm deficiencies, and their parents.
He was a member of Westminster City Council Freemason Lodge No. 2882. Although he did not join this organisation until after his television heyday was over, he quickly became involved with all aspects of English Freemasonry, and particularly its charitable work, often using his celebrity status to assist in raising funds for Masonic charities.
Highgate Cemetery East, Swains Lane, Lonon N6 6PJ
While we did a lot of white-board work to diagram concepts, list vocab, and brainstorm ideas, much of the input was video-clips from the web, and the key quizz technique was to hook everyone's device up to the 'Kahoot' website, so they were each holding their own 'buzzer' with which to respond to the questions - and to track their score. Of course, not everyone got the answer they were expecting!
a mere miracle that a page is being created today on the eve of my son's 1st holy communion (with a brunch to follow at our house)... but it wouldn't be a challenge without CHALLENGES!
we made this list on my birthday, last month and I made sure that my husband took a pic of me with the boys!!
inspired by a LO in ella's quick creative quizzes ebook!
Hello! So college has been stressful, finished my first week of midterms, although I only had one midterm last week it was probably my most study intensive so I'm definitely glad that's over. This week I have three art midterms, five art projects and two quizzes. SO a lot left to do but definitely not as stressful as last week. Then I get to go home soon! And hopefully that means more pictures! Anyway just a little "post" I guess on life. This was the day after my midterm, after a week of looking like I never left my room, I finally was able to attempt to make myself look somewhat presentable! Enjoy (:
xoxo
Sarah
Received this on Wednesday, but only had the energy to open the parcel Friday night for a quick snap.
Sorry for the radar silence ꒰-̩̩̩-̩̩̩-̩̩̩___-̩̩̩-̩̩̩-̩̩̩꒱ I will get around to replying my messages now then I have to go finish a really boring assignment... and online quizzes... and a presentation...
I'm halfway through my psych rotation HOW IS IT ALREADY MARCH /dying 4th year is killer and IT'S NOT EVEN THE DIFFICULT ROTATIONS YET pls (that's O&G and paeds in the second half of the year) goodbye world
Small Dutch collectors card.
New series alert!
We invite you to join a quiz at Truus, Bob & Jan too! From tomorrow on, we promise you one of the most difficult and engaging film quizzes in cyberspace! For the second time, La Collectionneuse a.k.a. Marlene Pilaete lets us guess: Who's that lady? For this daily quiz, Marlene spent many nights going through her albums with film star postcards. Finally, she selected 16 rare and amazing postcards of female vedettes for us. So join the fun and try to guess who they are. On 27 November we will make a special La Collectionneuse post with all the cards at European Film Star Postcards, and the next day Marlene will finally reveal who the 16 ladies are.
Today we share four more Dutch collectors cards of unidentified women that we recently acquired. I guess they date from the early 1960s. Pictured are some of the sexiest ladies on the screen. According to the seller, all the photos had been published in the Dutch Oh-la-la magazine De Lach, in English 'The Smile'. As young kids, Truus and I read De Lach at home (these were the liberated 1970s), while my family received the magazines from my grandma. My grandma never read them, but out of pity for the man who delivered the magazines, she refused to cancel the subscription and gave the copies to my father. So smile and please comment who you think this lady is.
Bob
Vintage postcard. Collection: Marlene Pilaete.
Today starts our 2020 quiz at Truus, Bob & Jan too! Honestly, we think it's one of the most difficult and engaging film quizzes in cyberspace! On the next 16 days, our friend, Marlene Pilaete a.k.a. La Collectionneuse lets us guess: Who's that lady?. Marlene spent many nights going through her albums with film star postcards. Finally, she selected 16 rare postcards of female vedettes for us. And wow, it's so difficult. Jan and I only guessed one out of 16 right! So join the fun and try to guess who they are. I think that some of our followers are greater film buffs than we are. So, this is your chance to prove it. On 27 November, we will make a special La Collectionneuse post with all the cards at European Film Star Postcards, and the next day Marlene will finally reveal who the 16 ladies are.
Bob
Lothian Region Transport took four batches of ECW bodied Leyland Olympians from 1982.
Fleet number 777(C777 SFS) comes from the last batch, new in December 1985. It operated all of its life from Marine depot near to Portobello and then when on to become a member of the coach family, including a period with MacTours. It enjoyed a brief return to the normal service fleet until it passed to Lothian Bus Consortium in 2004 within the grounds of the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum at Lathalmond in Fife.
777 is seen at Ocean Terminal at the first summer evening excursion organised by the Edinburgh Transport Group.
The aim of The Edinburgh Transport Group is to promote an interest in public transport, encompassing buses, coaches, railway traffic and other vehicles and membership will entitle you to our full colour magazine, "EXPRESS", which is issued occasionally throughout the year.
Monthly meetings are held on the first Thursday of every month - Winter meetings, from October to April, are held indoors, and consist of slide shows, talks, presentations or quizzes. Summer meetings, from May to September, are normally bus trips to various locations on interesting vintage or modern buses hired for the occasion.
Membership costs £15 per year and is payable from 1 April each year. Family membership is available for £20 per year. For more information have a look at the ETG website for details of future outings and on how to join.
I'm glad this week is over, it was tiring. I stayed after school everyday to make up quizzes I missed from going to the Scholastic Art Show/ICA in Boston. I worked on and passed in my photography business plan for an entrepreneurship competition. I was shadowed by a lady to get my high school accredited. I think my cat sleeps in my bed more than I do.
Not much to say about this one ... whatever this couple was smiling about, it certainly put them in a good mood.
Note: this photo was published in a Jun 18, 2009 blog titled "リア充を気取ってモテカワ愛されブロガーになるたった5つの方法." It was also published in a Jul 27, 2009 blog titled "Conflict: Part Two." And, somewhat curiously, it was published on the home page of a website called Jew For Me. It was also published in a Feb 18, 2009 blog titled "Number One Piece of Dating Advice Broken Down."
More recently, the photo was published in a May 24, 2010 blog titled "Trouwkaarten: hoe kies ik de foto." It was also published in a Jun 4, 2010 blog titled "Balancing parenting and marriage: Keeping the intimacy alive." And it was published in a Jun 28, 2010 blog titled "Don't Fail Her First Test." It was also published in a Jul 9, 2010 blog titled "Waiting to Meet Janice." And it was published in a Dec 17, 2010 blog titled "Looking for Love Has Its Pitfalls." It was also published in a Dec 23, 2010 blog titled "Sustainable Love: Obstacles to Intimate Conversation."
Moving into 2011, the photo was published in a Jan 20, 2011 Russian blog titled "5 начина да я впечатлиш на първите ви срещи." And it was published in a Mar 4, 2011 blog titled "あなたの脳は男脳？ それとも女脳?" It was also published in an undated (mid-Jul 2011) MagForWomen blog titled "Seven Mean Ways To Manipulate Men." It was also published in a Jul 29, 2011 blog titled "10 Ways To Wreck Your Marriage." And it was published in an Aug 4, 2011 blog titled "【ホンマでっか!? TV】男性にとって魅力的な女性、忘れられない女性とは?" It was also published in an Aug 29, 2011 Slate (France) blog titled " Les soucis financiers empêchent les femmes de dormir, pas les hommes."
Moving into 2012, the photo was published in a Jan 31, 2012 blog titled "Best Money Tips: Frugal Dating Tips for New Couples" It was also published in a Mar 13, 2012 blog titled "Pleased Couple." And it was published in a Jul 12, 2012 blog titled "6 Questions to Ask Your New Travel Partner Before Your First Trip." It was also published as an illustration in an undated (early Sep 2012) "love quiz" titled "Are you too dominating on your partner?"
Moving into 2013, the photo was published in a Feb 19, 2013 blog titled "Dr. Enrique Peñalosa Delivers Keynote Speech at Recycle-A-Bicycle’s 3rd Annual Youth Bike Summit." It was also published in a Mar 7, 2013 blog titled "Get Tested: It’s Easier Than You Think." And it was published in an undated (mid-Apr 2013) Mommathon blog titled "Parenting Advice and Parenting Skills." It was also published in a May 24, 2013 blog titled "Four Ways your Relationship May Be Harming Your Health." And it was published in a Jul 19, 2013 blog titled "12 Couples That Need To Get A Room." It was also published as one of ten illustrative slides in an undated (early Aug 2013) blog titled "Cheating Myths."
Moving into 2014, the photo was published in a Feb 18, 2014 blog titled Your First Impression About Someone Is Usually True, Study Finds www.hngn.com/articles/24649/20140218/first-impression-som...
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When you say "New York City," most people think of Times Square, or the Empire State Building, or the crowded sidewalks and the skyscrapers in mid-town, or Wall Street, or the ill-fated World Trade Center. Maybe Central Park will come to mind, but most people don't realize that New Yorkers know lots of places to relax, and enjoy the sunshine and fresh air ...
... like Carl Schurz Park, over by the East River on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, stretching from 90th Street down to about 84th Street. In addition to flower gardens, dog runs, basketball courts, playgrounds, and grassy knolls for sunbathing, there is also a wide promenade where cyclists, roller-skaters, dog-walkers, lovers, joggers, parents, children, and any of the other millions of citizens of this city can stroll along at whatever pace suits them best. Some sit at benches along the edge of the river, staring at the roiling water caused by the swift current down the East River; others nod and smile as they watch sailboats, motorboats, yachts, barges, tour-boats, and barges ply their way up and down the river.
One thing's for certain, though: everyone enjoys Carl Schurz Park. It's one of New York's little secrets ...
The Indie Teepee festival is still ongoing. We have had music, theatre performances, forums with Draxtor and Brett Linden, quizzes and games this week. As the weekend is approaching, I am excited as I will be DJing on Sunday for AAi, along with many others from different clubs.
There is only one more week to the event so make sure you come by!
Beautiful things you can find @ Indie Teepee - July 2016.
Romance bed by DRD
Lover's Midsummer Moon by Pixel Mode
Love Potion by Pixel Mode
Harp by Roawenwood
Dress by Petite Mort
Pose by An Lar Poses
Today was a rather eventful day, including me almost missing a bunch of quizzes, getting up late for a 4 hour class, and soooooo much homework. I decided I'd give myself a break and go out for 20 minutes tonight and take some photos. I ended up trying free lensing again, and I really like the results. Good night everyone, and lets be happy that Monday is over!
Our Daily Challenge for January 24th, 2011: Work
Camera Info: Nikon D300s | Nikon 50mm (ƒ/1.8) | ƒ/1.8 | ISO 800 | 1/20
Strobist Info: Street lights
Check out the rest of my 365 Day Project! Be sure to press F then L on your keyboard for best results! :)
Wow, here come some magnificently beautiful horses!
Ruth's Quiz 1, Question 2 of 6 – The Oktoberfest commemorates:
a. a wedding celebration
b. a big beer bash at the Hofbräuhaus
c. the state polka championship
Pferde sind auf der Wiesn immer ein Grund zum Staunen, während der Wiesn sind sie zur Freude der Besucher meist in der Zeit zwischen 11 und 16 Uhr auf dem Festgelände zu bewundern
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Ruth's Quiz 1 Introduction:
I put 1.7% of my 1388 captures into 4 mini-theme quiz albums. I hope you respond to them and to my Octoberfest Quizzes!
Award to each Quiz Question first right answer!
The Octoberfest is the largest party in the world, a mixture of folklore, festivities, and frivolity. Munich, one of the 10 best towns to party in, attracts more than 70 million visitors a year. [If you plan to go to the Octoberfest next year, bring plenty of cash: public transportation, pretzel, dinner + 2 beers cost ± $60, and accommodations around Munich are at a premium, too.]
Octoberfest! What does that mean to you? German food and beer? Singing? Dancing? Festivities? Yes! All this and more...
At what kind of celebrations do you find such fun as this? How about weddings! By participating on this page you help continue the celebration of a wedding that took place about 200 years ago in Munich, new capital of the kingdom of Bavaria. At that time there was not yet a country of Germany but there was already a German language, Deutsch.
German is a sister language to English and our words and grammar are related. By the way – ask a German – Americans don’t speak English, we speak American. Anyone in England can confirm that quickly. Who can trace a language to a single person? It is impossible for most languages but not German.
Dr. Martin Luther, Father of the German language, translated the Bible, the Old Testament from the original Hebrew and also the Greek New Testament, into his native vernacular. Luther’s was not the first German Bible, but he wrote it down how the people of his day talked, putting beautifully the way people said and understood things; it was readable as well, worded it so superbly, people pretty much talk the same way 500 years later, the standard German adhered to today.
Before Luther, there were just dialects. A person from one village or city could understand someone from the next one, but with increasingly difficulty understand people from places further away. At time of Luther (1483-1546), when Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492, you didn’t just get in your car and drive to your next destination, or hop a flight over across the country. You walked, or rode by horse and wagon or something like that. Maybe you just never even left at all.
Luther came on the scene the same time as Gutenberg and his double invention of printing and movable type dynamically changed the world. As far north and south and east and west as people could read Luther’s Bible, people of that area speak German today. In a nutshell, that’s how German came to be spoken some 300 years later, when Bavarian church steeple and clock (Glocke) tower bells rang out calling one and all then to attend a royal marriage ceremony celebration in a Munich meadow.
The citizenry was invited to the sovereign celebration finishing with a horse race on the village green just outside the city, a meadow (Wiese) named in honor of Princess Therese, married October 12th, 1810 to the crown prince of Bavaria, who later became Louis I. The grandiose entertainment was so much fun and such a winner that the decision to expand this enormously popular attraction the next year gave rise to the Octoberfest tradition we see continued in the biggest way today, without people even having the slightest idea what the celebration was all about. Hey, some folks treat Christmas the same way...
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Munich, Germany – 2019SEP22 Octoberfest Costume Parade:
A million people and I went to the Munich Octoberfest today! If that number isn't exact, it's close! My friends Andrea and Paul with their dog Paulo, & I, all decked out in traditional attire, parked ourselves amongst the crowd enthusiastically waving at 9,000 participants of the world's largest costume parade, arriving well before it started (instead of taking an arrival nap, instead I went straight out). Indeed, most of the crew went to the Octoberfest – world's most crowded piece of real estate – and all had a good time. Yes, this surely was a marvelous trip! Hope you enjoy my quizzes! I invite you to check out what you know about the Oktoberfest, Munich, Bavaria, & Germany!
Small Dutch collectors card.
New series alert!
We invite you to join a quiz at Truus, Bob & Jan too! From tomorrow on, we promise you one of the most difficult and engaging film quizzes in cyberspace! For the second time, La Collectionneuse a.k.a. Marlene Pilaete lets us guess: Who's that lady? For this daily quiz, Marlene spent many nights going through her albums with film star postcards. Finally, she selected 16 rare and amazing postcards of female vedettes for us. So join the fun and try to guess who they are. On 27 November we will make a special La Collectionneuse post with all the cards at European Film Star Postcards, and the next day Marlene will finally reveal who the 16 ladies are.
Today we share four more Dutch collectors cards of unidentified women that we recently acquired. I guess they date from the early 1960s. Pictured are some of the sexiest ladies on the screen. According to the seller, all the photos had been published in the Dutch Oh-la-la magazine De Lach, in English 'The Smile'. As young kids, Truus and I read De Lach at home (these were the liberated 1970s), while my family received the magazines from my grandma. My grandma never read them, but out of pity for the man who delivered the magazines, she refused to cancel the subscription and gave the copies to my father. So smile and please comment who you think this lady is.
Bob
Small Dutch collectors card. Photo: MGM / John Everton.
New series alert!
We invite you to join a quiz at Truus, Bob & Jan too! From tomorrow on, we promise you one of the most difficult and engaging film quizzes in cyberspace! For the second time, La Collectionneuse a.k.a. Marlene Pilaete lets us guess: Who's that lady? For this daily quiz, Marlene spent many nights going through her albums with film star postcards. Finally, she selected 16 rare and amazing postcards of female vedettes for us. So join the fun and try to guess who they are. On 27 November we will make a special La Collectionneuse post with all the cards at European Film Star Postcards, and the next day Marlene will finally reveal who the 16 ladies are.
Today we share four more Dutch collectors cards of unidentified women that we recently acquired. I guess they date from the early 1960s. Pictured are some of the sexiest ladies on the screen. According to the seller, all the photos had been published in the Dutch Oh-la-la magazine De Lach, in English 'The Smile'. As young kids, Truus and I read De Lach at home (these were the liberated 1970s), while my family received the magazines from my grandma. My grandma never read them, but out of pity for the man who delivered the magazines, she refused to cancel the subscription and gave the copies to my father. So smile and please comment who you think this lady is.
Bob
1-second video clip parade atmosphere
Ruth's Quiz 2, Question 1 of 6 – The Oktoberfest lasts:
a. a long weekend
b. 16 days
c. the whole month of October
Der Trachten- und Schützenzug durch die Münchner Innenstadt zur Theresienwiese
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Octoberfest – 2019SEP22 – Ruth's Quiz 2 Introduction:
I put 1.7% of my 1388 captures into 4 mini-theme quiz albums. I hope you respond to them and to my Octoberfest Quizzes!
Award to each Quiz Question first right answer!
The Scoop on the Name Octoberfest: Early Romans started their year with March as the first month; the other months followed in order, October being the 8th month. A couple thousand years ago the two Caesars Julius & Augustus wanted “great” months (31 days) named for themselves (July and August). In 1691 the Pope in Rome altered that Roman calendar for all history thereafter by decreeing January as the start of the year. And so a festival Munich celebrates eight days and then eight more is named after the former eighth month, October (octagon, 8 sides; octave, 8 notes; octopus, 8 arms), now the 10th month.
How about Fest? The -fest in Octoberfest derives from the Latin word festum, holiday, festival, feast. In English we have:
feast, festival, festal, festive, festivity, festoon, fair, and fiesta.
Designating special times to honor, ritually celebrate or enact, or anticipate events or seasons (agricultural, socio-cultural, or religious), adds meaning to an individual and their community. The term feast/festival conveys such days or periods generally originated in celebrations or commemorations that included consecrated or communal meals. Thus “feast” is the opposite of “fast” ...which reminds me of food, ...and fun, and parades!
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Munich, Germany – 2019SEP22 Octoberfest Costume Parade:
A million people and I went to the Munich Octoberfest today! If that number isn't exact, it's close! My friends Andrea & Paul with their dog Paulo, and I, all decked out in traditional attire, parked ourselves amongst the crowd enthusiastically waving at 9,000 participants of the world's largest costume parade, arriving well before it started (instead of taking an arrival nap, instead I went straight out). Indeed, most of the crew went to the Octoberfest – world's most crowded piece of real estate – and all had a good time. Yes, this surely was a marvelous trip! Hope you enjoy my quizzes! I invite you to check out what you know about the Oktoberfest, Munich, Bavaria, and Germany!
Small Dutch collectors card.
New series alert!
We invite you to join a quiz at Truus, Bob & Jan too! From next Wednesday on, we promise you one of the most difficult and engaging film quizzes in cyberspace! For the second time, La Collectionneuse a.k.a. Marlene Pilaete lets us guess: Who's that lady? For this daily quiz, Marlene spent many nights going through her albums with film star postcards. Finally, she selected 16 rare and amazing postcards of female vedettes for us. So join the fun and try to guess who they are. On 27 November we will make a special La Collectionneuse post with all the cards at European Film Star Postcards, and the next day Marlene will finally reveal who the 16 ladies are.
Until then we share some Dutch collectors cards of unidentified women that we recently acquired. I guess they date from the early 1960s. Pictured are some of the sexiest ladies on the screen. According to the seller, all the photos had been published in the Dutch Oh-la-la magazine De Lach, in English 'The Smile'. As young kids, Truus and I read De Lach at home (these were the liberated 1970s), while my family received the magazines from my grandma. My grandma never read them, but out of pity for the man who delivered the magazines, she refused to cancel the subscription and gave the copies to my father. So smile and please comment who you think this lady is.
Bob
A vis-à-vis is a carriage refers to the seating position of the guests: the passengers sit face to face, rear passengers facing forward – like this smiling, waving lady – and front passengers facing rearward, do-si-do (dos-à-dos ) to the driver
Ruth's Quiz 2, Question 5 of 6 – Name this son, Germany’s so-called “Mad” King, whose swan song in stone has developed a popular new legacy:
a. Barbarossa
b. Heinrich I
c. Ludwig II
Postkutsche Stadt Walldürn
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Octoberfest – 2019SEP22 – Ruth's Quiz 2 Introduction:
I put 1.7% of my 1388 captures into 4 mini-theme quiz albums. I hope you respond to them and to my Octoberfest Quizzes!
Award to each Quiz Question first right answer!
The Scoop on the Name Octoberfest: Early Romans started their year with March as the first month; the other months followed in order, October being the 8th month. A couple thousand years ago the two Caesars Julius & Augustus wanted “great” months (31 days) named for themselves (July and August). In 1691 the Pope in Rome altered that Roman calendar for all history thereafter by decreeing January as the start of the year. And so a festival Munich celebrates eight days and then eight more is named after the former eighth month, October (octagon, 8 sides; octave, 8 notes; octopus, 8 arms), now the 10th month.
How about Fest? The -fest in Octoberfest derives from the Latin word festum, holiday, festival, feast. In English we have:
feast, festival, festal, festive, festivity, festoon, fair, and fiesta.
Designating special times to honor, ritually celebrate or enact, or anticipate events or seasons (agricultural, socio-cultural, or religious), adds meaning to an individual and their community. The term feast/festival conveys such days or periods generally originated in celebrations or commemorations that included consecrated or communal meals. Thus “feast” is the opposite of “fast” ...which reminds me of food, ...and fun, and parades!
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Munich, Germany – 2019SEP22 Octoberfest Costume Parade:
A million people and I went to the Munich Octoberfest today! If that number isn't exact, it's close! My friends Andrea & Paul with their dog Paulo, and I, all decked out in traditional attire, parked ourselves amongst the crowd enthusiastically waving at 9,000 participants of the world's largest costume parade, arriving well before it started (instead of taking an arrival nap, instead I went straight out). Indeed, most of the crew went to the Octoberfest – world's most crowded piece of real estate – and all had a good time. Yes, this surely was a marvelous trip! Hope you enjoy my quizzes! I invite you to check out what you know about the Oktoberfest, Munich, Bavaria, and Germany!
Artefact - Pershore Road, Stirchley.
Artefact is an artist-led, community-focused arts space, in Stirchley, South Birmingham.
Their main aims are to support artistic development and to engage the public with a programme of free exhibitions, workshops and talks.
To engage the public with our arts programme we combine our exhibition space with community organised events and social gatherings, such as pub quizzes, gig nights and films screenings.
To find out about their upcoming events follow them on social media or pop in to pick up one of our free programmes.
1464 Pershore Road, Stirchley.
It is close to Hazelwell Road.