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Oooops! Caught by the camera being overtly feminine on the bed. A break for a pink maid and well deserved !
Back in my "Designing Women" days twenty years ago or so.
I just adored the women on that show especially the lovely tall blonde Charlene played by Jean Smart. Back when I was still figuring out who and what I wanted to be, LOL.
It took me a while to develop my own sense of style, back in this period around 2000 there was a lot of copycat dressing and emulation going on. It would take a couple more years before I really broke out.
These days I pretty much go my own way😋
This week we are going back nine years to 2015 and to EV 86 in Howth village. The bus is operating a service on route 31 to Dublin city centre.
CIE took over the operation of route 31 from the GNRI in 1958. For many years the route terminated behind the church in the background. Around 1975, certain departures on the route operated to and from Howth Summit, and in 2005 that became the primary terminus for the route. The route ceased to operate in 2021 when it was directly replaced by route H3 under Bus Connects.
EV 86 was new to Dublin Bus in 2008 and it is still in service. It has always operated out of Clontarf Depot,
05/04/2015
This week we are going back thirteen years to 2009 and RV 586 in Drumcondra on route 116. The 116 is one of those peak-hour only routes that has a complicated (and confusing) history. It started in 1999 running between Whitechurch and the city centre, using the new Stillorgan Quality Bus Corridor. From then it started to expand, with variations serving different places and using different routings. From 2000 one of those variations was Clonskea to DCU (Dublin City University) in Whitehall. This lasted until around 2010. Now the 116 only operates once more between Whitechurch and the city centre.
RV 586 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1999. It was withdrawn in October 2012 and sold on to another Irish operator.
08/04/2009
This week is a short hop back eight years to 2015 and to VG 17 on O'Connell Street. The bus is operating a service on route 140. This route started running in February 2008, initially between St. Margaret's Road in Finglas and Wilton Terrace. Whereas the traditional 40 routes went via the estates of Finglas and Drumcondra, the 140 went via the Finglas Road and Phibsboro, providing a more direct and quicker service. In October 2009 it was extended at its northern end to the new IKEA store. Under Network Direct in December 2011, it replaced the southside part of route 128, with its terminus being moved to Palmerston Park in Rathmines.
Like route 140, VG 17 was also new to Dublin Bus in 2008. It is still in service today.
The bus has an ad on its side for the fifth Mission : Impossible film, Rogue Nation. Currently the seventh film in the series is being shown in cinemas, Dead Reckoning Part One.
14/07/2015
In my opinion the original Ferrari Dino is one of the most beautiful cars ever made especially the Spyder version in yellow. It feels like I just finished this yesterday, but it's been over two years. Kind of funny how time flies and a wide eyed sophomore in high school is now finished with his first year of college and forever a changed man. So here's to honoring the past, eagerly awaiting the future, but appreciating today. Today is a gift, hence the word present.
1939 Zephyr, split rear windows
Every year on the third Saturday of August the Mid-State Cruizers Car Club hosts our annual Car Show At The Atascadero Lake Park.
Matched HELM SD40-2's are seen passing under the B&O signal bridge at Great Cacapon, WV. These signals were ripped down within the following year.
This week we are going back six years to 2016 and AV 378 on Collins Avenue with a service on route 31D to DCU. Route 31D started in October 2016, along with the 42D and 70D. These three routes operated one return trip Monday-Friday during college term time. The 42D ran from Portmarnock via Malahide and the 70D from Dunboyne via Cabra. The 31D ran from Baldoyle and went via Raheny, Killester and Collins Avenue. In May 2022 it ceased to operate when Bus Connects introduced new route N4 along Collins Avenue, and passengers from Baldoyle could travel by H1 or H2 to meet the N4 in Killester.
AV 378 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2004. It was withdrawn in 2018 and sold on to another operator in the United Kingdom.
01/11/2016
This week we are only going back a short four-year hop to 2018 but to a sight that did not last very long. Go-Ahead Ireland 11562 is seen on Sheriff Street operating one of the many papal shuttles that operated from around the city to the World Meeting of Families in the Phoenix Park. For this event, most of the shuttle services were operated by Dublin Bus. Translink Metro (from Belfast) operated one from M3 Parkway to Fairyhouse and Go-Ahead Ireland operated this shuttle to Dublin docklands. This was the first service to be operated by Go-Ahead Ireland in Dublin, as route 175 did not start until September 2018, and the first routes from Dublin Bus did not transfer over until October 2018.
The buses used that day were in the new Transport for Ireland livery that was due to roll out across the country. However, when the 175 started in September, the buses had received a yellow front following feedback from disability groups. That version of the livery was replaced in 2021 by a new yellow and green livery.
11562 was delivered new to Go-Ahead Ireland in 2018. It was part of a batch bought new for the tender it had one, rather than part of the SG batch that transferred over from Dublin Bus.
Although the number of participants at the papal mass in the Phoenix Park were not as high as expected, a very large public transport operation successfully took place that day.
26/08/2018
pattern and buttons that wouldn't feel out of place in the 1970's :)
149.365.2014/1245 days in a row
This week's Throwback Thursday can also be seen as part of Provincial Past too. 1996 finds Dublin Bus P 34 at Bus Aras about to depart with a service to Kells for Bus Eireann. This DAF Plaxton Verde was delivered to Dublin Bus in 1993 to help convert route 39 to CitySwift status. In 1998 it was repainted into the new core Dublin Bus livery but spent its final few years with Dublin Bus in City Imp livery. In 2003 it was withdrawn by Dublin Bus and officially transferred to Bus Eireann, where it joined the school fleet. It spent its final years operating out of Galway and was withdrawn and scrapped around 2014.
Bus Eireann still operate to Kells today with route 109.
It was not uncommon up to the early 2000s for Dublin Bus to lend vehicles to Bus Eireann to help out at busy times or to trial different bus types. This picture also demonstrates what was common practice at Bus Aras for many decades - buses reversed into the stands, and passengers had to walk the length of the bus to board. In more recent times this has been reversed, with buses facing inwards at the stands.
15/03/1996
Provincial Past can be found here: flic.kr/s/aHsmKxn1JE
Who doesn't love rummaging through old photo boxes full of memories that were made long before our time? Seeing our parents or grandparents as young couples and lovers, full of hope and promises?
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Photo from the Costică Acsinte Archive (flic.kr/p/yCXnCJ)
This week we are only going back eight years to AV 364 on route 120 to Ashtown Station. The bus is seen crossing Reilly's Bridge over the Royal Canal. This bridge dates to the 1790s, and provided bit of a bottle-neck on the Ratoath Road in more recent times. Not only was this a narrow hump-bridge, but behind the bus was a level crossing over the Dublin to Sligo railway line. In 2013 construction started on a new, wider, bridge that went over the railway line and canal, just to the east of this location. When it opened in 2015, the level crossing and the 18th Century bridge closed to traffic, and the 120 used the new bridge.
Route 120 itself started in 1993 as a City Imp route to Ratoath Road, using mini-buses. In 2004 it was extended to Ashtown Station (the actual stop being a small distance from the station), and around this time double-decker buses started to replace the minibuses on the route. In 2011, certain morning and evening departures were extended to Ballsbridge.
AV 364 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2004. It was withdrawn in 2018, and sold on to an operator in the UK.
24/03/2014
Circa early 2009. Follower of Argentaros and another of the seven mysterious Quntaino, the beings hatched from the keystone eggs on Terra Nui.
A throwback much in the same vein as Snimurai a few weeks ago -- in some ways simpler, but I liked the use of the glow-in-the-dark armor, such as on the chest.
I can't believe this was taken 15 years ago. It's been my icon pic since I signed up to Flickr. I asked Paul to take it of me in my Auntie and Uncles pool as I had imagined this kind of image for ages. I tried to spread my dreads out so it would look like I was floating which of course I was!
Reckon I look pretty damn happy. I think I can be that damn happy right now too. Always good to find some self inspiration. Have a happy day everyone xx