Annelise Forbes is a 9-year-old girl from Ontario, Canada. She hasn’t had any formal singing lessons yet, but she loves it so much that she records a Christmas album for her family each year, with the help of her Uncle Jesse. (No word on whether or not Jesse’s backing band is the Rippers.) This year, one of her selections was Idina Menzel’s showcase number from Frozen, “Let It Go.”
Its a good thing not everyone choose the accordion ā Ted š
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Iām disappointed in you !!!
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Alba Parietti (born 2 July 1961 in Turin, Piedmont) is an Italian film actress, television presenter, and entertainer.
Her career began in 1977 with an appearance in the play, The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde. Although she did appear on television as early as 1975, her first role in a major picture was in 1983 with Sapore di Mare. She has since performed in many other films, including the 1991 comedy Abbronzatissimi, in the role of Aurora.
In 1992, she co-hosted the Sanremo Music Festival with Pippo Baudo.
Text from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Monte Carlo rally has ended in uproar over the disqualification of the British cars expected to fill the first four places. The first four to cross the finishing line were Timo Makinen (Finland) driving a British Motor Corporation Mini-Cooper, followed by Roger Clark (Ford Lotus Cortina), and Rauno Aaltonen and Paddy Hopkirk, both also driving BMC Minis. But they were all ruled out of the prizes – with six other British cars for alleged infringements of complex regulations about the way their headlights dipped.
The official winner was announced as Pauli Toivonen, a Finn who lives in Paris, driving a Citroen. BMC and Ford have lodged protests but even if they are upheld, the reputation of the rally has been severely dented. After the race, a British official said: "This will be the end of the Monte Carlo rally. Britain is certain to withdraw." Timo Makinen said: "None of us dreamed that the stewards would turn the results upside down – and for such a stupid reason."
This will be the end of the Monte Carlo rally
British team spokesman
The British cars were disqualified because they used non-dipping single filament quartz iodine bulbs in their headlamps, in place of the standard double filament dipping glass bulbs, which are fitted to the series production version of each model sold to the public. According to new rules introduced at the end of last year, any car entering the rally must come off a standard production line, with at least 5,000 cars being built to a similar specification.
The British cars were equipped with standard headlamps – but the only way of dipping them was to switch to non-standard fog lamps. Richard Shepherd, from the BMC, said: "There is nothing new about the lights at all. They have been used in our rallies, on rally cars, including the Monte for two years now and we’ve had no trouble at all in the past."
The confusion arose because the rally organisers initially said the race would be run under the old rules – and only announced the switch after entries had been accepted. The BMC says it spent Ā£10,000 on preparing for the Monte Carlo rally – and is now considering withdrawing from next year’s race.
In Context
The British teams’ protest to the race organisers was rejected. They boycotted the official farewell dinner held at the International Sporting Club. Prince Rainier of Monaco showed his anger at the disqualifications by leaving the rally before attending the prize-giving which he had always done in previous years.On 13 October 1966, the supreme motor racing and rally tribunal upheld the disqualifications. The Federation Internationale de l’Automobile in Paris said the iodine quartz headlights fitted on the British cars were not standard.
The Citroen declared the official winner, which had similar lamps, was approved because the bulbs were fitted as standard on some models. Pauli Toivonen never drove for Citroen again. In 1986, his son Henri won the Monte Carlo rally.
Text from BBCās On This Day
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Ski is a citrus soda made from real orange and lemon juices, manufactured by the Double Cola Company.
History
Combining the powerful tastes of oranges and lemons, Double Cola Companyās citrus drink, Ski, was formulated in 1956. The soda contains natural flavorings to create a soft drink with a strong, natural citrus taste. Ski was trademarked in 1958.
Diet Ski was introduced in 1986 to enhance the sales of regular Ski.
Ten years later, in 1996, Cherry Ski was introduced giving Ski drinkers an even greater citrus drink choice.
In 2009, Ski underwent a package redesign. A new slogan was introduced, āReal Lemon. Real Orange. Real Good.ā Along with the new graphics, Diet Ski was reformulated with Splenda. Cherry Ski was re-branded as Ski InfraRED.
Help Needed
I need your help visitors, both in suggesting sodas and soft drinks from around the world and in giving your opinion on the ones presented if you know the product. And you can start with giving your opinion on the ones posted already or reading what other visitors have written ā Ted
List of Soft drinks and sodas posted already
Visitors soft drinks and sodas suggestions and comments
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From the 33rd edition of āXXth Century Health And Pleasure Resorts Of Europeā published in 1933
āDO NOTSā FOR AMERICANS
AND OTHER VISITORS
DO NOT say "We have heard all this before". Of course you have, but others have not.
DO NOT allow the unfavourable exchange to deter you from travelling abroad. An equivalent reduction in the terms offered by hotels compensates largely for the difference.
DO NOT sit at home and mope. Get away somewhere. If you cannot afford a hotel de luxe, you will find plenty of inexpensive hotels in our lists.
DO NOT hesitate to ask for what you want. Hotel proprietors are only too pleased to know what even the few may find lacking in their arrangements. Anything wanted should however be asked for on arrival (not when the staff has retired for the night).
DO NOT start for the Continent without a small amount of the currency of the country you intend landing in. You will require this immediately on arriving for porters, taxis, etc.
DO NOT expect baths to be included in terms quoted. They are always an "extra" on the Continent unless arranged for or where bathroom is "attached".
DO NOT expect to find soap in your bedroom on the Continent. It is seldom supplied
DO NOT do the cinematograph kind of travelling, viz., getting in and out of so many places in a given time. It is fagging, expensive and you get no more knowledge of the place and the people than you would at a picture palace.
DO NOT omit to label your luggage on the Continent. A strong label bearing name and destination should be attached to each piece of luggage.
DO NOT confuse Genoa (in Italian" Genova") with Geneva, Lausanne with Lucerne, or St. Maurice with St. Moritz. Quite recently a case was brought to our notice of Americans who had landed in Marseilles finding themselves in Geneva instead of Genoa, the mistake not being discovered until the morning after their arrival.
DO NOT reserve rooms unless you intend paying for them. Travellers are sometimes diverted from their original plans by fellow-travellers or touts. It is the duty of anyone who has reserved a room to pay for it, or to give 24 hours notice of non-arrival. Slackness in this respect may cause an obliging hotel-keeper considerable loss.
DO NOT attempt housekeeping abroad if you do not speak the language of the Country. It is cheaper and more comfortable to settle down in a family pension and be free from the worries of domestic responsibilities.
DO NOT give any further tips, when a percentage for service is charged on the bill, except for extra or outside services. To do so is to stultify the system, and to cause extra expense to future travellers.
DO NOT ask to see the Place occupied by President Wilson or the" American Member" when visiting the League of Nations.
DO NOT speak of the natives of the country you happen to be in as" foreigners." You yourself are the foreigner.
DO NOT start on a journey without knowing what you want. Sport, climatic conditions, scenery sight-seeing, rest, pleasure, cures, are all obtainable on the Continent, but anyone not knowing what he wants can easily hit upon places in no way suitable to his requirements.
DO NOT consider yourself entitled to your room until the hour of departure if leaving in the evening. Hotel proprietors may be (and generally are) obliging in regard to this, but legally rooms belong to the visitor till mid-day only.
DO NOT if you can help it, choose the height of the season for your holiday, unless circumstances oblige you to do so. The majority of places are most attractive during Spring, early Summer and Autumn. Popular Continental sea-bathing resorts are decidedly more suitable for English and Americans during June and the early part of July. Climbers are of course obliged to stick to the Summer months, but are able to avoid the crowd by seeking the high altitudes and more remote resorts. Sporting skiers prefer late January and February when the sunshine and daylight are prolonged and the snow frequently deeper and more reliable.
DO NOT start for a fashionable Winter Sport hotel without evening dress unless you wish to attend the fancy dress balls only.
DO NOT let your ignorance of languages give you any anxiety. It is very rare that you will find any hotel where someone does not speak English, and in main railway stations there are always plenty of officials or other passengers to help you out of a difficulty.
DO NOT grumble at regulations (for motorists or others). It is more courteous to accept graciously the laws of the country where you are the foreigner.
DO NOT neglect precautions on glaciers or minor ascents. The majority of so-called mountaineering accidents have occurred where it would be considered absurd to take a guide. Under certain conditions even grass slopes can be dangerous to anyone losing their hold.
DO NOT start for the mountains without substantial boots. You will very soon be confined to your hotel if you do.
DO NOT expect "attentive service" after 10 p. m. The eight hours bill and abolition of tips have had their influence on hotel regulations in this respect.
DO NOT allow yourself to be wheedled by touts Into night sightseeing in Marseilles or other large towns. If you wish to go in for anything of this kind, ask the hotel proprietor to supply a competent guide.
DO NOT take more hand-luggage in the carriage than you can carry. It is inconvenient and will cost you quite as much for porters at stations as the registrations.
DO NOT economise space in luggage. It is better to have one superfluous item of luggage than to have difficulty in re-packing after each stop. An extra suit-case also facilitates a division of luggage for overnight stay.
DO NOT play bridge in hotels or local clubs without expecting your own estimation of your powers to be reduced in the opinion of others by 75 per cent. If you want to make friends do not play too well to start with, but gradually improve, seemingly under the kind tuition of the others, and, whenever you make a mistake, do not quote the Portland Club for it.
DO NOT imagine that you can walk up the Jungfrau before breakfast when you see it on arriving at Interlaken. Distances and heights are deceptive in Switzerland.
DO NOT be too confident about displaying yourself on the Continental bathing beach until you have assured yourself that you are not knock-kneed or suffering from obesity or other physical imperfection. On some beaches official interference with the display of figures not reaching a certain standard of attractiveness is known to exist.
DO NOT rebuff the advances of fellow-travellers who wish to be sociable. You gain nothing and risk losing much by so doing.
DO NOT travel without the "Travellers’ Pocket Reference." It contains in a condensed form the information given in our larger publications and will be sent free of charge to anyone mentioning this book.
DO NOT ignore the advice given in our pages. It is the fruit of experience.
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From āVictorian Inventionsā by Leonard De Vries published by American Heritage Press in 1972
An unusual vehicle has recently been observed in the streets of Paris: a complete, mobile printing-press! The rear wheels of the tricycle have rims to which solid rubber tyres have been secured with strong, elastic bands: on its outer circumference, each tyre carries embossed printing-types enabling all sorts of short advertisements to be composed. A tank behind the driver’s seat feeds the printing ink through a tube to rubber rollers in continuous contact with the rear wheels. Between these inking-rollers a rotating fan, driven from the wheels, blows a downward stream of air on to the street to free it from dust. In this way, the advertisement is printed on a clean background to make it legible for a prolonged period of time.
Iāve worked in the advertising business for years myself so I know there is nothing those people wouldnāt do to get the message home, so this contraption comes as no surprise to me ā Ted
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WordPress has a simple shortcode that places a music player right into your posts and thanks to some friendly e-mail coaching from Russ at Russ & Gary’s "The Best Years of Music" I am now able to use this code as you can see. If you are in any way interested in music from the days they knew how to make it their blog is a goldmine of sweet sound ā Ted
From now on Iāll give you a little taste of my 3500+ records every now and then. Suggestions might be accepted if I should happen to have the track you want to hear ā Ted
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I shouldn’t think this gallery needs much in the way of text at all āTed
Images found at Agence Eureka ā A marvellous site crammed with old printed matter.
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SHEāLL LOVE YOU FOR āEM
Here is the nite time garment inspired by the fashions of the palaces of the near East, where often hundreds of women compete to attract one man.
YOUāLL LOVE HER IN āEM
Just notice how the soft lace of the top caresses her bare shoulders, softly encloses to conceal yet reveal. Then watch how the harem pants fall in sheer curves and folds from the hips to the ankles, teasingly caressing the thighs with each little movement, ever revealing startling new aspects of charms. Made of nylon in sheer bewitching black or daring, fiery, filmy red. Only $6.95. Shipped In plain wrapper. State bust and waist size. Send no money. Order C.O.D. and pay postman on delivery plus postage. Save by sending payment. We pay postage.
Smoothee Co., Dept. PH-87, Lynbrook. N.Y.
Ad published in Whisper, March, 1960
Found at modernmechanix
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A masquerading model, a pot of murky makeup and London got a royal ribbing.
By HANS HOBEL
She looked divine under any lightāthat dark, coppery skin she has . . .ā The gentleman sighed reminiscently and toyed with the handle of his umbrella.āYes . . .ā His companion nodded. āShe was beautifully built, yāknow. LegsāāāDid youāā The first gentleman expressed shock.
āHardly. Couldnāt imagine trying. Itāsāwell, itās seldom you meet someone soāhow shall I sayāregal in the true sense of the word.ā
āAt any rate, sheās no longer with us, the princess. Pity,ā Umbrella said. Both speculated silently for a moment where the princess could have gone.
āBack to Morocco, probably, eh?ā said the other at last, and then the two gentlemen said goodbye and headed their separate ways into the London fog.
Each bore a āSirā in front of his name, each was on his way to a society gathering, and both were going, before the night was over, to hear the story that will have Londonās posh Mayfair district alternately blushing and rocking with laughter for the rest of 1959.
London society misses Her Royal Highness Princess Stomar Hāarriks of Morocco. It may not come right out and say so, but it does. Even though the toothsome royal goody turned out to be an ex-Folies Bergere girl, Pamela Marks by nameāMrs. Marks, that is, the wife of a popular British glamor photographer.The princessā jet-black, shoulder-long hair was actually a wig, and it rested on a very pretty blonde head āand a clever one, too; Mrs. Marks manages a London magazine.
The chocolate sultryness came out of a jar and took two hours each time to apply. āI had to be careful to work it into the poresāā the glamour-puss said and, she added, there were moments when she feared the gooey stuff might rub off on a dancing partnerās boiled shirtfront.
The idea was born during a performance of āMy Fair Ladyāāthe scene where speech expert Professor Henry Higgins succeeds in passing off his pupil, Eliza Doolittle, a former Cockney flower girl, as a bona-fide lady. Our Pamela had been posing as a Moroccan girl for her husband. Said a friend, seeing a picture, āLetās see if we can put it overājust like Eliza.ā – They did.
Londonās elite is used to strange names; people had no difficulty at all with Pamās unpronounceable mouthful of pseudonym. Her first appearance was a smashing success and demands for encores began to fill the mailbox. She carried off the role beautifully.
It wasnāt easy. First, there was the business of the makeup. If putting it on was a chore, removing it after each appearance was worse. Three baths it took, āā and I had to scrub very hard. I sometimes got quite sore.ā
The wig was a major headache. The thing didnāt want to stay on, and her attempts to keep it from settling rakishly over one eye probably played no small part in making for a stately and regal carriage.
But Princess Stomar Hāarriks worst moments by far occurred each time a dark-skinned gentleman in robes rustled overāany Mid-Easterner could have been a Moroccan, and how was a girl to know how the men dressed?
The denouement, when it came, wasnāt that exciting at all. No sheik or sultan recognized in the princess a runaway from the harem; no deposed king thought he espied a one-time playmate.It just happened that a family friend of the Marksā showed up at one of the parties.
And called Pamela by name.
So, she answered. ā¢ ā¢ ā¢
Text and images from an article published in Whisper, Nov, 1959 ā Found at modernmechanix
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The charmer in the fancy hose is Laura Melton, who works for a transit company in Chicago, as a "coin checker". When the drivers turn in the day’s receipts, along with their own tally slip, Laura verifies the count. She then puts the various denomination coins into paper rolls and bundles the paper money. It isn’t quite as hard as it sounds, for the coins are sorted automatically by a machine, then rolled.
Read the whole article and see the naughty pictures HERE
Warning: Nudity do occur in this article. If you are under age or live in a country where watching images of nude women for some reason is against the law I take no responsibility if you click the link above. In other words youāre flying solo from here on ā Ted š
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WTF! Even aliens play the accordion ā Ted š¦
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Did you know Queen Elizabeth served as a car mechanics during WW II ā Ted
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Even the most music interested among us can sometimes get lost in all the different labels music journalists and record companies choose to put on recordings.
The 11 thorough well written articles in āThe Rock Primerā takes us through the most important of the different categories in popular music in the period 1945 ā 1980.
The categories are:
Rock & Roll, Folk & Blues, Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Country, British Beat, California Sun, Dylan and after, Reggae, Punk and The seventies.
Hereās the āDylan and afterā article
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All posts material: āSauceā and āGentlemanās Relishā by Ronnie Barker – Hodder & Stoughton in 1977
The Rhubarb Tart
| Newly-Wed: | Have you got a dish two feet long and four inches wide?" |
| Shopkeeper: | What for, madam? |
| Newly-Wed: | I want to make a rhubarb tart." |
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When scooter boom begun after WW2, in the countries behind the iron curtain some attempts have been made to build such vehicles, too. In 1952 in WFM (Warsaw Motorcycle Factory) construction office a small division was created in order to design a simple two-seated scooter, based on parts of motorcycles 
which were already produced in this time. In 1955-1956 three prototypes were tested: Å»uk (āThe Beetleā), BÄ
k (āThe Bumble-Beeā) and Osa (āThe Waspā). Their main creators were: Krzysztof Brun, Jerzy Jankowski and Tadeusz Mathia. The power unit they had chosen was S-06 engine, mounted at the different angle then in motorcycle (cylinder was in horizontal position). The best of three prototypes was Osa, and this design was chosen to be developed. After some changes (e.g. handheld engine starter was replaced with a foot operated starter) the first trial series of scooters was made in February 1959. Mass production of M-50 model started in May.
Osa was a comfortable scooter due to a good design and big wheels (14ādiameter) and it was selling very well, even though it was quite expensive; the price was 17 000 zloty. Some users complained about the seat length ā it was a bit short for two persons ā and the size of the fuel tank. Some others found it confusing to have brake on the left side and gear change lever on the right side. Still, Osa was the only Polish scooter in this time and it was getting more and more popular. It was succesful in sport, too. In 1959 the WFM rider MirosÅaw Malec came seventh in Tatra International Rally, riding Osa scooter very similar to production units. In two next years Osa scooters with 175cc engines took part in many international events. They had gained a good opinion and soon Polish scooters started to be exported. In 1962 a new model was introduced, M-52, with bigger engine and air blower unit. Osa production ended in 1965, when WFM factory was merged with another company and its scooter division was closed. From 1959 to 1965 about 25 000 units of Osa scooter were built (both models, M-50 and M-52).
Text from Vintage Motorbikes
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ā¦you canāt stand there fiddling with your gun with a lovely woman like that to keep your hands occupied.
Image found at worshipping beauty from a safe distance
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Shemekia Copeland (born April 10, 1979) is an American electric blues vocalist.
Career
Copeland was born in Harlem, New York City, United States. She is the daughter of Texas blues guitarist and singer Johnny Copeland. She began to pursue a singing career in earnest at age 16, when her father’s health began to decline; he took Shemekia on tour as his opening act, which helped establish her name on the blues circuit. Copeland graduated in 1997 from Teaneck High School in Teaneck, New Jersey.
She landed a recording contract with Alligator Records, which issued her debut album, Turn the Heat Up! in 1998, following it up with a tour of the blues festival circuit in America and Europe. Her second album, Wicked, was released in 2000 and featured a duet with one of her heroes, Ruth Brown. It earned her three Blues Music Awards.
The follow-up record, Talking to Strangers, was produced by Dr. John, and in 2005 she released The Soul Truth, produced by Steve Cropper.
In 2008, Copeland signed with Telarc International, and released her first album, Never Going Back with that label in February 2009. She won the "Rising Star – Blues Artist" in Down Beat magazine’s critics poll announced in the December 2009 issue.
Copeland participated in the Efes Pilsen Blues Festival in 2009. On June 12, 2011 at the 2011 Chicago Blues Festival, Copeland was presented Koko Taylor‘s crown, and officially given the honor as the new "Queen of the Blues" by Koko Taylor’s daughter, Cookie Taylor.
In 2013, Copeland was nominated for a Blues Music Award in the Contemporary Blues Female Artist’ category.
Text from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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