This is the somewhat older, but not oldest, version of 1960’s French heart-throb Alain Delon… I didn’t find a date for this photo, but he lived from 1935-2024.
In his 1950s-60s films, he was deservedly considered one of the most handsome men in the world.
Yes…. Automakers always swore they didn’t copy each other…
But then explain how fins grew on so many American cars, taller each year from 1955-59… (Though on the BelAir they shrank in ’58) and by ’60 or ’61, all disappeared.
The ’59 Cadillac my neighbor drove in the 1980s had outrageous fins, with multiple tail lights; my Dad’s ’61 (his first Cadillac, after a decade of swearing Buicks forever) had none.
I’m pretty sure that I’ve written here before about my brother’s adventure… I guess I should say non– adventure… with sea monkeys.
He ordered some in the early days of their existence… I didn’t think they were even called sea monkeys yet. We were excited. We weren’t allowed a dog or a cat… but you could train these little creatures to obey commands!
They didn’t come with that plastic container it looks like you get now… You were supposed to use a fishbowl. We didn’t have a fishbowl… I think we used a mayonnaise jar.
We all made sure to follow all the other instructions, though.
Eggs, food, whatever went in the water… we waited, and we checked on them… and we waited… and we checked on them…..
And eventually, my mother threw out the jar of dirty water, though we complained. But I don’t think after a couple of months, they were still going to hatch.
Budd Company, of Philadelphia.
RDC = Rail Diesel Car
They were self-propelled passenger and passenger/commodity railcars; basically 3 main variations, they were a bugger to maintain properly. All the history and background can be found here in Wikipedia:
Wow… I didn’t recognize this guy. He doesn’t quite look like Pete, the Disney villain, who often has a peg-leg..
But I tracked him down! Okay, not him, exactly, cos I didn’t hear him named…
But he’s the villain, or at least, the leader of the outlaw gang, in a 1932 Bosko cartoon called “Ride Him, Bosko!”
Not only was I unfamiliar with Bosko.. the ending is…. well…. you just might have to see for yourself. I couldn’t believe it.
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“Lassie’s busy right now. (Hubba Hubba!) – Call someone else, Timmy.”
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Know the guy on the left.
I was going to download it to search… but that’s when I get to see the file name.
Most of them say just “Screen shot” or “image”and maybe a string of meaningless letters and numbers…
But this one tells
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I don’t know who this Plastic Man character is…. But once again, he looks like a head on the end of a hose.
No logo, publisher, magazine title….
DC has a Plastic Man…. but I didn’t know whether they’re the same guy
Yes; that’s him.
Yeah, the hair and glasses match.
And the same overweight sidekick who never changes his colorful clothes. 😉
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Oops… Forgot to post last night…
This is the somewhat older, but not oldest, version of 1960’s French heart-throb Alain Delon… I didn’t find a date for this photo, but he lived from 1935-2024.
In his 1950s-60s films, he was deservedly considered one of the most handsome men in the world.
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Galapagos.
Marine Iguana
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Chevy Bel Air… a classic among classics.
The coming of the fins…
Yes…. Automakers always swore they didn’t copy each other…
But then explain how fins grew on so many American cars, taller each year from 1955-59… (Though on the BelAir they shrank in ’58) and by ’60 or ’61, all disappeared.
The ’59 Cadillac my neighbor drove in the 1980s had outrageous fins, with multiple tail lights; my Dad’s ’61 (his first Cadillac, after a decade of swearing Buicks forever) had none.
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I’m pretty sure that I’ve written here before about my brother’s adventure… I guess I should say non– adventure… with sea monkeys.
He ordered some in the early days of their existence… I didn’t think they were even called sea monkeys yet. We were excited. We weren’t allowed a dog or a cat… but you could train these little creatures to obey commands!
They didn’t come with that plastic container it looks like you get now… You were supposed to use a fishbowl. We didn’t have a fishbowl… I think we used a mayonnaise jar.
We all made sure to follow all the other instructions, though.
Eggs, food, whatever went in the water… we waited, and we checked on them… and we waited… and we checked on them…..
And eventually, my mother threw out the jar of dirty water, though we complained. But I don’t think after a couple of months, they were still going to hatch.
Sigh….
Preying on little kids is so heartless!
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“You have my attention, even though I’m still half asleep.”
The canine version of Plastic Man.
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Spirited Away. Except there the water wasn’t frozen.
Ahha, pair of BUDD™ RDC-1s, having just travelled through a track scanner…
Well, that’s in English, so presumably you know what it means, and it describes this train…. so I’ll give it a like.
LOL
Budd Company, of Philadelphia.
RDC = Rail Diesel Car
They were self-propelled passenger and passenger/commodity railcars; basically 3 main variations, they were a bugger to maintain properly. All the history and background can be found here in Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budd_Rail_Diesel_Car
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Is that Bull’s Eye?
Wow… I didn’t recognize this guy. He doesn’t quite look like Pete, the Disney villain, who often has a peg-leg..
But I tracked him down! Okay, not him, exactly, cos I didn’t hear him named…
But he’s the villain, or at least, the leader of the outlaw gang, in a 1932 Bosko cartoon called “Ride Him, Bosko!”
Not only was I unfamiliar with Bosko.. the ending is…. well…. you just might have to see for yourself. I couldn’t believe it.
Didn’t anybody watch the ending?
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Run!!
Or is that “Swim!!”?
Did he just eat that marine iguana?
I kinda think I’d rather not know ….
I thought we only had to worry about sharks!
Sorø Abbey Church Organ, Sorø, Denmark.
Bunny in a bag, for Bunday.
Saffron-crowned Tanager – Habitat, the northern Andes.