dms59.bsky.social
Alienated by the scent of Musk. Flaneur, haunter of Art Galleries, love watching paint dry in Arthouse films, countryside conservationist, Birkbeck History of Ideas MA, progressive, radical, European.
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I remember it happening. I started to remember news stories in 1967/8 like Six Day War, Invasion of Czechoslovakia, Apollo and that when I was 8.
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Sickening.
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Colours must be overdue for a revival, the reds, yellows, oranges, blues and greens of the 70s and 80s. I’ve noticed a few of late.
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I remember seeing it, being intrigued by why it was much talked about but not actually reading it.
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I went on it in 1972 when it already seemed very ancient even though it was still in regular BR service only 7 years earlier. Now 53 years have passed!
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A good six more volumes to come, no doubt. Reminds me that I’ve yet to read books 4-5 of the Barchester Chronicles.
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Intuiting your way!
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As I suspected, I see the primary aim was to protect the wearer from STDs rather than as a contraceptive.
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Luckily we still have ours and it’s baking as an official warm spot. You can make a cup of tea too.
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Nor EVIIR, GVR to name but a few other royals. Churchill and Boris Johnson would also be excluded.
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I went there in 1982 so I don’t remember much about it, only that it is beautiful. I stayed in the YH and took the train up to Kyle and Thurso to pass through the spectacular landscape. I guess a return to Kyle and back in a day should be doable. It’s the more impressive rail trip.
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My sons have already done their bit in the Airforce section of the CCF. They got to fire real guns and did lots of drill. I don’t think they will want to be drafted into Starmer’s Army, thank you.
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Behind the driver on the diesel multiple unit was fun too as long as they kept the blinds up.
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That or overlooking the bonnet to the left of the driver if you had to sit downstairs on a LT Green RT in 1960s. Lots of interesting noises and gear changes.
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With Elvis Presley and George II as case studies!
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Yes, the University library in 1978 with the only hint of technological innovation being the plastic punch hole cards to gain access.
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Age defying views, 65 and a ‘very bad idea’ view. Why do the old want to kill the young?
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When I visit my 92 year old mother I always use the extra stair rail installed for my later father. Her stairs are lethal, although once they were mine too.
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You’re correct of course but I’m 65 and I find the inability of the NHS to use up to date tech very frustrating. They tend to use a mixture of technologies, letter, text, telephone, all at once. When they ring from a ward phone extension, modern phones block the call.
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When I first went in 1982 I was conscious that the previous two generations got caught up in wars when they were my age.
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I didn’t know it was on a different date to the UK, a week later but only occasionally coinciding with the late lamented common Whit Monday. Bad weather seems to be a constant!
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Only for the rich, the rest of us had to make do with the long wobbly walk to the buffet car to buy a cup of tea and a good old BR sandwich and then walk back trying not to spill everything.
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Sounds a bit too much like “Back to Basics” where politicians with dodgy personal lives get all moralistic with the rest of us.