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Ivan Seeking said:
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Upvoted but I'm also peeved.
I'm British so not privy to all these " before they married POTUS" pictures.
 
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A GF and then me doing iFLY. I have done A LOT of dating and iFLY has been my most successful dating idea. It's a blast.

Two people in red flight suits and helmets floating horizontally in an indoor wind tunnel, with the iFLY logo and a partly covered web address on the wall behind them.

Person in a red and black iFLY flight suit and blue helmet with goggles and a red face mask, arms outstretched, floating in an indoor wind tunnel with a second instructor in red below.



If you've never seen it, check this out!
 
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Main Street
Deadwood, South Dakota, 1877
I could have a relative in this photo. My family homesteaded much of this area.
Black and white photo of a dirt main street in a hillside mining town with wooden storefronts, horse-drawn wagons, and a man in a hat standing in the road. Signs read BANK, WYOMING STORE and LIQUOR DEALERS.
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
Deadwood, South Dakota, 1877
I could have a relative in this photo. My family homesteaded much of this area.
They or some of their descendants probably rode the Deadwood Central Railroad (bottom of the postcard below) which ran between Deadwood and Lead.

Hand-colored vintage postcard titled 'A Tier of Railroads, in Lead, S.D.' showing three levels: a steam train on a high trestle at top, a green electric streetcar crossing a mid-level bridge, and a green electric streetcar in the foreground below.
 
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Same part of the world- Oldham looking towards Manchester c.o. Katie

Dark silhouettes of floodlight masts, bare trees and a perimeter fence against an orange and grey sunset sky with streaked clouds.
 
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My version

Dusk sky with purple and pink clouds over a dark flat field, with bare silhouetted trees and tall floodlight poles on the right.
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
A GF and then me doing iFLY. I have done A LOT of dating and iFLY has been my most successful dating idea. It's a blast.

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If you've never seen it, check this out!

Thought I recognised it, you posted that 27.1.23. I never forget an interesting dating idea!
 
New Years Eve at Cleveland's West Side Market:

Meat counter display with handwritten price tags for exotic meats: Ostrich Stew Meat $7.99, Camel Roast, Camel Back Steaks, Emu Round Steaks $31.99 lb, Venison Back Steaks, Venison Stew Meat $15.99 lb.


From right: venison, emu, camel, ostrich, kangaroo.
 
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Andy Resnick said:
New Years Eve at Cleveland's West Side Market:

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From right: venison, emu, camel, ostrich, kangaroo.
I tried emu once. The first few bites tasted okay but it quickly became unappealing. The more I ate the less I liked it.
 
pinball1970 said:
Thought I recognised it, you posted that 27.1.23. I never forget an interesting dating idea!
Haha, yes, I had forgotten I posted those. I was just randomly grabbing a few favorite photos. It really is a kick and the women love it. Every time I go I think about getting serious about it and training to do the crazy stuff. But it is a bit of a drive so I end up not doing it. I have done it enough that I have good control but haven't tried shooting up 40 feet yet! I'm afraid if I go up that high I might be afraid to come down. LOL! The pros shoot up and then hang from the top. It makes me nervous just watching them do that. Plus, you quickly notice that all the pros are extremely thin. I wonder if a heavier person can do as much. I'm not sure they have the fan speed for that.

A few years ago I repeated a date I had when I was 16 - my first real date almost 50 years ago. We went and saw a LASER show done to Pink Floyd. My current date was much younger than me but she was totally into Floyd. Who would have thought that in the 2020s, young people would be playing Pink Floyd on vinyl and in LASER shows? And it was still a great date!
 
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Today's failed attempt at a Spanish Omelette; just Potatos, Onions:
Photo of a white plate with a partly eaten scrambled-looking dish of sliced potato, onion and egg, with a fork resting on the plate.


Fell appart, supposed to be firm.
 
BillTre said:
Andy Rooney!
Without makeup, though.
 
Golden and silver snake with open red-eyed mouth coiled among gold coins, lotus flowers and lanterns, with the text HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025 on a circular plaque.

Chinese New Year. Wednesday, January 29, 2025
 
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WWGD said:
He looks familiar. Orson Wells, maybe?
Not Orson Wells... and he's not the only one that should be familiar. :cool:
Who is sitting in front of him; and two seats behind him?

Where is @pinball1970 ?
 
And DAMN! I didn't even know this was coming. I just happened to be watching live when I saw the most amazing thing. I just sat here half stunned. I could hardly believe what I just saw.

Low-angle view of a tall lattice tower with angled steel truss arms, with a bright glowing white-purple flame and dark smoke billowing out from its side against an orange-brown sky.
 
Ivan Seeking said:
Not Orson Wells... and he's not the only one that should be familiar. :cool:
Who is sitting in front of him; and two seats behind him?
I see Desi Arnaz, Bob Hope, James Cagney and Cary Grant (among others that I recognize but can't name offhand). You'd think a group like this could afford to hire some limos rather than having to crowd into a single bus!
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
Not Orson Wells... and he's not the only one that should be familiar. :cool:
Who is sitting in front of him; and two seats behind him?

Where is @pinball1970 ?
I did not do very well last time!

The lady looks like Lauren Bacall sat next to Bob Hope
 
A walk into Mossley


View over a hillside town on a grey day, showing a white-rendered two-storey house with a dark slate roof and brown wooden window frames, a church tower behind it, and green moorland hills beyond.
 
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A view of Manchester on the way.

Distant skyline of tall buildings seen across hazy suburban rooftops and bare winter trees, with grassy fields and sheep in the foreground under a pinkish overcast sky.
 
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Our 'Old Year' hike.

There was some nice fog and frost at higher elevation:
Misty forest path in winter, with bare trees and frost-covered undergrowth on both sides, fading into fog.


The meadows had their own charm:
Frost-covered bare trees line a grassy dirt track, with a misty wooded hillside and overcast sky in the background.

...and at the end of the hike, already at dusk there was this frozen lake, with kids playing:
Dusk view across a frozen lake with reeds along the near shore, two small figures skating on the ice, and trees and houses with lit windows on the far bank under a grey sky.


The midnight/new year usually with lots of fireworks and noise, so we just locked in the cats and went to sleep early.
 
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