…in a manner of speaking.
Well, some of your guesses were pretty close to the mark! This is the photo I cropped.
I was a bit surprised someone didn’t make the connection with the Big Boats – it’s a boat trailer! Of course, the monster racers are hauled to and from events on big rigs; these are for towing boats sufficiently lightweight to be hitched to the average Range Rover, Jeep Cherokee sort of vehicle.
But you were all pretty creative! Thanks for indulging me.
Now, my title is not only alluding to the quiz…I am on a roll. Sort-of. But I think I’ve managed to solve a small (but frustrating!) technical problem and shall now knuckle down to book-making.
Prince Monolulu at a Grand National
No, not that kind! image here
I saw these in a shop window and remembered when I could and did wear such things.sigh…
Seriously tempted, I was.
And since I bought some nail polish in a similar colour, to show support for Ovacome*
My “teal tips” …maybe I should go back and have another look at those (sigh…) shoes.
Oh! One more thing…the new header…I snapped this picture from the upper deck of a London bus. I think it was on Regent Street and I also think the men may be the England Olympic swim squad. But I’m just guessing. If anyone knows the answer, please come to the front of the class and write it on the blackboard. **
Here’s the uncropped pic…
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Okay, would never have got that – boats are not my thing. Madame Seasick, me.
Love the shoes and the colour of your nail polish. I can see the shoes are tempting but just think back to that last foot injury. Oh, sorry, I’m just a spoiler.
So, the book making goes ahead. That’s good news. Keep us up to date if you can without giving the game away. Wet here but not too cold. That’s a plus. I suspect you are having rain too. Happy paddling!
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Old foot injury is what prevents my wearing “nice” shoes. 😦
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It looks very much like the daily trouser queue where poor impoverished bankers line up to replace their trousers which have been torn and split by the pocketing of excessive bonuses.
The bloke second from the left is a bit of a rebel by Brit standards.
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Should we ask “Red Trysers”?
And, yes, Rebel was having fun in the puddles. 🙂
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You could have included the entire photo of the boat trailer and I still wouldn’t have known what it was.
Re: the shoes. To borrow from Mick Jagger: “What a drag it is getting old.” I have an impending birthday and it’s gloomy stuff.
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Oh, birthdays are just Hallmark money-spinners! Maybe also cake. Candle-lit dinners.Wine.Friends and other Loves.
Hey! birthdays are pretty good! 🙂
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Let me join the line of people who know nothing about boats. but I do like teal.
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Ah, yes, you and sea travel are poor partners.:-(
Teal is one of my favourite colours;was not sure about nails though. But I’m getting used to it.
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To hell with the Gloomy Guses. Get the shoes! If I wasn’t already a six footer I’d be tempted, too. That said, watching the girls stagger across the stage during Friday’s graduation ceremony in their 6″+ stilettos+platforms was quite entertaining. And then during the reception afterward I went and stood beside the tallest ones just to feel normal… 🙂
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“normal”…I wonder how far up/down that scale I’d come? Probably in the middle as I don’t spend much time wondering about my state!
Get the shoes, you say. Are you buying? Apart from a cow-trodden foot, the price tag looks painful, too!
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Oh pshaw. The price tag is nothing when you consider the money you’ll have to spend on fancy places to wear them to.
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Ouch!
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Ha! Knew i’d seen that little red roller knobby thing before! Have had many happy hours on the boat docks, and should have nailed it… You gave us enough clues, however… next time!
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I’ll have to find a tricky one for you.;-)
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Love the shoes and no I couldn’t wear them anymore either and Ihad a favourite wnite pair many yeasr ago, oh! they made me feel so s….y.
Not sure about the nail polish but then I don’t have any at present.
Yay!! of course they are swimmers, look at those bodies, go on I dare you to look again.
Having fun?
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cheeky! 🙂
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How is it you go to London and see sights like this while all I see are ladies wearing their black winding sheets before they are dead.
I must be on the wrong bus.
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I doubt it!
I cannot imagine faith in any symbolic entity that would induce me to wear such a garment.
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O.k., I feel excused: I don’t think I have ever seen such a boat trailer thingie. The cue in London? It must have been some global merchandising action, at least I think that it is that. We had a new shop open here, too, and they put young guys in these outfits in front. I forgot how it is called. Abercombie & Crutch – no, that can’t be right, hehe, but something like that.
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I still think your brayer guess was very good!
And the store you mention would be Abercrombie and Fitch. Big American sports goods store, and they do have big promotions. Maybe this was a promo event and the store hired the Olympic team.
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Ah, after I knew the name, an internet search was easy. Something like this here: http://www.styleranking.de/galerie/abercrombiehamburg/1#gallery
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Just here they didn’t wear jeans. They looked more like this: http://www.express.de/bonn/kult-laeden-us-modekette–hollister–kommt-nach-bonn,2860,11730022.html
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As Alison said…definitely swimmers! (We see enough good pectorals at the pool to recognise them. 😉 )
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Oh — the shoes. I don’t think I could wear them either. 😦 Don’t you wonder how Viviienne Westwood does it?
Well done on solving the technical problem. As you know, I have a low tolerance for frustration so good for you for sticking with it and moving on. Can’t wait to see the book(s)
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Away back…in the Dark Ages…I had a pair of what were called California Clogs. Googling that today will take you to flip-flop styles. But then (late 50s) they were high heeled platform soled killers that turned you into sex-on-legs!
Today? I’d probably fall flat on either my face or my backside!
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You once wore shoes like that?
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see comment above. 🙂
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