10-04-2014, 02:46 PM | #376 |
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10-04-2014, 03:29 PM | #378 |
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Judging by the number of military 'Top Brass' chaps in that photo, it was probably considered to be a viable project at the time.
Anyway, here's a couple more: The photos, taken from various British trade and business-to-business media titles including Motorcycle News, Speed & Power Magazine and Nursing Times, document Britons trying to invent the next big thing. Gyr King, founding director of Easyart, said the collection is a "hidden gem of British social history". He added: "The vast majority of these images have remained unseen for several decades and shine a light on the extraordinary inventions, machines, people, places and events in Britain's past." |
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One must remember to wear proper attire when taking one's fancy fucking boat out of one's fancy fucking boat.
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I guess the military wasn't buying though because it was offered to the common rabble as a kit, in the sixties.
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I'd almost forgotten about the gas turbine powered Rover car. I remember seeing it in the London Science Museum during a childhood visit. It appears that it is still on display. Science Museum Blog Rover gas turbine car JET 1, 1950 |
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But the furriners are gaining ground, only a few hundred metres away: (I understand there is a Lambo showroom in the area.) Last edited by Scriveyn; 10-05-2014 at 08:55 AM. Reason: Lambo |
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10-05-2014, 09:27 AM | #383 |
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I'd druther have the Rover if it was modernized and reliable. But I'm afraid going anywhere would be as complicated as taking the Stanley Steamer, after snipping the balls off the moths.
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This reminds me:
A couple months ago I had occasion to use the old joke "Have you ever smelled mothballs?" Of course, the guy said "Oh, yeah." And then I issued the punch line "How'd you get their legs apart?", and the guy says "Huh?". I said "Their legs, how'd you get 'em apart?", and he shakes his head and goes "Do whut now?". I had to draw him a picture (almost literally).
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That Sony pic was taken only seconds before the tree branch snapped, and he plummeted 40 feet to a spine snapping death.
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10-15-2014, 04:21 PM | #388 |
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Cellar, meet 'Marley The Ridiculously Photogenic Pup'.
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Obviously a publicity shot. I think it was for the mayor's push to vaccinate New Yorkers against Smallpox, which had reared it's ugly head.
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