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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!
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.
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.
Modular Origami Star (Maria Sinayskaya)
squares, 6 units, no glue
Remember those how-many-triangles-can-you-see quizzes? :)
The current issue of Photo Professional magazine (issue 88) features a 6 page article. Amongst other things, editor Terry Hope quizzes me about night photography, camera equipment, technique, influences and the ongoing exhibition project, Leaving Home.
See the full article here.
Going, going, gone!
Ruth's Quiz 4, Question 4 of 6 – Who was President of the United States of America in 1810 at the time of the first Octoberfest celebration?
a. Thomas Jefferson
b. James Madison
c. James Monroe
Mainz in München !
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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!
Pour ceux qui préfèrent l’apprentissage actif, le Belevingscentrum Binnenvaart est une expérience à ne pas manquer. Plongez dans le monde des canaux et de la navigation intérieure à travers une série d’activités interactives. Découvrez comment fonctionne une écluse, testez vos connaissances avec des quiz, pilotez un bateau à travers une écluse, observez la construction d’un pont par un robot et utilisez des écrans tactiles pour obtenir des informations.
Devenez un expert des canaux en apprenant quelles voies navigables sont gérées par De Vlaamse Waterweg nv et quels sont les enjeux. Explorez les différents types de navires, découvrez l’intérieur d’une timonerie de bateau moderne, comprenez l’impact économique des canaux et comment la navigation intérieure contribue à une mobilité durable. Vous en apprendrez également sur les écosystèmes autour des canaux, la gestion des niveaux d’eau et les activités récréatives possibles.
For those who prefer active learning, the Belevingscentrum Binnenvaart is an experience not to be missed. Immerse yourself in the world of canals and inland navigation through a series of interactive activities. Discover how a lock works, test your knowledge with quizzes, steer a boat through a lock, watch a robot build a bridge and use touchscreens to obtain information.
Become a canal expert by learning which waterways are managed by De Vlaamse Waterweg nv and what the challenges are. Explore the different types of vessels, see the inside of a modern ship’s wheelhouse, understand the economic impact of canals and how inland navigation contributes to sustainable mobility. You will also learn about the ecosystems around the canals, water level management and possible recreational activities.
Where I want to be
Ruth's Quiz 4, Question 6 of 6 – Munich was named for a group of monks:
a. about 85 years ago.
b. about 850 years ago.
c. about 8500 years ago
Der Trachten- & Schützenzug zum Münchner Oktoberfest !
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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!
Si Phan Don (4000 Islands)/Laos (there are more than 8,000 primary schools in Laos. Primary school starts at the age of 6 and lasts for five years. This phase of education was made compulsory in 2003. It has stagnated since year 2000 with slight increase for female enrollment. Lao language, mathematics and physical education are some of the lessons conducted in a primary school. Students are given quizzes, tests and exams periodically and achieve a certificate after sitting for primary leaving examination...)
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Behind the Augustiner brewery horses pulling the beer keg wagon at the Octoberfest Costume Parade in Munich
Ruth's Quiz 3, Question 3 of 6 – What are the Lederhosen found all over Bavaria?
a. nozzles for dispensing beer from barrels
b. leather bib shorts
c. leather stockings
Augustiner-Bräu
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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!
The Postcard
A postcard that was published by Ad-Vision, 219, Citi Centre, Pato Plaza, Panjim, Goa.
The card was posted in Arambol, Goa on Monday the 29th. December 2003 to:
Auntie Mary, Uncle John Denyer,
176, Latimer Road,
Eastbourne,
East Sussex,
England,
U.K.
The message on the divided back of the card was as follows:
"Arambol,
Goa.
26.12.03.
Hope you had a nice
Christmas. Thank you
very much for my presents.
I have just about recovered
from flu due to the place
choking me with its stench
and pollution. I had forgotten
how much India smells.
In Calcutta there is a big
Salvation Army, so I went to
the guest house.
We also went to see Mother
Theresa's tomb and took
part in a service there.
We were unable to fly to the
Andaman Islands due to a
cyclone?! But we'll fly there
on the 7th. Jan.
Hope you are well".
Bob Monkhouse
So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?
Well, the 29th. December 2003 was not a good day for Bob Monkhouse, because he died in Eggington, Bedfordshire on that day.
Robert Alan Monkhouse OBE, who was born on the 1st. June 1928, was an English entertainer and comedian. He was well known as a host of television game shows, including The Golden Shot, Celebrity Squares, Family Fortunes and Wipeout.
Bob Monkhouse - The Early Years
Bob Monkhouse was born at 168 Bromley Road, Beckenham, Kent, the son of chartered accountant Wilfred Adrian Monkhouse (1894–1957) and Dorothy Muriel Monkhouse née Hansard (1895–1971).
Bob had an elder brother, John, who was born in 1922. Monkhouse's grandfather John Monkhouse (1862–1938) was a prosperous Methodist businessman who co-founded Monk and Glass, which made custard powder and jelly. In a 2015 documentary, it was revealed that Monkhouse and his older brother suffered physical and verbal abuse from their mother.
Bob Monkhouse was educated at Goring Hall School in Worthing, Sussex. In 2015, detectives investigated claims by three former pupils relating to historic sex abuse which was alleged to have taken place at the school which closed in 1988. The site is now (2021) a hospital.
Bob then moved to Dulwich College in south London, from which he was expelled for climbing the clock tower.
While still at school, Monkhouse wrote for The Beano and The Dandy, and drew for other comics including Hotspur, Wizard and Adventure. He established a comics writing and art partnership with Dulwich schoolmate Denis Gifford, and the two formed their own publishing company in the early 1950's. Among other writing, Monkhouse wrote more than 100 Harlem Hotspots erotic novelettes.
Monkhouse completed his National Service with the Royal Air Force in 1948. He won a contract with the BBC after his unwitting RAF group captain signed a letter that Monkhouse had written telling the BBC he was a war hero and that the corporation should give him an audition.
Before establishing himself as a successful writer and comedian, Monkhouse appeared on stage in London, first as Aladdin and then in the first London production of the musical The Boys from Syracuse in 1963 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, alongside Ronnie Corbett.
Bob Monkhouse's Writing and Acting Success
Monkhouse's adult career began as a scriptwriter for radio comedy in partnership with Denis Goodwin, a fellow Old Alleynian with whom he also compèred Smash Hits on Radio Luxembourg.
Aside from performing as a double act, Monkhouse and Goodwin wrote for comedians such as Arthur Askey, Jimmy Edwards, Ted Ray and Max Miller. In addition, they were also gag writers for American comedians, including Bob Hope, when they wanted jokes for British tours. Indeed, when Goodwin broke up the partnership in 1962, it was to work for Bob Hope.
In 1956, Monkhouse was the host of Do You Trust Your Wife?, the British version of an American game show. He went on to host more than 30 different quiz shows on British television.
With his public profile growing, Monkhouse also began appearing in comedy films, including the first of the Carry On film series, Carry On Sergeant, in 1958. He starred in Dentist in the Chair (1960) and Dentist on the Job (1961), later regretting not choosing the Carry Ons over the dental comedies.
Other presenting jobs in the 1960's included hosting Candid Camera and compèring Sunday Night at the London Palladium. Around 1969 he was a partner, with Malcolm Mitchell, in the Mitchell Monkhouse Agency.
In 1979 he starred in a US sketch comedy television series called Bonkers! with the Hudson Brothers and Joan Rivers, a job he hated. In the early 1970's he appeared on BBC Radio in Mostly Monkhouse with Josephine Tewson and David Jason.
Stand-up Comedy
A respected stand-up comedian, Monkhouse was known for his talent at ad-libbing. He became much in demand as an after-dinner speaker, and wrote a book about the subject, 'Just Say a Few Words' (1988).
Bob also became a favourite with impressionists, and, as his comedy style fell out of favour in the 1980's, he was mocked for his slickness and accused of insincerity. He came back into fashion during the 1990's, and an appearance on Have I Got News for You helped to restore his popularity.
Monkhouse's final stand-up show was performed at the Albany Comedy Club in London on the 25th. August 2003, four months before his death. The show was broadcast by the BBC in 2016 and again in November 2019 and April 2020.
Among the audience were a number of British comedians who had been personally invited by Monkhouse, including Reece Shearsmith, Jon Culshaw, David Walliams, Fiona Allen and Mark Steel. The show also included a rare public appearance from Monkhouse's friend Mike Yarwood.
Game Shows
In his later years, Monkhouse was probably better known for hosting television quiz shows than for being a comedian. One of his biggest successes was The Golden Shot from July 1967 until January 1972, and again from July 1974 to April 1975. This was broadcast live for 52 weeks a year and drew up to 17 million viewers.
His tenure ended with allegations, which he denied, that he had taken bribes to include branded goods on the programme as advertisements. He returned in 1974 after subsequent presenters and comedians Norman Vaughan and Charlie Williams were found wanting.
The dozens of other shows Monkhouse presented included Celebrity Squares, Family Fortunes and Bob's Full House. Audiences regularly topped 15 million. In the late 1980's he hosted two series of the revival of the talent show Opportunity Knocks, which aired as Bob Says Opportunity Knocks.
He then moved to ITV to front two more game shows, Bob's Your Uncle and the $64,000 Question, neither of which were popular successes.
Between 1996 and 1998, Monkhouse presented The National Lottery Live show on Saturday evenings on BBC One, for which he created the catchphrase:
"I know I'm a sinner, but
make me a winner!"
The opening to each show would see him deliver several minutes of topical jokes and on one occasion, where his autocue failed, he improvised a new and topical routine. This talent was used in Bob Monkhouse on the Spot, a return to pure television comedy in which audience members suggested topics and Monkhouse came up with a routine.
He was also at the helm when infamously, on the 30th. November 1996, the lottery machine failed live on air, causing the draw to be delayed by 50 minutes until after that night's episode of Casualty aired.
Monkhouse then returned to quizzes, taking over hosting duties on Wipeout from Paul Daniels when its studio recordings moved from London to Manchester and the show moved from primetime to daytime. Monkhouse hosted Wipeout from 1998 until a few months before his death.
Bob Monkhouse as a Chat Show Host
After being a stalwart of chat shows, in the mid 1980's Bob presented his own for the BBC, The Bob Monkhouse Show. The show lasted three series and showcased comedians of every age.
Monkhouse was criticised for sycophancy towards his guests, but he said that they were all heroes of his, and that was how he really felt about them. Monkhouse was known as a keen supporter of new comedy, and used the show to introduce audiences to new comedians such as Kelly Monteith, Robin Williams and Jim Carrey.
The format of the interviews varied between "true" chat and analysis of comedy to scripted routines in which Monkhouse would willingly play the role of the guest's stooge, as he did with Bob Hope.
On one occasion the guest was the comedian Pamela Stephenson, who, after prior arrangement with the show's producer, appeared in a series of fake plaster casts, apparently the result of accidents whilst at home.
During the interview she produced a handgun and fired it on several occasions, destroying a plant pot on the set and a series of lights in the studio roof. She then presented a rocket launcher which she promptly "fired", destroying a camera.
The gun, launcher and camera were props. None of this was known to Monkhouse, who appeared genuinely frightened (although the production crew were aware).
Film and Television Archive
An expert on the history of silent cinema and a film collector, Monkhouse presented Mad Movies in 1966. He wrote, produced, financed and syndicated the show worldwide. The show featured clips from comic silent films, many from his own private collection, some of which he had helped to recover and restore.
Bob's film collection was the cause of a court case at the Old Bailey in 1979. Having lent Terry Wogan's son a film, Monkhouse was charged with attempting to defraud film distributors of royalties, but after two years the judge decided that there was no case to answer. Many of the films in his collection were seized and not returned to Monkhouse.
In 2008, the British Film Institute was contacted by Monkhouse's daughter, Abigail, who asked if they would like to view the collection and provide some advice as to the best way of preserving it.
Amongst the discoveries were many radio and TV shows long thought lost. Dick Fiddy, the archivist, said:
"It's a huge, unwieldy collection which
deals with a number of areas. It's not
just film and TV. Initially, we found half
a dozen TV shows that we knew to be
missing."
Amongst those shows rediscovered were many that feature Monkhouse himself, including The Flip Side, a 1966 play in which he starred as a television DJ with his own late night show, and the 1957–58 series of his comedy My Pal Bob, including an episode in which he is suspected of an extramarital affair. The archive consisted of 36,000 videotapes, going back to when Monkhouse first bought a home video recorder in 1966. His film archive began in the late 1950's.
The entire Monkhouse film and television archive is now held by Kaleidoscope, including all the material previously held by the National Film and Television Archive (NFTVA).
It was catalogued and restored to digital formats for a major event at British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) on the 24th. October 2009. Chris Perry of Kaleidoscope said:
"We are painstakingly transferring the
important contents of the video tapes
and restoring radio shows. There are
many incredible finds, and the event
is an exciting time for all concerned."
In his final years, Monkhouse hosted a show on BBC Radio 2 called The Monkhouse Archive in which he provided humorous links to clips of comedy acts spanning the previous 50 years.
Honours, Awards and Legacy
In 1993 Bob Monkhouse was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to entertainment.
In 1995 the British Comedy Awards gave him its Lifetime Achievement Award for Comedy, and eight years later, a few weeks before he died, the Television and Radio Industries Club awarded him a Special Award for Outstanding Contribution to Broadcasting.
He first appeared on This Is Your Life in 1982 and, unusually, received a second appearance on the show on the 23rd. April 2003, just months before his death.
In a poll of fellow comedians and comedy insiders to find the Comedians' Comedian in 2005, Monkhouse was voted among the best 50 comedy acts.
In a piece written several years after Monkhouse's death, critic and satirist Michael Deacon suggested that although Monkhouse had feared that his legacy as a comedian would be limited, as many people knew him only from his decades of work as a game show host, his style of writing and performing could be seen as influencing many contemporary British comedians. These include Jimmy Carr (whose book on comedy The Naked Jape quoted several Monkhouse jokes), Michael McIntyre, Peter Kay, John Bishop, Lee Mack and Tim Vine.
Bob Monkhouse's Personal Life
Bob Monkhouse was married twice, firstly to Elizabeth Thompson on the 5th. November 1949. The couple separated in 1967 and divorced in 1972. His second marriage, to Jacqueline Harding, lasted until his death. He had three children from his first marriage, but only his adopted daughter, Abigail, survived him.
His eldest son, Gary Alan, who had cerebral palsy, lived at Naish Farm House, a residential home for the disabled in New Milton Hampshire. He went to Saint Michael's School in Pinner, and died in Braintree, Essex, in 1992, aged 40. Monkhouse was an avid campaigner for the disabled.
His other son, Simon, a stand-up poet, from whom he had been estranged for 13 years, died aged 46 from a heroin overdose in a hotel in northern Thailand in April 2001.
Monkhouse lived in a house called "Claridges" in Eggington, near Leighton Buzzard, and had a flat in London as well as a holiday home in Barbados.
In his autobiography, Bob admitted to hundreds of sexual liaisons and affairs, but claimed that he only undertook this course of action because his first wife was unfaithful. His lovers before his second marriage included the actress Diana Dors, about whose parties he later commented after her death:
"The awkward part about an orgy
is that afterwards you're not too
sure who to thank."
Throughout his career Monkhouse had jotted down jokes, odd facts, one-liners, sketches and ideas in a series of leather-bound books, which he took with him to every television, radio, stage and nightclub appearance he made.
In July 1995 two were stolen, and Monkhouse offered a £15,000 reward. They were returned after 18 months, but the thief, although arrested, was never charged. On Monkhouse's death, the books were bequeathed to Colin Edmonds.
Monkhouse was a vocal supporter of the Conservative Party for some years. He later told his friend Colin Edmonds that this may have been a mistake, but that he wanted to be associated with a winner, and he knew Margaret Thatcher could not lose the 1987 general election.
Monkhouse was diagnosed with prostate cancer in September 2001, and he died from this illness at his home on the 29th. December 2003. His widow Jacqueline suffered a heart attack and died in Barbados on the 28th. March 2008.
The Posthumous Advertisement
On the 12th. June 2007, Bob Monkhouse posthumously appeared on British TV in an advertisement promoting awareness of prostate cancer for Male Cancer Awareness Week.
Using computer animation techniques and a sound-alike actor, Monkhouse was seen in a graveyard next to his own grave (though in reality he was cremated) talking about the disease seriously, interspersed with humorous asides to another camera ("What killed me kills one man per hour in Britain. That's even more than my wife's cooking.").
He ended by saying, "As a comedian, I've died many deaths. Prostate cancer, I don't recommend. I'd have paid good money to stay out of here. What's it worth to you?" before walking away from his grave and disappearing.
The advertisement was made with the support of Monkhouse's estate and supported by poster campaigns, including award-winning panels displayed in London Underground trains. Money raised went to the Prostate Cancer Research Foundation.
Bob Monkhouse - Notable Quotes
“My father only hit me once,
but he used a Volvo.”
“They all laughed when I said
I wanted to be a comedian.
Well, they’re not laughing now.”
“I’d like to die like my old dad,
peacefully in his sleep, not
screaming like his passengers.”
“When the inventor of the drawing
board messed things up, what did
he go back to?”
“My mother tried to kill me when I
was a baby. She denied it. She said
she thought the plastic bag would
keep me fresh.”
“If blind people wear sunglasses,
why don’t deaf people wear earmuffs?”
“Real happiness is when you marry a
girl for love and find out later she has
money.”
“I’d never be unfaithful to my wife
for the reason that I love my house
very much.”
“I’m not saying my wife’s a bad cook,
but she uses a smoke alarm as a timer.”
“It got up to 94 degrees today –
that’s pretty good at my age.”
“Dulwich College takes me back after
seventy years: My Mum must have
written one hell of a sick note!”
“Personally, I don’t think there’s intelligent
life on other planets. Why should other
planets be any different from this one?”
“A miniature village in Bournemouth
caught fire and the flames could be
seen nearly three feet away.”
“Growing old is compulsory –
growing up is optional.”
“I’ll never stop working. I want to die
in the saddle. A day is wasted for me
if I haven’t done something even mildly
creative.”
“Although I have always loved the noise
of laughter, I really can’t fear the coming
of quiet. As for funerals, I rather like them.
Such nice things are always said about
the deceased, I feel sad that they had to
miss hearing it all by just a few days.”
“I’m rather relaxed about death. From
quite an early age I’ve regarded it as
part of the deal, the unwritten guarantee
that comes with your birth certificate.”
EXPLORE # 360 May 13, 2009
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It's beer kegs, on a Pschorr Brewery horse-drawn beer wagon
Ruth's Quiz 3, Question 4 of 6 – What does BMW stand for?
a. “break my windows”
b. Bavarian Motor Works
c. the Bach, Mendelssohn, and Wagner music catalog listing
Der Trachten- & Schützenzug zum Münchner Oktoberfest ist der größte Trachtenumzug Europas zu dem jährlich tausende Zuseher kommen: Über 180 Trachtengruppen Musikkapellen, Trachtenvereine, Brauchtums- und Bürgervereine, Gebirgsschützen, Pferdekutschen und Goaslschnalzer aus Deutschland, Österreich, Italien und anderen Nachbarländern zeigen kostbare und wertvolle Tracht sowie gelebtes Brauchtum
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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!
Cavendish Mews is a smart set of flats in Mayfair where flapper and modern woman, the Honourable Lettice Chetwynd has set up home after coming of age and gaining her allowance. To supplement her already generous allowance, and to break away from dependence upon her family, Lettice has established herself as a society interior designer, so her flat is decorated with a mixture of elegant antique Georgian pieces and modern Art Deco furnishings, using it as a showroom for what she can offer to her well heeled clients.
Today however we are at Glynes, the grand Georgian family seat of the Chetwynds in Wiltshire, and the home of Lettice’s parents, the presiding Viscount and Countess of Wrexham and the heir, their eldest son Leslie and his wife Arabella. Lettice is visiting her family home to broach a most delicate subject about her forthcoming wedding, a subject which has caused a scene between Lettice and her mother.
For nearly a year Lettice had been patiently awaiting the return of her then beau, Selwyn Spencely, son of the Duke of Walmsford, after being sent to Durban by his mother, Lady Zinnia in an effort to destroy their relationship which she wanted to end so that she could marry Selwyn off to his cousin, Pamela Fox-Chavers. Having been made aware by Lady Zinnia in October last year that during the course of the year, whilst Lettice had been biding her time, waiting for Selwyn’s eventual return, he had become engaged to the daughter of a Kenyan diamond mine owner whilst in Durban, Lettice had fled Lady Zinnia’s Park Lane mansion. She returned to Cavendish Mews and milled over her options over a week as she reeled from the news. Then, after that, she knew exactly what to do to resolve the issues raised by Lady Zinnia’s unwelcome news about her son. Taking extra care in her dress, she took herself off to the neighbouring upper-class London suburb of Belgravia and paid a call upon Sir John Nettleford-Hughes.
Old enough to be her father, wealthy Sir John was still a bachelor, and according to London society gossip intended to remain so, so that he might continue to enjoy his dalliances with a string of pretty chorus girls of Lettice’s age and younger. As an eligible man in a aftermath of the Great War when such men were a rare commodity, with a vast family estate in Bedfordshire, houses in Mayfair, Belgravia and Pimlico and Fontengil Park in Wiltshire, quite close to the Glynes estate belonging to her parents, Lettice’s mother, Lady Sadie, invited him as a potential suitor to her 1922 Hunt Ball, which she used as a marriage market for Lettice. Selwyn rescued Lettice from the horror of having to entertain him, and Sir John left the ball early in a disgruntled mood with a much younger partygoer. Lettice reacquainted herself with Sir John at an amusing Friday to Monday long weekend party held by Sir John and Lady Gladys Caxton at their Scottish country estate, Gossington, a baronial Art and Crafts castle near the hamlet of Kershopefoot in Cumberland. To her surprise, Lettice found Sir John’s company rather enjoyable. She then ran into him again at the Portland Gallery’s autumn show where she found him yet again to be a pleasant and attentive companion for much of the evening.
Sir John also made a proposition to her that night: he offered her his hand in marriage should she ever need it. More like a business arrangement than a marriage proposal, Sir John offered Lettice the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of his large fortune, be chatelain of all his estates and continue to have her interior design business, under the conditions that she agree to provide him with an heir, and that he be allowed to discreetly carry on his affairs in spite of their marriage vows. He even suggested that Lettice might be afforded the opportunity to have her own extra marital liaisons if she were discreet about them. Turning up unannounced on his doorstep, she agreed to his proposal after explaining that the understanding between she and Selwyn was concluded. However, in an effort to be discreet, at Lettice’s insistence, they did not make their engagement public until the new year: after the dust about Selwyn’s break of his and Lettice’s engagement settled. Sir John motored across from Fontengil Park in the days following New Year 1925 and he and Lettice announced their engagement before the Viscount and Lady Sadie the Countess, Leslie, Arabella and the Viscount’s sister Eglantyne (known by all the Chetwynd children affectionally as Aunt Egg). The announcement received somewhat awkwardly by the Viscount initially, until Lettice assured him that her choice to marry Sir John has nothing to do with undue influence or mistaken motivations, but perhaps the person most put out by the news is Aunt Egg who is not a great believer in the institution of marriage, and felt Lettice was perfectly fine as a modern unmarried woman. Lady Sadie, who Lettice thought would be thrilled by the announcement of her engagement, received the news with a somewhat muted response and she discreetly slipped away after drinking a toast to the newly engaged couple with a glass of fine champagne from the Glynes wine cellar.
Now, six months on, plans are starting to be laid for the wedding, albeit at a somewhat glacial pace. Earlier in the day, alerted to it by the sound of raised voices echoing down the corridor, the Viscount had walked into the Glynes flower room and come across Lettice and her mother arguing bitterly, before Lettice slipped away, her face awash with tears. Several weeks ago, when Lettice and Sir John were taking tea with his younger sister, Clemance Pontefract, who as a widow, has recently returned to London and set up residence in Holland Park, Lettice suggested that Clemance might help her choose her trousseau**. Thinking that Lady Sadie’s ideas will doubtless be somewhat old fashioned and conservative when it comes to commissioning evening dresses and her wedding frock, Lettice wants to engage Clemance’s smart eye and eager willingness to please Lettice as her future sister-in-law to help her pick the trousseau she really wants. Knowing that the subject would be difficult to discuss with her mother, with whom she has a somewhat fraught relationship, she decided to approach Lady Sadie face-to-face. Unsurprisingly, Lady Sadie did not take kindly to the suggestion, any more than she did the idea that Lord Bruton’s son, Gerald, Lettice’s oldest childhood chum and best friend, who designs gowns from a shop in Grosvenor Street, making Lettice’s wedding frock. In the end, Lady Sadie wouldn’t countenance the idea of Gerald making Lettice’s gown, since she felt it would be embarrassing for her youngest daughter to appear in a frock made by the son of her family friend and neighbours, Lord and Lady Bruton, as well as have Gerald as a guest at the wedding. It was this definite final pronouncement that drove Lettice away in tears. Appealing to her father to help her, being his favourite child, Lettice disclosed a secret shared with her by Sir John about his sister, indicating why she has taken such a keen interest in being involved in Lettice’s wedding plans. Clemance had a daughter born the same year as Lettice, that she and her husband lost to diphtheria when the child was twelve. Upon hearing this revelation, the Viscount agreed to talk to Lady Sadie and try and sway her to allow Clemance to be involved in the acquiring of Lettice’s trousseau, a task that is usually the preserve of the bride and her mother, but made no promises.
So, we find ourselves in the sumptuous drawing room of Glynes with its grand dimensions, high ceiling and gilt Louis and Palladian style furnishings. No matter what time of day, the room is always light and airy thanks to its large full-length windows and beautiful golden yellow Georgian wallpaper decorated in a pattern of delicate blossoms and paper lanterns which seems almost to exude warmth and golden illumination. Lady Sadie is seated in her usual seat by the fireplace, whilst the Viscount cannot settle, and walks about on the thick and ornate rug that covers the parquet floor. Between them a black japanned Eighteenth Century Chinoiserie tea table stands on which sits a silver tea service and a selection of biscuits, the latter of which remain untouched as the husband and wife argue.
“Oh, I knew you would do this Cosmo! I just knew it!” Lady Sadie admonishes the Viscount in exasperated tones from her seat in one of the gilt Louis Quinze salon chairs, part of the fine suite in the Glynes drawing room gifted to the Viscount by his father-in-law, Lord Lansdowne. She folds her arms akimbo. “I thought I had made it quite clear to you, that you had to stay strong and not make concessions to Lettice’s wishes! The easier we make it for Lettice to marry that awful, Sir John Nettleford-Hughes, the less likely our plan for a break in their engagement will be.”
The Viscount cringes at the rebuke as he paces in front of his wife.
“Are you deliberately undermining me, Cosmo?” Lady Sadie asks in shock. “Do you actually want Lettice to marry a man closer to your age than her own, and…” She shudders. “A known philanderer?”
“Of course I don’t, Sadie!” the Viscount retorts hotly, turning and staring in horror at the diminutive figure of his wife, diminished by the roomy size of her chair, her own face twisted in anger. “How can you even ask?”
“Well, I have to wonder, Cosmo.” Lady Sadie throws her hands in the air and lifts her gaze to the ornately plastered ceiling above. “Lettice has you so perfectly wound around her little finger, just like a bandalore*, ready to be brought to heel whenever she wants!”
“That’s a low thing to say, Sadie, even for you when you are at your most spiteful! I don’t want this ill-fated marriage any more than you do, but I had to concede when Lettice mentioned Mrs. Pontefract’s dead daughter. Surely, you as a mother can appreciate that?”
Lady Sadie allows her hands to fall into her lap where she twists a white, lace trimmed handkerchief between her diamond adorned fingers. She doesn’t answer immediately, and falls silent for a few moments. Tears begin to well in her blue eyes, threatening to spill. “Now it is you who is being cruel by asking me that, Cosmo.” she finally says, her voice low and her syllables as measured as her breathing as she tries to maintain her composure. “Of course I can appreciate Mrs. Pontefract’s feelings. Have you forgotten that I lost Leonard and Lydia.” A single tear escapes each eye and slowly roll down her lightly powdered cheeks.
“We, lost Leonard and Lydia.” the Viscount corrects his wife, adding grim emphasis to the first word of his sentence as he utters the names of their two stillborn children – Leonard born a year after Leslie and Lydia two years before Lionel was born. “In some ways, it was perhaps the lesser of two evils that they were stillborn. At least we didn’t have the pain of knowing them, and loving them, only to then say goodbye to them like Mrs. Pontefract had to with her daughter.”
Once again, Lady Sadie doesn’t answer.
“They were my children too, Sadie.
Lady Sadie releases a long sigh and sniffs, dabbing her eyes. “I’m sorry, Cosmo. You’re quite right. That was unfair of me. I’m just so worried that Lettice’s marriage to Sir John will go ahead, no matter what obstacles we put in her way. She’s so headstrong and determined.”
“She is that, I’ll warrant, so I don’t think you acquiescing on the matter of at least meeting Sir John’s sister, and countenancing her assistance will make too much of a difference.” the Viscount remarks. “It isn’t too much of a concession. As Lettice says, it’s not like she wants to shop for her trousseau with that silly goose Margot. Sir John is around our age, so it stands to reason that this Mrs. Pontefract would be of a similar age too. She may actually prove quite useful if you don’t fancy going up to London for whatever reason, and it also stands to reason that she can take delivery of items since she is apparently permanently residing in Holland Park rather than have them being sent to Fitzroy Square*** if you aren’t in residence. The caretakers have enough to do in our absence without taking charge of numerous packages arriving at the tradesman’s entrance, not knowing whether they are correct or not. Mrs. Pontefract can check them, and deal with the tradesmen if anything is incorrect”
“Hhhmmm…” Lady Sadie muses, her face contorting in thought as she considers her husband’s suggestion. She picks up her teacup and takes a sip of tea before continuing, “That’s actually quite a good idea, Cosmo.”
“Thank you Sadie.” the Viscount remarks, surprised at his wife’s measured praise. “I thought so. Besides, you might rather like her.”
“Oh, I do hope not, Cosmo!” Lady Sadie retorts, returning her cup to its saucer. “I hope she is every bit as odious as her brother is. It will be awful to befriend her, only to find myself stuck in an awkward situation socially when the engagement between Lettice and her brother is broken.”
“If it’s broken.” the Viscount counters, eyeing his wife. “I still think we’re on a precipice here.”
“It will break.” Lady Sadie nods curtly. “I’ll make sure of that.”
“I must confess, I do think the ruse you have set, saying you will refuse to allow Bruton’s boy to make her dress is a stroke of genius, Sadie. It will sit uncomfortably in Lettice’s craw far more than this business with Mrs. Pontefract will.”
“And you didn’t promise her that you would change my mind?” Lady Sadie asks warily as she slips the handkerchief under the cuff of her burnt orange cardigan and pushes it up into her sleeve.
“I told Lettice that she should keep on your good side by attending fittings with whomever you have selected as appropriate dressmakers.” the Viscount replies. “And I didn’t let on at all that you will eventually allow young Bruton to make it.”
“Good!” Lady Sadie replies crisply as she smooths down her tweed skirt over her knees.
“But I did have to say that I’d talk to Lord Bruton about the matter.”
“Oh no! You aren’t really going to, are you Cosmo?” Lady Sadie whines. She sighs. “Just when I thought I had an ally, I…”
The Viscount sinks down into the seat next to her and raises his hands in self-defence. “No, I’m not going to, Sadie.” He looks at her earnestly. “I can be as Machiavellian as you if I choose to be, my dear, and I’m quite capable of setting my own ruse.”
Lady Sadie screws up her nose and looks her husband up and down doubtfully as he takes up his own teacup and settles back comfortably into the gold embroidered upholstery of his own seat, smiling smugly like the cat who ate the cream.
“As it happens, I have to go and see Bruton about some business in the village raised by those wittering Evans sisters.” He says, referring to the two elderly genteel gossipy spinster sisters who live in Holland House, a Seventeenth Century manor house, in Glynes village. “Geraldine Evans has a bee in her bonnet**** over the parcel of land next to their home owned by Bruton. That rumour that he’s going to sell it has raised its ugly head in the village.”
“Oh not again!” Lady Sadie opines.
“Yes again.”
“How many times must the poor Brutons be subjected to the indignity of idle village gossip, not least of all from the Evans sisters, who perpetrate so much of it in the first place?”
“My thoughts precisely, my dear Sadie. Anyway, Geraldine Evans wants me to find out if there is any truth to it, and if there is, to put in a good word for her, as she wants to buy it directly from him. So, if I am to go over to Bruton Hall for no real conceivable reason, as it will simply be whispered gossip and rumours again, at least Lettice will think I am helping her sway the making of her wedding frock.”
“Bravo Cosmo!” Lady Sadie claps her hands. “I’m sorry I doubted you. Perhaps you can be as Machiavellian as me when you wish.”
“Now, what’s all this, anyway?” the Viscount nods at a pretty oval gilt and enamel jewellery casket with a hinged lid with a diamond necklace spilling from it and a pearl bracelet and a matching pair of pearl earrings in front of it. “Why is your jewellery box down here?”
“Ahh…” Lady Sadie purrs. “After Lettice’s and my spat this morning, I not long ago thought of another ruse to add an additional fly to her wedding planning ointment. As a Chetwynd, she will want to wear the Wrexham Tiara for her wedding.”
“Well, that’s under lock and key with our coronets and other valuables for the Season at Lloyds***** up in London.”
“I know, but Lettice will want to wear it. Lally wore it for her wedding, so Lettice will want to follow suit. We must be firm about this, Cosmo.”
“About what, Sadie?”
“We must make excuses not to fetch it from the bank.” Sadie explains. “She doesn’t know it’s there.”
“How do you know this?”
“Ward, came across Lettice snooping through my wardrobes yesterday when I was down in the village and she all but admitted to her that she was looking for it.”
“And Ward didn’t tell her that it was in London?”
“No, she simply said that it wasn’t in the house at present. She’s the cleverest lady’s maid I’ve ever had! So, if she is looking to wear the Wrexham Tiara for her wedding, we must use it, or rather its absence, as an excuse to stall Lettice’s wedding plans and allow more time to pass.”
“And what if Sir John just goes and has a new one made for Lettice. We have both remarked before, that Sir John Nettleford-Hughes is richer than Croesus******. He can well afford to have a tiara made to rival the Crown Jewels.”
“Believe me, Cosmo, Sir John can offer Lettice the most beautiful tiara studded in diamonds, but she won’t countenance wearing it.” Lady Sadie shakes her head as she picks up her cup and sips some more of her tea. She smiles to herself before going on. “And we have you, to thank for that.”
“Me, Sadie?”
“You, Cosmo.” Lady Sadie acknowledges her husband with a sage nod. “You taught Lettice to appreciate our family history and lineage. Anything Sir John comes up with for her will be new, and I suspect more likely to be vulgar and showy, rather like that awful and German,” She sniffs in disgust. “How tasteless,” She sniffs again. “Motorcar he tears up and down our quiet country lanes in. The Wrexham Tiara with its emeralds from India, diamonds from Africa and pearls gifted to the first Viscount by King Charles II is so steeped in history that she won’t want to not wear it.”
“And how pray, Sadie, do you propose that we delay producing the blasted thing?”
“Language, Cosmo!” Lady Sadie chides.
“Oh, to hell with my language, infernal woman!” the Viscount barks back as his temper starts to fray. “We can’t lie to Lettice and say that we’ve lost it, or I certainly can’t, even if you can! Besides, she’s too smart for that. She won’t believe it if we tell her it’s lost.”
“Calm yourself, Cosmo.” Sadie replies, putting her cup down again and gesticulating for her husband to breathe. “You’re quite correct, Lettice is too smart to fall for such a clumsy lie. However, she will believe me when she finally gets up the courage to ask me, which,” She raises he diamond ring adorned right index finger. “I guarantee won’t be until after we have gone to every court dressmaker on my list, if she really does want to keep on my good side, that I’m having the Wrexham Tiara repaired for her wedding – having the stones cleaned and reset or some such.” She flits her hand about distractedly. “That takes time. The more time that passes, the more the sheen of this newly minted engagement will tarnish. It’s already starting to happen.”
“And how do you know that, Sadie?”
“Oh, just through little things, Cosmo.” Lady Sadie replies with an air of mystery and superiority. “Lettice doesn’t speak of Sir John in quite such glowing terms anymore,” She releases a satisfied sigh through her flared nostrils. “And the fact that a date for their nuptials has yet to be set, and the banns******* have not been announced, suggests the novelty of deliberately trying to upset Lady Zinnia is wearing thin and being replaced by the truth of her situation, engaged to that man. Lettice is having second thoughts. Trust me.”
“I suppose I must do just that,” the Viscount sighs as he gazes down upon the jewellery on the round Georgian mahogany table between them. “Although I still question your certainty about it all.”
Lady Sadie smiles and reaches out across the table, in front of a vase of her golden yellow roses and squeezes her husband’s forearm encouragingly. “Feelings were never your strong suit, Cosmo, but they are mine.” She assures him. “Call it women’s intuition.”
Lady Sadie sits back again and begins toying with the pearl bracelet on the tabletop.
“In the meantime, should I need to placate our youngest child, I shall do so with some of the jewellery I wore at our wedding, as a sort of,” She screws up her nose again. “Good will gesture, so as not to give away my true feelings about her marriage plans.”
“Let’s hope this elaborate ruse of yours works, my dear.” the Viscount acquiesces.
“Do you remember our wedding day?” Lady Sadie asks, picking up one of the pearl earrings in her hand.
“How could I forget it, Sadie my dear.” He reaches out and tenderly takes the earring, rolling the creamy sphere around in his palm, before giving it back to his wife by dropping it back into her open palm. “In spite of the fact that I was so nervous, standing there at the altar in the Glynes village chapel, waiting for you, it was one of the most precious days of my life.”
“Oh Cosmo!” Lady Sadie gasps, her voice cracking with emotion, as once again tears fill her eyes. “You sentimental old fool.”
“Thank goodness Peregrine Leighton-Jones was there at my side as my best man, keeping me calm and steadfast.” the Viscount goes on.
“Ahh yes! Good old Pere! I still miss him.” Lady Sadie sighs wistfully. “Another victim of that wretched Great War I still fail to see the point of.”
“I kept wondering whether you would ever arrive. I had almost convinced myself at one stage as I stood there, that you were going to elope with Pere.”
“What do mean, Cosmo?”
“I had convinced myself that the time of your arrival at the chapel would come and go, the guests would disperse, I’d go back to Glynes with my parents and Pere. Then Pere would make his excuses and leave, and the next thing I’d hear about either of you was that he’s whisked you off to Gretna Green********.”
Lady Sadie bursts out laughing loudly, the joyful sound, a rarity for her, surprising the Viscount as the emanation permeated the atmosphere around them. “What a ridiculous notion. Cosmo! Why on earth would you have imagined, firstly that I would ever elope, and secondly, I would elope with Pere, your best friend and best man of all people?”
“Well, I mean, I’ve never been the most handsome of men, let’s be honest, Sadie, certainly not when you compared me next to Pere. Pere was far better looking than me with his handlebar moustache********* and smart military uniform. I was simply the Viscount’s heir, the country squire’s son grown rich and pudgy off the fat of the Glynes estate. And I’m sure I wasn’t the most chivalrous of the two of us either. I’ve never been able to completely control my temper.” He snorts. “I still can’t, blast my eye**********!”
“Language, Cosmo!” Sadie quips again.
“See!” the Viscount mutters, putting his arms out pleadingly to his wife sitting opposite him. “And Pere was far smarter than me.”
“Oh no he wasn’t, Cosmo. I may agree with you that he might have cut a more dashing figure than you in his Life Guards’*********** uniform, and his manner may have been less gruff and more polished than yours, but you were always smarter than Pere. Pere’s father paid one thousand guineas************ to purchase him a commission in the Household Cavalry************* you know?”
“No, I didn’t know.”
“Oh yes. He did. So, I say again, he wasn’t anywhere near as smart as you were, Cosmo.”
“Well, he was certainly wittier and more urbane with his wonderful world travelling exploits, compared to bucolic me, who has always been more at ease on the estate talking to farmers than in a London ballroom trying to make small talk with pretty young debutantes like you, Sadie. Eglantyne was the one who inherited the ability to move through society with ease, not me.”
“Well, Pere may have been more worldly, but he never stood a chance against you, Cosmo. I wanted a husband who was stable, and even though he was charming, and knew how to sweep me off my feet with a grand and romantic gesture, I always knew Pere had a wandering eye, and when the eye wanders, the romance ceases. I did try to warn Evelyn about him when she announced her engagement to Pere, but she didn’t listen, much to her later regret. Pere would have broken my heart, over and over again, had I married him, just as he did Evelyn’s. But you, Cosmo,” Sadie drops the earring back on the table and reaches out and clasps her husband’s bigger weathered right hand between her smaller, soft white ones and rubs it in an intimate and comforting gesture that makes him smile. “The furthest your eye would ever stray, would be to the nearest head of Hereford************** at the County Cattle Show.”
“How romantic you make me sound, Sadie.” the Viscount mutters dryly.
“Oh, don’t be an old fool, Cosmo.” Sadie says, rubbing his hands more vigorously in a show of solidarity with him. “I don’t mean it to sound quite like that. I wanted a full time husband, not a philanderer, someone I could love with all my heart and grow old with, someone I could trust implicitly. Pere would never have been any of those things. Did I not turn up at the church at the correct time, and walk down that aisle towards you?”
“You did, Sadie.” the Viscount agrees with a snort of derision at his own foolishness, a smile breaking across his face, lightening it, as he looks across at his wife. “And you were a vision in white satin and lace. I couldn’t believe my luck. At moments like these, I sometimes still can’t quite believe it.”
“Even after all these years of marriage?”
The Viscount nods.
“My father was determined that no cost should be spared for my wedding gown,” Lady Sadie muses. “So, my mother commissioned Worth*************** to make it for me. I know it was frowned upon when I smiled walking up the aisle****************, but I just couldn’t help myself. I was a beautiful bride in the wedding gown of my dreams, marrying the man I knew I would be happy to spend the rest of my life with. Pere would have broken my heart, but as we know Cosmo, you always do the right thing.”
“I Cosmo, Fredrick, Clarence, George, James Chetwynd, take thee, Alexandrina, Sarah*****************, Elizabeth, Grace Lansdowne to be my lawfully wedded wife.”
“Goodness how I hate my first name!” Lady Sadie scoffs, rolling her eyes as she speaks. “I’ve never liked it. It’s so… so…”
“Pompous?” the Viscount chuckles.
“I was going to say old-fashioned,” Lady Sadie chuckles good-naturedly as she corrects her husband. “But yes, it is rather pompous too. Of course that’s hardly surprising, considering my father made an art form out of pomposity. Naming me after Queen Victoria****************** was more than an act of patriotism for him. It was his way to make me more noble than our esteemed and long lineage already made me.”
“He always made me feel inferior against every other suitor of yours.” the Viscount shook his head. “The dull and unworldly Viscount’s son from Wiltshire who couldn’t dance…”
“He was right about that.” Lady Sadie confesses with a chuckle. “You dance like an elephant with two left feet.”
The Viscount chuckles too before going on, “And who had no witty repartee. Another reason why I was certain that you were going to marry Pere.”
“No, Cosmo. There was never any question in my mind. Left feet or not, you were always the one for me. I would have eloped with you if you’d asked me to.” She smiles and squeezes the Viscount’s hand between her own. “But it wouldn’t have been right, and you always do what is right. And in the end, between us, we wore my father down and we didn’t have to. Instead we did it properly, before all the people we loved.” She sighs happily. “To have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer,”
“Luckily you haven’t been subjected to the latter, my dear Sadie.”
“In sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; and I promise to be faithful to thee until death do us part.”
*A bandalore is a toy with an automatically winding cord by which it is brought back to the hand when thrown, and is the archaic term for what we know today as a yo-yo. Yo-yos were introduced to England during the late Eighteenth Century, coinciding with their popularity in France and other parts of Europe. They were known as "bandalores" or "quizzes" in England. A painting of Prince George IV (later King George IV) playing with a yo-yo further popularized the toy in the fashionable circles of England.
**A trousseau refers to the wardrobe and belongings of a bride, including her wedding dress or similar clothing such as day and evening dresses.
***Fitzroy Square is a Georgian square in London, England. It is the only one in the central London area known as Fitzrovia. The square is one of the area's main features, this once led to the surrounding district to be known as Fitzroy Square or Fitzroy Town[1] and latterly as Fitzrovia, though the nearby Fitzroy Tavern is thought to have had as much influence on the name as Fitzroy Square.
****The idiom "to have a bee in your bonnet" means to be overly preoccupied or obsessive about something, constantly talking or thinking about it. The phrase dates back to the early Sixteenth Century, with early mentions of "head full of bees". The addition of "bonnet" evolved later, possibly relating to the large bonnet worn by beekeepers.
*****The origins of Lloyds Bank date from 1765, when button maker John Taylor and Quaker iron producer and dealer Sampson Lloyd set up a private banking business in Dale End, Birmingham. The first branch office opened in Oldbury, some six miles west of Birmingham, in 1864. The association with the Taylor family ended in 1852 and, in 1865, Lloyds & Co. converted into a joint-stock company known as Lloyds Banking Company Ltd. Through a series of mergers, including Cunliffe, Brooks in 1900, the Wilts. and Dorset Bank in 1914 and, by far the largest, the Capital and Counties Bank in 1918, Lloyds emerged to become one of the "Big Four" clearing banks in the United Kingdom. By 1923, Lloyds Bank had made some fifty takeovers, one of which was the last private firm to issue its own banknotes—Fox, Fowler and Company of Wellington, Somerset. Lloyds merged with the Trustee Savings Bank in 1995 and operated as Lloyds TSB Bank plc from 1999 to 2013. In January 2009, it became a key subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group following the acquisition of HBOS by Lloyds TSB Group. The bank's operational headquarters are in London, with additional offices in Wales and Scotland, and it also manages office complexes, brand headquarters, and data centres in Birmingham, Yorkshire, Leeds, Sheffield, Halifax, and Wolverhampton.
******The idiom “richer than Croesus” means very wealthy. This term alludes to Croesus, the legendary King of Lydia and supposedly the richest man on earth. The simile was first recorded in English in 1577.
*******The banns of marriage is a public announcement made in a church, especially in the United Kingdom, that two people are going to get married in their local parish church.
********Gretna Green is a parish in the southern council area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, close to the town of Gretna, on the Scottish side of the English-Scottish border. Gretna's principal claim to fame arose in 1753 when an Act of Parliament, Lord Hardwicke's Marriage Act, was passed in England, which provided that consent to the marriage had to be given by the parents if both parties were not at least 21 years old. The romantic Scots did not adopt this law and the handfasting ceremonies (as they were known) continued. When knowledge of this difference reached the ears of the young lovers from over the border in England, it wasn’t long before they began eloping to marry in Gretna. The blacksmith in Gretna was authorised to conduct the wedding, simply because anyone in Scotland could conduct a handfasting ceremony. It just happened that in Gretna Green the first building over the border was a blacksmiths’ smithy. Weddings took place in the workshop, while the blacksmith and his men continued their work. The first notable ‘Blacksmith Priest’, Joseph Paisley was not a blacksmith but adopted this title and since then all these marriage men inherited the title of ‘Blacksmith Priest’.
*********Handlebar moustaches, particularly lengthy and upwardly curved, were favoured by military figures in the Victorian era, and were seen as a symbol of strength and discipline.
**********Blast my eye(s) or blast your eye(s) is an old fashioned English slang term, often used by the upper-classes as an exclamation of irritation, impatience or annoyance.
***********The Life Guards is the most senior regiment of the British Army and part of the Royal Household Cavalry, along with The Blues and Royals.
************The guinea was a coin, minted in Great Britain between 1663 and 1814, that contained approximately one-quarter of an ounce of gold. The name came from the Guinea region in West Africa, from where much of the gold used to make the coins was sourced. It was the first English machine-struck gold coin, originally representing a value of twenty shillings in sterling specie, equal to one pound, but rises in the price of gold relative to silver caused the value of the guinea to increase, at times to as high as thirty shillings. From 1717 to 1816, its value was officially fixed at twenty-one shillings. After the guinea coin ceased to circulate, the guinea continued in use as a unit of account worth twenty-one shillings (£1.05 in decimalised currency). The guinea had an aristocratic overtone, so professional fees, and prices of land, horses, art, bespoke tailoring, furniture, white goods and other "luxury" items were often quoted in guineas until a couple of years after decimalisation in 1971. The guinea was used in a similar way in Australia until that country converted to decimal currency in 1966, after which it became worth $2.10.
************Before the Great War, it was common for upper-class boys to receive military training from a young age, while lower-class boys typically wouldn't have access to such training. It was very difficult and expansive to get into military academies. You needed money and connections, which the lower classes of society typically didn't have. And without being trained in a military academy, it would be very difficult to become an officer. British society was also very classist, elitist and hierarchical. Upper-class people were traditionally thought to be naturally better suited for leadership positions in all sectors of society, including the military. That's why upper-class men typically served as officers, while it was very difficult for lower-class men to be anything other than rank and file soldiers. This was actually one of the major criticisms about how the British Army handled World War I, and that's why you didn't see as many people with titles among the top brass in the British Army in the Second World War. Up until 1871, the purchase of officer commissions in the British Army was a common practice through most of its history.
*************The Hereford is a British breed of beef cattle originally from Herefordshire in the West Midlands of England. It was the result of selective breeding from the mid-eighteenth century by a few families in Herefordshire, beginning some decades before the noted work of Robert Bakewell.
**************Charles Frederick Worth was an English fashion designer who founded the House of Worth, one of the foremost fashion houses of the Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries. He is considered by many fashion historians to be the father of haute couture. Worth is also credited with revolutionising the business of fashion. Established in Paris in 1858, his fashion salon soon attracted European royalty, and where they led monied society followed. An innovative designer, he adapted 19th-century dress to make it more suited to everyday life, with some changes said to be at the request of his most prestigious client Empress Eugénie. He was the first to replace the fashion dolls with live models in order to promote his garments to clients, and to sew branded labels into his clothing; almost all clients visited his salon for a consultation and fitting – thereby turning the House of Worth into a society meeting point. By the end of his career, his fashion house employed over one thousand two hundred people and its impact on fashion taste was far-reaching.
***************In the Victorian era, it was generally frowned upon for brides to smile during the church ceremony. This was a reflection of broader societal attitudes towards facial expressions, particularly for women. Smiles, especially broad or "vulgar" smiles, were often seen as frivolous or even inappropriate for a serious occasion like a wedding, which was meant to convey solemnity and respect. Additionally, the notion of a "serene" or "tranquil" expression, particularly for women, was highly valued, symbolizing femininity and grace.
****************The diminutive of Sarah is Sadie, and that is where Lady Sadie gets her name from.
*****************Queen Victoria’s real name was Alexandrina Victoria after one of her godparents, Tsar Alexander I of Russia, and Victoria after her mother, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, who became the Duchess of Kent when she married Prince Edward, Duke of Kent. Additional names proposed by her parents – Georgina, Georgiana, Charlotte and Augusta, were dropped on the instructions of the then Prince Regent, later George IV.
This detail of a grand Georgian interior may appear like something out of a historical stately country house, but it is in fact part of my 1:12 miniatures collection and includes items I have collected as an adult, as well as one that was especially made for me.
Fun things to look for in this tableau include:
The gilt Louis Quatorze chairs and the gilded Regency swan legged table are made by the high-end miniature furniture maker, Bespaq.
The beautiful gold and bronze decorated black chinoiserie screen in the background is a very special 1:12 miniature screen created especially for me, and there is no other like it anywhere else in the world. It was handmade and decorated over a twelve month period for me as a Christmas gift two years ago by miniature artisan Tim Sidford as a thanks for the handmade Christmas baubles I make him every year. Tim’s miniature works are truly amazing! You can see some of his handmade decorated interiors using upcycled Playmobil, found objects and 1:12 miniatures here: www.flickr.com/photos/timsidford/albums/72157624010136051/
On the table, Lady Sadie’s jewellery casket is in reality an Eighteenth Century miniature trinket made of gold and enamel. It is so dainty. The lid opens and one could store something incredibly small in it (like a handful of diamond chips), and there is a loop (hidden at the back) which allows it to be strung upon a chain. I picked this piece up from an antique dealer in London many years ago. Lady Sadie’s jewellery is also not all that appears, well some of it is. Lady Sadie’s sparking “diamond” necklace is made of tiny strung faceted silver beads. It came as part of an artisan jewellery box from a specialist doll house supplier when I was a teenager. The pearls on the other hand are all real seed pearls, and the bracelet is strung on strands of silk.
Also, on the table stands a Limoges miniature vase featuring a blue flower. Stamped on its base with a green Limoges stamp, it dates from the 1950s. The yellow roses are made by Beautifully Handmade Miniatures in Kettering. The gilt edged floral teacups and saucers come from a miniatures specialist stockist on E-Bay.
The silver tea set and biscuit barrel in the foreground has been made with great attention to detail, and comes from Warwick Miniatures in Ireland, who are well known for the quality and detail applied to their pieces. The wonderful selection of biscuits on offer were also made by Beautifully Handmade Miniatures in Kettering.
Jacob (RYAN GOSLING) brings Hannah (EMMA STONE) to his house and she quizzes him on his dating practices
I love it!
Ruth's Quiz 4, Question 2 of 6 – Munich is located at about the same latitude as:
a. Seattle
b. Denver
c. Key West
Ich bin froh, hier zu sein !
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Octoberfest – 2019SEP22 – Ruth's Quiz 4 Introduction:
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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!
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The art of flag throwing dates to medieval guilds (principally in Italy, Germany and Flanders): a guild's banner or flag was considered a symbol of purity, and as such not allowed to touch the ground; two major categories of flag throwing are classical and acrobatic
Ruth's Quiz 3, Question 6 of 6 – What do Munich people call their state in their language?
a. Bavaria
b. Bayern
c. Black Forest
Das Fahnenschwingen (auch Fahnenschwenken oder Fahnenspiel, nicht aber Fahnenschlag) ist ein alter Volkssport, bei dem Personen kurze und mit einem schweren Handgriff versehene Fahnen in verschiedene kunstvolle Schwingungen versetzen, die Fahnen hochwerfen und wieder auffangen; in der Schweiz ist das Fahnenschwingen ein Teil der klassischen Volksfeste
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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!
Still going strong - the Rover 2000TC.
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These are the collection of my cubes. They are from three different brands, Rubik’s, V-cubes and Eastsheen Cubes.
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Beautiful ornamented horses pull wagons
Ruth's Quiz 3, Question 2 of 6 – Which of the following is a Munich brew?
a. Heineken
b. Hacker-Pschorr Bräu
c. Kronenbourg
Augustiner-Bräu Pferde
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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!
Jacob (RYAN GOSLING) brings Hannah (EMMA STONE) to his house and she quizzes him on his dating practices
day three-hundred-and-thirty-eight.
i'm so uninspired lately.
actually, i don't think it's necessarily that i'm uninspired, more so that i'm lacking in time greatly.
though tomorrow is my last day of the mini-mester. which means the final is tomorrow. as of now i'm making a 4.0 in the class, which i'm ecstatic about because i was so nervous that taking this class would cause me to loose my 4.0, so far so good, though. we'll see how tomorrow goes.
i just finished all the quizzes and practice tests/practice final.
but i haven't got the chance to strictly look over my notes as i would like to.
i've been working on math for two weeks straight. i never want to see a math equation again. so glad it's almost over.
Jacob (RYAN GOSLING) brings Hannah (EMMA STONE) to his house and she quizzes him on his dating practices
Manpreet Singh connects the dots in history, his smart attire and proud demeanor mark his place in the world.
Ignorant of their rich heritage and blinded by peer pressure, most of his friends had their hair shorn. This is a story much too familiar across the plains of Punjab. After much deliberation it was decided that there is a dire need to initiate baby steps. Catch 'em young, instil pride in their glorious heritage and foster excellence in every endeavor they undertake. Basic courses in scriptures, history and nature study followed by quizzes were initiated at the village level. Not surprisingly, within weeks the kids enjoyed a major improvement in grades at school. Shastar Vidya (Sikh martial art training) has contributed to enhanced agility. Every morning finds 15 or more excited youngsters queueing outside Baba Swarnjit Singh's door to have their dumalas (turbans) tied.
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If you're a fan of movies (and who isn't?), check out this weekly quiz from TBO.com called "Movie Midpoints." We show you the middle frames of three different movies, and you get to guess the titles. Plus, we've archived all of our previous "Midpoints" quizzes - so guess away.
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Small Dutch collectors card.
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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
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).
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.
Here we are then in July and the trip for this cool summer evening was DennisTrident, ALX400, number 505 (T505 SSG), one of twelve Tridents Lothian has for the City Sight Seeing tours.
A very friendly and welcoming group braced the wind on the open-top upper deck for a pleasant journey where socialising and general catching up of all the latest bus news was shared until the return at 10pm. A most enjoyable evening.
On parade...
Ruth's Quiz 1, Question 3 of 6 –The Theresienwiese of the Oktoberfest is named after:
a. Princess Therese of Sax-Hildburghausen
b. the city of Wiesbaden
c. a popular Bavarian expression, “There’s a weasel!”
Am Sonntag ziehen traditionell Trachten- und Schützengruppen aus vielen Regionen Bayerns und dem ganzen Land nach dem Wiesn-Start durch die Münchner Innenstadt zur Theresienwiese
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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!
On the 1st of May, fifty three year old Leyland Leopard bus 101 (YSG 101)
made a come back through the streets of the Capital, reliving some of its
cherished days on the old routes of Services 1, 16 and 45.
This was the first summer outing for the Edinburgh Transport Group and
everyone was hugely grateful to Douglas Scoular for bringing out his prize
possession for the evening which saw drivers Brian Melrose and Ross Scoular
take to the wheel for the excursion which welcomed a full load on board.
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 (£15 per annum) 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).
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.
The Quad
The University of Sydney
Camperdown, New South Wales
A new year, a new semester and a new beginning! I am sure the excitement will be short-lived, especially when assignments and quizzes start to pile up. Construction of the Quadrangle began in 1854, it had four sides by 1926, and was completed in the 1960s after several stages of development. It comprises the Great Hall, Faculty of Arts office and the Nicholson Museum (wikipedia). It is also listed as a tourist attraction and sees its share of tourist everyday. I highly recommend it! I walk through the quad to and from classes everyday and it never fails to amaze me. It is as if one has traveled back into time as he/she enters these gates. Anyways, got to get back to getting some assignment done! I will snap another photo when the Jacaranda tree blooms (which is the close to the end of the year). Enjoy and until next time!
1 exp shot, LEE's GND 0.3 (Hard) filter and edited in Lightroom.
Comments and constructive criticisms are appreciated!
Twenty holes laced tight,
he stomps through halls like a king—
detention awaits.
"Anarchy!" his shirt cries loud,
while he grades last week's quizzes.
Enjoy this photography so add me on Facebook and see other like this! - www.facebook.com/mobmatheus =D
Mounted police start the procession
Ruth's Quiz 1, Question 1 of 6 – On the one single busiest day, the Octoberfest hosts:
a. ten thousand visitors
b. a hundred thousand visitors
c. a million visitors
Hoch zu Ross – Reiterstaffel der Polizei – wirklich eindrucksvoll sind sportlichere Gespanne, die um das Oktoberfest ihre Runden drehen, die Beamten der Reiterstaffel München geben mit ihren vierbeinigen Begleitern ein mindestens ebenso tolles Bild ab; Pferde- und Reitausrüstung wird von der Stadt München gestellt
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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!
Thirty years of research into teaching in physics and other sciences shows that the traditional lecture is inferior to a student-student interaction approach in developing a conceptual and analytical understanding of course material.
[1] Summary of some of the research and discussion of two approaches.
[2] Peer Instruction (including the use of "clickers" for classroom voting) and
[3] Just-in-Time Teaching (through LMS pre-class quizzes) -- that Trent University has been using for several years.
Slavin suggests clickers are successful pedagogically, cost effective, and more enjoyable for students and the instructor than the conventional lecture.
References Cited:
1. R. R. Hake, Am. J. Phys. 66, 64-74 (1998).
2. E. Mazur, Peer Instruction, Addison Wesley, 1997.
3. G. M. Novak, E. T. Patterson, A. D. Gavrin, and W. Christian, Just-In-Time Teaching, Addison Wesley, 1999.
weekend is here finally! =D
Next week will be kinda busy =/
I've got lots of quizzes, and essays to submit!
May God be with me =')
This is Joori, My niece, she's only 7 =)
View in B&W!
one one one.
today was hell day for the week! I had three quizzes/tests back-to-back.
can't wait till june.
World's largest costume parade!
Ruth's Quiz 1, Question 6 of 6 – What is the famous Glockenspiel in Munich?
a. a nickname for the Olympic grounds
b. a musical clock
c. a famous tavern
Trachtenvereine und Musikgruppen kamen zusammen und marschierten durch die Stadt in Richtung Theresienwiese
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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!
Hey guys! Its Jack here again, this time with a MAJOR update on my custom LEGO F6F Hellcat. I mainly redesigned the aft section of the fuselage in its entire, along with incorporating a better tail-wheel folding mechanism and approximating the rear stabilizers more accurately. I think it's certainly an improvement, and I have to of course thank Ryan Short for constructively critiquing my previous variant of this aircraft, stating that the notable "spine" on the rear needed to be more pronounced.
In other news, though, I do have to once again apologize for my inactivity... for over a month I haven't posted anything! I am very sorry about that; see, over the last few weeks I just haven't found any time whatsoever to photograph my MOCs on the weekdays, or even the weekends. I've been starting a Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program in my high school I attend, so I've been really busy learning the ropes with that -- as well as, of course, having multiple tests, quizzes and other assessments hit me hard too. I thank every one of you for your patience, though. This weekend I've managed to open up, and I have been busy building here and there.. and I think you'll like what I've got in store (;. Good to be back though, and, whether you fave, comment or even just view my material, I thank you all dearly! It means more than words can describe for me, honestly.
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
I'm here to see the festively decorated wagons, impressive horses, historic costume groups, hunting clubs, bands, and flag wavers parade through Munich's city center
Ruth's Quiz 1, Question 4 of 6 – What are the official colors of the Octoberfest?
a. black/yellow
b. black/yellow/red
c. blue/white
Die aufwendig geschmückten Kutschen der Wiesn-Brauereien mit ihren stattlichen Braurössern sind ein beliebtes Fotomotiv sowohl bei Touristen als auch bei Einheimischen
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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...
________________________________________________
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!
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day three-hundred-and-thirty-seven. marginal consciousness.
today was dedicated to college algebra. fourteen+ quizzes/tests to take. and my final on friday.
can't wait until this is over.
i'm spent.
My second round from 24ft back with a .40cal, 36" blowgun using metal 4" spear tip darts. The green are the spear tip, the 4 red are standard competition darts.
My first 'shot' was what I thought was a light blow toward the curtain in front of our entertainment center about 10ft away. Yeah I know DUH... but seriously I thought it would be much more difficult and figured it would bounce off the thick material. Nope....stuck the bugger right into the DVD player, right into the ventilation grill! What a complete moron!
Next we dug out the old horsehair dart board and propped it in the corner about 15ft away. I had only assembled about 10 darts, and it was getting late so I shot a few rounds and he shot a few rounds...I out shot him by far that first night. It was late and we decided to try again the next day.
We decided we needed more distance, and the weather was still crappy enough to not want to play outside. (besides I wanted to get a grip on it before having to deal with more variables like wind). From one side of the living room straight down the hall, we can get 25ft comfortably. We hung the board and started in. My first round wasn't bad, but I learned the slight difference in the shape of the dart tip made a bid difference on how it flew. The daughter came out of hiding to try her hand and then the hubby took his turn. Round one we didn't count, practice and such... round two was for bragging rights.
Here you see my round two grouping...not too bad if I do say so myself. Notice the absence of theirs? He out shot me by 4 darts, and she smack on bulls-eyed and came way too close a second time. It's funny how we all picked up on it with relative ease...so far that is...
(for those following my online class, sitting at 89% after first 2 quizzes...11 more quizzes, and 4 writing assignments to go)
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 - 299/365
Like a turning head
Like a second look
Like a burning leaf of an open book,
Like a pounding sea
Like a messy crime
When your eyes first met with mine
Today I only went to school half day, it was warmer out today, but windy in the afternoon. I painted more of my painting and took two quizzes that I wasn't particularly ready for. Oops, haha.
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