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Week Ending 24 May 2013
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The World's Oldest Running Car
 | | Auction of the Oldest Running Motor October 7, 2011 |
Hard to believe but the oldest car still running was produced in 1884. It was an internal combustion vehicle and followed the earlier development on a car with a steam engine.
The earlier steam engine car had a boiler and engine mounted at the front, driving the front wheels by belts and steering with the rear, it burned to the ground on trials.
But 1884 finally saw the arrival of the De Dion, Bouton et Trepardou Dos-à-Dos a car that is still running today, 129 years later.
It proved its worth in 1887 when it was in "Europe's first motoring competition".
Evidently, the promotion was insufficient, for the De Dion was the sole entrant, but it completed the course, with de Dion at the tiller, and was clocked at 60 km/h (37 mph).
The vehicle survives, in road-worthy condition, and has been a regular entry in the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run.
It last changed hand in 2011. If you're a veteran car buff and want to see it running Click Here
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I love flying; I've been to almost
as many places as my luggage.
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The Four Yorkshire Men Sketch
 | | AT LAST THE 1948 SHOW - Brooke-Taylor, Chapman, Cleese, Feldman - Four Yorkshiremen |
Prompted by our "How Times Change" cartoon (see below) we promptly received an email from Yorkshire pointing out that owning a fat TV was a luxury.
He pointed out that that when he was young no one even had a TV.
(We assume Sam is a male, despite knowing the perils of assuming)
To prove his point he attached a link to a (Black & White) clip from "At Last The 1948" show; a worthy predecessor to the Monty Python series.
The clip features Graham Chapman, Tim Brook-Taylor, John Cleese and Marty Feldman and the producer was David Frost. Easy to see how Python came to be.
If you are ever tempted to think you had things tough we advise you check out this video clip. Just Click Here
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Amazing - The Antikythera Mechanism
 | | The Antikythera Mechanism - 2D |
More than 21 centuries ago, a mechanism of fabulous ingenuity was created in Greece, a device capable of indicating exactly how the sky would look for decades to come.
Incredibly it was able to show the position of the moon and sun, lunar phases and even eclipses.
But this invention would be drowned in the sea and its secret forgotten for two thousand years.
The accompanying video is a tribute from Swiss clock-maker Hublot and film-maker Philippe Nicolet to this device, known as the Antikythera Mechanism, or the world's "first computer".
The fragments of the Mechanism were discovered in 1901 by sponge divers near the island of Antikythera. It is kept since then at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece.
For more than a century, researchers were trying to understand its functions. Now, with the use of the latest technology, it is possible understand the mechanism and finally create a modern day replica.
To be amazed Click Here
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We know it went viral, but...
 | | Disguised Jeff Gordon Pro Driver Scary Test Drive |
We know it went viral, and we know it advertises a coke, but we still could not resist publishing this clip brought to our attention by an avid reader.
And we also know many people think it's a spoof.
Whether it is or not we'll leave up to you, but for our money it's phoney (does that spell funny?)
Anyway, in it we see American Stock Car racer, Jeff Gordon, take a Camaro for an "unusual" test drive.
Pretending to be a rookie he takes the car salesman for the ride of his life, putting the shoe on other foot some would say.
Bear in mind when you see this, that Jeff is a four times NASCAR series winner and that he has 87 career wins to his name.
All this and he's only 5' 7", but with a persona that is way, way bigger.
Spoof or not? To check it out Click Here
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Bring Back The Memories
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Swing Time -
Rogers and Astaire
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Fred Astaire was born Frederick Austerlitz on May 10 1899 and had broken into Broadway by 1917.
He went on to become one of America's favourite entertainers as a stage dancer, choreographer, singer, musician and actor.
His stage and subsequent film career spanned a total of 76 years, during which he made 31 musical films.
Gene Kelly, another major innovator in filmed dance, said that "the history of dance on film begins with Astaire".
Beyond film and television, many classical dancers and choreographers, Rudolf Nureyev, Sammy Davis, Jr., Michael Jackson, Gregory Hines, Mikhail Baryshnikov, George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins among them, also acknowledged his importance and influence.
He was named the fifth Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute. He is particularly associated with Ginger Rogers*, with whom he made ten films.
* Those who wish to steal his thunder say Ginger did everything did, but in high heels and backwards.
For dazzling dancing Click Here
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