Back to those wonderful images courtesy Neil Kelly.
The previous set was here. Before then, here and here.
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Another Picture Parade in a week’s time!
Picture parade nine
Tag: Neil Kelly
Wonderful British humour!
A trip down memory lane with the BBC That’s Life programme.
Sent to me by Neil Kelly from South Hams in Devon.
That’s Life was a BBC television programme that ran for over 20 years. Difficult to attach a precise lable to the format but this is how the programme is described on WikiPedia.
That’s Life! was a magazine-style television series on BBC1 between 26 May 1973 and 19 June 1994, presented by Esther Rantzen throughout the entire run, with various changes of co-presenters. The show was generally recorded about an hour prior to transmission, which was originally on Saturday nights for many years and then on Sunday nights. In its latter days, in an attempt to win back falling ratings, it was moved back to Saturday nights.
Anyway, the following video from That’s Life goes back to 1986 and involves three German Shepherd dogs and a soda syphon. The video was ‘borrowed’ from a Dutch TV show called ‘Zomergasten’, hence the Dutch sub-titles.
If you ever find yourself in Castle Cary, Somerset, then do drop in to the George Hotel; it’s still going strong.
Forty ways of using the can.
Ah, maybe that’s why it’s called WD40!
Grateful to Neil Kelly back in Devon, SW England, for sending me this list of 40 things you can do with WD40.
1. Protects silver from tarnishing
2. Removes road tar and grime from cars
3. Cleans and lubricates guitar strings
4. Gives floors that ‘just-waxed’ sheen without making them Slippery
5. Keeps flies off cows
6. Restores and cleans chalkboards
7. Removes lipstick stains
8. Loosens stubborn zippers
9. Untangles jewellery chains
10. Removes stains from stainless steel sinks
11. Removes dirt and grime from the barbecue grill
12. Keeps ceramic/terra-cotta garden pots from oxidizing
13. Removes tomato stains from clothing
14. Keeps glass (and plastic)shower doors free of water spots
15. Camouflages scratches in ceramic and marble floors
16. Keeps scissors working smoothly
17. Lubricates noisy door hinges on vehicles and doors in homes
18. It removes black scuff marks from the kitchen floor! Use WD-40 for
Those nasty tar and scuff marks on flooring. It doesn’t seem to harm the
Finish and you won’t have to scrub nearly as hard to get them off. Just
Remember to open some windows if you have a lot of marks
19. Bug guts will eat away the finish on your car if not removed quickly!
Use WD-40!
20. Gives a children’s playground slide a shine for a super fast slide
21.Lubricates gear shift and mower deck lever for ease of handling on
Riding mowers
22. Rids kids rocking chairs and swings of squeaky noises
23. Lubricates tracks in sticking home windows and makes them easier to open
24. Spraying an umbrella stem makes it easier to open and close
25. Restores and cleans padded leather dashboards in vehicles, as well as
Vinyl bumpers
26. Restores and cleans roof racks on vehicles
27. Lubricates and stops squeaks in electric fans
28. Lubricates wheel sprockets on tricycles, wagons, and bicycles for easy
Handling
29. Lubricates fan belts on washers and dryers and keeps them running
Smoothly
30. Keeps rust from forming on saws and saw blades, and other tools
31. Removes splattered grease on stove
32. Keeps bathroom mirror from fogging
33. Lubricates prosthetic limbs
34. Keeps pigeons off the balcony (they hate the smell)
35. WD-40 attracts fish. Spray a little on live bait or lures and you
Will be catching the big one in no time. Also, it’s a lot cheaper than
The chemical attractants that are made for just that purpose. Keep in
Mind though, using some chemical laced baits or lures for fishing are not
Allowed in some states
36. Removes all traces of duct tape
37. Folks even spray it on their arms, hands, and knees to relieve
Arthritis pain
38. Florida ‘s favorite use is: ‘cleans and removes love bugs from grills
And bumpers
39. The favorite use in the state of New York , WD-40 protects the Statue
of Liberty from the elements
40. Use it for fire ant bites. It takes the sting away immediately and
stops the itch
There you are. You always wanted to know that, didn’t you!
Taking breath, and a recap!
Your journey will be much lighter and easier if you don’t carry your past with you!
So said some unknown scribe. Well I have to say the move from Arizona to Oregon seemed to have quite a bit of ‘past’ travelling with us! But we made it!
Before I mention a few highlights of the last twelve days, first let me say a very big ‘thank you’ to Martin Lack for his fabulous role in looking after things while we were engaged in the moving process. Indeed, Martin’s involvement was so valuable that it made sense to retain his status as author on Learning from Dogs. I hope Martin shares posts with you all on a regular basis.
So to the recap.
As many of you saw, Neil Kelly sent us on our way to Oregon with that wonderful cartoon on the 23rd. October. The previous day had seen a transformation of belongings everywhere …
…. to an eerily empty home.
The journey up to Merlin, Oregon of 1,176 miles over three days was a blur of hours and hours of driving, walking dogs around strange Motels evenings and mornings and keeping fingers and toes crossed that something didn’t go wrong!
Luckily fate was on our side and a little before 11am on Thursday, 25th October, our mini-convoy of a U-Haul truck towing Jean’s Dodge laden with one group of dogs and our Jeep with other dogs on board, towing a trailer with our five cats inside, pulled up outside the local store in Merlin, some three miles from our new home, so we could purchase basic necessities for the next 24 hours.
Then at precisely eleven minutes past eleven a.m. we turned into our drive,
closely followed by the truck.
Nature was on hand to greet us as we nosed up to the edge of the paddock; a mother deer and her two babes. A treasured moment.
The rest of the day was absorbed with the unloading of all our belongings and making arrangements for bedding both humans and animals down, for the first night in Oregon.
Then the morning of Friday, 26th gave us a taste of what Autumn mornings here were like – stunning.
So there we are! It’s going to be weeks before we are properly settled in but there’s no question that we have ended up in a beautiful part of the world.
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Now some thoughts regarding this Blog. The list of jobs and tasks that are ahead of us as we turn a house that has been empty for some years into a fully functioning home is ‘interesting’! Inevitably I will have to cut back a little on the 2 to 3 hours a day I used to spend writing for Learning from Dogs when back in Arizona. I am fully committed to publishing something every day but for a while I will lean more heavily than usual on finding material previously published elsewhere. Please let me have your feedback, good or bad!
Finally, the move made it impossible for me to reply individually to a number of readers who decided to subscribe, as I like to do.
So a blanket thank you to all who in the last 10 days decided to follow Learning from Dogs.
Oregon bound!
Just had to share this with you all.
Neil Kelly lives in the small South Devon village of Littlehempston. When I was living in Devon, just a few miles away in the village of Harberton, I got to know Neil well and enjoyed his creative talents including cartoons. A few days ago Neil emailed me the cartoon below, which Jean and I just had to share.
Thanks Neil.
Sorry, remind me of that again!
Getting forgetful seems another fascinating aspect of ‘growing up’!
This has turned out to be a Neil Kelly week-end on Learning from Dogs. Yesterday, there was his gorgeous jig-saw joke. Today, the following cartoon, sent to me by Neil.
Let me leave you with one of my favourite sayings, “I remember everything, except those things I forget!“
Village life!
An insight into the humour of Neil Kelly.
The vast majority of the readers of Learning from Dogs will not have heard of Neil Kelly. That is unless you have a really keen eye, (and a youthful memory!), and recall the two photographs I published a few days back in recognition of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
Neil lives in the small Devon village of Littlehempston just a few miles from where I used to live in Devon in a previous life! I can’t recall how long I have known Neil but it’s a few years now. But one thing I can recall very clearly is Neil’s sharp sense of seeing the world and his canny sense of humour.
Thus it is with very great pleasure that I reproduce a selection of Neil’s cartoons. Enjoy!
Update from Mr. Kelly
Just found this in my email inbox a few moments ago (it’s 8am here in Payson, Arizona). Not only another lovely example of Neil’s creative mind, there might be a number of readers who can vote for this project. Voting details here.
Amusing characters!
Chance to spotlight the very creative work of Neil Kelly
I have had the pleasure of knowing Neil for a good number of years. I can’t recollect how and when we met but, these days, that applies to so much that slips away from the memory cells! Neil has been a great friend of my sister, Corinne, and brother-in-law, John, who like Neil, have lived in South Devon for many years. Pretty sure that it was through John and Corinne that I first met Neil.
Anyway, Neil’s wonderful, slightly askew sense of humour comes out in his art. Rest is obvious. Enjoy!
Finally, if you are within reach of Totnes and want to see Neil’s work, details of Rumour’s Wine Bar are here.
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