Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[technolog]

So, with his jailing, do we think Nadir has reached his lowest point?

[Mohican]

So, with his jailing, do we think Nadir has reached his lowest point?

No, that'll be when he goes for a shower!!!!

[Karabiner]

Very good Ralph.

I went for Asil and Nadir.

I'm still totally perplexed as to why he came back.

Surely he can't be so deluded as to have convinced himself that he could beat the rap?

Northern Cyprus can't be that bad whatever Greekstein says.

[tikay]

This photo first appeared 2 or 3 days ago, & immediately went viral.

It was said to have been taken in Port San Luis, California, by Bill Bouton, a retired school teacher, & he had uploaded it on his Flicker site, where it soon attracted much comment & attention.

The whale was one of numerous humpbacks "working" a sardine bait-ball, & the jumping continued for an hour, attracting many people to try & get photos.

I so want to believe the photo is genuine, and that lady in the sort of black party dress really was just passing by at the time, on her paddle board, camera at the ready. 

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[tikay]

Very good Ralph.

I went for Asil and Nadir.

I'm still totally perplexed as to why he came back.

Surely he can't be so deluded as to have convinced himself that he could beat the rap?

Northern Cyprus can't be that bad whatever Greekstein says.

Nor me Ralph, a very odd thing.

Perhaps badly advised by his Legal people? That, or some ego thing.

I recall the whole thing so well, the share price thing, & the way he fled - I think he flew from a little private airfield across to France, & thence down to Cyprus.

In London, he has a whole "stable" of luxury cars, all bright red I believe.

Quite a tale.

[tikay]

[Junior Senior]

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Green parakeets. Quite common in London now actually and officially now a 'British' wild bird

[hector62]

So glad it was what you are after so here is the link again as requested.

http://www.swindonweb.com/index.asp?m=8&s=116&ss=344

It's amazing what you can do with google. Just entered " pictures of bloke who looks like Tikay from the telly driving a train with the queen in Swindon" and Bob's your uncle. The hardest part was overcoming the disinformation provided.

[smashedagain]

So glad it was what you are after so here is the link again as requested.

http://www.swindonweb.com/index.asp?m=8&s=116&ss=344

It's amazing what you can do with google. Just entered " pictures of bloke who looks like Tikay from the telly driving a train with the queen in Swindon" and Bob's your uncle. The hardest part was overcoming the disinformation provided.

Great find and wp. So pleased you posted it up in the diary instead of the tips thread. Them degens don't deserve little pearls like this

just seen the link in the tips thread.

[tikay]

So glad it was what you are after so here is the link again as requested.

http://www.swindonweb.com/index.asp?m=8&s=116&ss=344

It's amazing what you can do with google. Just entered " pictures of bloke who looks like Tikay from the telly driving a train with the queen in Swindon" and Bob's your uncle. The hardest part was overcoming the disinformation provided.

Unbelievable find hector, thank you. I think AndrewT &/or bongo found some stuff about my Dad a few years ago, but that is the bees knees.

In the video, that is my Dad at about 3.32, on the footplate, far left.

The photo on that Web Page is EXACTLY the photo I was looking for - my Dad is the chap on the left as we look.

I cannot tell you what this means. Dad has been gone for around 35 years now, & when he died, it changed my life completely.

I guess none of this makes much sense except to those who have lost their Dad. To those who have, they'll understand completely.

I guess that photo must be around 60 years old.

[tikay]

I already had this rather bad "photo of a photo", taken seconds after the one hector found.......

Dad is giving the "Right away" signal in this one.

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[tikay]

30 years later, this was my Dad, (on the right as we look) with the iconic locomotive # 6000, "King George" behind him, about to set off on a special train journey from Paddington to commemorate 100 years of Steam Locomotion from Paddington Station.

Sadly, the loco failed near Didcot, & had to be ignomonously hauled for the rest of a trip by a Diesel loco.

Dad became ill soon after this, & died the following year.

 

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[Tal]

Fabulous photos, Tikay.

[TightEnd]

Quite a spot by Hector, that!

[tikay]

Quite a spot by Hector, that!

Incredible.

Can't tell you how thrilled I was, it cheered me up no end.