Got my driving license late in my life - who needed one, anyway?
I had calculated that I could drive an awful lot in taxis for the price of a car - and I did!
Anyway - my first car was my wives used Peugeot 205. Cute and very feminine!!!
After a couple of years in that, life became funnier: A...
In UK and the rest of Europe it's called a cravat - Ascot is a racing track! For horses!!!
(Same thing - different names) :)
By the way - this picture from today is a scarf - in the best RAF tradition - used as a cravat.
In many ways much easier and more comfortable than the "real" cravats...
I can understand why Slapton Sands were hushed up. And a very good reason it was too!
If I had been "the spin doctor" to Winston Churchill back then, I would have suggested that we went out - full blast - with the story:"Well they tried - and we beat them!"
"Better luck next time, Adolf!"
"We...
Sold on ebay for £114,00. Well, it's a nice mug. Good for drinking you morning tea from.
I know. I have one like it. Different maker though. (And mine only cost me £28.00)
This one was EMPIRE WARE - and it was made in 1941.
But what is it that kicks up these prices? Besides the auction itself...
I can tell you that Fidel Castro doesn't believe in changing the time either!
When we were in Cuba some years ago, we were constantly one hour late to everything the first three days, because we set our zulu plus one hour time directly to Cuban. We thought. But nobody told us, that in Cuba they...
But why all the secrecy? Let's jus say: If it was a german raid - and they were thrown back into the sea, wouldn't it be good, morale boosting news?
Why keep it under lid? And for so long?
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